Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Demand for Assets: Evidence from the Markov Switching Normalized Quadratic Model

In this paper we provide and illustrate a solution to the inter-related problems of estimation of asset demand functions, instability of money demand relations, and monetary aggregation. We use an econometric framework that very flexibly allows for changes in the coeffi cients of the asset demand functions and then quantifying the implications that this asset demand instability has for monetary policy and monetary aggregation. Our approach allows the estimation of asset demand functions in a systems context, using a flexible functional form for the aggregator function, based on the dual approach to demand system generation. However, instead of assuming that consumer preferences are fixed as in the neoclassical demand theory, we assume Markov regime switching, thus allowing for complicated nonlinear dynamics and sudden changes in the parameters of the asset demand functions and the underlying aggregator function. We use the monthly time series data on monetary asset quantities and their user costs, recently produced for the United States and maintained within the Center of Financial Stability (CFS), and the Normalized Quadratic (NQ) flexible functional form with Markov regime switching, to generate inference in terms of a full set of elasticities, simultaneously achieving consistency with the data generating process and economic and econometric regularity. We find evidence that our five-regime NQ model provides a better fit of the actual data than a single regime model, that the asset demand specifications exhibit instability between regimes, but are rather stable within regimes, and that the assets are in general Morishima substitutes with the Morishima elasticities of substitution always being below unity. JEL classification: C32, C51, E41, E42, E51.
Particulate PAH Transport Associated with Adult Chronic Cough Occurrence Closely Connected with Meteorological Conditions: A Modelling Study

Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a cause of chronic cough occurrence in adult patients. In order to clear the relationship between transboundary transport of PAH and health effects, this study investigates the relationship between atmospheric particulate PAHs (p-PAHs), cough occurrence by epidemiological research, and meteorological conditions using a chemical transport model. Source receptor relationship (SRR) analysis revealed that a higher cough occurrence was caused by exposure to high p-PAH levels in air masses transported from central China (CCHN, 30–40° N) under westerly conditions. The p-PAHs transported from northern China (NCHN, >40° N) and the eastern part of Russia (ERUS) under north-westerly conditions also contributed to cough occurrence. The low equivalent potential temperature (ePT) and geopotential height anomaly suggested that the p-PAHs emitted near the surface were suppressed to upward transport under the colder air mass but were instead transported horizontally near the surface in the boundary layer, resulting in high p-PAH concentrations arriving in Kanazawa. Our study’s findings suggest that the air mass transport pattern associated with meteorology strongly influences the high p-PAH concentrations causing adult chronic cough occurrence.
Doing gender and being gendered through occupation: Transgender and non-binary experiences

Background Transgender people can face discrimination which can be reflected in and encoded by their occupational experiences. There is emerging research regarding those who are transgender but experiences of non-binary people remain under-explored. Purpose This study considered the occupational experiences of transgender and non-binary people and how gender expression related to engagement in occupations and space. Method Five transgender and non-binary people participated in repeat interviews, including a ‘walking interview’. Analysis was informed by new materialism. Findings Occupational engagement can re-enforce binary understandings of gender or facilitate creative expressions of gender identity. Within normative environments, occupational participation can offer assimilation, particularly for non-binary people. Some occupations provided emancipation from binary gender norms through expression such as clothing and creative activities which provided recognition and belonging. Symbolic and personal meanings of occupations shifted when participants were able to express themselves in a way that felt authentic. Conclusion ‘Occupational assimilation’ can bring safety from scrutiny for those who are transgender and non-binary but curtails authentic expression. Occupational therapists have a role in supporting transgender and non-binary people in accessing occupations which facilitate their authentic gender expression and need to improve critical awareness of the culturally encoded binary nature of many occupations and environments.
Multifactor Approximation of Rough Volatility Models

Rough volatility models are very appealing because of their remarkable fit of both historical and implied volatilities. However, due to the non-Markovian and non-semimartingale nature of the volatility process, there is no simple way to simulate efficiently such models, which makes risk management of derivatives an intricate task. In this paper, we design tractable multi-factor stochastic volatility models approximating rough volatility models and enjoying a Markovian structure. Furthermore, we apply our procedure to the specific case of the rough Heston model. This in turn enables us to derive a numerical method for solving fractional Riccati equations appearing in the characteristic function of the log-price in this setting.
Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorders in immunosuppressed patients

