Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mobile advertising: An investigation of factors creating positive attitude in Iranian customers

The rapid proliferation of mobile phones along with the technological development has created a whole new marketing medium named mobile advertising. This research investigates the influencing factors in creating positive attitude toward mobile advertising through a survey among Iranian mobile users. The results, conducted on 652 mobile phone users, showed that personalization, informativeness, irritation, credibility, entertainment, and also monetary benefit of mobile advertising are influential in developing positive attitude toward mobile advertising. Examining component variables of influencing factors, the study demonstrates ways of applying features creating positive attitude toward mobile advertising
Survey the Relationship between Personality Traits and Job Performance Evaluation System in Education

Organizations have diverse goals in evaluating their members and employees performance. Evaluation enables managers to understand the failure of individual’s skills and they use the evaluation results to implement training programs. Each performance evaluation in the decision-making plays an important role but the ultimate goal of performance evaluation is job motivation for staff development. Findings of this study suggest that extroverted, conscientious, and agreed employees have more flexibility, high performance and emotional stability than other employees. The above features interact with each other and they lead to better performance in their personnel. The aim of this study is to identify the relationship between five factors of personality and job performance evaluation system of employees. The statistical community of this study is educational staff of Khorasan Razavi state of Iran which includes 297 members. The 60 scale option of NEO-PI-R plus assessment forms of educational department is used to measure the personality assessment. The Pierson and Regression correlation coefficient is used for the analyzing data and the research method in this study is based on a descriptive survey, it is worthy to mention that in this study different research ways such as using library, field studies and questioner instruments are used. The results of this research show that job performance, has significant positive correlation with Extroversion, Responsibility, Agreeableness and Emotional stability factors.
Incorporating perceptions and experiences of violence into livelihood decision-making: a micro level study in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

textabstractThis paper analyses the influence of perceived violence on livelihood decisionmaking of indigenous households in post conflict Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh following a formal peace treaty in 1997. The study results suggest that households perceiving high risk of violence spend less on consumption expenditure and are sending children to school more, cultivating more land and engaged more in producing mixed subsistence and cash crops. Using both quantitative and qualitative data this study finds decreasing emphasis on present consumption, long term investment in human capital, using land more intensively to earn more cash and move towards creating surplus instead of producing for subsistence, which suggests perceived violence is producing decisions which are similar to those advocated in a classical ‘modernization process’. Findings of this paper are similar to the argument of ‘post traumatic growth theory’ and indicates a post-conflict ‘phoenix’ factor may be in operation at the household level in which some income raising livelihood decisions are made as a consequence of fear of renewed violence. In the short run, the ‘phoenix’ factor appears to operate through both increased land use and cash crop cultivation and in the long run through increased human capital.
Balance of Payment Constrained Growth: Johansen versus AutoregressiveDistributed Lag Model (ARDL) Test for Co-integration

This study empirically examines the long-run relationship between growth in GDP and growth in export in an attempt to verify the balance of payment constrained growth model or the Thirlwall’s law in the case of an emerging economy in Sub-Sahara Africa; Ghana 1 . This study for the first time employs both the Johansen test for co-integration as well as the Autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) (the Bounds test), in its attempt at verifying this long run relationship. Existing studies show that these two statistical methods provide an ideal platform in testing for the presence of Thirlwall’s law, and have been used independently. However, whether the two methods could arrive at similar conclusion in a single test is yet to be explored. This study explores this likelihood in addition to verifying the presence of Thirlwall’s law in the sub-region. Data used in this study span the period 1965 to 2004. Result from the Johansen’s approach to co-integration shows that Ghana’s GDP growth and growth in exports are cointegrated; which supports Thirlwall’s law or a balance of payment constrained growth economy. The outcome in the case of the autoregressive distributed lag model test for co-integration was however
Migration and Tourism Demand

This study considers the relationship between immigration and Portuguese tourism demand for the period 1995-2008, using a dynamic panel data approach. The findings indicate that Portuguese tourism increased significantly during the period in accordance with the values expected for a developed country. The regression results show that income, shock of immigration, population, and geographical distance between Portugal and countries of origin are the main determinants of Portuguese tourism.
Roe Deer Population Growth and Lynx Predation along a Gradient of Environmental Productivity and Climate in Norway

