Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Agreeableness : Social-Relational Personality Concepts from an Indigenous and Cross-Cultural Perspective

The links of social-relational concepts (SRC) of personality identified in South Africa with the Five Factor Model (FFM), Interpersonal Relatedness (IR), social desirability, and prosocialness were examined. In Study 1 (N = 1,483), the SRC defined two factors (positive and negative) distinct from the FFM, more strongly linked to relational than to tradition-focused IR aspects and to impression management than to deception. Links to tradition-focused concepts were stronger, and scores on positive SRC higher in Blacks than in Whites. In Study 2 (N = 325), SRC explained substantial variance in prosocialness above the FFM. In Study 3 (N = 1,283), the SRC were replicated in a Dutch multicultural sample. The findings suggest expanding the FFM with respect to social-relational functioning.
Effects of various distractions on audio and visual reaction time in 1st year MBBS students

Background: Reaction time (RT) defines as it is time between the presentation of a sensory stimulus and the subsequent response. Simple RT is defined as the time required for an observer to find out the presence of a stimulus. It is used as a physical skill that correlates to human performance. RT valid and reliable tools for assess cognitive functions and measurement of sensorimotor coordination. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of various distractions on auditory RT (ART) and visual RT (VRT). Materials and Methods: This observational study was conducted in the Department of Physiology at Rajasthan University of Health of Sciences College of Medical Sciences. The participants were 100 1st year medical students 36 girls and 64 boys, 1923 years age group were exposed to different distractions, that is, conversing, music, calculations, and texting in both ART and VRT tests. The study was conducted over a period of January 2018-March 2018. In this study, we have found that VRT and ART were significantly different in males and females, that is, 290.61 ± 96.25 and 300.32 ± 85.32 (P < 0.0001; t = 7.9731), and 243.61 ± 69.25 and 267.42 ± 87.23 (P < 0.0001; t = 6.0500), respectively. It is also clear that overall the VRT was more than ART. Testing was performed using audio VRT by Medisystems. Results: In this study, we have found that VRT and ART were significantly different in males and females, that is, 290.61 ± 96.25 and 300.32 ± 85.32 (P < 0.0001; t = 7.9731) and 243.61 ± 69.25 and 267.42 ± 87.23 (P < 0.0001; t = 6.0500), respectively. Both ART and VRT with each distraction were found longer than normal ART. Sequence of ART in various distraction following in ascending order Normal ART < relaxing music < texting < calculation < conversing, while VRT in various distraction following in ascending order normal VRT < relaxing music < conversing < texting < calculation. Conclusion: As compare to ART and VRT, ART is faster than the VRT in medical students. Furthermore, for both auditory and visual stimuli male students have faster RTs as compared to female students. RT in response to a situation can significantly influence the performance of subjects due to its practical implications. By understanding the influence of distractions on RT the present study concludes that these distractions can be used as a progression in RT training thus improving the sensormotor coordination.
Leaf Greenness (SPAD) Index in Timothy-Grass Seed - Plantation at Different Doses of Titanium Foliar Fertilization

One-factor field experiment in randomized block design with four replications (plot size for harvest was 10 m). The experimental field covered degraded black earth soil formed from loess, class I, wheat group of very good quality, by the agricultural soil classification system. The experiment was conducted at the Plant Breeding Station of Malopolska Plant Growing Company – HBP LLC in Skrzeszowice near Krakow (200 m a.s.l.) from 2006 to 2009. The experimental factor was spraying with titanium fertilizer labelled Tytanit at three different concentrations: 0.02, 0.04 and 0.08 %. During growing periods chlorophyll content was measured by means of SPAD readings. Relative chlorophyll concentration indices were growing from shoot elongation stage to anthesis stage, when the highest value was obtained, whereas at milky ripe stage SPAD readings diminished to the level prior to shoot elongation. Foliar fertilization with Tytanit applied at 0.08 % concentration resulted in the highest increase in SPAD value (the difference averaged 6 % over plants from the control object). Again, plants form the objects treated with the most diluted preparation (0.02 %) had the least chlorophyll content over the control one (difference of about 2 %).
Spatio-Temporal Changes and Dependencies of Land Price Development: A Case Study of the City of Olomouc

