Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effectiveness of Public R&D Subsidies and the Role of Collaboration

This study investigates the efficacy of public R&D support. Compared to most existing studies, we do not stop at substitution effects or general innovation outcome measures, but we are interested in knowing where the policy effect is highest: on innovation close to the market (i.e. incremental innovation) or on innovation that is still far from the market and hence more risky and radical. Using firm level data from the period 1999 to 2011, we find that the policy hits where the market failure is highest, that is, for radical innovation. Taking into account that the Swiss funding agency encourages collaboration, we find no evidence that the impact of the policy is positively effected by various R&D collaboration patterns.
Application of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates to Rainfall-Runoff Modelling in a Data-Scarce Semi-Arid Catchment

Rainfall-runoff modelling is a useful tool for water resources management. This study presents a simple daily rainfall-runoff model, based on the water balance equation, which we apply to the 11,630 km2 Lesser Zab catchment in northeast Iraq. The model was forced by either observed daily rain gauge data from four stations in the catchment or satellite-derived rainfall estimates from two TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) data products (TMPA-3B42 and 3B42RT) based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) from 2003 to 2014. As well as using raw TMPA data, we used a bias-correction method to adjust TMPA values based on rain gauge data. The uncorrected TMPA data products underestimated observed mean catchment rainfall by −10.1% and −10.7%. Corrected data also slightly underestimated gauged rainfall by −0.7% and −1.6%, respectively. Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (r) for the model fit with the observed hydrograph were 0.75 and 0.87, respectively, for a calibration period (2010–2011) using gauged rainfall data. Model validation performance (2012–2014) was best (highest NSE and r; lowest RMSE and bias) using the corrected 3B42 data product and poorest when driven by uncorrected 3B42RT data. Uncertainty and equifinality were also explored. Our results suggest that TRMM data can be used to drive rainfall-runoff modelling in semi-arid catchments, particularly when corrected using rain gauge data.
The measurement of cough response to bronchoconstriction induced by methacholine inhalation in healthy subjects: An examination using the Astograph method

ABSTRACT Background: We demonstrated that heightened cough response to bronchoconstriction is a fundamental feature of cough variant asthma (CVA). To evaluate this physiological feature of CVA in daily clinical practice, it is necessary to clarify the cough response to bronchoconstriction in healthy subjects. We evaluated cough response to methacholine (MCh)-induced bronchoconstriction in healthy subjects. A forced oscillometry technique was used to measure airway resistance changes with Mch. Methods: Healthy never-smokers (21 men, 20 women; mean 22.3 ± 3.7 years) participated. None had a >3-week cough history, clinically significant respiratory or cardiovascular disorders, or disorders that might put subjects at risk or influence the study results or the subjects’ ability to participate. Twofold increasing concentrations of Mch chloride diluted in phosphate-buffered saline (0.039 to 160 mg/mL) were inhaled from nebulizers at 1-minute intervals during subjects’ tidal breathing after the baseline respiratory resistance (Rrs) was recorded. Mch inhalation continued until Rrs reached twice the baseline value and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) decreased to <90% of baseline value. Spirometry was measured before Mch inhalation and immediately after Rrs had increased twofold. Coughs were counted during and for 30 minutes after Mch inhalation. The cough reflex sensitivity to capsaicin was also examined. Results: The number of coughs was 11.1 ± 14.3 (median, 7.0; range, 0 to 71; reference range, 0 to 39.7). There was no significant difference in the cough response between the sexes. The reproducibility of the cough response to bronchoconstriction was sufficient. No correlation existed between the bronchoconstriction-induced cough response and capsaicin cough-reflex sensitivity. Conclusions: Using the Astograph method, cough response to bronchoconstriction could be measured easily, safely and highly reproducibly in healthy subjects.
The impact of internal, external, and competitor factors on marketing strategy performance

ABSTRACT Strategy formulation is commonly understood as the match between a firm’s internal resources and skills and its external environment. Marketing strategy performance is the function of a dynamic, interactive process incorporating internal firm resources, external environmental factors, and competitive actions. The study aims to assess the impact of competitor actions on marketing strategy performance. We develop a model that accommodates the effects of 29 variables (comprising internal marketing strategy variables, external environmental factors and competitors’ marketing mix variables) on business performance. We empirically test the model using simultaneous equation modelling of time-series data on UK car manufacturers collected from publically available resources and annual reports. The results show that external factors, in particular competitors’ marketing mix elements, have a greater influence on a company’s business performance than internal (marketing and non-marketing) strategy variables. Implications for marketing theory and management are discussed.
The gifted rating scales—preschool/kindergarten form: An analysis of the standardization sample based on age, gender, and race

