Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CAINOZOIC EVOLUTION OF LOWER SILESIA, SW POLAND: A NEW INTERPRETATION IN THE LIGHT OF SUB-CAINOZOIC AND SUB-QUATERNARY TOPOGRAPHY

An analysis of the youngest tectonic movements by the use of either morphometric or instrumental techniques should take into account both exposed and buried fault zones. The sub-Cainozoic and sub-Quaternary surface maps presented in this study display buried palaeotopography whose interpretation proves helpful in identification of tectonic dislocations. Such a kind of analysis has been conducted for the area of Lower Silesia, including the Sudetes, Fore-Sudetic Block, and Fore-Sudetic Monocline. The maps have been constructed on the basis of well-bore data, vertical geoelectrical soundings, and detailed mapping of exposures of pre-Quaternary rocks. Well-bore data have been reinterpreted with a view to reconstruct the original depth to the top of the crystalline basement. Many archival borehole descriptions place the boundary between Tertiary strata and the Proterozoic-Palaeozoic substratum at the top of poorly weathered rocks, including regoliths of the crystalline substratum into the Tertiary cover. The presented maps portray for the first time the actual morphology of the sub-Cainozoic surface. A comparison between the sub-Cainozoic and sub-Quaternary surface maps enables us to document changes in tectonic mobility throughout Cainozoic times. An additional source of information is provided by the attached thickness maps of individual time-slices of the Cainozoic.
Letter-Value Plots: Boxplots for Large Data

ABSTRACT Boxplots are useful displays that convey rough information about the distribution of a variable. Boxplots were designed to be drawn by hand and work best for small datasets, where detailed estimates of tail behavior beyond the quartiles may not be trustworthy. Larger datasets afford more precise estimates of tail behavior, but boxplots do not take advantage of this precision, instead presenting large numbers of extreme, though not unexpected, observations. Letter-value plots address this problem by including more detailed information about the tails using “letter values,” an order statistic defined by Tukey. Boxplots display the first two letter values (the median and quartiles); letter-value plots display further letter values so far as they are reliable estimates of their corresponding quantiles. We illustrate letter-value plots with real data that demonstrate their usefulness for large datasets. All graphics are created using the R package lvplot, and code and data are available in the supplementary materials.
Linkages between Value Based Performance Measurements and Risk Return Trade Off: Theory and Evidence

In this study we attempt to investigate the linkages between value-based performance measurements and risk-return trade off in a way to explain cross sectional asset returns. On the side of value based performance measurements, three groups of variables are used as a sorting factor: traditional measures which consist of accounting based and market based; recently popularized measures such as Economic Value Added and Market Value Added and theoretically sound measures such as foreign investor allocation and firm systematic risk indicators. The goals of the study are (i) to show how value based measurements techniques relate to risk return trade off and (ii) how these measures affect the cross sectional asset returns in manufacturing industry. Empirical results indicate that foreign investor allocation as a sorting factor produces much more meaningful risk return positive linear relation for cross sectional asset returns than traditional and recently popularized measures.
Central bank independence, bureaucratic corruption and fiscal responses - empirical evidence

This paper analyses the impact of bureaucratic corruption on fiscal policy outcomes for economies that have constituted to a greater or lessen extent independent central banks. The adverse implications of corruption on debt accumulation are verified using a cross-sectional setting of 77 developed and developing countries. Approximating central bank independence as that point in time that a major central bank reform took effect, we find that more corruption leads to higher debt accumulation. More importantly, complementing the analysis with a measure for the level of independence each reform gave strengthens the results; the impact of corruption is greater, the higher the independence that was granted. The findings are robust to different subsets of the sample and different sets of control variables. Suboptimal institutional quality poses difficulties on the achievement of a balanced debt process, which could obstacle price stability, despite the constitution of independent central banks.
co-creation activities in healthcare service delivery at the micro level : The influence of online access to

