Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
On Self-Gravitating Polytropic Cylinders and Slabs

In this review paper the 2-D Lane-Emden equation (LEEq) model of a self-gravitating gas distribution in the form of an infinitely long cylinder shaped polytrope of finite radius is obtained and its basic radial properties are outlined. Similarly reviewed is the derivation of the 1-D LEEq model of an infinitely wide planar polytrope of finite thickness and its basic properties across thickness are discussed. These two polytropes are solved numerically along with the 3-D models for comparison using the 2 nd order Euler-Richardson method (ERM) and their index based parameters are determined. The Python script used in these computations has been shown to be not only fast but is capable of matching fourth order performance. However, these models are found to have finite radii for all polytropic indices unlike the restricted spherical analogs and have astrophysical applications. Distortion due to rotation in polytropic rings has also been computed using ERM.
Migration, Cultural Identity and Diasporas An Identity Economics Approach

Abstract Besides effects on economic well-being, migration of people with distant cultural backgrounds may also have large effects on people’s cultural identity. In this paper, the identity economics of Akerlof and Kranton (2000) is applied to migration. Accordingly, it is assumed that the utility of both the immigrants and the native population encompasses economic well-being and cultural identity. The migration effect on cultural identity depends, among others, on the distance between cultures. In a simple immigration game it is shown that immigrants may prefer to live rather in diaspora communities than to integrate into the host countries’ culture. This subgame-perfect equilibrium choice of immigrants seems the more likely the greater the cultural distance between their country of origin and the destination country is. Among the available policy instruments, restrictions on the freedom of movement and settlement of immigrants may be the most effective way to prevent the setup of large diaspora communities. For young immigrants and later generations of immigrants, integration via compulsory schooling is the most important policy. In general, cultural, religious and social institutions may support integration.
Running Head: NEGATION COMPREHENSION AND AGING

The present research investigated the effects of negation on young and older adults’ comprehension of sentences. Participants read sentences, named probe words, answered comprehension questions, and completed the operation-span test. Negation adversely affected comprehension in both age groups such that probe word naming times were marginally slower and comprehension accuracy was reduced for negative sentences. Although older adults' comprehension overall was poorer than young adults, the negation effects were similar for both age groups. Furthermore, age was less predictive of negation comprehension than working memory. Unlike other variables that demonstrate age-related declines in reading comprehension, difficulties in processing negation may not increase with age.
From Philanthropy to Christian Social Assistance. The Perspective of Beneficiaries of Social-Philanthropical Services of the Roman Orthodox Church

This article presents the results of a sociological survey through a questionnaire aiming to investigate the perception of the beneficiaries of philanthropic and social assistance services offered by the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Archdiocese of Iasi, for different categories of people in difficulty. The research envisages the way beneficiaries see themselves in connection with the specificity of faith-based social services, as well as their degree of satisfaction with these services. The research was carried out between September 2018 and February 2019 in the Archdiocese of Iasi, which consists of 13 deaneries and 1221 parishes, disposed on the territory of Iasi, Neamţ and Botosani Counties. The most important results lead to the conclusion that the services offered by the Orthodox Church are not conditioned by the membership and participation of the beneficiaries in the Christian religion, that in many situations, but not all, the assistance received from the Church is complementary to that received from the state, philanthropic and social assistance activities are regarded by the beneficiaries as a continuum of services, and the priest plays a central role in initiating the provision of social and philanthropic services within the Church.
Influence of Moisture on Soil-Incorporated Diclofop

The influence of soil moisture on wild oat control from soil-incorporated methyl ester of diclofop {2-[4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-phenoxy] propanoic} was determined in the greenhouse. Wild oat control with soil-incorporated diclofop at 1.5 or 3 ppmw increased linearly when soil moisture in a Tiffany sandy loam increased from 18.5 to 23.5% (75% to 125% of field capacity). The efficacy of soil-incorporated diclofop was not reduced when soil moisture was allowed to decrease from 21 (field capacity) to 18.5, 16, 13.5, or 11% (wilting point) before rewatering to 21%. The soil moisture level at the time of herbicide application determined the degree of wild oat control with soil-incorporated diclofop. Wild oat control with diclofop increased when a Tiffany sandy loam with 16% moisture (50% of field capacity) at the time of herbicide application, was watered to field capacity after 8 or 12 days delay, and control did not change with watering to field capacity at the time of herbicide application or when delayed 4 or 16 days. The movement of 14C-diclofop in soil columns was greater within coarse than fine textured soils and increased with water volumes applied, regardless of soil type. Further, the leachability of 14C-diclofop was two and a half times greater than that of 14C-trifluralin (α,α,α-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-p-toluidine).
Therapeutic Transactions in Clinical Work With Children

