Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An investigation on Knowledge Management and its Impact on Performance within Infrastructure and Camp Development Program at UNRWA

This study is aiming to study knowledge management as an effective tool for the improvement of performance in ICIP at UNRWA. In addition, it aims to examine the relationship between the knowledge management capabilities and Intellectual capital as a measuring tool of organizational performance. A questionnaire has been developed and distributed to a sample consisting of 250 employees working in ICIP and procurement contracting unit. Only 216 questionnaires were returned (response rate is 86 percent). The study finds that most of ICIP staff agreed that KM process capability is important part in supporting employee’s efforts to work better and improve the productivity which will affect the performance of organization. There is clear agreement of ICIP staff to the impact of KM infrastructure capability on the organizational performance. The result reveals that KM infrastructure capability has less impact on organizational performance and there are significant differences among the respondents’ regarding the impact of KM infrastructure capability and KM process capability on organizational performance due to age and qualification. The research investigate the relationship between knowledge management and organization performance. UNRWA is one of the most important UN organizations in the Middle East. The context of the research is of special importance to improve the performance in developing countries.
Criteria for genuine N-partite continuous-variable entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering

Following previous work, we distinguish between genuine $N$-partite entanglement and full $N$-partite inseparability. Accordingly, we derive criteria to detect genuine multipartite entanglement using continuous-variable (position and momentum) measurements. Our criteria are similar but different to those based on the van Loock--Furusawa inequalities, which detect full $N$-partite inseparability. We explain how the criteria can be used to detect the genuine $N$-partite entanglement of continuous variable states generated from squeezed and vacuum state inputs, including the continuous-variable Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state, with explicit predictions for up to $N=9$. This makes our work accessible to experiment. For $N=3$, we also present criteria for tripartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) steering. These criteria provide a means to demonstrate a genuine three-party EPR paradox, in which any single party is steerable by the remaining two parties.
Characterization of Ag-Doped p-Type SnO Thin Films Prepared by DC Magnetron Sputtering

Crystalline structure and optoelectrical properties of silver-doped tin monoxide thin films with different dopant concentrations prepared by DC magnetron sputtering are investigated. The X-ray diffraction patterns reveal that the tetragonal SnO phase exhibits preferred orientations along (101) and (110) planes. Our results indicate that replacing Sn2
Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Sosyal Kaygıyı Yordayıcı Bazı Değişkenler

The aim of this study is to find a correlation between social anxiety and variables such as gender, academic achievement, family income, and the attitude of parents, self-esteem, and loneliness and communication skills among young people. The Interaction Anxiousness Scale, The Self-esteem Inventory, The UCLA Loneliness Scale and The Communication Skills Scale were applied to 346 college students. The data related with the variables such as gender, academic achievement, attitude of the parents and family income was gathered by “Personal Data Form”. According to the results of the StepwiseRegression Analysis, variables such as self-esteem, loneliness and gender significantly predicted social anxiety.As a result, self-esteem is the most significant predictor for social anxiety. Thus, the parents and educators who have a significant role on the development of self-esteem should be well-informent about this relationship.
The Cointegration Analysis on the Spot Prices of the Malaysian Crude Palm Oil Futures Market

Futures markets play an important role in the price discovery and forward pricing of agricultural commodities. The analysis of this study has mainly focused on the empirical test of the effect of production, stock and export variables on the prices of the Malaysian Crude Palm oil futures market. For the empirical work, correlation analysis, multiple regression and recent econometric analysis were conducted to determine the price relationships of the Malaysian Crude Palm oil futures markets with the production, stock and export variables. Order of integration for all the variables was checked using Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips-Perron tests of unit root. The Johansen approach was used to test cointegration in multivariate system that involved long run and short run estimations. The Vector Error Correction Model was used to test for causal relationships. The empirical evidence obtained from the study shows there exist a significant long run and short run relationships between the cash and future prices of the Malaysian Crude Palm oil futures market with the production, stock and export variables. The results of the causality test also shows that there is a strong relationship between the Malaysian Crude Palm oil futures market with the production, stock and export variables This mean that any information flow regarding the price movement of the Malaysian Crude Palm oil futures market will affect the production, stock and export variables and vice-versa.
Influence of Gravel-Bed Porosity and Grain Orientation on Bulk Flow Resistance

This paper presents results from experiments that were carried out to study the effect of porosity and grain orientation on flow resistance. Experiments were performed over three rough surfaces; a water-worked gravel-bed, its non-porous facsimile (cast-bed) and the rotated cast-bed (cast tiles rotated through 180°). The first two beds were used to isolate the influence of gravel-bed porosity on the bulk flow resistance and the rotated cast was used to study effect of the grain orientation on the flow resistance. The results showed that the rotated cast-bed exerted the highest flow resistance whereas the porous water-worked gravel-bed was, for comparable hydraulic boundary conditions, characterized by slightly higher flow resistance than its non-porous counterpart. The results from the bulk flow analysis were substantiated by a preliminary analysis of flow velocity data.
Trade and Human Development in Oic Countries: A Panel Data Analysis

