Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Accident Externality and Vehicle Size - Evidence from Swedish Collision Accidents

This paper describes how vehicle mass is a crucial factor for the distribution of injuries between occupants that are involved in a two-vehicle crash. A larger vehicle mass protects the occupants in the vehicle while on the same time inflicts a higher injury risk on the occupants of the other vehicle. This mass externality can be internalized to reach a situation where the drivers choose vehicle mass based on the social optimum instead of a private optimum that ignores the negative effects that a large vehicle mass has on the injury risk of other vehicles. Using a database including collision accidents in Sweden involving two passenger cars during five years, the influence of vehicle mass on the injuries and thereby the accident cost in both vehicles is explored. The database contains information on road infrastructure, vehicle characteristics including vehicle mass and characteristics of the occupants in the vehicles including their injuries. To get a measure of the accident cost the Swedish official economic valuation of slight injuries, severe injuries and fatalities are applied. In each accident the two involved vehicles are divided into the lighter vehicle and the heavier vehicle and the effect of weight is examined separately for the two groups. The accident cost that falls on the lighter vehicle increases with the mass of the heavier vehicle and decreases with own mass. Given that a vehicle is the heavier one in the crash, neither the own mass nor the mass of the lighter vehicle significantly affect the accident cost. The expected external accident cost is calculated and it is shown to increase rapidly with vehicle mass. The paper discusses different solutions to internalize this external accident cost and calculates a mass dependent multiplicative tax on the insurance premium in a no-fault insurance system.
Exploring the Impacts of Webquests on Developing Persuasive Writing Skills, Online Social Presence, and Sense of Belonging among ESP Majors

The current study explores of the impacts of WebQuests on developing persuasive writing skills. It also aims to assess the actual impacts of the online learning environment on developing online social presence of university students in online learning environments, and sense of belonging among ESP majors. Participants in the study were 72 ESP majors in the College of Management Sciences (CMS), Sadat Academy for Management Sciences (SAMS) in both braches of Alexandria and Tanta; 43 students in the experimental group, and 29 students in the control group. Instruments used in the study include: persuasive writing skills test, Online Social Presence Scale, and Hoffman Sense of Belonging Scale (HSBS). Sequential exploratory mixed research method was used for its appropriacy to the nature of the study. Findings of the study revealed positive impacts on enhancing persuasive writing skills. It is also shown that using this online environment helps learners to improve ESP majors' online social presence. In addition, online social presence and involvement in online learning environment lead to enhancing sense of belonging among ESP majors.
Non-dimensional design approach for electrodynamic bearings

Electrodynamic bearings (EDBs) are passive magnetic bearings that exploit the interaction between eddy currents developed in a rotating conductor and a static magnetic field to generate forces. Similar to other types of magnetic suspensions, EDBs provide contactless support, thus avoiding problems with lubrication, friction and wear. The most interesting aspect of EDBs is that levitation can be obtained by passive means, hence, no electronic equipment, such as power electronics or sensors, are necessary. Despite their promising characteristics, rotors running on EDBs are still lacking a design procedure; furthermore, at present the static behavior of a bearing can only be defined by means of finite element analyses. The aim of the present paper is to present a methodology that allows performing a first approximation design without resorting to detailed FE analyses. The methodology is based on the use of non-dimensional parameters, similar to the analysis of fluid bearings (Sommerfeld number). The non-dimensional quantities are derived using dimensional analysis, and contain the main geometrical and physical parameters determining the EDBs' performance. The relation between the non-dimensional quantities characterizing the static performance of the EDB is derived using FE simulations and is presented in the form of graphs
Penggunaan Alat Bantu Mengajar (ABM) Di Kalangan Guru-Guru Teknikal Di Sekolah Menengah Teknik Daerah Johor Bahru, Johor

