Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
When the team potency needs self-efficacy and adaptive selling

Objetivo: Sugerimos que o efeito da potência do time no desempenho não é somente direto, mas também mediado pelos mecanismos de autoeficácia e venda adaptativa. A Teoria Social Cognitiva explica essa mediação em série, pois o indivíduo que possui crenças nas suas habilidades de vendas (autoeficácia), molda seu comportamento congruente ao do cliente (venda adaptativa). Como consequência, os resultados de vendas são melhores. Método: Foram coletados dados com funcionários da linha de frente do segmento bancário, que, por meio de análises multivariadas, confirmam as expectativas dos autores, para o desempenho individual e do time.Originalidade/Relevância: A Teoria da Efetividade do Time tem mostrado que a potência do time aumenta positivamente o desempenho individual, contudo pouco se sabe sobre sua influência no desempenho do grupo. Em complemento, ainda é necessário compreender o poder explicativo do efeito da potência no desempenho.Resultados: A potência influencia o desempenho tanto individual quanto do time por meio da autoeficácia e da venda adaptativa. Contribuições teóricas/metodológicas: Este trabalho apresenta um avanço na literatura ao relacionar construtos do time com elementos individuais para a obtenção de desempenho individual e do time. Em complemento, contribui com a Teoria Social Cognitiva e com a Teoria da Efetividade do Time, ao elevar o poder de explicação da potência do time na determinação do desempenho de vendas.
Working Paper Series No 4 / 2017 Components of Uncertainty

Uncertainty is acknowledged to be a source of economic fluctuations. But, does the type of uncertainty matter for the economy’s response to an uncertainty shock? This paper offers a novel identification strategy to disentangle different types of uncertainty. It uses machine learning techniques to classify different types of news instead of specifying a set of keywords. It is found that, depending on its source, the effects of uncertainty on macroeconomic variable may differ. I find that both good (expansionary effect) and bad (contractionary effect) types of uncertainty exist. JEL-codes: D80, E32, E66
Sovereign Risk and Bank Risk-Taking, WP/17/280, December 2017

I propose a dynamic general equilibrium model in which strategic interactions between banks and depositors may lead to endogenous bank fragility and slow recovery from crises. When banks' investment decisions are not contractible, depositors form expectations about bank risk-taking and demand a return on deposits according to their risk. This creates strategic complementarities and possibly multiple equilibria: in response to an increase in funding costs, banks may optimally choose to pursue risky portfolios that undermine their solvency prospects. In a bad equilibrium, high funding costs hinder the accumulation of bank net worth, leading to a persistent drop in investment and output. I bring the model to bear on the European sovereign debt crisis, in the course of which under-capitalized banks in defaultrisky countries experienced an increase in funding costs and raised their holdings of domestic government debt. The model is quantified using Portuguese data and accounts for macroeconomic dynamics in Portugal in 2010-2016. Policy interventions face a trade-off between alleviating banks' funding conditions and strengthening risk-taking incentives. Liquidity provision to banks may eliminate the good equilibrium when not targeted. Targeted interventions have the capacity to eliminate adverse equilibria. JEL Classification Numbers: E44, F30, F34, G01, G21, G28, H63
Political Participation and New Technologies of Communication in Spain

Konsolidacja Internetu bedącego nie tylko medium, ale takze wielofunkcyjną platformą, podwazyla tradycyjne relacje miedzy mediami a partycypacją polityczną. Najnowsze wydarzenia polityczne w Hiszpanii, takie jak ruch 15-M czy sukces partii Podemos pokazują, ze nowe technologie zwiekszają mozliwości nowych i nowatorskich sposobow aktywności politycznej. Niniejszy artykul stanowi diagnoze roli, jaką odgrywają nowe technologie komunikacyjne, w szczegolności Internet, w dzialalności politycznej w Hiszpanii. Wyniki pokazują godne uwagi upowszechnienie Internetu jako źrodla informacji politycznych, a takze jako platformy partycypacji politycznej. Analiza sugeruje ponadto, ze partycypacja w sieci jest zjawiskiem bardziej popularnym wśrod mlodych ludzi z wyksztalceniem wyzszym i mających poglądy lewicowe. Profil ten jest zblizony do charakterystyki obywateli, ktorzy wspierają nowe sily polityczne, takie jak Podemos i rozne ruchy obywatelskie domagające sie przebudowy systemu demokratycznego w Hiszpanii.
LUDIMILLA PORTELA ZAMBALDI LIMA INFLUÊNCIA DA ESTRUTURA DE PAISAGENS EM PARÂMETROS DA BIODIVERSIDADE COM FOCO EM PEQUENOS FRAGMENTOS E CORREDORES DE VEGETAÇÃO NO BIOMA DA MATA ATLÂNTICA, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL

