Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The moderating effect of culture on the construct factor of perceived risk towards online shopping behaviour

Abstract Recently, advances in Internet communication have changed the performance of business and interactions between producers and consumers. Various endeavours have been made by Malaysian Government to equip the society with electronic gadgets to facilitate Internet commerce or e-marketing. Paying attention to the factors affecting online shopping attitude is of paramount importance for marketers to develop their marketing strategies and improve sales. This research examines the factors affecting students’ online shopping attitude in universities around Klang Valley area in Malaysia. The study has shown that collectivism/individualism to be at individual level. Past research revealed that the most widely utilized approach in cultural consumer behaviour seems to be the individualism/collectivism. This study examines the moderating effect of collectivism/individualism as a dimension of culture on the relationship between attitude and other factors such as; perceived risk, privacy, security and subjective norms. These results revealed that significant moderation effects with regards to the association of subjective norm and attitude, perceived risk and other factor were significantly correlated with the attitude towards online shopping while perceived risk was observed to be negatively significant on attitude. Accordingly, the findings of the study suggested that online retailers are required to consider the online shopping to enhance their success in retailing business via Internet.
An Empirical Analysis of China's Dualistic Economic Development: 1965–2009*

We analyze China's rapid economic development in the context of the dualistic development theory. Over the period 1965–2009, we find that China's economic growth is mainly attributable to the development of the non-agricultural (industrial and service) sector, driven by rapid labor migration and capital accumulation. We find that the sectoral reallocation of labor plays a significant role in promoting China's economic growth. Further, we find that the marginal productivity of agricultural labor stopped stagnating in 1978, which indicates that China entered quickly into phase two of economic development with the initiation of market reforms. Moreover, by 2009, the marginal productivity of labor has likely exceeded the institutional wage, as defined by the initially low average labor productivity, indicating that China may be now in the process of entering phase three of economic development.
Riesz transform on graphs under subgaussian estimates

Let Γ be a doubling graph satisfying some pointwise subgaussian estimates of the Markov kernel. We introduce a space $H^1(\Gamma)$ of functions and a space $H^1(T_\Gamma)$ of 1-forms and give various characterizations of them. We prove the $H^1$-boundedness of the Riesz transform, from which we deduce the $L^p$ boundedness of the Riesz transform for any $p\in (1,2)$. Note that in [1, Theorem 1.40], we showed a $H^1_w$-boundedness of the Riesz transform under weaker assumptions, but the $L^p$ boundedness was not established. [1] J. Feneuil, Hardy and BMO spaces on graphs, application to Riesz transform, 2014, preprint hal-01074559.
Fluoronyböite from Jianchang (Su-Lu, China) and nyböite from Nybö (nordfjord, norway): a petrological and crystal-chemical comparison of these two high-pressure amphiboles

Abstract Fluoronyböite, ideally NaNa2(Al2Mg3)(Si7Al)O22F2, has been found in the Jianchang eclogite pod, Su-Lu coesite-eclogite province, China. It has been approved as a new mineral by the IMA. Single-crystal structure refinement and electron microprobe analysis were used for characterization: C2/m, with a = 9.666(4), b = 17.799(6), c = 5.311(2) Å, β = 104.10(3)º, V = 886.2(8)Å 3, Z = 2, formula: A(Na0.78K0.06)Ʃ0. 84B(Na1.53Ca0.47)Ʃ 2.00C(Fe2+0.89Mg2.55Mn0.01Zn0.01Fe3+ 0.32Al1.21Ti0.01)Ʃ5. 00T(Si7.14Al0.86)Ʃ8. 00O22X(OH0.84F1.16)Ʃ2. 00. Fluoronyböite formed during UHPM conditions, and is preserved in the retrograded kyanite-bearing eclogite sample DJ102 together with clinopyroxene (Jd70Ae20Di10), garnet (Alm60Prp21Grs17Sps02), and rutile. Lower-pressure minerals are also present (fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite, apatite, paragonite), and symplectitic rims were also developed around clinopyroxene crystals. Cation ordering and the structural and physical properties of fluoronyböite are reported and discussed with reference to those of F-free nyböite from the type locality at Nybö in Norway, for which some as yet unpublished mineral data are also reported. Relations between composition and petrogenetic conditions of these rare highpressure amphiboles are discussed.
Using economic values to evaluate management options for fish biodiversity in the Sikakap Strait, Indonesia