Kajian ini dijalankan untuk melihat penggunaan alat bantu mengajar di kalangan guru-guru teknikal sekolah menengah teknik di daerah Johor Bahru, Johor. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan adalah soal selidik yang diedarkan kepada 103 orang guru teknikal dari empat buah sekolah menengah teknik di daerah Johor Bahru. Segala data yang diperolehi dianalisis menggunakan perisian komputer ‘Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS version 13.0)’ untuk mendapatkan kekerapan, peratus dan min. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap penggunaan alat bantu mengajar di kalangan guru-guru teknikal adalah sederhana. Selain itu, penggunaan ABM dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran adalah penting menurut guru-guru teknikal. Dapatan kajian juga mendapati faktor sikap dan minat, pengurusan dan pentadbiran, beban tugas, kewangan serta kemahiran dan pengetahuan kurang mempengaruhi guru-guru teknikal dalam penggunaan ABM dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Melalui analisis ujian –t di dapati tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan mengenai tahap dan faktor yang mempengaruhi penggunaan alat bantu mengajar dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran di antara guru teknikal lelaki dan guru teknikal perempuan tetapi terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan mengenai kepentingan penggunaan alat bantu mengajar dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran di antara guru teknikal lelaki dan guru teknikal perempuan. Hasil kajian memerlukan tindakan dari pihak guru, pentadbir sekolah, Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri dan Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia bagi membantu meningkatan lagi penggunaan alat bantu mengajar di kalangan guru-guru.
Business Ecosystems’ Evolution — An Ecosystem Clockspeed Perspective

There is a growing need for measures assessing technological changes in systemic contexts as business ecosystems replace standalone products. In these ecosystem contexts, organizations are required to manage their innovation processes in increasingly networked and complex environments. In this paper, we introduce the technology and ecosystem clockspeed measures that can be used to assess the temporal nature of technological changes in a business ecosystem. We analyze systemic changes in the personal computer (PC) ecosystem, explicitly focusing on subindustries central to the delivery of PC gaming value to the end user. Our results show that the time-based intensity of technological competition in intertwined subindustries of a business ecosystem may follow various trajectories during the evolution of the ecosystem. Hence, the technology and ecosystem clockspeed measures are able to pinpoint alternating dynamics in technological changes among the subindustries in the business ecosystem. We subsequently discuss organizational considerations and theoretical implications of the proposed measures.
Ship Drag Reduction by Air Cavities

This chapter gives the background and motivation that lead to the study presented in this thesis. The objectives of the thesis and the methods for their realization are discussed. Finally, the outline of the thesis including a short description of each Chapter are presented. 1.1 Background and motivation Fluid flow has always been strongly related with human activities. Since its origin humans are fascinated and studied flows that occur in 3 out of 4 basic elements of the ancient world: earth, water, air and fire. Nowadays, we have to deal with flows in our daily life as well as in many industrial processes. In order to be able to manage the flow we need to understand its features. The knowledge about fluid flows is described by fluid dynamics. One of the most important features of internal and external flows is the frictional drag that a solid body experiences in contact with a fluid when moving relative to the fluid. This is a result of the fact that a fluid has molecular viscosity. In many applications the friction is an undesirable phenomenon causing significant energy losses. The viscous friction between water and a ship’s hull contributes the most to the total resistance of a ship (Larsen and Raven, 2010). This fraction can be up to 70% depending on the type of vessel and flow regimes. The reduction of friction resistance is therefore one of the most significant challenges in hydrodynamics. A number of techniques to reduce the viscous drag are known. The most familiar ones are adding polymers to the flow, the application of structured surfaces (for example, riblets) and certain coatings. However, most of them can not be applied efficiently on ships because of various practical limitations, including costs. One of the most promising viscous drag reduction techniques for a ship is so-called air
Preverbal syntactic complexity leads to local coherence effects