The healthcare sector has undergone a number of transformations in recent years, partly due to recent advances in technology. This triggered our study to examine patients’ desire to seek health information largely driven by increased access via the Internet and the cumulative impacts on value co-creation. We employed a sequential exploratory design involving a phenomenological approach in the qualitative phase, followed by a quantitative survey design to further our understanding of the influence of technology in co-creating value in healthcare at the micro level. Advances in technology have empowered patients to be informed, which enabled them to play an active role in clinical encounters with the doctor. The findings suggest pre-encounter information search impacts positively on improved service engagement and commitment to compliance with medical instructions. It does this by shaping the nature of interactions; enhancing provider-patient orientation; and increasing their involvement in a shared decision-making process. From a theoretical perspective, our study integrates multiple research perspectives (e.g., access to information, online information seeking and knowledge creation, healthcare consultation models, etc.) and extends research on patient integration, participation, and co-creation of value. The conceptualization of value co-creation activities in this study suggests a need for service providers to adopt delivery approaches that would effectively integrate patient resources to co-create value.
How “good” are real‐time ground motion predictions from Earthquake Early Warning systems?

Real‐time ground motion alerts, as can be provided by Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) systems, need to be both timely and sufficiently accurate to be useful. Yet how timely and how accurate the alerts of existing EEW algorithms are is often poorly understood. In part, this is because EEW algorithm performance is usually evaluated not in terms of ground motion prediction accuracy and timeliness but in terms of other metrics (e.g., magnitude and location estimation errors), which do not directly reflect the usefulness of the alerts from an end user perspective. Here we attempt to identify a suite of metrics for EEW algorithm performance evaluation that directly quantify an algorithm's ability to identify target sites that will experience ground motion above a critical (user‐defined) ground motion threshold. We process 15,553 recordings from 238 earthquakes with M > 5 (mostly from Japan and southern California) in a pseudo‐real‐time environment and investigate two end‐member EEW methods. We use the metrics to highlight both the potential and limitations of the two algorithms and to show under which circumstances useful alerts can be provided. Such metrics could be used by EEW algorithm developers to convincingly demonstrate the added value of new algorithms or algorithm components. They can complement existing performance metrics that quantify other relevant aspects of EEW algorithms (e.g., false event detection rates) for a comprehensive and meaningful EEW performance analysis.
Oxidative responses and genetic stability of date palm Phoenix dactylifera L. Barhi cv. under salinity stress.

This study was aimed to investigate the oxidative responses and genetic stability of date palm Phoenix dactylifera L. under different irrigation water salinity, date palm off shoots cv. Barhi subjected to different concentrations of NaCl (100, 200, 300 and 400 µM) for 180 days. The obtained results showed that, the date palm responses to salinity stress, this responses was increased of H 2 O 2 level, Peroxidase activity and Malondialdehyde MDA concentration with increase NaCl concentration, while opposite trend with membrane stability index, which H 2 O 2 was increased from(0.73 µM/g) in control to (2.20 µM/g) in 400 µM treatment, MDA was increased from (2.35 nmole/g) in control to (nmole/g) in 400 µM treatment, also peroxidase activity was reached to (39.59 U/min/g) in 400 µM treatment, while was (20.73 U/min/g) in control and Membrane stability index reduction significantly from (81.36%) in control to (64.13%) in 400 µM treatment. In terms of genetic stability of date palm under salinity stress, the ISSR markers analysis showed that, the high concentrations of NaCl (200, 300 and 400 µM) produced more polymorphic fragments comparison to control treatment, while the DNA profile was identical between control and 100 µMtreatment. Dendogram was generated using similarity indices of ISSR markers showed, the lowest genetic similarity was found between 400 µM NaCl concentration and control and 100 µM treatment, followed with both 200 and 300 µM treatments, which the control and 100 µM treatment was grouped in one cluster, also treatments with 200 and 300 µM grouped in one cluster, while the treatment with 400 µM NaCl separated in cluster. Keywords : ISSR, Genetic stability, Oxidative stress, Peroxidase, MDA, membrane peroxidation
Looking to the past to understand the present: organizational change in varsity sport