Rizal A, Dewanti LP. 2017. Using economic values to evaluate management options for fish biodiversity in the Sikakap Strait, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 575-581. The unavailability of total economic values of fish biodiversity in Sikakap Strait, Mentawai District of West Sumatra, Indonesia both in the short and long term, has created the rejection of their existences in the coastal area. The purpose of this study was to estimate the total economic value of fish biodiversity in Sikakap Strait, West Sumatra using total economic value concepts. The fish biodiversityâ€™s total economic value is expressed by estimating the use value, indirect use value and non-use value. The study used benefit transfer and survey methods using secondary data to estimate the total economic value of fish biodiversity. The total economic value of the fish biodiversity of USD 745,602 per year was calculated by summing the direct use value (USD 4,262,884 per year), indirect use value (USD 24,560 per year), and non-use value (USD 575 per year). The research hypothesis that the fish biodiversityâ€™s sustainable resource management has economic value is supported. These values help to make decisions about allocating resources between competing uses.
Children's Understanding of Unfamiliar Idioms: A Case for the Spatial Foundations of the Conceptual System

In the present study we look into Serbian seven-year-olds’ understanding of literally translated English idioms in order to determine whether inherent visuo-spatial information facilitates the interpretation process. Drawing on our previous research involving adult respondents (Antovic and Stamenkovic 2012), the present report tests the degree to which the existence of lexicalized visual and spatial configurations in unknown idiomatic expressions aids their understanding with seven-year-olds. We have presented 125 Serbian children with 6 literally translated English idioms containing lexicalized visual and spatial configurations (e.g. ‘put the cat among the pigeons’) and 6 literally translated English idioms with no visual or spatial component (e.g. ‘have a sweet tooth’). For each idiom, the children respondents had the task of circling a letter beside one of the four given drawings which they thought best described the meaning of the idiom in question. The idioms were randomly selected among high-frequency expressions with no direct equivalents in Serbian, available in Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Idioms (1995), Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (1998) and Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (1999). The preliminary result suggests a considerably better understanding of idioms with visual and spatial configurations (59%), as compared with those having no visual or spatial component (38%). Along with our previous results with adults, this might provide some more support to theoretical claims presented by authors such as Jean Mandler - that there is a spatial foundation of the conceptual system.
Sleep spindles as an early biomarker of REM sleep disorder in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease cholinopathy

Rhythmic oscillations of neuronal populations, generated by different mechanisms, are present at several levels of the central nervous system and serve many important physiological or reflect pathological functions. Understanding the role of brain oscillations as possible biomarkers of brain function and plasticity is still a challenge, and despite extensive research, their role is still not well established. We recently demonstrated that the hallmarks of earlier aging onset during impaired thalamo-cortical cholinergic innervation (in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease cholinopathy) were consistently expressed, from 3 and one half to 5 and one half months of age, through increased electroencephalographic (EEG) sigma activity amplitude during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, as a unique aging induced REM sleep phenomenon. In addition, there was altered motor cortical drive during non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) and REM sleep. In order to explain this new aging-induced REM sleep phenomenon, we analyzed possible differences between control REM sleep spindle activity and REM sleep spindle activity at the onset of REM sleep “enriched“ with sigma activity (at 4 and one half months of age), following bilateral pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPT) cholinergic neuronal loss in the rat. We analzyed differences in spindle density, duration, and frequency. We demonstrated in young adult Wistar rats with the severely impaired PPT cholinergic innervation the alterations in sleep spindle dynamics and pattern during REM sleep in the motor cortex as the earliest biomarkers for the onset of their altered aging processes. Correspondence to: Jasna Saponjic, University of Belgrade, Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research – Sinisa Stankovic, Despot Stefan Blvd., 142,11060 Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: + 381 11 2078426; Fax: + 381 11 2761433; E-mail:jasnasap@ibiss.bg. ac.rs
A review of wave climate and prediction along the Spanish Mediterranean coast