Land price sustainability issues have been addressed by many authors in the past. Most of these researchers used land prices (from land price maps) as the primary data source in their studies. Only a few papers analysed official land price maps, which are available very rarely. For this reason, we studied the spatial and temporal changes of land prices in the city of Olomouc based on an analysis of official land price maps from 1993 to 2017. We proposed several research hypotheses to confirm some general statements about land price development. We concluded that some macroeconomic indicators had a significant impact on changes in land prices. In the residential and commercial areas and historical centre, land prices are significantly higher than in other monitored aspects (land-use types). We also concluded that no link existed between land-use stability and land price stability. Surprisingly, no long-term stable areas were found in the area of interest. The analysis also confirmed that land price and its change over time varied in different spatial aspects. Surprisingly, the smallest influence was reflected in the economic aspect. Regarding natural events in recent decades, we observed a significant drop in land prices in the vicinity of watercourses threatened by flooding. These findings can assist in better understanding local development and changes in land price.
Sick-Leave Due to Burnout Among University Teachers in Pakistan and Finland and Its Psychosocial Concomitants

Abstract The study examines sick leave due to burnout among 476 university teachers in Pakistan and Finland and its relationship with a number of psychosocial concomitants with the help of a web-based questionnaire. Sick leave due to burnout was significantly more frequent in Pakistan. An alarming finding was that 19.2 % of 26−35 year old Pakistani teachers had been on sick leave due to burnout, while in Finland, the percentage for this age group was zero. Results from a MANOVA revealed that good working conditions, social support at work, and promotion opportunities were all rated as significantly better by the Finnish sample. Workplace bullying was also significantly less frequent in Finland. The findings suggest that young university teachers in Pakistan are especially at risk of experiencing occupational stress and burnout.
Extraction of Time Constants Ratio over Nine Orders of Magnitude for Understanding Random Telegraph Noise in MOSFETs

The numerous RTN characteristics in MOSFETs were evaluated accurately for a wide time range by the array test circuit. The time constants were extracted for over six orders of magnitude and there were no correlation between time to emission τe and time to capture τc. The time constant ratios were distributed over nine orders of magnitude. Measuring small amplitude and extracting time constants for wide range are useful to understand the trap properties in MOSFETs.
Impacts of Environments on Employees Job Satisfactions and Performances in Public Services Sector in Ghana

sector 1.2. Hypothesis From the objectives, the study are formulated Technology, Ghana Abstract The aim of the paper is to examine environmental factors affecting employees ’job satisfaction and performances in the public sector in Ghana. The objective of this paper is to examine key environmental factors of employees’ job satisfactions and performances and subsequently establish the influence of environmental factors on employees’ job satisfactions and performances in public sector in Ghana. The study focused on environmental dimensions such as working conditions, supervision, reward, co-worker, self –improvement and communication. Cross sectional survey was employed and simple random technique was used. A sample size of 150 employees was used. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics analysis and multiple regressions. The results of the study showed that self- improvement, supervisions, and co-worker were environments factors that negatively influence employees’ job satisfactions and performance on public sector. However, reward, communication and working conditions showed positive influence on employees’ job satisfactions and performance on This finding supports the study by Asharaf, Azam and Asharaf (2015) who’s study shows that good wages, had positive impact on employees’ performances levels. The findings also revealed that good wages, job security and good working conditions are the three top most important strategies in relation to employee performance. This study supports the study by Anupam and Mammoud (2014) who found that financial incentives impacted positively on employee job satisfaction and performance.
The structure theory of Nilspaces II: Representation as nilmanifolds

This paper forms the second part of a series of three papers by the authors concerning the structure of nilspaces of Antolín Camarena and Szegedy. A nilspace is a compact space X X together with closed collections of cubes C n ( X ) ⊆ X 2 n C_n(X)\subseteq X^{2^n} , n = 1 , 2 , … n=1,2,\ldots satisfying some natural axioms. From these axioms it follows that a nilspace can be built as a finite tower of extensions where each of the successive fibers is a compact abelian group. Our main result is a new proof of a result due to Antolín Camarena and Szegedy [Nilspaces, nilmanifolds and their morphisms, arXiv:1009.3825v3 (2012)] stating that if each of these groups is a torus, then X X is isomorphic (in a strong sense) to a nilmanifold G / Γ G/\Gamma . We also extend the theorem to a setting where the nilspace arises from a dynamical system ( X , T ) (X,T) . These theorems are a key stepping stone towards the general structure theorem in [The structure theory of nilspaces III: Inverse limit representations and topological dynamics, arXiv:1605.08950v1 [math.DS] (2016)] (which again closely resembles the main theorem of Antolín Camarena and Szegedy). The main technical tool, enabling us to deduce algebraic information from topological data, consists of existence and uniqueness results for solutions of certain natural functional equations, again modelled on the theory in Antolín Camarena and Szegedy’s paper.
Effect of OPC and PFA cement on stabilised peat bricks

