Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MEASURING IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF VIETNAMESE SOES

he research attempts to explore how corporate governance and ownership structure affect capital structure in the context of an emerging economy like Vietnam by considering impact level of three groups of factors which are corporate governance, ownership structure and firm elements. Method of Multivariable Regression Analysis used with cross-panel data collected from 300 non-financial State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the period 2006-2012 shows that corporate governance and ownership structure measures have a significant impact on decision of capital structure of Vietnamese SOEs. Besides, pecking – order theory can explain basically the impact of classical firm elements such as tangibility, profitability, firm size and cost of debt on capital structure of Vietnamese SOEs.
The First Complete Skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, 1864) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula

ABSTRACT New rhinocerotid remains from the early middle Miocene site of Príncipe Pío-2, Madrid Basin (Madrid, Spain), are described and identified as belonging to Hispanotherium matritense. They constitute the first complete cranial remains recorded for this species, permitting the description of its cranial morphology and updating the species diagnosis. New remains show H. matritense as a middle-sized hornless elasmotheriine rhinoceros, contrary to previous studies. Phylogenetic analysis places the Western European Hispanotherium matritense close to the coeval Spanish species Hispanotherium corcolense and more distantly related to the French species Hispanotherium beonense. The late middle Miocene “H. ” tungurense from Inner Mongolia is placed near later diverging elasmotheres, and its belonging to the genus Hispanotherium is questioned.
Effect of oral administration of aqueous extract of cassia occidentalis l. seeds on serum electrolytes concentration in rats

The effect of aqueous extract of C. occidentalis seeds on serum electrolytes concentration, in rats, was investigated in order to assess the acclaimed hypotensive effect of the seeds and also the seeds extract’s relation with acid – base balance of the body. Serum concentrations of sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate ions were determined in 64 rats grouped into 4. Groups I, II and III rats were orally administrated with the seeds extract at a daily dose of 30 mg/kg, 60 mg/kg and 90 mg/kg respectively for 1,2,3 and 4 weeks each. Group IV served as control. Concentration of sodium, potassium, chloride and bicarbonate in the serum of control rats were found to range from 130 – 155 mEq/L, 3.4 - 8.7 mEq/L, 80 – 107 mmol/L and 20 -35 mmol/L respectively. The results of this study showed no significant difference (P 1 week. This indicates that the seeds extract dosage of 90 mg/kg could lead to disturbance in acid-base balance.
Effect of Group Work on EFL Students' Attitudes and Learning in Higher Education.

The use of group work in classroom activities is a method used for motivating learning and increasing the idea of pleasure through learning. The current study investigates the advantages of group work in exams in the English department, in the College of Basic Education. 40 students in two classes of “The Introduction of Phonetics and Phonology” participated in the study. They performed six tasks; two prior to group work, two done in group work (by one group only) and two after group work. The tasks were all practical, and they were based on phonetic transcription. One of the groups participated in group work while the other did not. This was done enable to compare the results. In addition to exam results, a five-open-questions questionnaire on the students’ perception of group work was distributed to the participants. Throughout the application of the study, the instructor took notes of her observation of the formation of and participation in group work. It was found that the students who worked in groups did not improve. However, most students reported that they enjoyed the tasks and would like to work in a group more often. The method of forming a group also seemed to affect learning. It was found that social and academic variables of age and GPA affected the formation, engagement and results of group work.
Headmasters' and headmistresses roles in facilitating learning organization in selected primary schools in Malaysia : a preliminary study

The purpose of this study was to examine headmasters' and headmistresses' roles in facilitating learning organization and their perceptions of transformational leadership in primary schools. The study also examined the relationship between the headmasters'and headmistresses' perceptions of transformational leadership and their roles in facilitating learning organization. A survey method was used to collect data from all headmasters and headmistresses who were pursuing a Bachelor degree in Educational Management. An organizational learning questionnaire developed by Silins, Zarins and Mulford (2002) was modified and used to measure the roles of headmasters and headmistresses in.facilitating learning organization, while a transformational leadership questionnaire developed by Leithwood and Jantzi (1996, 1997) was modified and used to assess leadership. Means and Pearson product correlations were used to analyze the data. Major results of this study showed that headmasters and headmistresses have high perceptions of learning organization and transformation leadership. Overall, transformational leadership indicated high and significant correlations with overall learning organizations. Each dimension of transformational leadership indicated high and significant correlations with overall learning organizations' Furthermore, almost at dimensions of leadership showed significant correlations with dimensions of learning organization.
Designing value through less by integrating sustainability strategies into lifestyles

