Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quality Assessment of Volunteered Geographic Information using Open Web Map Services within OpenAddresses

Geocoded address data serve as reference datasets for a broad range of applications. OpenAddresses (OA) is a volunteered geographic information (VGI) project integrating address data collected by volunteers into a central database and offering access to this database free of charge. However, the value of the data depends strongly on its quality. The ISO/TC 211 19100 series of standards provide a framework to assure and document the quality of geo-spatial information, acting as a toolset for the assessment and documentation of gathered data. Open Web Mapping Services (OWMS), such as Bing Maps and others are open and freely accessible services that provide maps along with interfaces to customise and use this data infrastructure. This paper examines and outlines how these OWMS can be integrated as reference dataset in the quality management of OA records. This paper mainly summarises the findings of the master thesis 'Quality assurance of crowdsourced geocoded address-data within OpenAddresses. Concepts and implementation. ' (STARK 2010) and introduces further approaches in the quality management applied by volunteers.
Integrated application of phosphorus (P) and phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) improve maize yield

Phosphorous deficiency in soils has become the prominent limiting factor for plant and root growth. A field experiment was laid out at theagronomic researchfarm of Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi to assess the response of maize to P rates (60, 90 and 120 Kg P2O5 ha ) and PSB (with and without PSB). Two factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications was used for this experiment. With the increasing P from 60 to 120 Kg P2O5 ha -1 both with and without PSB inoculation plant height, 1000 grains weight, grain and biological yield were significantly increased. Similarly, PSB inoculation (on average) meaningfully increased plant height, 1000 grains weight, grain and biological yield by 11, 1, 10 and 6% respectively, at all P level compared to un-inoculated control. Significant interactive effect of PSB and P over mentioned yield attributes exhibited that PSB application can reduce dependence on chemical P fertilizer up to 30 Kg P2O5 ha -1 when P is applied from SSP. Thus it may be suggested that PSB should be applied with 90 Kg P2O5 ha -1 chemical P fertilizer for efficient P utilization and profitable crop yield.
Using H-ARQ with SIC Techniques for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper, we consider non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) for wireless ad hoc networks over block fading channels where the performance is limited by interference and fading. In order to provide a reasonable performance, we can use re-transmission and interference cancellation techniques. Re-transmission techniques can provide a diversity gain over fading channels, while the successive interference cancellation (SIC) can improve the signal to interference ratio (SIR). Using the information outage probability, we show that the NOMA approach with re-transmissions can perform better than the orthogonal multiple access (OMA) approach with re-transmissions when the signal to noise ratio (SNR) is low. It is also shown that the outage probability of the NOMA with SIC is lower than that of OMA when the rate is sufficiently low where SIC can be facilitated.
Extreme non-Arens regularity of semigroup algebras

Let S be an infinite, discrete, weakly cancellative semigroup, `∞(S) the space of bounded functions on S, and WAP (S) the subspace of weakly almost periodic functions. Then the quotient space `∞(S)/WAP (S) contains an isometric linear copy of `∞(S). This implies that the semigroup algebra `(S) is extremely non-Arens regular.
Measurement of plasma channels in the Venus wake

Plasma channels have been suggested to account for the observation of ionospheric holes in the Venus nightside ionosphere. They are produced by the erosion of the solar wind on the magnetic polar regions of the Venus ionosphere, and are related to a sharp plasma transition that extends along the flanks of the wake and that is located downstream from the bow shock. The sharp plasma (intermediate) transition is a feature that has been detected with instruments onboard all the main spacecraft that have probed the Venus wake. From the early flyby transit of the Mariner 5 spacecraft to the later orbit crossings of the Venera 10, the Pioneer Venus and more recently the Venus Express there has been accumulated evidence of the presence of that transition by the flanks of the Venus wake. We report here measurements made with the ASPERA-4 instrument of the Venus Express that were conducted in orbit crossings by the midnight plane over a 4 year period (between 2006 and 2009), and that show different positions of the intermediate transition in the Venus wake at locations closer to the sun-Venus axis near solar minimum conditions by 2009. Measurements conducted in this latter time period also indicate that the intermediate transition by the midnight plane derives from the plasma channels and that is replaced by a broad velocity layer in orbits that probed farther away from that plane. It is argued that changes in the position of the intermediate transition with respect to the plasma channels are related to processes produced by the transport of solar wind momentum to the Venus polar ionosphere. The energy spectra of planetary ions measured in VEX orbits that probed by the midnight plane show momentum transport from the solar wind protons. This result is contrary to the conclusions reported by Collinson et al. (2014) in the sense that there is ̈no difference in the peak energy of the ionospheric outflow ̈ when measured inside and outside an ionospheric hole.
Factors affecting foreign tourists ’ satisfaction and willingness to pay more for visiting Bangkok