The paper presents a study of compressive strength, water absorption and apparent porosity of different types of compressed stabilised peat bricks. Peat soil, sand, PFA cement or OPC cement were steam autoclaved under different conditions to produce brick samples. The percentage of peat soil 20%, PFA and OPC cement was between 20 - 30%, and sand ranged from 50 - 60%. The effect of each component of the mixtures on compressive strength, water absorption and apparent porosity of compressed stabilised peat after 3, 7, 14 and 28 days of conservation at 23 ± was 2°C. The compressive strength increased with increased binder ration. However, strength of mixture with PFA cement was higher than OPC cement. The water absorption decreased with increased ration of binder and period time. The apparent porosity decreased with increased period time. The compressive strength, water absorption and porosity of cemented peat bricks obtained at 28 days for both stabilisers PFA and OPC cement were 6.33 and 5.91 Mpa, 2.6 and 5.4% and 4.75 and 9.7%, respectively. The results demonstrate that the cemented peat bricks can be used as construction building material.
The role of procedural fairness in the relationship between budget participation and motivation.

Previous studies have provided inconsistent empirical findings in the relationship between budget participation and motivation. It is argued that these conflicting findings may be due to mediating variables. Fairness consideration may be an essential mediating variable that may increase the motivation of employees. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of procedural fairness in the relationship between budget participation and motivation. The fairness perceptions of employees are important because they can demotivate the employees if any unfair conditions exist in budget creation. The fairness perceptions also ensure that all members of the organization are motivated to achieve the organization's goals. The framework of this study is developed based on the goal setting theory. Through the involvement of managers in preparing budget, a clearer and attainable budget can be set, which fosters the motivation level of individuals. Goal setting theory also recognized the importance of reasonable and fair goals as it enhances favorable attitude and behavior of employees in the organization. However the effect of fairness perceptions in the relationship between budget participation and motivation has not been systematically evaluated. As such, using the goal setting theory, this study attempts to examine whether budget participation increases the perceptions of fairness, which in turn increases motivation. It is argued that by participating in the budget setting process, a fair budget can be determined from a fair process employed, thus increasing the likelihood of improving individuals' motivation. Utilizing the Partial Least Square technique in analyzing data, based on survey questionnaires of Malaysian managers, the results are as expected. Procedural fairness plays a role as mediating variable in the relationship between budget participation and motivation. This result suggests the importance of maintaining fairness in the management control system in the organization. The involvement of managers in budget setting process promotes a favorable behavior of the managers that increase their perception of fairness which may consequently increase their motivation.
Reassessing Labour Market Reforms: Temporary Contracts as a Screening Device

The literature has warned against the risk that expanding temporary contracts might lead to segmented labour markets while failing to reduce unemployment. This article reports stylised facts suggesting that in most European countries temporary workers enjoy high rates of transition into permanent employment and presents empirical evidence showing that temporary contracts significantly decrease the unemployment rate. A matching model in which firms use temporary contracts to screen workers for permanent positions can successfully account for these facts. If separations are driven by learning about match quality, temporary contracts can revert part of the negative welfare effects generated by employment protection.
Early Childhood Teachers' Sustainment in the Classroom.

This paper describes an investigation of Australian early childhood teachers’ sustainment in their profession, focussing on those factors which enhance professional commitment, job satisfaction and occupational motivation. Utilizing qualitative methodology this study also identified key factors early childhood teachers consider crucial to sustaining engagement in teaching, while coping with the daily demands of their work and the implementation of mandated educational change. In particular, this study found early childhood teachers’ students, work colleagues, educational setting and attitudes, beliefs and pedagogical practice contributed to their sustainment, as did their ability to maintain personal well-being and a life-work balance.
The use of time studies in Romanian forestry: importance, achievements and future.

Work measurement techniques, including time studies, are often used when assessing the efficiency of a given process, while other important applications such as energy balance assessment and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies use data resulted from work measurement studies as well. Based on a bibliographic research which considered the studies carried out in Romania, this paper reviews the efforts made in Romanian forestry related to the use of time studies in efficiency assessment of different kind of equipments and develops a potential research roadmap related to the current international trends in such research by considering also the urgent needs of Romanian forest operations sector.
The Making of an Underclass The Palestinian Citizens in Israel Nimer Sultany

I argue here that Israel’s ‘basic structure’ (i.e., the main economic, social, and political institutions), to use John Rawls’s phrase, subjects the Palestinian citizens to a process of ghettoization that relegates them to a separate and unequal status. This basic structure is particularly unjust, as it does not provide these citizens with the minimal conditions of a decent life. The state not only fails to rectify this injustice but is actively implicated in producing it. This process within Israel intersects with a process of separation and annexation in the Occupied Territories. Together, these processes are eroding the citizenship status of the Palestinian citizens in Israel.
The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries*