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how varsity football athletes and coaches negotiate meanings when faced with the unmet expectations of a new head coach brought into lead a turnaround process. It also aims to pay particular attention to the role of history in this meaning making process.Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on semi‐structured interviews with players and coaches at two points in time. To preserve the richness of their experiences and illuminate the historical aspects of change, it focuses on the stories of three players and one supporting coach.Findings – Numerous symbols of change emerge that have multiple and contradictory meanings. The meanings around success and failure are renegotiated over time as individuals struggle with the unmet expectations of change. Moreover, individuals are unable to shed the failures of the past and move forward.Practical implications – Change is a complex and messy process of managing multiple meanings. Understanding change entails more than a .
HEAD POSITIONS ARE RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY OF CIRCLES ON POMMEL HORSE

Enhancing the quality of circles is critical for pommel horse performance. Previous research as well as coaching literature emphasizes the importance of body alignment such as hip angle, but little attention has been attracted to head positions. Our purpose was to investigate the head-segment kinematics and its relation to other performance variables during circles on pommel horse. Through typical kinematic and correlational analysis of 18 participants, it was revealed that the skilled gymnasts moved their head significantly more backward in the rear support phase than the less skilled counterparts. The head positions in the rear support phase were correlated with the scores and also the performance variables such as body flexion angle, shoulder extension angle, and the horizontal diameter of shoulder trajectories.
Uncertain Kingdom: Nowcasting GDP and its Revisions ☆

We propose a Release-Augmented Dynamic Factor Model (RA-DFM) that allows to quantify the role of a country’s data ﬂow in nowcasting both early GDP releases, and subsequent revisions of oﬃcial estimates. We use the RA-DFM to study UK GDP early revision rounds, and assemble a comprehensive and novel mixed-frequency dataset that features 12 years of real-time data vintages. The RA-DFM improves over the standard DFM in real-time when forecasting the ﬁrst release each quarter, and economic and survey data help forecasting the ﬁrst revision round. Afterwards, the predictive content of the data ﬂow is largely exhausted
Ep-Eiso Correlation in a Multiple Subjet Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts

We perform Monte Carlo simulations to study the Ep-Eiso correlation in the context of a multiple-subjet model (or inhomogeneous jet model) for γ-ray bursts (GRBs), X-ray-rich GRBs (XRRs), and X-ray flashes (XRFs). For a single subjet, we find that Ep ∝ E for large viewing angles. For the multiple-subjet model in which all the subjets have the same intrinsic properties, off-axis events show Ep ∝ E with 0.4 < a < 0.5. If the intrinsic properties of the subjets are distributed so that on-axis emission of each subjet follows a correlation Ep ∝ L, we obtain the Amati correlation (Ep ∝ E) over 3 orders of magnitude in Ep. Although the scatter around the Amati correlation is large in the simulation, the results are consistent with the observed properties of GRBs with known redshifts and the BASTE GRBs with pseudoredshifts derived from the lag-luminosity correlation. We also calculate the event rates, the redshift distributions, and the T90 duration distributions of GRBs, XRRs, and XRFs, which can be detected by HETE-2, assuming that the source redshift distribution is in proportion to the cosmic star formation rate. It is found that the event rates of the three classes are comparable, that the average redshift of the XRRs is a little larger than those of the GRBs and the XRFs, and that short XRRs arise when a single subjet is viewed off-axis or viewed on-axis with slightly high redshift.
Reintroduction of an endangered terrestrial orchid, Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo, assisted by symbiotic seed germination: First report from the Indian subcontinent

