Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Motivation on Proactive Behavior in the Perspective of Self-Determination Theory

Using the Self-Determination Theory, the authors investigate the consequence of motivation. Speciﬁcally, this study analyzes the impacts of amotivation, extrinsic motivation, and intrinsic motivation toward proactive behavior of headquarter employees. Answering research problems and examining hypotheses, the authors applied regression technic to analysis eighty three data collected in the state organization which cover the Divisions under Directors of Finance and Human Resources and Sales Division outside of Finance & Human Resources Directors. The results of this research show that amotivation, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation signiﬁcantly and directly affect headquarter employee’s proactive behavior. These ﬁndings imply that company should give attention to the emergence of amotivation because amotivation can reduce or eliminate an employee’s proactive behavior in work which can ultimately disrupt the company’s performance. Moreover, the authors conclude by presenting theoretical and managerial implication.
Harmonia axyridis recordings in northern Italy.

In summer 2008, larvae, pupae and adults of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera Coccinellidae) were found in several locali- ties in northern Italy. Since the first record in Turin (Piedmont) in 2006, this ladybird, just two years later, was collected up to the northeast of Italy. The colour forms found consisted for 97.52% of H. axyridis succinea and 2.48% of H. axyridis spectabilis (n = 1049). These records may represent a case study in modelling intra-guild predation and the spread of an exotic species.
Approximate Controllability of a Parabolic System with Imperfect Interfaces

In this paper, the investigation of the asymptotic behavior of the approximate control for a parabolic equation with periodic rapidly oscillating coefficients depending on a parameter γ and modeling composites with interfacial resistance was completed. The approximate control and its asymptotic behavior as ε → 0 for the case −1 < γ ≤ 1was done recently in Donato & Jose (2015). The remaining case γ ≤ −1 was considered. The corrector results for the latter case given in Yang (2014) play an important role when proving this result. Following an idea introduced by Lions (1991), the approximate control is constructed as the solutions of a related transposed problem having as final data the (unique) minimum point of a suitable functional. It was then demonstrated that the control and the corresponding solution of the periodic problem converge respectively to the control and to the solution of the homogenized problem. One of the main difficulties in this study was to find the appropriate limit functionals in order to obtain the convergence results. This study addressed the problem of homogenization in the context of controllability and vice-versa, showing the interplay of two approaches in the study of partial differential equations.
A conservative look at term deduction systems with variable binding

We set up a formal framework to describe term deduction systems, such as transition system specifications in the style of Plotkin, and conditional term rewriting systems. This framework has the power to express many-sortedness, general binding mechanisms and substitutions, among other notions such as negative premises and unary predicates on terms. The framework is used to present a conservativity format in operational semantics, which states sufficient criteria to ensure that the extension of a transition system specification with new rules does not affect the behaviour of the original terms. Furthermore, we show how general theorems in structured operational semantics can be transformed into results in conditional term rewriting. We apply this approach to the conservativity theorem, which yields a result that is useful in the field of abstract data types.
Patterns of play to score goals in Uruguayan professional football

espanolEl objetivo de esta investigacion fue analizar las acciones finalizadas en gol en los campeonatos de futbol profesional de la Primera Division de Uruguay. El abordaje metodologico utilizado fue la metodologia observacional, 578 goles convertidos en 233 partidos fueron analizados a traves de la teoria de grafos y el analisis secuencial de retardos. La teoria de grafos y el analisis descriptivo reflejaron que la mayoria de los pases fueron registrados en la zona de gestacion localizada en el carril central del campo de juego, con una prevalencia del carril derecho sobre el izquierdo. La mayoria de los goles fueron convertidos dentro del area penal a traves de remates. Dos secuencias se destacaron: 1) pase-remate-gol y 2) remate-rebote-remate-gol. La conduccion y el dribbling son acciones que estuvieron inhibidas en el analisis secuencial. EnglishThe aim of this investigation was to analyse the actions ended in goal in the professional football championships of the First Division of Uruguay. Observational methodology was used, 578 goals scored in 233 games were analysed through theory of graphs and sequential analysis. The graphs and the descriptive analysis reflected that most of the passes were registered in the creation area located on the central lane of the playing field, with a prevalence of the right lane over the left. Most of the goals were scored inside the penalty area through shots. Two sequences were highlighted: 1) pass-shot-goal and 2) shot-rebound-shot-goal. Conducting and dribbling are actions that were inhibited in the sequential analysis. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
The globular cluster system of NGC 6822

