Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Playing with words: L2 vocabulary acquisition and the use of popular tales. A perspective from the Involvement Load Hypothesis

Uno de los principales objetivos de la ensenanza en Educacion Primaria en Espana es impulsar la adquisicion de, al menos, una lengua extranjera. El vocabulario se considera uno de los aspectos clave para conseguir dicho objetivo. De hecho, se ha comprobado empiricamente que el conocimiento lexico ayuda a desarrollar habilidades comunicativas como la comprension lectora o la produccion escrita. Uno de los recursos utilizados para trabajar el lexico en lengua extranjera en el ambito de Educacion Primaria es la literatura infantil. De acuerdo con la ILH, el grado de implicacion que exige una actividad puede incidir en el resultado de aprendizaje de quien la realiza. Nuestra propuesta pretende trabajar el vocabulario a traves de una serie de actividades donde el vocabulario se trabaja con distintos grados de implicacion segun la ILH, tomando como base los cuentos populares.
Analysis of the magnetic property of a permanent-magnet-type MRI-behavior of residual magnetization

The minor loops of B and H of steel due to pulse excitation and eddy currents induced in steel affect the magnetic characteristics of a permanent-magnet-type MRI. In this paper, the magnetic properties of a permanent magnet assembly is examined by using the finite-element method taking into account minor loop. The distribution of residual magnetization in the yoke is illustrated, and the effect of residual magnetization on the behavior of residual flux density is examined. It is shown that the behavior of B and H in minor loops is affected by the eddy currents in the yoke and pole piece.
A study of 15-year aerosol optical thickness and direct shortwave aerosol radiative effect trends using MODIS, MISR, CALIOP and CERES

Abstract. By combining Collection 6 Moderate Resolution and Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Version 22 Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) aerosol products with Cloud and Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) flux products, the aerosol optical thickness (AOT, at 0.55 µm) and shortwave (SW) aerosol radiative effect (SWARE) trends are studied over ocean for the near-full Terra (2000–2015) and Aqua (2002–2015) data records. Despite differences in sampling methods, regional SWARE and AOT trends are highly correlated with one another. Over global oceans, weak SWARE (cloud-free SW flux) and AOT trends of 0.5–0.6 W m−2 (−0.5 to −0.6 W m−2) and 0.002 AOT decade−1 are found using Terra data. Near-zero AOT and SWARE trends are also found for using Aqua data, regardless of the angular distribution models (ADMs) used. Regionally, positive AOT and cloud-free SW flux (negative SWARE) trends are found over the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, while statistically significant negative trends are derived over the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern US coast. In addition, the global mean instantaneous SW aerosol direct forcing efficiencies are found to be ∼ −60 W m−2 AOT−1, with corresponding SWARE values of ∼ −7 W m−2 from both Aqua and Terra data, again regardless of CERES ADMs used. Regionally, SW aerosol direct forcing efficiency values of ∼ −40 W m−2 AOT−1 are found over the southwest coast of Africa where smoke aerosol particles dominate in summer. Larger (in magnitude) SW aerosol direct forcing efficiency values of −50 to −80 W m−2 AOT−1 are found over several other dust- and pollutant-aerosol-dominated regions. Lastly, the AOT and SWARE trends from this study are also intercompared with aerosol trends (such as active-based ones) from several previous studies. Findings suggest that a cohesive understanding of the changing aerosol skies can be achieved through the analysis of observations from both passive- and active-based analyses, as well as from both narrowband and broadband datasets.
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health in Employed Couples in Gorgan-Iran

The present study aimed at determining whether there is a correlation between emotional intelligence and mental health in working couples in Gorgan - Iran in 2010. 50 working couples inGorgan were selected as the subjects of this study via cluster sampling technique. Bar-On questionnaire was selected to measure emotional intelligence due to comprehensiveness, simplicity, and conformity to Iranian culture. Also, Ssl-90 test was adopted for measuring mental health. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) in SPSS Software. Then, the data were analyzed through inferential statistics (t-test and linear regression). The results obtained about the study hypothesis showed that there is a correlation between emotional intelligence and mental health in the subjects.
INVENTORY CONTROL WITH FIXED COST AND PRICE OPTIMIZATION IN CONTINUOUS TIME

We continue to study the problem of inventory control, with simultaneous pricing optimization in continuous time. In our previous paper[8], we considered the case without set up cost, and established the optimality of the base stock-list price (BSLP) policy. In this paper we consider the situation of fixed price. We prove that the discrete time optimal strategy (see[11]), i.e., the (s,S,p) policy can be extended to the continuous time case using the framework of quasi-variational inequalities (QVIs) involving the value function. In the process we show that an associated second order, nonlinear two-point boundary value problem for the value function has a unique solution yielding the triplet (s,S,p). For application purposes the explicit knowledge of this solution is needed to specify the optimal inventory and pricing strategy. Selecting a particular demand function we are able to formulate and implement a numerical algorithm to obtain good approximations for the optimal strategy.
A SUB-RIEMANNIAN MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE p-LAPLACIAN IN CARNOT GROUPS

