Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A 'Human Growth' Perspective on Organizational Resources, Worker Satisfaction and Firm Performance

The paper deals with the mediating role of immaterial satisfaction between substantive organizational substantive features, defined as resources by on-the-job autonomy, involvement, teamwork and workload pressure, and organizational performance, defined in terms of improvements in product quality and innovation. We address this relationship in the Italian social service sector using a survey dataset that includes 4,134 workers and 320 not-for-profit social cooperatives. We apply a structural equation model including both observed and latent variables. Direct, indirect and total effects in the structural model show that: (i) worker autonomy in introducing innovation positively influences performance; (ii) involvement bears positively on performance when its effect is mediated by immaterial satisfaction; (iii) the negative impact of task-autonomy on performance is almost counterbalanced by its positive impact on worker satisfaction. To control for common method bias we resort to post-hoc testing and introduce three distal sources of subjective data from directors, managers and paid workers.
THE MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF ECOVILLAGES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL ALTERNATIVES

Despite today’s widespread reference to sustainability, initiatives are still quite incipient. Ecovillages are communities that carry out an array of sustainable practices and aim to influence society as models for alternative lifestyles. The goal of this paper is to analyze the meanings associated with these communities in the academic literature and their relevance to sustainability debates. Regardless of the conceptual imprecision of the term ‘ecovillage’ and important challenges and limitations regarding their social role in society, ecovillage initiatives (many that are educational) have propagated by diffusing alternative ideas and practices throughout society. They are increasingly linked with other movements and social institutions, functioning as key nodes in sustainability-oriented networks. As they promote concrete actions in the construction of societal alternatives, ecovillages significantly contribute to efforts of rethinking sustainability.
Adaptive Wavelet Simulation of a Flow around an Impulsively Started Cylinder Using Penalisation

Abstract We present an adaptive wavelet method to integrate the velocity–vorticity formulation of the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations coupled with a penalisation technique to handle efficiently solid boundaries of arbitrary shape. We demonstrate the validity of this method, called coherent vortex simulation (CVS), to compute the flow around an impulsively started cylinder at high Reynolds number and compare the results with a classical vortex method.
Severity of plasma leakage is associated with high levels of IP-10 , HGF , MMP-2 and MMP-9 during dengue infections

Background. Dengue virus infection typically causes mild dengue fever, but in severe cases, life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) occurs. The pathophysiological hallmark of DHF/DSS is plasma leakage that leads to enhanced vascular permeability likely due to cytokine storm. Methods. Ninety dengue patients from 2010-2012 in Singapore were prospectively recruited and stratified according to their diseases phase, primary and secondary infection status, and disease severity measured by plasma leakage. Clinical parameters were recorded throughout the disease progression. The levels of various immune mediators were quantified using comprehensive multiplex microbead-based immunoassays for 46 immune mediators. Results. Association between clinical parameters and immune mediators were analyzed using various statistical methods. Potential immune markers including IL1Ra, IP-10, HGF, sTNFRp75, VCAM-1 and MMP-2 were significantly associated with significant plasma leakage. Secondary DENV infections were also shown to influence disease outcome in terms of disease severity. Conclusions. This study identified several key markers for exacerbated dengue pathogenesis, notably plasma leakage. This will allow a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of DHF/DSS in dengue patients. at C onell U niersity L irary on O cber 1, 2016 http://jidrdjournals.org/ D ow nladed from
Religiosity's Quadratic Moderation Effect on the Relationship between Gender Inequality and Subjective Well-being around the World

This paper reports two studies that sought to examine whether religiosity moderates the relationship between gender inequality and subjective well-being. Using multi-level and national-level analyses on 84 and 127 nations, respectively, we found evidence in support of this hypothesis. We also examined whether religiosity is a linear or a quadratic moderator of the relationship between gender inequality and subjective well-being. We found evidence that national-level religiosity is a quadratic moderator of the relationship.
DISSECTING THE CHILEAN EXPORT BOOM Autores:

Since 1975 Chilean exports have boomed growing at a 6% average rate per year in real terms. In this paper we use manufacturing Chilean data at the plant level for years 1990 to 2007 to investigate the relationship between exports, plant dynamics and productivity. Our findings are consistent with the predictions of the new heterogeneous firms’ trade theories. Firstly, 64.4% of the total increase in exports is accounted for by new exporters net of failed exporters. This effect is a combination of a larger fraction of plants that export, a rising fraction of output sold abroad and a larger level of total sales. Secondly, productivity and exports co-moved over the Chilean boom, with a positive correlation of exports with both within plant productivity growth and productivity enhancing reallocation of output across plants.
Testing International Asset Pricing Models Using Implied Costs of Capital

