Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) For the Instrument of Personality, Safety Climate and Safety Performance in The Malaysia Manufacturing Sector

Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) For the Instrument of Personality, Safety Climate and Safety Performance in The Malaysia Manufacturing Sector. (17), – Abstract This paper aims to draw on the application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), to test the validity and reliability of instruments in the study of personality, safety climate, and safety performance in the Malaysia manufacturing sector. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed to determine the best sub-factors and items for the instrument, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test and validate the measurement model. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Partial Least Square (PLS), has been used to test the validity and reliability of the instruments. Various tests i.e., construct validity analysis, construct reliability, validity convergent as well as discriminatory validity to filter the best items that can represent the constructs in the study. Results from CFA indicated that two items from the Safety Performance Scale (SPS) had to be discarded to confirm that the model was fit. Meanwhile, all items from the Safety Climate Scale (SCS) and Mini-International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) were maintained. Overall, the final version of the instrument consisted of Safety Climate Instruments (46 items), Big Five Personality Instruments (20 items), and Safety Performance Instruments (37 out of 39 items).
Integration Policies in Spain and Sweden: Do They Matter for Migrants’ Economic Integration and Socio-Cultural Participation?

The aim of this study is to explore the impact of integration policies, implemented in Spain and Sweden, on first-generation migrants’ economic integration and socio-cultural participation. Different policies targeting migrants’ economic and political integration, social inclusion, and cultural participation have been adopted by countries in Europe and across the globe for years. However, little is known about their impact on migrant’s economic and socio-cultural integration. We explore the Strategic Plan on Citizenship and Integration (PECI) I in 2007 to 2010 and PECI II in 2011 to 2014 implemented in Spain. For Sweden, we examine the Integration Plans of 2008 and 2014. We apply a difference-in-differences (DiD) framework. The findings suggest that the integration policies in Spain had a positive effect in some domains of the socio-cultural and economic integration for EU migrants, while a negative impact is found for the non-EU immigrants. On the other hand, the results for the integration in Sweden show a weak effect. Integration policies should identify the barriers of migrants’ social inclusion and recognize their needs for their successful economic and socio-cultural integration in the host societies.
The Need For Classification

Classification has delivered important meanings in our life. In general, the definition of classification simply means the grouping together of alike things according to common qualities or characteristics. Classification has essential part to play especially in assisting in the search process. By classifying things into different segments it enables us to retrieve things or information that we needed to look for, without the risk of too much time consuming in retrieving that particular things or information.
Impact of Organizational and Individual Factors on Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Social Capital Perspective

This study aims to develop, examine, and test organizational and individual predictors of knowledge sharing behavior of teachers in the higher education sector in Pakistan. The study examined the direct and indirect effects of organizational factors on knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) through individual factors. The social capital theory has been utilized to explain the premise of this research. This study uses a survey design. Data has been collected from 269 university teachers in Pakistan. A Structural equation modeling has been used to test the hypotheses using SPSS and Amos. The Data supported the hypotheses. This Study concludes that organizational and individual are important for enhancing KSB as organizational factors work through individual factors to influence the KSB of faculty members.
Breathing life back into the stories: Creating the circle of Indigenous languages website

This paper describes an innovative project undertaken to create a website to share historical recordings of the nēhiyaw (Cree), Nahkawe, and Michif languages of Saskatchewan. Each author played a role in the delivery of a graduate program that took place simultaneously alongside the creation of the Circle of Indigenous Languages (COIL) website. This paper explores the importance of Indigenous networking and a collective consciousness towards Indigenous language revitalization as neither project would have happened without the spark and interconnection of the other. Weaving together our language experiences, we highlight the strength of aligned synergies. This paper also addresses critical issues pertaining to cultural continuity for Indigenous Peoples by embracing technology. Therefore, the greatest impact of the COIL project was to koskopita (reawaken) the stories from inaccessible formats in private collections. The project of digitization, categorization, and website creation provided access to old stories, and therefore “whole language,” now shared in the public domain. Our journey with technology and the experience gained can be used by other language communities to support Indigenous language documentation.
Green Human Resource Management Practices and Environmental Performance in Ghana: The Role of Green Innovation