We prove a sub-Riemannian maximum principle for semicontinuous functions. We apply this principle to Carnot groups to provide a "sub-Riemannian" proof of the uniqueness of viscosity infinite harmonic functions. This is an alternate method of proof from the one found in (15). We also establish the equivalence of weak solutions and viscosity solutions to the p-Laplace equation. This result extends the author's previous work in the Heisenberg group (3, 4). 1. Calculus on Carnot groups
A PROTOCOL FOR RAPID AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING OF V ASCULAR AND NON-VASCULAR EPIPHYTE DIVERSITY OF TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS

A protocol for rapid and representative sampling of vascular and non-vascular epiphytes (ex­ cluding epiphylls) is presented for one hectare of tropical rain forest, including montane forest. We estimate that the inventory and morpho species recognition (excluding species identification) can be carried out in approximately 2 weeks by a team of six persons, three specialists (one each for vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens) and three field assistants.
INFLUENCE OF MACROECONOMIC FACTORS ON STOCK PRICES IN POLAND – CROSS SECTION AND TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

The purpose of the study is to determine if the macroeconomic factors influence rates of returns from broad index of stocks in Poland. The study investigates stability of relation between macroeconomic and stock market variables in short and long time period. After running time series regressions we check if selected macro variables are still significant in cross-section of stock returns including control variables like price to book value, capitalization and momentum. The study is based on large sample of individual rates of returns and macroeconomic variables describing real sphere of the economy. Mine findings suggest that the short and long term relation is statistically and economically significant although not stable in the both analysed time horizons. Macroeconomic beta parameter (sensitivity to macro variables measure) is not significant in cross-sectional test proving that traditionally accepted variables (in our study only price to book-value and momentum) still better explain the expected re-turns.
ON SPACES IN WHICH COMPACT-LIKE SETS ARE CLOSED, AND RELATED SPACES

In this paper, we study on C-closed spaces, SC-closed spaces and related spaces. We show that a sequentially compact SC-closed space is sequential and as corollaries obtain that a sequentially compact space with unique sequential limits is sequential if and only if it is C-closed [7, 1.19 Proposition] and every sequentially compact SC-closed space is C-closed. We also show that a countably compact WAP and C-closed space is sequential and obtain that a countably compact (or compact or sequentially compact) WAP-space with unique sequential limits is sequential if and only if it is C-closed as a corollary. Finally we prove that a weakly discretely generated AP-space is Cclosed. We then obtain that every countably compact (or compact or sequentially compact) weakly discretely generated AP-space is FréchetUrysohn with unique sequential limits, for weakly discretely generated AP-spaces, unique sequential limits ≡ KC ≡ C-closed ≡ SC-closed, and every continuous surjective function from a countably compact (or compact or sequentially compact) space onto a weakly discretely generated AP-space is closed as corollaries.
Intrageneric Relationships of the Actinomycete Genus Micromonospora

The intrageneric structure of the genus Micromonospora was determined by analyzing the 16S ribosomal DNAs of the type strains of all but one of the 15 validly described species and four subspecies and 19 other Micromonospora strains, most of which represented invalidly described species. One of the 19 other Micromonospora strains grouped outside a phylogenetically tight genus Micromonospora, which appeared to be closely related to other genera belonging to the family Micromonosporaceae. The level of sequence similarity for the 16S ribosomal DNAs of most of the type strains was 98%. Values in the same range were also found when the sequences of the type strains and most of the other Micromonospora strains were compared. Whether the invalidly described species actually represent taxa that are worthy of species status should be investigated by performing DNA reassociation studies and thoroughly comparing physiological and chemotaxonomic properties.
Framework for Students’ Online Collaborative Writing