Structural factors as like vegetation remnants, isolation and connectivity between forest patches are intrinsic related to biodiversity. Small patches and connectors are considered important in maintaining species in landscapes with high level of fragmentation and habitat loss. Despite the size, these element increase the landscape connectivity, and the available area to species. Atlantic Forest remnants are distributed in small fragments (less than 50 hectares), often inserted into an anthropogenic matrix. Even threatened , this biome presents a high species richness and endemism. Despite they importance, studies usually have focused on the analysis and quantification of preserved fragments, and there is a lack of information about the abundance and spatial arrangement of small features. The aim of this study was to quantify and analyze the spatial distribution of small features in 49 sample sites in Atlantic Forest fragmented landscapes at Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We tested the relationship between the remnant vegetation, isolation and hedgerows length with distance to landscape features, slope, altitude, number and fragments area. We also tested the connectivity for several capacity to cross the matrix, the relation of fragments with the surrounding matrix and the importance of small fragments to landscape isolation. We mapped the landscape features using a multispectral classification of high spatial resolution images (5m) applying a object-based semi automatic method. Results showed a variable percentage of remaining vegetation in the sample sites (4.1% to 69.7%), most of them with fragments smaller than 1 h (from 45 to 97%). The largest number of hedgerows was found in the southeastern state. Statistical analyzes based on the AICc model selection indicated the influence of physical, structural and political divisions in the amount of vegetation , isolation and size of corridors landscapes factors. Small fragments (< 100 ha) and hedgerows (width ≤ 15 m) are important elements in the connection between the fragments.
Results : Conclusions : PREDICTORS OF MATH ACHIEVEMENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADES 1-3

Early math skills are a good predictor of later academic success. Finding what factors influence math performance might help educators create better and more efficient math programs. The goal of the present study was to assess the relationship of math achievement and verbal fluency, selective attention, visual-motor integration and inhibitory control. An additional goal was to assess the effect of gender and grade on math achievement. The sample for this study comprised 210 children from gra des 1 to 3 (107 boys, 103 girls). Children were individually ad mi nistered a math test and tests of various predictor measures. The significant predictors of math achievement were verbal fluency, selective attention, visual-motor integration, and inhibitory control. The proposed model explained around 70% of the variance in the math scores. There were no gender differences in the math scores. Given the fact that all the predictors used in this study are very susceptible to inclusion in instruction, their incorporation in an early age curriculum might significantly improve math skills at a later age.
— 10 — Solar Vacuum-ultraviolet Radiometry with SUMER

Since the beginning of 1996, the space-based telescope and spectrograph SUMER (Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation) on the SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) of ESA and NASA has obtained spectra of many features of the quiescent and active Sun with high spectral and spatial resolution. In addition, irradiance and radiance measurements of line and continuum emission have been performed in the wavelength range 46.5 nm to 161.0 nm. The instrument was radiometrically calibrated against the Berlin Electron Storage ring for SYnchrotron radiation (BESSY I), a primary source standard, with the help of a transfer source standard based on a hollow-cathode discharge lamp. A thorough cleanliness programme, specifically aimed at chemical contamination control, resulted in an excellent radiometric stability of the normal-incidence optical system as well as of the detectors. This has been verified under operational conditions by various techniques employed during the SOHO mission, such as line-ratio studies, observations of stars, and comparisons with other instruments. The observations provide vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) radiometry of the Sun in many emission lines and continua of atoms and ions with relative standard uncertainties of 15 % (detector A) and 20 % (detector B) for the wavelength range 53 nm to 124 nm, with larger uncertainties outside this interval and after the SOHO recovery in 1998. We report on the present state of the SUMER radiometric calibration and provide a full bibliography related to this topic.
Tingting Lin DEVIATIONS OF GOVERNANCE IN IT MULTI-SOURCING: A CASE STUDY

IT outsourcing (ITO) refers to the shift of IT/IS activities from internal to external of an organization. In prior research, the governance of ITO is recognized with persistent strategic importance for practice, because it is tightly related to ITO success. Under the rapid transformation of global market, the evolving practice of ITO requires updated knowledge on effective governance. However, research on ITO governance is still under developed due to the lack of integrated theoretical frameworks and the variety of empirical settings besides dyadic client-vendor relationships. Especially, as multi-sourcing has become an increasingly common practice in ITO, its new governance challenges must be attended by both ITO researchers and practitioners. To address this research gap, this study aims to understand multi-sourcing governance with an integrated theoretical framework incorporating both governance structure and governance mechanisms. The focus is on the emerging deviations among formal, perceived and practiced governance. With an interpretive perspective, a single case study is conducted with mixed methods of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and qualitative inquiries. The empirical setting embraces one client firm and its two IT suppliers for IT infrastructure services. The empirical material is analyzed at three levels: within one supplier firm, between the client and one supplier, and among all three firms. Empirical evidences, at all levels, illustrate various deviations in governance mechanisms, with which emerging governance structures are shaped. This dissertation contributes to the understanding of ITO governance in three domains: the governance of ITO in general, the governance of multi-sourcing in particular, and research methodology. For ITO governance in general, this study has identified two research strands of governance structure and governance mechanisms, and integrated both concepts under a unified framework. The composition of four research papers contributes to multi-sourcing research by illustrating the benefits of zooming in and out across the multilateral relationships with different aspects and scopes. Methodologically, the viability and benefit of mixed-method is illustrated and confirmed for both researchers and practitioners.
Regression models of individual cephalometric indicators used in the method of

