Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An investigation into the influence of impulsivity, anxiety, self-esteem and gender on self-reported problematic text messaging habits amongst undergraduates

Text messaging, a service offered via mobile phone technology, has been enthusiastically adopted, particularly amongst adolescents worldwide. The potential impact for the development of self-identity is discussed (Tajfel, 1981), in addition to implications for the development of addictive type behaviours towards technology (Griffiths, 2005). The literature reveals the complexity of the debate. This study employs a measure of self-reported problematic text messaging habits (Rutland, Sheets & Young, 2007) with the aim of investigating links between personality traits, impulsivity, anxiety, self esteem and gender. The results do not replicate earlier research in terms of the predictive validity of certain traits for problematic use of text messages, however evidence is found to support the existence of problematic use within the sample, and suggestions are made for the direction of future research in the light of these findings.
Construct Validation of Consumer Complaint Behavioral Scale in the Malaysian Mobile Phone Services Industry

Consumer Complaint Behavior (CCB) is a topic that is continuously being studied globally at various types of industries and from different perspectives. Nevertheless, CCB has varying definitions and different conceptualizations used among the researchers. Public Action, Private Action, No Action and Voice are among the underlying constructs that are frequently used by the researchers to represent CCB. This paper attempts to further clarify the possible and valid constructs of CCB based on the result of EFA and CFA for complainers and non-complainers. SPSS version 21 and AMOS version 21 were used to analyze the data and the results of Goodness of Fit, Average Variance Extracted have met the suggested threshold values. The study also revealed the existence of four factors of CCB for complainers and two factors for non-complainers.
Relationship between Child Maltreatment and Alcohol Abuse - Findings from Adverse Childhood Experience Study in Republic of Macedonia

Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between of the problem of alcohol abuse and child maltreatment. METHOD: The ACE study was administered by the University Clinic of Psychiatry, Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The ACE study used a representative sample of students in year four of secondary school (aged 18 and above) and first- and second-year university students. The sample consisted of 664 secondary school students (258 males and 406 females.The university student sample consisted of 613 (343 female and 270 male) students from four universities. The data were obtaining by applying ACE Study Questionnaires. RESULTS: Individuals who experience psychological abuse are more prone to develop alcoholism. One of the most serious risk factors for abuse and neglect of children was alcoholism, as a form of household dysfunction. Overall, 13.4% of students lived with someone who misused alcohol. Overall, 10.7% lived with someone who was alcoholic. The association to each ACE was highest among respondents who grew up with two alcohol-abusing parents compared with persons with no alcohol-abusing parents. The health-risk behaviours of most concern included among the others alcohol use (by 82.2% of students). Alcohol use is widespread among students and its prevalence rate is almost 28% by both sexes, and they start drinking at the age of 14-15. CONCLUSION: Among the most frequent household dysfunctions was alcohol use by a family member and about 82% of respondents had ever used alcohol.
Exploratory study of quality and excellence approaches and continuous improvement from the perspective of new institutionalism

This paper is based on the findings of empirical research conducted in 110 Slovenian companies. Using statistical methods, we examine the effect of the EFQM Excellence Model on the institutionalization of total quality management (TQM) tools and approaches, as well as financial results to motivate TQM implementation. Within the whole group of companies, special attention was paid to the results of applicants for the Slovenian Business Excellence Prize (SBEP), which were compared with other companies. The SBEP group showed better results compared with the other companies with regards to benchmarking, peer assessment, participation in quality and excellence awards, knowledge sharing, self-assessments and financial results. Dieser Artikel basiert auf den Ergebnissen einer empirischen Untersuchung in 110 Slowenischen Unternehmen. Durch die Anwendung statistischer Methoden untersuchten wir die Wirkung des EFQM Excellence Modells auf die Institutionalisierung der Total Quality Management (TQM) – Werkzeuge und Ansatze sowie finanzielle Ergebnisse, um eine Umsetzung des TQM zu motivieren. Innerhalb der gesamten Gruppe von Unternehmen wurde besonderes Augenmerk auf die Ergebnisse der Bewerber fur den Slowenischen Business Exzellenz Preis (SBEP) gerichtet. Die SBEP Gruppe zeigte bessere Resultate bezuglich Benchmarking, Peer-Beurteilung, Teilnahme am Wettbewerb fur die Qualitat und Exzellenz Preise, Stimulation des Wissenstransfers, Selbstbewertung und finanziellen Ergebnissen.
MODEL PEMBELAJARAN FISIKA UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN KREATIVITAS BERPIKIR DAN KARAKTER BANGSA BERBASIS KEARIFAN LOKAL BALI

