Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Application of ISO 14001 in food processing enterprises

Environment is becoming hot issue to many countries and has attracted increasing attention of public organizations, businesses and citizens in the world including Vietnam. One of the most importance choices for enterprises to control and minimize negative impacts on the environment is application of environmental management system ISO 14001. In Vietnam, food processing enterprises have the highest number of ISO 14001 certificates compared with other industry. However, the number of enterprises certificated ISO 14001 is still small and mainly belongs to the enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI). Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate current issue of applying ISO 14001 and assessing the factors influencing the implementing of ISO 14001 in food processing enterprises. Some suggestions for fostering application of ISO 14001 in Vietnamese food processing enterprises have been also made.
ABORIGINAL STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL

ABSTRACT. This study, conducted in a secondary school in an isolated Australian town, focused on Aboriginal students' perceptions of their lives in schools and classrooms, and on their teachers and their aspirations. This allowed a consideration of aspects of cultural differences between school and non-traditional Aboriginal community culture. The data were gathered from interviews based upon a questionnaire, three "snapshots" being taken over a period of three to four years. Observational data were also collected. As a result of 130 interviews, students were seen to have a vocational orientation to life in school though they did not perceive that they had high self-esteem, especially the boys. Teachers' interpersonal characteristics were admired and their professional qualities identified, but their expectations were perceived to be somewhat different from students' peers. Students were seen to have unrealistic aspirations. While there was some evidence of culture shock, some students saw the school as being a haven. Specific methodological problems are identified. RESUME. Cette etude menee dans une ecole secondaire d'une petite ville isolee d'Australie se penche sur les perceptions que les eleves aborigenes ont de leur vie a l'ecole et en classe ainsi que de leurs professeurs et de leurs aspirations. Cela a permis d'etudier divers parametres des differences cultuelles entre la culture scolaire et la culture non traditionnelle de la communaute aborigene. Les donnees proviennent d'entrevues fondees sur un questionnaire, trois "cliches" ayant ete pris sur une periode de trois a quatre ans. On a egalement recueilli des donnees fondees sur l'observation. Apres avoir analyse les resultats de 130 entrevues, on a pu constater que les eleves avaient une orientation professionnelle face a la vie a l'ecole, meme s'ils n'etaient pas conscients d'avoir beaucoup d'amour-propre, surtout les garcons. Les eleves admiraient particulierement les caracteristiques inter-personnelles des professeurs et leurs qualites professionnelles, meme si leurs attentes sont percues comme differentes de celles de leurs camarades. On a constate que les eleves avaient des aspirations peu realistes. Meme s'il existe certaines preuves d'un choc culturel, certains eleves percoivent l'ecole comme un havre de paix. Ils inventorient egalement quelques problemes methodologiques.
ANALISIS PERKEMBANGAN KEMAMPUAN KEUANGAN DAERAH DALAM MENDUKUNG PELAKSANAAN OTODA DI KABUPATEN NGANJUK

Kemampuan pemerintah daerah dalam mengelola keuangan tercermin dalam Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja Daerah (APBD) yang menggambarkan kemampuan pemerintah daerah dalam membiayai kegiatan pelaksanaan tugas pembangunan, serta pemerataan dan keadilan dengan mengembangkan seluruh potensi yang dimiliki oleh masing-masing daerah. Perumusan masalah penelitian ini adalah: Apakah tedapat perkembangan kemampuan keuangan daerah di kabupaten Nganjuk dalam rangka mendukung pelaksanaan otonomi daerah? Dan tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui perkembangan kemampuan keuangan di Kabupaten Nganjuk untuk tahun anggaran 2005-2009 dalam rangka mendukung pelaksanaan otonomi daerah. Jenis penelitian ini termasuk penelitian deskriptif dengan obyek penelitian PEMDA Kabupaten Nganjuk. Data sekunder yang dibutuhkan adalah APBD TA. 2005-2009. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan cara Dokumentasi. Analisis data yang dipergunakan: (1) rasio kemandirian, (2) Rasio derajat desentralisasi fiskal, (3) Rasio indeks kemampuan rutin, (4) rasio keserasian, dan (5) rasio pertumbuhan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) rasio kemandirian berstatus rendah sekali, (3) rasio derajat desentralisasi fiskal masih kurang, (3) rasio indeks rutin berskala kurang, (4) rasio keserasian menunjukkan hasil belanja rutin lebih besar dari belanja pembangunan, (5) rasio pertumbuhan terjadi pertumbuhan positif dan negatif. Keterbatasan penelitian: hanya menggunakan analisis rasio, tidak menganalisis keseluruhan unsur APBD.
Developing Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency: The Journey

