Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Library use and academic achievement

Objective measures of the impact of library services are difticult and in view of some writers even impossible to obtain. As part of a major investigation into the support provided by the University of Cape Town Library Service for both the studying and research activities at the university, an investigation was launched to establish objectively whether any statistically significant association could be shown to exist between student academic performance and library use. Earlier investigations at institutions in Australia and the United States of America had indicated that such an association could by no means be assumed. If it could therefore be shown through matching of examination results and library borrowing records at the University of Cape Town, that students with the best academic performance used the most library materials and that those with low or failing grades used significantly fewer, it would be possible to demonstrate objectively the value of the library service. Dit is besonder moeilik en volgens sommige skrywers self's onmoontlik om objektiewe maatstawwe vir die impak van biblioteekdienste te verkry. As deel van 'n grootskaalse ondersoek na die diens wat deur die biblioteek aan die Universiteit Kaapstad gelewer word ter ondersteuning van navorsing- en onderrigaktiwiteite, is 'n projek geloods om objektief vas te stel of daar 'n verband bestaan tussen studente se akademiese prestasie en hul biblioteekgebruik. Vroeere ondersoeke in Australie en die Verenigde State van Amerika het aangedui dat so 'n verhouding nie as vanselfsprekend aanvaar kan word nie. lndien dus aangetoon kan word dat studente met die beste akademiese prestasie ook die meeste biblioteekmateriaal gebruik en dat diegene met swakker prestasies biblioteekmateriaal beduidend minder gebruik, sou dit moontlik wees om objektief die waarde van biblioteekgebruik uit te wys.
Interactive comment on “ Brief communication : Pancake ice floe size distribution during the winter expansion of the Antarctic marginal ice zone

R2A: The authors acquired images of pancake ice floes from a ship-based camera on July 4, 2017, in the Antarctic marginal ice zone at about 30E, 62S. An automatic algorithm identified pancake ice floes in the images, whose size distribution was then plotted. They found three size regimes: diameters 0.25 to 2.3 meters, 2.3 to 4 meters, and 4 to 10 meters (see Figures 3b and 3d). They conjecture that the small regime is driven by the growth of pancakes from frazil ice, and the large regime is driven by the welding together of pancakes.
Uniqueness of the topology on $L^1(G)$

Let G be a locally compact abelian group and let X be a translation invariant linear subspace of L1(G). If G is noncompact, then there is at most one Banach space topology on X that makes translations on X continuous. In fact, the Banach space topology on X is determined just by a single nontrivial translation in the case where the dual group Ĝ is connected. For G compact we show that the problem of determining a Banach space topology on X by considering translation operators on X is closely related to the classical problem of determining whether or not there is a discontinuous translation invariant linear functional on X. As a matter of fact L1(G) does not carry a unique Banach space topology that makes translations continuous, but translations almost determine the Banach space topology on X. Moreover, if G is connected and compact and 1 < p < ∞, then L(G) carries a unique Banach space topology that makes translations continuous.
Multicriteria approach to data envelopment analysis

With the aim of making Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) more acceptable to the managers’ community, the Weights Restrictions approaches were born. They allow DEA to not dispose of any data and permit the Decision Maker (DM) to have some management over the method. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a Weights Restrictions DEA model that incorporates the DM preference. In order to perform that, we employed the MACBETH methodology as a tool to find out the bounds of the weights to be used in a Weights Restrictions approach named Virtual Weights Restrictions. Our proposal achieved an outcome that has an expressive correlation with three widely used decision-aids methodologies: the ELECTRE III, the SMART and the PROMETHEE I and II. In addition, our approach was able to join the most significant outcomes of all the above three Multicriteria decisionaids methodologies in one unique outcome.
Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali

Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara analyzed the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. Here Geertz applied his widely influential method of cultural interpretation to the myths, ceremonies, rituals, and symbols of a precolonial state. He found that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy conceptualization by the familiar models of political theory and the standard Western approaches to understanding politics. Negara means "country" or "seat of political authority" in Indonesian. In Bali Geertz found negara to be a "theatre state," governed by rituals and symbols rather than by force. The Balinese state did not specialize in tyranny, conquest, or effective administration. Instead, it emphasized spectacle. The elaborate ceremonies and productions the state created were "not means to political ends: they were the ends themselves, they were what the state was for. Power served pomp, not pomp power. " Geertz argued more forcefully in Negara than in any of his other books for the fundamental importance of the culture of politics to a society. Much of Geertz's previous work--including his world-famous essay on the Balinese cockfight--can be seen as leading up to the full portrait of the "poetics of power" that Negara so vividly depicts.
EVALUATION OF ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION WITH DIFFERENT DOSES OF PROSTAGLANDIN F2α IN NELLORE JODIPI EWES

