Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International Conference on Information Systems ( ICIS ) 1-1-2010 Understanding Compliance with Internet Use Policy : An Integrative Model Based on Command-and-Control and Self-Regulatory Approaches

Internet security risks, the leading security threats confronting today’s organizations, often result from employees’ non-compliance with the Internet use policy (IUP). Extant studies on the compliance with security policies have largely ignored the impact of intrinsic motivations on employees’ compliance intention. This paper proposes a theoretical model that integrates an extrinsic sanction-based command-and-control approach with an intrinsic self-regulatory approach to examine employees’ IUP compliance intention. The self-regulatory approach centers on the effect of organizational justice and personal moral beliefs against Internet abuses. The results of this study suggest that the self-regulatory approach is more effective than the sanctionbased command-and-control approach. Organizational justice not only influences IUP compliance intention directly, but also indirectly through fostering favorable personal moral beliefs against Internet abuses.
Public Benefits of Private Technology Adoption: The Localized Spatial Externalities of Water Conservation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

With growing pressure on groundwater resources, water-conserving technologies (WCTs) look especially promising as a method of agricultural adaptation and poverty alleviation. While private benefits of WCTs are increasingly understood, public benefits are not as clear as they may seem. Some research has highlighted behavioral responses and diffusion as social consequences of private adoption. This paper focuses on the geophysical complications that shape public benefits across landscapes, raising spatial considerations of the WCT adoption decision and optimal diffusion patterns that can inform policymakers with the dual objectives of cost-efficient natural resource conservation and poverty alleviation, particularly in light of increasingly erratic weather patterns attributed to climate change. We focus on India — the world’s largest user of groundwater — and build a spatially sensitive hydroeconomic model to capture the dynamics of public water availability due to WCT adoption. We consider the spatial aspects of hydrological water flows, WCT adoption patterns, and public benefits of increased water access. We calibrate our model using a 2011 household-plot survey and estimates from a randomized control trial of a specific WCT in the country’s Gangetic Plains. Results show that early public benefits from WCTs occur primarily via reduced well interference when underground aquifers are large. Clustering of WCTs in this case can generate even higher benefits, suggesting localized spatial externalities of adoption. Policymakers interested in subsidizing or encouraging diffusion of key WCTs as a way to address both poverty alleviation and water conservation may thus consider both the private returns and public benefits presented here.
Ruhr Economic Papers

ing from the sentimental value of the gift: If you would not have received the gift, how much would you be willing to pay to obtain it? In two other versions of the survey, to obtain a measure of their WTA, we asked the students instead Abstracting the sentimental value of the gift: How much would somebody have to pay you to induce you giving the gift away? ing the sentimental value of the gift: How much would somebody have to pay you to induce you giving the gift away? Since the questionnaires further differ in the order of these questions and questions regarding the gifts’ market values, we have four variants of the survey at our disposal. In the following empirical analysis we use only those versions of the questionnaire where the estimated market prices are asked first to avoid that this estimation is contaminated by considerations on personal valuations.
Who is “ Behavioral ” ? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences

In this paper, we ask whether variation in preference anomalies is related to variation in cognitive ability. Evidence from a new laboratory study of Chilean high school students shows that small-stakes risk aversion and short-run discounting are less common among those with higher standardized test scores, although anomalies persist even among the highest-scoring individuals. The relationship with test scores does not appear to result from differences in parental education or wealth. A laboratory experiment shows that reducing cognitive resources using a “cognitive load” manipulation tends to exacerbate small-stakes risk aversion, with similar but statistically weaker effects on short-run impatience. Explicit reasoning about choice seems to reduce the prevalence of these anomalies, especially among the less skilled. Survey evidence suggests that the role of cognitive ability may extend to adult behaviors that are related to small-stakes risk preference and short-run time preference. JEL classification: J24, D14, C91
The effect of using electronic practicum worksheets on students' understanding of digital literacy

