Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Critical Pedagogy in the ‘ New Paradigm ’ : Raising Complicated Understanding in Management Learning

This paper argues for changes in management education that not only recognize the profound shifts in competitiveness that have already occurred but also equips students as independent learners, capable of a complicated understanding of the historical, social, political, and philosophical traditions underlying contemporary conceptions of organizations and management. To that end, we argue for the adoption of critical pedagogy [Barnett, 1997; Giroux, 1997; Reynolds, 1997] by management educators. Critical pedagogy necessitates changes in educational roles, curricular content and classroom practices so that a learning space is created which supports and encourages students to engage in critical commentary. This space emerges when power in the classroom is decentered, disciplinary borders become permeable and issues are problematized. Two examples of how to implement critical pedagogy in content and process are presented. The choice and use of text material can contribute to a critical pedagogy if students participate in selection [for the widest possible set of voices] and when dialogue explicitly considers the various perspectives in terms of the power interests they reflect and reproduce. Paradoxical thinking is a method that promotes critical dialogue and self-reflection and illustrates the potential for the transformation of organizational arrangements. This is the promise of critical pedagogy in management education: developing students with a greater sensitivity to the emancipatory and transformation possibilities today and in the future. The winds of reform in education generally and management education more specifically gained velocity throughout the 1990s. But attempts to transcend the strong currents of management orthodoxy and its analogous educational precepts emit only occasional and sporadic gusts. Paradoxically, just as the development and importance of management as a domain of professional study has grown in the decades since World War II, so too has its misconception and oversimplification. Grey and French [1996, pp. 9-10] have argued
Market Discipline on Bank Management

This paper presents several theoretical hypotheses on market discipline to bank managers, reviews empirical evidences on these hypotheses and derives some policy implications from them. We stress potential benefits to developing and transition economies from utilizing market discipline and discuss how they can realize the benefits. Various institutional structures are found to be essential to enhance the effectiveness of market discipline: disclosure and transparency, credible and modest safety net schemes, development of security markets, liberalization of bank activities, privatization of banks, and stable macroeconomic policy. The government should establish liquidation regimes for banks and improve the quality of legal and judiciary systems to make its commitment to limit the scope of the safety net credible.
Propulsion deceleration studies using Planar Laser-Induced Iodine Fluorescence and computational fluid dynamics

Future high-mass spacecraft entering the thin Martian atmosphere will require additional means of deceleration prior to deploying supersonic parachutes. Propulsive deceleration is one technology that is being considered. The interaction of the spacecraft aerodynamics with the propulsion deceleration (PD) jets has been shown to cause a decrease in drag coefficient with increasing thrust coefficient, which is not desirable for deceleration. Planar LaserInduced Iodine Fluorescence (PLIIF) images showed a lifting of the vehicle bow shock away from the aeroshell. Flowfield calculations performed using a CFD code showed that this lifting was responsible for the decrease in drag with increasing PD jet thrust. With 4 PD jets located midway between the aeroshell centerline and shoulder, PLIIF images showed that the vehicle bow shock is maintained between the jets as the thrust coefficient is increased. CFD calculations established that this bow shock was responsible for greater drag preservation with the peripheral jets. The peripheral jet drag coefficient was 4 times larger than the single jet value at a thrust coefficient of 2.0. The calculations also showed low pressure wakes located radially behind the peripheral jets which are responsible for the decrease in drag coefficient with increasing thrust coefficient and that high pressure is maintained between the jets. These results suggest that using a few peripheral PD jets located near the aeroshell shoulder would provide the greatest amount of drag preservation when using propulsive deceleration. Nomenclature
Implications of Habermas's "Theory of Communicative Action" for corporate brand management

Purpose – The authors propose applying Habermas's “theory of communicative action” (TCA) to discuss the benefits of incorporating the concept of interaction in the field of corporate brand management. The purpose of this paper is to gain suggestions for interactions derived from Jurgen Habermas's social theory.Design/methodology/approach – This paper refers to Habermas's TCA in terms of its implication for stakeholder interactions within corporate brand management. Based on review of the sociological literature of Habermas's TCA, this approach offers a more detailed picture of corporate brand management. Bodies of literature are selected, examined and the TCA has been connected to corporate brand management to provide a research background and a managerially useful insight of human interactions.Findings – The social theory of the German social‐philosopher Jurgen Habermas provides certain starting points for classifying interactions. The paper introduces Habermas's proposed forms of human action. Furthermo.
Enhancement of spin relaxation time in hydrogenated graphene spin-valve devices