This study reports on an analysis of the standardization sample of a rating scale designed to assist in identification of gifted students. The Gifted Rating Scales—Preschool/Kindergarten Form (GRS‐P) is based on a multidimensional model of giftedness designed for preschool and kindergarten students. Results provide support for: the internal structure of the scale; no age differences across the 3‐year age span 4:0‐6:11; gender differences on only one of the five scales; artistic talent; and small but statistically significant race/ethnicity differences with Asian Americans rated, on average, 1.5 scale‐score points higher than whites and Native Americans and 7 points higher than African American and Hispanic students. The present findings provide support for the GRS‐P as a valid screening test for giftedness.
Do green motives influence green product innovation? The mediating role of green value co-creation

This empirical study tests hypotheses using a questionnaire survey to explore the positive effect of green motives on green product innovation performance through the mediator of a novel construct, green value co‐creation, in Taiwanese manufacturing companies. In this study, three green motives are examined: instrumental, relational, and moral motives. Green value co‐creation is divided into two parts: green co‐production and green value‐in‐use. This research reveals that moral motives are a much stronger driver than instrumental and relational motives. This study also determines that instrumental and moral motives have positive effects on green product innovation performance. However, no positive associations are observed among relational motives green co‐production, green value‐in‐use, and green product innovation performance. This study suggests that Taiwanese manufacturing companies should invest more resources to enhance moral motives, because they are positively associated with green value co‐creation and green product innovation performance.
Lessons from the 2004 Asian tsunami: Nature, prevalence and determinants of prolonged grief disorder among tsunami survivors in South Indian coastal villages

Background: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD), previously called complicated grief, is associated with significant distress and long-term disability, and it may complicate assessments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic events. Methods: In order to distinguish PGD from PTSD, we conducted a cross-sectional survey among tsunami survivors in five tsunami-affected coastal villages in India, 9 months after the Asian tsunami. Results: Prevalence of PGD among 643 tsunami survivors was 14.2% (95% confidence interval (CI): 11.5%–16.9%) and among the 351 bereaved survivors was 25.9% (95% CI: 21.3%–30.5%). Spousal bereavement, extensive damage to homes, fewer years of education, and absence of tsunami-related physical injury differentiated those with PGD, after adjusting for potential confounders (p < .05). These factors were distinct from the factors associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among these survivors. Scores on the avoidance, hyper-arousal and intrusion subscales of the Impact of Events Scale–Revised were significantly lower in those with PGD alone than in those with PTSS or with both disorders. Conclusion: Our findings support the validity of PGD in a non-Western post-disaster community and its distinctness from PTSD. They have important public health implications in planning responses to natural disasters and for future revisions of diagnostic classifications.
Réflexion et transmission d'un faisceau borné ultrasonore sur une lame viscoélastique anisotrope immergée

Dans le cadre de l'acoustique lineaire, les effets de la reflexion et de la transmission a travers une lame immergee orthotrope absorbante, d'un champ acoustique borne dans le temps et dans l'espace, sont mis en evidence. La reponse spatiale a un champ incident borne en regime harmonique, et la reponse spatio-temporelle a un signal bref est decrite, pour un materiau considere homogene, sans defaut, anisotrope et absorbant. D'un point de vue theorique, le probleme se pose sous la forme d'une algebre de convolution, que l'on resout dans l'espace de fourier. L'evaluation de la fonction de transfert de l'ensemble (fluide, lame) implique une etude detaillee des coefficients de reflexion et de transmission de la lame en ondes planes: la prise en compte de l'absorption necessite en particulier l'emploi des ondes heterogenes. De plus, afin d'eviter les phenomenes de repliement du signal et de spectre dus a l'emploi d'algorithmes de calcul discret, le calcul de la fonction de transfert est effectue par la methode des series de debye. L'etude theorique, associee a une confrontation avec l'experience, porte sur divers types de materiau: isotrope, orthotrope, avec pour chacun des cas, la prise en compte de l'elasticite pure ou de la viscoelasticite
Moslem Merchants in Traditional Market

Phenomena occurs in the community about moral degradation of trade, the study aims to determine how the application of sharia values of Muslim merchants in the market Wonokromo Surabaya Indonesia in real business practices. The results of this study will be used as the development of Islamic economics as a science which begins with understanding the level of knowledge of the merchant market traders to compete fairly according to Islamic principles and also Islamic consumer protection. The results of this study shows that Sharia Values were not applied completely although the merchants actually understood it.
The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger's Being and Time