This research aims to determine the effect of implementing the Electronic Practicum Worksheet with Google Sites on the Digital Literacy Abilities of Class X High School Students in Palembang City on Virus Material. This research was carried out at Senior High School in Palembang. This research method is quasi-experimental with a non-equivalent control group design. Sampling in this study used a purposive sampling technique so that class X.IPA. 6 was selected as the experimental class and X.IPA. 10 as the control class. Instrument analysis in this research used the IBM SPSS Statistics 25 for Windows program and the Microsoft Excel application. The instrument used in this research was multiple choice questions on a digital literacy test. The research results show that the implementation of an Electronic Practicum Worksheet with Google Site has a significant effect on students' digital literacy test results. Apart from that, the implementation of electronic practice worksheets with Google Site can improve students' digital literacy skills.
Preliminary Environmental Assessment of the Pollution of Soil and Water at Wadi Uranah, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia@@@التقييم البيئي المبدئي لتلوث التربة والماء بوادي عرنة ، مكة المكرمة

تم القيام بدراسة مبدئية للتأثير البيئي نتيجة تصريف مياه الصرف الصحي في الجزء السفلي لوادي عرنة بمكة المكرمة وذلك على التربة والمياه الجوفية. وقد جمعت عينات الماء من قناة الصرف الصحي والآبار المجاورة ، بالإضافة إلى عينات التربة من الوادي ومن القناة. حيث تم القيام بعمل التحاليل الكيميائية والفحوصات البكتيرية على مياه الصرف الصحي ومياه الآبار المجاورة وتربة القناة الملوثة وتربة الوادي السليمة، وكذلك إيجاد الخصائص الفيزيائية لعينات التربة. وقد أوضحت نتائج التحاليل أن نسب معظم العناصر التي فحصت عالية في مياه الصرف الصحي عن مياه الآبار، ما عدا الأس الهيدروجيني، الكالسيوم، المغنيسيومن الحديد، الكلور ، النيكل، الكروميوم والنحاس. ووجد أن نسب تواجد المتطلب الأكسوجيني الحيوي BOD والمتطلب الأكسوجيني الكيميائي COD والنترات، بالإضافة إلى العناصر الثقيلة مثل الزنك، المنغنيز النحاس، النيكل، الرصاص ، الكروميوم والكادميوم أعلى من النسبة المسموح بها في المواصفات لتصريف مياه الصرف الصحي، زيادة على وجود نسب عالية من البكتيريا الممرضة. كما وجد كذلك أن عناصر الزنك والرصاص والنترات في مياه الصرف الصحي والتربة الملوثة من القناة عالية جدا. ومن ذلك فقد اتضح أن مياه الصرف الصحي المتدفقة في القناة ومياه الآبار ملوثة . وأن قيم عناصر الكالسيوم والمغنيسيوم والفوسفات عالية في تربة الوادي عن تربة القناة الملوثة. وقد بينت الدراسة أن مياه الصرف الصحي في القناة ومياه الآبار في حالتها الحالية غير صالحة للاستهلاك الآدمي وغير مناسبة للأغراض المنزلية والزراعية وذلك لاحتوائها على تراكيز عالية من المواد العضوية والأملاح والعناصر الثقيلة والبكتيريا. كما أثبتت نتائج الدراسة أن مياه الصرف الصحي المعالجة في القناة غير مطابقة لتفريغها المباشر في الوادي واستخدامها. وعليه فيتوجب منع المزارعين من الاستخدام المباشر لمياه قناة الصرف الصحي أو مياه الآبار الملوثة في المنطقة.
Tsunami recurrence revealed by Porites coral boulders in the southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Information about past tsunami hazards, such as their recurrence interval and magnitude, is needed for future disaster prediction and mitigation. We examined radiocarbon ages of the surfaces of massive coral boulders cast ashore by past tsunamis in the southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan, where few historical and geological records of past tsunamis are available. We selected only non-eroded Porites coral boulders along the shoreline, because their characteristics make it possible to determine the probable timing of their deposition by tsunamis, and we applied a dating method that uses the cumulative probability distributions of large numbers of radiocarbon measurements of those boulders to determine the timing of past tsunamis. The results demonstrate that the southern Ryukyu Islands have repeatedly experienced tsunami events since at least 2400 yr ago, with a recurrence interval of ∼150–400 yr. The largest Porites tsunami boulder that we studied (long axis, 9 m), which is probably the largest single-colony tsunami boulder in the world, was displaced by the A.D. 1771 Meiwa tsunami. Although the 1771 Meiwa tsunami was likely the largest event in at least the past 700 yr, calculations of current velocity show that all identified tsunamis occurring before 1771 were probably large enough to cause considerable damage to human-built structures and loss of life. This study demonstrates that by reliably dating large numbers of selected coastal boulders it is possible to ascertain the timing, recurrence interval, and magnitude of past tsunamis in a location where few adequate survey sites of sandy tsunami deposits exist.
Experimental and Numerical Study of the Flow Structure around Two Partially Buried Objects on a Deformed Bed