The present investigation was undertaken to synchronize Nellore Jodipi cyclic ewes to compare the effectiveness of two doses of double PGF2α (Cloprostenol sodium) @ either 125 or 250 μg with 9 d interval in Group I and Group II ewes to assess the estrus response and fertility rate after timed AI. Estrus response was assessed by apronised rams for a period of 1 h at 6 h interval between 24 to 72 h from the time of 2 PGF2α administration. All the ewes were inseminated twice intra cervically at 60 and 72 h after 2 PGF2α administration. The estrus response (%), onset of estrus (%), duration of estrus (h) and intensity of estrus in ewes synchronized by prostaglandin F2αwere 80.95 and 85.71; 50.94+3.12 and 48.00+3.40; 24.35+1.41 and 28.22+1.15 and 6.76+0.29 and 6.83+0.34 in Group I and II, respectively.
The Lexical Approach as Known and Utilized by Thai EFL Teachers

This exploratory research was conducted to investigate the knowledge and utilization of the Lexical Approach (LA) of Thai university EFL teachers in the higher educational institutes in the upper North-eastern parts of Thailand. Specifically, it explored to what extent the teachers know about the LA and utilize it in their classroom practices. The samples were 140 EFL teachers selected by convenient sampling from 9 state universities located in 8 provinces in the region. A close-ended questionnaire with a 5-point-Likert scale was used to collect the data which were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings showed that the teachers possessed a moderate level of knowledge about the LA and they utilized the LA in terms of exercises and activities also at a moderate level. The findings were discussed in relation to the LA being unpopular in Thailand due to some factors that might hold back the teachers' interest in utilizing the LA exercises and activities, including other traditional approaches embedded in commercial ELT books and some LA exercises and activities as time-consuming and daunting tasks. Pedagogical implications for the use of the LA in EFL classroom practices and recommendations for future research were provided.
Chemical Reduction of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4−δ Powders in Supercritical Sodium Ammonia Solutions

Nd1.85Ce0. 15CuO4−δ powders are chemically reduced in supercritical sodium ammonia solutions from room temperature to 350°C. The crystallographic structure of the reduced powders is investigated from Rietveld refinement of X-ray powder diffraction. The atomic positions are maintained constant within experimental errors while temperature factors of all atoms increase significantly after the chemical treatments, especially of Nd/Ce atoms. The ammonothermally reduced Nd1.85Ce0. 15CuO4−δ powders show diamagnetic below 24 K which is contributed to the lower oxygen content and higher temperature factors of atoms in the treated compound. The ammonothermal method paves a new way to reduce oxides in supercritical solutions near room temperature.
Stray Current-Induced Development of Cement-Based Microstructure in Water-Submerged, Ca(OH)2-Submerged and Sealed Conditions

This work reports on the development of microstructural and mechanical properties of mortar cubes under the synergetic action of stray current and various environmental/curing conditions. The study refers to specimens cured for 24h only, followed by a 112 days period of partial or full submersion in water or alkaline medium. Additionally, equally prepared mortar specimens were tested in sealed conditions. The outcomes for submerged and saturated conditions were compared to sealed conditions. Three current density regimes were employed i.e. 1 A/m2, 100 mA/m2, and 10 mA/m2, simulating different levels of stray (DC) current environment. The highest level of 1A/m2 was also comparable to stray current densities, as measured in field conditions. The tests were designed in a way, so that the effects of diffu-sion-controlled transport (ions leaching due to concentration gradients), were distinguished from migration-controlled ones (ion/water transport in stray current conditions). Mechanical, microstructural and electrical properties were moni-tored throughout the test. For water-conditioned specimens, the stray current was found to accelerate degradation pro-cesses. This was reflected by decreased compressive strength, reduced electrical resistivity and increased porosity of the matrix. The results were attributed to leaching-out of alkali ions due to concentration gradients, where except diffusion, migration took place i.e. the leaching-out effect was accelerated by water and ions migration in conditions of stray cur-rent flow. In contrast, stray current flowing through mortar in sealed conditions (as well as through mortar in alkaline medium) resulted in increased compressive strength and electrical resistivity. These were accompanied by densification of the bulk matrix and reduced porosity. It can be concluded that for a cement-based material at early hydration age, both positive and negative effects of stray current flow can be expected. The level and direction of these effects are dependent on the external environment and the current density levels, where stray currents above 100 mA/m2 and in conditions of concentration gradients with the external medium, would lead to more pronounced negative effects on microstructural and micromechanical performance.
Analysis of Various Clustering and Classification Algorithms in Datamining

