Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Implementing Welfare Reform across the Nation

The authors examine the implementation of welfare reform based on site visits to 17 cities in 13 states. The analysis finds that many sites initially focused on implementing work-first programs, but broadened their approach over time to include a focus on hard-to-employ families and services for low-income working families. Many of the welfare agencies studied also expanded their message to emphasize employment and the temporary nature of welfare; developed new staffing patterns within the welfare office; forged relationships with workforce development agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations to promote work among welfare clients; and increased the use of performance-based contracting to manage these new relationships.
Personality Correlates Between Fundamentalist and Non-Fundamentalist Individuals as Measured by the NEO PI-R and the Religious Fundamentalism Scale

The relationship between religious fundamentalism and personality was examined. Over 150 students total, from two Midwestern universities were administered the NEO PI-R and the Religious Fundamentalism Scale. It was predicted that the individuals who scored highly on the RF Scale would score significantly higher on the Neuroticism scale and significantly lower on the Openness scale of the NEO PI-R than the non-fundamentalists. Results of the study confirmed the prediction that Openness would be significantly lower for fundamentalists, K (1, 103) = 11.093, E < 0 . 001. Results did not confirm the prediction that Neuroticism would be significantly higher for fundamentalists, but showed that Agreeableness was significantly higher for fundamentalists, K (1,103) = 11.127, E < 0.001. Possible reasons for the differences in personality scores between fundamentalists and nonfundamentalists were discussed, as well as suggestions for future research in this area. Personality and Religious Fundamentalism 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to extend a special thank you to Joseph Williams, Ph.D., William Kirk, Ph.D., and Russell Gruber, Ph.D. for their patience, hard work, and direction that they provided me with, not only in my efforts with this research project, but as a therapist as well. I also wish to extend a very special acknowledgement to my fiance, Kristy Westphal, for all of her love, support, and encouragement that have helped me through this and many other trials in my life. I would like to thank my parents for the positive example that they have set for me to accept and show compassion toward all individuals, regardless of race, creed, or color. Finally, I would like to thank Eastern Illinois University and Olivet Nazarene University for providing me with subjects without whom this research would not have been possible. Personality and Religious Fundamentalism 6
Students’ Performance in Chemistry in relation to their Logical Thinking Ability

Chemistry seems to be one of the difficult subject to study for many students. One of the probable reasons for their difficulties inherited in the nature of chemistry (Johnstone, 2000). Because some aspects of chemical phenomenon are observable while others are invisible to the learners. For example, a chemical reaction which takes place in a test-tube can be identified, by observing for evolution of gas, change in colour, change in energy etc., but description and prediction for such changes seemingly more difficult. This might be due to their inability for establishing relation between visible experiences and invisible changes that taking place at atomic or molecular level. Learning of abstract concepts requires abstract thinking and high level reasoning ability, probably best suited for formal operational thinker. Logical thinking of formal-operational child involves deductive and inductive reasoning which they operate on operations. Hence, the investigator was intended to explore Grade 11 students’ profile of logical thinking ability and to analyse a pattern of their performance in general chemistry, if any. The sample of the study comprised thirty students of science stream of Grade 11. Since, the sample is small it has little scope for generalisation. In spite of many limitations of the study, the findings have scope for further studies. Teachers, student-teachers and others in the field of education come under the ambit of this paper. Keywords: Chemistry; Logical thinking ability; TOLT
Green Placement – An Innovative Concept & Strategy in Campus Placement Model

Campus Placements as we know today is a process involving interview of college students by recruiting companies utilizing institutional resources towards candidate job selection. The same campus placements which are being traditionally conducted by the arrival of HR Team to campus, their pre-placement talk about company and job description with the gradual interview rounds is slowly beginning to shift its perspectives towards a more greener stature. Especially now with the application of modern technology in hiring practices like E-Recruiting or On-line Recruitment, the entire campus recruitment process is also poised to leap towards a rapid change. Therefore, this research paper aims to construct an ideal strategy towards implementing campus placement process in parallel lines of E-Recruiting as well but with a more environment-friendly approach. This on-line campus placement process termed as 'Green Placements' will thrive as a conceptual model focused on to reduce resource wastages, save water, time, space, electricity by preserving the surrounding environment clean and green whilst the placement activity is being conducted at the college.
Resonant ( p, 2)-equations with concave terms

We consider a nonlinear, nonhomogeneous parametric elliptic Dirichlet equation driven by the sum of a p-Laplacian and a Laplacian (so-called (p,2)-equation) and with a nonlinearity involving a concave term which enters with a negative sign. By applying variational methods along with truncation and comparison techniques as well as Morse theory (critical groups), we show that the problem under consideration has at least five nontrivial solutions (four of them have constant sign) for all sufficiently small values of the parameter.
BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPMENT IN UNSTEADY FLOWS

