Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psychological interventions for individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder in forensic settings: A systematic review

ABSTRACT Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common diagnosis in forensic settings. Associated difficulties include impulsivity and emotional dysregulation, which can create a vulnerability to impulsive acts. A BPD diagnosis is also associated with significant distress and poor physical health, making it important to understand how to tailor interventions in forensic settings. This paper reviews evidence for the effectiveness of psychological interventions designed for individuals with a diagnosis of BPD when implemented in forensic settings. A systematic search found 3485 papers, of which 13 met the inclusion criteria. The papers reported nine separate studies that implemented four distinct interventions, often adapted for particular forensic settings. Six of the nine studies included control groups. Improvements in overall ‘BPD symptomatology’ and specific ‘BPD symptoms’ were reported for all intervention types, although few differences in outcome between intervention and control groups were found. There were also reported improvements in ‘BPD-related behaviours’, but data on offending behaviour were absent. Heterogeneity in study quality and design makes it challenging to draw any firm conclusions about the effectiveness of any one form of intervention over another, nor about which intervention may best suit a particular setting. Research of a higher quality is needed to answer these questions.
Efficiency in Islamic vs. Conventional Banking: The Role of Capital and Liquidity

Abstract We show that higher capital and liquidity ratios increase the efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks. Using conditional quantile regressions, we further show that the effect is stronger for highly efficient, small, highly liquid, and highly capitalized conventional banks. We also find that more capitalized and liquid banks were efficient during the 2008/2009 financial crisis and the Arab Spring. Our findings support the view that the constraints imposed by Shari'a law may widen the efficiency gap between the two bank types, at the expense of Islamic banks. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the efficiency of conventional banks not only depends on bank capital and liquidity, but also on the level of bank efficiency while the relationship is inconclusive for Islamic banks. These findings provide insight into how capital and liquidity can shape bank efficiency. They suggest that higher capital and liquidity buffers serve a constraint on policymakers and may function very differently depending on the level of bank efficiency.
Determinants of Export Performance in ASEAN Region: Panel Data Analysis

International trade is one of the major aspects that grow tremendously in Southeast Asia and export is regarded as main accelerators of growth in either developed or developing countries. The objective of this study is to determine the determinants of export performance for ASEAN countries. In this study, panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method is adopted for time period between 2000 to 2015. Empirical findings indicate that there is a long-run relationship between determinants of export such as interest rate, economic growth and foreign direct investment with export performance of ASEAN countries. Therefore, policy makers need to strategize their policies to move towards closer cooperation among the ASEAN countries, especially promoting sustainable exportation in the region.
Dynamics of a Dielectric Microdrop Suspended in a Magnetic Fluid in Electric and Magnetic Fields

The dynamics of a microdrop of dielectric liquid suspended in a magnetic fluid under the action of electric and magnetic fields is studied experimentally. With increasing electric field, the deformation of droplets into oblate spheroid, toroid and curved toroid was observed. At the further increase in the electric field, the bursting of droplets and electrorotation were also investigated. The influence of an additional magnetic field on the droplet dynamics was studied.
Ordinal-Response GARCH Models for Transaction Data: A Forecasting Exercise

We use numerous high-frequency transaction data sets to evaluate the forecasting performances of several dynamic ordinal-response time series models with generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH). The specifications account for three components: leverage effects, in-mean effects and moving average error terms. We estimate the model parameters by developing Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. Our empirical analysis shows that the proposed ordinal-response GARCH models achieve better point and density forecasts than standard benchmarks.
Valuation of travel time in free-flow and congested traffic and its reliability-estimates for Czech Republic

A prerequisite for any monetary estimation of economic losses arising from traffic congestion is a reliable estimate of the value of travel time. Although the available evidence from abroad reveals significant differences in the values of individual components of time travel, specific valuations of travel time are rather rare in the Czech Republic. The aim of this paper is to expand the data base in the Czech Republic by presenting selected estimates of the travel time components for Czech drivers and passengers. Specifically, we elaborate on the value of travel time and time spent in congestion for medium-long domestic routes (represented by the Prague-Brno route). The results of our valuation study (N = 602) show that the value of travel time spent in congestion is almost twice as high as the value of travel time in free-flow traffic and suggest that the reduction of congestion and of the variation in travel time in general will bring significant economic benefits compared to shortening travel time in free-flow traffic. This evidence confirms the importance of distinguishing between different components of travel time when assessing the benefits of transport infrastructures. Importantly, our estimates of the value of travel time are much lower than those officially endorsed by Czech Ministry of Transport (MoT) for analysing benefits of new transport infrastructure.
GENDER, DEPTH OF COMPETITION AND RELATIVE AGE EFFECTS IN TEAM SPORTS