This study examines the relationship between trade and the OIC countries’ social developments as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) using the generalized method of moments (GMM) procedure in a panel data distributed lag model for the years 1980 to 2005, with a five-year increments as well as annual data from 2000 to 2009. It addresses two questions: (i) whether trade has a positive relationship with human development as reflected by longevity, educational attainment and income in the HDI measurement, and (ii) whether trade still has a positive relationship with human development, when the income component of the HDI is excluded. Comparisons are made across OIC countries based on three World Bank Classifications by Income, namely, high income, middle income and low income countries. Trade is found to have a significant positive relationship with HDI for all income categories, but insignificant relationship with nonincome HDI. The finding indicates that trade is associated with human development only through income channels, and it is not associated with other components, such as longevity, literacy level and educational attainment. More of appropriate and effective public policies need to be formulated and implemented so as to achieve the desired outcomes of multidimensional human development in the true sense of the word.
The effects of relatedness on offspring sex ratio in pollinating fig wasps

Background: Sex ratio theory predicts a more female-biased sex ratio if the haplodiploid foundresses of pollinating fig wasps are siblings when those foundresses oviposit in a local patch. Question: Do pollinating fig wasps adjust their offspring sex ratio in response to their relatedness to other nearby ovipositing fig wasps? Organisms: Ceratosolen solmsi Mayr, an obligate pollinator of the functionally dioecious fig tree, Ficus hispida Linn. Methods: From May to October 2007, we reared pollinators from a single foundress through five generations. We collected male syconia before they matured and placed them in a fine-mesh bag. We used female pollinators that emerged. Our protocol ensured that females were sibs at each stage. We counted female and male wasps, galls, bladders (inflated, hollow ovules), and total female flowers in 25% of each syconium. More than 10 syconia were obtained in each generation. For comparison, we ran a non-sibling foundress treatment in July and August 2007. We analysed the data using a generalized linear model Results: Offspring sex ratio was similar among the five sibling mating generations in our experiments, and the offspring sex ratio in the local mate competition models with sibling foundresses and non-sibling foundresses was also similar. The offspring sex ratio increased in the presence of more foundresses. Conclusion: Ceratosolen solmsi does not adjust its offspring sex ratio according to sibling
TAF Effect on Liquidity Risk Exposure

Using a unique bank-level dataset, we assess the impact of the Term Auction Facility program on bank liquidity risk. The change in the US housing price index at state levels between 2002:Q1 and 2006:Q3 is the exclusion restriction to control for potential selection bias. On average, TAF banks exhibit higher ex ante levels of liquidity risk and they drastically reduce funding liquidity risk in the periods after the rst time they received TAF funds. TAF banks show larger reductions in liquidity and they are more likely to be headquartered in US states that experienced sharper housing price appreciation before 2007.
EFFECT OF SPACING AND FERTILIZER LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF URDBEAN

Urdbean (Blackgram) is one of the important pulse crop in Indian agriculture. The importance of this crop than other pulse crop is by virtue of its high nutritional value, short duration, adaptability to all season and suitability to various cropping systems. Nitrogen and phosphorus are most important plant nutrient for crop production. Nitrogen constituent of chlorophyll, harnesses solar energy and fixes atmospheric CO2 as carbohydrates.Phosphorus play important role in root development, nodulation, flowering, fruiting and is usually a constituent of phospholipids, nucleic acid, protein, coenzyme, NAD, NADP, and ATP. (Yugandhar and Savithramma, 2013).
Evaluating the persistence of post‐fire residual patches in the eastern Canadian boreal mixedwood forest

In boreal forest ecosystems, wildfire severity (i.e. the extent of fire‐related tree mortality) is affected by environmental conditions and fire intensity. A burned area usually includes tree patches that partially or entirely escaped fire, called ‘residual patches’. Although the occurrence of residual patches has been extensively documented, their persistence through time, and thus their capacity to escape several consecutive fires, has not yet been investigated. Macroscopic charcoal particles embedded in organic soils were used to reconstruct the fire history of 13 residual patches of the eastern Canadian boreal mixedwood forest. Our results display the existence of two types of residual patches: (i) patches that only escaped fire by chance, maybe because of local site or meteorological conditions unsuitable for fire spread (random patches), and (ii) patches with lower fire susceptibility, also called ‘fire refuges’ that escaped at least two consecutive fires, probably because of particular site characteristics. Fire refuges can escape fire for more than 500 years, up to several thousand years, and probably burn only during exceptionally severe fire events. Special conservation efforts could target fire refuges owing to their old age, long ecological continuity and potential specific biological diversity associated to different microhabitats.
Redefining Property Rights with Specific Reference to Social Ownership in Successor States of Former Yugoslavia: Did it Matter for Economic Efficiency?

