Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ADVECTIVE-TRANSPORT OBSERVATION (ADV) PACKAGE, A computer program for adding advective-transport observations of steady-state flow fields to the three-dimensional ground-water flow parameter-estimation model MODFLOWP

Observations of the advective component of contaminant transport in steady-state flow fields can provide important information for the calibration of ground-water flow models. This report documents the ADV, Advective-Transport Observation, Package, which allows advective-transport observations to be used in conjunction with the hydraulic head and head-dependent flow observations included in the three-dimensional ground-water flow parameter-estimation model MODFLOWP. The particle-tracking routine used in the ADV Package duplicates the semi-analytical method of MODPATH, as shown in a sample problem. Users are allowed to track particles in a forward or backward direction, or even to include effects such as retardation through manipulation of the effectiveporosity value used to calculate velocity. Although effective porosity could be included as a parameter in the regression, this capability is not included in this package. The weighted sum-of-squares objective function, which is minimized in the parameter estimation process, was augmented to include the square of the weighted x-, y-, and z-components of the differences between the simulated and observed advective-front locations at defined times, thereby including the direction of travel as well as the overall travel distance in the calibration process. The sensitivities of the particle movement to the parameters needed to minimize the objective function are calculated for any particle location using the exact sensitivity-equation approach; the equations are derived by taking the partial derivatives of the semi-analytical particle-tracking equation with respect to the parameters. The ADV Package is verified by showing that parameter estimation using advective-transport observations produces the true parameter values in a small but complicated test case when exact observations are used. To demonstrate how the ADV Package can be used in practice, a field application is presented. In this application, the ADV Package is used to investigate the importance of advective-transport
ANALISIS TAHAPAN PERKEMBANGAN MEMBACA DAN STIMULASI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN LITERASI ANAK USIA 5-6 TAHUN

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tahapan perkembangan membaca dan stimulasi untuk meningkatkan literasi anak usia 5-6 tahun. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Adapun subjek penelitian adalah catatan hasil tahapan perkembangan membaca anak usia 5-6 tahun yang berjumlah 15 anak di TK Islam Assaadah Limo Depok. Sumber data adalah catatan guru hasil tahapan perkembangan membaca anak usia 5- 6 tahun. Hasil tersebut dikumpulkan, dianalisis dengan mengelompokkan pada tabel skor penilaian, selanjutnya dijumlahkan, serta yang terakhir dideskripsikan stimulasi apa yang tepat dan harus dilakukan guru sesuai dengan tahapan perkembangan membaca anak. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata anak usia 5-6 tahun di TK Assaadah, masih sangat kurang optimal perkem­bangan membacanya. Penulis memberikan masukan terkait dengan hasil penelitian ini guna meningkatkan kemampuan literasi anak, khususnya anak 5-6 tahun di TK Islam Assaadah Limo Depok Kata kunci: Tahapan perkembangan membaca, stimulasi, literasi, anak usia 5-6 tahun
Understanding Regression Analysis: An Introductory Guide

Researchers in the social sciences business policy studies and other areas rely heavily on the use of linear regression analysis. This manual provides the background needed to understand much of the empirical work relying on linear regression analysis; it explains its basic procedures and terms. Written at an elementary level and assuming only a minimal mathematics background this book focuses on the intuitive and verbal interpretation of regression coefficients associated statistics and hypothesis tests. The manual also explains the terminology often encountered in the literature such as standardized regression coefficients dummy variables interaction terms and transformations. This book can be used as a text in a variety of courses in different disciplines. Examples are drawn from demography economics education finance marketing policy analysis political science public administration and sociology. This manual does not substitute for a statisics course; it does not teach the use of regression analysis. Rather it is intended to fill the void that exists when a student studies empirical papers before taking a statistics course. However the volumes level does make it suitable as a supplementary text for a statistics course. Chapters cover linear regression multiple linear regression hypothesis testing extensions to multiple regression models and problems and issues in linear regression. Appendices contain derivation of a and b critical values for a t distribution regression output from SAS and SPSS and suggested texts.
A Method of the Abstract Generalization on the Basis of the Semantic Proximity

ion levels. A new method of AOG——the abstract generalization on the basis of the semantic proximity is introduced. The new method makes the AOG algorithms interactive and incremental. It extends application of the AOG algorithms. An effective data structure, the binary partition tree, is introduced in the algorithm design of the new method. It essentially assure that the algorithm has characteristic of high efficient, incremental and fast regeneralization.
The Value of Symbolic Computation

