Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Language Proficiency, Use, and Maintenance among People with Vietnamese Heritage Living in Australia

Multilingualism provides cultural, economic and social benefits to individuals and societies. Many people with Vietnamese heritage have migrated to English-speaking countries such as Australia, Canada and the US. This study describes language proficiency, use and maintenance of 271 adults with Vietnamese heritage living across Australia. The majority were first-generation immigrants (76.6%), spoke Vietnamese as their first language (94.3%), and indicated Vietnamese was their most proficient language (78.5%). The majority were more likely to use Vietnamese (than English) with their mother, father, older siblings, Vietnamese-speaking grandparents, relatives in Vietnam, and Vietnamese friends. They used English and Vietnamese with their partners, children, younger siblings and English-speaking grandparents. They were more likely to speak English when working, studying and watching TV, but used English and Vietnamese equally on social media. The most important reasons for maintaining Vietnamese were: maintaining bonds with relatives, maintaining Vietnamese cultural identity, and building friendships.
Entrepreneurship and Market Orientation: Mindset of Indigenous Community

Wen Mina Hipere is a new method of agriculture, in this case, of farming sweet potatoes, modified by adding the cultivation of freshwater fish in the trench of the potato garden, practiced in several Dani tribe villages of Jayawijaya, one of Indonesia’s regencies in West Papua. Training of these farmers, in entrepreneurship and market orientation is expected to create innovation and to motivate farmers with the entrepreneurial spirit. The research, therefore, aims to evaluate the changes to the mindset of Wen Mina Hipere farmers at pre-and post-training in entrepreneurship and market orientation. Fifty farmers in Wogi village, who have been engaged in the Wen Mina Hipere farming system, have been subject to research following their training in entrepreneurship and market orientation. The results show that the dominant change occurs in the growth of confidence in entrepreneurship, whereas they developed to a higher degree their sense of competition in the market orientation part of the training. In preserving this local wisdom, the related departments need to give intensive technical assistance, training and coaching to improve farmers’ self-confidence, provide financial assistance and distribution channels for farmers to continue to perform within their traditional farming system. Keywords : entrepreneurship; market orientation; Wen Mina Hipere; indigenous community. DOI : 10.7176/JMCR/57-02 Publication date :June 30 th 2019
Hydrated Clusters of Nucleic Acid Bases in Supersonic Beams Probed by Multiphoton Ionization (MPI) Mass Spectrometry

In the present thesis clusters of nucleic acid bases and water are used as model systems of cellular DNA to investigate UV induced radiation damage in the gas phase. A new experimental system has been designed and commissioned to perform multiphoton ionization experiments on hydrogen bonded clusters of the nucleic acid bases: adenine, thymine and uracil, as well as on the related chromophores: 5-fluorouracil and hypoxanthine. As the result of pulsed nanosecond laser irradiation in the wavelength range of 220-230 nm, cluster, monomer and fragment ions were detected using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Possible multiphoton ionization pathways of clustered and isolated molecules including the role played by short (singlet) and long-lived (triplet) excited states as well as excited state tautomeric transitions are discussed. Signal intensities as a function of laser pulse fluence were measured. The slope of a logarithmic plot of the signal intensity versus fluence yields the so-called ‘photon order’ and provides information on the number of photons leading to the production of cluster, monomer and fragment ions. The results indicate two-photon ionization for uracil and thymine in dry molecular beams (i.e. photon orders equal to 1.9±0.2 and 1.4±0.1, respectively). An interesting result in the form of photon order equal to 3.0±0.5 has been measured for adenine in a dry molecular beam irradiated with an unfocused laser beam. This suggests a three photon ionization process, however further experimental work is required in order to exclude factors related to stability of the laser beam spatial profile. Hydrated cluster ions with up to 7 water molecules attached to a single uracil and 4 water molecules attached to adenine were unambiguously identified after adding water vapour to the molecular beam source. A maximum of 7 water molecules attached to adenine-uracil base pairs were detected. Possible ionization pathways of such hydrated clusters mediated by excited states tautomeric transitions are discussed. On the basis of photon orders measured under hydrated conditions, it is proposed that sequential MPI processes with 2, 3, and 4 photon absorption lead to production of cluster ions, cluster fragment ions (including protonated monomers), and molecular fragment ions, respectively.
An Efficient Approach to Design a Reversible Fault Tolerant Programmable Array Logic