This study tracks the development of cognitive academic language proficiency of 47 academically competent high school ESL learners of differing age on arrival (AOA) who received instructed ESL support and one comparison group of six young arrivals who received little if any ESL support during their educational experiences. Although intake and outcome measures appear similar on the surface for all 47 students, variability in the subscores of the outcomes measure provided the catalyst for taking a closer look at progress during the ESL program. The outcomes provide a refined understanding of the development of cognitive academic language proficiency, and in particular the role of underlying proficiency and structured ESL support. The data suggest that the youngest arrivals (i.e., those aged 6-11) remain at risk in their postsecondary education. The outcomes also suggest that the acquisition of cultural capital and metaphoric competence remains a challenge for all learners.
Bioethanol Production from Apple Pomace left after Juice Extraction

The production of ethanol from low cost lignocellulosic materials such as crop waste and horticulture waste has considerable promise as a future source of liquid transport fuel. In the present study the pomace left after juice extraction was collected from HPMC, Parwanoo, H.P and used as a substrate for bioethanol production. Different microbial strains viz. Saccharomyces cerevisiae MTCC 173 (ethanol production), Aspergillus foetidus MTCC 151 (pectinase) and Fusarium oxysporum MTCC 1755 (cellulase) were used individually as well as in consortia for ethanol production from apple pomace in solid state fermentation (SSF) systems. With S. cerevisiae MTCC 173 (1% inoculum) 8.44% (v/w) ethanol was recovered after 72h of incubation at 30°C with Bucchi rotary vacuum evaporator and sugar concentration decreased to 0.25% and on the other hand, with cocultures i.e. S. cerevisiae MTCC 173, A. Foetidus MTCC 151, F. oxysporum MTCC 1755 the ethanol increased to 16.09% (v/w) and sugar concentration further decreased to 0.15% after 72 h incubation at 30°C.
ANTIMUTAGENIC EFFECTS OF CHITOSAN AGAINST THE CY- TOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES INDUCED BY AFLATOXINS IN RATS

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible antimutagenic effects of chitosan against genotoxic effects induced by aflatoxin in different mammalian cell systems. The chromosomal abnormalities in bone marrow cells as well as liver total proteins and blood serum isozymes in male rats were assayed after 45 and 90 days of treatments. The results indicated that aflatoxin significantly (p<0.01) increased chromosomal abnormalities in bone marrow cells after both of 45 and 90 days of treatments, while the effect of chitosan was significant (p<0.05) only after 90 days of treatment. Treating rats with aflatoxins contaminated diet in addition to chitosan resulted in a significant decrease in chromosomal aberrations compared to the single treatments for both experimental periods. The results of electrophoretic separation of total protein and isozymes revealed the presence of some bands with higher intensity in aflatoxin group, while it was less for the combined treatments compared to the corresponding bands of the control group. The results suggested that chitosan has an antimutagenic effect against aflatoxin.
An Algorithmic Approach to Linear Regression Bachelor Thesis 1

We analyze a procedure how to build a high quality linear regression model. We start with an overview of the desirable properties, for example robustness and limited pairwise multicollinearity, of the linear regression model. We discuss the problem that the current approaches are not capable to find a linear regression model with the desirable properties. Therefore, our goal is to find a procedure that produces a linear regression model which achieves the desirable properties in a reasonable amount of time. We present an algorithmic approach in which the desirable properties are modeled as constraints and through penalties in the objective function of a Mixed Integer Quadratic Optimization (MIQO) model. The performance of the algorithm is shown on both real and synthetic data sets, and is compared with the widely used Lasso approach from Tibshirani (1996). Lastly, we extent the MIQO model with a heuristically chosen subset of interaction terms and compare the performance of the heuristic with Lasso on a synthetic data set.
EFL COLLEGE FRESHMAN NOTE-TAKING TRAINING FOR READING COMPREHENSION

Two research questions to response in the present study include: (1) the effect of note-taking training on EFL college freshman’s reading comprehension of different text types, and (2) effect of the language used for taking notes on reading comprehension. A total of 100 Taiwanese college students participated; the experimental group (N = 50) received weekly note-taking training for fourteen weeks, while control group (N = 50) did not. Performance was measured by content-based, objective tests. A MANOVA revealed a statistically significant effect between preand post-tests on their reading comprehension. The nature of text materials and language used to take notes were significant factors.
Internal Marketing and Customer Loyalty: A Dyadic Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of internal marketing on customer loyalty and the mediating role of job satisfaction, affective commitment & organizational citizenship behaviour in their relationship. The analysis is based on a dyadic data set of front-end service employees and customers. It involves responses provided by the 150 dyads collected through quantitative self-administered questionnaires from telecommunication organizations of Pakistan. Findings demonstrate that internal marketing has a positive significant effect on job satisfaction, affective commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour. Furthermore, the theoretical model shows that organizational citizenship behaviour, affective commitment and job satisfaction act as mediators between internal marketing and customer loyalty. This study implies that IM is very beneficial and effective approach towards the customer positive behavioural outcomes such as customer loyalty.
Ant diversity in an Amazonian savanna: Relationship with vegetation structure, disturbance by fire, and dominant ants