Standard generative linguistic theory, which uses discrete symbolic models of cognition, has some strengths and weaknesses. It is strong on providing a network of outposts that make scientific travel in the jungles of natural language feasible. It is weak in that it currently depends on the elaborate and unformalized use of intuition to develop critical supporting assumptions about each data point. In this regard, it is not in a position to characterize natural language systems in the lawful terms that ecological psychologists strive for. Connectionist learning models offer some help: They define lawful relations between linguistic environments and language systems. But our understanding of them is currently weak, especially when it comes to natural language syntax. Fortunately, symbolic linguistic analysis can help connectionism if the two meet via dynamical systems theory. I discuss a case in point: Insights from linguistic explorations of natural language syntax appear to have identified information st.
Why does entrepreneurial orientation affect company performance?

To better understand why entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is positively associated with company performance, we propose and test a reconceptualization of how the components of EO (risk taking, innovativeness, proactiveness) combine in driving performance. Drawing on financial economics theory, our conceptualization highlights that all three components positively contribute to performance, but in different ways. Risk taking has a direct positive relationship with performance, which can be understood through the risk-return tradeoff that is central in financial economics theory. The relationship between risk taking and performance is conditional on the level of innovativeness and thus innovativeness contributes to performance through its effect on the type of risk taking. Proactiveness contributes to performance through its positive effect on the level of risk taking.
The Impact of Governmental Pressure on Corporate Corruption Spending: Evidence from China

ABSTRACT Corruption creates both social and economic problems, and perhaps as much as any other country, China has faced corruption concerns for decades. Beginning in November 2012, Chinese leader Xi Jinping instituted one of the most widespread anti-corruption campaigns in the country’s history. We investigate its impacts on corporate corruption spending. We use reported Entertainment and Travel Costs as our proxy for corruption spending, and focus on a sample of 107 large Chinese firms with data available over the 2010–2015 time frame. We document significant decreases in our corruption spending proxy over the three-year period following implementation of the anti-corruption campaign relative to the preceding three-year period. We also find that reductions in the spending are significantly more pronounced for firms in industries targeted more directly under the anti-corruption campaign. These results hold when we control for status as a state-owned enterprise and changes in firm profitability. We conclude that, at least in the Chinese setting, governmental pressure was effective at reducing corporate corruption. While we cannot generalise our results to more developed Western economies, our findings would appear to be particularly relevant to developing economies where other forms of social constraints on corruption may be less prevalent.
Induction de prolifération des cellules prérhizogènes: auxine et polyamines

ResumeL'initiation de racines adventives par culture in vitro d'explants de feuilles adultes du Nicotiana tabacum L. (var. «Wisconsin 38») sur milieu de Murashige et Skoog contenant du saccharose et de l'acide indolylacetique (AIA, 5.10−6 a 5.10−5M) est dependante de la saison et des dimensions des explants. Elle se fait a partir de la gaine pseudopericyclique des nervures. Cette assise prerhizogene manifeste un etat de differenciation facilement labile et reversible sous l'effet de l'AIA. Au moment de l'ensemencement, ses cellules se trouvent, comme la plupart des autres cellules foliaires (mis a part le collenchyme et le parenchyme des nervures), en phase presynthetique prolongee G0-1 de leur cycle cellulaire. L'observation in situ met en evidence des comportements specifiques pour chacune des categories cellulaires que ne permettent pas des approches globales fournies par les methodes biochimiques. L'initiation debute vers la 20eme heure apres l'ensemencement; cette transition G0-1/S n'est prealable a .
Unbridled Commitment to Profit by Nigeria’s Electricity Distribution Companies and Spirituality in Consumer Value Creation: An Assessment of the Adoption by the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company of the Inherited Industry-Wide Strategy of the Estimated Consumer Billing System