Reversible circuits have applications in digital signal processing, computer graphics and cryptography. They are also a fundamental requirement in the field of quantum computation. We investigate the synthesis of reversible circuits that employ a minimum number of gates and contain no redundant input-output line pairs. In this paper, we have proposed a structure which constructs Reversible Programmable Array Logic (RPAL) as well as the RPAL is Fault Tolerant. An algorithm has been proposed to reduce total number of gates and garbage outputs in the AND plane of a RPAL. We compare the existing AND plane of Reversible Programmable Logic Array (RPLA) with the proposed one using benchmark functions. Our proposed design can realize ESOP (Exclusive Sum-of-Products) operations in terms of multi-output functions by using minimum number of gates, garbage outputs and quantum costs. In our design, we have used fault tolerant FRG (Fredkin Gate) and F2G (Feynman Double Gate) for making our RPAL Fault Tolerant. We have also proposed a fault tolerant design for RPAL in the OR plane with the minimum number of gates, garbage outputs and quantum costs. A Reversible Gate named FEG (Feynman Extension Gate) is also proposed to show the compactness of the proposed OR plane.
EXPLORING THE DICTIONARY PREFERENCES OF PROSPECTIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Dictionaries are among the most commonly employed materials in the foreign language learning process. Different types of them like monolingual, bilingual, collocation, and thesaurus dictionaries in both printed and electronic forms are at the disposal of learners to help them with lexical problems. As each type holds different characteristics, the dictionary use patterns are shaped in accordance with the specific needs and expectations of learners. This study aims to find out some details on prospective English language teachers’ dictionary preferences during their struggle to develop foreign language skills. The study was conducted with the participation of 55 freshman students taking the “Word Skills Course” in the English Language Teaching (ELT) Program at Ondokuz Mayıs University. The data were collected through a written questionnaire which consists of five multiple choice and six short openended questions. The findings yielded by the numerical and qualitative analyses indicate that all of the participants somehow utilize dictionaries (an average possession of 2 printed dictionaries per student) and think that dictionary use is an indispensable part of language learning. However, they are not entirely sure of whether they employ dictionaries effectively or not. Almost half of the participants (42%) think that they cannot use dictionaries effectively. As for the dictionary types, the majority of the participants (58%) prefer printed monolingual dictionaries. In the light of the findings we suggest that ELT students’ awareness and knowledge as to the available different types of dictionaries should be raised through informative elaborations on their distinguishing functions; and their skills for the effective use of dictionaries should be consolidated through regular instructor-guided practices on dictionary use within and outside the classroom.
Flow Characteristics of Multiphase Glass Beads-Water Slurry through Horizontal Pipeline using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Over the decades conveying solid particles through pipelines is a prevalent usage for many industries like food industries, pharmaceutical, oil and gas-solid handling, power generations etc. In the present study, slurry flow through 54.9 mm diameter and 4 m long horizontal pipe with solid particle diameter 0.125 mm and specific gravity 2.47 has been numerically analysed using a granular version of Eulerian two-phase model and RNG K- model. The solid particles are considered as mono-dispersed in the Eulerian model. These models are available in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) fluent software package. Non-uniform structured three-dimensional mesh with a refinement near wall boundary region has been selected for discretising the flow domain, and governing equations are solved using control volume finite difference method. Simulations are conducted at velocity varying from 1 m/s to 5 m/s and efflux concentration varying from 0.1 to 0.5 by volume. Different slurry flow parameters such as solid concentration distribution, velocity distribution, pressure drop etc. have been analysed from the simulated results. The simulated results of pressure drop are correlated with the experimental data available in previous literature and are found to be in excellent compliance with the experimental data.
Technology acceptance model-based research on differences of enterprise resources planning systems use in India and the European Union

The adoption of Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by organizations is crucial in today’s competitive globalized marketplace. The experience with ERP systems in numerous organizations over the last decade indicates that a successful implementation of ERP systems does not necessarily lead to a successful ERP usage. This paper addresses the scientific problem of differences in ERP acceptance and utilization in different cultural environments. The research question was whether and to what extend users’ extensive and explorative use of the ERP system differs in regions with different cultural backgrounds. Namely, organizations benefit from ERP systems only to the extent to which the users accept and utilize them. But the use of ERP systems at an advanced level is closely connected with the employees’ acceptance of these systems. To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ERP systems in their maturity stage of use, when the employees already accepted ERP system, organizations need to understand the factors that impact user satisfaction and thus influence their extended use of the ERP system. Because of the socio-economic importance of India and the European Union (EU), we conducted a comparative research study into the similarities and differences of their use of ERP systems. From a theoretical point of view, the paper extends the original technology acceptance model (TAM), where two additional factors (work compatibility and extended use) were added. Additional external factors which can influence the users’ acceptance of ERP systems have been included into research, too. The main objective of this study is to find the key determinants that have an impact on user satisfaction and on the extended use in different cultural environments (i.e. the EU and India). We analysed and compared the data of 293 ERP users from 44 organizations in the EU and 577 ERP users from 13 organizations in India. Even though the use of ERP systems in India and the EU is at the same advanced level, there are differences which are connected to organizational cultures, presumed resulting from cultural differences of researched regions. Research data show some differences in the impacts on extended TAM model factors and some differences regarding the impacts of external factors researched.
Role of Morphological Awareness and Morphological Processing in Korean Secondary School Students’ English- Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension

Kim, Eun Joo. (2019). Role of morphological awareness and morphological processing in Korean secondary school students’ English vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension. English Teaching, 74(2), 51-73. Despite the recognized importance of morphological knowledge to literacy outcomes such as vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, two of its subconstructs— morphological awareness and morphological processing—have received comparatively little attention. In response, the aim of the study reported here was to examine how the relationships between morphological awareness and morphological processing, especially in terms of morphological transparency and morphological frequency, contribute to the vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of 62 native Korean-speaking secondary school students—27 eighth-graders and 35 tenth-graders— learning English as a foreign language. The students’ performance on the Test of Morphological Structure and the Word Reading Test was assessed to gauge their compounding awareness, inflectional awareness, vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension. The results indicated that the students’ performance was varied depending on morphological transparency and frequency. In addition, it was not morphological processing, but rather morphological awareness that explained variances in vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, when compounding awareness and inflectional awareness were controlled for. This paper discusses what such findings imply for teaching English as a foreign language to Korean learners.
Analyzing Consumer Loyalty of Mobile Advertising: A View of Involvement, Content, and Interactivity and the Mediator of Advertising Value

Mobile commerce has been growing popular recently and mobile advertising is one of the important aspects in marketing. Advertising value is an important criterion for measuring its success. Previous studies have focused on message content or technology use. The purpose of mobile advertising is to provide personalized information for consumers. Individual beliefs thus play an important role in identifying advertising value. Three major concerns arise for advertising value, personal involvement, message content, and user interactivity. However, advertising value may be temporary to define advertising effectiveness. Consumer loyalty is defined as the target for rapid growth and proliferation of advertisements. Based on these issues, this study thus proposes a novel research model for defining the relationship structure for the key drivers, advertising value and customer loyalty, in a m-commerce. The empirical results show important links among these components and advertising value acts as a critical mediator in realizing consumer loyalty. Keywords-Mobile advertising; Consumer loyalty; Advertising value; Involvement; Message content; Interactivity.
The sustained value teachers place on outdoor learning

ABSTRACT Data from English primary school teachers in 1995 and 2017 illustrate the sustained value they place on outdoor learning in a period of curriculum and governance reform. With emphasis on a prescribed curriculum, metrics and performativity, and decreased expertise, these data show the strength of teachers’ aspirations and values for developing provision in outdoor learning. Teachers use their autonomous space as curriculum makers to achieve different practices and their ‘personality of change’ accommodates this non-mandatory curriculum area. These strategies are relevant to beginning teachers and in international settings, to identify how teachers might respond to change and deconstruct their practice.
Engineering of Photophysical Properties in Halide Perovskites: From Nano to Bulk for Optoelectronic Applications

Engineering of Photophysical Properties in Halide Perovskites: From Nano to Bulk for Optoelectronic Applications Ibrahim Dursun Halide perovskites have attracted the attention of a broad segment of the optoelectronics field, owing to their outstanding optical and electrical properties; simple low-temperature solution processing; low-cost raw materials; and tunable bandgaps. The main objective of this dissertation is engineering the materials’ properties of halide perovskites – their crystallinity, composition, and dimensionality – in order to understand the fundamental photophysical processes leading to their extraordinary behavior and to translate this understanding into optoelectronic applications. This dissertation is divided into two parts: the first focuses primarily on halide perovskites as a photonic source from an emission perspective, whereas the second is devoted to fundamental investigation of emergent photophysical concepts in halide perovskite materials including photon recycling and hot carriers. In the first part of this dissertation, we studied the synthesis and characterization of Cs-PbBr-based perovskite-related single crystals to elucidate the origin of the materials’ emission properties. After that, we presented perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) as a color converter in solid state lighting and visible light communication. Perovskites NCs’ converted white light (with a high color rendering index of 89 and a color correlated temperature of 3236 K) exhibits an extraordinary modulation bandwidth of 491 MHz, and data transmission
Activating Conflicts? Types of Intragroup Conflict and Their Effect on Performance