It is proved that in the analysis of lateral teleroentgenograms according to different methods distances and angles have their normative indices which differ for persons of different ethnic, gender and age belongings. Therefore, for a full use in the orthodontics R.M. Ricketts method, similar studies are needed in Ukraine. The purpose of the work in boys and girls with normal occlusion close to the orthognathic bite and harmonious face construct and analyze the regression models of teleroentgenographic indicators used in the method of R. M. Ricketts. Primary lateral teleroentgenograms of 38 young men (aged 17-21 years) and 55 young women (aged from 16 to 20 years) with normal occlusion close to orthognathic bite and harmonic face, obtained from the Veraviewepocs 3D device, Morita (Japan), taken from the bank data of research center of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya. Cephalometric measurements were performed according to the recommendations of R. M. Ricketts. All indicators were divided into three groups: 1 metric characteristics of the skull, which usually do not change during surgical and orthodontic treatment; 2 tooth-jaw indicators, the definition of which most often guided by performing orthodontic manipulations of patients in children and adolescents, as well as those with already formed bone skeleton when orthodontic surgery can change the width, length, angles and position of the bones of the upper and lower jaws; 3 indicators that characterize the position of each individual tooth relative to each other, to the bony cranial structures and face profile. The regression models of individual teleroentgenographic indicators used in the R.M. Ricketts methodology are constructed using the "Statistica 6.0" licensing package. Constructed all 2 reliable models of the indicators included in the second group (distance Go-CF and Xi-Pm), depending on the indicators of the first group (in young men R = 0.884 and 0.928, and in young women 0.735 and 0.719); as well as in young men, 7 out of 8 possible reliable models (R = 0.568 to 0.887) of the indicators included in the third group (the magnitude of the distances 6u-6l, Overjet, Overbite, 6uPTV, 1l-APog, 1u-APog and Xi-OcP ) depending on the indicators of the first and second groups; and only 5 models for young women (6u-PTV, 1l-APog, 1u-APog and XiOcP distances, and the magnitude of the Max1-APog angle). In the analysis of entering into the regression models of the relevant predictors, it was found that in young men, among the teleroentgenographic indicators of the first group included in the two models of the second group, is the distance P-PTV, and in young women the front length of the base of the skull N-CC and the back of the skull base ArPt It was also found that among young men among the teleroentgenographic indicators of the first and second groups, which were included in the models of the third group, the most frequent is the value of the distance B-Pog (11.1%); while in young women distance B-Pog (15.6%) and an angle DC-Xi-PM (9.4%).
Interactive comment on “ Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes in the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene ” by Liisa

The discussion paper by Ilvonen et al. entitled “Quantitative reconstruction of precipitation changes in the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene” presents new pollen-based precipitation reconstructions from the Iberian Peninsula which are relevant for the wider study of palaeoclimate of the western Mediterranean region. Given the importance of moisture balance for vegetation in the region, this paper addresses an interesting and valuable subject. Also, in light of the strong environmental gradients and climatic diversity of the Iberian Peninsula, it is surprising that there are relatively few studies to date exploring climate reconstruction with this spe-
Computer Based Accounting Systems in Small and Medium Enterprises : Empirical Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Nigeria

In the last two decades, the necessity of information management and technology system has been proven as a very crucial need for many enterprises or companies. The use of computers in the office automation and integrated system is a must for companies to establish themselves in the business world. One of the basic management information systems that are crucial in the accounting program is the use of doing business transactions are considered able to simplify and streamline the fundamental needs for running a business, such as marketing and operations is also a financial statement of a company. This study aims to measure the extent of the influence of the use of accounting software on performance reporting on financial companies, one of which is using MYOB accounting software in assisting the settlement of financial reporting in a company.
Breeding for some Agronomic and Quality Characters in Bread Wheat