: A diverse range of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) arise in the context of immunodeficiency. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) encompasses multiple disease entities which develop due to iatrogenic immunosuppression necessary for organ transplantation, and are frequently EBV-positive. A similar spectrum of lymphoproliferative pathologies, many of which are EBV-associated, occur in non-transplant immunodeficiency states, including those secondary to disease-modifying agents, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, age-associated immunosenescence, and a wide array of primary immune conditions. Common to each of these disease settings is disruption of the normal immune responses that exert control over EBV, permitting the virus to contribute to tumourigenesis. In this review, we provide an overview of the classification of EBV-positive immunodeficiency-associated LPDs, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of systems provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues in comparison to the Society for Hematopathology (SH) and the European Association for Haematopathology (EAH). As an exemplar of EBV-associated LPD, we then undertake a detailed review of the pathophysiology and management of PTLD. This includes a discussion of prophylactic, pre-emptive and therapeutic approaches, recognising important differences in the management of PTLD arising after haematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplantation. We summarise recent published clinical data guiding the use of conventional chemo-immunotherapy, and cover the role of cellular and novel drug therapies. Thereafter, we provide focused reviews on a selection of other noteworthy EBV-positive LPD entities, highlighting current and emerging strategies for their management: EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer, EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, plasmablastic lymphoma, primary effusion lymphoma and lymphomatoid
Consumer Behavior Analysis in Using the Digital Payment Application

This study analyzes the relationship between perception and preferences on satisfaction and the usage rate of the digital payment system and the comparison of test differences between gender and age groups. To conclude the research, the relationship between usage rate and habit of using the digital payment system was also investigated. The perception dimensions included ease of use, usefulness, trust, hedonism, social, self-efficacy, attitude, and security. For the preference variable, factors studied were the types of transactions carried out on the digital payment system. For the satisfaction variable, factors studied were the level of user satisfaction in the digital payment system. For the dimensions of the usage rate, the items were the user intensity in using the digital payment applications. The data collected from the respondents were analyzed using linear regression test. From the research, it was concluded that there was a relationship between perception and satisfaction, satisfaction and preference, and perception and preference. The relationship between perception, satisfaction, as well as preference and application usage rate was partially supported, and the relationship between usage rate and habit in using the applications was also supported.
Examining the predictors of teachers’ organisational citizenship behaviour from an individual perspective: the role of human values – benevolence, achievement, self-direction and conformity

ABSTRACT Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of teachers has been found essential for the effective functioning of schools, and teachers’ propensity to perform OCB is determined by various individual and organisational characteristics. The present study investigates the role of human values – benevolence, achievement, self-direction and conformity – in OCB in a sample of teachers. The study model was examined with structural equation modelling using AMOS. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires from 410 teachers in the secondary schools in Sri Lanka. The results revealed that, of the four values examined, benevolence correlated significantly with OCB, while achievement, self-direction and conformity had no significant relationship with OCB. The present study contributes to the growing empirical research on teacher’s OCB and offers practical recommendations for principals and educational administrative authorities, and theoretical implications and recommendations for future studies.
Characterization of Magnetic Mineral Assemblages in Clinkers: Potential Tools for Full Vector Paleomagnetic Studies

High‐quality paleointensity data are essential for improving our understanding of the geomagnetic field; however, it is challenging to find materials that reliably record full vector magnetization going back in time. Here, we examine a new candidate material for paleointensity studies: clinkers, which are rocks that have been baked, metamorphosed, or melted by underlying coal seam fires. Previous studies conducted on clinkers suggest that they may be high‐fidelity magnetic field recorders. However, due to the inhomogeneity of clinker deposits and limited scope of previous studies, it is unknown under what conditions these conclusions hold true. To better assess this, we quantified the variation of magnetic properties within clinker deposits collected from the Powder River Basin, Montana, as a function of lithology, oxidation state, distance from the coal seam, and location. Our results indicate that the clinker products contain three main magnetic minerals: magnetite, hematite, and the rare ε‐Fe2O3. Clinker lithology was found to be the primary control on magnetic mineralogy, where strongly baked sediment and porcellanite are dominated by varying proportions of hematite, ε‐Fe2O3, and magnetite, and paralavas are dominated by low‐Ti magnetite. All clinker materials are thermally stable and likely experienced temperatures in excess of the magnetite Curie temperature. Grain size analysis indicates that the magnetic particles in all clinker materials are amenable to high‐quality paleointensity study. In total, our study confirms that clinkers should be reliable full vector paleomagnetic recorders.
The Effect of Profitability and Tangibility on Capital Structures

