Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Determinants of Technological and Innovation Performance of the Nepalese Cellular Telecommunications Industry from the Customers’ Perspective

Article history: Received: 30 August, 2020 Accepted: 21 November, 2020 Online: 08 December, 2020 The study aimed to understand and analyze the technological and innovation performance measures of the Nepalese cellular telecommunications industry from the customers’ perspective. The measures like network service quality, signal strength and coverage, voice quality, and calls drop are used for technological performance, whereas measures like product/service innovation, process innovation, customization, competitive innovation, and marketing innovation are used for innovation performance. It followed a descriptive research design employing a structured questionnaire survey instrument. Two market leader companies of the Nepalese telecommunications industry (Nepal Telecom and Ncell) and their customers were considered as objects of the study. For this study, 391 respondents were selected by using the judgmental sampling technique. Targeted respondents of the study were postgraduate understudies, service holders, business persons, and freelancers. The survey instrument was set in three segments with 19 questions to collect and analyze information with the help of a statistical package for the social sciences and analysis of moment structures software. Two constructs with nine test variables found as the determinants of the technological and innovation performance of the Nepalese cellular telecommunications industry. The results of the study would provide helpful guidelines in understanding the key drivers of the technological and innovation performance in the Nepalese scenario.
Online Learning & Blended Learning: Perbandingan Hasil Belajar Metode Daring Penuh dan Terpadu

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar mata kuliah Statistika Ekonomi II dengan metode terpadu ( blended learning ) dan daring penuh ( full online ). Subjek penelitian ini terdiri dari 28 mahasiswa dan 30 mahasiswa angkatan 2017 dan 2018 berturut-turut yang beraasal dari Program Studi S1 Manajemen Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. Sebanyak 28 mahasiswa angkatan 2017 belajar dengan menggunakan metode blended learning dan 30 mahasiswa angaktan 2018 belajar dengan menggunakan metode full daring. Teknik pengolahan dan analisa data pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Pengumpulan dan analisa data kuantiatif menggunakan tes awal dan tes akhir serta pengolahan dan analisa data perbedaan dua rata-rata menggunakan uji Mann-Whitney U . Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kelompok data dengan menggunakan metode blended learning maupun dengan full online tidak menunjukan perbedaan hasil yang signifikan dengan nilai p-value atau sig. sebesar 0,803 > alpha= 0,05. Artinya proses pembelajaran full online dengan hanya mengandalkan 20% maksimal tatap muka tetap memberikan efek yang sama pada ranah kogniitf mahasiswa. Namun, tantangan pembelajaran full online justru terletak pada pencapaian kompetensi afektif dari peserta didik.
Gender Variations in Coping Mechanisms Used after Disagreements in the Home Domain: The Case of Malaysian Youths

1*Wong Ngan Ling, 2Ngeow Yeok Meng, 3Kuang Ching Hei and 4Ananda Kumar Palaniappan 1Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2Department of General Studies, Faculty of Creative Industries, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, India 4Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The comparative study on agglomerative hierarchical clustering using numerical data

In theconventional way of convert data into a singleton or merging has many drawbacks mainly computational complexity. In this context hierarchical clustering method for quantitative measures of similarity among objects that could keep not only the structure of categorical attributes but also relative distance of numeric values. For numeric data the number of clusters can be validated through integral data, the hierarchical and partitioning methods the relationships among categorical items. In This Paper we hereinvestigate linkage criterions in hierarchical clustering algorithm performance calculations using with Euclidian distance measure and some clustering techniques and their applications have been discussed. It also describes the necessities to be calculated for constructing a well-organized to handle the huge data sets. As the study initially investigates distinct issues for creating clusters with numeric attributes. The efficiency is obtained by clustering of datasets that comprises of numeric attributes related to distinct applications. Significant issues such merging object naturally uses Euclidean distance is resolved by using Agglomerative methods.
Inter-role conflict in Work and Family: is a healthy balance possible?

