Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN, KOMPETENSI, MOTIVASI TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PADA PT. CIRCLEKA INDONESIA UTAMA (WILAYAH JAKARTA)

ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengaruh Sistem Informasi Manajemen, Kompetensi, dan Motivasi karyawan PT. Circleka Indonesia Utama (wilayah Jakarta) dan menentukan faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja karyawan PT Circleka Indonesia Utama (wilayah Jakarta). Penelitian ini mengambil populasi karyawan yang berada pada outlet karyawan PT. Circleka Indonesia Utama (wilayah Jakarta) yang berjumlah 253, sedangkan sampel dengan menggunakan rumus slovin dimana pada saat penelitian ini dilakukan berjumlah 155 orang pegawai. Variabel penelitian terdiri dari variabel independen atau variabel bebas (X) adalah Sistem Informasi Manajemen (X1), Kompetensi (X2), dan Motivasi (X3) sedangkan variabel dependen atau variabel terikat (Y) adalah Kinerja. Jumlah item pernyataan adalah 40 yang terdiri dari daftar pertanyaan yang berkaitan dengan Variabel Sistem Informasi Manajemen (X1) sebanyak 10 item, variabel Kompetensi (X2) sebanyak 10 item, variabel Motivasi (X3) sebanyak 10 item, dan variabel Kinerja (Y) sebanyak 10 item . Skala pengukuran yang digunakan adalah skala 1 - 5 dengan 5 kategori. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dan uji regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan semua variabel bebas (Sistem Informasi Manajemen, Kompetensi, dan Motivasi) secara bersama mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap variabel terikat (Kinerja), dengan nilai signifikansi 0,000 (p < 0,05). Dengan demikian, hipotesa ada pengaruh yang berarti (signifikan) dari Variabel bebas (Sistem Informasi Manajemen, Kompetensi, dan Motivasi) terhadap variabel Kinerja dapat diterima. Hasil perhitungan analisis regresi linier berganda juga menunjukkan adanya pengaruh secara parsial dari variabel Sistem Informasi Manajemen (X1), Kompetensi (X2), dan Motivasi (X3) terhadap kinerja (Y). Kata kunci: Sistem Informasi Manajemen, Kompetensi, Motivasi, Kinerja
Responsibility and Blame: A Structural-Model Approach

Causality is typically treated an all-or-nothing concept; either A is a cause of B or it is not. We extend the definition of causality introduced by Halpern and Pearl [2004a] to take into account the degree of responsibility of A for B. For example, if someone wins an election 11-0, then each person who votes for him is less responsible for the victory than if he had won 6-5. We then define a notion of degree of blame, which takes into account an agent's epistemic state. Roughly speaking, the degree of blame of A for B is the expected degree of responsibility of A for B, taken over the epistemic state of an agent.
Drummond Rattlebox (Sesbania drummondii) Germination as Influenced by Scarification, Temperature, and Seeding Depth

Freshly harvested Drummond rattlebox [Sesbania drummondii (Rydb.) Cory ♯3 SEBDR] seed germinated best after 2.5- to 4-h acid scarification in concentrated sulfuric acid. Optimum temperature for germination was 30 to 35 C. At 10 and 45 C no germination occurred for up to 7 days. Six days after planting in a silt loam soil there was 95 and 80% emergence of Drummond rattlebox from depths of 0.5 and 1 cm, respectively. No emergence was observed from depths of 11 cm or greater 12 days after planting.
Planar-Adaptive Routing: Low-cost Adaptive Networks for Multiprocessors

