Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Social Skills Training and Anger Management on Adjustment of Unsupervised Girl Adolescents

This study aimed at a comparison of the effectiveness of social skills training and anger management on adjustment of unsupervised girl adolescents between 15 - 18 years old in Tehran. This research was an experimental one with plan of pre-test and post-test control groups. The statistical universe of this research was consisted of all unsupervised girl adolescents between 15 - 18 years old in Tehran. The subject was 35 unsupervised girl adolescents who are assigned to two groups: experimental and control group. Data were collected by using the Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS). Multivariate analysis of covariance showed that the social skills training and anger management significantly increased social, emotional and educational adjustment on the experimental group (P < 0. 05). But Tukey’s follow-up test showed that there wasn’t significant difference between effectiveness of training anger control on compatibility and effectiveness of training social skills on individuals’ total compatibility. Findings showed that both trainings could be used in the same extent in order to enhance compatibility level.
Product Innovations on Mobile Money

We conduct a thorough review of the state of product development and innovation on mobile money platforms. It is, in effect, a first-of-its-kind catalog of products and services that have been rolled out, are being piloted or have been proposed. In each case we discuss the specific functionalities they entail, or how they build on the basic mobile money rails.
Modeling of uncertainty associated with dose-response curves as applied for probabilistic risk assessment in laser safety

When animal experiments are performed to obtain dose-response curves for laser induced injury, experimental uncertainty such as focussing errors as well as variability within the group of experimental animals, such as of absorption of the ocular media, can influence the shape of the dose-response curve. We present simulations of uncertainties and variabilities that show that the log-normal dose-response curve as obtained in a animal experiments can grossly overestimate the probability for ocular damage for small doses. It is argued that the intrinsic slope for an individual's dose-response curve is rather steep, however, the dose-response curve for a group or population can be broader when there is inter-individual variability of parameters which influence the threshold. The quantitative results of the simulation of the grouping of individual dose-response curves can serve as basis to correct potentially biased dose-response curves as well as to characterize the uncertainty associated with the ED50 and the slope of the dose-response curve. A probabilistic risk analysis model, which accounts for these uncertainties by using Monte-Carlo simulation, was developed for retinal laser injuries from pulsed lasers with wavelengths from 200 nm to 20 µm, and the interpretation of the results are discussed on the basis of example calculations.
A comparative study of cooperative relationships in family and non-family businesses

The aim of the present article is to find out differences and similarities in inter-firm cooperative relationships among family and non-family businesses, in order to contribute to an integrated theory on strategic alliances and family businesses within the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) context. We found important divergences between both types of businesses, namely in the perceived difficulties and in performance evaluation. The results underpin the importance of trust when family businesses undertake cooperative relationships. An argument for cooperation between family businesses is made. We also present new research issues in family business and strategic alliance research. Key words: Family businesses, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperation, alliances, Portugal.
The Macroeconomic Effects of Uncertainty Shocks: The Role of the Financial Channel

This paper studies the macroeconomic effects of uncertainty shocks with an emphasis on the interaction between elevated uncertainty and credit market conditions when the economy is in different regimes (recessions vs. non-recessions). We use a smooth-transition factor-augmented vector autoregression (ST-FAVAR) and a large monthly panel of U.S. macroeconomic and financial indicators in our estimation. Our findings are twofold. First, while an unanticipated increase in uncertainty has adverse effects on the real economy and financial markets, the effects are quantitatively larger during recessions. Second, the financial channel is important in the transmission of uncertainty shocks, with a greater role during recessions and in the short run.
On some applications of the boundary control method to spectral estimation and inverse problems

S. A. Avdonin, A. S. Mikhaylov, V. S. Mikhaylov Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA St. Petersburg Department of V.A. Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg, Russia St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia s.avdonin@alaska.edu, mikhaylov@pdmi.ras. ru, vsmikhaylov@pdmi.ras. ru
Empirical orthogonal function analyses of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature and wind stress: 1964–1979

Scalar and vector empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses have been performed on monthly sea surface temperature (SST) and wind stress within the tropical Atlantic region for the years 1964-1979. The long-term average was subtracted from the 16-year SST and wind stress monthly fields to focus on the seasonal variability and its interannual modulations. A smaller cumulative percent of variance accounted for by the first eigenvectors of wind stress reflects the greater variability of the wind than that of SST. Analysis of regional seasonal SST events requires a combination of the first three EOFs, whereas the dominant events of the seasonal cycle of the wind stress are adequately represented by EI and E2. As in the Pacific, an increase of the trade wind system is observed between the 1960s and the 1970s. Our analyses provide diagnostic insight into two types of large spacetime scale episodes. The first type is exemplified by the following sets of observations: during the spring of 1968 (spring 1976), an abnormal relaxation (intensification) of the wind stress occurred in both the northeasterlies and the southeasterlies. Subsequently, equatonally trapped anomalous warming (cooling) occurred inside the Gulf of Guinea. The second type is exemplified by the following: during 1972 to 1975, the northeasterlies (stronger) and the southeasterlies (weaker) acted out of phase, leading to a more global response of the ocean. The oceanic response was different in the northern (colder) and southern (warmer) basins.
Burnout and Job Dissatisfaction Among Practicing Illinois School Psychologists