Abstract. This paper reviews the characterization of wave storms along the Spanish/Catalan Mediterranean coast. It considers the "physical" and "statistical" description of wave parameters and how they are affected by the prevailing meteo patterns and the sharp gradients in orography and bathymetry. The available field data and numerically simulated wave fields are discussed from this perspective. The resulting limits in accuracy and predictability are illustrated with specific examples. This allows deriving some conclusions for both short-term operational predictions and a long-term climatic assessment.
Age Effect on Selected Biochemical Parameters of Ostriches Reared in Captive Condition in India

Received: 16/12/2015 Revised: 27/12/2015 Accepted: 29/12/2015 Abstract In this work the biochemical parameters in ostrich serum at different age groups in Indian climatic condition was assesse d. Serum was analyzed for parameters such as total protein, albumin, globulin, calcium, phosphorus, cholesterol, triglycerides and lipoprotein. The ser um calcium, phosphorus and low density lipoprotein (LDL) showed significan t variation at different ages. It is observed that age played a significant role in the serum calcium and phosphorus values and birds with low serum calc ium and phosphorus may be prone for limb related deformities.
Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis of Carex humilis on Mt. Giri by RAPD

The spatial distribution of alleles and geographical distances of a Carex humilis population on Mt. Giri in Korea were studied. A total of 102 DNA fragments (bands) were found among 107 plants. Among these 102 bands, 48 (47.1%) bands were polymorphic. In a simple variability of subpopulations by the percentage of polymorphic bands, distances I and V exhibited the lowest variation (16.7%). Distance Ⅷ showed the highest variation (22.6%). The total genetic diversity (H) was 0.076 across species. Class Ⅷ had the highest H (0.093), while class I had the lowest (0.063). Genetic similarity of individuals was found among subpopulations at up to a scale of 60 m distance, and this was partly due to a combination of alleles. Within the Mt. Giri population, a strong spatial structure was observed for RAPD markers, indicating a very low amount of migration among subpopulations and that the distribution of individual genotypes of a given population was clumped. The present study demonstrated that analysis of RAPD markers could be successfully used to study the spatial and genetic structures of C. humilis.
Earnings Management and Board Characteristics: Evidence from Malaysia

The Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance was introduced to improve the monitoring function of the board of directors, audit committee and the external audit. This study assesses the effectiveness of some board characteristics to monitor management behavior with respect to their incentives to manage earnings. We found discretionary accruals as a proxy for earnings management is negatively related to management ownership, but positively related to the existence of CEO-Chairman duality, after controlling for size, leverage and performance. The result shows multiple directorships factor is negatively related to earnings management proxy only in firms with negative unmanaged earnings. This implies multiple directorships factor is effective to detect earnings management practices to avoid losses. Examination of the data also shows that the ratio of independent board members is not significantly related to earnings management in firms with duality status. ABSTRAK Kod Tadbir Urus Korporat diperkenalkan di Malaysia untuk meningkatkan keberkesanan fungsi pemantauan lembaga pengarah, jawatankuasa audit dan audit luaran. Kajian ini menilai keberkesanan ciri tertentu lembaga pengarah dalam memantau kelakuan pihak pengurusan berhubung dengan insentif untuk mengurus perolehan. Kajian ini mendapati akruan boleh pilih (yang menjadi proksi kepada pengurusan perolehan) mempunyai hubungan yang negatif dengan pemilikan pengurusan, dan mempunyai hubungan yang positif dengan kewujudan ctto-Pengerusi berdwi-peranan, setelah mengawal faktor-faktor saiz; leveraj dan prestasi. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa faktor pengarah berbilang mempunyai hubungan yang negatif dengan proksi pengurusan perolehan tetapi hanya bagi syarikat yang mencatatkan perolehan tidak diurus yang negatif. Keadaan ini menggambarkan faktor pengarah berbilang adalah efektif bagi mengesan amalan pengurusan perolehan yang bertujuan untuk mengelak kerugian. Pemeriksaan ke atas data juga menunjukan nisbah ahli lembaga pengarah bebas tidak mempunyai hubungan dengan pengurusan perolehan dalam firma yang mempunyai CEO Pengerusi berdwi peranan.
Experimental culture of the river prawn Macrobrachium americanum larvae (Bate, 1868), with emphasis on feeding and stocking density effect on survival