Network throughput can be increased by allowing multipath, adaptive routing. Adaptive routing allows more freedom in the paths taken by messages spreading load over physical channels more evenly. The flexibility of adaptive routing introduces new possibilities of dead- lock. Previous deadlock avoidance schemes in k-ary n-cubes require an exponential number of virtual channels [17]. We describe a family of deadlock-free routing algorithms, called planar-adaptive routing algorithms which require only a constant number of virtual channels, independent of network size and dimension. Planar adaptive routing algorithms reduce the complexity of deadlock prevention by reducing the number of choices at each routing step. In the fault-free case, planar-adagtive networks are guaranteed to be deadlock free. In the presence of network faults, the planar adaptive router can be extended with misrouting to pro- duce a working network which remains provably dead lock free and is provably livelock free, In addition, planar adaptive networks can simultaneously sup ort both in-order and adaptive, out-of-order packet delivery. Planar-adaptive routing is of practical significance. It provides the simplest known support for deadlock-free adaptive routing in k-ary n-cubes of more than two dimensions (with k > 2). Restricting adaptivity reduces the hardware complexity, improving router speed or allowing additional performance-enhancing network features. The structure of planar-adaptive routers is amenable to efficient implementation.
Classification of the pans of the western Orange Free State according to vegetation structure with reference to avifaunal communities

Six pan types are descriptionbed on the basis of emergent vegetation present during periods when the pans are flooded. Statistics on pan distribution, densities and estimates of the number of each type in the western Orange Free State are given. The avifaunal composition differed between pan types. According to the occurrence of waterfowl four pan types with characteristic species were present. The pans in general were important overwintering habitats for palaearctic waders and breeding habitats for the redbilled teal Anas erythrorhyncha, Cape shoveller A. smithii, Cape teal A. capensis, spurwinged goose Plectropterus gambensis and yellowbilled duck A. undulata, in that order, during years when rainfall exceeds average. Factors possibly endangering the biological diversity of the pans are listed and conservation strategies suggested.
Negative Binomial Process Count and Mixture Modeling.

The seemingly disjoint problems of count and mixture modeling are united under the negative binomial (NB) process. A gamma process is employed to model the rate measure of a Poisson process, whose normalization provides a random probability measure for mixture modeling and whose marginalization leads to a NB process for count modeling. A draw from the NB process consists of a Poisson distributed finite number of distinct atoms, each of which is associated with a logarithmic distributed number of data samples. We reveal relationships between various count- and mixture-modeling distributions distributions, and construct a Poisson-logarithmic bivariate distribution that connects the NB and Chinese restaurant table distributions. Fundamental properties of the models are developed, and we derive efficient Bayesian inference. It is shown that with augmentation and normalization, the NB process and gamma-NB process can be reduced to the Dirichlet process and hierarchical Dirichlet process, respectively. These relationships highlight theoretical, structural and computational advantages of the NB process. A variety of NB processes, including the beta-geometric, beta-NB, marked-beta-NB, marked-gamma-NB and zero-inflated-NB processes, with distinct sharing mechanisms, are also constructed. These models are applied to topic modeling, with connections made to existing algorithms under Poisson factor analysis. Example results show the importance of inferring both the NB dispersion and probability parameters.
Immunologic Restoration of People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy in Ethiopia: The Focus of Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Co-Morbidities

The life expectancy of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has dramatically improved with the much-increased access to antiretroviral therapy. Consequently, a larger number of people living with HIV are living longer and facing the increased burden of non-communicable diseases. This study assessed the effect of chronic non-communicable disease(s) and co-morbidities on the immunologic restoration of HIV infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy. A nested case-control study was conducted among people living with HIV at Jimma University Medical Center from February 20 to August 20, 2016. Cases were HIV infected patients living with chronic non-communicable diseases and controls were people living with HIV only. Patient-specific data were collected using a structured data collection tool to identify relevant information. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 20.0. Logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with outcome. Statistical significance was considered at p-value <0.05. A patient's written informed consent was obtained after explaining the purpose of the study. A total of 240 participants (120 cases and 120 controls) were included in the analysis. Prevalence of hypertension was 12.50%, and diabetes was 10.84%. About 10.42% of study participants were living with multi-morbidity. At baseline, the mean (±SD) age of cases was 42.32±10.69 years, whereas it was 38.41±8.23 years among controls. The median baseline CD4+ cell count was 184.50 cells/µL (IQR: 98.50 - 284.00 cells/µL) for cases and 177.0 cells/µL (IQR: 103.75 - 257.25 cells/µL) for controls. Post-6-months of highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation, about 29.17% of cases and 16.67% of controls had poor immunologic restoration. An average increase of CD4+ cell count was 6.4cells/µL per month among cases and 7.6 cells/µL per month among controls. Male sex [AOR, 3.51; 95% CI, 1.496 to 8.24; p=0.004], smoking history [AOR, 2.81; 95% CI, 1.072, to 7.342; p=0.036] and co-morbidity with chronic non-communicable disease(s) [AOR, 3.99; 95% CI, 1.604 to 9.916; p=0.003)] were independent predictors of poor immunologic restoration. Chronic non-communicable disease(s) have negative effects on the kinetics of CD4+ cell count among HIV-infected patients who initiated antiretroviral therapy. So the integration of chronic non-communicable disease-HIV collaborative activities will strengthen battle to control the double burden of chronic illnesses.
The Effect of Shock Wave Therapy as a New Modality for Treatment of Primary Knee Osteoarthritis