1. An overview of Being and Time Mark A. Wrathall and Max Murphey 2. Martin Heidegger's Being and Time: a carefully planned accident? Alfred Denker 3. The question of being Taylor Carman 4. The semantics of dasein and the modality of Being and Time Wayne Martin 5. Heidegger on space and spatiality David R. Cerbone 6. Being-with-others Hubert L. Dreyfus 7. Why mood matters Matthew Ratcliffe 8. Heidegger on human understanding Mark A. Wrathall 9. Heidegger's pragmatic-existential theory of language and assertion Barbara Fultner 10. The empire of signs: Heidegger's critique of idealism in Being and Time Peter E. Gordon 11. Heidegger on scepticism, truth and falsehood Denis McManus 12. Death and demise in Being and Time Iain Thomson 13. Freedom and the choice to choose oneself in Being and Time Beatrice Han-Pile 14. Authenticity and resoluteness William Blattner 15. Temporality as the ontological sense of care Stephan Kaufer 16. Historical finitude Joseph K. Schear 17. What if Heidegger were a phenomenologist? Thomas Sheehan.
Effectiveness of Constructivist Teaching Method on Students’ Mathematic Academic Achievement

The present study was aimed at investigating the effect of constructivist teaching on students’ academic achievement in mathematics. The study was an applied research with a quasi-experimental design and a control group. The statistical population consisted of 364 third grade girl students from high schools of Miandoab, Iran. To select the study sample, cluster random sampling was employed. In so doing, from among 6 schools with a total of 14 classes, one school was selected by a multistage method. Then, two classes of the selected school were randomly chosen; one as the experimental group and the other one as the control group. Instruments included a researcher-made questionnaire that was designed based on principles of academic achievement of Bloom’s cognitive domain. The results indicated that constructivist teaching affects knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, combination, and evaluation. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that constructivist teaching can help with students’ academic achievement. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n6s2p572
FAKTOR- FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI TURNOVER INTENTION JOB HOPPER DI INDUSTRI PERHOTELAN DI INDONESIA

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisa pengaruh Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Turnover Intention (Keinginan untuk berpindah) Job Hopper di Industri Perhotelan di Indonesia dengan menggunakan metode kuantitatif melalui penyebaran kuisioner sebanyak 118. Penelitian ini menganalisa tujuh factor yang mempengaruhi turnover intention job hopper yaitu training and development, kompensasi, promosi, reward and recognition, budaya organisasi, lingkungan kerja dan work family conflict. Hasilnya hanya variabel kompensasi dan work family conflict yang mempengaruhi signifikan terhada turnover intention job hopper di industry perhotelan di Indonesia. Kata kunci: Training, kompensasi, promosi, reward and recognition, budaya organisasi, lingkungan kerja, work family conflict, turnover intention ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to analyze the factors of turnover intention job hopper in Indonesia by using a quantitave method and distributing 118 questionnaires. This research analyzing seven factor that are: Training development, compensation, reward and recognition, promotion, organizational culture, working environment, work family conflict. The results show that only compensation and work family conflict have positive and significant influences as a job hoppers consideration to switching another job. Keywords : Training , compensation, promotion, reward and recognition, organizational culture, working environment , work family conflict , turnover intention.
Poultry Science.

Students within the Department of Poultry Science learn about the food system from poultry production on the farm to the conceptualization and manufacturing of food products for the consumer. The department houses two formal undergraduate degree programs: the B.S. degree in Poultry Science and B.S. degree in Food Science. Within Poultry Science, two curriculum options are available: 1) Poultry Production and 2) Poultry Science/Pre-Veterinary Medicine. Each option leads to the B.S. degree in Poultry Science. Enrollment in an internship, usually during the summer, is required for both B.S. degrees. The B.S. degree in Food Science is recognized as an approved program by the Institute of Food Technologists.
IV. Performance on Psychological Tests. Demographic and Clinical Correlates of the Results of these Tests

It has become increasingly apparent that schizophrenic patients can suffer from many cognitive deficits (Hemsley, 1982). These include a decline in IQ (Nelson et al, 1990), loss of concentration (Garmezy, 1978), and various ‘executive’ difficulties similar to those observed in patients with frontal lobe lesions (Morice, 1990). The availability of a large, population-based sample of schizophrenic patients in the Harrow study provided the opportunity to examine the prevalence of these impairments and to relate them to the signs and symptoms of the disorder.
Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Extension Service, A Case Study of Nubaria's Farmers, Egypt