Abstract This paper tests international asset pricing models using firm-level expected returns estimated from an implied cost of capital approach. We show that the implied approach provides clear evidence of economic relations that would otherwise be obscured by the noise in realized returns. Among G-7 countries, expected returns based on implied costs of capital have less than one-tenth the volatility of those based on realized returns. Our tests show that firm-level expected returns increase with world market beta, idiosyncratic volatility, financial leverage, and book-to-market ratios, and decrease with currency beta and firm size.
Lower Aeronian triangulate monograptids of the genus Demirastrites Eisel, 1912: biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography, anagenetic changes and speciation

on planktonic graptolites, the most common and diversified macrofossils to be found in anoxic black shales, which are widespread in off-shore depositional settings, particularly in the lower part of the Silurian System. High-resolution correlation, particularly quantitative stratigraphical correlation based upon semi-automated (Shaw’s graphic correlation: Shaw 1964, Cooper & Lindholm 1990, Fan et al. 2013) and automated systems (CONOP: Sadler et al. 2003, 2011; Sadler 2004; Cooper et al. 2014 and Horizon Annealing: Sheets et al. 2012, Melchin et al. 2016a) have demanding requirements for primary data input. Densely sampled sections with abundant and highly diversified graptolite faunas are just one step on the way to maximum resolution in stratigraphy and correlation, which also relies critically on the correct taxonomic assignment of the taxa involved. Modern taxonomic revisions are needed not only for the purpose of high-resolution stratigraphy and correlation, but also correct determination of the taxa is a primary prerequisite for any palaeobiogeographical analysis, particularly when closely similar taxa occur in a similar, but not always the same, stratigraphical interval in different palaeobiogeographical provinces. The present study focusses on the systematic revision of lower Aeronian monograptids with proximal rastritiform to sub-rastritiform thecae and non-overlapping, subrastritiform to high-triangular distal thecae with hooked apertures that are transversely extended into a pair of lateral apertural processes. These graptolites are of particular importance in lower Aeronian graptolite biostratigraphy
Eliciting Risk Preferences: A Field Experiment on a Sample of French Farmers

We designed a field experiment involving real payments to elicit farmers’ risk preferences. Farmers are a very interesting sample to study since risk has always played an important role in agricultural producers’ decisions. Besides, European farmers may face more risky situations in the future. In this context, it is very important for any economic analysis focusing on agriculture to correctly assess farmers’ behaviour in the face of different sources of risk. We test for two descriptions of farmers’ behaviour: expected utility and cumulative prospect theory. We use two elicitation methods based on the procedures of Holt and Laury (2002) and Tanaka et al. (2010) on a sample of 30 French farmers. The experiment consists in asking subjects to make series of choices between two lotteries with varying probabilities and outcomes. We estimate parameters describing farmers’ risk preferences derived from structural models. We find farmers are slightly risk averse in the expected utility framework. In the cumulative prospect theory frame, we find farmers display either loss aversion or probability weighting, tending to overweight small probabilities and to underweight high probabilities. In our study, expected utility is not a good description of farmers’ behaviour towards risk.
Industrial Management & Data Systems Benefiting from external knowledge ? A study of telecommunications industry cluster in Shenzhen

Benefiting from external knowledge? A study of telecommunications industry cluster in Shenzhen, China Chi-Han Ai Hung-Che Wu Article information: To cite this document: Chi-Han Ai Hung-Che Wu , (2016),"Benefiting from external knowledge? A study of telecommunications industry cluster in Shenzhen, China", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 116 Iss 4 pp. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi. org/10.1108/IMDS-06-2015-0229
INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT SPECTROSCOPY OF THE STELLAR DISK TRUNCATION REGION OF NGC 6155

Like the majority of spiral galaxies, NGC 6155 exhibits an exponential surface brightness profile that steepens significantly at large radii. Using the VIRUS-P integral field unit spectrograph, we have gathered spatially resolved spectra of the system. Modifying the GANDALF spectral fitting routine for use on the complex stellar populations found in spirals, we find that the average stellar ages increase significantly beyond the profile break radius. This result is in good agreement with recent simulations that predict the outskirts of disk galaxies are populated through stellar migration. With the ability to bin multiple fibers, we are able to measure stellar population ages down to μV ∼ 24 mag arcsec−2.
Pathogenic and ice-nucleation active (INA) bacteria causing dieback of willows in short rotation forestry