AbstractThe flow characteristics around two partially buried objects, a short cylinder (SC) and a truncated cone (TC) were examined experimentally and numerically. Experiments were conducted in a large tilting flume with vertical walls made of acrylic plastic and steel floor covered by a 24-m long sand pit. For each experiment, the object was placed on a flat sandy bed, the flume was filled to a water depth of 41 cm, and a steady unidirectional current was established at high Reynolds numbers while sinking of the object was tracked over time. Velocity records were taken with an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) probe at the final stage of burial and scour hole evolution. The flow structure around each object was further investigated using a model that solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with a κ-e turbulence closure model, and results were compared to the experimental measurements. Measurements and numerical simulations allowed identification of regions of high and low vel.
3. CENOZOIC CONTINENTAL GEOLOGY OF SOUTH AMERICA AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHILE TRIPLE JUNCTION

The Cenozoic magmatic and tectonic histories of the southern Andes adjacent to the Chile Triple Junction (CTJ) reflect the evolution and migration of the triple junction during the last 20 m.y. in a number of fundamental ways. Pliocene near-trench magmatism, including the intrusion of calcalkaline stocks within the forearc basement and the creation of the Taitao Ophiolite within the leading edge of the forearc, relates directly to ridge subduction processes. Distribution and kinematics of faulting, observed geologically and through earthquake seismology, reflect the plate margin kinematics and are also strongly influenced by the thermal, topographic, and kinematic heterogeneities related to the Chile Triple Junction. The most important structure in this respect is the 1000-km-long, trench-parallel, Liquifie Ofqui Fault (LOF). This extends north from the CTJ and has a predominantly dextral displacement. Complex faulting and related subsidence within the Golfo de Penas basin have continued throughout the late Cenozoic and appear to define a " pull-apart" basin within the South American forearc at the southern trailing edge of the LOF. The history of the Cenozoic uplift of the Andean divide appears to be dramatically different north and south of the triple junction. The backarc fold-and-thrust belt of southernmost Patagonia appears to end at the present latitude of the triple junction. Passage of slab windows corresponding to ridge segments subducted during the late Cenozoic corresponds spatially with arc gaps and centers of backarc alkalic flood basalts.
Firm-Specific Determinants of Profitability of Listed Commercial Services Companies in Kenya and Tanzania

The issue on whether firm-specific determinants such as capital adequacy, financial leverage, company liquidity and firm size influence the profitability of listed commercial services companies is still debatable to date. Therefore, this study examines the firm-specific determinants of profitability of listed commercial services companies at Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) and Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Tanzania and Kenya respectively. The study used data extracted from annual reports of eleven commercial services companies from 2015 to 2020 yielding 66 firm-year observations. Moreover, panel data regression analysis specifically a random effect estimator was employed to estimate firm-specific determinants of profitability of commercial services companies listed in Tanzania and Kenya. The study found out that capital adequacy was significantly positively linked to the profitability of listed commercial services companies at DSE and NSE. Likewise, the study revealed that firm size was significantly positively associated with the profitability of commercial services listed at DSE and NSE. Moreover, the study uncovered an insignificant positive association between profitability and both financial leverage and liquidity of commercial services companies listed at DSE and NSE. The results suggested that corporate managers are advised to increase investment in equity through selling equities to the general public and private shareholders so as to increase profitability. Furthermore, corporate managers are advised to increase firm size to enhance profitability.
Mindfulness to improve the mental health of university students. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives This systematic review and meta-analysis was to analyze the effects of a mindfulness program on mental health in university students. Methods A systematic review was conducted using the databases Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science and CINAHL. The selected studies had to incorporate a mindfulness intervention in university students. The methodological quality of the collected articles was evaluated using the PEDro scale. Results We initially identified 321 studies, of which 21 were included in this review. The interventions focused on mindfulness with durations ranging from 8 weeks to 3 months. The results demonstrated significant effects of a mindfulness intervention on mental health in university students. Conclusion This systematic review and meta-analysis found that mindfulness is effective for improving the mental health of college students. Systematic Review Registration identifier: CRD42023441453.
Phylogeny and Adaptive Radiation of the Neograptina (Graptoloida) During the Hirnantian Mass Extinction and Silurian Recovery