Survey materials including a Maslach Burnout Inventory, a School Psychologists Stress Inventory, and specially designed demographic and job satisfaction questionnaires were completed by a random sample of members of the Illinois School Psychologists Association (N=139). Results suggested that symptoms of burnout frequently occur among this group of professionals. Although job related stressors (e.g. lack of resources, time management) were related to burnout, demographic factors (e.g. satisfaction with supervision, case discrepancy index) were found to be the best predictors of burnout. Results suggest that supervising psychologists are considered to be primary figures in resistance to burnout. Further research could aid in promoting more attention to preventing burnout in the field of school psychology.
Evaluating Science Laboratory Classroom Learning Environment in Osun State of Nigeria for National Development

The study evaluates the science classroom learning environment in Osun State of Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select students from the eight (8) educational zone in Osun State. A total of 24 science teachers and 200 science students were used for the study. Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. Science Achievement Test (SAT) with reliability coefficient of 0.84 using Kuder Richardson-21 and Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) with a reliability coefficient of 0.87 using Cronbach alpha were the two instruments used for gathering data. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and t-test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the science laboratory environment has a significant effect on students’ academic achievement in science. Also, there is a significant difference between students’ preferred and actual laboratory environments in terms of students’ cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity and material environments. The results also indicated that there is no significant difference in the way students and teachers perceived the same laboratory environment. It is recommended that students should be given the opportunity to work cooperatively, provided with frequent laboratory activities which are integrated with the regular science class sessions and be encouraged to be creative by allowing occasionally to pursue their own science interests and design their own experiments. Also, standard laboratory spaces should be provided in schools with materials and equipment needed for the laboratory activities. Keywords: Science Laboratory, Learning Environment, Students’ Achievement, National Development.
Weight-Bearing and Non-Weight-Bearing Knee-Joint Reposition Sense and Functional Performance

Objective: To determine the relationship between weight-bearing (WB) and non-weight-bearing (NWB) joint reposition sense (JRS) and a functional hop test (FH) and to compare performance on these parameters between athletes and nonathletes. Design: Repeated-measures ANOVA and Pearson correlations. Setting: Research laboratory. Participants: 40 men (age = 20.8 ± 1.7 y; ht = 176.9 ± 5.8 cm; wt = 82.6 ± 9.5 kg): 20 lacrosse players and 20 nonathletes. Main Outcome Measures: Ability to actively reproduce 30° of knee flexion in the WB and NWB conditions and functional performance on a single-leg crossover-hop test. Results: No significant correlations were observed between JRS and FH in athletes and nonathletes. No significant differences were observed between athletes and nonathletes in JRS. All participants were significantly more accurate at WB than at NWB JRS. Conclusions: There appears to be no relationship between WB or NWB JRS and functional performance, regardless of one’s physical activity level
Static and dynamic effective stress coefficient of chalk

Deformation of a hydrocarbon reservoir can ideally be used to estimate the effective stress acting on it. The effective stress in the subsurface is the difference between the stress due to the weight of the sediment and a fraction (effective stress coefficient) of the pore pressure. The effective stress coefficient is thus relevant for studying reservoir deformation and for evaluating 4D seismic for the correct pore pressure prediction. The static effective stress coefficient n is estimated from mechanical tests and is highly relevant for effective stress prediction because it is directly related to mechanical strain in the elastic stress regime. The corresponding dynamic effective stress coefficient α is easy to estimate from density and velocity of acoustic (elastic) waves. We studied n and α of chalk from the reservoir zone of the Valhall field, North Sea, and found that n and α vary with differential stress (overburden stress-pore pressure). For Valhall reservoir chalk with 40% porosity, α ranges between 0.98 and 0.85 and decreases by 10% if the differential stress is increased by 25 MPa. In contrast, for chalk with 15% porosity from the same reservoir, α ranges between 0.85 and 0.70 and decreases by 5% due to a similar increase in differential stress. Our data indicate that α measured from sonic velocity data falls in the same range as for n, and that n is always below unity. Stress-dependent behavior of n is similar (decrease with increasing differential stress) to that of α during elastic deformation caused by pore pressure buildup, for example, during waterflooding. By contrast, during the increase in differential stress, as in the case of pore pressure depletion due to production, n increases with stress while α decreases.
Flow among higher education teachers: A job demands-resources perspective