To find out whether bacteria isolated from diseased plant parts can be the main causal agent for the dieback appearing in Salix energy forestry plantations in Sweden during the last few years, and if the joint effects of bacteria and frost injury are synergistic, extensive sampling of shoots from diseased Salix plants was performed. We performed several laboratory and greenhouse investigations and used evaluation techniques on the functions of the Ice-Nucleation Active (INA) bacteria. We carried out a comparison between spring and autumn bacterial communities isolated from within (endophytically) and surface (epiphytically) plant tissues of Salix viminalis. Seasonal variation of bacteria in willow clones with different levels of frost sensitivity and symptoms of bacterial damage was also investigated. We further focussed on possible effect of fertilisation and nutrient availability on the bacterial community in relation to plant dieback in Estonian willow plantations. The identification and detection of INA bacteria which cause damage in combination with frost to willow (Salix spp) plants in late fall, winter and spring was performed using BIOLOG MicroPlate, biochemical tests, selective INA primers and 16S rDNA analysis. To distinguish the character for differentiation between these bacteria morphologically and with respect to growing ability different culture media were used. We studied the temperature, at which ice nucleation occurred for individual bacteria, estimated the population of INA bacteria, effect of growth limiting factors, and evaluated the effect of chemical and physical agents for disruption and possible inhibition of INA among individual bacterial strains. The concentration of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus on INA is discussed. We demonstrate that among the bacterial isolates recovered from the willow plantations, there were many that were capable of ice nucleation at temperatures between -2°C and -10°C, many that were capable of inducing a hypersensitive reaction in tobacco, as well as causing necrotic symptoms on willows exposed to frost treatment. The most frequently isolated types were found to be non-fluorescent P. fluorescens (biotype A, B, C, F, G) and/or Sphingomonas spp. Erwinia spp, P. fluorescens, Xanthomonas spp and P. syringae however, were considered to be the most important pathogens in the field. We conclude that diseases caused by INA bacteria in relationship with frost are a limiting factor in willow and poplar plantations in Sweden and most likely also in other temperate regions in the world.
Large eddy simulation of turbulent buoyant flow in a confined cavity with conjugate heat transfer

Turbulent natural convection in enclosure is a paradigmatic case for wide class of processes of great interest for industrial and environmental problems. The solid-fluid thermal interaction, the anisotropy of the turbulence intensity in the flow field along with the transient nature of heat transfer processes, pose challenges regarding the numerical modeling. The case of a square cavity with differently heated vertical walls and two horizontal conductive plates is studied at Ra = 1.58 × 109. The study is carried out numerically, using large-eddy simulation together with a dynamic Lagrangian turbulence model and a conjugate heat transfer method to take into account heat transfer at the solid surfaces. First, validation is carried out against the literature experimental and numerical data. The results of validation tests evidence the limitations of using the adiabatic conditions as a model for reproducing an insulator. In fact, the adiabatic condition represents the asymptotic behavior which is often diffic.
Effect of New Fungicides in Controlling Anthracnose/Die Back Disease of Chilli

The experiment was conducted in the laboratory and field of Spices Research Centre, BARI, Shibganj, Bogra, Bangladesh during Rabi season of 2014-2015 to test the efficacy of some new fungicides in controlling anthracnose/die-back disease and increase yield of chilli. Nine new fungicides and one control were used as treatments. In vitro tests, Orion 72 WP (0.2%) significantly inhibited the radial mycelial growth of the pathogen (Colletotrichum capsici) in the PDA culture media. All the new fungicides significantly decreased the % leaf infection, % leaf area diseased (LAD), % twig infection, % fruit infection, % fruit area diseased (FAD) and increased fresh yield of chilli. Among the fungicides, Orion 72 WP showed the best performance.
Crumpled globule model of the three-dimensional structure of DNA

We argue that in order to maintain the biological function of DNA confined inside the cell nucleus, its spatial structure has to be unknotted, of the so-called crumpled globule type. The fixation of a particular realization of this non-equilibrium structure by attractive interactions between specific units imposes a connection between the spatial structure of DNA and the statistical distribution of these units along the chain contour. This suggests that both primary sequence and spatial structure of native DNA were formed simultaneously by a self-similar evolution process. The predictions of our model are compared with recent observations of long-range correlations in intron-containing genes and non-transcribed regulatory elements and further experimental tests are proposed.
A theoretical study on the dynamics of a compound vesicle in linear shear flow