Clustering and classification of data is a difficult problem that is related to various fields and applications. Challenge is greater, as input space dimensions become larger and feature scales are different from each other. The term “classification” is frequently used as an algorithm for all data mining tasks [1]. Instead, it is best to use the term to refer to the category of supervised learning algorithms used to search interesting data patterns. While classification algorithms have become very popular and ubiquitous in DM research, it is just but one of the many types of algorithms available to solve a specific type of DM task [12]. In this paper various clustering and classification algorithms are going to be addressed in detail. A detailed survey on existing algorithms will be made and the scalability of some of the existing classification algorithms will be examined.
Preparation of Novel Iron Phthalocyanine Containing Reactive Groups and its Deodorizing Property on Cellulose

The enzyme-like catalytic functions of metal complex phthalocyanine derivatives those containing carboxylic acid groups could be applied as odor-removing systems and antibacterial systems. Pyromellitic dianhydride and 4-nitrophthalimide were used as starting material for synthesizing dinitro? tetracarboxylic acid iron phthalocyanine(compound 1). Then diaminotetracarboxylic phthalocyanine(compound 2) was obtained by reduction of compound 1. For the formation of covalent bond with cellulose fiber, cyanuric chloride was introduced to the amino group of compound 2 by condensation reaction compound 3. The exhaustion method was employed for adsorbing compound 3 on cotton fiber. K/S values of each fabrics were measured by a CCM system and deodorizing rates were tested by a detector tube method for ammonia gas. K/S values of treated cotton fiber with compound 3 were arranged from 2.1 to 4.2 at 90℃ of exhaustion temperature. Deodorizing rates provided result of 81%, 84%, 88%, 91%, by passing time of 30 min, 60 min, 90 min, 120 min, respectively.
Properties, categories, and categorisation

We re-evaluate existing data that demonstrate a large amount of variability in the content of categories considering the fact that these data have been obtained in a specific task: the production of features of single isolated categories. We present new data that reveal a large consensus when participants have to judge whether or not a given feature is characteristic of a category and we show that classification tasks produce an intermediate level of consensus. We argue that the differences observed between tasks are due to the extent of implied context and we propose a reinterpretation of typicality effects, demonstrating that they are compatible with the existence of a stable conceptual core. In order to explain how the existence of a conceptual core is consistent with variability due to context, we present a theory of categorisation based on a property tree organisation. Within a domain of description, we distinguish between semantic implications (flying → moving) and empirical implications (flying → having wings) as well as between properties used to describe objects. Semantic implications serve to build property lines and Galois lattices are used to reveal category structures according to empirical implications. We show that variability in the category content may be explained by the fact that some properties are emphasised while others are masked according to the context.
PATHOGENICITY OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI Metarhizium anisopliae AND Beauveria bassiana ON LARVAE OF THE LEGUME POD BORER Maruca vitrata (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE)

Experiments were performed to evaluate the pathogenicity of conidia from seven isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Bb6, Bb115, Bb116, Bb17, Bb42, Bb362, Bb24) and four isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae (Ma361, Ma29, Ma356, Ma 359) on larvae of the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata in order to select the most promising isolates to be used in cowpea fields. Pathogenicity was evaluated under laboratory conditions by applying 2 µl of conidia suspension, formulated in peanut oil, on different larval stages (first, second, third, fourth and the fifth instars) of M. vitrata. The concentrations of 10 7 , 10 8 , 10 9 and 10 10 conidia/ml were used and mortality and sporulation of dead larvae were recorded. Taken separately, each isolate caused less mortality among fifth instar larvae than in younger instars. Mortality rates and high sporulation were recorded for Bb 115 and Ma29. Mortality rates ranged from 65.8 ± 3.5% (fifth instar) to 79.0 ± 3.0% (first instar) for B. bassiana isolate Bb 115. The M. anisopliae isolate Ma 29 showed significantly higher mortality rates ranging from 31.7 ± 3.3% (fifth instar) to 50.4 ± 1.5% (second instar). Host development stage at inoculation affected both survival times compared to controls (control and absolute control with oil). The results of the presented study showed that the isolates of Beauveria (Bb 115) can be promising isolates for the control of the legume pod borer, M vitrata.
The Effect of English Writing Proficiency In The Type And Amount Of Errors Produced By Moroccan EFL Students.