SUMMARY Cladistic analysis of some Hirnantian (latest Ordovician) and Rhuddanian–Aeronian (early Silurian) biserial graptolites and basal monograptids has been undertaken in order to test hypotheses of the relationships among the Neograptina (‘normalograptids’ and their descendents) and to provide a phylogenetic framework for understanding the early Silurian adaptive radiation of graptoloids. It is clear that Silurian graptolite faunas are dominated by two major clades, here named the superfamilies Retiolitoidea and Monograptoidea. Several other lineages whose basal relationships are unresolved, including Normalograptus and Metaclimacograptus , persisted through much of the Llandovery. The Retiolitoidea includes some taxa previously assigned to the Normalograptidae, as well as petalolithids and retiolitids. The Monograptoidea includes akidograptids, dimorphograptids, the uniserial monograptids, as well as stem taxa previously regarded as normalograptids. Both of these major clades had their origins in Late Ordovician time and began their diversification within the Hirnantian–early Rhuddanian, in step with the two main phases of the Hirnantian Mass Extinction. The Neograptina also exhibit an additional interval of accelerated turnover in the Rhuddanian during which the characteristic Silurian fauna largely replaced the Hirnantian Neograptina. One new family, Neodiplograptidae, and four new genera are described: Avitograptus , Rickardsograptus , Korenograptus and Paramplexograptus .
Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Preterm-Born Young Adults and Association with Vitamin D: A Wearable Device Assessment

Prematurity has been associated with impaired parasympathetic cardiac regulation later in life. Changes in heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) may indicate a risk for future cardiac dysfunction. The putative role of Vitamin D on cardiac autonomic function in individuals born preterm (PT) remains unknown. This study involves monitoring autonomic cardiac regulation and Vitamin D concentrations in 30 PT and 16 full-term (FT) young adults in a free-living context. The PT subjects were born between 1994 and 1997 at Oulu University Hospital. The inclusion criteria were (1) being born ≤ 32 gestation weeks or (2) being born < 34 gestation weeks with a birth weight under 1500 g. Participants wore an Oura ring sleep tracer, a smart ring device, for 2 weeks to monitor cardiac autonomic function. Parameters related to autonomic cardiac regulation, lowest nighttime resting HR, and the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) to describe HRV were collected. PT males exhibited a tendency toward lower RMSSD (71.8 ± 22.6) compared to FT males (95.63 ± 29.0; p = 0.10). Female participants had a similar mean RMSSD in the FT and PT groups at 72.04 ± 33.2 and 74.0 ± 35.0, respectively. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration did not correlate with cardiac autonomic function parameters. When assessing the lowest resting nighttime HRs and HRVs in a long-term, real-world context, healthy female PT young adults performed similarly to their FT peers. In contrast, the present study’s results suggest that male PT young adults exhibit impaired autonomic cardiac function, potentially putting them at risk for cardiovascular disease later in adulthood.
Immunohistochemical expression of cyclin D1 is higher in supratentorial ependymomas and predicts relapses in gross total resection cases

