Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Institutional Change of Italian Public Museums Between Legitimacy and Efficiency : Do Museum Directors Have a Role ?

As in many western countries, an increasing process of managerialization reformed the Italian public sector organizations, including museums, traditionally owned by public bodies. Consistently with the institutionalization of managerialism in the museum sector, the National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST), was transformed in a private foundation in 1999, hired a museum director in 2001 with managerial experience who enacted a more marketoriented strategy. Recent findings in the new institutional theory which constitutes the theoretical framework of this paper clarified that leaders may have a critical role in affecting the pattern of adoptions of institutional demands. Nevertheless, it is not still clear which are the conditions under which a leader may be able to enact actively and effectively institutional pressures. Moreover, the effects of active change on organizational social and technical performance remain empirically underexplored. The NMST is an exemplary case to investigate these issues, because of its recent managerial transformation. Our study revealed that a relationship of consistency among the leader’s background, the adopted strategy and the institutional pressures is the condition for the occurrence of an active implementation of institutional demands and of positive effects both on social and on technical performance.
What can psycholinguistic research on word class ambiguities tell us about categories?

Abstract This paper is a contribution to a long-standing debate between constructionist, lexicalist, and emergentist schools of thought related to the question of what determines the category of lexically ambiguous words whose meanings belong to different syntactic categories (e.g., duck, walk). In the lexicalist view part-of-speech information is stored in the mental lexicon. According to the syntax-first (or constructionist) view, the ambiguous word is assigned to the syntactic category NOUN or VERB solely on the basis of the morphosyntactic frame in which it occurs irrespective of its meaning. In contrast, the emergentist view assumes an interaction of many constraints (semantic and syntactic) whereby semantic constraints are weaker than syntactic constraints in the resolution of word class ambiguities because while semantic context only favors one of the meanings of ambiguous words but does not exclude the competitors, syntactic context supports one meaning of an ambiguous word by ruling out its alternative interpretation. We intend to provide an overview of recent psycholinguistic studies focusing on the processing of word-class ambiguities in order to show that the syntax-first approach is too restrictive while the emergentist view is too permissive. What seems to be at issue is that when grammatical category-ambiguous words are processed, it is not that all constraints are available at the same time and they compete but rather different sources of information can be predicted to affect the process of lexical disambiguation at different stages during processing.
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PROGRESSIVE WAVE-INDUCED STRESSES DURATION IN SEABED SOIL

The total stress behavior in seabed soil induced by progressive waves was investigated in time sequence through the experiments in a wave flume. The static stress measurements show that the natural deposit seabed retains an initial shear stress that reduces the resistance capacity of shear strength of the soil. The dynamic stress measurements show that, by comparing with seabed surface pressure, the vertical stress, horizontal stress, and pore water pressure are found to have different phase shifts. Such phase shifts strongly affect the duration behavior of the total stresses of the soil and different from the current theories that assume the waves and pressures in seabed are synchronous, the influences on the seabed stability should be taken into account.
Conceptual Model for IT Diffusion and Adoption 671933-1 CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION IN LARGE ENTERPRISES IN IZTPALAPA , MEXICO CITY

This paper presents the development of a conceptual model used as a theoretical guide for identify the organizational, technical and environmental factors that have motivated or influenced organizations to adopt Information Technology (IT). Data collected from a survey in Large Enterprises in Iztapalapa, in Mexico City, are used to test hypotheses between identified factors and the level of IT.
Knowledge environments in universities

Talent, motivation, and wealth of ideas are not the only characteristics determining how successfully a scholar’s research and academic career develops. What we academics call creative is never the result of individual action alone. Learning processes and research are situated in environments, organisational structures, and spatial relations. We cannot study scientifi c creativity by isolating scholars and their works from the social and historical milieu in which their actions are carried out. A stimulating environment and a talented individual must come together and interact before a creative process can occur. This article addresses four questions: What elements constitute a local knowledge environment? How can a local knowledge environment aff ect learning and research processes? How can one measure the impact of a knowledge environment and avoid the trap of determinism? What theoretical concepts can contribute to the analysis of knowledge environments and the explanation of their impact?
Formalizing the Evolution Process

This work focuses on identifying and formalizing the process underlying the development of an evolution algorithm. The main argument elaborated in this work is that the development of an algorithm dealing with the incorporation of new knowledge in a logical structure (such as an ontology) is based on a pattern consisting of discrete and well-defined steps which can be formalized, described and studied independently. After a short literature review on the current state-of-the-art in the field of ontology evolution, we describe the aforementioned pattern and propose a formalization of it; this allows us to develop a generic “algorithmic pattern” which can be made specific and be applied to different representation languages or application scenarios, and lead to specific ontology evolution algorithms applicable to specific contexts. We then apply our formalization to the problem of updating RDF-based ontologies and develop an algorithm for this case.
Building detection in off-nidar very high resolution satellite images based on stereo 3D information