The article argues for a need to overcome a conventional notion of product design. In this regard, the article offers an integrative and systemic approach to sustainable design. Instead of focussing on objects, a user-centred perspective is adopted. A sustainable design of products and services requires the integration of production-orientated (efficiency and consistency) and consumption-orientated (sufficiency) strategies. The article introduces the concept of an indicator that is capable of comprehending a lifecycle-wide analysis of products and that favours the integration of existing sustainability strategies. The goal is not to design sustainable products but rather to design systems that manage to foster sustainable lifestyles. The article illustrates the usability of the introduced concept by showing examples of strategic integrative thinking in sustainable design from the Sustainable Summer Schools.1
The Discovery of Herbig–Haro Objects in LDN 673

We report the discovery of 12 faint Herbig–Haro (HH) objects in LDN 673 found using a novel color-composite imaging method that reveals faint Hα emission in complex environments. Follow-up observations in [S ii] confirmed their classification as HH objects. Potential driving sources are identified from the Spitzer c2d Legacy Program catalog and other infrared observations. The 12 new HH objects can be divided into three groups: four are likely associated with a cluster of eight young stellar object class I/II IR sources that lie between them; five are colinear with the T Tauri multiple star system AS 353, and are likely driven by the same source as HH 32 and HH 332; and three are bisected by a very red source that coincides with an infrared dark cloud. We also provide updated coordinates for the three components of HH 332. Inaccurate numbers were given for this object in the discovery paper. The discovery of HH objects and associated driving sources in this region provides new evidence for star formation in the Aquila clouds, implying a much larger T Tauri population in a seldom-studied region.
DISTRIBUTIONS OF ACE I/D AND ACTN3 R/X GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN MULTI-ETHNIC MALAYSIAN AND AUSTRALIAN POPULATIONS

ABSTRACT Background: The distribution patterns of the most studied variants related to sports performance which are the angiotensin I-converting enzyme ( ACE ) I/D and alpha-actinin-3 ( ACTN3 ) R/X polymorphisms in the multi-ethnic Malaysian population have not been well documented. Thus, this study aims to examine the distribution patterns of ACE I/D and ACTN3 R/X polymorphisms in four ethnic groups in Malaysia, and ethnic variation of these polymorphisms across different ethnicity. Materials and Methods: DNA samples were retrieved via buccal cell from 180 Asians from Malaysia (99 Malays, 45 Chinese, 23 Other Bumiputras, and 13 Indians) and 180 Caucasians from Australia. The polymorphisms were identified through Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism analysis. The chi-square test was used to analyse the data. Result: This study found that the distribution of ACE I/D polymorphism varied among different ethnic groups within Malaysia as well as between Malaysian and Australian populations, but not for the ACTN3 R/X polymorphism. Among the four ethnic groups in Malaysia, the Malay and Other Bumiputra groups had the highest frequencies of II (0.40) and DD (0.26) genotypes, respectively. Meanwhile, the Malaysians had the higher frequencies of the II (0.31 vs. 0.25) and ID (0.54 vs. 0.47) genotypes compared to the Australians. Conclusion: In conclusion, the different pattern in the distribution of ACE I/D polymorphism observed in this study increases the possibility that the effect of ACE I/D polymorphism on sports performance may also differ by ethnicity. Conversely, the present finding on ACTN3 R/X polymorphism suggests that its effect on sports performance may not vary by ethnicity. Keywords: ACE I/D polymorphism, ACTN3 R/X polymorphism, multi-ethnic Malaysian population, Australian population, ethnicity
A Defense of Empirical Legal Scholarship

Lee Epstein and Gary King, two distinguished social scientists, mount a forceful attack on empirical legal scholarship.1 According to Epstein and King, "the current state of empirical legal scholarship is deeply flawed" and has "little awareness of, much less compliance with, the rules of inference that guide empirical research in the social and natural sciences. "2 They characterize this problem as universal:
Explaining the Tendency to Substance Use on The Basis of Spiritual Intelligence and Wisdom

Aims: Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by impaired individual, physiological and social performance. spiritual intelligence and wisdom can be effective as protective factors in predicting tendency to substance use. This study has aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and wisdom with the tendency to substance use among college student. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 361 College students in 2015-16 were selected from students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University using multiple cluster sampling method and Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Scale ,ThreeDimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) and tendency to substance use questionnaire to be completed. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 20 softwares and Lisrel. Findings: Results showed that Correlation between spiritual intelligence and wisdom with tendency to substance use was significant (p<0.01). The proposed model was good-fitting model (p<0.05). Conclusion: as regards spiritual intelligence and wisdom are negatively related with the tendency to substance use, it is concluded that the strengthening of spiritual intelligence and wisdom of individuals leads to reduce their substance use.
Dynamics of Industrial Districts and Business Groups: The Case of the Marche Region