Penelitian ini merupakan analisis kebutuhan untuk menghasilkan model pembelajaran fisika yang adaptable dan efektif bagi pengembangan kreativitas berpikir dan karakter bangsa yang berbasis kearifan lokal Bali. Subjek penelitian ini guru-guru fisika SMA yang telah berpengalaman minimal 10 tahun mengajar fisika di SMA Negeri dan Swasta di Singaraja Bali yang berjumlah 12 orang. Alat pengumpul data berupa kuesioner, pedoman observasi, dan wawancara. Teknik analisis data yang dipakai adalah analisis deskriptif-kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebagai berikut. 1) Terdapat empat aspek berpikir kreatif yang dapat dikembangkan dalam pembelajaran fisika SMA yaitu berpikir lancar (6 indikator), berpikir luwes (6 indikator), berpikir orisinil (7 indikator), dan berpikir elaboratif (5 indikator). 2) Terdapat 18 karakter bangsa yang berbasis kearifan lokal yang dapat dikembangkan dalam pembelajaran fisika SMA yang meliputi: religius ( tri hita karana ), berbuat jujur dan berkata benar ( satyam ), toleransi ( tat twam asi ), disiplin, tanggung jawab ( sesana ), kreatif, mandiri, rasa ingin tahu, cinta tanah air, menghargai prestasi, bersahabat, cinta damai ( santhi ), gemar membaca, refleksi diri ( mulat sarira ), peduli dan bersahabat, jengah , tidak sombong, suka bekerja keras dan dermawan). 3) Tahapan pembelajaran meliputi: (1) eksplorasi, (2) pemusatan, (3) inkuiri/penyelidikan, (4) elaborasi, dan (5) konfirmasi.
A database of circumstellar OH masers

Abstract We present a new database of circumstellar OH masers at 1612, 1665, and 1667 MHz. The database contains 10774 observations and 2274 stars with OH maser emission detected. The database contains flux densities and velocities of the two strongest maser peaks, the expansion velocity of the shell and the radial velocity of the star. Access to the database is possible over the Web (www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/maserdb), allowing cone searches for individual objects and lists of objects. Object selection is possible on the base of flux densities and velocities.
Risk Analysis Of Collision Between Passenger Ferry And Chemical Tanker In The Western Zone Of The Baltic Sea

Abstract This paper presents assumptions and process of the forming of a risk assessment model for collision between a passenger ferry departing from or approaching port of Świnoujście and a chemical tanker carrying a dangerous cargo. In order to assess navigational safety on the basis of data obtained from AIS system, were prepared probabilistic domains of ships, which made it possible to estimate number of navigational incidents as well as their spatial distribution, that consequently allowed to determine potentially dangerous areas. The next phase was formulation of a simulative model intended for the calculating of probability of collision between the ferry and chemical tanker as well as the determining of characteristic scenarios for such collision. This paper presents also an analysis of consequences of the collision with taking into consideration a damage of cargo tanks.
Developmental tendency of landmine protection in vehicle

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of developmental tendency of vehicle landmine protection. The background of the mine detonation process as well as its consequence on military vehicle and there occupant are presented. Analysis of requirements of armoured vehicle is described. Based on the current status, recommendations for future work are given
Price of recreational products and the exchange rate: an empirical investigation on US data