Background: osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is a chronic disease characterized by slow degradation of cartilage, pain, and increasing disability. Objective: to study the effect of shock wave therapy in treatment of primary knee osteoarthritis. Patients and Methods: thirty patients with primary knee osteoarthritis were classified equally into 2 groups according to the line of treatment; Group I received extra-corporeal shock wave therapy and Group II received continuous ultrasonic waves. Patients were evaluated for pain using visual analogue scale, active range of motion, and physical and functional assessment. Bilateral anteroposterior weight bearing radiographs were done for all patients before treatment and degree of osteoarthritis was assessed by Kallgren and Lawrence Radiographic criteria. Results: there was significant improvement in group I more than group II (as regard to pain assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS) after treatment (p=0.039) and in follow up (p <0.001). There was significant improvement in morning stiffness in both groups with insignificant difference between both them. Regarding active range of motion (ROM), there was significant improvement in flexion in both groups with significant difference between both groups before and after treatment (p =0.001) and in follow up (p <0.001). Regarding chair stand test, there was significant improvement in both groups with in significant difference between them. Regarding stair climb test (SCT), there was significant improvement in both groups with insignificant difference between them. Conclusions: shock wave had an effect in treatment of primary knee OA as a new modality for improving clinical and functional performance.
Anti Obesity preparations of plant origin- are they effective? Weight reduction with Zerofat-A, in obese diabetics and non diabetics, a cross-sectional, observational pilot study

Objectives: Primary- To observe the effects of Zerofat-A on weight in obese diabetics and non diabetics. Secondary-To observe the effect of this drug, on HbA1C and lipid parameters. Methods: 14 obese diabetics and 4 obese non diabetics formed the study group and 3 obese diabetics and 5 obese non diabetics formed the control group. The height, weight, BMI and WC was recorded for each participant. All of them underwent a detailed clinical examination and their HbA1C and Lipid profile were done in a standard laboratory. The study group was given ZEROFAT -A capsule, one, once daily for <100 kgs and one twice daily for > 100 kgs , half an hour before food every day, for the next 3 months. No treatment or dietary changes were done in the study period. Measurements and lab investigations were repeated for all the participants after 3 months. Findings were statistically analyzed. Results: The participants who were on ZEROFAT-A, neither showed any statistically significant weight loss nor had any changes in their HbA1C or lipid parameters. Intra group Comparison of obese diabetics with non diabetics of the same parameters in the study group as well as in the control group did not show any significant changes. Conclusions: The drug ZEROFAT-A was not effective in reducing weight either in obese diabetics or in non diabetics. It also had no effect on HbA1C and lipid parameters.
Phenomenology and intersubjectivity: considerations for webcam-facilitated psychotherapy