Purpose- Protecting the natural environment and its wealth for future generations has become an essential topic for policymakers and executives. This study seeks to examine the impact of green Human Resource Management practices through green innovation on the environmental performance of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Ghana. Design/Methodology- Through simple random probability sampling, data were obtained from three hundred (300) business owners and employees from ten (10) small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. However, two hundred and ninety-four (294) accurate responses were used in the analysis due to incomplete and missing figures. Data were analyzed using partial least squared based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings- The studied data met internal consistency reliability, convergent, and discriminant validity from the results, and also, there was no multicollinearity issue in the study model. The findings revealed that green Human Resource Management practices directly and significantly influence environmental performance. Furthermore, green innovation partially mediated the influence of green Human Resource Management practices on environmental performance. Green compensation through green innovation has the most incredible impact on environmental performance and was statistically significant at p< 0.01. Practical Implications- This finding provides valuable suggestions for policymakers, emerging and existing organizations, particularly manufacturing firms, to encourage environmentally-friendly activities and produce goods and processes through a successful incentive scheme, thus increasing customer loyalty.
Blow-up estimates of positive solutions of a reaction-diffusion system

This paper is concerned with positive solutions of the reaction-diffusion system $u_t - \Delta u = u^(m_1)v^(n_1)$ , $v_t - \Delta v = u^(m_2)v^(n_2)$ , which blow up at $t = T$. We obtain the following estimates on the blow-up rates: $c(T - t)^(-(n_1-n_2+1)/\gamma) $c(T - t)^(-(m_2-m_1+1)/\gamma) <= max_(x\in\Omega) v(x, t) <= C(T - t)^(-(m_2-m_1+1)/\gamma)$, for some positive constants $c,C$ and $\gamma = m_2n_1 - (1 - m_1)(1 - n_2)$.
Radio‐magnetotelluric and controlled‐source magnetotelluric surveys on a frozen lake: Opportunities for urban applications in Nordic countries

In a novel approach, we have carried out controlled-source and radio-magnetotelluric measurements in the frequency range of 2–250 kHz on a frozen lake located over a planned major multi-lane underground road tunnel near the city of Stockholm. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the resistivity variations above and, potentially, within the crystalline bedrock. Previous studies on the lake water using the boat-towed radio-magnetotelluric technique at the higher end of the frequency band lacked resolution at depth and could not provide conclusive information about bedrock level and potential fracture systems within the bedrock. Taking advantage of Nordic winters, we measured four profiles on the frozen lake complementing the previously acquired boat-towed radio-magnetotelluric data utilizing a double horizontal magnetic dipole transmitter that generated signals down to 1 kHz. The new resistivity models, incorporating the lower frequency data, show improvements and deeper penetrations based on a combined analysis of penetration depth, data misfits and sensitivity studies. The resistivity models also show better correlation with the available high-resolution shallow water seismic reflection data and the geological observations. A potential fracture system within the bedrock can also be inferred better in the new models. The idea of running similar surveys on frozen lakes can be further exploited in similar conditions in countries such as Sweden, where approximately 7% of the land is covered by freshwater bodies and poorly explored for infrastructure planning projects.
Woman Empowerment and Household Income in Kira Municipality, Uganda

The empowerment of women is crucial for the development of a nation . This study is about women empowerment and household income in Kira Municipality of Uganda. The objectives were to establish the strategies of women empowerment, the effect of women empowerment on household income and the challenges to women empowerment. We adopted a cross-sectional survey design, considering a sample size of 72 respondents who were randomly sampled. Findings revealed that strategies for women empowerment included women being encouraged to join group saving groups. It was revealed that women were not adequately trained as dispute settlers, linkers, motivators, facilitators, and negotiators to help implement women empowerment projects in as far as empowering them was concerned. Regarding the impact of women empowerment, findings revealed that skills have been enhanced through training received from women empowerment implementers and programs have reduced employment among these women through skills attained. However, key challenges to women empowerment emerged including but not limited to There is inadequate finance and inappropriate funding of activities, limited access to credit sources to expand our activities, poorly trained community projects facilitators and unnecessary hinder project activities and political interests which affect women group leadership such as interference from community political forces. It is recommended that more efforts should be put to economic empowerment as a process of increasing women’s access to economic resources and opportunities including jobs, financial services, property and other productive assets, skills development and market information. Lastly women should be encouraged to participate in enterprise activities to gain a greater economic role in decision-making. Exercising control over these financial matters enables women to optimize their own and the household’s welfare.
Phase-Only Space-Time Adaptive Processing

Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is a well-known and effective method to detect targets, obscured by interference, from airborne radars that works by coherently combining signals from a phased antenna array (spatial domain) with multiple radar pulses (temporal domain). As widely demonstrated, optimum STAP, in the sense of maximizing the output signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), is a coherent, linear, transversal filter (i.e., tapped delay line), that can be synthesized by a complex-valued weight vector. This paper extends previous work that focused on adaptive spatial-only nulling; it derives the optimum phase-only STAP, namely, the optimal weight vector that maximizes the SINR subject to the constraint it belongs to the $N$ -torus of phase-only complex vectors, where $N$ is the number of spatio-temporal degrees of freedom. Because this problem does not admit a closed-form solution, it is solved numerically using the phase-only conjugate gradient method (CGM). The effectiveness of phase-only STAP is demonstrated using both SINR values and receiving beampattern shape, comparing it with the optimum fully-adapted STAP and the nonadapted beam former responses as well as other possible counterparts. Additionally, several analyses of practical utility also demonstrate the benefits provided by phase-only STAP.
Collective narcissism and the weakening of American democracy