The paper analyses the cointegration relationships and the causal links between the exchange rate of the US Dollar, on the one side, and different price indices of US products on the other side. Data are of monthly frequency and cover a period of two or three decades. We show that the exchange rate cointegrate with the Consumer Price Index and with the prices indices of several agricultural, manufactured and service goods; moreover a one-direction causal link is present, running from price to exchange rate. On the opposite, cointegrating relationships between exchange rate and price indices do not exist in the case of recreational products with “cultural” content. Tentative theoretical explanations are proposed.
Flat surfaces along cuspidal edges

We consider developable surfaces along the singular set of a cuspidal edge surface which are regarded as flat approximations of the cuspidal edge surface. For the study of singularities of such developable surfaces, we introduce the notion of Darboux frames along cuspidal edges, and introduce invariants. As a by-product, we introduce the notion of higherorder helices which are generalizations of previous notions of generalized helices (i.e., slant helices and clad helices). We use this notion to characterize special cuspidal edges.
Effect of corporate governance on real activity-based earnings management: evidence from korea

This paper aims to determine whether corporate governance affects manager's real operating or investment decision to control reported earnings. Through data analysis of firms listed on the Korean stock exchange, it was found that the aggregated measure of real activity-based earnings management decreases as the size of board is larger or as a greater proportion of external directors sit on the board. Those findings are almost the same, whether a corporate governance index composed by each BOD characteristics is employed, or problem caused by endogenous relationships among variables is controlled. The results provide the first empirical evidence that real activity-based earnings management is influenced by corporate governance structure. This focus on real activity-based earnings management suggests new avenues for research on corporate governance. The results offer some insights for policy makers interested in promoting legislation to ensure strong corporate governance in their nation.
Diel movements of fishes linked to benthic seascape structure in a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem

Many common fishes associated with Caribbean coral reef ecosystems use resources from more than 1 patch type during routine daily foraging activities. Few studies have provided direct evidence of connectivity across seascapes, and the importance of benthic seascape structure on movement behavior is poorly known. To address this knowledge gap, we coupled hydro-acoustic technology to track fish with seafloor mapping and pattern analysis techniques from landscape ecol- ogy to quantify seascape structure. Bluestriped grunts Haemulon sciurus and schoolmaster snapper Lutjanus apodus were tracked over 24 h periods using boat-based acoustic telemetry. Movement pathways, and day and night activity spaces were mapped using geographical information system (GIS) tools, and seafloor structure within activity spaces was mapped from high-resolution aerial photography and quantified using spatial pattern metrics. For both fish species, night activity spaces were significantly larger than day activity spaces. Fish exhibited a daytime preference for seascapes with aggregate coral reef and colonized bedrock, then shifted to night activity spaces with lower- complexity soft sediment including sand, seagrass, and scattered coral/rock. Movement path com- plexity was negatively correlated with seascape complexity. This demonstrates direct connectivity across multiple patch types and represents the first study to apply quantitative landscape ecology techniques to examine the movement ecology of marine fish. The spatially explicit approach facili- tates understanding to the linkages between biological processes and the heterogeneity of the land- scape. Such studies are essential for identifying ecologically relevant spatial scales, delineating essen- tial fish habitat and designing marine protected areas.
An Analysis of Economic Efficiency in Bean Production: Evidence from Eastern Uganda

Bean has emerged to be an important cash crop as well as a staple food in Uganda; however, the country’s bean productivity per unit area cultivated has been on the decline for the past ten years. This study estimated the economic efficiency levels and assessed the factors influencing economic efficiency among bean farmers in Eastern Uganda, by applying a stochastic frontier cost function and a two-limit Tobit regression model, based on a random sample of 580 households. Findings revealed that the mean economic efficiency level was 59.94% and it was positively influenced by value of assets, off-farm income, credit and farmers’ primary occupation. Based on the findings from this study, there is need for government and stakeholders to train farmers on entrepreneurial skills so that they can divest their farm profits into more income generating activities which would harness more farming capital. Finally, there is a need for initiatives geared towards enhancing farmers’ access to adequate credit for farming at affordable interest rates and using groups as collateral, so that they could invest more in farming to increase their economic efficiency and farm productivity. Key words: stochastic frontier approach, smallholder farmers, Tobit regression model
A comparison of frontal, continuous, and rotation grazing systems.

