Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Use of Accident Indicators for Risk Assessment Monitoring in Design and Construction Phase of Pelletizing Project, 2016-2017

To preserve workforce and reduce accidents, requirement in industrial HSE management system relies on prevention before occurrence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety conflicts by preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) method and monitoring of subjective risk assessment by safety performance indicators. This descriptive–analytical study was carried out on 30 jobs in the Yazd pelletizing project in the 2016-2017. After classifying risks in Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), severity and probability of the risk and the initial risk assessment code (RAC1) were calculated. Acceptance risks were eliminated of the PH L, and the remainder for corrective actions was recorded in the form of PHA and then the secondary risk assessment code (RAC2) was determined. Annual safety performance indicators were also calculated for these jobs and finally, statistical analysis was conducted on the relationship between mentioned indicators and the results of risk assessment. In order to determine the relationship between RAC1 and safety performance indicators (AFR, ASR, and FSI), a Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated. Among different occupations, the highest accident frequency rate and risk related to welding jobs. The relationship between RAC1 and RAC2 showed a significant difference between risk assessment code before and after corrective action. Our result was an indicative of the effectiveness of corrective actions. Regarding the monitoring of risk assessment by accident indicators and significant relationship between them, subjective risk assessment research can be used for further safety in working environments.
Photoacclimation and nutrient-based model of light-saturated photosynthesis for quantifying oceanic primary production

Availability of remotely sensed phytoplankton biomass fields has greatly advanced pri- mary production modeling efforts. However, conversion of near-surface chlorophyll concentrations to carbon fixation rates has been hindered by uncertainties in modeling light-saturated photosynthesis (P b max). Here, we introduce a physiologically-based model for P b max that focuses on the effects of photoacclimation and nutrient limitation on relative changes in cellular chlorophyll and CO2 fixation capacities. This 'PhotoAcc' model describes P b max as a function of light level at the bottom of the mixed layer or at the depth of interest below the mixed layer. Nutrient status is assessed from the relationship between mixed layer and nutricline depths. Temperature is assumed to have no direct influence on P b max above 5°C. The PhotoAcc model was parameterized using photosynthesis- irradiance observations made from extended transects across the Atlantic Ocean. Model perfor- mance was validated independently using time-series observations from the Sargasso Sea. The PhotoAcc model accounted for 70 to 80% of the variance in light-saturated photosynthesis. Previously described temperature-dependent models did not account for a significant fraction of the variance in P b max for our test data sets.
Impacts of Demographic Antecedents toward Turnover Intention amongst Academic Staff in Malaysian Private Universities

Job-hopping, resignation or turnover had appealed to be hit issues or problems encountered, critically observed and to be addressed strategically by most of the organisations concurrently in the corporate world. These issues had delivered the main objective of publishing this empirical paper to examine the relationship between demographic antecedents and turnover intention amongst Private Universities' academic staff in Malaysia. Several studies had provided inconsistent results due to different context of study. According to the literature review, conceptual framework and several hypotheses have been formulated, and it is a descriptive study. A quantitative and cross-sectional method has been adopted in this study, meanwhile the targeted population was academic staff in Malaysian Private Universities. Proportionate stratified sampling technique has been employed with a total of 377 samples were collected. Numbers of assumption tests have been effectively conducted, namely normality test, reliability test and factor analysis. Besides, One-Way ANOVA and Independent sample t-test were also adopted to test the hypotheses. In accordance to prominent findings, there are significant differences between gender and marital status toward turnover intention, such as female has higher intention to leave as compared to male, while married respondents have higher job commitment as compared to single respondents. Present research result had also displayed that there is a significant difference among age group towards turnover intention, however no significant difference from educational levels. The result was re-affirmed that elders are willing to retain in their respective institutions as compared to those younger. Few valuable implications were highlighted to assist in addressing issues of turnover intention. Some limitations and future researches have been acknowledged and proposed as well.
Inclusive cross section and double helicity asymmetry for \pi^0 production in p+p collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV: Implications for the polarized gluon distribution in the proton

The PHENIX experiment presents results from the RHIC 2005 run with polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV, for inclusive \pi^0 production at mid-rapidity. Unpolarized cross section results are given for transverse momenta p_T=0.5 to 20 GeV/c, extending the range of published data to both lower and higher p_T. The cross section is described well for p_T<1 GeV/c by an exponential in p_T, and, for p_T>2 GeV/c, by perturbative QCD. Double helicity asymmetries A_LL are presented based on a factor of five improvement in uncertainties as compared to previously published results, due to both an improved beam polarization of 50%, and to higher integrated luminosity. These measurements are sensitive to the gluon polarization in the proton, and exclude maximal values for the gluon polarization.
Occurrence of radio halos in galaxy clusters - Insight from a mass-selected sample