Co-registration of very high resolution (VHR) images with elevation data is extremely important for many remote sensing applications due to the complementary properties of these two data types. However, this type of multi-data source registration has many associated challenges. For instance, although VHR satellite images are mostly acquired off-nadir, the integration of off-nadir images with digital surface models (DSM) for the purpose of urban mapping has been rarely seen in research publications. This is due to the relief displacement of the elevated objects which causes a problematic misregistration between the perspective off-nadir images and the corresponding orthographic DSMs. Therefore, the co-registration of such datasets is almost impossible unless a true orthorectification process is executed. However, true orthoimages are expensive, time consuming, and difficult to achieve. Thus, this paper proposes a registration method based on developing a line-of-sight DSM solution to effectively register elevation data 1 This paper has been published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing: Suliman, A. , & Zhang, Y. (2015). Development of line-of-sight digital surface model for co registering offnadir VHR satellite imagery with elevation data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(5), 1913-1923. For consistency throughout the dissertation, the format and style of Figure captions, Table titles, citation of references in the text, and section numbering have been slightly changed (from the original format of the journal in which the paper has been published or is under review) for Chapters 2-5.
Evaluation of Pile Diameter Effects on Soil-Pile Stiffness

The applicability of the standard design method for laterally loaded piles (p-y method) to mono pile foundations was investigated. The Investigation was performed by analytical methods and three-dimensional finite element analysis reviewing the standard design methods and their assumptions. One of the major results was that the p-y method employs unreasonable high values for the soil stiffness at great depths when determining the necessary embedded length for large diameter piles having a high flexural rigidity beyond common experiences. As a solution a modification of the factor determining the increase of soil stiffness within the p-y method is suggested.
EVALUATION OF HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT OF ALOE VERA ON ALLAXON INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

Aloe vera is used worldwide for several medical purposes as alternative medicine The present study, is an attempt to evaluate the hypoglycemic effects of aqueous leaf extract of Aloe vera Alloxon injection(65mg /kg body weight) induced hyperglycemia, Oral administration of aqueous extract of Aloe vera at a dose of 0.5ml /100gm body weight for a prolonged period (30days) significantly reduced blood sugar levels and rise in liver glycogen content in allaxon induced diabetic rats compared with control group. The treatment with aqueous extract of leaves also showed improvement in the body weight, food and water consumption in allaxon induced diabetic rats. Prolonged treatment of rats with Aloe extract did not show any toxic effect.
Bacteriological Quality of Camel Milk 97

Consumption of camel's milk in Egypt is increasing and mainly consumed in its raw state. So this study was planned to investigate the bacteriological quality of camel milk and the possible presence of some milk borne pathogens as E. coli S. aureus, Salmonella spp.and Listeria monocytogenes. Thirty five oomposite raw camel milk samples were collected from a camel farm in Matrouh Govemorate, Egypt. The mean value of aerobic plate count (APC) was 1.19±0.254xl0 cfu/ml, while the mean count value of Enterobacteriaceae was 2.72:! ::0.39lxl0 cfu/ml. Coliforms could be detected in 85.71 % of the examined samples, with mean c.ount value of 8.49 ±0.784xHf cfu/ml. E. coli was isolated from 25.71 % of examined samples. The isolated E. coli belonged to three serotypes: 0119, 0124 and untypable. S. aureus was detected in 42.86% of the examined samples with mean count value of 2.4:! :1.0xlffcfu/ml. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were not detected in the examined samples.
Site-specific ground motion models for soil sites with thick sedimentary layers

As so far ground motion prediction equations (GMPE) for soil sites might be misleading if the selection of records is restricted to the uppermost 25 m or 30 m of the subsoil (and the average shear wave velocity vs,25 or vs,30) and if the whole underlying geological depth profile is ignored. The concept of subsoil and geologydependent ground classes (recently introduced into German Code DIN 4149: 2005) offers an alternative approach by the explicit consideration of the thickness of sedimentary layers and their effect on the site amplification as well as on the shape of site-specific spectra. As a whole, six respectively seven site-specific subsoil classes are distinguished. Despite the fact that alongside the river Rhine in Western and SouthWestern Germany, the thickness of the sediments is reaching several hundred metres, site-specific data and corresponding attenuation relationships are missing due to the lack of earthquakes and strong-motion records. The commonly used subsoil class “soft soil” (C) is replaced and differentiated by three classes (C-R, C-T, C-S), where C-R stands for soft soil above rock (with high amplification factor in a small plateau range), C-S for layers with more than 100 m thickness, and C-T for a transition range. Ground class C-S is connected with reduced site soil amplification factors (which can also be derived from site response analysis).
Dynamics of convulsive seizure termination and postictal generalised EEG suppression Running head : Dynamics of seizure termination