Two 2-year trials were conducted to evaluate and compare frontal, continuous, and 2-paddock rotation grazing systems on 'Plains' Old World bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng. ). Frontal grazing allows livestock a continuous opportunity to graze fresh forage via a livestock-pushed, sliding fence which allocates and controls grazing within a pasture. Trial 1 treatments included frontal grazing at a very high stocking density of 13.3 head ha-1 and continuous grazing at 4 stocking densities described as low, moderate, high, and very high. The mechanical design and components of our frontal grazing system were quite adequate in terms of the system's operation and interaction with the livestock herd. Significant (P 0.05); however, they were less than those under rotation grazing (P 0.05).
When Are Nonanonymous Players Negligible

We examine games played by a single large player and a large number of opponents who are small, but not anonymous. If the play of the small players is observed with noise, and if the number of actions the large player controls is bounded as the number of small players grows, the equilibrium set converges to that of the game where there is a continuum of small players. This paper extends previous work on the negligibility of small players by dropping the assumption that small players' actions are “anonymous. ” That is, we allow each small player's actions to be observed separately, instead of supposing that the small players' actions are only observed through their effect on an aggregate statistic.
SECOND ORDER WAVE INTERACTION WITH A LARGE STRUCTURE

Wave diffraction around a large vertical circular bottom mounted cylinder is considered. Results from a 3D second-order numerical time domain Boundary Element Model, a 3D second-order semi-analytical frequency domain model and experiments are compared and show good agreement over a wide range of wave frequencies and wave steepnesses. In general the agreement between the calculated and experimental results is satisfactory even in some cases where second-order Stokes' wave theory is not a priori expected to provide accurate results. The two numerical models have thus been validated against each other and validated against experiments. It is noted that the inclusion of second-order effects is important for the accurate estimation of run-up on a structure.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM : THE USE OF UNCONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND METHODS

Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 27–34. Szeged, Hungary: PME. 3–27 MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING WITH TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: THE USE OF UNCONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND METHODS Hélia Jacinto1,2, Susana Carreira2,3, Maria Alessandra Mariotti4 1Jorge Peixinho Secondary School, 2UIDEF, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa; 3University of Algarve; 4University of Siena, Italy
A New Species of Leaf-Toed Gecko, Genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico

ABSTRACT. A new, miniaturized species of Phyllodactylus Gray from Guerrero, Mexico is described. The species appears to be the smallest American species of leaf-toed gecko. The diploid karyotype consists of a graded series of 36 acrocentric and 2 subtelocentric chromosomes; the telocentric pair is the second largest. The new form is morphologically very similar to P. duellmani, but is electrophoretically quite distinctive having a genetic distance of 0.839. The new population is also meristically quite similar to allopatric P. bordai, but can be distinguished by its small size at which reproductive maturity is attained and by the number of transverse ventrals.
Participatory assessment of biodiversity conservation in community forestry in Nepal

The Community Forestry has been the most effective means of managing common forest resources in Nepal. Besides rehabilitating degraded hills, improving environment and contributing to the rural livelihoods, community forestry is claimed to be a major means of biodiversity conservation. It is also argued that the prevalent approach of community forest management threats to the conservation of biodiversity. This paper is based on the findings from two community forest user groups from Central Nepal and argues that the users’ innovative practices of active forest management favor biodiversity conservation. The study has documented users’ innovations to conserve biodiversity in community managed forests. Key words: Nepal, community forestry, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods Banko Janakari Vol.16(1) 2006 pp46-56
Mood and Analyst Optimism and Accuracy