The aims of this study to determine the overview of the profitability measured by Return On Equity (ROE), tangibility, and the capital structure measured by Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), and to know the profitability and tangibility of the capital structure. The research methods used are descriptive and verificative. The research population is a sub-sector company of Pharmaceuticals registered in the Indonesian Stock Exchange period 2012-2017. Samples were taken with purposive sampling techniques. The analytical techniques used are classical assumption testing and panel regression analysis, and hypothesis testing using the F test and T-test. The results revealed that the development of profitability decreased, the development of tangibility increased, and the development of capital structures that experienced increases and decreases that tend to decline. Based on the F test, the profitability and tangibility are pensive to the capital structure. Based on the T-test, profitability affects the capital structure, and tangibility does not affect the capital structure.
Evaluation of Depth Cameras for Use in Fruit Localization and Sizing: Finding a Successor to Kinect v2

Eight depth cameras varying in operational principle (stereoscopy: ZED, ZED2, OAK-D; IR active stereoscopy: Real Sense D435; time of flight (ToF): Real Sense L515, Kinect v2, Blaze 101, Azure Kinect) were compared in context of use for in-orchard fruit localization and sizing. For this application, a specification on bias-corrected root mean square error of 20 mm for a camera-to-fruit distance of 2 m and operation under sunlit field conditions was set. The ToF cameras achieved the measurement specification, with a recommendation for use of Blaze 101 or Azure Kinect made in terms of operation in sunlight and in orchard conditions. For a camera-to-fruit distance of 1.5 m in sunlight, the Azure Kinect measurement achieved an RMSE of 6 mm, a bias of 17 mm, an SD of 2 mm and a fill rate of 100% for depth values of a central 50 × 50 pixels group. To enable inter-study comparisons, it is recommended that future assessments of depth cameras for this application should include estimation of a bias-corrected RMSE and estimation of bias on estimated camera-to-fruit distances at 50 cm intervals to 3 m, under both artificial light and sunlight, with characterization of image distortion and estimation of fill rate.
Supporting argumentative essay writing through an online supported peer-review script

ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of an online peer-review script on students’ argumentative peer-review quality and argumentative essay writing. A pre- and post-test experimental design was used with 42 undergraduate students in the field of educational science. Students were randomly divided over 21 dyads and assigned to two conditions (unscripted and scripted peer-review). Students were first asked to write an original argumentative essay about the topic at hand. Then, students in the scripted condition had to review their peer’s argumentative essay based on a peer-review script while students in the unscripted condition reviewed their peer’s essay without the script. Finally, all students had to revise their original essay based on the comments of their peers. Students in the scripted peer-review condition outperformed students in the unscripted condition in terms of quality of their argumentative peer-review and argumentative essay writing. These results are discussed and implications are provided.
Customers’ relationship maintenance and loyalty intentions after a brand transgression: a moderated mediation approach

ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish the role of relationship marketing orientation of banks and customer attributions of the transgression in customers’ continuance intentions and loyalty towards the bank after a brand transgression. A moderated mediation model showing relationships between relationship marketing orientation, customer commitment and customer loyalty intentions after a real-life transgression was formulated. In a survey conducted among 340 bank customers in India, results suggest positive and significant roles of relationship marketing orientation on relationship continuation intentions and customer loyalty, after a transgression. The strengths of these intentions varied according to the customers’ perceptions of the bank’s active role in the transgression. However, contrary to expectations, customers who perceived a more active role of the bank in the transgression, showed stronger intentions of continuing their relationship with the bank.
Formation of ultrapotassic magma via crustal contamination and hybridization of mafic magma: an example from the Stomanovo monzonite, Central Rhodope Massif, Bulgaria