Italian industrial districts are undergoing fundamental changes due to globalization. Taking a firm perspective, we argue that the analysis of firm strategies, in particular the rise of business groups, is key to understand the organizational adjustments industrial districts have recently gone through. Due to the typical family structure of industrial district firms in the Marche region, as in other fragmented Italian districts, the organizational form adopted by firms to manage growth is that of the business group. We evaluate the empirical relevance of business groups in the Marche region, and we describe different transition strategies that turned firms into business groups.
Residual POlleN iN NesTs OF Centris analis (HymeNOPeRa, aPidae, CeNTRidiNi) iN aN aRea OF CaaTiNga VegeTaTiON FROm BRaZil

Neste trabalho sao apresentados dados sobre o polen estocado em ninhos de Centris analis , uma especie de abelha nativa candidata ao manejo com vistas a polinizacao de fruteiras. Este tipo de informacao e fundamental para o desenvolvimento de sistemas de manejo de polinizadores. A amostragem foi conduzida em vegetacao de caatinga hiperxerofila arbustiva, na Estacao Biologica de Canudos (EBC), ecorregiao do Raso da Catarina, Bahia, Brasil. O espectro polinico presente nos ninhos de C. analis foi estudado a partir da analise do residuo do polen presente nas paredes das celulas de cria e nas fezes incorporadas aos casulos. O espectro polinico total nos ninhos (n=5) de C. analis foi composto por seis tipos polinicos, dos quais Byrsonima vacciniifolia (45,98%) e Chamaecrista ramosa (44,73%) tiveram maiores medias de frequencia de ocorrencia. Os tipos C. ramosa , B. vacciniifolia e Banisteriopsis muricata podem ser apontados como fontes de polen importantes para C. analis na caatinga da EBC. O tipo polinico Rhaphiodon echinus provavelmente indica uma fonte de nectar regularmente utilizada por C. analis naquele periodo. C. analis utilizou apenas uma fracao dos recursos disponiveis. As fontes de recursos florais registradas neste estudo na Estacao Biologica de Canudos sao novos registros de plantas alimento de C. analis para a regiao do semiarido brasileiro.
THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN RESERVE REQUIREMENTS DURING THE 1930s

The differential response of cash reserves of member banks and nonmember banks not subject to the 1936-37 increase in reserve requirements is estimated to determine whether the 1937-38 recession was caused by the increase in reserve requirements. We identify 17 states that maintained constant reserve requirements from June 1934 to June 1941. While member banks increased their cash reserve ratios relative to nonmember banks, the magnitude of the adjustment is too small to have contributed to the 1937-38 recession. Shock prices and public reaction to the increase in reserve requirements are consistent with the empirical results. While the Fed was responsible for the Great Contraction, the results are inconsistent with the view the Fed? s reserve requirement increase contributed significantly to the 1937-38 recession.
B Lymphocytes In The Brains Of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Mature In Peripheral Lymph Nodes

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune, demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that afflicts nearly 2.5 million people worldwide and is among the most common causes of permanent disability in young adults. Although a number of treatments for multiple sclerosis have emerged in recent years, no cure currently exists. From a pathophysiological standpoint, murine models and human genomic studies have established the contribution of T-lymphocytes to multiple sclerosis. However, evidence suggests that B-lymphocytes are also involved in the development of this disease. Immunoglobulins (also known as oligoclonal bands) are routinely measured in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients at the time of diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. In addition, several small-scale clinical trials have demonstrated benefit with B-cell depleting therapies (such as rituximab and ocrelizumab). Prior work has also established the presence of shared B lymphocyte clones in multiple sclerosis lesions as well as in other locations in the CNS, such as meninges. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether shared B lymphocyte clones are also observed in peripheral lymphoid tissues to elucidate the natural history and migration patterns of these cells. Applying conventional DNA sequencing of the B cell receptors (BCRs) to autopsy samples from five patients, we found that B lymphocyte clonal variants are indeed shared between the CNS and periphery. Subsequent work building on this thesis employing high-throughput sequencing (published in Stern et al. [1]) confirmed these findings and found that these cells predominantly mature in the periphery. These results shed light on the role of B cells in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis, clarify the mechanism of current therapeutics that function by modulating lymphocyte migration, and suggest new avenues of investigation for multiple sclerosis treatment.
Corrective Feedbacks in CLT-Adopted Classrooms' Interactions