The aim of the present study was to investigate job resources and demands and their relatedness to work flow. In line with the three-dimensional model of flow, absorption, work enjoyment and intrinsic work motivation were explored as separate outcomes. Our predictions were tested using a sample of 293 higher education teachers in Slovenia. The participants indicated their levels of flow, job demands (e.g., workload) and job resources (e.g., variety and autonomy) using the Slovenian version of the work flow inventory and job demands-resources scales. Our hypotheses were tested using moderated multiple regression where main as well as interactive effects between job resources and demands were examined. Autonomy and variety were found to enhance absorption, work enjoyment and intrinsic work motivation. Furthermore, autonomy was found to be the most important predictor of all the work flow dimensions. In contrast, workload was not significantly related to any of the outcomes. We also found interactive effects of variety and workload as well as variety and autonomy on absorption.
A case for the development of data standards for reporting projections of growth in the Internet’s energy consumption

—A growing body of literature (the “energy litera-ture”), from academic as well as industrial sources, is contributing to knowledge about the growth of the Internet’s energy consumption. Despite a general consensus on trends, there exist significant differences in the values published as well as in the scope of the network under study. A separate body of literature (the “architecture literature”) deals with the architecture of the Internet. The architecture literature describes the various segments of the Internet, ranging from the first mile to the trans-oceanic backbones that link continents. It also describes current-and next-generation architectures of these segments, with emphasis on the first-and second-mile technologies. A rationalisation of the architecture literature is attempted. This is used to facilitate a comparison of a sample of works from the energy literature. Works in this sample forecast energy consumption of metro-area implementations built according to the current-generation architecture, that presents at least two aggregation stages before the level of the network-network-interface at the service provider’s core. The rationalisation is presented as a recommendation for authors to facilitate the application of their work as the foundation of research directed towards controlling the Internet’s energy consumption.
A Bibliometric Analysis of 20 Years of Globalization Research: 1990–2009

We present a bibliometric analysis of globalization research published during 1990–2009, based on three online library catalogues, the Science Citation Index, and the Social Science Citation Index databases. Our analysis summarizes major research patterns in globalization research and could serve as an alternative and potential guide for future research in this field. The volume of books and articles on globalization has exploded since the 1990s, and there is an even distribution of globalization literature across subject categories, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of globalization research. International organizations appear as the most cited authors in globalization research. A keyword analysis suggests that cities and networks have a central position in studies of contemporary globalization and reveals several major strands in globalization studies. Presentamos un análisis bibliométrico de la investigación sobre la globalización publicado entre los años 1990 y 2009, basados en tres catálogos bibliográficos en línea, la base de datos del Índice de citas de la ciencia y del Índice de citas de la ciencia social. Nuestro análisis resume patrones importantes de indagación en la investigación de la globalización y podría servir como una guía alterna y potencial para futura investigación en este campo. El volumen de libros y artículos sobre globalización ha explotado desde los años de 1990 y existe una distribución uniforme sobre la literatura de la globalización entre las categorías de la materia, que reflejan la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de la investigación de la globalización. Un análisis de la palabra clave sugiere que las ciudades y las redes tienen una posición central en los estudios de la globalización contemporánea y que revela tendencias principales en los estudios de la globalización. 我们以图书馆目录、科学引文索引，以及社会科学引文索引三个在线的数据库为基础，提供了关于1990至2009年间发表的全球化研究的一个文献计量分析。 我们的研究概括了全球化研究中的主要研究模式，可作为该领域未来研究的替代性和潜在性的指导。 自1990年代以来，关于全球化的论著册子呈爆炸式涌现，各学科门类中全球化文献呈均匀分布，反映了全球化研究的学科间属性。 国际组织在全球化研究中作为被最常援引的作者而出现。 关键词的分析表明城市和网络在当代全球化研究中处于中心地位，这也反映了全球化研究的几个主要分支。 우리는 1990년부터 2009년까지 세 가지 온라인 도서관 카탈로그와 SCI 및 SSCI를 토대로 세계화에 관련된 출판물에 대한 서지측정 분석을 제시하고자 한다. 이 연구는 세계화 연구의 주요 유형들을 요약하고 미래 이 분야 연구에서 대안적이고 잠재적인 지침을 줄 수 있다. 1990년대 이래 세계화에 대한 책과 논문들이 폭발적으로 늘어 났고 학문 경계를 넘어서는 세계화 연구 결과들이 고르게 나타났으며, 이는 통합학문적인 세계화 연구 성격을 보여준다. 국제기구들이 세계화 연구에서 가장 많이 인용되는 저자들이다. 열쇠말 분석을 통하여 도시와 네트워크가 현대 세계화 연구에서 중심적인 위치를 차지하고 있으며 또한 이들이 세계화 연구 흐름을 보여준다는 것을 알 수 있다.
Critical Score as a Predictor for Progression of Tramadol Intoxication

