Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS' MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AND SUCCESS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

This study investigated the relationship between students’ gender and intelligence types, the relationship between particular intelligence types and students’ success in grammar, and writing in English as a foreign language. 140 students from Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon ranch, Iran, participated in the study, and they were selected randomly. They were all asked to fill the Multiple Intelligences Inventory for Adults. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test analysis, correlation analysis and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. Results revealed differences between gender and the intelligence types of the participants were not statistically significance except the difference between gender and linguistic intelligence which was positive. The relationships between successes in students’ test scores in grammar and bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, and intrapersonal intelligences were negative but statistically significance whereas the relationship between musical intelligence and writing was significant and positive.
Exhumation history along the eastern Amundsen Sea coast, West Antarctica, revealed by low‐temperature thermochronology

West Antarctica experienced a complex tectonic history, which is still poorly documented, in part due to extensive ice cover. Here we reconstruct the Cretaceous to present thermotectonic history of Pine Island Bay area and its adjacent coasts, based on a combination of apatite and zircon fission track and apatite (U‐Th‐Sm)/He thermochronology. In addition, we report petrographic information for the catchments of Pine Island, Thurston Island, and Thwaites glaciers. Our data suggest that the underlying bedrock of the Pine Island and Thwaites Glacier catchments are very different and vary from granitoids to (Cenozoic? ) volcanogenic sequences and low‐grade metamorphics. Our thermochronology data show that the upper crustal rocks of Pine Island Bay experienced very rapid cooling during the late Cretaceous. We attribute this rapid cooling of basement rocks and associated reduction in mean elevation to tectonic denudation driven by gravitational collapse of the Cretaceous orogen along the proto‐Pacific Gondwana margin. Rapid Cretaceous crustal cooling was followed by very slow cooling during the Cenozoic, with no erosional response—within the limits of thermochronological methods—to the onset of glaciation and subsequent climatic changes. Cenozoic rifting within the West Antarctic Rift appears to have had little effect on erosion processes around Pine Island Bay; instead, our data suggest Cenozoic crustal tilting toward Pine Island Trough, a major geomorphic feature previously suggested to be a branch of the rift system.
VASODILATION EFFECT OF OLEANOLIC ACID AND APIGENIN AS A METABOLITE COMPOUND OF ANREDERA CORDIFOLIA (TEN) V. STEENIS ON ISOLATED RABBIT AORTIC AND FROG HEART

Apigenin and oleanolic acid are secondary metabolite of Anredera cordifolia (Ten) V.Steenis . The plants are also recognized to have antihypertensive activities. Vasodilation is a major factor of cardiovascular function. The aim of the study is to determine the vasodilation and the mechanism of action of oleanolic acid and apigenin. The aortic rings were placed in an organ bath and precontracted with n orephineprine (2.9 x 10 - 3 mM), methyl ene blue followed by norephineprine (2.9 x 10 - 3 mM) and potassium chloride (40µM) for apart before addition of oleanolic acid (0.5µg/ml) and apigenin (0.05µg/ml). Anesthetized frog that exposed the heart was placed in an organ bath and precontracted with n orephineprine (2.9 x 10 - 3 mM) before addition of oleanolic acid (0.5µg/ml) and apigenin (0.05µg/ml). The vasodilation response in isolated rabbit aortic was evaluated through time duration to reach 100% relaxation and decreased of the heartbeat of the frog heart. Oleanolic acid (0.5µg/ml) produced significant vasodilation of the norephineprine pre - contracted rabbit aortic rings (p<0.05) but not with methylene blue followed with norephineprine. In addition, oleanolic acid not produced vasodilation with pre - c ontracted of potassium chloride. Moreover, oleanolic acid exhibited vasodilation of frog heart. While, for the apigenin (0.05µg/ml), it was produced vasodilation effect of the norephineprine, methylene blue followed by norephineprine an d potassium chlorid e pre - contracted rabbit aortic rings (p<0.05). Moreover, apigenin exhibited vasodilation of frog heart . In conclusion , oleanolic acid exhibited vasodilation through facilitating of nitric oxide (NO) and β 1 - adrenoreceptor inhibition. Whereas, the apigenin exhibited vasodilation effect through facilitating inhibition of calcium channel and β 1 - adrenoreceptor inhibition.
Horizontal or vertical magnetic fields on the quiet Sun - Angular distributions and their height variations