This case study aimed to examine corrective feedback (CF) pattern in the interactions of Indonesian EFL (English as Foreign Language) classrooms (a speaking and a grammar classrooms) which adopt CLT (Communicative Language Teaching). Two lecturers and twenty undergraduate English department students of an A-class university in Indonesia were involved as research participants. The findings revealed that the lecturers employed all types of CF to treat all types of errors. Explicit corrections were dominant in Speaking class as well as other explicit CF; whereas reformulations and prompt were equally distributed. Elicitation was dominant in Grammar class as well as other prompts; meanwhile, explicit and implicit CFs had similar proportion. The lecturers’ preferences were based on their beliefs on how their students learn foreign language and some factors such as the importance of CF to the instructional focus of the lesson, the possibility to generate student’s uptake, and also their empathetic values about students’ current language development. It was concluded that the provisions of CF in EFL classrooms reflect the application of CLT.
A Partial Ordered Number System for Information Flow Control

Information flow control models can be applied widely. This paper discusses only the models preventing information leakage during program execution. In the prevention, an information flow control model dynamically monitors statements that will cause information flows and ban statements that may cause leakage. We involved in the research of information flow control for years and identified that sensitive information may be leaked only when it is output. However, most existing models ignore information flows induced by output statements. We thus designed a new model XIFC (X information flow control) that especially emphasizes the monitoring of output statements. We also designed XIFC as a precise and low runtime overhead model. To achieve this purpose, we took a different viewpoint to re-examine the features offered by existing models and extracted a necessary feature set for the design. Our experiments show that XIFC bans every non-secure information flow and substantially reduces runtime overhead when comparing with our previous work.
Social Media Marketing Strategy Applied to Oral Hygiene

This project aims to apply psychological strategies based on social media marketing in order to set an oral hygiene habit in school-aged children to prevent dental caries in the long term. This is a descriptive study that assessed the recall of an oral hygiene campaign based on social media marketing of 34 school-aged children, 24 months after the end of the campaign. The instrument allowed the assessment of the advertising campaign, according to different levels of recall. The findings were confirmed with oral health epidemiological indices. Most of the school-aged children recalled "brushing teeth” as the campaign message and all of them expressed interest in the campaign to be repeated. Plaque index and brushing technique suggested that the school-aged children group has a good level of dental plaque removal after 24 months after the end of the social media marketing campaign. The required behavioral modification demands changes both at micro (individual) level and at macro levels of the organizations, in a short and a long term, as well as the participation of all actors involved in establishing healthy oral habits as a norm in the society. This study contributes to the transformative potential of social media marketing by understanding habits formation such as interaction among different stimuli within a favorable context.
Statistical study of the location and size of the electron edge of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer as observed by Cluster at mid-altitudes

The nature of particle precipitations at dayside mid-altitudes can be interpreted in terms of the evolution of reconnected field lines. Due to the difference between electron and ion parallel velocities, two distinct boundary layers should be observed at mid-altitudes between the boundary between open and closed field lines and the injections in the cusp proper. At lowest latitudes, the electron-dominated boundary layer, named the "electron edge" of the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer (LLBL), contains soft-magnetosheath electrons but only high-energy ions of plasma sheet origin. A second layer, the LLBL proper, is a mixture of both ions and electrons with characteristic magnetosheath energies. The Cluster spacecraft frequently observe these two boundary layers. We present an illustrative example of a Cluster mid-altitude cusp crossing with an extended electron edge of the LLBL. This electron edge contains 10–200 eV, low-density, isotropic electrons, presumably originating from the solar wind halo population. These are occasionally observed with bursts of parallel and/or anti-parallel-directed electron beams with higher fluxes, which are possibly accelerated near the magnetopause X-line. We then use 3 years of data from mid-altitude cusp crossings (327 events) to carry out a statistical study of the location and size of the electron edge of the LLBL. We find that the equatorward boundary of the LLBL electron edge is observed at 10:00–17:00 magnetic local time (MLT) and is located typically between 68° and 80° invariant latitude (ILAT). The location of the electron edge shows a weak, but significant, dependence on some of the external parameters (solar wind pressure, and IMF B Z - component), in agreement with expectations from previous studies of the cusp location. The latitudinal extent of the electron edge has been estimated using new multi-spacecraft techniques. The Cluster tetrahedron crosses the electron and ion boundaries of the LLBL/cusp with time delays of 1–40 min between spacecraft. We reconstruct the motion of the electron boundary between observations by different spacecraft to improve the accuracy of the estimation of the boundary layer size. In our study, the LLBL electron edge is distinctly observed in 87% of mid-altitude LLBL/cusp crossings with clear electron and ion equatorward boundaries equivalent to 35% of all LLBL/cusp crossings by Cluster. The size of this region varied between 0°–2° ILAT with a median value of 0.2° ILAT. Generally, the size of the LLBL electron edge depends on the combination of many parameters. However, we find an anti-correlation between the size of this region and the strength of the IMF, the absolute values of the IMF B Y - and B Z -components and the solar wind dynamic pressure, as is expected from a simple reconnection model for the origin of this region.