Hydrogen adsorbates in graphene are interesting as they are not only strong Coulomb scatterers, but they also induce a change in orbital hybridization of the carbon network from $sp$${}^{2}$ into $sp$${}^{3}$. This change increases the spin-orbit coupling and is expected to largely modify spin relaxation. In this work, we report the change in spin transport properties of graphene due to plasma hydrogenation. We observe an up to threefold increase of spin relaxation time ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{S}$ after moderate hydrogen exposure. This increase of ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{S}$ is accompanied by the decrease of charge and spin diffusion coefficients, resulting in a minor change in spin relaxation length ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{S}$. At high carrier density, we obtain ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{S}$ of 7 $\ensuremath{\mu}$m, which allows for spin detection over a distance of 11 $\ensuremath{\mu}$m. After hydrogenation, a value of ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{S}$ as high as 2.7 ns is measured at room temperature.
Conducting Mediation Analysis in Marketing Research

Carsten L. Demming* is research assistant and doctoral student at the Chair of Marketing and Consumer Behavior, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3, 37073 Goettingen, Germany, Phone: +49551/39-7270, Fax: +49551/39-5849, E-Mail: cdemmin@wiwi.unigoettingen. de. *Corresponding Author. Steffen Jahn is assistant professor at the Chair of Marketing and Consumer Behavior, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3, 37073 Goettingen, Germany, Phone: +49551/39-7407, Fax: +49551/39-5849, E-Mail: steffen.jahn@wiwi.unigoettingen. de. The first two authors contributed equally to this research. Yasemin Boztuğ is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behavior, University of Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3, 37073 Goettingen, Germany, Phone: +49551/397328, Fax: +49551/39-5849, E-Mail: boztug@wiwi.unigoettingen. de. Conducting Mediation Analysis in Marketing Research
Interactive comment on “ Estimating Radar Precipitation in Cold Climates : The role of Air Temperature within a Nonparametric Framework ” by Kuganesan Sivasubramaniam et al

weather radar to estimate rain and snow fall. This is very relevant in higher latitudes and in mountain environments were snow is important. To date, there has been limited work in using weather radar for snowfall estimation in a hydrological context. The methods presented herein could be used in many locations. However, the writing is unclear and I got lost at times. I suggest that the authors revisit their objectives and ensure that the paper addresses these. Also, the Discussion is essentially missing as the work is not put into context of the few other relevant studies. Below I outline restructuring and a problem with the Methods/Data.
The Effect of the Directed Reading Thinking Activity through Cooperative Learning on English Secondary Stage Students' Reading Comprehension in Jordan

This study aimed at investigating the effect of the directed reading thinking activity through using cooperative learning on English secondary stage students’ reading comprehension in Jordan. This study answered the following research question: - What is the effect of the directed reading thinking activity through cooperative learning on English secondary stage students’ reading comprehension in Jordan? The subjects of the study were chosen purposefully from public schools in Amman Second Directorate of Education. It consisted of 42 students who were enrolled in two sections in one school. The experimental group encompassed 22 students and the control group encompassed 20 students. The teaching program was based on a strategy which included the direct reading thinking activity through using cooperative learning designed to teach four units to the experimental group. The units were taken from the English course textbook “Jordan Opportunities” prescribed for the Eleventh Grade in Jordanian public schools during the second semester of the scholastic year 2007/2008. The same units were taught to the control group through the traditional strategy. For the purpose of the current study the researcher used: - A reading comprehension test. Means, standard deviations and analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used to reveal the findings of the study which were as follows: - There is a statistically significant difference at (α= 0.05) in reading comprehension in favor of the experimental group among English secondary stage students in Jordan due to the instructional strategy. At the end of this study, the researcher proposed several recommendations and suggestions.
Capitalism and Urbanization in a New Key? The Cognitive-Cultural Dimension

The cognitive-cultural dimensions of contemporary capitalism are identiﬁed by reference to its leading sectors, basic technologies, labor relations systems and market structures. Cognitive-cultural systems of production and work come to ground preeminently in large city regions. This state of affairs is manifest in the diverse clusters of high-technology sectors, service functions, neo-artisanal manufacturing activities and cultural-products industries that are commonly found in these regions. It is also manifest in the formation of a broad stratum of high-skill, cognitive-cultural employees in urban areas. Many of these employees are engaged in distinctive forms of work-based learning, creativity and innovation. At the same time, the cognitive-cultural economy in contemporary cities is invariably complemented by large numbers of low-wage, low-skill jobs, and the individuals drawn into these jobs are often migrants from developing countries. The ideological-cum-political ramiﬁcations of this situation are subject to analysis in the context of a critique of the currently fashionable idea of the "creative city. " I advance the claim that we need to go beyond advocacies about local economic development that prescribe the deployment of packages of selected amenities as a way of attracting elite workers into given urban areas. Instead, I propose that policy makers should pay more attention to the dynamics of the cognitive-cultural production system as such, and that in the interests of shaping viable urban communities in contemporary capitalism we must be more resolute in attempts to rebuild sociability, solidarity and democratic participation.
Freezing Time Prediction for Cuttlefish