ABSTRACT The effective use of preverbal linguistic cues to make successful clause-final verbal prediction as well as robust maintenance of such predictions has been argued to be a cross-linguistic generalisation for SOV languages such as German and Japanese. In this paper, we show that native speakers of Hindi (an SOV language) falter in forming a clause-final structure in the presence of a centre-embedded relative clause with a non-canonical word order. In particular, the fallibility of the parser is illustrated by the formation of a grammatically illicit locally coherent parse during online processing. Such a parse should not be formed if the grammatically licit matrix clause final structure was being successfully formed. The formation of a locally coherent parse is further illustrated by probing various syntactic dependencies via targeted questions. We show that the parser's susceptibility to form such structures is not driven by top-down processing, rather the effect can only be explained through a bottom-up parsing approach. Further, our investigation suggests that while plausibility is essential, presence of overt agreement features might not be necessary for forming a locally coherent parse in Hindi. These results go against top-down proposals to local coherence such as lossy surprisal and are consistent with the good-enough processing model to comprehension while only partially supporting the SOPARSE account. The work highlights how top-down processing and bottom-up information interact during sentence comprehension in SOV languages – prediction suffers with increased complexity of the preverbal linguistic environment.
Harvest strategy evaluation to optimise the sustainability and value of the Queensland scallop fishery. Queensland scallop fishery - FRDC Project No 2006/024 Final Report

Objective 1. Measure spatial and temporal trawl frequency of scallop grounds using VMS data. This will provide a relative measure of how often individual undersized scallops are caught and put through a tumbler 2. Estimate discard mortality and growth rates for saucer scallops using cage experiments. 3. Evaluate the current management measures, in particular the seasonal closure, rotational closure and seasonally varying minimum legal sizes using stock assessment and management modeling models. Recommend optimal range of management measures to ensure long-term viability and value of the Scallop fishery based on a formal management strategy evaluation. Outcomes acheived to date: 1. Improved understanding of the survival rates of discarded sub-legal scallops; 2. Preliminary von Bertalanffy growth parameters using data from tagged-and-released scallops; 3. Changing trends in vessels and fishing gear used in the Queensland scallop fishery and their effect on scallop catch rates over time using standardised catch rates quantified; 4. Increases in fishing power of vessels operating in the Queensland scallop fishery quantified; 5. Trawl intensity mapped and quantified for all Scallop Replenishment Areas; 6. Harvest Strategy Evaluations completed.
Culture of patient safety: evaluation of nurses

Objective: to evaluate the safety culture of the teaching hospital patient. Methods: evaluative research, with 68 nurses, whose instrument used was the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire - Short Form adapted, composed of questions covering six domains. Results: the best evaluation was of the Satisfaction at Work domain, with an average of 88.48, the only one positively classified. The domain that measures the Perception of Management of the Unit and the Hospital obtained smaller evaluations, with averages 61.1 and 59.6, respectively. Conclusion: nursing professionals expressed satisfaction with the work; however, considering that only one domain had a positive result, the safety culture of the hospital patient presents weaknesses from the perspective of the participating nurses.
Integrative Interventions

In addition to the core of prolonged exposure in the Prolonged Exposure-Intensive Outpatient Program (PE-IOP), the program also includes integrative interventions designed to encourage positive coping, wellness, and maintenance of gains from PE-IOP. These integrative interventions can vary based on availability, cost, patient population, etc. While they can vary, program implementers should be cautious that the chosen interventions have a general rationale that fits the overall PE-IOP milieu by supporting approaching and not avoiding trauma memories and reminders and that emotions are not dangerous but a normal part of life. The authors discuss the rationale for inclusion of interactive interventions as well as how to decide what interventions to use.
A Survey of Bridge Practitioners to Relate Damage to Closure