Different analyses of identical Hinode SOT/SP data of quiet-Sun magnetic fields have in the past led to contradictory answers to the question of whether the angular distribution of field vectors is preferentially horizontal or vertical. These answers have been obtained by combining the measured circular and linear polarizations in different ways to derive the field inclinations. A problem with these combinations is that the circular and linear polarizations scale with field strength in profoundly different ways. Here, we avoid these problems by using an entirely different approach that is based exclusively on the fundamental symmetry properties of the transverse Zeeman effect for observations away from the disk center without any dependence on the circular polarization. Systematic errors are suppressed by the application of a doubly differential technique with the 5247‐5250 A line pair for observations with the ZIMPOL-2 imaging polarimeter on the French THEMIS telescope on Tenerife. For the weakest, intranetwork-type magnetic fields, the angular distribution changes sign with the center-to-limb distance, being preferentially horizontal limbwards of μ (cosine of the heliocentric angle) = 0.2, while favoring the vertical direction inside this disk position. Since decreasing μ corresponds to increasing height of line formation, this finding implies that the intranetwork fields are more peaked around the vertical direction in the low to middle photosphere, while they are more horizontal in the upper photosphere. The angular distribution is however also found to become more vertical with increasing flux density. Thus, all facular points that we have observed have a strong preference for the vertical direction for all disk positions, including those all the way to the extreme limb. In terms of spatial averages weighted by the intrinsic magnetic energy density, these results are independent of telescope resolution.
Formation of Polysulfides in an Oxygen Rich Freshwater Lake and Their Role in the Production of Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Aquatic Systems

We present the first observations on the occurrence of inorganic polysulfides in an oxygen rich aquatic system. Inorganic polysulfides were found both in the hypolimnion and the epilimnion of a freshwater lakeLake Kinneret. The presence of these compounds in oxic systems resolves the enigma concerning the mechanism of formation of dimethyl disulfide, dimethyltrisulfide, and dimethyltetrasulfide in oxygen rich aquatic systems and marine water. The abundance of low molecular weight organic and inorganic polysulfides relative to the a priori postulated dominance of the pentasulfide family is explained by the low level of polysulfides in oxygen-rich aquatic systems. Thermodynamic calculations show that for trace levels of reduced sulfur compounds, dimethyl disulfide becomes the dominant polysulfide form.
Forecasting with a DSGE Model of the term Structure of Interest Rates: The Role of the Feedback

This paper studies the forecasting performance of the general equilibrium model of bond yields of Marzo, Soderstrom and Zagaglia (2008), where long-term interest rates are an integral part of the monetary transmission mechanism. The model is estimated with Bayesian methods on Euro area data. I investigate the out-of-sample predictive performance across different model specifications, including that of De Graeve, Emiris and Wouters (2009). The accuracy of point forecasts is evaluated through both univariate and multivariate accuracy measures. I show that taking into account the impact of the term structure of interest rates on the macroeconomy generates superior out-of-sample forecasts for both real variables, such as output, and inflation, and for bond yields.
FOLIAR ANATOMY OF CYNOGLOSSUM L. (BORAGINACEAE) FROM NORTH ANATOLIA, TURKEY

Bracts, basal and cauline leaves of North Anatolian representatives of Cynoglossum , viz., C. creticum Miller, C. officinale L. , C. montanum L. and C. glochidiatum Wall. were investigated anatomically. Foliar thickness, trichome length and types, stomata types, stomata index, the presence of collenchyma and sclerenchyma were found to be important for delimitation of Cynoglossum species. All examined species have isobilateral leaf. Stomata were anisocytic and anomocytic. All the studied species had trichomes. Simple long and short trichomes were seen in leaves of C. creticum. Long and short trichomes with cystoliths at the base were seen in all leaves of C. montanum. Unicellular and multicellular unbranched trichomes and glandular trichomes were found in leaves of C. officinale. Short and adpressed trichomes were seen in leaves of C. glochidiatum. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjpt.v19i2. 13123 Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 19 (2): 101-108, 2012 (December)
Preparation of Low-Phenylalanine Macro Peptides and Estimation of its Phenylalanine Content by Fluorometric Technique

The aims of the study were to prepare macro peptides low in phenylalanine (Phe) from non-conventional raw materials, and to demonstrate the feasibility of using the fluorometric technique to measure the diminution of their Phe content. Aqueous solution of flours of legumes, and amaranth panicles were used to elaborate the concentrates by using isoelectric precipitation. These protein concentrates, and a whey solution were incubated with proteolytic enzymes to hydrolyze the peptide link at the aromatic amino acids, and then these macro peptides were filtrated through activated charcoal, in order to reduce its phenylalanine concentration. The Phe concentration, of the each prepared macro peptides, was analyzed by using fluorometric technique, and it was later validated by using HPLC. The crude protein contents in the concentrates have varied from 90% in the protein isolate from lentils, 76% in those from the frijol white, and 44% in those from amaranth panicles. Protein concentrates, and whey were hydrolyzed by using the following enzymes: pepsin from the pig gastric mucosa, protease from Aspergillus oryzae , and protease type XIV from Streptomyces griseus . It was determined that the enzymes with the better hydrolysis capacity, were the proteases from S. griseus and A. oryzae . The macro peptides with non-linked phe were filtered through activated charcoal. Reductions of Phe of up to 99% in the second and third filtrate were observed and this reduction was corroborated by using HPLC technique. It was also established the higher sensitivity of the fluorometric method to detect Phe, than the HPLC technique.
Contractual Incompleteness, Unemployment, and Labour Market Segmentation