We present a comprehensive analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Our study is based on homogeneous optical and near-IR photometry, as well as long-slit spectroscopic observations which are used to determine new radial velocities for six GCs, two of which had no previous spectroscopic information. We construct optical-near-IR colour-colour diagrams and through comparison to simple stellar population models infer that the GCs have old ages consistent with being 9 Gyr or older, while their metallicities are in the range between -1.6 ≲ [Fe/H] ≲ -0.4. We conduct a kinematic analysis of the GC population and find tentative evidence for weak net rotation of the GC system, in the same sense as that exhibited by the underlying spheroid. The most likely amplitude of rotation is ≈10 km s-1, approximately half the magnitude of the observed velocity dispersion. Finally, we use the GCs to estimate the dynamical mass of NGC 6822 within ˜11 kpc and we formally find it to be in the range between (3 and 4) × 109 M⊙. This implies an overall mass-to-light ratio in the range of ˜30-40 and indicates that NGC 6822 is highly dark-matter-dominated. The mass and the corresponding mass-to-light ratio estimates are affected by various additional systematic effects due to limitations of the data and the model that are not necessary reflected in the formal uncertainties.
PREPRINT Flexible distributed control plane deployment

For large-scale programmable networks, flexible deployment of distributed control planes is essential for service availability and performance. However, existing approaches only focus on placing controllers whereas the consequent control traffic is often ignored. In this paper, we propose a black-box optimization framework offering the additional steps for quantifying the effect of the consequent control traffic when deploying a distributed control plane. Evaluating different implementations of the framework over real-world topologies shows that close to optimal solutions can be achieved. Moreover, experiments indicate that running a method for controller placement without considering the control traffic, cause excessive bandwidth usage (worst cases varying between 20.1%-50.1% more) and congestion, compared to our approach.
Broadband reflectarrays made of cells with three coplanar parallel dipoles

A broadband reflectarray cell made of three parallel dipoles printed on a dielectric layer is presented. A 33% bandwidth is achieved for the cell made of dipoles, which is larger than that obtained for a reference cell consisting of three stacked square patches (26%). Using this cell, a 41‐cm reflectarray antenna has been designed to produce a collimated beam at 9.5 GHz. The numerical results obtained for the reflectarray antenna made of parallel dipoles show a 1‐dB bandwidth of 19%, a 65% efficiency, 0.2 dB of losses, and low levels of cross polarization (25 dB below the maximum). These results demonstrate a high performance for the proposed reflectarray antenna made of cells with three printed dipoles. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:748–753, 2014
Production of Citric Acid by Trichoderma viride Isolated from Soil in Keffi, Nigeria Using Glucose Enhanced Substrates

Aim: This study was aimed at the production of citric acid by Trichoderma viride (T. viride) isolated from soil in keffi, Nigeria, using glucose enhanced substrate. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Microbiology Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Nassarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria, between April and June 2017. Methodology: Trichoderma viride was isolated from soil in Keffi and identified using standard microbiology methods. Two types of glucose production media were prepared by following standard fermentation conditions. The citric acid produced was estimated using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) method respectively. Results: The maximum citric acid production of 12.03±0.31g/l was obtained at pH 6.0 with glucose with soybeans cake by T. viride and on sugar concentration of 160 g/l 15.17±3.01 g/l. The fermentation broth containing glucose and soy beans cake has the highest production of citric acid on both fermentation parameters tested respectively. Short Research Article Ekeleme et al.; SAJRM, 1(1): 1-6, 2018; Article no.SAJRM. 39387 2 Conclusion: Different fermentation conditions such as pH and sugar concentration substrate enhanced on the production of citric acid. This study showed that pH 6.0 with glucose with soybeans cake has highest citric acid production and at sugar concentration of 160 g/l with glucose and soybeans cake produced the highest citric acid by T. viride.
A meta‐analysis of the differences in environmental impacts between organic and conventional farming