The dynamics of a nucleate cell in shear flow is of great relevance in cancer cells and circulatory tumor cells where they dominate the dynamics of blood. Buoyed by the success of Giant Unilamellar vesicles in explaining the dynamics of anucleate cells such as Red Blood cells, compound vesicles have been suggested as a simple model for nucleate cells. In this work, a theoretical model is presented to study the deformation and dynamics of a compound vesicle in linear shear flow using small deformation theory and spherical harmonics with higher order approximation to the membrane forces. The results indicate that size of the inner vesicle does not affect the tank-treading dynamics of the outer vesicle. The inner vesicle admits a greater inclination angle than the outer vesicle. However, the transition to trembling-swinging and tumbling is significantly affected. The inner and outer vesicle exhibit identical dynamics in most of the modified viscosity-shear rate parameter space. At moderate size of the inner vesicle, a swinging mode is observed for the inner vesicle while the outer vesicle exhibits tumbling. The inner vesicle also exhibits modification of the TU mode to IUS-Intermediate Tumbling Swinging mode. Moreover, synchronization of the two vesicles at higher inner vesicle size and a capillary number sensitive motion at small inner vesicle size is observed in the tumbling regime. These results are in accordance with the few experimental observations reported by Levant and Steinberg2014. A reduction in the inclination angle is observed with an increase in size of the inner vesicle when the inner vesicle is a solid inclusion. Additionally a very elaborate phase diagram is presented in the modified viscosity-shear rate parameter space, which could be tested in future experiments or numerical simulations
The global impact of the transport sectors on atmospheric aerosol: simulations for year 2000 emissions

Abstract. We use the EMAC (ECHAM/MESSy Atmospheric Chemistry) global model with the aerosol module MADE (Modal Aerosol Dynamics model for Europe, adapted for global applications) to quantify the impact of transport emissions (land transport, shipping and aviation) on the global aerosol. We consider a present-day (2000) scenario according to the CMIP5 (Climate Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) emission data set developed in support of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fifth Assessment Report. The model takes into account particle mass and number emissions: The latter are derived from mass emissions under different assumptions on the size distribution of particles emitted by the three transport sectors. Additional sensitivity experiments are performed to quantify the effects of the uncertainties behind such assumptions. The model simulations show that the impact of the transport sectors closely matches the emission patterns. Land transport is the most important source of black carbon (BC) pollution in the USA, Europe and the Arabian Peninsula, contributing up to 60–70% of the total surface-level BC concentration in these regions. Shipping contributes about 40–60% of the total aerosol sulfate surface-level concentration along the most-traveled routes of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific oceans, with a significant impact (~ 10–20%) along the coastlines. Aviation mostly affects aerosol number, contributing about 30–40% of the particle number concentration in the northern midlatitudes' upper troposphere (7–12 km), although significant effects are also simulated at the ground, due to the emissions from landing and take-off cycles. The transport-induced perturbations to the particle number concentrations are very sensitive to the assumptions on the size distribution of emitted particles, with the largest uncertainties (about one order of magnitude) obtained for the land transport sector. The simulated climate impacts, due to aerosol direct and indirect effects, are strongest for the shipping sector, in the range of −222.0 to −153.3 mW m −2 , as a consequence of the large impact of sulfate aerosol on low marine clouds and their optical properties.
Laser induced nanogratings beyond fused silica - periodic nanostructures in borosilicate glasses and ULE™

We report on the ultrashort pulse laser induced formation of birefringent structures in the volume of different glasses: Borofloat 33, BK7 and ULE™. Using polarization contrast and scanning electron microscopy we could prove that this birefringence is induced by nanogratings. We were able to identify the pulse duration as a crucial process parameter for the generation of nanogratings in these glasses. The achieved birefringence in ULE is comparable to fused silica, while borosilicate glasses show much less birefringence (only about 12%). Remarkably, the period of the nanogratings is also dependent on the type of the glass, being 250 nm for ULE and only 60 nm in case of Borofloat 33.
Annual Atlantic Schools of Business Conference 1 Evaluation of Adaptation Alternatives During The Implementation of Amt In Small-to Medium-Sized Firms

Implementation is represented in the capital budgeting process as a solitary stage that begins after the decision to adopt and ends with the post-audit. For investments in advanced manufacturing technology, this belies the complexity of implementation and the financial risk. Many unexpected problems arise. The alternative solutions, with their costs and benefits, warrant rational evaluation. This study explores the process of implementation to identify what cost-benefit evaluation is done and the implications for project feasibility.
EFFECT OF STUDENT TEAMS-ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS TECHNIQUE USED IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ON SELF-EFFICACY, TEST ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of teaching the "Force and Motion" unit of the Science and Technology class using the Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) technique on self efficacies, test anxiety and academic achievements of seventh grade students. The STAD technique was applied to the experiment group; the existing program based on constructivism to control-1 group, and traditional teaching methods to control-2 group. The analysis of the obtained data was achieved by using the one-way variance analysis (ANOVA). In conclusion, it was determined that the experiment group was more effective than the control groups in respect to self-efficacy and academic achievement. Moreover, significant improvements were obtained in the exam anxiety of the students in the experiment and control-1 groups compared to the group where traditional teaching methods were used. Key words: academic achievement, self-efficacy, student teams, academic divisions techniques, test anxiety.