High economic growth rates after World War II characterized both socialism and capitalism. There have been impressive results in the former socialist block, Western Europe, USA, and Japan. Apart from these models based on private (capitalist) and state (socialist) ownership, the fastest economic growth in the world for some time was recorded in former Yugoslavia under social ownership with no specific owner having full ownership rights. The issue of property rights despite being subject to comparative analysis, did not matter much. After social ownership was privatized, the effects were not only as they were expected to be, but the countries like those that emerged from former Yugoslavia have yet to cope and strive for greater efficiency than before. This paper looks at the redefinition or privatization of social ownership in successor states of former Yugoslavia, and identifies the causes of smaller effects than expected of this redefinition.
Correlates of bullying victimization among school-going adolescents in Algeria: results from the 2011 global school-based health survey.

Introduction: Literature establishes negative public health impact of bullying. Bullies and bully-victims are more likely to engage in a cluster of other delinquent behaviors. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine correlates of bullying victimization among school-going adolescents in Algeria. Materials and Methods: The study analyzed data from the 2011 Global School-Based Health Survey conducted among in-school adolescents in Algeria. Logistic regression analyzes were used to estimate associations between bullying victimization and selected variables. Results: A total of 4532 students participated in the survey of which 48.1% were males. Bullying victimization was estimated at 51.1% (47.2% among males and 54.9% among females). Males were 28% less likely to be bullied compared to females. Overall, adolescents aged Conclusion: Bullying victimization is frequent among Algerian in-school adolescents. This calls for a concerted effort to prevent and control bullying behavior using interventions that are gender sensitive.
The Effect of Group Affiliation on Decisions to Pay Dividends in the Tehran Security Exchange

This study investigates the effect of group affiliation on decisions to pay dividends in the Tehran Security Exchange. Therefore, the relationship between policy dividends and factors such as information asymmetry, dependence on external financing (sources outside the institution) is checked.The research data is collected from 50 firms in the Tehran Security Exchange (TSE) during 2005-2013.The statistical technique is used to examine the assumption of multiple regressions. In order to examine the hypotheses, data is collected from the annual reports of the companies using official bulletins of the Tehran stock exchange, mainly, through Novin software, Tadbir Pardaz software, and stock sites such as www.rdis. ir. The results indicate that between the payment of dividends and the amount of capital and thus the dependence on external financing has a positive and significant relationship with information asymmetry. Keywords: Payment of dividends, Dependence on external financing, information asymmetry, The Tehran Security Exchange
The Role of Picture Books in Promoting Reading Culture among Nigerian Children: Implication for Libraries and Development of Leadership Qualities

The study examined the role of picture books in cultivation of reading culture among Nigerian children and the implications for developing leadership qualities. Reading has been recognized as one of the most valuable legacy that can be handed down to children. This study placed emphasis on early introduction of children to reading using picture books. It viewed picture books as powerful, and compelling tools which have inviting influence on children, thus, making them want to read more than they would ordinarily do. The study further posited that picture books can assist children develop socially, personally, intellectually, culturally and aesthetically. Factors militating against the use of picture books for the promotion of reading culture in Nigeria were identified as poor implementation of government policies, high cost of publishing, ignorance on the part of parents about the value of picture books, lack of enabling environment for publishers to publish quality picture books, lack of available libraries in Nigeria's nursery and primary schools among others. Recommendations include: that the Government should lead the reading promotion and awareness campaign, that government should reduce or remove import duties on printed materials, professional librarians should advocate for libraries and lead a campaign against nursery and primary schools that do not have libraries. Lastly, picture books should be used to teach children acceptable values of our society, while at the same time teaching against unacceptable or unwanted values in the society.
Goat ’ s milk allergy

Background: Goat’s milk (GM) allergy not associated with allergy to cow’s milk (CM) is a rare disorder. Caseins have been implicated has the major allergens eliciting symptoms. Methods: We report the case of a 27 years-old female patient that experienced two episodes of urticaria related to ingestion of goat’s cheese (GC). She tolerated CM, dairy products and sheep cheese. Skin prick tests were performed with GM, CM, bovine casein and -lactalbumin and fresh milk and GC. Serum specific IgE to GM, CM and its fractions, and GM and CM immunobloting assays with inhibition were also evaluated. Results: Skin tests were positive to GM and GC and negative to CM. GM immunoblot showed an IgE-binding 14 kDa band that was totally inhibited after serum pre-incubation with GM. Conclusions: Allergens other than casein can be involved in allergy to GM. Even small quantities of protein can elicit symptoms.
The effects of a pour-on formulation of fluazuron 2.5% and flumethrin 1% on parasitic and free-living populations of Rhipicephalus decoloratus and Rhipicephalus microplus on and off bovine (Bonsmara breed) hosts