Background : This paper contains four research contributions made by psychology students within the theoretical framework of Self-Determination Theory. Methods : The aim was to investigate the relation between work-family conflict and some related variables, such as job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, basic psychological needs, and parenting educational practices in 126 pairs of parents, both workers. For each of the variables to be investigated, specific self-report scales were administered. Results : Results suggest that there is a negative correlation between family-to-work conflict and job satisfaction in both women and men, that parenting educational practices are affected by quality of work-to-family conflict, that an intrinsic motivation to work could lead to a great job satisfaction, and that it exists a negative correlation between basic psychological needs satisfaction and work-family conflict. Conclusions :Further implications of these results for understanding the impact of work-family dynamics on parental well-being are discussed in the conclusions section of this paper.
Predictors and barriers to physical activity among rural preschool children in Kuching and Samarahan Divison, Sarawak, Malaysia

Introduction: Physical activity improves the physical and mental health of children as well as their social wellbeing. Physical activity of preschool children is influenced by individual, social, nutritional and environment factors. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of physical activity and associated factors among preschool children in rural districts of Kuching and Samarahan Divison, Sarawak, Malaysia. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 227 children, aged 4 to 6 years, from KEMAS preschools and their parents from rural area of Kuching and Samarahan Division, Sarawak. Sociodemographic profile, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and perceived environmental factors were obtained using interview-guided validated questionnaires. Nutritional status of the children was measured using anthropometric measurement. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 22.0 Results: The proportion of physically active children in this study was 46.3%; 50.7% were found to have high screen time and 40.5% had high quiet play. The prevalence of overweight was 12.8% and the prevalence of obesity was 5.2%. Multivariate analysis revealed that the proportion of children who were physically active was higher among those who were of the Malay ethnicity with unemployed mothers, high safety and crime score, and walkable environment in the surrounding. _________________________________________ Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. Malaysia, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *Correspondence: fakhreejp@gmail.com 18040004@siswa.unimas. my orcid.org/ 0000-0002-8186-4526 (Received on 03 December 2019: Accepted after revision on 24 January 2020) The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest Personal funding was used for the project. Open Access Article published under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY License Conclusions: This study showed that only half of preschool children were engaged in physical activity in sufficient levels. The study also identified the several predictors related to physical activity using the socio-ecological model. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.4038/sljch.v49i4. 9267 (
Innovative use of brick wastes as coarse aggregate in concrete

Coarse aggregates occupy the largest volume in concrete which is one of the most widely used construction material as per industry surveys. The depleting supply of coarse aggregate coupled with the high greenhouse gasses emissions from its processing and transportation has resulted in a need to find alternativesthat can be utilized as coarse aggregate. Of such materials that are available in abundance locally in Pakistan are brick wastes that are generated from the construction and demolition processes. In order to evaluate the feasibility of using brick wastes as coarse aggregate in producing concrete, this study was undertaken. Six concrete mixtures were made by incorporating brick wastes as a replacement for the natural coarse aggregates and the corresponding properties evaluated. The properties evaluated are the slump, density, compressive strength and flexural strength. Results from this study indicated that the use of brick wastes as coarse aggregates in concrete resulted in a decrease in the slump and mechanical properties. However, concrete mixtures incorporating brick wastes up to 100% replacement of natural coarse aggregate exhibited flexural and compressive strength higher than 2 MPa and 10 MPa respectively. Nonetheless, the incorporation of brick wastes as coarse aggregate resulted in a decrease in density due to its lower bulk density in comparison to that of the natural coarse aggregate.
The Sound Pattern of Heritage Spanish: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of a Classroom Experience

While heritage Spanish phonetics and phonology and classroom experiences have received increased attention in recent years, these areas have yet to converge. Furthermore, most research in these realms is cross-sectional, ignoring individual or group changes across time. We aim to connect research strands and fill gaps associated with the aforementioned areas by conducting an individual-level empirical analysis of narrative data produced by five female heritage speakers of Spanish at the beginning and end of a semester-long heritage language instruction class. We focus on voiced and voiceless stop consonants, vowel quality, mean pitch, pitch range, and speech rate. Our acoustic and statistical outputs of beginning versus end data reveal that each informant exhibits a change in between three and five of the six dependent variables, showing that exposure to a more formal register through a classroom experience over the course of a semester constitutes enough input to influence the heritage language sound system, even if the sound system is not an object of explicit instruction. We interpret the significant changes through the lenses of the development of formal speech and discursive strategies, phonological retuning, and speech style and pragmatic effects, while also acknowledging limitations to address in future related work.
Subjective SES is Associated with Children’s Neurophysiological Response to Auditory Oddballs