Abstract: The extent to which large carnivores compete with hunters for harvestable populations of wild ungulates is a topic of widespread controversy in many areas of the world where carnivore populations are recovering or are reintroduced. Theory predicts that predation impacts should vary with prey density and environmental conditions. To test this prediction, we analyzed trends in an index of population abundance of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) over 9 y in 144 Norwegian municipalities. The municipalities span a wide range of landscapes and climatic conditions and were associated with a varying degree of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) presence. There was a wide variation in trends of roe deer abundance (estimated long-term average &lgr; ranging from 0.69 to 1.23) among municipalities. Roe deer population growth rates were lower in the municipalities with lynx and harsh climatic conditions than in municipalities with mild climatic conditions and/or without lynx. Thus, lynx presence appears to be having a negative impact on roe deer populations; this was especially evident in areas with unfavourable environmental conditions. Our finding that estimated long-term average values of &lgr; were less than 1 in many municipalities indicates that roe deer populations in Norway may not be able to sustain current combined mortality from hunters and lynx, especially in marginal areas.
Improvement of the Nutritional Value of a Cereal Fermented Milk: 2-DriedKishk Like

The present study has been conducted to produce fermented milk fortified with different cereals like whole wheat, barley and freek (green wheat) burghul have been selected for their known nutrition benefits. The fermentation was occurred by using three types of cultures, yogurt starter, yogurt starter + Bio-yogurt or yogurt starter + Lactobacillus plantarum. All samples were stored at room temperature (25 ± 2°C) for three months and have been subjected to consumer sensory testing; dried kishk-like products were highly accepted by the tasting panel, furthermore fermented dairy products containing Freek gained the highest score of judging followed by wheat. Proximate composition, Colour, Organic acids and microbiologically analysis have been monitored in the fresh soft product and during storage. Nevertheless, the combined levels of organic acids, low pH, salt additive and low moisture content in the kishk samples were sufficient to ensure the microbial safety of the product. Thus, long shelf-life of all samples without changing in their chemical during the storage period has been noticed.
The Activated Complex in Chemical Reactions

The calculation of absolute reaction rates is formulated in terms of quantities which are available from the potential surfaces which can be constructed at the present time. The probability of the activated state is calculated using ordinary statistical mechanics. This probability multiplied by the rate of decomposition gives the specific rate of reaction. The occurrence of quantized vibrations in the activated complex, in degrees of freedom which are unquantized in the original molecules, leads to relative reaction rates for isotopes quite different from the rates predicted using simple kinetic theory. The necessary conditions for the general statistical treatment to reduce to the usual kinetic treatment are given.
Analyzing Sport Consumer Behaviour toward Sportswear Store: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

The aim of this study is to elucidate in sportswear store setting the relationships among psychological traits, loyalty to salesperson and behavioural intentions in three different sport consumers according to their switching behaviour. By means of structural equation modelling, we find a clear difference in the behaviour of the three groups. The results show that loyalty to salesperson is more influenced by need for social affiliation for the stayer customers. Whereas, for the dissatisfied and the satisfied switchers, need for variety makes the greatest contribution in explaining customer loyalty toward salespersons. These findings imply that sportswear stores must concentrate on employing enthusiastic, sociable salespersons who genuinely like being with people; and salesperson should be trained to solve patron problems and become personally concerned with the customer.
Competition, Information and Cooperation

We inquire experimentally whether rivalry induced by competition has any impact on the individual voluntary contribution to a public good. Participants perform a task and are remunerated according to two schemes, a noncompetitive and a competitive one, then they play a standard public goods game. In the first scheme participants earn a flat remuneration, in the latter they are ranked according to their performance and remunerated accordingly. Information about ranking and income, before the game is played, varies across three different treatments. We find that competition per se does not affect the amount of contribution. The time spent to choose how much to contribute is negatively correlated with the decision of cooperating fully. The main result is that full information about the relative performance in the competitive environment enhances cooperation, while partial information reduces it.
Kitap İncelemesi: Üstün Zekâlılar Eğitiminde Farklılaştırılmış Öğretim Müfredat Farklılaştırma Modelleri

Bu kitap incelemesinde Doc.Dr.Hasan Said TORTOP tarafinda yazilan ustun zekalilarin egitiminde farklilastirilmis ogretim mufredat farklilastirma modelleri adli kitap incelenmistir. Eserde mufredat farklilastirma modelleri tanitilmis ve bunlarla ilgili ornek etkinlikler tasarlanmistir. Eser ustun zekâlilar egitimi alaninda farklilastirma ile ilgili ilk telif eserdir. Bu yonuyle alanda calisan akademisyenlere, ogretmenlere bir basvuru kaynagi olacak ve bu alandaki ihtiyaci karsilayacak bir eserdir.
Future Projected Changes in Local Evapotranspiration Coupled with Temperature and Precipitation Variation