Abstract The author describes Berne’s eight therapeutic operations, which are therapeutic interventions within transactional analysis that are usually used in working with adults. He translates and reviews them for their efficacy in therapeutic work with children. His reflections are complemented with two case histories, the longer of which concerns a 9-year-old child affected by problems in the area of post-traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
A Case of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Carcinoma in Adenoma at the Minor Duodenal Papilla

Here, we describe a case of minor papillary adenocarcinoma in adenoma that was treated with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). In a 67-year-old woman, sigmoid colon cancer was incidentally detected on preoperative upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Endoscopy revealed a slightly elevated lesion at the minor duodenal papilla. The findings of a histopathologic examination were suggestive of adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance images identified a minute tumor, whereas endoscopic ultrasonography revealed that the tumor did not spread to the pancreas. We performed EMR of this lesion. There were no complications, and relapse has not occurred in 3 years. Cases of minor papillary adenocarcinoma treated with EMR are quite rare.
Diabatic processes contribution to the november 2001 storm

Between the 9th-15th of November 2001 a very deep cyclogenesis event occurred in the Western Mediterranean basin. The quantious and dramatic damages both in material and human loses and the recorded values of fall in pressure, heavy rain and wind were so important that it can be qualified as the most important and violent meteorological event for the last decades. The complexity of the meteorological situation was big enough to have all of the ingredients for a very well developed baroclinic cyclone in the first stage and a hurricane-like storm at the second part of the event. In this paper the role of the latent heat release from precipitation and both the sensible and latent heat fluxes in the generation and development of the cyclone is investigated.
Unnatural bedfellows? The sociolinguistic analysis of variation and language documentation

ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics and language documentation are both sub-fields of linguistics dealing with variation in natural language, but how they approach variation differs. This paper suggests that sociolinguistic studies of probabilistic variation can contribute not only to more thorough documentation of the structure of a lesser-known language, but also contribute to the advancement of linguistic theory and language change over time. Conversely, central concepts in sociolinguistics may need to be reconsidered when researchers begin to look beyond urban, monolingual communities of speakers. Two case studies are presented: the first case study of Bislama pronouns and subject agreement shows that documenting the structure of a lesser-studied language can help elucidate what might have happened in the past. It also shows how an analysis of variation can address outstanding questions about the fundamental linguistic structure of an under-documented language and the ways that variation feeds into grammaticalisation. The second case study presents an analysis of another variable in Bislama that problematises the alleged simplicity of creole languages, and proposes a general principle of transformation of constraints in situations of language contact. The paper suggests that, although the combination of sociolinguistics and language documentation may always be uneasy, they can make surprisingly congenial bedfellows.
Expectation performance of internal auditors: Examining views from Ghana

The study examines the audit expectation-performance gap from the standpoint of the internal audit function from the perspective of a developing economy. It evaluates the audit expectation-performance gap from the perspective of internal audit with the view to providing useful insights, interesting dimensions and innovative perspectives to the Audit Expectation Gap (AEG) debate. A questionnaire survey method was used to elicit and analyze the views of four main stakeholders in the financial reporting supply chain. These were; (1) external auditors, (2) Senior Management, (3) Audit Committee Members and (4) Professional Bodies. The independent sample t-test technique was used. This technique compares the means of two independent groups, (the users of internal auditors reports group and the internal auditors group) so as to determine whether or not there was statistical evidence that their associated population means were significantly different, relative to questions of responsibility of internal auditors; proactiveness of internal auditors; and professionalism and quality of internal audit work. The results show that the views of stakeholders (that is, users of financial information) on the expectation-performance of internal auditors do not differ significantly from those of internal auditors on the issues of responsibility of internal auditors, proactiveness of internal auditors, the level of professionalism of internal auditors and the quality of internal audit work. As demostrated in the fidndings and discussions section of this paper, the paper evinces that the application of the agency theory to issues concerning internal auditing is practicable and supported in the context of the economic environment of developing countries. The paper provides some empirical evidence based on the survey on stakeholder perceptions on the expectation-performance of internal auditors from an AEG perspective. The study thus rekindles and adds to the myriad of discourses on the longstanding AEG phenomenon as it relates to the internal audit function from the viewpoint of different stakeholders. Key words: Audit, expectation-performance gap, internal audit, agency, corporate governance, Ghana.
On the use of satellite, gauge, and reanalysis precipitation products for drought studies