Abstract Language and reading acquisitions are strongly associated with a child’s socioeconomic status (SES). There are a number of potential explanations for this relationship. We explore one potential explanation—a child’s SES is associated with how children discriminate word-like sounds (i.e., phonological processing), a foundational skill for reading acquisition. Magnetoencephalography data from a sample of 71 children (aged 6 years and 11 months–12 years and 3 months), during a passive auditory oddball task containing word and nonword deviants, were used to test “where” (which sensors) and “when” (at what time) any association may occur. We also investigated associations between cognition, education, and this neurophysiological response. We report differences in the neural processing of word and nonword deviant tones at an early N200 component (likely representing early sensory processing) and a later P300 component (likely representing attentional and/or semantic processing). More interestingly we found “parental subjective” SES (the parents rating of their own relative affluence) was convincingly associated with later responses, but there were no significant associations with equivalized income. This suggests that the SES as rated by their parents is associated with underlying phonological detection skills. Furthermore, this correlation likely occurs at a later time point in information processing, associated with semantic and attentional processes. In contrast, household income is not significantly associated with these skills. One possibility is that the subjective assessment of SES is more impactful on neural mechanisms of phonological processing than the less complex and more objective measure of household income.
Numerical Modeling of Moisture and Temperature Distribution within a Rectangular Bagasse Layer Undergoing Drying

In this work, a numerical two-dimensional model using the finite volume method, which predicts the temperature and moisture distribution of the moist rectangular bagasse layer undergoing drying, is developed. During the drying process, variable heat and mass transfer coefficients are considered. The flow fields are numerically predicted using a commercial CFD package, Fluent. The temperature and moisture distributions under transient conditions are obtained, which determine both heat and moisture transport inside the material. The validation of the model is carried out by comparing the predicted mean moisture content values with those obtained experimentally. The comparison of the numerical and experimental result shows good agreement up to 8%.
Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Creative Self-efficacy

Several previous studies have tested the relationship between leadership type and innovative work behavior. However, there have been only a few empirical studies examining the mediating role of creative self-efficacy on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and innovative work behavior. This study was conducted to fill this gap to understand the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and innovative work behavior and the role of creative self-efficacy as a mediating variable for the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and innovative work behavior. Data were collected using a questionnaire distributed to 190 employees of the Astra Honda Authorized Service Station (AHASS) and analyzed using Structural equation modeling with SmartPLS software. The results indicate that entrepreneurial leadership increases the innovative work behavior of employees. Besides, entrepreneurial leadership increases creative self-efficacy and leads to increased employee innovative work behavior. This study contributes to the development of the literature by providing empirical evidence on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and innovative work behavior and the role of creative self-efficacy in innovative behavior. This study confirms Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) that a person's self-efficacy will generate creative ideas in the workplace and produce innovative work. The practical implication is that leaders must provide greater opportunities for employees to develop creative ideas in the workplace to achieve an increase in innovative work behavior.
Exploring the effect of a visual constraint on students’ design cognition

Abstract This paper presents the results of a study that explores the effect of a visual constraint on design behaviors of architecture students. To examine this effect, 24 second-year architecture students volunteered to participate. Each of them undertook similar conceptual design briefs in two different conditions, one with and another without a visual constraint. Retrospective reporting was used to collect the verbalization of participants. The FBS ontology was used to model the design cognition of the participants by coding their design protocols. A dynamic analysis was used to study the differences between the two conditions based on the problem–solution index. A further index, the pre-structure–post-structure index, was proposed to measure design behavior differences between the two conditions. The correspondence analysis was used to explore the effect of gender. There were statistically significant differences in the distributions of cognitive effort between the two groups. These differences include in the visual constraint group a decrease in the focus on behavior before structure and in the processes related to it, compared to the non-visual constraint group. The non-visual constraint group changed their focus on problem framing and solving while adding a visual constraint led participants to focus simultaneously on both framing and solving. The visual constraint group had a different attention temporally to pre- and post-structure design processes during designing than the non-visual constraint group. The order of experiencing the two design sessions had only a small effect. The results of correspondence analysis demonstrate that there are categorical gender differences not found using statistical testing.
Survey of Foetal Wastages: A Case Study of Makurdi Abattoir in Benue State from 1997 to 2002