Evapotranspiration is the highest outgoing flux in the hydrological cycle in Xinjiang, Northwest China. Quantifying the temporal and spatial patterns of future evapotranspiration is vital to appropriately manage water resources in water shortage drylands. In this study, the Common Land Model (CoLM) was used to estimate the regional evapotranspiration during the period 2021–2050, and its projected changes in response to climate change under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) scenarios (i.e., RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) were analyzed using the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) technique. The results indicated that the mean regional evapotranspiration was comparable under the two scenarios during 2021–2050, with a value of 127 (±11.9) mm/year under the RCP4.5 scenario, and 124 (±11.1) mm/year under the RCP8.5 scenario, respectively. Compared to the historical period of 1996–2005, the annual mean evapotranspiration during 2041–2050 will marginally decrease by 0.3 mm under the RCP4.5 scenario and by 0.4 mm under the RCP8.5 scenario, respectively. Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analyses show that the evapotranspiration in relative high altitudes of Xinjiang present strong variations. The SVD analyses suggest that the changes in evapotranspiration are more closely linked to local precipitation variations than to temperature. The results would provide reliable suggestions to understand future changed in evapotranspiration and improve the regional strategy for water resource management in Xinjiang.
A Boussinesq-type model for flow over trapezoidal profile weirs

Computational flow models that are developed based on the depth-averaged Saint–Venant equations cannot be used to simulate flow over shortand broad-crested trapezoidal profile weirs. In the derivation of the Saint–Venant equations, uniform velocity and hydrostatic pressure distributions have been assumed. These assumptions restrict the application of the equations to flow situations with insignificant curvature of streamlines. In this study a Boussinesq-type momentum equation, which allows for curvature of the free surface and a non-hydrostatic pressure distribution, along with a simplified equation for weakly curved free surface flow, are investigated for the numerical simulation of steady flow over short- and broad-crested types of these weirs with smooth and rough flow boundaries. The finite difference method is employed to discretize and solve these nonlinear flow equations. Computed and measured results of flow surface and bed pressure profiles for these types of weirs are presented. The Boussinesq-type momentum equation performs satisfactorily for both subcritical and transcritical flow situations, while the simplified equation simulates these flow situations on rough flow boundaries fairly well. The overall prediction results validate the use of the weak curvature approximation
Attribute Processing, Heuristics, and Preference Construction in Choice Analysis

It has long been recognized that humans draw from a large pool of processing aids to help manage the everyday challenges of life. It is not uncommon to observe individual’s adopting simplifying strategies when faced with ever increasing amounts of information to process, and especially for decisions where the chosen outcome will have a very marginal impact on their well being. The transactions costs associated with processing all new information often exceed the benefits from such a comprehensive review. The accumulating life experiences of individuals are also often brought to bear as reference points to assist in selectively evaluating information placed in front of them. These features of human processing and cognition are not new to the broad literature on judgment and decision making, where heuristics are offered up as deliberative analytic procedures intentionally designed to simplify choice. What is surprising is the limited recognition of heuristics that individuals use to process the attributes in stated choice experiments. In this paper we present a case for a utility-based framework within which some appealing processing strategies are embedded (without the aid of supplementary self-stated intentions), as well as models conditioned on self-stated intentions represented as single items of process advice, and illustrate the implications on willingness to pay for travel time savings of embedding each heuristic in the choice process. Given the controversy surrounding the reliability of self-stated intentions, we introduce a framework in which mixtures of process advice embedded within a belief function might be used in future empirical studies to condition choice, as a way of increasingly judging the strength of the evidence.
Sensory and chemical properties of peanut grains (Arachis hypogaea L) roasted in microwave or oven

Os graos de amendoim sao excelente fonte de proteinas e lipidios. Antes de serem consumidos, os graos de amendoim sao submetidos a um processo de torrefacao para adquirir caracteristicas sensoriais desejaveis, alem de eliminar os microrganismos presentes, no entanto, essa etapa de processamento pode causar varias alteracoes na fracao lipidica e proteica dos graos, as quais nao sao totalmente elucidadas pela literatura. Esse estudo avaliou parâmetros como a acidez lipidica, o indice de peroxidos, os produtos primarios (K232) e secundarios (K270) de oxidacao lipidica, o perfil de acidos graxos, acucares redutores, indice de escurecimento, solubilidade proteica, teor de proteina e intencao de compra de graos de amendoim com quatro cores de tegumento (listrado, rosa, vermelho e preto), submetidos ao processo de torrefacao em micro-ondas ou forno. Apos o processamento, ocorreu uma reducao da acidez lipidica e de acidos graxos poli-insaturados e um aumento de acidos graxos saturados, indice de peroxidos, K232 e K270 no oleo. Houve uma reducao da solubilidade proteica e de acucares redutores, com aumento no indice de escurecimento. A intencao de compra foi maior nos graos de amendoim vermelho e rosa torrados em micro-ondas, o que torna essa forma de processamento interessante devido a sua rapidez e conveniencia.
Immediate and short-term effects of a Mulligan “ sustained natural apophyseal glides " for a subgroup of low back pain patients : A randomized placebo controlled trial

