Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“How does tech make you feel?” a review and examination of negative affective responses to technology use

Abstract The study of individual, affect-related consequences from technology adoption and use is gaining traction in the information systems discipline. Efforts to explore affective reactions to technology have considered positive, affective constructs (e.g., enjoyment, playfulness, and flow), with a more recent focus on the dark side of technology use and constructs such as technostress, technophobia, and computer anxiety. While some research has examined these negative affective responses to technology, construct definitions and relationships are not well-defined or theoretically grounded. In this research, an integrative literature review is conducted on computer anxiety, technophobia and technostress, and the known antecedents, dimensions, and outcomes of each concept are organised into nomological networks. These nomological networks are then combined to identify inconsistencies and omissions in the literature. The Affective Response Model, a recently advanced, theoretically grounded taxonomy of affective responses to technology, is applied to differentiate the three constructs and to introduce technology-induced state anxiety (TISA), a new temporal (state-like) negative response to a specific instance of technology. Two empirical studies are conducted using existing and newly developed scales, and demonstrate that computer anxiety, technophobia, technostress and TISA are conceptually and empirically distinct and provide insight into how these constructs are related. Future research opportunities on affective responses to technology are described based on the integrated nomological network and empirical findings.
Why Have Voluntary Time-of-Use Tariffs Fallen Short in the Residential Sector?

We investigate the causes behind the underwhelming adoption of voluntary Time-of-Use (TOU) tariffs in the residential electricity market. TOU tariffs are deployed by utilities to better match electricity generation capacity with market demand by giving consumers price incentives to reduce their consumption when electricity demand is at its peak. However, consumers in residential electricity markets are heterogeneous in their consumption preferences. Hence, utilities face a trade-off when deploying voluntary TOU tariffs --- to provide aggressive price incentives that will only appeal to consumers with flatter profiles or milder incentives to appeal to a larger proportion of the market. Using a game-theoretic model, we identify the key factors that determine the viability of voluntary TOU tariff deployment. On the supply side, the gap between wholesale prices in the peak and off-peak periods determines how much the utility stands to benefit by inducing demand response. On the demand side, heterogeneity within target consumer sets determines how much demand response the utility can induce with a certain price incentive. We show that misaligned incentives between utilities and regulators lead to underwhelming TOU tariff adoption compared to the socially desirable level, and that this under-adoption is worse when consumption preferences are uniformly distributed. We also evaluate the degree of cross-subsidization across tariff structures to identify their implications for equity among the different consumer types, and find that low levels of voluntary TOU adoption are less equitable than the default tariffs.
Efficient human annotation schemes for training object class detectors

A central task in computer vision is detecting object classes such as cars and horses in complex scenes. Training an object class detector typically requires a large set of images labeled with tight bounding boxes around every object instance. Obtaining such data requires human annotation, which is very expensive and time consuming. Alternatively, researchers have tried to train models in a weakly supervised setting (i.e., given only image-level labels), which is much cheaper but leads to weaker detectors. In this thesis, we propose new and efficient human annotation schemes for training object class detectors that bypass the need for drawing bounding boxes and reduce the annotation cost while still obtaining high quality object detectors. First, we propose to train object class detectors from eye tracking data. Instead of drawing tight bounding boxes, the annotators only need to look at the image and find the target object. We track the eye movements of annotators while they perform this visual search task and we propose a technique for deriving object bounding boxes from these eye fixations. To validate our idea, we augment an existing object detection dataset with eye tracking data. Second, we propose a scheme for training object class detectors, which only requires annotators to verify bounding-boxes produced automatically by the learning algorithm. Our scheme introduces human verification as a new step into a standard weakly supervised framework which typically iterates between re-training object detectors and re-localizing objects in the training images. We use the verification signal to improve both re-training and re-localization. Third, we propose another scheme where annotators are asked to click on the center of an imaginary bounding box, which tightly encloses the object. We then incorporate these clicks into a weakly supervised object localization technique, to jointly localize object bounding boxes over all training images. Both our center-clicking and human verification schemes deliver detectors performing almost as well as those trained in a fully supervised setting. Finally, we propose extreme clicking. We ask the annotator to click on four physical points on the object: the top, bottom, leftand right-most points. This task is more natural than the traditional way of drawing boxes and these points are easy to find. Our experiments show that annotating objects with extreme clicking is 5⇥ faster than the traditional way of drawing boxes and it leads to boxes of the same quality as the original ground-truth drawn the traditional way. Moreover, we use the resulting extreme points to obtain more accurate segmentations than those derived from bounding boxes.
Neurofeedback Intervention for Emotional Behavior Regulation in Schizophrenia: New Experimental Evidences from Optical Imaging