The storming of the US Capitol and voter intimidation by Trump supporters has marked significant upheaval in American democracy. In three cross-sectional studies, we test the proposition that collective narcissism is associated with support for a populist leader to the point of disregard for democratic procedures and hostility towards others. In Study 1, conducted just before the 2020 Presidential elections, we examined the association of American collective narcissism with support for Trump’s presidency even if Donald Trump was to violate the democratic procedures while securing the re-election. In Study 2, conducted just after the Capitol attack, we examined the association between American collective narcissism and support for the attacks. In Study 3, we examined whether collective narcissism was associated with support for a populist leader, disregarding democratic procedures, in a minimal group setting deprived of any associations with particular political context. The results of the three studies converge to indicate that collective narcissism is most strongly (beyond variables commonly implicated in support for right-wing populism) associated with populist leadership to the extent of disregarding democratic norms. The narcissistic conception of the national ingroup is essential to our understanding of right-wing populism and its reactionary movements.
Improved function of bamboo shoot fibre by high‐speed shear dispersing combined with enzyme treatment

With the increase in global welfare, metabolic syndrome-related diseases seriously disrupt our quality of life. Balanced diet with low calories, low glycaemic index, and high dietary fibre such as bamboo shoot fibre is needed. Functional properties of dietary fibre can be improved by processing methods. Therefore, we compared the effect of three processing methods (high-speed shear dispersing, enzyme treatment and combined treatment) on the characteristics and functions of bamboo shoot fibres. Combined treatment resulted in high SDF content (10.15%), adsorption capacity of glucose (4.45–18.18 mmol g ), nitrite ion (505.49 lg g 1 [pH 2.0]), and cholesterol (333.72 lg g 1 [pH 2.0]). FTIR revealed that hydroxyl groups, sugar methylene and benzene rings of aromatic compounds existed in the treated bamboo shoots. The particle size (D50) decreased from 383.90 to 30.65 lm. Honeycomb-like structure was also observed through SEM. Thus, proper processing of bamboo shoot fibres can improve their functions as food ingredients.
Dual Knockdown of Musashi RNA-Binding Proteins MSI-1 and MSI-2 Attenuates Putative Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics and Therapy Resistance in Ovarian Cancer Cells

In ovarian cancer, therapy resistance mechanisms complicate cancer cell eradication. Targeting Musashi RNA-binding proteins (MSI) may increase therapeutic efficacy. Database analyses were performed to identify gene expression associations between MSI proteins and key therapy resistance and cancer stem cell (CSC) genes. Then, ovarian cancer cells were subjected to siRNA-based dual knockdown of MSI-1 and MSI-2. CSC and cell cycle gene expression was investigated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), western blots, and flow cytometry. Metabolic activity and chemoresistance were assessed by MTT assay. Clonogenic assays were used to quantify cell survival post-irradiation. Database analyses demonstrated positive associations between MSI proteins and putative CSC markers NOTCH, MYC, and ALDH4A1 and negative associations with NOTCH inhibitor NUMB. MSI-2 expression was negatively associated with the apoptosis regulator p21. MSI-1 and MSI-2 were positively correlated, informing subsequent dual knockdown experiments. After MSI silencing, CSC genes were downregulated, while cell cycle progression was reduced. Metabolic activity was decreased in some cancer cells. Both chemo- and radioresistance were reduced after dual knockdown, suggesting therapeutic potential. Dual knockdown of MSI proteins is a promising venue to impede tumor growth and sensitize ovarian cancer cells to irradiation and chemotherapy.
Towards improved analysis of short mesoscale sea level signals from satellite altimetry