Based on the US data over the 1982 and 2014 period, we find that analyst forecasts are more optimistic and have larger errors in the week ending with a Thanksgiving Day, a Christmas Day or a New Year’s Day. These results are neither explained by higher sentiment associated with more favorable contemporaneous economic conditions, nor by under-reaction to more bad news released on days immediately before weekends or holidays. Overall, our results are consistent with the notion that when holidays are approaching, analysts are in a good mood, whereby making more positively biased and less accurate forecasts. We thank Ling Cen and Sudipto Dasgupta for helpful suggestions. We acknowledge Andrea Bennett for proofreading our initial draft. Page 2 of 43 The role of mood has been neglected in most studies in economics and finance. A major reason is that people are conventionally assumed to be fully rational. However, some studies suggest that the mood or psychological state of people affects their judgment (Frijda 1988; Schwarz and Clore 1983), information processing (Estrada et al. 1997), rational cogitations (Isen 2001) and decision-making (Etzioni 1988), even though they are usually unconscious of it. This paper studies mood and analysts’ optimism and accuracy. In line with the hypothesis that analysts are under the influence of a happier mood near holidays, we document that analysts generally make more optimistic forecasts and forecasts with larger errors during these times. Wright and Bower (1992) show that happy people are more optimistic and assign higher probabilities to positive events. Kaplanski et al. (2015) report that the happier people are, the more optimistic they are with regard to stock markets. Presumably, people are typically in a pleasant mood on holidays or when holidays are coming (Bollen et al. 2011). Logically, a favorable mood has long been proposed as a plausible explanation for significantly higher pre-holiday returns in financial markets (Thaler 1987; Fabozzi et al. 1994). Hence, we hypothesize that analysts are happier on holidays or when holidays are approaching, whereby making more bullish or more positively biased forecasts during these times. In addition, the “mood-as-information” theory (Schwarz 1990) posits that people in a good mood tend to react to irrelevant information whereas people in a bad mood generally process information more cautiously and respond more strongly to actual relevant news. Therefore, we expect that analysts tend to make larger forecast errors prior to or on holidays when they are in a good mood.
The Genetic and Epigenetic Bases of Gastritis

Gastritis, the inflammation of the mucosal layer of the stomach, is a major clinical entity due to its association with gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease. The primary cause of gastritis is the infection with the microaerofilic gram negative Helicobacter pylori that during the early phases elicits an acute inflammatory response which eventually evolves to a longstanding chronic gastritis (Ruggiero 2012). In the case of gastric cancer development, chronic gastritis is the first step of the so-called multistep cascade of gastric cancer. This sequence includes the non-atrophic chronic gastritis, multifocal atrophic gastritis, intestinal metapla‐ sia, dysplasia and invasive carcinoma as were described in detail by Correa as the “human model of gastric carcinogenesis” (Fig. 1) (Correa et al. 2007). This multistep model hypothe‐ sizes that the sequence of these lesions reflects a dynamic process from a naive inflammation caused by H. pylori infection to a fully malignant neoplasm of the stomach (Correa et al. 1976; Cuello et al. 1976; Haenszel et al. 1976; Correa et al. 1990). Independent epidemiologi‐ cal studies have confirmed that non-atrophic, atrophic, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia are all linked through a sequential cause-effect relationship, thus supporting the concept of a human model for gastric carcinogenesis (Ohata et al. 2004). However, the risk of malignant transformation of these lesions is poorly defined. Long-term follow-up studies have shown a risk from 10% to 17% in the case of dysplasia (Saraga et al. 1987; Coma del Corral et al. 1990; Koch et al. 1990; Whiting et al. 2002; Rugge et al. 2003). For intestinal metaplasia, the risk assessment has conflicting results and therefore a limited clinical value (Ramesar et al. 1987; Silva et al. 1990; Rokkas et al. 1991; Conchillo et al. 2001; Vannella et al. 2012). The re‐ cently developed Operative Link for Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) staging system (Rugge et al. 2007), through the evaluation of the extension and site of the atrophic changes, is an at‐ tempt to evaluate the risk of chronic gastritis to progress to intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer (Rugge et al. 2008; Capelle et al. 2010; Rugge et al. 2010). In this scenario, the identifi‐