Purpose – This paper aims to perform a meta‐analysis of the literature comparing the environmental impacts of organic and conventional farming and linking these to differences in management practises. The studied environmental impacts are related to land use efficiency, organic matter content in the soil, nitrate and phosphate leaching to the water system, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity.Design/methodology/approach – The theoretic framework uses the driver‐state‐response framework and literature data were analysed using meta‐analysis methodology. Meta‐analysis is the statistical analysis of multiple study results. Data were obtained by screening peer reviewed literature.Findings – From the paper's meta‐analysis it can conclude that soils in organic farming systems have on average a higher content of organic matter. It can also conclude that organic farming contributes positively to agro‐biodiversity (breeds used by the farmers) and natural biodiversity (wild life). Concerning the impact of the o.
A Feminist Perspective on Gender Justice in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Introduction: Chronic pain is a significant public health problem that disproportionately affects women. Gender justice in the management of chronic pain must involve gender-tailoring of treatment paradigms. Gender disparities in reporting and treatment of pain: Women are more likely than men to suffer from chronic pain, including chronic pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, temporomandibular disorder, and neuropathic pain syndromes, among others. Chronic pain may be more debilitating on daily functioning in women. Women are more likely to be prescribed chronic opioid therapy for their pain and are at greater risk for polypharmacy and opioid overdose. Gender differences in pain experience: The mechanisms underlying gender differences in pain experience and pain reporting are complex. Sex hormones, including testosterone, estrogens, and progestins, exert pronociceptive and anti-nociceptive effects through the endogenous opioid system, thereby modulating the experience of pain. Cultural norms of masculinity and feminitity influence pain reporting. Women with chronic pain are more likely than men to suffer from significant psychiatric co-morbidities, especially depression. Women and men differ in their coping mechanisms for chronic pain; women are more likely to engage in emotionalcentered coping strategies such as social support, positive statements, and relaxation. Women are also more likely to catastrophize pain, which is associated with lower ratings of self-efficacy. A feminist perspective: Due to the endocrinologic, cultural, and social differences between women and men in the experience and reporting of chronic pain, justice requires a difference feminism approach to the treatment of pain in women. Healthcare providers should be educated on the mechanisms that modulate the experience of chronic pain and how they differ between women and men. Providers should carefully evaluate for psychiatric co-morbidities in women with chronic pain due to the higher prevalence of such disorders in this group. Holistic, or multi-modal, management of pain, while appropriate in both men and women, is of particular importance in women due to the emotional valence associated with chronic pain in women, the reliance on emotional coping methods, pain catastrophizing, and poor self-efficacy. Conclusion: Women are more likely to experience chronic pain than men and gender justice in the treatment of chronic pain requires understanding gender differences in the experience and reporting of pain and gender-tailoring the treatment of such pain.
Measurement of Tidal Form Drag Using Seafloor Pressure Sensors

AbstractAs currents flow over rough topography, the pressure difference between the up- and downstream sides results in form drag—a force that opposes the flow. Measuring form drag is valuable because it can be used to estimate the loss of energy from currents as they interact with topography. An array of bottom pressure sensors was used to measure the tidal form drag on a sloping ridge in 200 m of water that forms a 1-km headland at the surface in Puget Sound, Washington. The form drag per unit length of the ridge reached 1 × 104 N m−1 during peak flood tides. The tidally averaged power removed from the tidal currents by form drag was 0.2 W m−2, which is 30 times larger than power losses to friction. Form drag is best parameterized by a linear wave drag law as opposed to a bluff body drag law because the flow is stratified and both internal waves and eddies are generated on the sloping topography. Maximum turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rates of 5 × 10−5 W kg−1 were measured with a microstructure pr.
The Influence of Student Characteristics on Early Elementary Oral Reading Fluency

Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) is a widely-used index of reading ability in early elementary grades; however, little information exists on predictive value of student characteristics on ORF scores (Wang, Algozzine, Ma, & Porfeli, 2011). A three-step sequential model was used to analyze the influence of student characteristics on scores (N = 2649) on an end of year ORF measure. Results indicate gender, race, lunch status, and English Language Learner status explained 7% of the variance in scores after controlling for grade and school characteristics (ΔR2 = .07, F8, 2626 = 35.93, p = < .001), and Special Education (SPED) status explained an additional 5% (ΔR2 = .05 F9, 2625 = 59.45, p = < .001). The predictive value of several student characteristics changed depending on SPED status, and this was also a significant moderator on grade level (ΔR2 = .002 F2, 2623 = 4.12, p = .016). The use of these results in subsequent research is discussed.
EFFECT OF INTRATHECAL HEAVY BUPIVACAINE WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE AND INTRATHECAL HEAVY BUPIVACAINE WITH FENTANYL IN LOWER ABDOMINAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERIES

Objective: Spinal or epidural anesthesia techniques provide the best method of anesthesia for lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries. Small doses of adjuvants administered spinally provide profoundly prolonged segmental analgesia with good post-operative pain relief. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine (10 μg) versus fentanyl (25 μg) as an adjuvant added to bupivacaine in spinal anesthesia for patients undergoing lower abdominal and gynecological surgeries and assessment of duration of post-operative analgesia. Methods: Hospital-based randomized double-blind controlled study conducted in tertiary teaching hospital of Kakinada and Rajahmundry. The period of study is February 2013–July 2018. Patients were divided into two groups of 25 each. In the first group, dexmedetomidine was added as adjuvant to bupivacaine whereas in the second group fentanyl was added as an adjuvant to bupivacaine. The visual analog scale used to assess the analgesic effect. Time at which the rescue analgesic given was noted which gives the duration of post-operative analgesia. Results: Results were analyzed in both groups. The software used for statistical analysis was GraphPad for windows 10.0. 5. Continuous variables were analyzed with student t-test and analysis of variance. Post-operative analgesia duration is significantly prolonged in the dexmedetomidine group with a mean 308.64±12.50 compared to fentanyl group where the mean is 253.12 min±14.30. There is a statistically significant difference (p<0.0001) between the two groups. Conclusion: Intrathecal dexmedetomidine supplementation to spinal bupivacaine seems to be a good alternative to intrathecal fentanyl since it produces prolonged post-operative analgesia with minimal side effects and excellent quality of spinal analgesia.
Potentiality and chemical composition of Bridelia micrantha (Berth) extracts and its fractions as biofumigant against economically important stored grain insect pests