Recent neuroscience research tried to identify biological markers underlying schizophrenia’s (SZ) symptoms. Results showed a functional hypofrontality in SZ patients during both cognitive and emotional tasks. Here, we submitted an experimental (E) group of patients to a neurofeedback (NF) training during emotion induction (T1) and assessed its efficacy by comparing the frontal neural activity before (T0) and after it (T2), with regard to a control (C) group. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used during an emotional task with valence and arousal rating. Behavioral results showed that patients of both groups could identify pictures’ valence, both in T0 and T2. However, a significant interaction effect revealed that negative and positive stimuli received more positive values in T2 compared to T0 only in E group, as a consequence of an alleged more functional management of negative feelings. Such results were paralleled by imaging data that showed increased O2Hb levels over frontal areas for positive and negative pictures compared to neutral ones, which were even more evident in the E group in T2. The preliminary results of the present study highlight the possible application of NF training to sustain patients’ achieving more awareness and regulation during emotion processing.
Enlarging English reading amount in Hong Kong primary schools: do social support and goal orientation matter?

ABSTRACT In this research, the relationships among social support, including parents’, teachers’, and peers’ support, goal orientation, and reading amount in English were examined directly and indirectly in a sample of Hong Kong senior primary school students (N = 570) using a questionnaire survey. It was assumed that parents’, teachers’, and peers’ support influenced the reading amount via reading goal orientation. Gender and age were taken into consideration when calculating the mediating effect. Moreover, the cross-group invariance of gender was explored. Structural equation modelling was used to examine the relationships among the examined variables. The results of the structural equation modelling and mediation analysis showed that parents’ and teachers’ support predicted the reading amount positively and significantly, and that the effect of parents’ and teachers’ support on the reading amount was mediated by goal orientation, and there was no gender difference in terms of the mediating role of goal orientation. The implications include discussions on how parents and teachers can support reading and on how to enhance goal orientation and the reading amount.
Integrating lifecycle assessment and urban metabolism at city level: Comparison between Spanish cities

Urban systems are important consumers of resources and producers of wastes derived from the lifestyles and daily needs of their citizens. The quantification of environmental impacts arising from urban metabolism (UM) plays a key role in the design of more sustainable cities and in the development of decision‐making strategies into more effective urban policies. This article combines UM and lifecycle assessment methodology to quantify mass and energy flows within the city limits and derived urban environmental pressures, thus prioritizing the environmental perspective of sustainability. This methodology is applied to the two very different Spanish cities of Bilbao and Seville. The results acquired in this study identify the consumption of construction materials, electricity, fossil fuels, and food and beverages as environmental hotspots. The results are primarily affected by differences in the climate (extreme conditions), which mainly affect the consumption of fossil fuels, and differences in purchasing power, which mainly influence the intake of foodstuffs. Further research should focus on data management and quality as well as on designing more efficient cities (e.g., through the introduction of more energy‐efficient buildings, sustainable building materials, and public transport) in order to create improvements in their environmental profiles.
How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? The Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Intervention on Burundi's Growth Performance

Over the last thirty years Burundi's low economic growth has led to a significant decline in per capita GDP. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on supply-side constraints that prevented Burundi's economy from growing faster. Lack of investment, civil conflict, economic inefficiencies, state intervention in the economy, and regulatory restrictions explain a large part of the weak growth performance for the last thirty years.
Living in the Digital Age: The Usefulness of Twitter, YouTube and Instagram in Corporate Communication

This study examines the usefulness of Twitter, YouTube and Instagram in corporate communication. We document that Twitter communication helps investors interpret earnings news and associates with stronger price reactions to earnings announcements. YouTube videos and Instagram pictures have either negative or no effect on investors’ ability to understand earnings information. Further, firms that post on the three social platforms experience positive price reactions to earnings announcements regardless of the news content, which suggests that investors perceive social media communication to signal higher disclosure effort. The effects we document dominate in stocks with high retail ownership and are robust to endogeneity bias. Our results suggest not all social media platforms help investors interpret earnings news, though social media communication plays an important signalling role.
Mindfulness and Resilience as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being among University Students: A Cross Cultural Perspective