Ependymomas are tumors of the CNS. Although cyclin D1 overexpression has been related to several cancers, its prognostic value in ependymomas has not yet been fully established. We evaluated cyclin D1 expression by an immunohistochemistry analysis of 149 samples of ependymomas, including some relapses, corresponding to 121 patients. Eighty‐one patients were adults, 60 were intracranial cases and 92 tumors were grade II. Gross total resection (GTR) was achieved in 62% of cases, and relapse was confirmed in 41.4% of cases. Cyclin D1 protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and scored with a labeling index (LI) calculated as the percentage of positively stained cells by intensity. We also analyzed expression of CCND1 and NOTCH1 in 33 samples of ependymoma by quantitative real‐time PCR. A correlation between cyclin D1 LI score and anaplastic cases (P < 0.001), supratentorial location (P < 0.001) and age (P = 0.001) were observed. A stratified analysis demonstrated that cyclin D1 protein expression was strong in tumors with a supratentorial location, independent of the histological grade or age. Relapse was more frequent in cases with a higher cyclin D1 LI score (P = 0.046), and correlation with progression‐free survival was observed in cases with GTR (P = 0.002). Only spinal canal tumor location and GTR were suggestive markers of PFS in multivarite analyses. Higher expression levels were observed in anaplastic cases for CCND1 (P = 0.002), in supratentorial cases for CCND1 (P = 0.008) and NOTCH1 (P = 0.011). There were correlations between the cyclin D1 mRNA and protein expression levels (P < 0.0001) and between CCND1 and NOTCH1 expression levels (P = 0.003). Higher cyclin D1 LI was predominant in supratentorial location and predict relapse in GTR cases. Cyclin D1 could be used as an immunohistochemical marker to guide follow‐up and treatment in these cases.
Weathering uncertainty traditional knowledge for climate change assessment and adaptation

This UNESCO report looks into the damaging effects of climate change on Indigenous cultures. When considering climate change, indigenous peoples and marginalized populations warrant particular attention. Impacts on their territories and communities are anticipated to be both early and severe due to their location in vulnerable environments, including small islands, high-altitude zones, desert margins and the circumpolar Arctic. Indeed, climate change poses a direct threat to many indigenous societies due to their continuing reliance upon resource-based livelihoods. Heightened exposure to negative impacts, however, is not the only reason for specific attention and concern. As many indigenous societies are socially and culturally distinct from mainstream society, decisions, policies and actions undertaken by the majority, even if well-intended, may prove inadequate, ill-adapted, and even inappropriate. There is therefore a need to understand the specific vulnerabilities, concerns, adaptation capacities and longer-term aspirations of indigenous peoples and marginalized communities throughout the world. Indigenous and traditional knowledge contribute to this broader understanding.
Influence of Nitrogen Supply on Growth, Antioxidant Capacity and Cadmium Absorption of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) Seedlings

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) is considered suitable for the remediation of cadmium (Cd)-contaminated farmlands, because of its large biomass and resistance to Cd stress. The addition of nitrogen (N) fertilizer is an important measure used to increase crop yields, and it may also affect Cd accumulation in plants. To clarify the effects of different forms and concentrations of N on plant growth and Cd absorption in kenaf, a hydroponic experiment was conducted using three N forms (NH4+–N, NO3−–N and urea–N) at four concentrations (0, 2, 4 and 8 mM, 0 mM as control) under Cd stress (30 μM). The plant growth, the antioxidant enzyme activity and the Cd contents of various parts of the kenaf seedlings were measured. The results showed that the N form had the greatest impact on the growth of the kenaf and the absorption and transport of the Cd, followed by the interaction effect between the N type and the concentration. Compared to the control, the addition of N fertilizer promoted the growth of kenaf to varying degrees. Among all the treatments, the use of 2 mM of NO3−–N enhanced the biomass and Cd accumulation to the greatest extent compared to CK from 2.02 g to 4.35 g and 341.30 μg to 809.22 μg per plant, respectively. The NH4+–N significantly reduced the Cd contents of different parts but enhanced the translocation factors of Cd stem to root (TF S/R) and leaf to stem (TF L/S) by 34.29~78.57% and 45.10~72.55%, respectively. The peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) enzyme activities of the kenaf increased with the N treatments, especially with NH4+–N. Overall, applying low concentrations of NO3−–N can better promote the extraction of Cd by kenaf.
The dog as a model for understanding human social behavior

This chapter was originally published in the book Advances in The Study of Behavior, Vol. 39, published by Elsevier, and the attached copy is provided by Elsevier for the author's benefit and for the benefit of the author's institution, for non-commercial research and educational use including without limitation use in instruction at your institution, sending it to specific colleagues who know you, and providing a copy to your institution’s administrator.