Chronological differences between individuals within annually age-grouped cohorts, known as relative age effects (RAEs), constrain attainment in both education and sport (see Cobley, Baker, Wattie, & McKenna, 2009). To date, studies have consistently shown weaker RAEs in female athletes with researchers speculating that this may be due to lower participation rates compared to males (i.e., a reduced depth of competition). This paper presents data from two studies that consider depth of competition as an explanation for gender differences in RAEs. Results from junior and adult German handball and U.S. soccer suggest that RAEs: 1) were smaller in females even when participation rates were higher, 2) decreased from youth to adulthood, and 3) varied according to playing position. Findings add to the limited literature and suggest that depth of competition may partially explain the variation in the size of RAEs according to gender.
The role of entrepreneurial passion in the formation of students’ entrepreneurial intentions

ABSTRACT Entrepreneurial passion has been suggested as an entrepreneur’s central characteristic, theorized to affect a host of entrepreneurial behaviours. Considering the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), a conceptual model was developed and tested which integrated both cognitive (namely, subjective norms, attitudes toward perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurship) and emotional (namely, entrepreneurial passion) factors to determine their contributions to entrepreneurial intentions. This is a quantitative study using a self-report survey for data collection. The hypotheses were examined with 250 university students sample applying the partial least squares method. The results indicate a significant indirect relationship between entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial intentions via their cognitive antecedents (attitudes toward entrepreneurship and perceived behavioural control). The study contributes to the emerging research of entrepreneurial passion in the entrepreneurship field and heightens its role as a factor that should be taken into account to improve entrepreneurship education programs.
3. Should I stay or should I go? The effects
of affect and ambivalence on attitude loyalty to a service provider

The paper presents an empirical analysis of a loyalty model that explores the influence of emotions and attitude ambivalence on attitude loyalty to a higher education service provider. The basis for the study is a survey of 541 students and the method is multiple group structural equation estimation. Attitude ambivalence has significant moderating effects on the various relationships of the model. Service quality (intangible quality driver) has a much stronger effect on loyalty when ambivalence is low, whereas facilities (tangible quality driver) are more important when ambivalence is high. A general managerial implication is that management should approach ambivalent and non-ambivalent customers in different ways. By focusing on intangible aspects for low ambivalent customers and tangible aspects for high ambivalent customers, loyalty may 3. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? THE EFFECTS OF AFFECT AND AMBIVALENCE ON ATTITUDE LOYALTY TO A SERVICE PROVIDER 61 increase and thus improve the financial performance of the service provider. For highly ambivalent customers it is more important to avoid situations that can trigger negative emotional reactions, than to encourage the positive ones.
Climate Change and Migration Crisis in Africa

The conventional narrative on the crisis of climate change and its links to migration sees the physical impacts of climate change—such as sea-level rise, drought, soil salinization, and floods—as driving massive human migration, increasing existing flows from the Global South to the Global North as people flee disasters and famine. Yet contradictory evidence demonstrates that the relationship between climate change and migration is not so simple. Africa is indeed the most vulnerable content to these impacts, but this extreme vulnerability arises from physical exposure and because of the interplay of numerous social, political, economic, and environmental factors. Moreover, migration dynamics related to the climate change crisis manifest in nonlinear, heterogeneous ways across subregions and countries. Thus, this chapter outlines the varying and multidimensional relationships between human mobility and climate change in Africa. It considers the threat of climate change to African settlement dynamics both presently and in the century to come, before providing an overview of climate change–migration dynamics and challenges throughout the continent.
Regulatory Corporate Governance and the Valuation of IPO Firms

This study aims to evaluate the effect of regulatory corporate governance mandates on the valuation of equity-issuing firms in the U.S. Using a matched sample, we examine how the Exchange Listing Requirements, specifically, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), generally, affect IPO valuations. Board structure compliance provides no consistent valuation benefit. We find some evidence of negative effects for firms whose board structure is significantly altered by Reform and among small firms. The absence of increased valuations post-Reform suggests that there is little to offset the loss of private control benefits that Reform represents (post-Reform insider ownership and founder involvement are lower) and, thus, at the margin, Reform creates incentives for some firms to stay private. While the 2012 JOBS Act reduced the burden of registration, reporting and accounting requirements of SOX for small firms, it did nothing to change the board structure requirements of these firms. The results of this study together with those of Wintoki (2007) and Rhodes (2018) suggest that regulations pertaining to the board structure requirements of small equity-issuing firms should either be modified to allow more flexibility or repealed altogether. If lawmakers ultimately relax these requirements, future studies may focus on changes in board structures, private benefits of control, and the rates at which firms access public equity markets.
Collective narcissism: Political consequences of investment of self-worth into an ingroup’s image.