This article provides evidence that involuntary unemployment, and the segmentation of labour markets into firms offering "good" and "bad" jobs, may both arise as a consequence of contractual incompleteness. We provide a simple model that illustrates how unemployment and market segmentation may jointly emerge as part of a market equilibrium in environments where work effort is not third-party verifiable. Using experimental labour markets that differ only in the verifiability of effort, we demonstrate empirically that contractual incompleteness can cause unemployment and segmentation. Our data are also consistent with the key channels through which the model explains the emergence of both phenomena. Copyright 2014, Oxford University Press.
A three-wave study of job resources, self-efficacy, and work engagement among Italian schoolteachers

By utilizing a three-wave longitudinal design, the present study tested the motivational process of the Job Demands-Resources model among Italian schoolteachers (N = 104). Specifically, it aims to test how job resources, self-efficacy and work engagement are related over time. Results of structural equation modelling analysis showed that the model with reciprocal relationships between resources and work engagement exhibited the best fit with the data. Job resources and self-efficacy had a short- (4 months) and longer term (8 months) lagged effect on work engagement, but the reverse pattern was true as well: Work engagement had a short- and long-term lagged effect on job resources and self-efficacy. These findings suggest that is important to think in terms of reciprocity: Resourceful environments and self-efficacy beliefs mean engaged teachers, and vice versa.
Page 1 of 47 Predicting job satisfaction for domiciliary care assistants: the effects of emotional dissonance, emotional exhaustion, empathy, and emotional intelligence

Consistent with a modern research orientation toward emotions in the workplace and how they impact job satisfaction, the present study sought to expand extant literature to consider four predictors’ individual and unique impact on job satisfaction. It was anticipated that emotional dissonance (ED), emotional exhaustion (EE), empathy, and emotional intelligence (EI) would predict job satisfaction within a significant multiple regression model. The current study also aimed to fill a gap in the literature whereby the occupational group included in this study is currently under-researched. Participants were forty-two ‘Domiciliary Care Assistants’ from a medium-sized domiciliary care agency (40 females & 2 males, mean age = 36, SD = 12.99). All participants completed five questionnaires, which measured the criterion and four predictor variables. The regression model was shown to be significant with predictor variables in the model collectively and one variable individually (emotional exhaustion) able to predict job satisfaction, accounting for 23% variance. The current findings broadly draws together a small body of international research which has highlighted the significance of each of these specific predictors individually associated with job satisfaction into an innovative model. Overall, these results demonstrate pertinent cause to continue researching within this occupational group. Limitations of the current study and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Assessment of changes in the state of the rangelands of Inner Mongolia, China between 1998 and 2007 using remotely sensed data

The spatial annual patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and precipitation-use efficiency (PUE) of the rangelands of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, a region in which several projects for ecosystem restoration had been implemented, are described for the years 1998–2007. Remotely sensed normalised difference vegetation index and ANPP data, measured in situ, were integrated to allow the prediction of ANPP and PUE in each 1 km2 of the 12 prefectures of Inner Mongolia. Furthermore, the temporal dynamics of PUE and ANPP residuals, as indicators of ecosystem deterioration and recovery, were investigated for the region and each prefecture. In general, both ANPP and PUE were positively correlated with mean annual precipitation, i.e. ANPP and PUE were higher in wet regions than in arid regions. Both PUE and ANPP residuals indicated that the state of the rangelands of the region were generally improving during the period of 2000–05, but declined by 2007 to that found in 1999. Among the four main grassland-dominated prefectures, the recovery in the state of the grasslands in the Erdos and Chifeng prefectures was highest, and Xilin Gol and Chifeng prefectures was 2 years earlier than Erdos and Hunlu Buir prefectures. The study demonstrated that the use of PUE or ANPP residuals has some limitations and it is proposed that both indices should be used together with relatively long-term datasets in order to maximise the reliability of the assessments.
Influence of dietary soy isoflavones on immature hamster uterotrophic and Hershberger assays