This study was conducted to evaluate the causes and effects of foetal wastage in the Nigeria livestock industry, following indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant cows in Makurdi Abattoir, Benue State. A total of 45, 742 were slaughtered in the abattoir, with a total of 1,508 (3.9%) fetuses recovered from 1997 to 2002. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) between fetuses and years.
The Organization of Innovation: Property Rights and the Outsourcing Decision

Why do firms outsource research and development (R&D) for some products while conducting R&D in-house for similar ones? An innovating firm risks cannibalizing its existing products. The more profitable these products, the more the firm wants to limit cannibalization. We apply this logic to the organization of R&D by introducing a novel theoretical model in which developing in-house provides the firm more control over the new product’s location in product space. An empirical analysis of our testable predictions using pharmaceutical data concerning patents, patent expiration, and outsourcing at various stages of the R&D process supports our theoretical findings.
Cadmium affects the regeneration of the leafy vegetable Talinum portulacifolium stem cuttings in nutrient solution

We investigated the effect of various concentrations (0.0-5.0 ppm) of cadmium (Cd) on the regeneration ability; morphological characteristics and Cd accumulation in the leafy vegetable Talinum portulacifolium stem cuttings grown in hydroponic culture. Cd delayed sprouting of stem cuttings by 7%, callusing by 8% and rooting by 38%. Different Cd concentrations significantly affected fresh and dry weight of plant parts except roots. Accumulation of Cd was more in the stems than in leaves (2.22 vs 0.57 ppm). The calculated tolerance index ranged from 59% to 88%. Based on the observations it was concluded that Cd interferes with the regeneration of T. portulacifolium stem cuttings and imply concerns on the consumption and therapeutic use of this leafy vegetable growing on polluted soils.
Wage Differences Matter: An Experiment of Social Comparison and Effort Provision when Wages Increase or Decrease

Wage rates, efficiency wages, and gift exchange in a labor market are all crucial aspects in regard to designing contracts to ensure high effort from workers. We extend this literature by discussing the relationship between known differences in wages (social comparison) and workers’ effort provision. We conduct an experiment in which subjects perform effort tasks for piece-rates. All subjects are paid the same wage rate in the first half of the experiment, but in the second half are paid different wage rates; the primary variable we study is the information about others’ wage rates given to a subset of subjects. We find that subjects’ efforts respond strongly to information about others’ wages. Such findings have implications for contract structuring for workers.
A comparative laboratory scale study on the effect of waste boulder crusher dust and cement in stabilising marginal sediments

ABSTRACT Boulder crusher dust (BCD) is a waste by-product of crusher units left in huge quantities posing huge environmental, health as well as disposal problems. This waste material was chosen as an additive for stabilisation of marginal sediments alongside ordinary Portland cement. The mechanical properties of the treated soil was evaluated with addition of BCD in increments of 4% by dry weight of the soil along with cement at two different percentages (2.5% and 5%), a relationship between a traditional and a non-traditional additive was established. Consistency limits, compaction characteristics, California bearing ratio (CBR) and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) were studied. Curing period of 7 and 21 days was given to the UCS samples. The maximum dry unit weight (MDUW) increased with increasing BCD and cement content whereas the optimum moisture content (OMC) decreased. There was an increase in CBR values for both BCD and cement treated samples. The UCS values at 16% BCD and 21 days curing increased from 45 to 198 kPa whereas the cement treated soil showed an increase from 45 to 410 kPa over a period of 21 days curing at 5% cement content. The experimental results were further supported by microstructural analysis.
Interactions Between Micelles in Nematic Lyomesophases

Abstract Interactions between micelles are analyzed, taking into account Coulombian repulsion, van der Waals attraction and excluded volume, including the water solvation shell bound to the micelles. Curves of interaction energy and force are obtained as a function of the distance between micelles for planar and cylindrical micelles for specific nematic lyomesophases, having the fraction α of ionized polar groups as parameter. It is verified that for both geometries the attractive interaction is always larger than Coulombian repulsion for α ≤ 0.1; the high ionic strength of the medium leads to screening of the micelles since α values are smaller than this limit. Therefore, the systems are in flocculation conditions, with behavior determined by the interplay of the net attractive interaction, the amount of bound water giving the length of the excluded volume interaction and thermal agitation. Possible formation of aggregates of micelles is discussed in view of the results obtained.