________________ Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Aisha Zubair, Lecturer, National institute of Psychology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: aishazubair@nip.edu. pk Anila Kamal, PhD, Director and Professor, National institute of Psychology, Quaid-eAzam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Email: dranilakamal@nip.edu. pk Veronika Artemeva, PhD, Associate Professor, Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russia. Email: veronik_a@bk.ru Mindfulness and Resilience as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being among University Students: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Hearing Imparied Students’ Attitudes Towards Physical Education and Sports

In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes and opinions of hearing impaired primary school, high school, and university students towards physical education and sports lesson according to various variables.To the study, a total of 136 students (50 females and 86 males) with hearing-impairment, who are participating physical education and sports lesson in provinces of İzmir and Muğla between 2017-2018 education year, voluntarily participated.In the study, 2-part questionnaires were applied to the students. In the first part demographic features, and in the second part “Physical Education and Sports Attitude Scale” consisting of 12 positive and 12 negative items, a total of 24, which was developed by Demirhan and Altay (2001) to measure the attitudes of the students, were used. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.93; and validity coefficient of the scale as 0.83. In the analysis of the data; frequency, and percentage distributions were used and the relationship between physical education and sports attitude scores were analyzed with correlation analysis. The t-test was used to determine the difference according to gender, sporting status, and disability status in the analyses about physical education and sports attitude scores. Besides, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used to determine the difference according to educational status, branches of sports, and level of income. The obtained data was recorded by using a programme called SPSS 22.00 in silico.In this study, attitude scale scores of the physical education and sports showed a significant difference according to gender (p<0,05). Males showed a better attitude than females. It does not show a difference according to education status (p>,05). The average scores of the primary school, high school, and university students were close to each other. It showed a difference according to hearing impaired students’ sporting status (p>,05). No significant difference was found according to students’ branches of sports (p>,05). There was no significant difference according to doing individual and team sports. It was stated that there was a significant difference according to students’ level of income (p<0,05); it showed that there was a significant difference between 500-1000 and 1000-2000, and 500-1000 and over 2000. No significant difference was found according to students’ disability status (p>,05). It shows difference according to students’ having congenital or afterward disability.According to the results of the study the participation of hearing-impaired students in physical education and sports activities; show that they qualify their leisure time doing sports and exercises, physical education and sports will provide significant benefits in my life. Allocating an important time to physical education and sports activities, they create awareness in the community, representing their country in Paralympic games show that they show a positive attitude towards physical education and sports.
Vertical Motion Simulator Experiment on Stall Recovery Guidance

A stall recovery guidance system was designed to help pilots improve their stall recovery performance when the current aircraft state may be unrecognized under various complicating operational factors. Candidate guidance algorithms were connected to the split-cue pitch and roll flight directors that are standard on large transport commercial aircraft. A new thrust guidance algorithm and cue was also developed to help pilots prevent the combination of excessive thrust and nose-up stabilizer trim. The overall system was designed to reinforce the current FAA recommended stall recovery procedure. A general transport aircraft model, similar to a Boeing 757, with an extended aerodynamic database for improved stall dynamics simulation fidelity was integrated into the Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames Research Center. A detailed study of the guidance system was then conducted across four stall scenarios with 30 commercial and 10 research test pilots, and the results are reported.
Substitution Effect in Sport Event Attendance

In this paper, we intend to estimate the impact that two professional sports leagues, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), have on the attendance of Major League Baseball (MLB) games over an 11-year span when there are schedule conflicts. Overall, we observe that NHL and NBA games that have schedule conflicts with MLB games more significantly negatively impact the attendance on MLB games during the weekdays (in particular, Thursday and Wednesday) than on MLB games during the weekend. We also observe that MLB teams in high standings suffer less from negative substitution effects than MLB teams in low standings in the division. In particular, when MLB teams are in a losing streak, spectators show their deepest disappointments in their teams and avoid to attend MLB games in stadium when there are schedule conflicts.
An Heuristic Approach to Solving the one-to-one Pickup and Delivery Problem with Threedimensional Loading Constraints

