Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Destination Networks as a Tool for Minimizing the Risk and Improving the Performance of a Destination

Abstract The management of a tourist destination in the form of networks is considered to be one of the possible approaches to destination governance structures. The concept of destination governance is based on the cooperation between actors from the public and private sectors. It is known that public–private relationships built on trust, joint risk taking and based on informal structures have a positive impact on the level of growth at a tourist destination. The aim of this paper is to quantify to what extent each of the determinants of the DMO success participate in the total destination performance, and thus point out the factors of a potential risk. The main objective of this paper is the cooperation between the destination management organization (DMO), public sector and entrepreneurs providing tourism services. The data collection was achieved by conducting in-depth interviews and structured questionnaires. The analysed data identify the factors of successful mutual cooperation that are used as inputs for further modelling. The contribution of the paper lies in the application of the total quality management concept methodology to identify the share of each factor/determinant in the DMO performance.
Trends in the Sustainability Reporting in Italian LGOs: Better Stick or Carrot?

The role of public-sector organizations (PSOs) for promoting the agenda of sustainability 10 accounting and accountability is often not adequately considered [1]. In the public sector universe, 11 Local Governments are close to their communities and thus have a particularly important role to 12 play in the pursuit of sustainability goals [2,3]. Hence, further research is still needed to understand 13 if Local Governments Organizations (LGOs) are still using reporting tools to promote sustainable 14 development. The empirical data show that the Sustainability Report (SR) is not having the spread 15 assumed in the past years; over time, the great majority of Italian Municipalities does not continue 16 or embark on a path of sustainability reporting. The findings suggest the fashion of SR in Italy is 17 falling and it seems that the SR tool is a “mere trend reporting based on descriptive indicators leads 18 to decreasing interest from internal and external audiences” [4]. The carrot is unsuccessful; maybe 19 the mandatory requirements could be a stick? 20
The Effect of the Application of Different Rates of Herbicides on the Growth and Yield Component of Zea mays L

Doctoral Student, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology,Faculty of Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Professor, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Senior Lecturer, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Good Money Chasing Bad Money: Implications for MFIs Management and Governance in Ghana

Despite the conviction that microfinance is able to reduce poverty among low income groups, one challenge that still remains in the sector is high default rate. One of the major causes of this situation seems to be the involvement of management, staff and board in loan processing and approval. The current study seeks to explore the cost of retrieving bad loans as a result of taking court actions against clients. The study adopts the qualitative approach to analyze the data from selected MFIs in Ghana. The use of good money for chasing bad money is unprofitable for MFIs. At least MFIs spend about 10.7% of their good money to chase bad money. This has the effect of minimizing the value of shareholders’ wealth and as a consequence reduces profitability. In all the institutions interviewed, there is no code of ethics on loans for the board and management. Among the recommendations include the sale of outstanding debts to debt collection agencies (DCA) which is uncommon in Ghana at a fee less than cost of court actions. Board, staff and management are strongly encouraged to desist from the practice of influencing loan application and approval processes for friends and relations. There should be a high level of trust between board members and that board members should be ethical and have high level integrity.
Distorsión de la imagen corporal en madres hacia sus hijos con sobrepeso u obesidad

INTRODUCCIÓN En las últimas décadas se ha incrementado la obesidad en los países desarrollados y en desarrollo tanto en población adulta como a nivel de la población pediátrica. Actualmente, cerca de un tercio de los niños y adolescentes en Estados Unidos tienen sobrepeso u obesidad; adicionalmente la prevalencia de obesidad en niños y adolescentes aumentó dramáticamente entre 1976 a 1980 y del 2009 al 2010 de 6,5% a 8,0% en niños y de 5,0% a 18,4% en adolescentes (1) La alta prevalencia de obesidad en los niños chilenos constituye en la actualidad uno de los principales problemas de salud pública del país, alcanzando niveles semejantes a los encontrados en países desarrollados (2). Debido a esto, el Ministerio de Salud de Chile, estableció como meta para la década del 2010-2020 “Bajar en un 10% la prevalencia de obesidad de acuerdo al diagnóstico nutricional integrado en niños menores de 6 años; de 9,6% en 2010 a 8,6% el 2020”. A nivel de educación básica tanto en pre-kínder, kínder y primero básico aumentó la prevalencia de obesidad del 2013 respecto al 2012. En primero básico la prevalencia fue de Distorsión de la imagen corporal en madres hacia sus hijos con sobrepeso u obesidad
A Fatherless Child: Autobiographical Perspectives of African American Men