The present study demonstrated the efficacy of a pour-on formulation of fluazuron 2.5% and flumethrin 1% (Drastic Deadline eXtreme ® ) against Rhipicephalus decoloratus and Rhipicephalus microplus on cattle on pasture previously grazed by experimentally infested animals. Six tick-free cattle were placed on the pasture and treated 7 days later (Day 0) with the pour-on. They were re-treated on Days 63, 126 and 189 and monthly tick counts were done. Mean numbers of adult R. decoloratus/microplus decreased from 53 and 14 on Days 56 and 112 respectively to 2 or less on all other occasions including Day 254. Compared to the numbers of R. decoloratus/microplus larvae collected from vegetation in the previous year, larval numbers declined by 40.7% on Day 28, and thereafter reduction remained between 84% and 100%. Pairs of tracer calves placed on the pasture for 7 days each month were then held in pens and adult ticks that detached collected. Reduction in the numbers of R. decoloratus collected from tracer animals was 75% on Day 56 and remained above 93% except for Day 224 when it temporarily decreased to 78.5%.
Centennial to millennial climate variability in the far northwestern Pacific (off Kamchatka) and its linkage to the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic from the Last Glacial Maximum to the early Holocene

Abstract. High-resolution reconstructions based on productivity proxies and magnetic properties of core LV63-41-2 (off Kamchatka) reveal prevailing centennial productivity/climate variability in the northwestern (NW) Pacific from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the early Holocene (EH). The age model of the core is established by AMS 14C dating and by projections of AMS 14C data of the nearby core SO-201-12KL through correlation of the productivity proxies and relative paleomagnetic intensity. The resulting sequence of centennial productivity increases/climate warming events in the NW Pacific occurred synchronously with the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) sub-interstadials during the LGM (four events), Heinrich Event 1 (HE1) (four events), Bolling–Allerod (B/A) warming (four events), and over the EH (four events). Remarkable similarity of the sequence of the NW Pacific increased-productivity events with the EASM sub-interstadials over the LGM-HE1 implies that the Siberian High is a strong and common driver. The comparison with the δ18O record from Antarctica suggests that another mechanism associated with the temperature gradient in the Southern Hemisphere may also be responsible for the EASM/NW Pacific centennial events over the LGM-HE1. During the B/A warming and resumption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), clear synchronicity between the NW Pacific, EASM and Greenland sub-interstadials was mainly controlled by changes in the atmospheric circulation. During the EH the linkages between solar forcing, ocean circulation, and climate changes likely control the synchronicity of abrupt climate changes in the NW Pacific and North Atlantic. The sequence of centennial events recorded in this study is a persistent regional feature during the LGM-EH, which may serve as a template in high-resolution paleoceanography and sediment stratigraphy in the NW Pacific.
The Determinants of Infant Mortality in Neonatal Period

Neonatal mortality is mortality happening to newborn baby who are alive during the birth but died after first month of life (28 days after being delivered). This study used data from 2013 reports. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of neonatal mortality risk. Case control design was used. Population of cases were newborn baabybies who dying within 28 days after the birth, while the population of controls were newborn baby who do not die within 28 days, selected from the same population of cases. Cases and controls proportion were 1:3 with 39 babies served as cases and 117 babies as controls. Cases were identified form The Health Office and PHC reports, meanwhile controls were selected from neighbor of cases. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis were conducted in this study. The results shows that newborn weight (p=0,03), immediately breastfeeding (p=0,00) and postnatal care (p=0,00) are the risk factors for neonatal mortality.
Strategic Logic of Elite Purges in Dictatorships

Why do some leaders eliminate rivals from authoritarian regimes and therefore diminish elites’ capabilities to remove them via coup, while others do not? By examining both dictators’ incentives and opportunities to weaken regime elites, I show that dictators are more likely to eliminate rivals when elites’ capabilities to oust dictators are temporarily low. Thus, somewhat paradoxically, my theory predicts that dictators are more likely to weaken elites’ capabilities as the threat of coup decreases rather than when coup risk is high. Furthermore, I argue that successful coups that put new dictators in power temporarily diminish elites’ capabilities to remove dictators and, thus, provide a window of opportunity for the dictators to take steps to consolidate power. Empirical results using a new dataset on purges of militaries from 1969 to 2003 provide strong evidence for my hypotheses.