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center's second-generation performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) methodology is intended in part to model highway bridge performance in terms of collapse, closure, repair duration, speed or load limitations, and possibly other performance measures. Some of these are difficult to model, particularly closure decisions where the engineering evidence of safety is inconclusive and must be supplemented by the inspector's judgment. This paper presents results of a limited, initial survey of department of transportation (DOT) engineers' beliefs about the relationship between physical damage and closure. The initial survey addresses a common class of reinforced-concrete bridges. The author and others developed and administered to a select, nationwide group of DOT engineers a one-page, multiple-choice survey form with expert self-rating, asking the engineers to relate ten damage measures (DM) to four closure levels. The DMs include approach settlement, offsets at abutments and expansion joints, flexural and shear cracks in beams, columns, shear keys, and backwalls. The performance levels considered are: leave open, close briefly for quick repairs, close for an extended period, and reduce speed. The survey results are analyzed to produce a number of preliminary relationships between damage and post-earthquake decisions by inspectors, relationships that can be used in probabilistic seismic performance evaluation in PEER's developing PBEE methodology. This preliminary test of a survey form also yielded insight into a number of desirable improvements for a second round of survey, possibly to be administered via the Internet early in 2004.
An exploration of the effects of group summative assessment marking on higher education students' overall marks

Groupwork and group summative assessment (GSA) are important learning, teaching and assessment methods used by many educational institutions, not just universities. The differences between the marks that HEI students were awarded for their own independent individual summative assessment (IISA) work and their GSA marks were explored. The study topic presented itself while the author was contemplating studying for a first degree, when it became apparent that group working and group summative assessment was included in summative assessment methods used in the chosen programme. Three data sources were from UK undergraduates and graduates, and one was from Australian PG students. Module marks data were collected from over 4000 HE students. They were divided into eighteen faculty/year data sets from four HEI sources. A systematic difference was found between the distributions of GSA and IISA marks, supporting Lejk et al. (1999). Lower IISA ability students scored higher in GSA modules than in IISA modules. Higher IISA ability students scored lower in GSA modules. In addition, the mean GSA mark was higher than the mean IISA mark. The standard deviation of the GSA marks was lower than the SD of the IISA marks. Both of these findings support Downie (2001). The relationship was found to vary between the data sets, modules, assessment items and especially between faculties. The results and conclusions from this study will empower stakeholders, enabling them to be better informed in their choice of first-degree study programmes. They will also allow the use and impact of GSA to be more transparent and better understood, leading to further research and improvement in practice.
Nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in women with breast cancer

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status and the cardiovascular risk in women with breast cancer and identify factors associated with excessive body weight. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study was carried out in an oncology outpatient clinic and, gynecology/oncology wards at the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, from March to August 2019. The data analyzed was related to sociodemographic, gynecologic, clinic, anthropometric and lifestyle factors. Nutritional status was assessed using Body Mass Index, considering excessive body weight when > 25 kg/m2 for adults and > 27 kg/m2 for elderly. Obesity was considered > 30 kg/m2. Cardiovascular risk was defined by waist circumference (≥ 80 cm), neck circumference (≥ 34 cm) and waist-to-height ratio (> 0.5). Results: A total of 46 patients were included, with a mean age of 51.9 years, and the majority in outpatient follow-up. The population was mostly Caucasian women, who were married or in a civil union, who had had at least one pregnancy, were in menopause, and were sedentary. High frequencies of excessive body weight (76.1%) and obesity (43.5%) were observed, and anthropometric parameters revealed an elevated frequency of cardiovascular risk in this population, waist circumference (97.8%), neck circumference (84.8%), and waist-to-height ratio (95.7%). Unemployment (p = 0.020), and waist (p = 0.001) and neck (p = 0.001) circumferences were statistically associated factors to excessive body weight. Conclusions: The anthropometric profile of women with breast cancer indicated excess body weight and elevated cardiovascular risk, which suggests to the need for nutrition intervention and follow-up after the diagnosis.
Makna Nilai-nilai Kristen Lagu Cublak-cublak Suweng