The purpose of this research was to investigate factors that affect tourists’ satisfaction and willingness to pay higher fees for visiting Bangkok. The population sampled in this study consisted of tourists who have visited Bangkok. Data was collected during May and June 2016, and it was analyzed using regression analysis. It was found that the tourists’ perceptions of destination image, perceived value, and experience quality had a significant effect on the level of their satisfaction, which in turn has a significant effect on their willingness to pay more on travel. These findings could help tourism sector-based businesses better understand destination competition, and find ways of increasing visitors’ satisfaction and their willingness to pay higher fees.
Ultrasonographic measurements of the combined thickness of the uterus and placenta in Colombian creole mares

This research aimed to determine the ultrasonographic values of the combined thickness of uterus and placenta (CTUP) from the fourth month to the end of gestation in 20 Colombian creole mares from 4 to 8 years with a mean weight 348 kg, where 640 measurements were taken for each examination. As such, transrectal and transabdominal examinations were conducted using a 6.0 MHz linear transducer and R40 3.5 MHz convex sector transducer respectively. Statistically significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) were found throughout gestation between the parameters of CTUP, and differences when comparing the results with those reported in other equine breeds from the same gender. CTUP mean values increased with gestational age; finding for transrectal via a minimum of 3.1 ± 1.28 mm and a maximum of 7.3 ± 2.22 mm and for transabdominal via a minimum of 6.3 ± 1.28 mm and a maximum of 14.3 ± 2.22 mm.
CEO Overconfidence and Bank Systemic Risk

This study examines the relationship between CEO overconfidence and banking systemic risk. We employ the CoVaR (Conditional Value-at-Risk) approach to measure a bank’s contribution to systemic risk, and compute its MES (Marginal Expected Shortfall) and SRISK (Systemic Risk index) to measure the exposure to banking systemic risk. We use a stock options-based measure for CEO overconfidence and explore how managerial overconfidence could be associated with banking systemic risk. Using data for U.S. banks from 1995 to 2014, we find evidence that banks with overconfident CEOs have a higher contribution and exposure to systemic risk than banks with non-overconfident CEOs. We also find that the impact of CEO overconfidence contributed significantly more to systemic risk during the financial crisis of 2008-2009.
Effects of thermal modification on selected physical properties of sapwood and heartwood of black poplar (Populus nigra L.)

Black poplar (Populus nigra L.) was subjected to thermal modification in superheated steam. The modification was performed at 160 °C, 190 °C, and 220 °C for 2 h. The equilibrium moisture content of the black poplar wood was examined when it was exposed to 76% ± 2% relative humidity at a temperature of 20 °C ± 2 °C. The thermal modification of the poplar wood changed its moisture-exchange-related physical properties to a large extent. The effects of temperature on individual properties (density, mass loss, hygroscopicity, swelling, and water absorption) were diverse, and the intensity of these effects increased with increasing temperature of the thermal treatment process. In most cases, no significant differences were observed between the changes in properties of the sapwood and the heartwood.
Echocardiographic parameters in dogs treated with acepromazine and fentanyl

Considering that the use of tranquillizers could optimize the performance of the echocardiogram, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of protocols with acepromazine and fentanyl on the echocardiographic parameters of healthy dogs, besides their effect in systolic blood pressure (SBP), respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR), time spent for examination and sedation scale. Ten adult dogs were submitted to different tranquilizing protocols 20 minutes before the echocardiographic examination, totalling five treatments for each pair, performed at seven-day intervals between evaluations. The treatments were CT (control treatment), IAT (intramuscular acepromazine), OAT (oral acepromazine), FT (fentanyl) and AFT (acepromazine associated with fentanyl). In addition to the echocardiographic evaluation, SBP, degree of reassurance, duration of the exam, HR and RR in the different protocols were evaluated. There was a significant decrease of SBP in OAT. There was a significant reduction in left ventricular diameter during systole and diastole and mitral annular movement in IAT, OAT and AFT, compared with CT. There was a decrease in tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and increase in mitral E/mitral A ratio in IAT and OAT when compared with CT. All the tranquillizer protocols studied were found to significantly reduce HR, that facilitated the echocardiographic examination.
Teachers ’ Practice of Higher Order Thinking Skills in the Lesson of Islamic Education