Human trafficking is a humanitarian problem of global scale, but quantitative research on the issue barely exists. This paper is a first attempt to explore the economic drivers of human trafficking and migrant exploitation using micro data. We argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants of human trafficking. To test our argument, we use a unique new dataset of 5513 households from Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high migration areas and with larger migrant networks are much more likely to have a trafficked victim among their members. Our results also indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information asymmetries might be an effective strategy to reduce the crime.
The Boundary of the Future

We prove that the boundary of the future of a surface K consists precisely of the points p that lie on a null geodesic orthogonal to K such that between K and p there are no points conjugate to K nor intersections with another such geodesic. Our theorem has applications to holographic screens and their associated light sheets and in particular enters the proof that holographic screens satisfy an area law.
Effect of Nanoadditives with Surfactant on the Surface Characteristics of Electroless Nickel Coating on Magnesium-Based Composites Reinforced with MWCNT

An experimental investigation has been carried out on optimizing process parameters of electroless nickel-phosphorous coatings on magnesium composite reinforced with carbon nanotube. A comprehensive experimental study of electroless Ni–P coatings on magnesium composite reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotube under specific coating conditions was performed. The electroless coating bath consists of nickel sulphate (26 g/L), sodium hypo-phosphite (30 g/L) as reducing agent, sodium acetate (16 g/L) as stabilizer, and ammonium hydrogen difluoride (8 g/L) as the complexing agent. The surfactant SLS was added in the solution for better wetting and spreading of coating on substrate. The stabilizer thiourea (1 ppm) was added in the bath to prevent decomposition of bath. Different nanoadditives such as ZnO, Al2O3, SiO with various concentrations were used in the bath and their influence on coating process characteristics were studied The nano additives such as ZnO, Al2O3, SiO were added at concentrations of 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, and 2% in the EN bath. The output parameters such as surface roughness, microhardness, specific wear rate, and surface morphology were measured. Surface morphology was studied using scanning electron microscope. The results showed that the proposed method resulted in significant improvement on the quality of the coatings produced.
Effects of green macroalgal blooms on intertidal sediments: net metabolism and carbon and nitrogen contents

Eutrophication in coastal areas promotes blooms of green macroalgae that accumulate on the sediment, affecting the exchange of mass and energy at the sediment-water interface. The effects of macroalgal blooms on the microbenthic net metabolism and on the carbon and nitrogen contents of the sediment were studied during an in situ experiment. Two sediment enclosures (with and without macroalgae) of 1.5 × 1.5 m 2 were installed and maintained 2 to 3 wk during every season on an intertidal sediment flat in the Sancti Petri Channel (Bay of Cadiz, Spain) from summer 2002 to spring 2003. Biomass of the macroalgae changed seasonally, with a minimum in winter and a maxi- mum in summer (annual mean: 188.3 ± 97.3 g dry wt m -2 ). This relatively low macroalgal biomass always suppressed the photosynthetic activity of microphytobenthos, decreased the oxygen avail- ability for the sediment and reduced the oxygen penetration depth in the light and in the dark. The microbenthic community metabolism clearly shifted to heterotrophic, while the photoautotrophic activity was located in the macroalgal canopy. This macroalgal mat was net autotrophic, and more productive than the microphytobenthic community inhabiting the bare sediment. Part of the macroal- gal production was buried in the sediment, increasing its carbon and nitrogen contents with respect to bare sediment during all seasons except spring. Concentrations of inorganic nutrients in the sedi- ment were always higher below the macroalgal mat than in bare sediment, likely due to a direct input of inorganic nitrogen and phosphate associated with macroalgal debris.
Concentrations, source identification and health risk of selectedpriority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in residential street soils

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) released to the environment are petrogenic sources and pyrogenic sources. Sixteen PAHs have been listed as priority pollutant by the US Environmental Protection Agency. This study deals with the distribution of concentration, possible sources identification and health risk of selected priority PAHs in residential street soils from an industrial city. The concentrations of ΣPAHs ranged 36 – 898 μg kg-1 with an average value of 315 ± 67 μg kg-1. The concentration of studied, probable human carcinogenic PAHs accounted for 60% of ΣPAHs. Benzo(a)pyrene Toxicity Equivalency (BaPTEQ) for studied PAHs was estimated and ranged 0.61 – 197 μg BaPTEQ kg-1with the mean value of 46.78 ± 15.97 μg BaPTEQ kg-1. The composition profile analysis and diagnostic molecular ratios of PAHs suggested mixed pyrogenic sources of PAHs from combustion of coal and diesel combustions in vehicles and industrial activities. Potential risk to contaminated ground water from leaching of carcinogenic PAHs and from soil was assessed by estimating the Index of Additive Cancer Risk (IACR) and found to be less than safe limit. Study concluded that concentrations of selected PAHs were within acceptable limits of soil quality guidelines and the study area got classified as weakly contaminated