Rapidly changing unsteady flows are important in a wide range of applications. Examples include the design and analysis of water supply systems, flows in natural gas pipelines and flow of blood in arteries. Pump shutdowns or rapid changes in valve settings are known to generate unsteady flows in hydraulic devices or water supply systems. The pressure in unsteady flow can cause cavitation, pitting and corrosion [1]. An atherosclerosis plaque development in regions where shear stress changes direction can be triggered by blood flow unsteadiness [2]. In all these examples the flow characteristics (velocity and pressure) change considerably during short time intervals as a result of rapid deceleration or acceleration of the flow. In order to avoid possible problems associated with short time transients one needs to know the velocity, pressure and shear stress distribution in a channel or pipe. In the present paper a mathematical model for the solution of rapidly changing unsteady flows is presented. The model is used to analyze the short time behaviour of viscous incompressible fluid subject to rapid deceleration. The paper is organized as follows. First, asymptotic solutions for unsteady laminar fluid flows in cylindrical channels of constant cross-section are derived. Three types of channels are considered: a plane channel, a pipe and an annulus. Flow region can be divided into two parts: a core region (where velocity distribution changes slowly) and boundary layer(s) near the wall where rapid changes are taking place. The method of matched asymptotic expansions is used to derive the solution and analyze the development of the boundary layer(s). Second, the velocity profiles of rapidly decelerating flows have inflection points and therefore are potentially highly unstable. Methods of linear stability theory are used to calculate stability characteristics of the flow under the quasi-steady assumption [3-6]. Hall and Parker [6] showed that the quasi-steady approach is justifiable if a perturbation grows faster than significant changes of the base flow can be observed. The quasi-steady assumption represents the first term of the asymptotic expansion of the WKB-type. It is shown that the critical Reynolds numbers decrease considerably as a result of rapid deceleration of the flow. The influence of the deceleration rate of the stability of the flow is investigated. Third, weakly nonlinear theory is applied in order to describe the evolution of the most unstable mode above the threshold. It is shown that the amplitude of the most unstable mode is governed by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation.
PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF TALINUM TRIANGULARE (JACQ.) WILLD

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the pharmacognostical and phytochemical characters of the medicinal plant Talinum triangulare (Portulacaceae), commonly known as waterleaf. The leaves of the shade-loving plant possess great therapeutic value in the traditional system of medicines but have not been fully exploited. Methods: Morphological and anatomical details of different parts of waterleaf were studied. The physico-chemical parameters, fluorescence analysis and quantitative estimation were determined for the crude drug. Preliminary phytochemical screening was carried out for different waterleaf extracts. Results: Physico-chemical properties such as loss on drying, total ash, acid insoluble ash and water soluble ash were calculated to be 10.643%, 28.070%, 0.067% and 7.789% (w/w) respectively. Water soluble extractive value (23.420% w/w) was more than the alcohol soluble extractive (10.080% w/w) of the drug. Preliminary phytochemical investigations of waterleaf extracts revealed the presence of various phyto-constituents such as like alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, proteins and carbohydrates. Plant metabolites such as alkaloids (0.637 ± 0.191 mg/gm dry weight), flavonoids (0.225 ± 0.041 mg/gm dry weight), phenolics (0.319 ± 0.059 mg/gm dry weight), carbohydrates (1.295 ± 0.229 mg/gm dry weight), amino acids (2.033 ± 0.120 mg/gm dry weight) and proteins (1.218 ± 0.049 mg/gm dry weight) were quantitatively estimated. Conclusion: The evaluation of these characters will help future researchers in phytochemical as well as pharmacological analysis of this species.
A spline collocation method for integrating a class of chemical reactor equations

In this paper, we develop a quadratic spline collocation method for integrating the nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) of a plug flow reactor model. The method is proposed in order to be used for the operation of control design and/or numerical simulations. We first present the Crank-Nicolson method to temporally discretize the state variable. Then, we develop and analyze the proposed spline collocation method for the spatial discretization. The design of the collocation method is interpreted as one order error convergent. This scheme is applied on some test examples, the numerical results illustrate the efficiency of the method and confirm the theoretical behavior of the rates of convergence.
IR spectral analysis for the diagnostics of crust earthquake precursors

Abstract. Some possible physical processes are analysed that cause, under the condition of additional ionisation in a pre-breakdown electric field, emissions in the infrared (IR) interval. The atmospheric transparency region of the IR spectrum at wavelengths of 7–15 μm is taken into account. This transparency region corresponds to spectral lines of small atmospheric constituents like CH4, CO2, N2O, NO2, NO, and O3. The possible intensities of the IR emissions observable in laboratories and in nature are estimated. The acceleration process of the electrons in the pre-breakdown electrical field before its adhesion to the molecules is analyzed. For daytime conditions, modifications of the adsorption spectra of the scattered solar emissions are studied; for nighttime, variations of emission spectra may be used for the analysis.
Multilayer Mie Scattering Model for Investigation of Intracellular Structural Changes in the Nucleolus and Cytoplasm