Background: It is not fully understood how seizures terminate and why some seizures are followed by a period of complete brain activity suppression, postictal generalised EEG suppression. This is clinically relevant as there is a potential association between postictal generalised EEG suppression, cardiorespiratory arrest and sudden death following a seizure. We combined human EEG seizure data with data of a computational model of seizures to elucidate the neuronal network dynamics underlying seizure termination and the postictal generalised EEG suppression state. Methods: A multi-unit computational neural mass model of epileptic seizure termination and postictal recovery was developed. The model provided three predictions that were validated in EEG recordings of 48 convulsive seizures from 48 people with refractory focal epilepsy (20 females, age range 15-61 years). Results: The duration of ictal and postictal generalised EEG suppression periods in human EEG followed a gamma probability distribution indicative of a deterministic process (shape parameter 2.6 and 1.5 respectively) as predicted in the model. In the model and in humans, the time between two clonic bursts increased exponentially from the start of the clonic phase of the seizure. The terminal interclonic interval, calculated using the projected terminal value of the log-linear fit of the clonic frequency decrease was correlated with the presence and duration of postictal suppression. The projected terminal interclonic interval explained 41% of the variation in postictal generalised EEG suppression duration (p<0.02). Conversely, PGES duration explained 34% of the variation in the last interclonic interval duration. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that postictal generalised EEG suppression is a separate brain state and that seizure termination is a plastic and autonomous process, reflected in increased duration of interclonic intervals that determine the duration of postictal generalised EEG suppression.
CLINICAL, MICROBIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF BRONCHIECTASIS: A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL STUDY IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN

Background: Bronchiectasis is an irremediable dilatation of more than one bronchus, with decrease clearance of secretions and expiratory flow. Secondary bacterial infection is very common and leads to worsening of disease. The sequel of the disease leads to poor quality of life, with higher morbidity and mortality. This issue has limited literature. Material & Methods: All patients with diagnosis of bronchiectasis by HRCT thorax in tertiary care hospital in Udaipur were included after obtaining informed consent. Detailed clinical history was recorded. Sputum for microbiological profile was sent. Symptomatic along with supportive treatment was initiated. Results of microbiological profile were obtained and analyzed on the basis of inferential statistics to fulfill the objectives of the study. Results: Total of 50 patients were enrolled for this study. There was female predominance 29 patients (58%) over males 21 patients (42%) in our study. Out of all patients, 34 (68%) patients were smokers. Commonest symptom/sign was Cough (100%), Dyspnea (76%), Fever (16%), Hemoptysis (12%) and Crepitation (72%). All patients shown increased growth of aerobic bacteria in sputum specimen. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (34%), Klebsiella Pneumoniae (20%), Acinetobacter (10%), Stapylococcus Aureus (8%) and Streptococcus Pneumoniae (8%), Acinetobacter (10%) and Aspergillus (8%). Conclusion: Pseudomonas being the most common colonizing organism in bronchiectasis patients, it must be underlined that the intensification of anti-Pseudomonas Aeruginosa antibiotic therapy among these cases (e.g., with higher doses, prolonged treatment, or combined therapy) possibly could slower even stop the impairment of lung function over the longer term.
Portfolio Allocation with Skewness Risk: A Practical Guide

In this article, we show how to take into account skewness risk in portfolio allocation. Until recently, this issue has been seen as a purely statistical problem, since skewness corresponds to the third statistical moment of a probability distribution. However, in finance, the concept of skewness is more related to extreme events that produce portfolio losses. More precisely, the skewness measures the outcome resulting from bad times and adverse scenarios in financial markets. Based on this interpretation of the skewness risk, we focus on two approaches that are closely connected. The first one is based on the Gaussian mixture model with two regimes: a normal regime and a turbulent regime. The second approach directly incorporates a stress scenario using jump-diffusion modeling. This second approach can be seen as a special case of the first approach. However, it has the advantage of being clearer and more in line with the experience of professionals in financial markets: skewness is due to negative jumps in asset prices. After presenting the mathematical framework, we analyze an investment portfolio that mixes risk premia, more specifically risk parity, momentum and carry strategies. We show that traditional portfolio management based on the volatility risk measure is biased and corresponds to a short-sighted approach to bad times. We then propose to replace the volatility risk measure by a skewness risk measure, which is calculated as an expected shortfall that incorporates a stress scenario. We conclude that constant-mix portfolios may be better adapted than actively managed portfolios, when the investment universe is composed of negatively skewed financial assets.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CIDB MALAYSIA