Precipitation is a critical variable to monitor and predict meteorological drought. The WMO recommended standardized precipitation index (SPI) is calculated from gauge (i.e. GPCC), satellite-gauge (GPCP, CHIRPS), reanalysis (i.e. ERA-Interim, and MERRA-2), and satellite-gauge-reanalysis (i.e. MSWEP) over the global domain. Measured differences among the precipitation datasets include metrics such as percent area under drought, number of drought events, spread and correlation in the number of drought events, and critical success index in capturing moderate and severe-exceptional droughts. As precipitation products are available at different lengths and spatial resolutions, sensitivity of drought metrics to record-length and spatial resolution were explored. The results suggest that precipitation-based drought metrics can vary significantly with the choice of precipitation product, its record-lengths, and spatial resolution. These relationships also vary with the severity of drought events with more severe drought events being more sensitive to the differences in resolution and record length. The quantified variation among the products has to be recognized in the interpretation of drought events when a single or a subset of products used.
Urban sprawl and public policy: A complexity theory perspective

The epistemological and methodological implications of complexity theory for understanding urban sprawl are discussed. It is argued that urban spatial forms, such as sprawl, emerge from nonlinear, self-organizational, and dynamic urban processes. Because of this, there cannot be a universal theory of sprawl and each case should be investigated within its context. The micro—macro problem provides the conceptual grounding for these investigations. Agent-based simulations can be used to investigate the micro—macro transformations in urban systems. Implications of complexity theory for understanding the role of urban policies are discussed.
A new unique species of Mucroseius Lindquist, 1962 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) mites associated with sawyer beetles (Cerambycidae: Monochamus Dejean, 1821) from the Palaearctic Region

ABSTRACT Adult females of a new species, Mucroseius insolitus sp. nov., are described from the metathoracic spiracular atria of the Black pine sawyer beetle Monochamus galloprovincialis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Asian Russia (Altai Republic and Tyumen Province). The new species differs from all congeners by the absence of the otherwise autapomorphic distal flangelike process (mucro) of the fixed chela. The genus Mucroseius is recorded for the first time in Russia, and its generic concept is reviewed. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AB3BDB6A-63C3-4970-A192-A3C539C48BA1
Predefined-Time Consensus Tracking of Second-Order Multiagent Systems

In this paper, the predefined-time consensus tracking problem of second-order multiagent systems (MASs) is investigated. A distributed observer is presented to estimate the tracking error for each follower within predefined time. A novel sliding surface is constructed to ensure predefined-time system convergence along the sliding surface and a terminal sliding mode consensus protocol is presented to overcome singularity problem and achieve leader-following consensus within predefined time. It is mathematically proved that the followers’ states can track the leader’s trajectory within predefined time. In particular, the settling time bound is directly related to tunable parameters, which facilitates the control protocol design to meet the desired convergence time requirement. Besides, the estimation bound for convergence time is less conservative than some existing fixed-time consensus protocols. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the consensus tracking control for networked single-link robotic manipulators.
The Influence of Promotion Mix towards Purchasing Decision of Indihome product in Telkom Region of Padang City

The purpose of this study is to analyze 1) The influence of advertising on consumer purchasing decisions in buying indihome in the Padang city, 2) the influence of sales promotion on consumer purchasing decisions in buying indihome in the Padang city, 3) the influence of direct selling on consumer purchasing decisions in buying indihome in the Padang city, 4) the influence of publicity on consumer purchasing decisions in buying indihome in the Padang city, and 5) the most influential variable of promotion mix is used in increasing sales of indihome products in the Telkom region of West Sumatra. The result shows that 1) Advertising has not a significant and positive effect on consumer purchasing decisions. 2) Direct sales have a significant and positive effect on consumer purchasing decisions. 3) Sales promotion has a significant and positive effect on consumer purchasing decisions. 4) Publicity has not a significant and positive effect on consumer purchasing decisions. and 5) direct sales has the most significant and positive effect on consumer purchasing decisions.
A Move-marker List: A Study of Rhetorical Move-lexis Linguistic Realizations of Research Article Abstracts in Social and Behavioural Sciences

While a wealth of research is available on the frequent multi-word units in academic genres, studies that exclusively link lexical sequences to the rhetorical moves in research articles (RAs) are fairly limited. This study involved compiling a corpus of 8,500 RA abstracts sampled from five disciplines of economics, law, political sciences, psychology, and sociology in social and behavioural sciences. Three to nine-word ngrams were generated using AntConc 3.4. 4, which is a freeware corpus analysis toolkit. All the ngrams were studied in their contexts through concordance analysis and classified based on the rhetorical moves in which they occurred using the move structure taxonomy suggested by Hatzitheodorou (2014). Eventually, ngrams were processed at multiple levels and synthesized into 84 move-marker structures. This study offers insights into the linguistic realizations of moves in RA abstracts and introduces the concept of move-marker structures. In so doing, the potentials of positionally variable move-marker structures in improving English for Academic Purposes (EAP)/English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners’ phraseological competence are suggested.
Evaluation of an Online Grid‐Coarsening Algorithm in a Global Eddy‐Admitting Ocean Biogeochemical Model