The study was to investigate how the unbridled commitment of the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria to profit affects their spirituality in consumer value creation; while also establishing the extent to which the distribution companies have affected the consumers with the fraudulent and unethical estimated and coded billing system inherited from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria. Focus was on Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company. Within the operational domain of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, the study concentrated on the electricity consumers in Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos State. The sample size was 377 calculated using Raosoft sample size calculator. Out of the 377 copies of the questionnaire administered, 322 were returned fully completed representing a response rate of 85.41%. Two hypotheses were tested; and they showed that: 1) The unbridled commitment to pursuit of profits by the electricity distribution companies (Discos) as private investors has a significant effect on their ability to adhere to spirituality in value creation for the electricity consumers; and 2) The adoption of inherited billing system by the electricity distribution companies (Discos) as private investors has a significant effect on their ability to adhere to spirituality in value creation for the electricity consumers. The analysis of data was done with Z test. There were 14 findings. The main recommendation is that the distribution company should jettison the fraudulent and unethical estimated and coded billing system and embrace spirituality in value creation using the generic building blocks of competitive advantage: efficiency, quality, innovation, and customer responsiveness which will make them gain competitive advantage over their rivals; even the industry is eventually deregulated.
Psychiatric comorbidity in a cohort of heroin and amphetamine users in Perth, Western Australia

Aims To determine if amphetamine and opioid users attending a drug treatment service were more likely to be admitted to psychiatric services than users not receiving treatment. Method Client records from Next Step Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services (Next Step) and the Community Based Methadone Program (CBMP) were linked to mental health and hospital morbidity data files using probabilistic matching. Participants The sample comprised 4280 drug users (2887 opioid users, 1393 amphetamine users). Of these, 928 received methadone at either Next Step or the CBMP, 541 attended counselling or a support group at Next Step, and 2811 did not receive any treatment from Next Step or the CBMP during the study. Findings Irrespective of treatment received, clients who had recently withdrawn from treatment were at the highest risk of a psychiatric admission, experiencing seven times the hazard of admission compared with those who did not access drug treatment. Amphetamine users had at least three times the hazard of psychiatric admission compared with opioid users. Clients with a history of psychiatric admissions had twice the hazard of subsequent admission compared with those with no psychiatric history. Conclusions Clients presenting at a drug treatment service should be screened for mental health diagnoses at their initial assessment so that appropriate treatment strategies can be offered to these dually diagnosed clients.
Linking entrepreneurial orientation to SMEs’ performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim is to contribute to the extant literature about the role of EO for SMEs development, and more specifically to identify implications that can inform knowledge-based initiatives of entrepreneurship universities focussing on the development and diffusion of the entrepreneurial culture and capacity. Design/methodology/approach This research paper adopts a quantitative approach to investigate a conceptual framework linking EO to SME’s performance. The central postulated hypothesis is that EO positively affects performance of SMEs. This hypothesis has been tested by using a system of partial least squares of structural equations modelling, adopting the SmartPLS® 3.0 software (Ringle et al., 2015). The empirical context analysed 170 SMEs operating in the Bajio Region (Mexico) in the leather–footwear sector. Findings The results provide evidence that Mexican companies that manifest EO have a positive effect on their firm performance. Similarly, findings emphasise that both risk taking and innovativeness are currently the central axes of EO for the analysed companies. Accordingly, entrepreneurial universities should be engaged in the development of EO of students, academic staff and companies by focussing on knowledge-based actions that can foster the improvement of some specific features of the EO. Practical implications The results provide insights about the relationships between EO and the performance of SMEs indicating that potentials initiatives of entrepreneurship universities aiming to support the development capacity of SMEs as well as of students and academic staff should be focussed on the critical dimensions characterising EO. Originality/value This paper provides insights into the role of EO for SMEs performance. It provides three main contributions. First, derived from literature research, it proposes a working definition of EO. Second, the empirical research findings support an understanding of the relationship between EO and Mexican SMEs performance and propose a multiple and reflective dimension of EO’s model. Moreover, finally, this research provides some implications for entrepreneurship universities aiming to create and diffuse an entrepreneurial culture and capabilities by fostering the development of the EO.
IMPACT ON DIET QUALITY AND RESILIENCE IN URBAN COMMUNITY DWELLING OBESE WOMEN WITH A NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION

Objective: To examine the effect of a Tai Chi, resistance training, and behaviorally-based diet education intervention on dietary quality as well as resilience and physical resilience in obese older women. Design: Community health outreach with a quasi-experimental design. Setting: An urban senior center in Rhode Island. Participants: Thirty-three women, 85% were minorities, with mean age of 65±8.2 years and BMI of 37.3±4.6 kg/m2, were enrolled in the study at baseline however only 17 women in the intervention (EXD) group and 9 women in the wait-list control (CON) group completed the study. Measurement: Dietary quality and nutrition risk were measured using the Dietary Screening Tool (DST), resilience was measured by the Resilience Scale, and physical resilience was examined using the Physical Resilience Scale. Intervention: Participants in the EXD group engaged in 12 weeks of Tai Chi, resistance training, and behaviorally-based diet education. The diet education was based off of the modified Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and led by a Registered Dietitian. Results: There was no change in dietary quality by group or time. However the EXD group had significantly higher dietary quality compared to the control group (p=0.025) at post intervention, although there was no difference in nutrition risk category. There was no change seen in overall resilience, however the EXD group improved physical resilience (p=0.048). Conclusion: A community health outreach that involved Tai Chi, resistance training, and behaviorally-based diet education may promote higher dietary quality as well as improve physical resilience in obese older women.
Yaşlı bireylerin kolorektal kanserin riskleri ve erken tanısına yönelik bilgi düzeylerinin ve bu kanserle ilişkili risklerinin incelenmesi

Amac: Arastirma yasli bireylerin kolorektal kanserin riskleri ve erken tanisina yonelik bilgi duzeylerinin ve bu kanserle iliskili risklerinin incelenmesi amaciyla gerceklestirilmistir. Materyal-Metod: Tanimlayici tipte olan arastirma, Izmir Buyuksehir Belediyesi Saglikli Yas Alma ve Dayanisma Merkezi'nde, Şubat-Mart 2011 tarihleri arasinda yapilmistir. Arastirmanin evrenini merkeze uye olan 174 yasli birey, orneklemini ise merkeze duzenli gelen ve arastirmaya katilmayi kabul eden 92 birey olusturmaktadir. Veriler, arastirmacilar tarafindan hazirlanan 23 soruluk anket formu kullanilarak, yuz yuze gorusme yontemiyle toplanmistir. Verilerin istatistiksel degerlendirilmesi sayi, yuzde dagilimi, t testi, mann whitney u, one way anova ve kruskall wallis testi ile gerceklestirilmistir. Bulgular: Arastirmaya katilanlarin yas ortalamasi 66,5±7,9 ve %54,3'u kadindir. Yasli bireylerin %18,5'inin halen sigara ictigi, %20,7'sinin halen alkol kullandigi, %64.1'inin obez oldugu, %51,1'inin duzenli fiziksel egzersiz yapmadigi, %77.2'sinin daha once herhangi bir kolorektal kanser tarama testi yaptirmadigi saptanmistir. Bireylerin %3,3'unun ikinci derece akrabalarinda polip bulundugu, bireylerin son uc ay icerisinde %34,8'inde halsizlik, %29,3'unde kabizlik ve %16,3'unde basur sikayetleri oldugu saptanmistir. Yasli bireylerin kolorektal kanserin riskleri ve erken tanisina yonelik bilgi puan ortalamasi 7,73±2,03'dur. Yasli bireylerin %16.3'unun toplam bilgi puan ortalamasi 5 puan ve alti, %20,7'sinin toplam bilgi puan ortalamasi 10 olarak saptanmistir. Sosyodemografik degiskenlerin ve yaslilarin oz bildirimine dayali belirlenen risk faktorlerinin kolorektal kanserin riskleri ve erken tanisina yonelik bilgi puan ortalamasina etkisinin olmadigi belirlenmistir (p>0.05). Sonuc: Sonuc olarak, yasli bireylerin kolorektal kanser ile iliskili risk faktorlerini barindirdiklari, hastalikla ilgili istendik duzeyde bilgi sahibi olmadiklari ve erken tani uygulamalarini yeterince yaptirmadiklari belirlenmistir. Anahtar Kelimeler: kolorektal kanser, yasli, riskler, erken tani.
De invloed van diversiteitsmanagement op de binding van werknemers in de publieke sector