Symbiotic germination has practical merit for both conservation and horticulture, but it remains an underutilized tool for orchids in peril on the Indian subcontinent. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo 7 the subject of this study 7 is native to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan where it is listed as endangered. We report our preliminary findings aimed at growing D. hatagirea from seed using mycorrhizal fungi leading to its reintroduction. Seeds were obtained from capsules and sown on oat meal agar with fungi isolated from the roots of mature D. hatagirea plants. Using molecular characterization techniques, cultures were assignable to the teleomorphic genus Ceratobasidium . Inoculated seeds resulted in 100% germination within 10 days of sowing, and healthy protocorms were obtained after 40 days. Seedlings with well7developed roots, tubers and leaves were obtained after 3 months. This is the first report documenting the successful application of symbiotic seed germination to reintroduce an orchid native to the Indian subcontinent. (Nature and Science 2010;8(10):1397145). (ISSN: 154570740).
Task Complexity and the Speed and Efficiency of Elemental Information Processing: Another Look at the Nature of Intellectual Giftedness

Abstract This study examined the speed and efficiency of elemental processing among the intellectually gifted. Groups of gifted and nongifted junior high school students were compared on several elementary cognitive tasks (ECTs) with no symbolic content and different degrees of requisite processing complexity. After controlling for the potentially confounding effect of knowledge base on the ECTs, results of this study further substantiated the significant relationship between elemental processing, task complexity, and intellectual giftedness. Differences between the gifted and nongifted groups on the ECT parameters increased monotonically with task complexity. Moreover, despite the fact that the ECTs used in this study have no information content and require no higher-order or metaprocesses for successful task completion, discriminant function analyses including the various elemental processing speed and efficiency measures correctly classified approximately 80% of all subjects. Implications of these results for theory relating giftedness to the speed and efficiency of elemental cognitive processes are discussed.
A diatom-total phosphorus transfer function for freshwater lakes in southeastern Finland, including cross-validation with independent test lakes

A diatom total phosphorus (TP) training set and weighted averaging (WA) calibration model for lakes in eastern and southeastern Finland are presented. The data set comprises 78 lakes, with autumnal TP-range of 3-125 μg l -1 , pH-range of 5.9-7.7, and lake area of 0.13-283 km 2 . The correlation between the observed and WA-reconstructed (jackknifed) log TP values in the training set is 0.86 (R 2 = 0.73), and root mean squared error of prediction (RMSEp) 0.193 μg TP l -1 . The transfer function was cross-validated using an independent test set of 30 lakes. The correlation between the observed and predicted log TP values for the 30 lakes is 0.89 (R 2 = 0.79), and RMSEp 0.161 μg TP l -1 . These performance statistics (R 2 , RMSEp), based on the independent cross-validation with the test set of lakes, are within the range of values based on jackknifing estimates, suggesting that diatoms provide reliable estimates of lakewater TP concentration in Finnish lakes.
Purchasing Power Parity for Traded and Non-traded Goods: A Structural Error Correction Model Approach

When univariate methods are applied to real exchange rates, point estimates of autoregressive coefficients typically imply very slow rates of mean reversion. Rogoff (1996) discusses that the remarkable consensus of 3-5 year half-lives of purchasing power parity (PPP) deviations is found among studies using long-horizon data. However, a recent study by Murray and Papell (2002) calculates confidence intervals for estimates of half-lives for long-horizon and post-1973 data, and concludes that univariate methods provide virtually no information regarding the size of the half-lives. This paper estimates half-lives of real exchange rates for traded and non-traded goods with a system method based on Kim, Ogaki, and Yangâ€™s (2001) structural Error Correction Model (ECM). This system method employs a modified version of Mussaâ€™s (1982) model with traded and non-traded goods in which the exchange rate exhibits overshooting as in Dornbushâ€™s (1976) model. The model includes a gradual adjustment equation, in which the domestic price of the traded good adjusts to the long-run equilibrium level determined by PPP. Kim, Ogaki, and Yangâ€™s (2001) system method combines the single equation IV method with Hansen and Sargentâ€™s (1982) method, which applies Hansenâ€™s (1982) Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to linear rational expectations models. In this paper, we estimate half-lives of real exchange rates based on traded good price indices, those based on non-traded good price indices, and those based on general price indices. The half-lives of the real exchange rates based on traded good price indices are expected to be shorter than those based on non-traded good or general price indices. We use the producer price indices (PPI), the consumer price indices (CPI), and GDP deflators from 1973 Q1 to 2001 Q1 to construct the real exchange rates for traded, non-traded, and general prices, respectively. The seven countries included in our study are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. When the system method is applied, our point estimates indicate shorter half-lives for traded good price indices than for non-traded and general good price indices.
Not as Easy as E-Mail: Tutors' Perspective of an Online Assignment Submission System