: The paper focuses on collaborative writing in Google Docs and presents a framework for how students can develop methods for collaborations that include human and non-human actors. The paper is based on the large-scale research and development project Students’ Digital Production and Students as Learning Designers (2013–2015), funded by the Danish Ministry of Education. The target groups were primary and lower-secondary schools. The project explored teacher-designed frameworks that involved students’ agency as digital producers of learning objects aimed at peer students. The project demonstrated that digital production facilitates students’ learning processes and qualifies their learning results when executed within a teacher-designed framework that allows for and empowers students’ agency. The overall research design was organised as a mixed methods approach. A sub-study within the large project, which is based on an ethnographic approach, shows that the students develop their own strategies for the online collaborative process, through which they organise the work in different ways when interacting with the technological affordances and material performance of the technology. The sub-study also shows that teachers do not introduce or refer the students to online collaborative strategies, roles or communications. The students’ online collaborative writing is entirely within the students’ domain. On this basis, the paper focuses on how teachers’ awareness and articulation of the students’ online collaborative writing within a framework can qualify students´ methods to collaborate online with the intention to improve their learning results. In relation to this, the paper explores how digital technologies may act as co-participants in collaboration, production and reflection. Moreover, the framework is designed to help teachers to scaffold students’ reflections of their strategies, roles and communications in online collaborative writing processes.
Evaluation rosemary essential oil in the control of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Coalho cheese.

The use of essential oils from plants with known antimicrobial potential is a promising alternative to prevent theproliferation of microorganisms carried by food. We aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of rosemaryessential oil in the control of a strain of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli that was used to inoculate Coalhocheese. The rosemary essential oil (REO) was obtained by hydro-distillation, and its minimum inhibitoryconcentration (MIC) against the test strain was determined by the agar diffusion method, yielding a MIC of 20%(v/v). The E. coli strain EC16 was used to inoculate two samples of commercial cheese. One sample, designated asthe test sample, was inoculated with 20% (v/v) REO, and another sample was used without the addition of REO as acontrol. Both samples were the same size and were refrigerated. During seven days of refrigeration, the number ofE. coli present in each sample was determined. There was a 2.3-log reduction in the first 24 hours in the testsample. The results showed that the rosemary essential oil has inhibitory activity against the E. coli strain EC16within a food matrix. Thus, rosemary essential oil could be used in the control of pathogenic bacteria. However, itsuse as a preservative in food should also be based on sensory characteristics.Keywords: Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil, natural antimicrobial, bacterial control, Coalho cheese
HR Contribution to a Firm?s Success Examined from a Configurational Perspective: An Exploratory Study Based on the Spanish CRANET Data

The objective in this study was to examine whether a firm? s economic/financial success can be associated with the application of certain HRM policies, practices and strategies. In this empirical study, an extended rationale borrowed from a configurational conceptual model was used in order to examine the multiple linkages and architecture between certain HR policies and practices, HR Department characteristics as well as some organizational characteristics, and the overall economic/financial performance of the firm. Employing a series of ANOVAs and classification and regression tree analyses, results show that HRM policies and practices play an important role in predicting the economic/financial success of the firm in the intermediate range. In relative terms and within the tree architectural structure, the HR variables explain significant variance, more than HR Department or organizational characteristics. Controlling for size and economic sector, results show that the HR function within certain configurations plays an important strategic and operational role in adding value to the firm? s bottom line; in contrast, when some HR policies and practices are absent or poorly implemented, the detrimental consequences to the firm? s economic/financial performance can be observed.
Atmospheric moisture recycling : Role of advection and local evaporation

Abstract An approximate formulation of how much moisture that precipitates out comes from local evaporation versus horizontal transport, referred to as “recycling,” has allowed new estimates of recycling to be mapped globally as a function of length scale. The recycling is formulated in terms of the “intensity of the hydrological cycle” I, which is alternatively referred to as a “precipitation efficiency” as it denotes the fraction of moisture flowing through a region that is precipitated out, and a “moistening efficiency,” M, which is defined as the fraction of moisture evaporated from a region to that flowing through. While datasets of the pertinent quantities have improved, they still contain uncertainties. Results show that often the intensity is not greatest at times of greatest precipitation because moisture transport into the region is also a maximum, especially in the monsoonal regions. The annual cycle variations of I are fairly small over North America and Europe while large seasonal variations .
L2 end state grammars and incomplete acquisition of Spanish CLLD constructions

Sorace (1993, 1999, 2000a, 2000b, 2003) contends that optionality in the L2 end state is at the level of interpretation since its source is the interface between the lexicon and the interlanguage syntax. The chapter examines the status of topic constructions in the near-native end state L2 Spanish of English native speakers. Romance topic structures use clitic left dislocation (CLLD) (Cinque 1990) while English topicalization takes contrastive left dislocation (CLD). Anagnostopoulou (1997) proposes a unified analysis of CLLD and CLD whereby the two constructions are structurally similar in that both involve an adjoined left dislocated phrase associated with an operator-variable chain and the asymmetries between the two constructions follow from the properties associated with the resumptive element in the given structure and from the different adjunction sites of the left dislocated constituent. Romance-type structures take a clitic (CLLD) whereas English topic constructions take a null operator construction (CLD). However, topicalized elements in Spanish which are non-specific take the CLD construction. The interpretation of the topicalized element as either [± specific] depends on the clitic. This sensitivity to specificity is not available in English. Results from three tasks probing the end-state grammar show that optionality occurs at the interpretive level but not at the syntactic level thereby providing evidence in favour of Sorace’s claim.
Simultaneous and recursive random regression models for milk yield and somatic cell score in Canadian Holsteins