In reactie op de ontwikkelingen in de samenleving en op de arbeidsmarkt voeren publieke organisaties vaak diversiteitsbeleid. Er is weinig bekend over de effectiviteit van diversiteitmanagement en de concrete beleidsinstrumenten die in dat kader worden ingezet. In dit artikel is de invloed van diversiteitmanagement en enkele beleidsinstrumenten op de binding van werknemers in de Nederlandse publieke sector onderzocht en wordt nagegaan wat daarbij de rol is van leiderschap. De beleidsinstrumenten zijn onderverdeeld volgens de typologie van Ely en Thomas (2001): Discrimination & Fairness (D&F), Access & Legitimacy (A&L) en Integration & Learning (I&L). Diversiteitmanagement en twee beleidsinstrumenten, namelijk het divers samenstellen van selectieteams (A&L perspectief ) en de trajecten die zich richten op het creeren van een open cultuur (I&L perspectief ) blijken een positief effect te hebben op de binding van medewerkers. Transformationeel leiderschap blijkt echter belangrijker te zijn voor de binding van personeel. Voor wat betreft de rol van leiderschap bij het succesvol implementeren van het beleid zijn de bevindingen niet eenduidig.
COMPARISON OF GENERAL HEALTH IN DROUPOUT AND NON-DROUPOUT STUDENTS OF SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Introduction: Recognition of factorsable to threaten the general health of university students and to reduce the quality of education is very important. The aim of this study was to compare the general health between droupout and non-droupout students of different courses in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences during 2009-10. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 310 of students in two groups (droupout VS non-droupout) were assessed for general health using GHQ-28 questionnaire. Sampling was census in droupout students and random in non_droupout students. Data was analized by SPSS ver.13, t-test, Fisher Exat tests, Mannwitney and Pearson Correlation test. P<0.05 was considered significant. (cid:10) Findings: Droupout students had the lower of general health than the non-droupout students [(33.27±15.4) VS (27.2±13.6), P<0.001] . Mean of scores in anxiety compass of general health was 8.9±5.2 in droupout students and 7.1±7.2 in non-droupout students and difference was significant, (P=0/02). Mean of scores in depression compass of general health was 6.9±6.1 in droupout students and 4.2±4.6 in non-droupout students and difference was significant, (P<0.001). the lower of general health than the non-droupout students. This reduction was greater in anxiety and depression compasses of general health education conflict with upsetter of general health the achievement social skills to dropout students is suggested.
Unusual fall from Height in an Elevator: A Case Report

Deaths due to fall from height are more commonly seen in urban area especially where high rise buildings are constructed. Invariably such falls from great height results in tragic death of the innocent victims mainly construction workers who are working without any safety measures. A fatal fall from height can result from accident, suicide or homicide. This paper reports an unusual incident where four construction worker suffered accidental fall due to snapping of the cable of a temporary elevator erected at the construction site. Out of the four victims, one died on the spot while the remaining three victims were hospitalized who subsequently died within few hours of admission due to the fatal injuries sustained during the fall. The medico-legal autopsy on each of the victims showed characteristic pattern of skeletal and internal injuries sustained on account of blunt trauma due to fall from height. The following case is reported due to its rarity and unusual form of accidental death due to fall from height.