This article proposes a new theoretical framework for the reviewed state-of-the-art research on collective narcissism–the belief that the ingroup’s exceptionality is not sufficiently appreciated by others. Collective narcissism is interpreted as the investment of an undermined sense of self-esteem into the belief in the ingroup’s entitlement to privilege. Collective narcissism lies in the hard of populist rhetoric. The belief in ingroup’s exceptionality compensates for a lack of self-worth, leaving collective narcissists hyper-vigilant to signs of threat to the ingroup’s position. People endorsing the collective narcissistic belief are prone to biased perceptions of intergroup situations and to conspiratorial thinking. They retaliate to imagined provocations against the ingroup but sometimes overlook real threats. They are prejudiced and hostile. Deficits in emotional regulation, hostile attribution bias and vindictiveness lie behind the robust link between collective narcissism and intergroup hostility. Interventions that support the regulation of negative emotions, such as experiencing self-transcendent emotions, decrease the link between collective narcissism and intergroup hostility and offer further insights into the nature of collective narcissism.
Psychological Implications of Unemployment Among Bangladesh Civil Service Job Seekers: A Pilot Study

Background: Recent trends suggest that university graduates seeking jobs are more susceptible to common mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, or stress. However, the mental health issues among unemployed graduates has not been explored in Bangladesh yet. Aims: This study aimed to assess for the first time the prevalence and associated risk factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) job seekers. Three hundred four graduates residing in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, who were preparing to attend the 40th BCS examination, the most sought-after employment opportunity in the country, were surveyed. Methods: Measures included socio-demographics, field of study, and career-related variables, and the Bangla Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). Chi-square test, Fisher exact test, and binary logistic regression with “depression,” “anxiety,” and “stress” as the dependent variables were carried out to identify the factors associated with these. Results: Overall, the prevalence of moderate to extremely severe depression, anxiety, and stress was 49.3%, 53.6%, and 28.3%, respectively, with no detectable differences between genders. Insecurity related to a BCS job (OR = 0.41; CI = 0.26–0.65, p < 0.001; ref: job insecurity), family and social pressure to obtain a BCS job (OR = 4.58; CI = 1.67–12.56, p < 0.001), and stress (OR = 8.33; CI = 4.47–15.51, p < 0.001) emerged as independent predictors for depression. In addition, having part-time job was associated with anxiety (OR = 2.38; CI = 1.34–4.23, p = 0.003), and security in a BCS job and serving the nation through this job were negatively associated with stress (OR = 0.59; CI = 0.35–0.98, p = 0.042 vs. OR = 0.59; CI = 0.36–1.00, p = 0.05). Conclusion: The relatively high rates of depression, anxiety, and stress among graduate job seekers should prompt implementation of market force initiatives that incorporate interventions related to the major risk factors uncovered herein.
Geoenergy potential of the Croatian part of Pannonian Basin: insights from the reconstruction of the pre-Neogene basement unconformity

ABSTRACT Presented work focuses on the importance of unconformity that separates the Neogene infill from older Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks in the Croatian part of Pannonian Basin. Structure map of this horizon nearly represents the thickness map of the Neogene and Quaternary basin fill. Rock formations just below the unconformity are significantly weathered, which results in favourable petrophysical properties, making them interesting from the aspect of geoenergy potential. The pre-Neogene surface was constructed in 1:400,000 scale using publicly available subsurface maps of different scale and different level of detail. Harmonization and compilation of these maps enabled construction of a structured surface with near-vertical fault planes. Supplemental maps were constructed via basin modelling, showing the temperature distribution in the subsurface, potential source rock maturity near the mapped horizon, surface heat flow and geothermal gradient distribution. Constructed maps illustrate the importance of the mapped interval for regional planning of future geoenergy-related research.
Essays in financial econometrics and spillover estimation

This dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters. The common theme is the estimation of spillovers and their interpretation as networks. In financial econometrics, spillovers are mostly regarded as forecast error variance decompositions. For a clear interpretation of these spillovers, the estimation of the model's parameters is essential. The three chapters deal with different peculiarities of the estimation. In Chapter 1, I deal with the estimation of structural matrices in order to obtain a proper representation of contemporaneous spillovers. In the empirical application, I look at volatility spillovers of the US financial system. In the second chapter, we investigate the estimation of time-varying spillovers in the setup of local stationarity. Empirically, we find financial spillovers between the biggest banks in the US, Europe, and Japan. The last chapter analyzes the effect of high-dimensions on the estimation of spillover tables. An application on the industrial production index in the US aims to answer the question of whether the Great Moderation has changed spillovers between sectors.
Konseling Kelompok Dengan Teknik Self Management Untuk Menurunkan Prasangka Sosial Peserta Didik