The current studies contribute to research by examining the effect of intragroup conflict type on performance. It was hypothesized that conflicts concerning tasks increase performance through higher levels of behavioral activation. Conflicts regarding personal issues, however, were assumed to decrease performance through lower levels of behavioral activation. Further, in line with the so-called too-much-of-a-good thing effect, it was thought that performance is greatest among moderate task conflicts, with lower levels of performance among low- and high-intensity conflicts. Two experiments were conducted: Study 1 (n = 44) examined the effect of conflict type on behavioral activation. To induce conflicts, participants experienced different conflict types by means of videos and subsequently, behavioral activation was measured. Results showed no changes in behavioral activation among either conflict type. To increase involvement, study 2 (n = 46) asked participants to recall actual past conflicts of both conflict types, after which tests for behavioral activation and performance were conducted. Study 2 showed that both conflict types lead to a decrease in performance without any mediation by behavioral activation. Further, task conflict intensity indeed showed a bell-shaped relationship with subjective performance. These findings imply for organizational theory and related fields that many positively linear assumed effects might be of more complex nature, thereby opening the door for further investigations, and for organizational practice to conscientiously deal with conflicts in order to maintain performance.
Sensitivity of Liquidity, Investment Decision, and Financial Constraints

This research aims to test the sensitivity level of liquidity and investment opportunity to investment decision between non-financially and financially constrained firms. The sampleon this research is the firms of Jakarta Islamic Index listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange from period 2011 to 2015. There are 13 sample firms obtained with 65 observations. This research uses moderating regresssion analysis. Independent variable is liquidity and investment opportunity, dependent variable is investment decision, moderating variable is financial constrains, and variable control is debt.This research classifies non financially constrains (NFC) and financial constrains (FC) firms into four steps by observing dividend policy, cash flow, debt (leverage), and investment opportunity. The result of research refers that liquidity and investment opportunity have a positive influence to investment decision. Liquidity is more sensitive to investment decision for financially constrained firms. Investment opportunity is more sensitive to investment decision for non-financially constrained firms. The result of robbusness test using sample of the firms LQ 45 period 2011 to 2015 with 23 sample firms obtained with 115 observations also shows the same result and consistent with sample firms in Jakarta Islamic Index.
A person-centered investigation of math motivation and its correlates to math achievement in elementary students

The present study used a person-centered approach to identify math motivation profiles under self-determination theory, and examine whether math achievement varies across different profiles. Data were collected from 2,137 children. Five student motivation profiles were identified: a “high quality” profile characterized by high levels of intrinsic and identiﬁed motivation and a low level of controlled motivation, a “high quantity” profile characterized by high levels of these three kinds of motivation, a “low quantity” profile characterized by low levels of these three kinds of motivation, a “poor quality” profile characterized by a high level of controlled motivation and low levels of intrinsic and identiﬁed motivation, and a “low autonomous motivation” profile characterized by very low levels of intrinsic and identiﬁed motivation. These five profiles differed in math achievement. We found that students in the high quality profile had the highest level of math achievement compared to those in the other profiles. This result indicated that the quality of motivation was more important than the amount of motivation.
Rainfall Forecasting in Banyuwangi Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System

Rainfall forcasting is a non-linear forecasting process that varies according to area and strongly influenced by climate change. It is a difficult process due to complexity of rainfall trend in the previous event and the popularity of Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) with hybrid learning method give high prediction for rainfall as a forecasting model. Thus, in this study we investigate the efficient membership function of ANFIS for predicting rainfall in Banyuwangi, Indonesia. The number of different membership functions that use hybrid learning method is compared. The validation process shows that 3 or 4 membership function gives minimum RMSE results that use temperature, wind speed and relative humidity as parameters.
Analyzing life-logging image sequences

We present a method to analyze daily activities, such as meal preparation, using video from an egocentric camera. Our method performs inference about activities, actions, hands, and objects. Daily activities are a challenging domain for activity recognition which are well-suited to an egocentric approach. In contrast to previous activity recognition methods, our approach does not require pre-trained detectors for objects and hands. Instead we demonstrate the ability to learn a hierarchical model of an activity by exploiting the consistent appearance of objects, hands, and actions that results from the egocentric context. We show that joint modeling of activities, actions, and objects leads to superior performance in comparison to the case where they are considered independently. We introduce a novel representation of actions based on object-hand interactions and experimentally demonstrate the superior performance of our representation in comparison to standard activity representations such as bag of words.