A mathematical model and a solving strategy for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with threedimensional loading constraints regarding a combinatorial configuration instead of a traditional approach that utilizes Boolean variables is proposed. A traditional one-to-one Pickup and Delivery Problem in a combination with a problem of packing transported items into vehicles by means of the proposed combinatorial generation algorithm is solved.
Educating Pre-service Science Teachers ; Promoting PCK development through the use of Lesson Study combined with Content Representation

Recent research, both internationally and in Norway, has clearly expressed concerns about missing connections between subject-matter knowledge, pedagogical competence and real life practice in schools. This study addresses this problem within the domain of field practice in teacher education, studying pre-service teachers’ planning of a Physics lesson. Two means of intervention were introduced. The first was Lesson Study (LS), which is a method for planning, carrying out and reflecting on a research lesson in detail with a learner and content-centred focus. This was used in combination with a second means, Content Representations (CoRe), which is a systematic tool that connects overall teaching aims with pedagogical prompts. Changes in teaching were assessed through the construct of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). A deductive coding analysis was carried out for this purpose. Transcripts of preservice teachers’ planning of a Physics lesson were coded into four main PCK categories, which were thereafter divided into 16 PCK sub-categories. The results showed that the intervention affected the pre-service teachers’ potential to start developing PCK. Firstly, they focused much more on categories concerning the learners. Secondly, they focused far more uniformly in all of the four main categories comprising PCK. Consequently, these differences could affect their potential to start developing PCK.
The Research of Customer Switching Behavior at Some Leasing Companies

The goals of this research was to examine and analyze the impact of price, service quality, effective advertising competition, involuntary factors, distance to customer switching behavior. This research was expected to benefit the some leasing companies in Indonesia (PT. FIF, PT. ADMF, Tbk, PT. SOF, PT. WOM, PT. BAF). The design of this research apply hypothesis testing using a quantitative methods, hypothesis testing, which generally describes the characteristics of certain relationships or differences between groups or interdependence of the two factors or more data analysis applied measuring method structural equation modeling (SEM). The questionnaire given to the sample directly as much as 300 customers of leasing companies will be used in this research. Survey method by intercepting customers who leave the leasing company because it provides the advantage of taking data directly. The results of research indicate that the factors influence price, service quality, effective advertising competition, Involuntary factors, distance is very influential on the displacement behavior some leasing companies in Indonesia.
Morphometric analysis of Infra orbital foramen in human skulls

Aim: The infra orbital foramen is an anatomical structure with an important location, through which the infra orbital vessels and nerve exits. The present study was conducted to determine the mean distance between the infra orbital foramen and infra orbital margin, mean distance between piriform aperture and infra orbital foramen, mean distance between the anterior nasal spine and infra orbital foramen on both side and as well as shape of foramen. Materials and Methods: 43 skulls were studied The following parameters were taken. (A)-The distance between the most superior point of the infraorbital foramen (IOF) up to the infraorbital margin (IOM) ,(B), The distances between the center of the infraorbital foramen (IOF) and the piriform aperture (PA) were also measured. Results: The mean distance between IOF-IOM was 6.85 mm ±1.72 (6.75 mm -Right Side (RS) and 6.95 mm -Left side (LS)) and between IOF-PA was 18.43 mm ±2.38(18.50 mm (RS) and 18.30 mm (LS). Statistical analysis of the data showed significant differences between the right side and the left side distances of IOF and IOM, verified by the Student’s-t Test. (C)-The mean distance between infra orbital foramen and the anterior nasal spine(ANS) was 33.68+3.63mm, on right was 33.35+3.25mm and left was 34.23+3.75mm (Table 1). (D)-The transverse diameter of infra orbital foramen was 2.68+0.72mm and(E)-vertical diameter is 2.58+0.74mm. Conclusion: Knowledge of infra orbital foramen is very helpful for neurovascular surgeons. Keywords: Infra orbital foramen, Infraorbital margin, Piriform aperature, Anterior nasal spine
The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training

The Wiley Handbook of Vocational Education and Training offers an in-depth guide to the theories, practices, and policies of vocational education and training (VET). With contributions from a panel of leading international scholars, the Handbook contains 27 authoritative essays from a wide range of disciplines. The contributors present an integrated analysis of the complex and dynamic field of VET.