Random regression models with simultaneous and recursive links between phenotypes for milk yield and somatic cell score (SCS) on the same test-day were fitted to Canadian Holstein data. Heterogeneity of structural coefficients was allowed for across (the first 3 lactations) and within (4 days in milk intervals) lactation. Model comparisons indicated superiority of simultaneous models over recursive and standard multiple-trait models. A moderate heterogeneous (both across and within lactation) negative effect of SCS on milk yield and a smaller positive reciprocal effect of SCS on milk yield were estimated in the most plausible specification. Estimates of genetic parameters on a daily basis differed while rankings of bulls and cows for 305d milk yield, average daily SCS and milk lactation persistency remained the same among models. No apparent benefits are expected due to fitting causal phenotypic relationships between milk yield and SCS in the random regression TD model for genetic evaluation purposes.
Chytridiomycosis‐mediated expansion of Bufo bufo in a montane area of Central Spain: an indirect effect of the disease

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) may indirectly influence community structure by altering biotic interactions in which affected species participate. This kind of indirect effects has received little attention to date, although recent research suggest they may not be infrequent. Chytridiomycosis is an EID that is affecting amphibian assemblages worldwide. Here we present the first (to our knowledge) field evidence of its indirect effect on assemblage structure through the disruption of a biotic interaction. We have documented an expansion of the common toad (Bufo bufo) after chytridiomycosis nearly extirpated the midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) in Peñalara Natural Park (Central Spain). Bufo bufo has significantly increased its number of breeding sites. All newly occupied breeding ponds were colonized once the large numbers of large, overwintering A. obstetricans tadpoles they had previously held disappeared. An experiment demonstrated that breeding B. bufo adults strongly avoided laying eggs in water containing A. obstetricans tadpoles, accounting for observed patterns of pond use. A second experiment failed to show any predation by large A. obstetricans tadpoles on B. bufo eggs, but other researchers have documented reductions in condition, growth and survival of B. bufo larvae caused by the presence of A. obstetricans tadpoles. In Peñalara, chytridiomycosis attacks B. bufo too, but its effect on it has been quite less severe than on A. obstetricans. Our findings show how, besides any chytridiomycosis direct effects, interspecific differences in its impact may alter assemblage–influencing biotic interactions and, hence, assemblage structure in indirect ways.
Effect of Profitability and Financial Leverage on Capita Structure inPakistan Textile Firms

This study concentration the effect of profitability and financial leverage on capital structure in Pakistan textile firms. This study is based on selected 10 listed KSE textile firms the data for the period 2009 to 2014. Estimated regression model and correlation between the financial leverage and profitability on capital structure. According to our finding there is negative relationship between capital structure and profitability and positive relationship between capital structure and financial leverage if the financial leverage is increase the profitability is decrease and vice versa there have negative correlation.
Impact of selected socio-economic factors on migration patterns in Poland

This paper identifies the impact of socio-economic development on migrations in Poland. It analyses the influence the development exerts on population’s migrations within the country. In addition, counties were ranked by their socio-economic development on the basis of such criteria as: the average investment in enterprises in PLN per capita, the average number of newly registered business entities per 1,000 inhabitants, a percentage growth in the number of apartments in 2010 against 2005, a monthly gross salary against the national average salary 2005–2010 and the average unemployment rate, from 2005–2010. Averaged data for poviats (administrative region of the 2nd order) reported for 2005 to 2010 were used to eliminate any short-term fluctuations of the economic condition which could come as a result of large investment projects or bankruptcies of enterprises; these could have caused an abrupt rise in unemployment. In consequence, they could trigger a momentary swift in ratios, disfiguring the end result. Next, a typology of poviats followed based on their socio-economic advancement and here the results were confronted with the net population migration index calculated for the analysed period. The typologies closing the paper present the interdependencies of the socio-economic development and movement of people. It was proven that the socio-economic development and its advancement is a factor which influences migrations of population in Poland. A division between a more developed western part of the country and considerably less developed eastern part of the country is showing. Furthermore, the largest cities and their outskirts have the highest economic potential.
Bending of CNTs Under The Partial Uniform Load

In the present work, bending of CNT has been carried out. Effects of the nonlocality, characteristic length ratio and magnitude of the external uniform load have been investigated. Nonlocal Euler-Bernoulli Beam model has been used in the formulation. Present results could be useful for design of nano-sensor applications.