Aims: This study aimed to depict the current Extension Services (ES) in the new lands as perceived by farmers, also, identify farmers' Willing to Pay (WTP) for the ES. Study Design: A descriptive design was implemented. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Albustan district, Nubaria region in North West of the Delta of Egypt from July to December 2018. Methodology: A convenient sample of 147 respondents were selected of a proportion of 20 % in three villages. The sampling frame included all farmers regardless of their cropping pattern or farm size including beneficiaries and graduate youths. An interview questionnaire was developed to cover 1) socioeconomic characteristics, 2) current ES, 3) farmers WTP for ES and their terms. Frequency, percentage, average, and range utilized for description purposes, while logistic regression was applied to outline the significant covariates of farmers' WTP. Results: Findings denote a high level of homogeneity regarding the socioeconomic characteristics, horticulture is the most common pattern (82%). The majority of the respondents (81%) noted that they haven't access to a convenient public ES, and near to half (45%) demanded paid ES. Theyindicated a high level of trust in public providers e.g. universities (67%) and public extension (58%), nonetheless, they noted input suppliers (73%) and agriculture experts (66%) as the most frequent seeking providers. Respondents terms for paid ES was focused on four topics i.e. pricing policy, quality, accountability, and other services to be included with ES. With a preference for providing both knowledge and inputs (40%), fixed price (58%) in cash (56%). Logistic regression showed exposure to the extension activities is significantly associated with farmers' WTP, while late payment for inputs at the end of the season is significantly negative. Conclusion: Farmers' WTP may contribute to outsourcing and improving ES.
CD40 ligand--assessing risk instead of damage?

Platelet activation is central to the formation of thrombus, which precipitates most unstable coronary syndromes. The angiographic severity of coronary stenoses may not predict the occurrence of acute cardiac events, since rupture of atheromatous plaque and subsequent thrombosis in slightly stenosed vessels may underlie many myocardial infarctions. Normally, the intact endothelium prevents platelet activation, but intimal injury associated with endothelial denudation and plaque rupture exposes subendothelial collagen and von Willebrand factor, supporting prompt platelet adhesion and activation. Local platelet activation then promotes the recruitment of platelets and the formation of thrombus. The importance of platelet-dependent thrombosis has made activated platelets .
Alveolar Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Role of the Type III Secretion System

ABSTRACT The type III secretion system (TTSS) is a specialized cytotoxin-translocating apparatus of gram-negative bacteria which is involved in lung injury, septic shock, and a poor patient outcome. Recent studies have attributed these effects mainly to the ExoU effector protein. However, few studies have focused on the ExoU-independent pathogenicity of the TTSS. For the present study, we compared the pathogenicities of two strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine model of acute lung injury. We compared the CHA strain, which has a functional TTSS producing ExoS and ExoT but not ExoU, to an isogenic mutant with an inactivated exsA gene, CHA-D1, which does not express the TTSS at all. Rats challenged with CHA had significantly increased lung injury, as assessed by the wet/dry weight ratio for the lungs and the protein level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) at 12 h, compared to those challenged with CHA-D1. Consistent with these findings, the CHA strain was associated with increased in vitro cytotoxicity on A549 cells, as assessed by the release of lactate dehydrogenase. CHA was also associated at 12 h with a major decrease in polymorphonuclear neutrophils in BALF, with a proinflammatory response, as assessed by the amounts of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1β, and with decreased bacterial clearance from the lungs, ultimately leading to an increased mortality rate. These results demonstrate that the TTSS has a major role in P. aeruginosa pathogenicity independent of the role of ExoU. This report underscores the crucial roles of ExoS and ExoT or other TTSS-related virulence factors in addition to ExoU.
Clinical Data Miner. Towards More Efficient Clinical Study Support (Clinical Data Miner. Naar een efficiëntere ondersteuning van klinische studies)

Early, accurate diagnosis of disease can dramatically improve prognosis. Clinical diagnostic model research attempts to optimize early diagnosis by designing diagnostic models based on variables obtained by the least invasive means. Diagnostic model research currently involves a complex, multidisciplinary workflow involving data collection by clinicians on the one hand, and data preprocessing and machine-learning by machine-learning experts on the other. Due to the traditional lack of integration between software packages used in this workflow, preparing data for analysis can require considerable manual effort. Following data extraction, data have to be inspected for conversion issues. The absence of information about a Case Report Form (CRF)’s structure in extracted data further requires manual guidance during preprocessing. As a result, data analysis is typically only performed once, after the data set reaches a certain predetermined size, based on rules of thumb or Monte Carlo simulations. This thesis presents the Clinical Data Miner (CDM) software framework, which integrates data collection, data preprocessing and machine-learning in a single platform. This integration eliminates the error-prone, time-consuming steps of preparing data for analysis, and enables the automation of preprocessing steps that rely on information about a CRF’s structure. The increased automation streamlines the diagnostic model research workflow. With its built-in functionality for generating learning curves, it furthermore provides study coordinators insight into how predictive performance evolves as patient set sizes grow. This allows them to make an informed decision about whether to continue or terminate data collection, thereby respectively avoiding both the creation of weakly performing models, as well as unnecessary data collection. Thus, as Electronic Data Capture (EDC) has done for patient data collection, the CDM software framework’s functionality should improve the efficiency of diagnostic model studies.