The objective of this research is to determine if there is any significant relationship between corporate governance mechanism (board composition, board size, remuneration committee, risk management committee and gender diversity) and firm performance measured by return on assets (ROA) among companies registered among one large government industry (Construction Industry Development Board – CIDB) in Malaysia. Quantitative survey method is employed and data are collected from 124 companies. Descriptive statistics is reported and model estimation is performed using logistic regression. The results show that board size, board composition and risk management committee has significant impact on firm performance. Evidence suggests that corporate governance mechanism has significant effect on firm performance in CIDB registered companies Malaysia.
Factor Structure of Individual Consequences for Teleworking Professionals

Despite the increasing popularity of telework, little is known about individual outcomes that arise particularly for teleworking professionals. We build on earlier research by examining the conceptual constructs of individual consequences from telework. We initially categorized consequences identified in the extant literature into five areas. However, this model was not supported by confirmatory factor analysis of survey data collected from 250 teleworking accounting professionals. Subsequent exploratory factor analysis revealed a more complex six-factor structure relating to (1) Effectiveness; (2) Self-assurance; (3) Working with Others; (4) Work Pressure; (5) Professional Image; and (6) Physicality. The results extend our understanding of latent constructs underlying telework by professional knowledge workers, and provide a basis for further refinement of our model based on empirical research and theoretical development.
The Impact of Guided Writing Practice on Iranian Extroverted/Introverted EFL Learners’ Speaking Ability at Pre-Intermediate Level

Speaking and writing are the productive skills of language and share similar components. In other words, writing and speaking are clearly related activities, but the modes of production are different. In addition, among a number of personality variables in predicting English language proficiency, extraversion/introversion has been extensively studied. This quasiexperimental study aims at exploring the impact of using guided writing practice on speaking proficiency of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners with extroverted and introverted orientation. For the purpose of the study, 60 homogenous students aged 18 to 28 were selected based on Oxford Placement Test (OPT) scores and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) among pre-intermediate participants from Mehraeen English language institute in Rasht, Iran. They were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received guided writing practice and the control group was instructed based on the typical method of the institute. A series of t-test was conducted to evaluate extroverts and introverts’ speaking ability with respect to their personality type. The results of posttest revealed that using guided tasks improved speaking proficiency of the learners. Also, the treatment had a significant impact on extroverted learners in comparison with introverted learners.
Learning through replication in climate research

Method further details.4 Replication demonstrations.6 Questionable analytical set-up.6 Selective use of data.7 Curve-fitting.10 Biased analytical design.13 Ignoring negative tests.16 Questionable presumptions.20 Questionable representation in data.22 Looking at irrelevant aspects.23 False dichotomies.24 Circular reasoning.29 Statistical errors.33 Misinterpretation of statistical intervals.33 Failure to account for the actual degrees of freedom.36 Misconceived mathematics.38 Incorrect interpretation of mathematics.39 Implausible physics.41 Lack of plausible physics.41 Incomplete account of the physics.42 Irrelevant analogies.43 Misrepresentation of publications.44 References.46 Figures.56 Tables.60 Manual for replicationDemos.64
EFFECTS OF MANAGERS' DEPTH AND BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE ON PLANNING AND EXECUTION PERFORMANCE IN SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS

Many studies have examined the benefits and the pitfalls of experience gained by workers, but little is known about the generalizability of these findings to managers supervising the workers. In this study, we investigate the performance effects of managers’ depth and breadth of experience in a project-based setting. We examine whether these two dimensions of experience influence performance of both the managers and those that they supervise. Our findings emphasize the importance of examining the effects of managers’ experience at multiple organizational levels and have practical implications for the work design of supervisory roles.
Investigating Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Academic Environment

Knowledge is nothing, but when it is shared it can get its values. Nowadays knowledge sharing becomes the resource for profit generation in business organisations (Cheng, Ho& Lau, 2009). Knowledge sharing revealed in business organisations and managers used to pay incentives to encourage employees to share their knowledge so as to improve the group’s performance, competitive advantage (Choi, Poon& Davis, 2008;Yi, 2009). Similarly, knowledge sharing is important in non-profit organisations such as academic institutes and universities. On the same line Berends (2005) stated that to enhance the organization practice among members in academic institutions management should focus on knowledge sharing among them in different departments. It has been realised that knowledge sharing is an essential activity that should take place among postgraduate students, an attribute that should not be taken for granted in universities. Despite the necessity of having to share knowledge effectively, few empirical researchers Abstract