Giant radio halos (RH) are diffuse Mpc-scale synchrotron sources detected in a fraction of massive and merging galaxy clusters. An unbiased study of the statistical properties of RHs is crucial to constrain their origin and evolution. We aim at investigating the occurrence of RHs and its dependence on the cluster mass in a SZ-selected sample of galaxy clusters, which is as close as possible to be a mass-selected sample. Moreover, we analyse the connection between RHs and merging clusters. We select from the Planck SZ catalogue (Planck Collaboration XXIX 2014) clusters with $M\geq 6\times10^{14} M_\odot$ at z=0.08-0.33 and we search for the presence of RHs using the NVSS for z<0.2 and the GMRT RH survey (GRHS, Venturi et al. 2007, 2008) and its extension (EGRHS, Kale et al. 2013, 2015) for 0.2<z<0.33. We use archival Chandra X-ray data to derive information on the clusters dynamical status. We confirm that RH clusters are merging systems while the majority of clusters without RH are relaxed, thus supporting the idea that mergers play a fundamental role in the generation of RHs. We find evidence for an increase of the fraction of clusters with RHs with the cluster mass and this is in line with expectations derived on the basis of the turbulence re-acceleration scenario. Finally, we discuss the effect of the incompleteness of our sample on this result.
k_S^0, Λ, and ͞Λ, pT spectra in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV, measured with the ALICE experiment at LHC

This thesis presents a study of L, ¯L, and K0 s particle (generically referred to as V0 particles) production measured by the ALICE experiment located at LHC, CERN, in protonproton collisions at a center of mass collision energy of p s = 7 TeV. The particles are reconstructed via their V0 decay topology, which can be done due to the excellent tracking performance of the Time Projection Chamber detector. The V0 invariant yields, as well as the pT dependence of the L/K0 s and ¯L/L ratios, are produced and analyzed. In addition to being one of the first measurements of these particles in pp collisions at this energy, the results are important as a reference for studies of lead-lead collisions, where the yield and ratio dependencies of transverse momentum are expected to change due to a recombination mechanism during the hadronization of the new quark matter state created in heavy ion collisions: the quark gluon plasma.
The Role of Household Structure on The Prevalence of Food Insecurity

Aim: Food insecurity is common in both developed and developing countries affecting from 5% to 25% of the general population. Food insecurity has been found to have significant impacts on physical, so cial, and psychological status of individuals in communities suffering from that. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of household composition on the household food insecurity. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 2503 households selected from Qaresoo region in the northwest of Iran. Household food security status was measured by a validated short questionnaire including six questions. Chi-square and logistic regression were used for data analysis. Result: Of 2503 households, 1012 (40.4%) were identified as food se cure and the remaining 1492 (59.6%) were food insecure. There was a significant relation between family structure & size and household food security status (p<0.005). There was however, no significant asso ciation between household food insecurity and the number of children (under five) and the number of elderly individuals living at home. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that food insecurity is prevalent in the area. This study showed that existing of young children (under five) in the family might increase the risk of household food insecu rity. Financial support for new households, proper nutritional education programs especially for households with young children, can help to reduce the risk of food insecurity in the community.
EFFECTS OF AUGMENTED REAL-TIME AUDITORY FEEDBACK ON TOP-LEVEL PRECISION SHOOTING PERFORMANCE

OF THESIS EFFECTS OF AUGMENTED REAL-TIME AUDITORY FEEDBACK ON TOP-LEVEL PRECISION SHOOTING PERFORMANCE This study examined the effects of training with real-time auditory feedback in precision shooting. Top-level shooters (N=9) were randomly assigned to the feedback or nonfeedback group. Each group performed a pre-test, a 4-week training intervention and a post-test. The feedback group was provided with augmented real-time auditory feedback based on postural and rifle barrel stability during training sessions. Increases in performance were measured through changes in postural stability, rifle barrel stability, shot outcome and shot group diameter. Real-time auditory feedback did not increase postural or rifle barrel stability in the feedback group. No meaningful differences were found related to shot outcome or shot group diameter in air rifle testing. The feedback group was able to reduce shot group diameter during smallbore testing. In summary, the augmented real-time auditory feedback did not improve postural or rifle barrel stability. Future research should focus on examining the effects of auditory feedback on smallbore performance.
Does corporate governance lead to a change in the capital structure

The study investigates the relationship between corporate governance and capital structure of randomly selected 19 banks of Pakistan. The data was collected from financial statements issued by financial institution and multiple regression model was applied to find the relationship between the variables. Results show that there is no relationship between corporate governance and capital structure in the banking sector of Pakistan. Furthermore, our findings show that all independent variables are positively related with capital structure except ownership concentration which affects adversely to capital structure but overall there is an insignificant relationship between capital structure and corporate governance.
Growth rate and settlement of Limnoperna fortunei in a temperate reservoir