The savannas of South America support a relatively diverse ant fauna, but little is known about the factors that influence the structure and dynamics of these assemblages. In 1998 and 2002, we surveyed the ground-dwelling ant fauna and the fauna associated with the woody vegetation (using baits and direct sampling) from an Amazonian savanna.The aim was to evaluate the influence of vegetation structure, disturbance by fire and dominant ants on patterns of ant species richness and composition.Variations in the incidence of fires among our 39 survey plots had no or only limited influence on these patterns. In contrast, spatial variations in tree cover and cover by tall grasses (mostly Trachypogon plumosus), significantly affected ant species composition. Part of the variation in species richness among the study plots correlated with variations in the incidence of a dominant species (Solenopsis substituta) at baits.Ant species richness and composition also varied through time, possibly as an indirect effect of changes in vegetation cover. In many plots, and independently of disturbance by fire, there was a major increase in cover by tall grasses, which occupied areas formerly devoid of vegetation. Temporal changes in vegetation did not directly explain the observed increase in the number of ant species per plot. However, the incidence of S. substituta at baits declined sharply in 2002, especially in plots where changes in vegetation cover were more dramatic, and that decline was correlated with an increase in the number of ground-dwelling species, a greater turnover of bait-recruiting species and the appearance of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata. The extent to which these changes in fact resulted from the relaxation of dominance by S. substituta is not clear. However, our results strongly suggest that the ant fauna of Amazonian savannas is affected directly and indirectly by the structure of the vegetation.
Tracking the Footprints of Nature of Science in the Path of Learning How to teach it

Received 08 July 2014; accepted 23 October 2014 The present article aimed at understanding those unvoiced biases pre-service teachers may have that conflicts with their integration of nature of science in their science lessons. Three senior pre-service science teachers‟ views on NOS with regard to their decision making on critical incidents and their reflections about how they contextualize science teaching were investigated in science method course. The findings indicated that, preservice science teachers varied in reflective their nature of science understanding in different contexts related to their science teaching approach. Therefore, current study suggested that efforts to improve science teachers' nature of science views and practice need to consider science teachers‟ unvoiced biases such as their approach towards science teaching and their decision making related to science teaching.
Constructing the legitimacy of a financial cooperative in the cultural sector: a case study using textual analysis

This article investigates the foundations of cooperative identity and how it is constructed by the organization. More specifically, our research focuses on a financial cooperative in the simultaneously emerging and consolidating cultural sector. The originality of this article lies in the methodology used – textual analysis. We use the Economies of Worth model developed by Boltanski and Thévenot (2006), which accounts for a plurality of legitimate forms of evaluation used in the processes of critique and justification.
First steps towards the assimilation of IASI ozone data into the MOCAGE-PALM system

With the use of data assimilation, we study the quality of the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) total ozone column measurements. The IASI data are provided by the inversion of IASI radiances performed at the Laboratoire ATmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS). This data set is initially compared on a five-month period to a three-dimensional time varying ozone field that we take as a reference. This reference field results from the combined assimilation of ozone profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument and of total ozone columns from the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) instrument. It has low systematic and random errors when compared to ozonesondes and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data. The comparison shows that on average, the LATMOS-IASI data tends to overestimate the total ozone columns by 2% to 8%. The random observation error of the LATMOS-IASI data is estimated to about 7%, except over polar regions and deserts where it is higher. The daytime data have generally lower biases but higher random error than the nighttime data. Using this information, the LATMOS-IASI data are then assimilated, combined with the MLS data. This first LATMOS-IASI data assimilation experiment shows that the resulting analysis is quite similar to the one obtained from the combined MLS and SCIAMACHY data assimilation. The differences are mainly due to the lack of SCIAMACHY measurements during polar night, and to the higher LATMOS-IASI random errors especially over the southern polar region.
Comparison of H/Al stoichiometry of mineral and organic soils in Brazil.