El langostino de rio Macrobrachium americanum, ocurre a lo largo de la costa Pacifica de America. Este langostino puede alcanzar grandes tallas lo que lo convierte en una opcion interesante para la acuicultura. En la actualidad, el abastecimiento de juveniles a partir del cultivo de sus larvas en hatchery y en laboratorio son dificiles de criar. Este estudio evalua la supervivencia de las larvas con diferentes combinaciones de alimento y densidades de poblacion cultivadas en agua verde. A partir de estas combinaciones, las larvas alimentadas con nauplios de Artemia salina, mantenidas a una densidad de 50 larvas L-1, tuvieron la mayor supervivencia.
Voices from the Community: A Case for Reciprocity in Service-Learning

Few studies have directly examined how recipients of service view the service. This qualitative study presents the results of interviews and observations of nine community members who participated in a service-learning, language exchange program, Intercambio, in which Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants were paired with English-speaking university students to teach each other their native language and culture. The development and study of Intercambio was informed by Freire’s theory of critical consciousness and results supported his assumptions. Findings include: community members changing views of university students (i.e., from admiring them to seeing them as imperfect equals), changing views of themselves (i.e., from feeling helpless to finding a voice), as well as changing views of social issues (i.e., from impossible to solvable). Results favor a service-learning class format where community recipients can have expert roles (i.e., teach Spanish, too, rather than only being tutored), knowledge is assumed to be co-created and multi-directional, and ample time is devoted to dialogue about current social issues.
Emergent non-Hermitian contributions to the Ehrenfest and Hellmann-Feynman theorems

We point out that two of the most important theorems of Quantum Mechanics, the Ehrenfest theorem and the Hellmann-Feynman theorem, lack in their standard form important information: there are cases where non-Hermitian boundary contributions emerge. These contributions actually appear naturally, in order for the above theorems to be valid and applicable (i.e. in multiply-connected spaces), and this occurs for physical quantities that are not represented by well-defined self-adjoint operators (such as the position operator in a periodic potential, or in general Aharonov-Bohm configurations, either in real or in an arbitrary parameter-space, in the sense of Berry's adiabatic and cyclic procedures). In this short note, we report modifications of these two theorems when such non-Hermiticities appear, and we demonstrate how they resolve certain Quantum Mechanical paradoxes (most of them having been noticed in the past as violations of the so-called Hypervirial theorem in Quantum Chemistry). This resolution of paradoxes (essentially the re-establishment of applicability of the Ehrenfest theorem even in multiply-connected spaces) always proceeds through the appearance of certain generalized currents, in a theoretical picture with interesting structure (where a generalized continuity equation with a sink term shows up naturally).
RAPD analysis for genetic diversity of two populations of Mystus vittatus (Bloch) of Madhya Pradesh, India

The random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) was applied to analyze the genetic variation of the 2 populations of Mystus vittatus (Bloch) of Madhya Pradesh, India. 10 random 10-mer primers were primarily scored in 3 individuals from each of the 2 locations. Five primers, which gave polymorphism, were selected for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and used in the final RAPD analysis of 20 individuals collected from 2 sites, namely Bhadwada reservoir (Bhopal) and Mohinisagar reservoir (Gwalior). These primers produced 388 scorable DNA fragments were found, of which 252 (64.98%) were polymorphic, 182 (46.90%) were monomorphic and 14 (3.61%) were unique. RAPD banding patterns, showed variations between and within the populations, while, the morphological variations were negligible.
Efficacy of different fertilizers on maximization of green back mullet (Chelon subviridis) fry production in nursery ponds