This study is a survey research that has been conducted among Islamic Education teachers in secondary schools in Bangi and Kajang, Selangor. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and skills of these teachers in applying higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in teaching and learning process of Islamic Education. Questionnaires were used as the main instrument in this study. A total of 105 Islamic Education teachers were involved as respondents. The data obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed using IBM SPSS 22.0 involving mean score, standard deviation, percentage and frequency. Generally, previous findings show that teachers’ mastery of HOTS is still moderate. However, the findings in this study indicate that the knowledge level of Islamic Education teachers is high with a score (mean = 4.2 and standard deviation = 0.65) alongside their level of skills mastery which is (mean = 4.00 and standard deviation = 0.50). This study is expected to assist the schools, researchers and the Curriculum Division of Islamic Education and Moral Studies of the Ministry of Education to re-evaluate and continue providing variety of plans to increase teachers’ knowledge and skills, specifically Islamic Education teachers in the effort to further implement HOTS in Islamic Education lessons in order to meet the needs of the National Education System of the 21st Century hence increasing teachers’ quality in implementing new skills in teaching and learning process.
MOTIVATED SELF-DECEPTION , IDENTITY , AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR *

We examine the role of self-deception in distorting judgment. We experimentally vary when evaluators are informed about incentives to recommend one of two options: before or after their initial private judgment. When the information regarding the incentives is provided before the judgment, we find a significant bias in the direction of the incentive. However, when the information is provided after they privately evaluate the options, but before they made their choice, participants’ bias in judgment is significantly reduced. We term this behavior “motivated selfdeception,” arguing that in the before treatment judgment is biased such that evaluators can earn more money without compromising their self-image. Importantly, this bias in judgment occurs only when judgment is subjective and individuals are able to convince themselves that their behavior is ethical.
Anatomical Study Of Arrangement Of Renal Hilar StructuresIn Indian Adult Human Cadavers

Background and objectives: Coronary artery anomalies are known to be associated with congenital heart defects, myocardial ischemia and reduced life expectancy. The sound knowledge of coronary artery anatomy is necessary for proper management of patients undergoing evaluation for percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery surgery or prosthetic valve replacement. The present study is done to determine the origin, course and variation of right marginal artery for proper diagnosis and treatment of the heart diseases. Materials and Methods: The present study is done on 76 adult heart specimens obtained from routine dissection conducted for undergraduate students in the Department of Anatomy at Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar and also from other nearby medical colleges of Karnataka and Maharashtra. The data obtained is tabulated and analysed statically. Results: In our study it is observed that the right marginal artery is present in 88% cases and is absent in 12% cases. Right marginal artery terminates before inferior border in 19%, in between inferior border and apex in 78%, and in 3% cases right marginal artery terminates at apex. Conclusion: The present study is done to know the normal and variant anatomy of right marginal artery in Hyderabad Karnataka region to provide vital inputs for making a correct diagnosis and planning treatment for procedures like coronary angiography, stenting procedures and surgical myocardial revascularization as the right marginal artery terminating at apex can irrigate the inferior third of heart, diaphragmatic area limiting the possibility of ischemic process in the occlusion of anterior interventricular artery. [Kshirsagar S NJIRM 2015; 6(1):49-51]
The Appointment of Untenured Department Chairs in Two- and Four-Year Colleges in a Western State: Problems and Potentials

v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 Appointing Untenured Department Chairs 1 Role Ambiguity 5 Role Attractiveness and Stigma 6 Statement of the Research Problem 6 Research Questions 8 Statement of the Purpose 8 Definition of Terms 8 CHAPTER TWO: Review of the Literature 10 Brief History of Departments in Higher Education 11 Overview of Department Chairs in the Literature 13 Summary of Major Research Focus 18 Roles and responsibilities. 19 Overcoming challenges and coping. 24 Needed skills 26 Conclusion 27 CHAPTER THREE: Methods and Procedures 29 Purpose of the Study 29 Research Design Overview 30
Barcelona GSE Working Paper Series Working Paper n o 1056 Capital Misallocation and Secular Stagnation

The widespread emergence of intangible technologies in recent decades may have significantly hurt output growth–even when these technologies replaced considerably less productive tangible technologies–because of low interest rates. After a shift toward intangible capital in production, the corporate sector becomes a net saver because intangible capital has a low collateral value. Firms’ ability to purchase intangible capital is impaired by low interest rates because low rates slow down the accumulation of savings and increase the price of capital, worsening capital misallocation. Our model simulations reproduce key trends in the U.S. in the period from 1980 to 2015.
Progressive Bayesian Context-Based Part-of-Speech Tagging

This paper presents a general part-of-speech tagger which uses context and/or other features to categorize words. It is completely language-independent and requires no formal training on pretagged corpora or even a predefined lexicon designating words of ambiguous category. The algorithm uses Bayesian statistics to induce categories based on observed distributions of other categories in the word’s context. It runs quickly, uses fairly simple arithmetic, and conforms to certain intuitions about human language learning.
Report by Nonmatching Topographies of Distinct Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cell Types