Professor Green, Associate Professor and Director of African American Studies at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, has carefully researched a work that expresses a feminist sensitivity to gender needs and for Pan African community. Her effort becomes an engaging testimony of a search for acceptance and healing among abandoned sons even more than an enlightening study of the aesthetic or critical concerns that set such stories into play. What makes her emphasis so suitable is the imperative that compelled her to answer a student query about why so many black male writers have been forsaken by their fathers. Perhaps a perceptive corollary would be, “How did such rejection inspire the sons to write and help to shape or even transform the timbre of their written voices? ” Many gendered implications about these texts have emerged since the publication of Stephen Butterfield’s Black Autobiography in America (Amherst, MA, 1974) and, more recently, David L. Dudley’s My Father’s Shadows: Intergenerational Conflict in African American Men’s Autobiography (Philadelphia, 1991). Indeed, in a symbolic way, Green redirects my own concern for the performance of the African American autobiographical self (Artistry of Memory, Lewiston, NY, 2008). In addition, she inquires into African American seminal texts (pun intended) and the psychosexual reading of the works as the social products of a deterministic history. To her, the private and public selves of the autobiographers—the estranged individual, yet the nurturing community— must be reconciled at first into the restorative processes of wholeness and healing. Subsequently, one must recognize the ritual of a son’s having become initiated into Western patriarchy, yet recognize his written form as the symbolic resistance to such indoctrination. Hence, his autobiographical form becomes his aesthetic therapy. Despite the impressive display of scholarly apparatus, Green really tells a social story. Her chosen autobiographies disclose a need for black male figures to connect in African American culture, especially when fathers are absent. Often pained by unexpressed loss, the male narrators repress feelings rather than confront them. While perceiving emotional needs as a form of vulnerability, they are compelled to revisit the literal or figurate sites of memory in order to “converse” with the father. It is a psychic opportunity for attaining catharsis for the hurt that has left the sons so scarred. Though Langston Hughes may provide more of the son’s perception in the first chapter, Richard Wright later portrays more of the father’s view. In both instances, the private narrative of one man becomes the public narrative of a race. In the third chapter, Malcolm X appears as a figure who declares independence from a father who has been an abusive husband and an itinerant Baptist preacher. Representing the archetypal sons who revisit Africa, Senator (and later President) Barack Obama tells the story of being reared by white grandparents after the desertion of a Kenyan father when the boy was only two years old. Reviews 97
Self-management and fear of hypoglycaemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

In children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, self-management of the condition inevitably begins through adherence to a prescribed regimen started at the time of diagnosis. Physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers remind them of their goal: aim for a target HbA 1c level of <7.5% (NICE, 2004). They are taught to monitor and regulate their diet, physical activity level and insulin dosage, and some learn to manage episodes of hyperand hypoglycaemia with minimal parental assistance. Although self-management of diabetes is challenging at all ages, adolescents in particular have been found to have difficulties in adhering to their regimens. Some studies have shown that diabetes management and glycaemic control actually declined as children progressed through adolescence (Anderson et al, 1990; Thomas et al, 1997; Hamilton and Daneman, 2002; Iannotti et al, 2006). The type of insulin regimen used may add to the complexities of type 1 diabetes self-management. The prevalence of insulin pump therapy (or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion [CSII]) and multiple daily injection (MDI) regimens have increased 10fold since being recommended by the DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial; DCCT Research Group, 1994). Although the Self-management and fear of hypoglycaemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Regularization, sparse recovery, and median-of-means tournaments

A regularized risk minimization procedure for regression function estimation is introduced that achieves near optimal accuracy and confidence under general conditions, including heavy-tailed predictor and response variables. The procedure is based on median-of-means tournaments, introduced by the authors in [8]. It is shown that the new procedure outperforms standard regularized empirical risk minimization procedures such as lasso or slope in heavy-tailed problems.
HERSCHEL/PACS SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF PROTOSTARS IN ORION: THE ORIGIN OF FAR-INFRARED CO EMISSION