In order to explore the effects of mesoscale eddies on marine biogeochemistry over climate timescales, global ocean biogeochemical general circulation models (OBGCMs) need at least to be run at a horizontal resolution of a 0.25°, the minimal resolution admitting eddies. However, their use is currently limited because of a prohibitive computational cost and storage requirements. To overcome this problem, an online coarsening algorithm is evaluated in the oceanic component (NEMO‐GELATO‐PISCES) of CNRM‐ESM2‐1. This algorithm allows to compute biogeochemical processes at a coarse resolution (0.75°) while inheriting most of the dynamical characteristics of the eddy‐admitting OBGCM (0.25°). Through the coarse‐graining process, the effective resolution of the ocean dynamics seen by the biogeochemical model is higher than that which would be obtained from an OBGCM run at 0.75°. In this context, we assess how much the increase from low (1°) to coarse‐grained horizontal resolution impacts the ocean dynamics and the marine biogeochemistry over long‐term climate simulations. The online coarsening reduces the computational cost by 60% with respect to that of the eddy‐admitting OBGCM. In addition, it improves the representation of chlorophyll, nutrients, oxygen, and sea‐air carbon fluxes over more than half of the open ocean area compared to the 1° OBGCM. Most importantly, the coarse‐grained OBGCM captures the physical‐biogeochemical coupling between sea‐air carbon fluxes and sea surface height and between oxygen minimum zone boundaries and eddies, as produced by the eddy‐admitting OBGCM. Such a cost‐efficient coarsening algorithm offers a good trade‐off to conduct process‐based studies over centennial timescales at higher resolution.
EFFECT OF FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION ON HEALTH OUTCOMES IN KENYA

Health system in Kenya was devolved in March 2013 whereby the national government retained oversight and regulatory functions while county government were assigned curative, preventive, and promotive heath service within their jurisdiction. Countries such as USA, Australia, Canada, India and Nigeria have had mixed health outcomes after devolution while others have had to reverse devolution of healthcare governance. Following decentralization of healthcare governance in Kenya, investment into healthcare has risen significantly. However, the actual impact on key health outcomes in Kenya is yet to be determined objectively. The research aimed to evaluate the effect of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes in Kenya. An analytical design was adopted. Secondary data was obtained from annual economic survey reports and Statistics. Abstract obtained from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics was used to obtain data that was analysed to identify trends in health outcomes before and after decentralization of healthcare governance. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the trends. Data was presented in form of line graphs, histograms and tables. Results indicated that fiscal decentralization has negative and significant effect on immunization coverage and skilled delivery. Further political, civil service and fiscal decentralization was recommended. Key Words: Fiscal Decentralization, Health Outcomes CITATION: Mbogori, M. M. , & Iravo, M. A. (2019). Effect of fiscal decentralization on health outcomes in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 1953 –1963.
A novel analytic design method of dual‐band harmonic‐tuned power amplifiers

In this paper, an analytic methodology for designing output‐matching network (OMN) is presented. The proposed OMN integrates harmonic control circuit and reduces the complexities of design and circuit structure. Besides, the second and third harmonics control are provided for two operated frequencies. In order to verify the method, a 1.8/2.65 GHz dual‐band high‐efficiency PA adopting a GaN HEMT is presented. Experimental results show the drain efficiencies of 76.2% and 71.6%, output power of 43 and 42.7 dBm at 1.8 and 2.65 GHz, respectively. In addition, the drain efficiency more than 65% can be maintained from 1.55‐2.0 GHz and 2.65‐2.8 GHz.
Gray whale migration patterns through the Southern California Bight from multi-year visual and acoustic monitoring

Sightings and acoustic recordings from eastern North Pacific gray whales in the Southern California Bight were analyzed for interannual changes and compared with concurrent environmental measurements during 7 migration seasons (2008−2009 to 2014−2015). Acoustic call counts recorded on an offshore hydrophone were highly variable from year to year. Assuming an average calling rate of 7.5 calls whale–1 d–1, the estimated number of whales migrating by this hydrophone would be <10% of the population within 20 km of the offshore hydrophone in most years. In contrast, the estimated number of gray whales migrating off Santa Barbara and Los Angeles based on visual surveys grew at a greater rate (11% yr−1 and 26% yr−1, respectively) than the population size growth rate (5% yr−1). Over the studied migration seasons it seems an increasing proportion of the population was using the nearshore migration corridor in the Southern California Bight, especially near Los Angeles. This trend could increase the negative anthropogenic impact on this species. Although several large-scale climatic events occurred between 2008 and 2015, neither water temperature in the Southern California Bight nor sea ice timing in the gray whale Arctic feeding area improved generalized additive models of gray whale nearshore sightings or offshore acoustic presence. Over these times, the gray whale migration timing appears to be driven more by their biological clock and instinct than by the extrinsic factors accounted for in the present analysis. Future work should test if other factors influence the gray whale migration over longer timescales.