The present paper is mainly concerned with the study of the effect of English writing proficiency in the type and amount of errors produced by Moroccan EFL students. It is meant to see whether the writing proficiency has an effect on the errors produced by students, and whether there are ways to overcome the making of such errors. The participants in this study are first year letter Moroccan EFL students enrolled in "Ibn Battouta" high school for the term 2008. Therefore, to meet the objectives of this study, 97 students participated in this study. The written test was the only instrument used. The data obtained has been quantitatively analyzed through the use of the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). The results of the paper showed that the English proficiency in writing affects deeply the amount and type of errors made by Moroccan EFL students.
APERTO: A Framework for Selection, Introduction, and Optimization of Corporate Social Software

The deployment of social software in enterprises to support collaborative work has become increasingly important in the past few years. At the same time, the characteristics of social software--most importantly the so-called Nutzungsoffenheit--require a change of mindset. Corporate social software differs strikingly from traditional business software, which has clearly defined common usage scenarios for its functions. Classic approaches concerning the requirements analysis, change management and success measurement of business software can be applied only partly or not at all. In this report, the APERTO framework, consisting of the APERTO five-level model, the CUP-Matrix, as well as the tools developed therefrom, is introduced. It enables a complete and consistent categorization and classification of the usage potentials of corporate social software, and thus supports its selection, implementation, and optimization. The approach described in this report was applied successfully multiple times in the past few months in projects to select and implement solutions in various German enterprises.
Protecting Watershed Ecosystems Through Targeted Local Land Use Policies

Land-use change is arguably the most pervasive socioeconomic force driving the change and degradation of watershed ecosystems. This paper combines an econometric model of land use choice with three models of watershed health indicators (conventional water pollution, toxic water pollution, and the number of aquatic species at risk) to examine the effects of land use policies on watershed ecosystems through their effect on land use choice. The analysis is conducted using parcel-level data from four western states in the United States (California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho). Our results suggest that incentive-based local land use policies, such as development impact fees and preferential property taxation, are most effective in improving water quality and decreasing the number of species at risk if targeted according to the current land use mix in the watersheds, while policies that attempt to change the returns to agricultural and forest land, such as reforestation payments or agricultural subsidies, are ineffective in any watershed.
Integrated Care: What does this Mean for the COPD Patient?

Despite remarkable advances in medicine and technology, the management of the patient with COPD is often inefficient and fragmented. Optimizing care for these individuals requires that a proactive, patient-centered, de-fragmented and integrated plan of care. Integrated care, which draws heavily from the chronic care model, incorporating holistic, self-management and care coordination principles to meet the needs of the complex COPD patient, is a desirable approach to improving medical management. The relationship of integrated care to other, similar conceptual models, including self-management, disease management, care coordination, and patient centered medical home is discussed.
Dietary Preference of Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus during a Laboratory Breeding Programme for Ecotoxicological Studies

An investigation was undertaken to establish if Gammarus pulex and Asellus aquaticus preferred a diet of unconditioned, artificially or naturally conditioned alder leaves (Alnus glutinosa). Standardised, 24 hour ex situ feeding assays were undertaken with both species to determine their food preference. The results showed that A. aquaticus ate more leaf material compared to G. pulex (Z 23.909, P 0.001) when exposed to all three test variables. Also, both G. pulex and A. aquaticus demonstrated a preference for naturally conditioned leaves compared to the other two variables, with unconditioned leaves proving the least popular food option for both macroinvertebrates (Z 18.803, 𝑃l0.001). However, both species ate varying amounts of all the leaf treatments (Z 136.399, 𝑃l0.001). Subsequently, the author outlined a feeding methodology for natural alder leaf conditioning that could be used during a laboratory breeding programme.
Failure processes of old manufacturing firms in different European countries

This study aims to detect failure processes on the example of old bankrupted European manufacturing firms. Two study designs are applied, namely the original six variables from Laitinen’s (1991) model and an extended dataset with eleven variables for a five-year timespan before declared bankruptcy. On both occasions, two different failure processes are detected which indicate elements of either quickly or gradually failing firms. Clear contingencies between detected processes and firms’ countries of origin exist. There is some evidence that firms of different sizes follow varying failure processes, but this does not apply when discriminating between exporters and non-exporters.