Exchangeable Al has been used as a criterion for the calculation of lime requirement in several Brazilian States. However, the laboratory method with extraction by a 1 mol L-1 KCl solution followed by indirect alkaline titration is not accurate for some Brazilian soils, mainly in the case of soils with high organic matter content. The objective of this study was therefore to evaluate the stoichiometry of H+/Al3+ in KCl soil extracts. The results suggested that organically complexed Al is the main contributor to exchangeable acidity in soils enriched with organic matter. Liming recommendations for organic soils based exclusively on exchangeable Al determined by the NaOH titration method should therefore be revised.
FPGA Implementation of Crypto-System based Wireless communication system

Single input and single output (SISO) is the technology in communication and is a new and emerging generation and is predicted to play a completely vital position in 4g Wi-Fi structures. The prototyping of SISO systems through the usage of Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or ASIC’S presents an opportunity trying out surroundings for SISO structures[2]. A crucial challenge for the SISO generation will be the design of the transmitter and receiver sections which includes complicated algorithms at each sections[4]. Encryption and Decryption is the process of cryptography technique which provides secrecy of the data over the network. To secure the data transmission Crypto system with embedded encryption algorithm is used. The system supports data security and reliability. The layout and trying out element can be simplified through designing the circuits by the use of hardware description languages (HDL) and included software environment (ISE) which gives accurate simulations of the layout. This paper presents the area optimization for SISO with noise by using the Artrix 7 FPGA, and the obtained results are compared with alimohammad and Fard [7] for area constraints.
Emotional Intelligence, Course Satisfaction and the Attitudes of Pre-service Special Education Teachers towards Career in Special Education

The study investigated the effects of emotional intelligence and course satisfaction on pre-service special education teachers towards a career in special education. The study employed the descriptive survey design using the ex-post facto type. 230 special education students were randomly drawn from all four levels of study in the University of Ibadan, South-West, Nigeria. Three reliable and valid instruments were used to collect data from the participants. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression statistics were used to analyze the data. The result indicated that emotional intelligence and course satisfaction correlated positively with participants' attitude toward a career in special education. The result further demonstrated that emotional intelligence and course satisfaction had predictive influence on the criterion measure. Based on these findings, it was suggested that appropriate strategies and policies for emotional intelligence and course satisfaction should be encourage to forestall negative intents and advance the mainstay of a positive attitude towards a career in special education among pre-service special education teachers.
On the boundary-layer structure of cavity flow in a porous medium driven by differential heating

This paper describes the boundary-layer structure of flow through a porous medium in a two-dimensional rectangular cavity driven by differential heating of the upper surface. The lower surface and sidewalls of the cavity are thermally insulated. In the limit of large Darcy–Rayleigh number, the solution involves a horizontal boundary layer near the upper surface where the main thermal gradients occur. For a monotonic temperature distribution at the upper surface, these drive fluid to the colder end of the cavity where it descends within a narrow vertical boundary layer before returning to the horizontal layer. The horizontal and vertical layers form an interactive system which is solved by a combination of asymptotic analysis and numerical computation. A complete solution is obtained for the case of a quadratic temperature distribution at the upper surface. The solution of the interactive boundary-layer system determines the almost constant temperature in the core region below the horizontal and vertical layers, which contains relatively weak variations in both the thermal and velocity fields.
Organisational culture and corporate governance in Russia: a study of managerial turnover

In this article we investigate the possible impact of ownership structure and corporate performance on managerial turnover using a unique dataset of Russian corporations. We argue that Russia is regarded as a country with a highly authoritarian and collectivism-oriented national culture and this peculiarity is the key to disentangling the puzzle of the statistically weaker relationship between firm performance and CEO renewal in Russian firms. We deal not only with CEO dismissal but also managerial turnover within a company as a whole. By conducting multinomial analysis that incorporates both factors, we found a significant relationship between firm performance and CEO dismissal, while, consistent with most previous studies, a standard logit analysis of CEO turnover revealed no clear relationships. We also found that the presence of a dominant shareholder significantly increased the likelihood of turnover of the whole management team, while foreign ownership tended to cause partial (CEO only) turnover.
Influence of Locust Bean Waste Ash on Cation Exchange and Plasticity Characteristics of Cement Modified Lateritic Soil

A laboratory testing programme was carried out to investigate the influence of Locust Bean Waste Ash (LBWA) on cation exchange and plasticity characteristics of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) modified lateritic soil. Preliminary tests were carried out on the natural soil to determine its properties. Other tests were carried out on soil-cement mixtures with up to 4% OPC admixed with 8% locust bean waste ash content by dry weight. Improvement in the plasticity characteristics of the soil was reflected in the decrease of liquid limit, increase in plastic limit and decrease in plasticity index with increased cement and locust bean waste ash content. The results using analysis of variance showed statistical significance. These results showed that modification with cement and locust bean waste ash blend significantly improved the plasticity characteristics through cation exchange of the lateritic soil.