The study was conducted to pave the way for expansion and maximize production through supply of quality seed of Chelon subviridis by means of development of sustainable nursery management technique of this important species in the vast coastal water bodies of Bangladesh. As a result, supply of this fish in both national and international markets will be increased. The study was conducted for the period of 3 month in the earthen ponds situated in the pond complex of Brackish water Station of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute with different fertilizers to compare the efficacy of those fertilizers in the production of quality fry of C. subviridis. The differences in length among three treatments were significant (p<0.05) in nursery ponds. Highest Final wt. of the fry, 0.21±0.05 g was recorded from the ponds fertilized with organic fertilizers only while growth of fry was 0.24±0.05 g and 0.34 ± 0.025 g in ponds treated with only inorganic fertilizer and mixture of inorganic and organic fertilizer, respectively. The differences among them were significant (p<0.05). However, average survival of the stocked hatchlings was highest (85.5%) in ponds fertilized with mixture of organic and inorganic fertilizers (T3) followed by 71.5% survival in ponds fertilized with inorganic fertilizers only (T2) and 68.5% survival in ponds with organic fertilizer only (T1). The differences in survival among three treatments were significant (p<0.05). After 27 days of rearing (with three subsequent trials), production of fishes in treatment T3 (23.22 Kg/dec) was significantly highest than those of T1 (15.92 Kg/dec) and T2 (16.62 Kg/dec). The present findings indicate that growth, length, production and survival of C. subviridis fries were significantly higher in ponds fertilized with mixture of organic and inorganic fertilizer due to higher plankton production during the culture period.
ANALYSIS OF BEAM INDUCED PRESSURE INCREASES IN RHIC WARM VACUUM SECTIONS

With increasing intensity of gold and proton beams during recent RHIC operations, pressure rises of several decades were observed at a few RHIC warm vacuum sections. The pressure increases were analyzed and compared with the beam parameters such as ion species, bunch intensity, total intensity, number of bunches, bunch spacing and beam loss. Most of these pressure increases were found to be consistent with those induced by either beam loss and/or electron multipacting.
Religious Beliefs and Fertility Preferences among Engaged Couples, Referring to Premarital Counseling Centers of Mashhad, Iran

Background & aim: Considering the lack of information regarding the effects of religion on young couples’ fertility preferences, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between religious beliefs and fertility preferences among engaged couples in Mashhad, Iran, in 2013. Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 450 engaged couples, referring to premarital counseling clinics at healthcare centers of Mashhad. Convenience sampling was applied and data were collected using Miller’s Fertility Preferences and Childbearing Questionnaires (1995), Khodayari's Religious Attitude Questionnaire, and a demographic questionnaire; all four questionnaires were completed by the participants. Spearman's correlation, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for data analysis. The significance level was considered to be 0.05. Results: Scores of religious beliefs were low, moderate, and high among 5.7%, 62.1%, and 32.2% of the couples, respectively. Childbearing desires (P≤0.001), ideal number of children (P≤0.001), and birth interval (P≤0.001) showed significant differences in groups with low, moderate, and high scores of religious beliefs. The mean number of children desired by the groups with low, moderate, and high religious belief scores was 2.24±1.49, 2.21±0.87, and 2.69±1.37, respectively. In total, 42.2% of the participants were moderately affected by religious beliefs. Conclusion:Fertility motivations and the ideal number of children were higher among individuals with stronger religious beliefs; however, even among these religious people, fertility preferences were not favorable, compared to figures recommended by reproductive health policymakers. These findings can contribute to the improvement of reproductive indices and fertility reforms towards higher fertility rate in the country.