To improve agronomic and quality in bread wheat, this experiment was performed in 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Egypt to study performance of ten bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes (Giza 171, Sakha 95, Gemmeiza 12, Shandweel 1, Sids 12, Sids 14, Misr 3, Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3) and their forty-five F1 crosses were evaluated for sixteen agronomic and grain quality characters. The mean squares for genotypes, parents, crosses, parents vs. crosses, general and specific combining ability were significant for most studied characters. The ratio of general and specific combining ability was more than unity for all characters and both additive and non-additive gene effects were important in controlling the studied characters with more importance for additive effects. The best performance was detected in Sakha 95, Sids 14 and Shandweel 1 for grain yield plant, all parents except for Sids 12 and Giza 171 and Shandweel 1 for yellow rust, Line 1 for stem rust and Gemmeiza 12 and Sids 12 for dry gluten. The best combiners were Sakha 95, Sids 14, Giza 171 and Misr 3 for grain yield plant and Giza 171, Sakha 95, Gemmeiza 12 and Shandweel 1 for wet and dry gluten. Grain yield plant had positive significant correlation with grain filling rate, plant height, number of spikes plant and kernel weight. The correlation of dry gluten was significant and positive with wet gluten and negative with hydration capacity percentage. Path coefficient analysis showed that the highest positive direct effect on grain yield plant was obtained by grain filling period, wet gluten, days to maturity and days to heading. On the other hand, the highest negative direct effect was detected by dry gluten, hydration capacity percentage and days to anthesis. The highest positive direct effect on dry gluten was obtained by wet gluten, grain filling rate and days to maturity. Meanwhile, the highest negative direct effect on dry gluten was obtained by grain yield plant, hydration capacity percentage and days to anthesis. Using stepwise regression, days to heading, grain filling period and rate, kernel weight, yellow rust resistance and electrical conductivity had justified the maximum of grain yield plant changes. Number of kernels spike, wet gluten and hydration capacity percentage had justified the maximum of dry gluten changes. Giza 171 × Misr 3, Line 1 × Line 3, Sids 12 × Misr 3, Giza 171 × Line 2, Sakha 95 × Shandweel 1, Sakha 95 × Gemmeiza 12 and Shandweel 1 × Misr 3 crosses had high yield potentiality and resistance to yellow rust and moderately susceptible to stem rust, consequently these crosses will be favorable in wheat breeding programs. Sakha 95 × Gemmeiza 12 and Sids 12 × Misr 3 were the best crosses for dry gluten and will be promising in breeding for wheat grain quality.
China ’ s media image in Zimbabwe : The Case of The Herald and NewsDay

This study investigates China’s media image in Zimbabwe. It does so through the lens of two leading newspapers: The Herald and NewsDay during the intense election campaign period of 2013. It deploys both quantitative and qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles drawn from The Herald and NewsDay in order to investigate the image of China in the Zimbabwean media. In terms of theoretical underpinnings, it draws from various media and communication theories. These include the broad area of image studies and framing theory to understand the media-constructed image of China before, during and after the 2013 electioneering period. These communication theories are tested and applied as a means of gaining insights into how the media shape images of China in Zimbabwe and in Africa generally. The findings of this study suggests that during this period the media image of China was projected in a more positive light in The Herald when compared to the negative images and depictions in the NewsDay. It shows that the economic consequence frame dominated the coverage of China thereby portraying the East Asian country as an economic partner, donor, economic saviour, development source and investor in Zimbabwe. The study also reveals that the construction of the media image of China is influenced by interplay of several factors such as the editorial slant of news producers, economic and political pressures influencing the polarised media environment in Zimbabwe.
SOX 2 Expression Correlates with Lymph-node Metastases and Distant Spread in Right-sided Colon Cancer

Background: The transcription factor SOX2, which is involved in the induction of pluripotent stem cells and contributes to colorectal carcinogenesis, is associated with a poor prognosis in colon cancer (CC). Furthermore, SOX2 is a repressor of the transcriptional activity of b-catenin in vitro. Since the majority of CC develop via an activation of the Wnt/b-catenin signalling pathway, indicated by nuclear expression of b-catenin, we wanted to investigate the expression patterns of SOX2 and b-catenin and correlate them with the occurrence of lymph node and distant metastases as indicators of malignant progression. Methods: The expression of SOX2 and b-catenin was investigated in a case control study utilizing a matched pair collection (N = 114) of right-sided CCs with either corresponding distant metastases (N = 57) or without distant spread (N = 57) by applying immunohistochemistry. Results: Elevated protein expression of SOX2 significantly correlated with the presence of lymph node(p = 0.006) and distant metastases (p = 0.022). Nuclear b-catenin expression correlated significantly only with distant metastases (p = 0.001). Less than 10% of cases showed a coexpression of high levels of b-catenin and SOX2. The positivity for both markers was also associated with a very high risk for lymph-node metastases (p = 0.007) and distant spread (p = 0.028). Conclusion: We demonstrated that increased expression of either SOX2 or nuclear b-catenin are associated with distant metastases in right-sided CC. Additionally, SOX2 is also associated with lymph-node metastases. These data underline the importance of stemness-associated markers for the identification of CC with high risk for distant spread.