ABSTRACT The clearest distinction between webcam-facilitated versus face-to-face psychotherapy is the available sensorial information. The following questions guide this discussion: 1. How do our senses inform the psychotherapeutic process? 2. What are the implications for the therapeutic process when sensory information is different than during face-to-face therapy? This examination of the role of the senses in the creation of knowledge is grounded in phenomenology. Individual unity of consciousness and reciprocal understanding are applied to literature on webcam-facilitated therapy. An amalgam clinical example illustrates these phenomenological concepts and role of intersubjectivity. The core issues are involvement of sensory processes in the process of psychotherapy and co-construction of knowledge. By accepting the limitations of therapist knowledge, the client is encouraged to articulate and develop their own knowledge, and make conscious their unconscious. It is not necessary for therapist and client to share a physical space for co-creation of knowledge necessary for client transformation.
EVALUATION OF WHEAT FLOUR BLENDED WITH DIFFERENT RATIOS OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES AND SEEDS

Chemical composition, minerals content, amino acids, fiber fractions, fatty acids profile, total phenols, total flavonoids and antioxidant activity were determined in wheat flour (WF) 72%, moringa leaves powder (MLP), defatted moringa seeds powder (DMSP) and moringa seeds (MS). Pasting profile and rheological properties of blends supplemented with MLP at levels of 3, 6, 9 and 12% or DMSP at levels of 5, 10, 15 and 20% were also studied. The highest moisture and carbohydrate contents were found in WF (12.60 and 85.05%), respectively. MLP had higher ash and fiber contents (8.87 and 7.91%), respectively, while, protein and fat contents were higher in DMSP and in MS. Mineral content (Ca, K, Mg, P, Na and Fe) in MLP was the highest, while DMSP was higher in Zn content than that of other samples. Fiber fractions of WF were lower than that of both MLP and DMSP. Total essential amino acids of DMSP was higher (19.25%) than that of MLP and WF (12.45 and 4.16%), respectively. Oleic acid was the predominant fatty acid (66.85%) in moringa seeds oil. MLP had the highest value of total phenolic, total flavonoid and antioxidant activity (11.97, 8.02 and 15.87 mg/g), respectively. Color measurements showed that all of MLP, DMSP and WF blends decreased in L*, a*,however, they increased in b*, saturation, hue and ∆E values. Supplementation with MLP and DMSP at all levels decreased the peak viscosity, trough, breakdown, final and setback viscosities. While, it increased water absorption, dough development time, mixing tolerance index and dough weakening. On contrary, arrival time and dough stability were decreased. Also, MLP and DMSP decreased the extensibility, resistance to extension, maximum resistance to extension energy of dough and the proportional number.
How Investment Performance Affects the Formation and Use of Beliefs

This study provides new insights on how investors form beliefs about future asset prices and how they use these beliefs for their trading decisions. Compared to the objective Bayesian benchmark, investors become overly optimistic when they face a paper loss. In addition, selling decisions are less sensitive to beliefs than purchase decisions. This difference is driven by selling behavior in the presence of paper losses. Our insights stem from a laboratory experiment in which participants are price-takers and trade a stock governed by a persistent two-state Markov chain. At each point in time, we elicit incentivized beliefs about the probability that the stock price will increase in the next period.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING EPILEPSY AMONG NURSES IN ASUTIFI NORTH DISTRICT