ABSTRACT: Daniel Fajar Panuntun, ey Words: Javanesse tribe is a significan tribes in Indonesia. This tribe has a lot of special thing, one of them is tembang or song that created originaly based on the Javanese values. This song usualy sung in the kid’s game as cublak-cublak suweng.This Javanesse song has a lot of values that have to conserved, however this song is start to degradated by the development of this age. Cublak-cublak suweng song will be lost. This research aim is to show Christian values inside Cublak-cublak suweng song. The values is showed by inductive interpretation. This research used by qualitative approach with etnografi research. The datas is captured by literature study and Bible study. This researhs show that Christian values that connected inside of Cublak-cublak suweng song.ABSTRAK: Daniel Fajar Panuntun, Suku Jawa adalah suku yang cukup signifikan di Indonesia. Suku memiliki berbagai ke khasan, salah satunya adalah tembang atau lagu yang diciptakan secara orisinalitas berdasarkan nilai-nilai suku Jawa. Lagu ini biasanya dilagukan juga dalam permainan anak cublak-cublak suweng. Lagu khas jawa ini kaya akan makna-makna yang perlu dilestarikan, namun demikian lagu ini mulai terdegradasi oleh tantangan perkembangan zaman yang ada. Lagu cublak-cublak suweng lama-kelamaan akan hilang ditelan kemajuan zaman. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengungkap nilai-nilai Kristen yang terkandung dari kitab Habakuk dan kaitannya dengan nilai-nilai yang terkandung dalam lagu cublak-cublak suweng. Nilai-nilai diungkap dengan interpretasi secara induktif. Penelitian dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian etnografi. Data-data didapatkan dengan studi literature dan studi Alkitab. Penelitian ini mengungkapkan adanya nilai-nilai Kristen yang terkait dalam lagu cublak-cublak suweng. Key Words: Nilai-nilai, Kristen, Cublak-cublak suweng, Kristen
Residual Capacity Estimation for Ultracapacitors in Electric Vehicles Using Artificial Neural Network

The energy storage system (ESS) plays a significant role in fulfilling the driving performance requirements and ensuring operational safety in an electric vehicle. Ultracapacitors (UCs) are being actively studied and used in parallel with batteries or fuel cells forming hybrid energy storage systems in electric vehicles. They show excellent potential in terms of the sourcing and sinking of power, particularly for the peak-power demand encountered in aggressive regenerative braking. Since there are an increasing number of ultracapacitor applications, which now includes commercial automotive applications, establishing a good model to represent their dynamics, especially the residual capacity estimation (RCE), is vital; but this is challenging. This paper presents a residual capacity estimation model which is based on an artificial neural network (ANN). This takes both charging and discharging current and temperature into consideration. The proposed ANN model comprises of three inputs and one output: the inputs are temperature, current and voltage, and the output is the residual charge. The model is trained and validated by feeding a test database which is extracted from experimental testing of ultracapacitors at different currents and temperatures on a well-established test rig. The training data should span the whole prediction scope, therefore the test currents and temperatures both vary over a wide range and cover all the possible operational conditions of the on-board ultracapacitors. The Back-Propagation (BP) algorithm, together with an early stopping strategy, is adopted to train the proposed ANN model to assure adequately accurate prediction while avoiding overfitting risks. The model performance is validated with experimental results over a set of test data randomly selected.
Geosynthetic - Reinforced soil bridge abutments

The technology of geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) systems has been widely used in transportation to support the self-weight of backfill soil, roadway structures, and traffic loads. The increased use and acceptance of soil reinforcement is due to several factors including cost savings, aesthetics, simple and fast construction techniques, good seismic performance, and the ability to tolerate large differential settlement without structural distress. This article describes the comparatively new use of GRS systems as an integral structural component of bridge abutments and piers. The focus is on the Founders/Meadows Parkway Bridge, which crosses U.S. Interstate 25 approximately 20 miles south of downtown Denver, Colorado, and was recently opened to traffic.