This study investigated the growth rate of Limnoperna fortunei postlarvae on experimental frames over the course of a year, to evaluate the effects of physicochemical environmental factors on their growth in a reservoir, Lake Ohshio, Gunma, Japan. The median shell size of L. fortunei slightly increased in the autumn after recruitment, exhibited little growth in winter and then greatly increased in summer. Water temperature was positively correlated with growth rate of L. fortunei. However, we found no correlation between the growth rate and dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a or turbidity. The settlement pattern of L. fortunei was also investigated during the course of a year. Second-year recruit density was much higher than for first-year recruits.
The Effects of English Learner ’ s First Language ( L 1 ) Background Content Knowledge on Guessing Unknown

Sugita, M. (2016). The Effects of English Learner's First Language (L1) Background Content Knowledge on Guessing Unknown Words Journal of Extensive Reading 4(1). http://jalt-publications.org/jer/ This study was an investigation of the effects that learners’ first language (L1) background content knowledge has on guessing unknown or partially known words when reading a written text. Twenty-nine Japanese university students of English with similar English reading proficiency read a 1,387-word narrative text in one of three L1 background knowledge conditions: reading an L1 summary before reading the English text, reading the L1 summary before reading the English text and having it available while reading the text, and reading the English text without reading the L1 summary. The participants were tested for their wordform recognition of 33 target words and they took a bilingual multiple-choice recognition test and two questionnaires immediately after reading. There was no systematic difference in guessing unknown words among the groups, as guessing the meaning of the target words occurred successfully across all groups. The qualitative results indicated that the participants believed that the L1 summary helped them comprehend a general idea of the text and guess the meaning of unknown words.
Ecological review of black-tailed prairie dogs and associated species in western South Dakota

A BSTR A CT . -Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys lidovicianus ) once occupied extensive areas throughout the Great Plains. In recent years massive control programs have been initiated to reduce prairie dog populations, primarily to benefit the livestock grazing industry. Currently in western South Dakota most prairie dogs are found on public lands. Control programs using toxicants for prairie dogs have been found to be economically unfeasible when not combined with reductions in livestock grazing. Control programs also have negatively impacted some nontarget species of birds and small mammals. Livestock grazing is directly related to prairie dog densities. Prairie dog and livestock grazing activities are responsible for keeping plant phenological development in a suppressed vegetative stage with higher nutritional qualities that attract greater herbivore use. Prairie dog colonies create and enhance habitat for many wildlife species; in western South Dakota 134 vertebrate wildlife species have been documented on prairie dog towns. Scientific evidence strongly suggests that prairie dogs are valuable components of the prairie ecosystem. They are responsible for maintaining, creating, and regulating habitat biodiversity through soil and vegetative manipulation for a host of vertebrate and invertebrate species dependent upon prairie dog activity for their survival.
Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem

Once you’ve discovered your strengths, you need to discover something else: your strengths can work against you. You can have too much of a good thing. Many leaders know this on some intuitive level, and they see it in others. But they don’t see it as clearly in themselves. Mainly, they think of leadership development as working on their weaknesses. No wonder. The tools used to assess managers are not equipped to pick up on overplayed strengths. Nowhere in most assessments is there language or diagnostics that can reveal when someone is overdoing it—when more is not better. Nationally recognized leadership experts Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser have conducted thousands of assessments of senior executives designed to determine when their strengths are betraying them. They draw on their data to identify four fundamental leadership qualities, each positive in and of itself but each of which, if overemphasized, can seriously compromise your effectiveness. Most leaders, they’ve found, are “lopsided”—they favor certain qualities to the exclusion of others without realizing it. The trick is to keep all four in balance. Consider Steve Jobs, who was fired from Apple because of his lopsided emphasis on grand strategic vision. It was when he returned and corrected that lopsidedness—exemplified in his mantra “real artists ship”—that Apple became the powerhouse it is today. Fear Your Strengths provides tools to help you become aware of your leadership leanings and excesses and provides insights for combatting the mindset that encourages them. It offers a practical psychology of leadership, a better way for leaders to calibrate their performance, one that is truer to the realities of managerial work.
Low Temperature ( < 100 ° C ) Deposition of Aluminum Oxide Thin Films by ALD with O3 as Oxidant