The thermophysical properties of cuttlefish: moisture content, density, equilibrium freezing temperature, thermal conductivity, and specific heat were determined. The relationship between surface heat transfer coefficient and air velocity was also determined. A numerical model for freezing time prediction was developed. The freezing times calculated were compared with the experimental values and those calculated from the simplified analytical models, which were Plank model, IIR model, Cleland and Earle model, and the modified Pham model. The results showed that the developed numerical model gave the best prediction with 1.5% average error. steps: precooling, phase change, and tempering. The time during the precooling and tempering steps was derived from Newton's equation, while the time during phase change was from the Plank model. Hossain et al. 8 modified the Pham model by includ- ing the EHTD in the model which gave a better prediction for products having more than 55% moisture content. To predict the freezing time the thermo-physical properties of products, such as moisture content, density, freezing point, thermal conductivity, and specific heat, must be known. The objective of this study was to develop a model for freezing time prediction based on the explicit finite difference technique and compare the accuracy of the prediction with various models.
A Review of Dissolved Organic Matter Transport Processes Affecting Soil and Environmental Quality

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) affects several processes in soil and water including nutrient cycling, soil and water pollution and CO2 flux between the soil and atmosphere. The aim of this review is to collate and synthesize the literature on the transport processes of DOM in soil. The DOM normally comprises of only a small fraction of soil organic matter (SOM) and originates mainly from the decomposition and solubilization of SOM, which is accumulated on soil surface or soil profile from plant residues and additions of organic amendments such as animal and poultry manures and other biosolids. The DOM is one of the most reactive and mobile SOM fractions and has a major influence on biogeochemical processes in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. Terrestrially borne DOM is subjected to microbial decomposition, photodegradation and adsorption on soil mineral surfaces. It is sorbed on mineral surfaces and high adsorption capacities of clay minerals and oxides for DOM sorption are demonstrated in laboratory studies. However, these high sorption values are not reproduced in limited field studies. Similarly, a few data available on the transport of DOM through macropores also demonstrate the limited control of sorption on DOM retention in soil profile. Thus, there is a need to further investigate the physical and chemical protection mechanisms, as well as the biodegradability of DOM shown in laboratory studies. There is an increasing need to clearly understand the formation, fate and transport of DOM at field scales. The environmental factors such as precipitation and temperature, land use change, land management, and biological factors have profound and discrete influences on DOM dynamics in soil profile. Future research efforts must focus on the assessment of the influences of these factors by conducting field studies in different climatic zones, soils, and land use and management systems.
The prognostic importance of neuropeptides and indices of the immune system in children with allergic asthma

Objective: It has been revealed that substance P and vasoactive intestinal peptides (VIP) have important roles in the neural control of bronchial tone. In this study, we aimed to investigate the levels of substance P and VIP as well as of some cytokines, complements and immunoglobulins in children with moderate to persistent allergic asthma in comparison with values in healthy children. Materials and Methods: The study consisted of 80 children with allergic asthma and 15 healthy age-matched controls. A peripheral blood sample was obtained from each group. Serum levels of substance P and VIP as well as interleukin (IL)-2, IL- 12, IgA, M, G and E, NBT-test, and C3-C4 were determined by solid phase ELISA. Results: Substance P level increased and VIP levels decreased with increasing severity of asthma. A dysregulation in cytokines, immunoglobulins and complement levels was also detected. Conclusion: Differences in the levels of neuropeptides, cytokines and immune system parameters increased as the severity of asthma increased. Demonstration of dysregulation in the immune system might also predict allergic asthma in children with asthma.
Bisoniana LXVI. Comparison of forage intake and digestibility by American bison, yak and cattle

Feed intake, selectivity and apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter, protein and detergent fiber fractions were determined in groups of four yearling bison, yak and cattle. Diets of contrasting quality for these comparisons were provided by native sedge meadow hay, bromefescue grass hay and alfalfa hay. Oznaczono zapotrzebowanie pokarmowe, wybiorczośc i wspolczynniki strawności suchej masy, bialka oraz skladnikow weglowodanowych u rocznych bizonow, jakow i bydla. Do doświadczen wzieto po cztery zwierzeta kazdego gatunku i karmiono je sianem turzycy, stoklosy kostrzewy lub lucerny, zroznicowanym pod wzgledem zawartości wlokna (Tabela 1).
Post-fire development of canopy structure and composition in black spruce forests of Abitibi, Québec: a landscape scale study