Light scattering from biological cells has been used for many years as a diagnostic tool. Several simulation methods of the scattering process were developed in the last decades in order to understand and predict the scattering patterns. We developed an analytical model of a multilayer spherical scattering cell. Here, we describe the model and show that the results obtained within this simple method are similar to those obtained with far more complicated methods such as finite-difference time-domain (FDTD). The multilayer model is then used to study the effects of changes in the distribution of internal cell structures like mitochondria distribution or nucleus internal structures that exist in biological cells. Such changes are related with cancerous processes within the cell as well as other cell pathologies. Results show the ability to discriminate between different cell stages related to the mitochondria distributions and to internal structure of the nucleolus.
A study of turn-yelding cues in human-computer dialogue

Previous research has made significant advances in understanding how humans manage to engage in smooth, well-coordinated conversation, and have unveiled the existence of several turn-yielding cues — lexico-syntactic, prosodic and acoustic events that may serve as predictors of conversational turn finality. These results have subsequently aided the refinement of turn-taking proficiency of spoken dialogue systems. In this study, we find empirical evidence in a corpus of human-computer dialogues that human users produce the same kinds of turn-yielding cues that have been observed in human-human interactions. We also show that a linear relation holds between the number of individual cues conjointly displayed and the likelihood of a turn switch.
Inversion of GPS measurements for a layer of negative dislocation distribution in north China

[1] In north China, most earthquakes occur at depths of 10–25 km and are considered to be the direct result of deformation or rupture of the brittle upper crustal layer. To describe this mechanism, a planar horizontal negative dislocation plane is used to represent the force of action of the lower crustal layer on an overlying brittle upper crust layer. An area around Beijing in north China has been chosen for applying this negative dislocation layer assumption. A GPS network (Capital Circle GPS Network, CCGN), has been set up for monitoring crust deformations since 1992. In this paper, observations from 1992, 1995, and 1996 GPS surveying campaigns were used to determine model parameters of a negative dislocation layer. Using a Bayesian inversion procedure, more than 95% of data residuals are found to be <2 mm/yr, indicating that the negative dislocation layer model can fit GPS data well. The inversion results show that the local tectonic movement is −2 ± 1 mm/yr in the north and 7 ± 1 mm/yr in the east, and the high negative dislocation rates occur mainly in the south part of the north Taihang mountain zone with a magnitude of ∼4 ± 1 mm/yr, and the east part of the Yan mountain zone with a magnitude of ∼3 ± 1 mm/yr. By applying this negative dislocation layer model, the continuous GPS surveying data can be inverted to determine the negative dislocation rate distributions in the middle or upper seismogenic crust layer, so as to predict the locations of potential earthquake sources.
Acute Effects of Aerobic Physical Activities on Attention andConcentration in School-aged Children

A growing body of studies has shown positive effects of physical activity (PA) on attention and concentration in school-aged children [1-9]. Attention is defined as the ability to resist distractions and concentration is referred to the ability to stay focused [5,10,11]. Attention and concentration are key to cognitive processes such as encoding, recalling, information processing, and problem solving. Therefore, attention and concentration play essential roles in successful academic performance [11-17]. However; children are sitting in the classroom for prolonged periods of academic instructions from morning to afternoon during a school day. Especially, the prolonged sedentary lifestyle reduces students’ attention to academic instructions and concentration on task engagement [11,15,18]. To address this critical issue, investigating the acute effects of PA on increasing attention and concentration in school-aged children has been of great interest in school settings. Empirical studies have examined the acute effects of a single bout of different types, durations, and intensities of PA on attention and concentration performance in school-aged children [1-10]. In a systematic review of 12 studies in acute effects of a single bout of PA on children’s attention in the laboratory and the school settings, four out of seven studies showed that aerobic PA was positively associated with attention and concentration [11]. Supporting that, a study by Tine and Butler [8] examined the acute effects of a 12min single bout of aerobic exercises on attention and concentration in 164 students aged 10-13. The results indicated that both lowerincome and higher-income students in the intervention group showed significant higher performance in selective attention than the control group who were sitting while watching 12-min film clip [8]. Abstract
Private Equity: Barbarians at the Gate?