A 2 O 3 films were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using trimethylaluminum and O 3 as precursor and oxidant, respectively, at growth temperatures ranging from room temperature to 300°C on Si(100) substrates. Growth rate and refractive index of the Al 2 O 3 films decreased from 0.20 to 0.08 nm/cycle and increased from 1.52 to 1.65, respectively, with increasing growth temperature. The dielectric constant slightly increased from 6.8 to 8 with increasing growth temperature in the same temperature range. Al 2 O 3 films grown using O 3 as oxidant show a smaller hysteresis, lower leakage current density, and higher breakdown field strength compared to those using H 2 O as oxidant at the same growth temperature. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the films grown at lower temperatures have a smaller bandgap energy. The Al 2 O 3 films grown at a temperature as low as 100°C showed reasonable dielectric properties for dielectric film applications on flexible substrates.
Effect of Green and Degree of Roasted Arabic Coffee on Hyperlipidemia and Antioxidant Status in Diabetic Rats

This study aims to examine the effects of green and different roasted degree of Arabic coffee on alloxan induced diabetes in rats. Animals were allocated into five groups of six rats each: a normal control group, diabetic group, diabetic rats fed with green Arabic coffee, diabetic rats fed with light roasted coffee and diabetic rats fed with dark roasted coffee group. The results showed increasing roasting degrees led to a decrease in moisture, radicalscavenging activity and total phenols. The diabetic rats presented a significant increase in blood glucose, plasma lipid profile compared to the control group. In addition, plasma malonaldialdehyde levels significantly increased compared to normal control group. Antioxidant enzymes activities such as superoxide dismutase and reduced Glutathione (GSH) levels significantly decreased in the plasma of diabetic rats compared to normal controls. The results showed that the experimental rats supplemented by green and roasted Arabic coffee significant increased feed efficiency ratio than diabetic control group. At the end of the study period, the experimental rats were showed significant improvement in blood glucose. It is noted that green coffee bean group has the best effect in decreasing glucose level followed by light coffee group followed by dark coffee group which recorded 95.46, 119.17 and 201.46 mg/dL, respectively. Experimental rats supplemented by green and light roasted Arabic coffee were similar insulin concentration normal control group. All treated groups showed a significant decrease in TC, TL, TG and LDL-C, while a significant increase HDL compared with diabetic control group with the highest value for green coffee. The diabetic rat supplemented by dark coffee was lower effective against lipids profile than green and light coffee. Diet supplemented with green and roasted Arabic coffee in the diabetic rats ameliorated antioxidant enzymes activities and level of GSH in diabetic rats and significantly decreased MDA levels. The administration of Arabic coffee attenuated the increased levels of the plasma enzymes produced by the induction of diabetes and caused a subsequent recovery towards normalization comparable to the control group animals. Our results thus suggest that green and light roasted Arabic coffee supplemented may be helpful in preventing diabetic complications in adult rats.
Interactive comment on “Evaluating the effects of microphysical complexity in idealised simulations of trade wind cumulus using the Factorial Method” by C. Dearden et al

1. The authors are asked to provide a motivation for the choice of parameters that are varied in the paper, and also for those that are kept fixed. Although the use of the 1-D framework does present some limitations such as the absence of feedbacks between microphysics and dynamics, the authors would like to reiterate that the main motivation for the paper is to present the use of the Factorial Method as a tool for assessing the C12053
The Great Expectations: Impact of One-Child Policy on Education of Girls

The rise in education of women relative to men is an emerging worldwide phenomenon in recent decades. This paper investigates the impact of the birth control policies on teenage girls' education attainment. The estimates suggest that the policies explain 30 percent of the education increase for women born in 1945-1980 and 50 percent of the gender gap narrowing in China. Further analysis provides some suggestive evidence for potential mechanisms, including the policy-induced expectations for labor and marriage market and subjective attitudes on children and gender-equality. These findings highlight the role of fertility policies in women's empowerment of last century.
Reforms, Investment, and Poverty in Rural China*

Shenggen FanInternational Food Policy Research Institute and Institute of AgriculturalEconomics of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesLinxiu ZhangCenter for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of SciencesXiaobo ZhangInternational Food Policy Research InstituteI. IntroductionChina is one of the few countries in the developing world that has madeprogress in reducing its total number of poor over the past 25 years.
Patron—Client Networks and the Economic Effects of Corruption in Asia

Corruption is likely to be widespread during the early stages of capitalist development when capitalists enjoy low legitimacy and states face excess demand for the rights and resources they allocate. Yet the economic effects of corruption have differed greatly across Asian countries. The study argues that the differential economic performance of developers is related to the types of patron-client networks within which their corruption has been located. The type of patron-client network determines the types of rights exchanged through corruption and the terms of these exchanges. The study compares patron-client networks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea. Such an examination helps to explain why in some countries corruption has attended rapid growth while in others it has implied transfers which are very damaging for growth. This provides a more nuanced understanding of the causes and effects of corruption and one which must precede the construction of appropriate institutional and political responses.