Continued use of a system beyond initial adoption is one of the most challenging issues in practice and research. This study examines the continued use of an online assignment submission system, which was implemented in a blended distance learning university. The system has two main groups of users: the students who may choose between submitting their work through the system or via regular mail, and the tutors who have to check these assignments. This paper analyzes the system’s continued use from the tutor’s perspective. After nine years of implementation, about half of the assignments were submitted via the system. The research model, which is based mainly on the technology acceptance model (TAM) and diffusion of innovation theory, has been empirically examined with data collected via a Web survey from 89 tutors. Behavioral intention to use the system was influenced mainly by its compatibility with the assignment checking process, its perceived usefulness, its real value, and tutors’ attitude toward new technologies. The findings suggest that the system is not compatible with the checking process of those tutors who are reluctant to use it.
The "Employment Intensity" of Growth in Europe

The paper elaborates on the employment intensity of growth. Previous evidence regarding this question is surveyed. Empirical results concerning Europe and selected other industrial countries reveal that the cyclical link between unemployment and growth is still stable in the nineties. However, the relation strongly depends on the variable chosen to represent the labor market situation. Test on an asymmetric relation leads to ambitious results. Cross-country and panel evidence suggest that the employment intensity of growth is influenced by the country's wage setting process, the share of the service sector, and labor market flexibility. A clear-cut importance of exchange rate volatility cannot be found. Some conclusions with regard to economic policy are drawn.
Cadherin Expression in the Nigerian and United Kingdom Breast Cancer Cases: A Comparison of Clinicopathological and Prognostic Characteristics

Background: The expression of the cadherins have been shown to have both clinicopathological and prognostic significance in breast cancer from different ethnic populations. However, the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of the cadherins expression in Nigerian breast cancer (BC) have hitherto not been determined. The aim of this study was therefore to describe the expression patterns of E- and P-cadherin in Nigerian and United Kingdom (UK) BC cases and to compare the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of the cadherins between the two cohorts. Methods: Tissue microarray of about 266 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded Nigerian and 301 UK BC samples with well-characterized clinicopathological indices were subjected to immunohistochemical staining for E- and P-cadherins and other biomarkers. These biomarkers were correlated with the patients’ clinicopathological and prognostic data using the appropriate statistical tests on SPSS. A p value of < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Results: A lower rate of E-cadherin expression was found in the Nigerian cohort (29.2%) compared to their UK counterparts (54.8%). However, the rate of P-cadherin expression was similar in both Nigerian (53.4%) and UK (52.9%) series. While E-cadherin expression showed no pathobiological significance in the Nigerian cases, it was associated with favourable clinicopathological features in the UK cohort. P-cadherin on the other hand was associated with adverse clinicopathological features, including the triple-negative and basal-like BC subtype in both BC populations. However, we found no prognostic significance for either E-cadherin or P-cadherin in both BC cohorts. Conclusion: While P-cadherin expression is high in both the Nigerian and UK BC cohorts and might therefore function as a biomarker for the basal-like BC, E-cadherin expression was associated with favourable clinicopathological indices in UK, but not in the Nigerian, cohorts.