Abstract. Satellite altimeters routinely supply sea surface height (SSH) measurements, which are key observations for monitoring ocean dynamics. However, below a wavelength of about 70 km, along-track altimeter measurements are often characterized by a dramatic drop in signal-to-noise ratio, making it very challenging to fully exploit the available altimeter observations to precisely analyze small mesoscale variations in SSH. Although various approaches have been proposed and applied to identify and filter noise from measurements, no distinct methodology has emerged for systematic application in operational products. To best address this unresolved issue, the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) actually provides simple band-pass filtered data to mitigate noise contamination of along-track SSH signals. More innovative and suitable noise filtering methods are thus left to users seeking to unveil small-scale altimeter signals. As demonstrated here, a fully data-driven approach is developed and applied successfully to provide robust estimates of noise-free Sea Level Anomaly (SLA) signals. The method combines Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), to help analyze non-stationary and non-linear processes, and an adaptive noise filtering technique inspired by Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) decompositions. It is found to best resolve the distribution of SLA variability in the 30–120 km mesoscale wavelength band. A practical uncertainty variable is attached to the denoised SLA estimates that accounts for errors related to the local signal-to-noise ratio, but also for uncertainties in the denoising process, which assumes that the SLA variability results in part from a stochastic process. For the available period, measurements from the Jason-3, Sentinel-3 and Saral/AltiKa missions are processed and analyzed, and their energy spectral and seasonal distributions characterized in the small mesoscale domain. In anticipation of the upcoming SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission data, the SASSA data set (Satellite Altimeter Short-scale Signals Analysis, Quilfen and Piolle, 2021) of denoised SLA measurements for three reference altimeter missions already yields valuable opportunities to evaluate global small mesoscale kinetic energy distributions.
Management of Idiopathic Chronic Hydrocephalus of the Adult in Guinea: A Prospective Study in 16 Patients

Object: Incidence of Idiopathic chronic hydrocephalus of the adult (ICHA) is increasing in Guinea due to the aging of the population. The goal of this study was to describe its epidemiology, clinical presentation, and surgical outcome in a low-resource medical environment. Method: Sixteen patients operated for a probable ICHA were prospectively studied according to a uni-form protocol from June 2019 to December 2020. On computerized tomo-graphy, all operated patients had a clinical triad of gait disturbance, incontinence, dementia associated with ventriculomegaly, and transependymal edema. In addition, all patients underwent a single lumbar tap, improved clinically, and were subsequently offered a shunt consisting of a simple catheter in 37.5% and a non-adjustable high-pressure valve in 62.5%. Result: The mean age was 68.31 ± 10.4 (range 49 - 89). The sex ratio H/F was 1.67/1. Clinically, the most frequent comorbidity was a combination of hypertension and diabetes in 56.5% of cases. The mean time to diagnosis was 8.31 ±
A Critical Review on The Job Creation Omnibus Law-Forming Process

This study aims to conduct a critical study of the process of formulating the "omnibus law" on job creation from the perspective of legal politics and good governance through a normative method using a conceptual and statute approach and utilizing secondary and primary legal materials which are then critically analyzed through prescription. The results of this study ultimately conclude that from a legal political perspective, the process of forming this law is very problematic and procedurally flawed. In addition, this law is a response from policymakers who are political in nature to a complex situation which in fact creates complex derivative problems as well. This is inseparable from the nature of the omnibus law itself, which lacks democracy, participation, reduces accuracy and prudence in its preparation, and has the potential to exceed the provisions in the constitution. Therefore, based on the good governance point of view, the process of forming the Omnibus Law on Job Creation has not fulfilled the principles of good governance in the form of the principles of legitimacy, transparency, accountability, responsiveness, and the rule of law. The principles of effectiveness and efficiency in the principles of good governance in this Law can still be considered
Kinetic of Adsorption Process of Sulfonated Carbon-derived from Eichhornia crassipes in the Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solution

The evaluation of kinetic adsorption process of sulfonated carbon-derived from Eichhornia crassipes in the adsorption of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution has been carried out. The sulfonated carbon-derived from E. crassipes (EGS-600) was prepared by carbonation of E. crassipes powder at 600 °C for 1 h, followed by sulfonation with concentrated sulfuric acid for 3 h. The physical properties of the adsorbents were characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and nitrogen adsorption-desorption studies. Adsorption study using methylene blue dye was carried out by varying the contact time and initial dye concentration for investigated kinetics adsorption models. The effect of varying temperature was used to determine the thermodynamic parameter value of ΔG, ΔH, and ΔS. The results showed that the equilibrium adsorption capacity was 98% when EGS-600 is used as an adsorbent. The methylene blue dye adsorption onto adsorbent takes place spontaneity and follows a pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model. Copyright © 2019 BCREC Group. All rights reservedReceived: 20th April 2018; Revised: 28th August 2018; Accepted: 4th September 2018; Available online: 25th January 2019; Published regularly: April 2019How to Cite: Nurhadi, M. , Widiyowati, I.I. , Wirhanuddina, W. , Chandren, S. (2019). Kinetic of Adsorption Process of Sulfonated Carbon-derived from Eichhornia crassipes in the Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solution. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 14 (1): 17-27 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.14.1.2548.17-27)Permalink/DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.14. 1.2548. 17-27