Purpose: A study was carried out to determine the potentiality of Bridelia micrantha (BM) as biofumigant for the control of some economically important insect pests of stored food grains. Research Method: BM powder was sequentially extracted with a series of solvents of increasing polarity in a Soxhlet apparatus and concentrated by the rotatory evaporator. The residues were dissolved in 50ml methanol, assayed for insecticidal activity by fumigant toxicity. Effective and active extract which showed maximum activity was selected for analysis using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Findings: Ethyl acetate crude extract and its active fraction (50% hexane: 50% ethyl acetate) showed more potent insecticidal activity with increasing concentration and exposure time. Among the insect species Tribolium castaneum is more susceptible and Rhyzoperthadominica tolerant of the fumigant toxicity treatments. GC-MS analysis revealed that Dibutyl phthalate (96%), 3-Dodecen-1-al (87%), 13-docosen-1-ol (83%) Ethanol-2-(2-butoxyethoxy) (80%), 2-Butenoic acid, 2 propentl (47%), 4-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid (38%) and Phenyl salicylate (30%) were the major constituents out of the eleven bioactive compounds identified. Research limitations: There were no limitations to report. Originality/Value: The results suggested that B. micrantha may be utilized as a good potential herbal fumigant for the management of stored product-insect pests due to its potent insecticidal activity and chemical composition which contains many different chemicals that have different modes of action on target pests and effective in the conservation of the germinative power of the various food grains.
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL INSTITUTO DE BIOCIÊNCIAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM BOTÂNICA

6 Introdução geral . 7 Referências Bibliográficas . 8 Effect of vegetation matrix on diversity and distribution of epipetric bromeliads in a transitional region between Evergreen and Seasonal Forest . 13 Abstract . 13. 13
ESTIMATION OF SOME GENETIC PARAMETERS USING LINE×TESTER ANALYSIS OF COMMON WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)

Seven common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars were crossed in a line×tester matting design. The 12 F1 and their parents were evaluated using a Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) replicated three times in Kurdistan Reign-Iraq at two different locations, first Kanipanka in Sharazoor Valley, and the second was Qlyasan Agricultural Research Station, University of Sulaimani, during the winter season of 2017-2018. The Least Significant Differences Test (LSD) at (P≤0.05) was carried out to compare the means of the characters. The results confirmed that sufficient genetic variability was included with all traits studied. The cross Aras×Iba-95 at Kanipanka location and Klal×Cham-6 at Qlyasan location had better grain yield/plant mean than their parents. The cross Aras×Iba-95 and Klal×Cham-6 at both locations exhibited maximum positive heterosis for grain yield/plant and most of their components. Line parents Aras and Klal are good general combiners for grain yield/plant and most its components at both locations respectively. The cross Aras×Iba-95 is the better specific combiner to increase grain yield/plant at both sites. The superiority of non-additive type of gene actions in controlling the inheritance of these characters was confirmed.
92-0119 Political Economy Series # 56 Productivity , Contracting Modes , and Development

Why do profit-maximizing entrepreneurs in developing countries use incentive contracts less than their counterparts in developed countries, despite the fact that such contracts generate higher productivity? This paper explores the hypothesis that the main alternative to incentive contracts are based on costly monitoring of inputs supplied. We develop a model of a dual labor market where both kinds of contracts can co-exist, despite the lack of heterogeneity among firms or production tasks. Employers trade off the informational rents that need to be paid in incentive contracts, with the costs of monitoring in input-based contracts. Workers prefer incentive contracts because they give rise to informational rents; these rents are sustained by the excess demand for jobs under incentive contracts. Monitoring costs depend on labor costs, and therefore (endogenously ) on the relative shortage of labor in the economy. LDC entrepreneurs prefer monitoring-based contracts because of cheaper labor costs. The social ret urns to the use of incentive contracts exceed the private returns to employers. Consequently, changes in technology, market size, degree of product market competition, output subsidies or protection from imports enhance growth by increasing wage rates, and therefore motivating employers to switch increasingly to the use of incentive contracts.