We present far-infrared (57–196 μm) spectra of 21 protostars in the Orion molecular clouds. These were obtained with the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on board the Herschel Space observatory as part of the Herschel Orion Protostar Survey program. We analyzed the emission lines from rotational transitions of CO, involving rotational quantum numbers in the range Jup = 14–46, using PACS spectra extracted within a projected distance of ≲2000 AU centered on the protostar. The total luminosity of the CO lines observed with PACS (LCO) is found to increase with increasing protostellar luminosity (Lbol). However, no significant correlation is found between LCO and evolutionary indicators or envelope properties of the protostars such as bolometric temperature, Tbol, or envelope density. The CO rotational (excitation) temperature implied by the line ratios increases with increasing rotational quantum number J, and at least 3−4 rotational temperature components are required to fit the observed rotational diagram in the PACS wavelength range. The rotational temperature components are remarkably invariant between protostars and show no dependence on Lbol, Tbol, or envelope density, implying that if the emitting gas is in local thermodynamic equilibrium, the CO emission must arise in multiple temperature components that remain independent of Lbol over two orders of magnitudes. The observed CO emission can also be modeled as arising from a single-temperature gas component or from a medium with a power-law temperature distribution; both of these require sub-thermally excited molecular gas at low densities (n(H2) ≲ 106 cm−3) and high temperatures (T ≳ 2000 K). Our results suggest that the contribution from photodissociation regions, produced along the envelope cavity walls from UV-heating, is unlikely to be the dominant component of the CO emission observed with PACS. Instead, the “universality” of the rotational temperatures and the observed correlation between LCO and Lbol can most easily be explained if the observed CO emission originates in shock-heated, hot (T ≳ 2000 K), sub-thermally excited (n(H2) ≲ 106 cm−3) molecular gas. Post-shock gas at these densities is more likely to be found within the outflow cavities along the molecular outflow or along the cavity walls at radii ≳ several 100–1000 AU.
EXTRAGALACTIC DARK MATTER AND DIRECT DETECTION EXPERIMENTS

Recent astronomical data strongly suggest that a significant part of the dark matter content of the Local Group and Virgo Supercluster is not incorporated into the galaxy halos and forms diffuse components of these galaxy clusters. A portion of the particles from these components may penetrate the Milky Way and make an extragalactic contribution to the total dark matter containment of our Galaxy. We find that the particles of the diffuse component of the Local Group are apt to contribute ∼12% to the total dark matter density near Earth. The particles of the extragalactic dark matter stand out because of their high speed (∼600 km s−1), i.e., they are much faster than the galactic dark matter. In addition, their speed distribution is very narrow (∼20 km s−1). The particles have an isotropic velocity distribution (perhaps, in contrast to the galactic dark matter). The extragalactic dark matter should provide a significant contribution to the direct detection signal. If the detector is sensitive only to the fast particles (v > 450 km s−1), then the signal may even dominate. The density of other possible types of the extragalactic dark matter (for instance, of the diffuse component of the Virgo Supercluster) should be relatively small and comparable with the average dark matter density of the universe. However, these particles can generate anomaly high-energy collisions in direct dark matter detectors.
Influência da calagem na adsorção de fósforo em diferentes solos do estado do Ceará

1024x768 Amostras da camada aravel (0-20 cm) de quatro solos (Cambissolo, Argissolo, Neossolo e Latossolo), de diferentes regioes do Estado do Ceara, foram utilizadas no presente trabalho, com a finalidade de estudar a influencia do calcario sobre a adsorcao de fosforo. Inicialmente aplicou-se ao solo doses crescentes de calcario: 0,00; 0,05 e 0,10g de Calcario 50 g -1 solo. Em seguida, apos incubacao com calcario, aplicaram-se as doses de fosforo: 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 e 300 µg P g -1 de solo na forma de fosfato de potassio (KH 2 PO 4 ). O fosforo foi analisado posteriormente no sobrenadante para a determinacao da quantidade adsorvida. Os resultados do estudo mostraram que para todos os solos houve efeito do calcario na adsorcao do fosforo, que diminuiu significativamente em funcao das quantidades aplicadas de corretivo. O Latossolo apresentou os mais baixos valores de fosforo na solucao de equilibrio Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabela normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:. 0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
Phosphorus in soil treatment systems : 4 accumulation and mobility 5

17 Septic tanks with subsequent soil treatment systems (STS) are a common treatment technique 18 for domestic wastewater in rural areas. Phosphorus (P) leakage from such systems may pose a 19 risk to water quality (especially if they are located relatively close to surface waters). In this 20 study, six STS in Sweden (11 to 28 years old) were examined. Samples taken from the 21 unsaturated subsoil beneath the distribution pipes were investigated by means of batch and 22 column experiments, and accumulated phosphorus were characterized through X-ray 23 absorption near edge structure (XANES) analysis. At all sites the wastewater had clearly 24 influenced the soil. This was observed through decreased pH, increased amounts of oxalate 25 extractable metals and at some sites altered P sorption properties. The amount of accumulated 26 P in the STS were found to be between 0.32 and 0.87 kg m, which in most cases was just a 27 fraction of the estimated P load (< 30%). Column studies revealed that high P concentrations 28 (up to 6 mg L) were leached from the material when deionized water was applied. However, 29 the response to deionized water varied between the sites. As evidenced by XANES analysis, 30 aluminium phosphates or P adsorbed to aluminium (hydr)oxides, as well as organically bound 31 P, were important sinks for P. Generally soils with a high content of oxalate-extractable Al 32 were also less vulnerable to P leakage. 33
Categorization, analysis, and visualization of computer-mediated communication and electronic markets