Fire reconstruction and forest inventory maps provided an opportunity to study changes in stand-level characteristics following fi re using a data set comprised of all forest stands of fi re origin in an area of over 10 000 km2. We assigned the date of the most recent fi re occurrence to over 31 000 forest stands in an ecoforestry database. We categorized stands on different substrates into age classes to investigate differences in canopy composition, cover and height, and incidence of secondary disturbance. Stands with over 75% Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP dominated all age classes on organic sites. On other substrates, there was a change in canopy composition from deciduous stands and stands dominated by Pinus banksiana Lamb. to Picea mariana stands after about 100 yr. This transition was later for xeric sites. After a peak in canopy cover and height at about 100 yr, there was a decrease in the area occupied by stands with dense, tall canopies. Structural development was slower on less productive sites. There was little incidence of spruce budworm outbreaks. Partial disturbance by windthrow coincided with canopy break-up at 100 yr, but appeared to have little effect on overall canopy structure in later stages. Structural diversity was independent of compositional diversity; on organic sites, stands with similar composition had different canopy structure. Diversity of stands with different composition and structure was greatest in the fi rst 150 yr following fi re. Maintaining stands in different stages of structural development on the landscape would serve to maintain regional biodiversity.
The Age-Structure–Inflation Puzzle

We uncover a puzzling link between low-frequency inflation and the population age-structure: the young and old (dependents) are inflationary whereas the working age population is disinflationary. The relationship is not spurious and holds for different specifications and controls in data from 22 advanced economies from 1955 to 2014. The age-structure effect is economically sizable, accounting eg for about 6.5 percentage points of US disinflation from 1975 to today’s low inflation environment. It also accounts for much of inflation persistence, which challenges traditional narratives of trend inflation. The age-structure effect is forecastable and will increase inflationary pressures over the coming decades.
Pattern, Causes and Treatment Outcomes of Neonatal Admission in the Tamale Teaching Hospital

Background: The burden of neonatal morbidity and mortality remains a major health challenge, and contributes hugely to deaths among children under five years old, especially in developing countries. Objective: This study established the pattern, causes and treatment outcomes of admitted babies at the neonatal intensive care unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital. Method: A retrospective health facility based study was conducted by reviewing available data covering the period January 2013 to December 2015. Results: A total of 4409 cases were reviewed out of which demographic data were complete for 3973 cases. Males were dominant 54.0% (2146) compared to females 46.0% (1827). Admissions were significantly common (χ2=457.3, P<0.001) among neonates ≤ 2 days old 62.0% (2947). The commonest cause of neonatal admission was sepsis (29.2%), followed by prematurity/low birth weight (26.9%), birth asphyxia (16.2%) and congenital anomalies (7.1%). Majority 82.7% (3220) of the neonates were successfully treated and discharged. However, 16.0% (621) of the neonates expired before or during treatment, while 1.1% (42) were transferred and 0.3% (10) absconded. Neonatal deaths were commonly associated with prematurity/low birth weight (44.8%), birth asphyxia (24.6%), neonatal sepsis (13.5%), and congenital anomalies (6.8%). Conclusion: The relatively high number of neonatal cases coupled with the mortality rate observed requires a holistic approach to pregnancy care from conception to delivery, aimed at reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality.
The Comparison of Cooperative Learning Model Viewed from Students’ Emotional Intelligence

This research aimed to know the different influence of each learning model, emotional Intelligence, and interaction between those two elements toward the students’ achievement in mathematic. This is an experimental study within the 3x3 factorial design. The populations of this study were VII grade students of State Junior High Schools ( SMP ) in Surakarta city in academic year of 2016/2017. The samples of this study were students of SMPN 8 Surakarta, SMPN 16 Surakarta, and SMPN 20 Surakarta which were taken by stratified cluster random sampling. The instruments to collect the data were achievement test, questionnaire and documentation. The technique to analyze the data was variance analysis of two ways with different cell. Based on the result, it can be concluded that: (1) TGT model produced the same good result as well as TAI model, TGT model produced the better achievement than the direct learning, and TAI model produced the better achievement than direct learning in the algebra material. (2) Students having high emotional intelligence are better than students having low and medium emotional intelligence in term of achievement in mathematics. The students having medium emotional intelligence are as low as students having low emotional intelligence in term of achievement in algebra material. (3) In each category of emotional intelligence, TGT model produced higher achievement than TAI model and direct learning model, TAI and direct learning model produced the equal result in algebra material. (4) In each learning model, students’ achievement of those who have high emotional intelligence are higher than those who have medium and low emotional intelligence, and students who have low and medium intelligence produced the equal achievement in algebra material.