Abstract To select appropriate diet for hamsters used in the uterotrophic and Hershberger assays two rodent diets were compared: Murigran (Agropol, Poland) and Altromin 7010 (Altromin Spezialfutter GmbH&Co., Germany). The contents of bioactive compounds in feeds were evaluated by liquid chromatography, and their oestrogenic activity by yeast enhanced green fluorescent protein assay. In opposition to Altromin, Murigran contained high amounts (μg/kg) of genistein (765 600) and daidzein (132 000), and the oestrogenic activity of these compounds, expressed as 17β-oestradiol equivalent concentration (EEQ), was found to be 9.54 μg EEQ/kg. In in vivo study, Murigran induced a high degree of oestrogenisation in immature hamsters, and females failed to exhibit a normal uterine response to recommended dose of a model oestrogen agonist 17α-ethinyloestradiol. There was no influence of the diet on the weight of five accessory sex organs (ASO): ventral prostate, seminal vesicles with coagulating glands, levator ani bulbocavernosus muscles, Cowper`s glands, and glans penis of control males. However, the impact on ASO response to model androgen agonist, testosterone propionate was observed. The obtained results provide the evidence that phytooestrogen-rich feed modulates the oestrogenic and androgenic response to chemicals.
Measurement Equivalence of the South African Psychological Ownership Questionnaire for Diverse South African Cultural Groups

This study determined the measurement equivalence of the South African Psychological Ownership Questionnaire (SAPOS) for black and white South African employees. Participants were a non-probability sample of 645 professional level employees from both the private and the public sector (59.4% were females, 35.2% were black and 52% were over the age of 40. Over 90% of the participants have college education qualifications and nearly 41.7% had been working in their current organisations for a period of less than 5 years). Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were used to analyse the data. The results indicated that factor variances appeared to be equal for the two groups although differences existed in factor loadings and covariances.
The Biological Effects of Novel Synthetic Retinoids

Naturally occurring Retinoids are known to play a role in many developmental processes in the early embryo as well as being a potent tool for in vitro differentiation of stem cells. The exogenous application of these naturally occurring retinoids as well as some of their synthetic analogs has been shown to yield digit duplication phenotypes and facial phenotypes in the model system of chick. It is not however always appreciated that these naturally occurring retinoids are highly susceptible to isomerisation and that these isomers have different biological activity. Due to this EC23 and EC19, synthetic analogs of these retinoids which are not able to be isomerised, have been synthesized. These two compounds until now have not been tested in vivo. We showed that both EC23 and EC19 are able to yield retinoid phenotypes in the model system of chick. We also showed that EC23 is far more toxic than EC19 or ATRA, while being far more able to create retinoid limb phenotypes at lower concentrations. EC19 in this investigation is shown to produce very few retinoid limb phenotypes in comparison, but is able to yield a far higher frequency of retinoid facial phenotypes. In conclusion this investigation shows the ability of EC23 to emulate known ATRA limb phenotypes at much lower concentrations. EC19 is shown to yield less limb phenotypes possibly due to its similarities in structure to 13-cis RA, EC19 is also shown to yield facial phenotypes more frequently than EC23 or ATRA.
The use of information from the environment in the strategic decision-making process of Brazilian and American business owners of small business

This study aims to understand the practices of Brazilian and American small and medium enterprises with regard to the use of environmental information in the strategic decision-making process. Some aspects were studied in depth: description of the activities performed by these business owners regarding the environmental information and analysis of the differences and similarities between the practices of business owners in the two countries. The research is of an exploratory nature, with a qualitative approach that used the mapping of experiences as a method. The results suggest that both Brazilians and Americans sought to use information from the environment as an aid in the process of strategic decision-making. Some differences were noticed between Brazilian and American practices: the use of intuition, the sharing with family members and the dissemination of environmental information among team members. This study may contribute to the competitiveness of smaller companies in Brazil, which are still susceptible to a high mortality rate. Keywords: environmental information, strategic decision, small and medium enterprises, Brazilian and Americans business owners.
Impedance Dependency on Planar Broadband Dipole Dimensions: an Examination with Antenna Equivalent Circuits

The present paper considers the connection between complex input impedance and the physical dimensions for planar ultra wideband (UWB) antennas. The flrst time the efiect of both the actual radiator width and length for impedance behaviour is comprehensively presented. Also the efiect of feed point dimensions on complex impedance is studied. The investigations involve both UWB single-resonant dipoles to cover bandwidth ‚ 500MHz and a multi-resonant dipole for the entire Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) frequency band of 3.1{10.6GHz. Lumped-element equivalent circuits are used identically with 3D antenna simulations in order to observe the corresponding impedance behaviour with the studied antennas. The used equivalent circuits consisting of series- and parallel-resonant stages are widely accepted in the open literature. The series-resonant circuit of equivalent is observed to have the analogue to the antenna feeding area. The physical dipole dimensions in terms of a length and width are connected to parallel-resonant part, which mainly determines the antenna input impedance. The resistance of a parallel-resonant stage behaves as the maximum value of real part of dipole impedance with an in∞uence on bandwidth together with the ratio of parallel capacitance C and inductance L. The increase of the antenna physical width has an efiect on bandwidth, because of the wider the antenna, the higher the capacitance in the antenna feed. Since the traditional dipoles are used for these studies, the results can be extended in several ways for other antenna types or, for instance, to verify the efiect of body tissue, close to a wearable antenna.