Purpose: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding epilepsy among nurses within the Asutifi North District with the aim of understanding their subjective experiences and knowledge on epilepsy in a sociocultural context and how their attitude shape their practice towards people with epilepsy. Methodology: The study employed an exploratory descriptive cross-sectional design. The study population consisted of nurses who have been licensed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana and working in government facilities. The exclusion criteria were private health facilities, non-trained health professionals and other health professionals without nursing background, and student nurses on clinical attachment during the period of study in the district. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the study participants from the communities. A standard statistical formula was used to arrive at a sample size of 102. Data was collected by using a semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics involving frequencies and percentages were used in representing data. Responses on other items were cross-tabulated. The statistical tool that was used for analyzing the data was by STATA version 12.Results: Findings showed that 67.7% (69/102) of the nurses were aware of the causes of epilepsy, 59.8% have low level of knowledge on the disease. Though 82.4% of the nurses suspect people with epilepsy to have mental illness, 70.6% of the nurses had positive attitude towards epilepsy. However, 52.9% exhibited poor practices towards the disease. The socio-demographic characteristics of religion (Muslim) (p=0.017), area of specialty (RMN) (p=0.045) as well as close family relationship with epilepsy (p=0.001) were significantly associated with knowledge on epilepsy. Factors that were found to influence attitude towards epilepsy were sex (Female) (p=0.037), religion (Muslim) (p=0.012) and specialty area (RMN) (p=0.054). The area of specialty statistically influences their practices on epilepsy (p=0.001). There was no statistically significant association between knowledge on epilepsy and practice (p=0.134). However, attitude significantly related to practices on epilepsy (p=0.008) and indicated that negative attitude was more likely to be associated with poor practice.Conclusion: Nurses at the Asutifi North District tended to have low knowledge, positive attitude and poor practices on epilepsy.Recommendation: The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with the Ministry of Health should run intermediary workshops, at least every six months, to train nurses in epilepsy diagnoses to reduce the treatment gap. The health directorate should raise awareness and educate the communities on epilepsy to reduce stigma. Enhancing nursing education and training on epilepsy by the Ministry of Health and its agencies is imperative to improving health care delivery for people living with the disease.
Native Relations in Early British North America and the Emergence of Imperial Ideas

The article deals with the early evolution of concepts crucial for the development of the British imperial mythology. The author focuses on the emergence of the ‘agricultural argument’ for appropriating native lands and on the changing perceptions of civility. While the origins of the ‘agricultural argument’ in the works of early colonial propagandists are obvious, the author argues that those early ideas were not defined enough to serve the purposes of the colonial expansion, and the shift towards a more practical interpretation happened in the context of native-colonial relations. The concept of civility took on new meaning in the colonies, much more similar to the later imperial idea. The author emphasizes the impact of the colonial experience on this ideological evolution.
Response of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) to Dicamba

Single over-the-top and directed applications of dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid) were made to cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. ‘Deltapine 16′). Dicamba applied over-the-top of cotton caused foliage malformation for about 6 weeks. Dicamba (32 g/ha) applied to cotton foliage 3 to 15 weeks after emergence reduced average cotton yields. Applications of 16 to 64 g/ha of dicamba over-the-top of cotton before bloom had less effect on cotton foliage, yield, boll components, and fiber properties than application at bloom. Directed applications of dicamba to the soil or to the base of cotton and soil caused foliage malformation but did not affect cotton yield, boll components, and fiber properties.
Online Exogamy Reconsidered: Estimating the Internet's Effects on Racial, Educational, Religious, Political and Age Assortative Mating

Abstract:As the Internet's role in creating new couples continues to expand, now accounting for over a third of recently-formed U.S. couples, its impact on endogamy is increasingly consequential. While there are good reasons to expect greater diversity from online romantic sources, there are also good sociological reasons to predict greater assortativity online. Increases in the rates of interracial and interreligious couples within the U.S. have occurred seemingly in tandem with the rise of online dating, but the evidence connecting online romances and couple heterogeneity have been limited and mixed. Using a unique nationally-representative dataset collected in 2009 and 2017 on how U.S. couples met, and controlling for the diversity of their local geographies, I find that couples who met online are more likely to be interracial, interreligious, and of different college degree status, but also more similar in age. Couples who met online are not more nor less likely to cross political boundaries, however, and not more nor less likely to have educationally different mothers. These exogamy differences can vary by where on the Internet couples met. Population-level estimates suggest that only a small part of the recent changes in couple diversity can be directly attributed to couples meeting online, but there is the potential for more Internet-induced change if it continues to expand as the modal source of romance.
Mapping QTL for milk production traits in Norwegian cattle.

The search for QTL affecting milk production traits is undertaken in Norwegian Cattle using a granddaughter design. Six grandsires with an average of 48 sons each were genotyped for close to 300 DNA markers evenly distributed and covering around 2700cM of the cattle genome. Two and three-point linkage analyses are developed to construct a male genetic map of Norwegian Cattle. Preliminary result of a QTL located on chromosome 6 and affecting milk yield is reported.