The recent collapse of Dutch department store V&D has lead to much controversy again about the effects of private equity firms on the overall market. This study examines the effect of private equity on the economic growth to provide a concrete example on the effects of private equity in line with the goal of the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA). Using a dataset of 21 European countries from 1989-2014, I find strong evidence that private equity investments promotes economic growth in Europe. Specifically, I find evidence that an increase in private equity investments by 1% increases the economic growth by 1.9% to 2.8%. Furthermore, the results are robust to different specifications and after controlling for endogeneity using an instrumental variable approach. This study therefore contributes to both the existing literature and the field of private equity in practice. This study is one of the first papers to use European data and to empirically examine the direct effects of private equity on economic growth. Furthermore, private equity firms and the EVCA can use the results of this paper to revise the image of the private equity industry.
Quality characteristics of dehydrated leafy vegetables influenced by packaging materials and storage temperature

Leafy vegetables (curry leaves and drumstick leaves) were dehydrated in cabinet drier at 58±2°C and packed in four packaging materials (200 gauge and 400 gauge LDPE, 200 gauge HDPE and 150 gauge PP) and stored at room temperature (RT) and low temperature (LT) for 3 months to evaluate best package and storage temperature for maximum retention of nutrients in leafy vegetables during storage. HDPE (200 gauge), followed by storage at LT (7±1°C), was found to be good for higher retention of β-carotene, ascorbic acid, chlorophyll content, rehydration ratio, sensory score and less moisture and non-enzymatic browning (NEB) in dehydrated vegetable leaves during 3 months of storage.
Exploitation of endophytic Pseudomonas sp. for plant growth promotion and colonization in rice

The present investigation was carried out to exploit bacterial endophytes associated with root and leaf tissue of rice plant for plant growth promotion (PGP) and colonization study in vitro. Total 10 endophytic bacterial isolates (Pseudomonas sp.) were evaluate for PGP traits like P solubilization, production of Indole acetic acid (IAA), siderophore, ACC deaminase, protease, cellulase, fluorescent pigment, urease and denitrification activity. Out of 10 endophytic bacteria 30 %, 60 %, 20 %, 70 %, 10 % and 10 % were positive for siderophore, protease, cellulase, fluorescent pigment, urease and denitrification respectively. Maximum IAA production was recorded with isolate LRBLE7 (18.8 I¼gml-1) followed by LRBRE4 (16.0 I¼gml-1) and maximum P-solubilization was recorded with isolate LRBRE4 (5.8 mg 100 ml-1) followed by LRBLE7 (4.4 mg 100 ml-1). ACC deaminase production was recorded with isolate LRBLE6 (O.D=0.352 nm) followed by LRBRE5 (O.D=0.324nm). Three potential isolates (LRBRE4, LRBRE6 and LRBLE7) were selected on the basis of multiple PGP traits and were subjected to colonization study of rice seedling in vitro. Potential bacterial isolates can be exploited for improving growth and productivity in rice under sustainable management system.
Establishing basic requirements for cooperation development: Information technology and organisational change in SME (FIRST DRAFT)

Abstract New information technologies form an important basis for manufacturing innovative and high-quality products within increasingly short times as well as for cooperation and strategic alliances. However, making efficient use of these technologies for business processes both inside and outside the company requires that the staff will be qualified accordingly. Given the magnitude and pace of technological changes, it is possible to keep abreast with the state of the art in limited sectors only. Traditional training systems are hardly sufficient any longer to ensure required qualifications as the half-life in the field of computer technologies is as short as 2 1/2 years.
The contribution of soya bean utilization trainings to women’s empowerment in the Sissala east district of Ghana

xi 1.0. Chapter One : Introduction . 1 1.1. Background Information . 1 1.2. Significance of the Study . 3 1.3. Research Problem . 3 1.4. Research Objective . 3 1.5. Main and Sub-Research Questions . 4 1.6. Research Methodology . 4 1.6. 1. Study Area . 4 1.6. 2. Sources of Data . 6 1.6. 3. Research framework . 7 1.6. 4. Population and sampling size . 7 1.6. 5. Methods of Data Collection . 7 1.6. 6. Methods of Data Analysis . 8 2.0. Chapter Two : Contribution of Soya bean to Women’s Empowerment . 9 2.1. Socio-Economic background of Respondents . 9 2.2. Benefits of the Soya bean . 10 2.3. Adoption of Innovations . 14 2.4. Women’s Empowerment . 15 2.5. WIAD Programmes and Activities . 17 3.0. Chapter Three : Results . 20 3.1. Key Informants . 20 3.2. Focus Groups . 22
Photometric determination of the [Fe/H] ratio for the globular cluster M 92

CCD observations of the northern globular cluster M 92 were obtained in the PXYVS colors of the Vilnius photometric system. The results for 230 stars in an area centered on the cluster and for 178 stars in an area west of the cluster down to V = 17.0 mag are presented. After a brief outline of the data pathway from observations to reduction via IRAF and a discussion of the photometric errors, the [Fe/H] ratio of the globular cluster M 92 is determined by multicolor PXYVS Vilnius photometry.