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui layanan konseling kelompok dengan teknik self management dalam menurunkan prasangka social peserta didik. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan teknik Pre-Eksperiment dangn bentuk One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas X mipa-7 di SMAN 2 Palangka Raya yang berjumlah 40 orang, dengan sampel 9 orang peserta didik yang teridentifikasi memiliki tingkat prasangka social yang tinggi. Data di analisis dengan uji T Test Menggunakan aplikasi Software SPSS versi 20.00. teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan, observasi dan skala prasangka sosial. Berdasarkan hasil Pre-test sebelum pemberian treatment subjek mendapatkan nilai skor rata-rata 86-114 masuk dalam kategori tinggi , dan setelah pemberian treatmen berdasarkan hasil Post-test rata-rata subjek mendapatkan nilai skor 57-85 dan masuk dalam kategori sedang. Pada observasi awal sebelum pemberian treatment mendapatkan nilai skor 9-13 masuk dalam kategori rendah dan setelah pemberian treatment pada observasi akhir rata-rata subjek mendapatkan nilai skor 4-8 masuk dalam kategori rendah. Hasil penelitian menunjukan kesembilan peserta didik yang diberikan treatment mengalami penurunan perilaku prasangka sosial sesudah pemberian treatment yang diketahui dari hasil perbandingan Pretest-Posttest.
FAKTOR RESIKO FRAUD TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL REPORTING (BERDASARKAN PENDEKATAN CROWN’S FRAUD PENTAGON THEORY)

The purpose of this study was to analyze fraud risk factors on the implementation of fraudulent financial reporting, based on crown’s fraud pentagon theory. There are 8 variables in this study, which are thought to influence fraud. This research consists of Pressure (financial stability, financial target, external pressure), opportunity (nature of industry), rationalization (auditor turnover), capability (change of directors), arrogance (frequent member of CEO picture, CEO duality). The population of this study is a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for the period 2014-2016. The research sample was taken by purposive sampling. Data analysis using logistic regression. The results showed that the change of directors affected Fraudulent Financial Reporting, while financial stability, financial targets, external pressure, nature of industry, auditor turnover, frequent member of CEO picture, CEO duality had no effect on Fraudulent Financial Reporting. Keywords: Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Pentagon Fraud, dan Fraud
Coincident Observations of Dye and Drifter Relative Dispersion over the Inner Shelf

Coincident Lagrangian observations of coastal circulation with surface drifters and dye tracer were collected to better understand small-scale physical processes controlling transport and dispersion over the inner shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Patches of rhodamine dye and clusters of surface drifters at scales of O(100) m were deployed in a cross-shelf array within 12 km from the coast and tracked for up to 5 h with airborne and in situ observations. The airborne remote sensing system includes a hyperspectral sensor to track the evolution of dye patches and a lidar to measure directional wavenumber spectra of surface waves. Supporting in situ measurements include a CTD with a fluorometer to inform on the stratification and vertical extent of the dye and a real-time towed fluorometer for calibration of the dye concentration from hyperspectral imagery. Experiments were conducted over a wide range of conditions with surface wind speed between 3 and 10 m s−1 and varying sea states. Cross-shelf density gradients due to freshwater runoff resulted in active submesoscale flows. The airborne data allow characterization of the dominant physical processes controlling the dispersion of passive tracers such as freshwater fronts and Langmuir circulation. Langmuir circulation was identified in dye concentration maps on most sampling days except when the near surface stratification was strong. The observed relative dispersion is anisotropic with eddy diffusivities O(1) m2 s−1. Near-surface horizontal dispersion is largest along fronts and in conditions dominated by Langmuir circulation is larger in the crosswind direction. Surface convergence at fronts resulted in strong vertical velocities of up to −66 m day−1.
Work Values, Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction in Relation to Employee Career Stages in Information Technology Organisations

The booming Information Technology sector in India has changed the employee-employer relationship. This article investigates the relationship between career stages and work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction of employees to gain new insights. 190 employees at various career stages were administered three standardised reliable and valid questionnaires on work values, organisational commitment and job satisfaction. A significant difference in cognitive, affective, and instrumental values was seen across career stages. In addition, career stages were found to have no impact on organisational commitment and job satisfaction.