Computer mediated communication (CMC) and electronic markets have seen tremendous growth due to the fast propagation of the internet. In spite of the numerous benefits of electronic communication, it is not without its pitfalls. Two characteristics of computer mediated communication have proven to be particularly problematic: online anonymity and the enormity of data present in cyber communities. This dissertation follows the design science research paradigm in MIS, by addressing issues pertaining to the design and development of an important IT artifact capable of alleviating the two aforementioned CMC concerns. We present 8 essays related to the creation of CMC systems that can provide improved text analysis capabilities by incorporating a richer set of textual information types. Using Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory (SFLT) as a kernel theory, emphasis is placed on developing techniques for analyzing textual and ideational information. A rich set of features are used to represent textual (e.g., style, genres, social cues etc.) and ideational (topics, sentiments, affects, etc.) information. The research revolves around a core set of algorithms utilized for feature selection, categorization, analysis, and visualization of CMC text. The dissertation is arranged in three parts. The first two parts attempt to develop a set of features and techniques that can effectively represent textual and ideational information. In Chapters 2-5, we leverage information types related to the textual meta-function of SFLT for enhanced identity and institutional trust. Experiments are conducted on various CMC modes prevalent in organizational settings, including email, instant messaging, forums, program code, and websites. Chapters 6-8 consider two important information types associated with the ideational meta-function of SFLT: opinions and emotions. We assess the ability to gauge consumer sentiments and affects using machine learning techniques on various CMC modes, including product review and social discussion forums. The third part relates to the design, development, and evaluation of a visualization system that can analyze the presence of the aforementioned information types in text-based CMC archives (Chapter 9). We propose a design framework for CMC text analysis systems that is grounded in SFLT. The CyberGate system is developed as an instantiation of the design framework.
NLTT 41135: A FIELD M DWARF + BROWN DWARF ECLIPSING BINARY IN A TRIPLE SYSTEM, DISCOVERED BY THE MEARTH OBSERVATORY

We report the discovery of an eclipsing companion to NLTT 41135, a nearby M5 dwarf that was already known to have a wider, slightly more massive common proper motion companion, NLTT 41136, at 2. ″4 separation. Analysis of combined-light and RV curves of the system indicates that NLTT 41135B is a (31–34) ± 3MJup brown dwarf (where the range depends on the unknown metallicity of the host star) on a circular orbit. The visual M dwarf pair appears to be physically bound, so the system forms a hierarchical triple, with masses approximately in the ratio 8:6:1. The eclipses are grazing, preventing an unambiguous measurement of the secondary radius, but follow-up observations of the secondary eclipse (e.g., with the James Webb Space Telescope) could permit measurements of the surface brightness ratio between the two objects, and thus place constraints on models of brown dwarfs.
Predicting Arousal and Valence from Waveforms and Spectrograms Using Deep Neural Networks

Automatic recognition of spontaneous emotion in conversational speech is an important yet challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a deep neural network model to track continuous emotion changes in the arousal-valence two-dimensional space by combining inputs from raw waveform signals and spectrograms, both of which have been shown to be useful in the emotion recognition task. The neural network architecture contains a set of convolutional neural network (CNN) layers and bidirectional long short-term memory (BLSTM) layers to account for both temporal and spectral variation and model contextual content. Experimental results of predicting valence and arousal on the SEMAINE database and the RECOLA database show that the proposed model signiﬁcantly outperforms model using hand-engineered features, by exploiting waveforms and spectrograms as input. We also compare the effects of wave-forms vs. spectrograms and ﬁnd that waveforms are better at capturing arousal, while spectrograms are better at capturing valence. Moreover, combining information from both inputs provides further improvement to the performance.
Trust via Common Languages

To prove the authenticity of a node X to a node Y that does not know X , the conventional approach is to use X’s knowledge of some certified identity I. The use of knowledge at Y is eschewed, or used only to model adversarial strategies, as opposed to improve the security properties of authentication protocols. In this thesis, we consider using the knowledge at Y along with the knowledge at X to provide an alternative basis of trust; instead of X proving identifying knowledge to Y , both X and Y use their knowledge to prove knowledge commonalities, i.e., that their knowledge is related, which serves as a basis of trust between them. Our approach to establishing trust between X and Y allows us to forgo the use of certified identities. We define relations between the knowledge of X and Y on common values, thereby constituting a common language L of both. Interaction between X and Y on input I yields a proof of membership of I in L allowing X and Y to trust each other on the basis of their related knowledge. To this end, it suffices to design the common language and its corresponding relation to be used as a basis of authentication instead of certified identities. Thus, while authentication has usually been at odds with privacy and anonymity, using proofs on common languages makes it possible to achieve authentication that is privacy and anonymity preserving.