The distributions of neurons in sensory circuits display ordered spatial patterns arranged to enhance or encode specific regions or features of the external environment. Indeed, visual space is not sampled uniformly across the vertebrate retina. Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) density increases and dendritic arbor size decreases toward retinal locations with higher sampling frequency, such as the fovea in primates and area centralis in carnivores [1]. In these locations, higher acuity at the level of individual cells is obtained because the receptive field center of a RGC corresponds approximately to the spatial extent of its dendritic arbor [2, 3]. Formost species, structurally and functionally distinct RGC types appear to have similar topographies, collectively scaling their cell densities and arbor sizes toward the same retinal location [4]. Thus, visual space is represented across the retina in parallel by multiple distinct circuits [5]. In contrast, we find a population of mouse RGCs, known as alpha or alpha-like [6], that displays a nasal-to-temporal gradient in cell density, size, and receptive fields, which facilitates enhanced visual sampling in frontal visual fields. The distribution of alphalike RGCs contrasts with other known mouse RGC types and suggests that, unlike most mammals, RGC topographies in mice are arranged to sample space differentially.
Evidence of amplitude modulation due to resonant mode coupling in the δ Scuti star KIC 5892969 A particular or a general case

A study of the star KIC 5892969 observed by the Kepler satellite is presented. Its three highest amplitude modes present a strong amplitude modulation. The aim of this work is to investigate amplitude variations in this star and their possible cause. Using the 4 years-long observations available, we obtained the frequency content of the full light curve. Then, we studied the amplitude and phase variations with time using shorter time stamps. The results obtained are compared with the predicted ones for resonant mode coupling of an unstable mode with lower frequency stable modes. Our conclusion is that resonant mode coupling is consistent as an amplitude limitation mechanism in several modes of KIC 5892969 and we discuss to which extent it might play an important role for other δ Scuti stars.
THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL PREADAPTATION ON SOME OXIDATIVE PROCESSES IN THE FIRST LEAVES OF WHEAT SEEDLINGS ( TRITICUM AESTIVUM L . ) UNDER HEAT STRESS

Plants during their development are continuously exposed to a wide range of abiotic stressors in natural conditions of habitation. Such unfavorable environmental factors as low and high temperatures, drought, salinity, excessive moisture adversely affect crops productivity by causing multiple disturbances of the metabolic processes. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp. 16 (2) 2016 ISSN 1407 8953
RECONSIDERATION OF THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE MIDDLE JURASSIC MAMMALIAFORMS ITATODON AND PARITATODON

Two Middle Jurassic mammaliaforms, Itatodon Lopatin et Averianov, 2005 and Paritatodon Martin et Averianov, 2010 have been considered to be members of the Docodonta. Detailed comparison of their dental morphologies with that of typical docodonts shows clearly the differences in cusp pattern and cusp-crest relationship of their lower molar crowns. In docodonts, four crests, originating from the apex of cusp a, extend respectively toward cusps b, g, c, and d, and meet the crests therefrom; all the major crests point to the center of cusps. In contrast, in Itatodon and Paritatodon, only two crests from cusp a extend to cusps g and c, and all the crests reconcile to the anterior or posterior cusp surface. Such differences suggest that the docodont molars function mainly by cutting and crushing, whereas those of Itatodon and Paritatodon have a clear shearing function. Both the morphological features and possible molar occlusal function of Itatodon and Paritatodon distinguish them from the typical docodonts and indicate their shuotheriid affinities. Moreover, the term “pseudotalonid” is used in describing the non-homologous dental features, representing different occlusal relationships, in Shuotheridia and Docodonta. It should thus better be restricted in the description of lower dentition of Shuotheridia, as proposed by the original study.
Stock Valuation Models : A Study of Models In Use And Development Of A Customized Model In India

Valuation of stocks has been the most important area of study in finance among the researchers in recent times. Valuation is the process of estimating the worth of a stock, which is important not only from the point of view of investment analysis, but also includes decisions on merger and acquisition, capital budgeting, financial reporting, determination of tax liability, in litigation, and due diligence among others. Researchers have worked on various genres of valuation models; however, despite over five decades of extensive research in this area, research findings remained inconclusive. This paper argues that one of the reasons behind these ambiguous findings is market efficiency. Efficiency of stock market implies whether it reflects all information available to the market participants at any given point of time. The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) maintains that all stocks are perfectly priced or valued according to their inherent investment attributes, the knowledge of which all market participants possess equally (Fama, 1970). The paper tested the EMH in context of Indian stock market in the post liberalization era through a series of tests when several measures were initiated by the Government of India to strengthen the functioning of the stock market and bring in more transparency. However, the outcomes of the research suggest that despite substantial progress in this regard, the Indian stock market fail to validate all the three forms of EMH. This research also tried to find out the relationship between valuation and efficiency of stock market, which has not been explored or addressed adequately as most researches decoupled the two areas of study as independent and mutually exclusive. This research opines that integrating the above areas can help explain the inconsistencies in existing findings and simultaneously throw open new insights in this field of study.