Generally all orogenic ultrapotassic rocks are formed after melting of metasomatized sub-continental lithospheric mantle via subducted crustal mica-bearing lithologies. Here we present another possible model, based on the study of the small Stomanovo ultrapotassic monzonite porphyry intrusion in the Central Rhodope Massif, Bulgaria. The monzonite dated at 30.50 ± 0.46 Ma is intruded into the voluminous Oligocene (31.63 ± 0.40 Ma) Bratsigovo–Dospat ignimbrite. The monzonite hosts both normally and reversely zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts. The normally zoned clinopyroxene is characterized by gradually diminishing core-to-rim Mg no. (89–74), whereas the reversely zoned clinopyroxene has green Fe-rich cores (Mg no. 71–55) mantled by normally zoned clinopyroxene (Mg no. 87–74). Neither the core of the normally zoned clinopyroxene nor the Fe-rich green cores are in equilibrium with the host monzonite. This ultrapotassic monzonite shows more radiogenic Sr isotopes ((87Sr/86Sr)i = 0.71066) and ϵNd(t) = −7.8 to −8.0 that are distinct from the host ignimbrites with (87Sr/86Sr)i = 0.70917–0.70927 and ϵNd(t) = −4.6 to −6.5. The Sr–Nd isotopic data and the presence of copious zircon xenocrysts from the underlying metamorphic basement suggest extensive crustal assimilation. Our observations indicate that the Stomanovo ultrapotassic monzonite formed after extensive lower or middle crustal fractional crystallization from an evolved magma producing cumulates. The process was followed by hybridization with primitive mantle-derived magma and subsequent continuous crustal contamination. We suggest that instead of inheriting their high K2O and large-ion lithophile element enrichments from slab-derived/metasomatic fluids, the Stomanovo ultrapotassic monzonite may owe some of its unusually high alkalinity to the assimilation of potassium-rich phases from the Rhodope Massif basement rocks.
An overview of Holocene monsoon variability of Sri Lanka and its association with Indian subcontinent climate records

: Located in the core of the Indian monsoon domain, Sri Lanka has a classic tropical monsoonal climate, thus making it an ideal platform for paleoclimatic investigations. During past decades, extensive studies have been carried out to explore the Indian Ocean monsoon variability across different time scales including in Sri Lanka. This review synthesized a comprehensive picture of the paleo-monsoon variability of Sri Lanka during the Holocene and compared it with the regional records from the Indian monsoon regime. Available paleoclimate information indicated that the early Holocene is characterized by a strong monsoon phase in Sri Lanka. This enhanced monsoon activity phase was followed by a weak monsoon phases around 8.0 kyr BP. Mid-Holocene was identified as a semi-arid to arid or a period with decreased monsoon activity. The late Holocene showed a highly variable climate with a large spatial variability across Sri Lanka. These observations are almost consistent with the climatic records of the Indian monsoon regime. Dissimilarities in the timing of onset and withdrawal of monsoons were also noted in different geographical localities in Sri Lanka that are possibly due to localized responses of the climate system. Paleoclimate records from Sri Lanka revealed that summer and winter monsoons behaved mostly in a similar way, implying similar forcing mechanisms. Despite the contrasting differences among regional records across shorter time scales, the monsoon climate of Sri Lanka during the Holocene has varied coherently with the climate of other regions of the Indian monsoon domain including the Indian subcontinent, the Bay of Bengal, Northern Andaman Sea, Eastern, and Western Arabian Sea, Northern and Southern Oman, Yemen and as far as some locations from China .
Using Social Media Data to Evaluate Urban Parks Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the context of increasing urbanization and associated economic, social and environmental challenges, cities have increasingly acknowledged the importance of urban parks in delivering social, economic and environmental benefits to the population. The importance has been demonstrated also during the COVID-19 pandemic that generated lockdowns and reduced the capacity of urban inhabitants in accessing such benefits. The present study aims to determine how the presence in urban parks was reflected on social media during the pandemic period of 2020. We examined Instagram posts associated with a sample of eight urban parks in Bucharest, Romania and also the entire history of Google reviews between January and August 2020. The selection of parks was made according to their size, location in Bucharest, previous reported number of visitors and profile of attractiveness. Results revealed that the peak period of the COVID-19 pandemic and the first initiation of the lockdowns strongly affected the recreation and leisure activities that people performed almost daily in the parks of Bucharest. Reviews and comments of the population were not that focused on the pandemic even after the restrictions were lifted, but they evidenced the positive and negative aspects of each park. Our results can represent a useful instrument for local administrations in determining both the flow of visitors but also their perceptions towards the endowments, landscape and most important management of urban parks.