The rate of tramadol abuse in Egypt is becoming disastrous in spite of adding it to the narcotics list by the Egyptian government in the recent years. This study aims to construct a predictive model for acute tramadol intoxicated cases. This study was conducted on tramadol intoxicated patients attending the emergency department of the Poison Control Center (PCC), Ain Shams University hospitals during the period from 1/10/2010 to 30/9/2011. All the patients were subjected to history taking, clinical examination, laboratory investigations, electrocardiography (ECG) and calculation of the APACHE II score. The current study constructs and assesses a new score for prediction of prognosis of tramadol intoxicated patients from clinical and laboratory results obtained from the most predictive parameters affecting the APACHE II score and the most important variables that differentiate best between the studied groups. The area under the ROC curve for the predictive score was 0.996, the best cut-off point was 26 with a sensitivity of 98.46% and specificity of 95.62%. Conclusion: patients with predictive score >26 on admission considered as mild cases while patients with predictive score<26 on admission considered as moderate or severe cases.
Bacterial gill disease of salmonids; relationship between the severity of gill lesions and bacterial recovery.

Thirteen naturally occurring outbreaks of bacterial gill disease (BGD) affecting commercially reared salmonids in Ontario (mainly rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus rnykiss) were examined histologically and bacteriologically. Bacteria recovered from healthy and diseased gills were enumerated, and the severity of the lesions from each outbreak was graded based on the histopathological changes. A positive correlation was found between the presence of gill lesions and the number of bacteria recovered from diseased gills. Clinically healthy rainbow trout had 4.95 X 103 colony forming units (CFU) per g of gill tissue and were histologically normal. The mean of the total yellow pigmented bacteria (YPB) recovered from healthy gills was 0 73 X 1 0 " ~ ~ g-' with the YPB accounting for roughly 15 O/n of the total recovered. During BGD, a significant increase was observed in the total aerobic, total YPB, and percent YPB from diseased gills. Mild outbreaks of BGD displayed limited lamellar epithelial and chloride cell hypertrophy and had, on average. 1.50 X 104 CFU g-' gill tissue. Moderate outbreaks of BGD, associated with 9.57 X 10' CFU g-l, displayed increased evidence of lamellar epithelial and chloride cell degeneration, necrosis, and exfoliation with moderate epithelial hyperplasia. Severe BGD had 3.91 X 106 CFU g-' gill tissue and displayed extensive lamellar epithelial hyperplasia and fusion. The mean of the total YPB recovered from gills from 13 outbreaks was 12.71 x 10' CFU g-l; the YPB accounted for approximately 35 % of the total bacteria recovered, and are considered to be the most significant isolates for most outbreaks in Ontario hatcheries. Statistical analysis on the severity of lesions and bacterial recovery indicated a strong association between the severity of lesions and the presence of filamentous bacteria.
EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF GAS-LIQUID DIFFUSIVITY

The discovery of giant oil fields in the sub-salt zone has been pointed out as a new phase in the energetic scenario in Brazil and around the world. In order to assure hydrocarbon exploitation in those areas, an intense development in science and technology is necessary. The study of the interaction between operation and formation fluids is essential to assure safety during drillings and completion of the well. The possibility of blowouts during drilling, completion, and well intervention must be eliminated. Measurement, interpretation and modeling of the fluid mixture behavior, under reservoir conditions and well-control operations, can contribute to prevent blowouts. In this context, some thermodynamic aspects of formation gas and drilling fluid under reservoir conditions are presented. Additionally, this paper focuses on current experimental methods and data modeling applied to evaluation of gas–liquid diffusivity, giving special attention for the method that uses PVT thermodynamic cells.
The Road Of Romania From Frontier Towards Emerging Capital Market Status

In the present study I first present the classification system of states by international financial institutions on economic and financial criteria, then focusing on the classification made by Morgan Stanley Capital International. According to it the capital market in Romania is currently a frontier one, the Financial Surveillance Authority pursuing the reclassification as an emerging capital market by August 2016. The findings of the study indicate this term as unrealistic, for several reasons. Thus, curently on the Romanian stock market there are only two entities out of 3 minimum required, respectively S.N. G.N Romgaz and Fondul Proprietatea, which fully meet the size and liquidity requirements imposed by MSCI in order to be reclassified as an emerging capital market. Also it is mandatory making significant progress regarding the effectiveness of the operational framework, progress made to some extent through Project S.T. E.A.M. (Set of actions Towards Establishing and Acknowledgment of the emerging Market status). On this project, after analyzing the degree of completion of the proposed measures in order to reach the primary and secondary objectives, whose deadlines have expired, according to the schedule provided, we found that only 69% of them were fulfilled. Given these considerations I can state that Romania could be reclassified as an emerging capital market at the earliest starting with 2017.