a Assistant Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium b Teacher and in charge of continuing education of orthopaedic manual therapy, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium c Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium d Teacher and in charge of continuing education of orthopaedic manual therapy, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium e Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia f Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium g Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Motor Sciences, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Records and Descriptions of Epitoniidae (Orthogastropoda: Epitonioidea) from the Deep Sea off Northeastern Brazil and a Checklist of Epitonium and Opalia from the Atlantic Coast of South America

A total of six genera and 10 species of marine gastropods belonging to the family Epitoniidae were collected from dredges of the continental slope off Brazil during the development of the REVIZEE (Live Resources of the Economic Exclusive Zone) Program. These species, referable to the genera Alora, Amaea, Cycloscala, Epitonium, Gregorioiscala, and Opalia, are reported from bathyal depths off northeastern Brazil. Alora sp. , Gregorioiscala pimentai n. sp. , and Opalia revizee n. sp. are species heretofore unknown to science. A list of the species of Epitonium and Opalia from the Atlantic coast of South America is presented based primarily on data from the literature. In addition, an overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the genera studied is presented for the Atlantic Ocean.
Dividend increase announcements and stock market reaction : evidence from Canadian stock market

iii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Literature Review 5 2.1 Dividend Theories 5 2.2 Information signaling hypothesis 8 2.3 Free cash flow hypothesis 10 2.4 Stock markets reaction among different countries 11 Chapter 3: Data and Methodology 13 3.1 Data Selection & Sources 13 3.2 Methodology 13 3.3 Statistical Hypothesis Testing 15 Chapter 4: Results and Interpretation 17 4.1 Individual Abnormal Return 17 4.2 Cumulative Abnormal Returns 22 Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations 26 Appendix A 28 Appendix B 30 References 32
Finite-difference Time-domain Study on Birefringence Changes of the Axon During Neural Activation

Recently, there has been a growing interest in optical imaging of neural activity because the optical neuroimaging has considerable advantages over conventional imaging. Birefringence of the axon has been reported to change during neural activation, but the neurophysiological origin of the change is still unresolved. This study hypothesizes that the birefringence signal is at least partially attributed to the transient cellular volume change associated with nerve excitation. To examine this hypothesis, we investigated how the intensity of cross-polarized light transmitting through the axon would change as the size of the axon changes. For this purpose, a two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain program was developed with the improvement of the total-field/scattered-field method which reduces numerical noise. The results support our hypothesis in that the computed cross-polarized signals exhibit some agreement with previously-reported birefringence signals.
Effects of Instruction-Supported Learning with Worked Examples in Quantitative Method Training

An experimental field study at a German university was conducted in order to test the effectiveness of an integrated learning environment to improve the acquisition of knowledge about empirical research methods. The integrated learning environment was based on the combination of instruction-oriented and problem-oriented design principles and consisted of twelve worked examples. An elaboration intervention was administered as instructional support. The effectiveness of the learning environment both with and without the elaboration intervention was assessed using knowledge application tasks (near and far transfer), which were applied after the training phase. In addition, student’s self-reports on mindfulness (Salomon & Globerson, 1987) were collected. The training was implemented into the regular curriculum. The participants were advanced students in educational science. Both experimental groups (with elaboration intervention: n = 26; without elaboration intervention n = 27) clearly outperformed the control group (n = 17) in the knowledge application tasks. In order to (successfully) foster transferable applicable knowledge, instructional support provided via the elaboration intervention was in fact necessary. Furthermore, the self-reports of students in the experimental group with elaboration intervention showed higher mindfulness scores than those without it. Our results indicate that the integrated learning environment developed in this study can be implemented to improve the acquisition of knowledge about empirical research methods both effectively and efficiently.
Consistency of global satellite‐derived aerosol and cloud data sets with recent brightening observations

Solar radiation at the Earth surface has increased over land and ocean since about 1990 (‘global brightening’). An analysis of various global (ocean only) aerosol and (global) cloud data sets from geostationary and polar orbiting satellites is performed to determine whether changes in these quantities have occurred in accordance with ‘global brightening’, and to analyse the global distribution of these changes. Change‐point detection and trend analysis are employed in the analysis. In a period from the mid‐1980s to the mid‐2000s, aerosol optical depth is found to have started declining in the early 1990s, while cloud data sets do not agree on trends. Ångström exponent data seem to suggest changes in pollution.