Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Different Music Genres on Cognitive Task Performance After High Intensity Interval Training

: BACKGROUND: The effects of high intensity exercise on cognitive performance are not fully understood. Music can affect physiological responses to exercise which may also impact cognitive performance. The aim of this study was to determine if music could impact cognitive performance after a bout of high intensity exercise. METHODS: Twelve subjects (n=7 males, n=5 females, 20.3 ± 1.7 y; 72.2 ± 14.9 kg; 1.70 ± 0.09 m) completed the Stroop test after a short (12 min) bout of high intensity interval exercise while listening to either Classical, Rock, or No Music. Subjects completed the Brunel Music Rating Inventory after listening to Classical or Rock music during a control (no exercise) session. Order of testing was randomized. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in Stroop effect between musical conditions without exercise (No Music 166.6 ± 118.17 ms; Classical 138.42 ± 86 ms; Rock 139.67 ± 74.47 ms). There was also no significant difference in Stroop effect between musical conditions with exercise (No Music 132.39 ± 88.93 ms; Classical 137.05 ± 61.74 ms; Rock 102.6 ± 83.1 ms). There was also no significant difference in Stroop effect between control and exercise for the different music conditions. There was, however, a significant interaction effect of music and exercise on heart rate response (p<0.01), with exercise HR being significantly lower during either music condition (Classical [146.41 ± 12.59ms], Rock [148.92 ± 12.30ms]) than without music (151 ± 16.66ms). CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study suggest that selective attention is resistant to the effects of a short high intensity interval exercise bout and the distraction of either classical or rock music. The results also suggest that music may lower average heart rate during high intensity interval exercise.
X-ray nanospectroscopic characterization of a molecularly thin ferromagnetic Ti1-xCOxO2 nanosheet

We investigated the local electronic structures of a molecularly thin ferromagnetic Ti0.8Co0. 2O2 nanosheet by means of x-ray nanospectroscopy with spectroscopic photoemission and low energy electron microscopy. By analyzing the Co 2p x-ray absorption and photoemission spectra, the chemical state of doped Co ions in individual Ti0.8Co0. 2O2 nanosheet was found to be Co2+ low-spin state, which is consistent with previous magnetization data and first-principles calculation [M. Osada et al., Phys. Rev. B 73, 153301 (2006)]. Furthermore, we employed photoelectron emission microscopy to image the variation in chemical states in Ti0.8Co0. 2O2 nanosheets with different stacking structures and clarified the identical Co2+ low-spin state in monolayer and overlapped cases.
Growth, yield and quality of okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) F 1 hybrids as influenced by planting time and spacing under Teraiagro-climatic zone of West Bengal

A field experiment was laid out at the Horticulture Instructional Farm of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar, to find out the effects of planting times of 1 st day of March, May, July and September, spacing of 60×30 cm and 60×60 cm on growth, yield and quality of okra F 1 hybrids namely Mahyco Hybrid-10, Varun F 1 hybrid, Venusand Noori in three factor 4x4x2 factorial randomized complete block design. The highest fruit yield of 22.25 t ha -1 was obtained in July planted crop. Mahyco Hybrid-10 recorded the maximum fruit yield of 19.84 t ha -1 . The close spacing of 60 × 30 cmproduced the highest fruit yield of 18.98 t ha -1 . The treatment combination of F 1 hybrid Venus when planted on 1 st day of July with 60 × 30 cm spacing produced the highest fruit yield of 28.41 t ha -1 with ascorbic acid content of 18.48 mg 100g -1 .
Mediation Role of Organizational Commitment on the Effect of Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement on Organizational Citizenship Behavior Nurse

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of job satisfaction and work engagement on organizational citizenship behavior and analyze the mediating role of organizational commitment in mediating the effect of job satisfaction and work engagement on organizational citizenship behavior. The population in this study were nurses at the Klungkung District Hospital, totaling 263 people. The sample in this study was 159 respondents. The method of determining the sample in this study uses probability sampling. The technique sampling chosen is proportionate stratified random sampling, which is used when the population has members or elements that are not homogeneous and stratified proportionally. This research uses PLS (analysis technique Partial Least Square). The results showed that job satisfaction and work engagement positively and significantly affected organizational citizenship behavior. Job satisfaction and work engagement have a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, and organizational commitment has a positive and significant effect on OCB. Organizational positive energy within themselves by dedicating themselves or involving themselves to hospital.
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NAMIBIA A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – FINANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA BY GRACE KASHIMA

ii Table of Content . iii Table of Tables . vi Tables of Figures. vi Acknowledgements . viii Dedication . ix Declaration . x Acronyms . xi CHAPTER ONE: . 1
EFFECT OF OPERATING EXPENSE RATIO ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA

: Microfinance is the provision of a broad range of financial services such as deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers and insurance to the poor and low-income households and their micro enterprises. The sector reaches out to 832,794 active borrowers with a loan book amounting to Kshs.28. 6 billion and reporting 26.4 % annual growth in Kenya. However, owing to the fact that there is limited literature on the determinants of financial performance, various studies conducted indicate divergent views on the effect of financial indicators on financial performance. For this reasons it is not clear whether or not financial indicators affect financial performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Kenya. The main objective of the study was to investigate the effect of operating expense ratio on financial performance of MFIs in Kenya. Target population comprised 12 registered MFIs. Sample size consisted a panel data set of 12 MFIs selected using purposing sampling method for the period from 2009 to 2013 and secondary data was collected. Fixed effect model was the preferred model based on the Hausman specification but the study used random effect model since fixed effect model gave insignificant results. Random effect model results revealed that debt to equity ratio had a negative but insignificant relationship with return on assets ratio. Portfolio to assets ratio had a positive relationship with financial performance but the relationship was not significant. Operating expense ratio had negative and significant relationship with return to assets ratio. The coefficient for lagged return to assets ratio was 0.4733, debt to equity ratio was -0.0026, portfolio to assets ratio was 0.0090 and coefficient for operating expense ratio was -0.1857. P-values for DER was 0.878 , PAR, 0.686 and OER, 0.000. The results for lagged ROA the coefficient was positive and was statistically significant. The lagged OER had positive and insignificant relationship with return to assets ratio. Autoregressive distributed lag model was conducted on operating expense ratio on financial performance and fixed effect model results indicated that operating expense ratio had negative and statistically significant relationship with return to assets ratio . The lagged operating expense ratio had positive and insignificant relationship with return to assets ratio . The coefficients of the lagged operating expense ratio was negative and the negative sign of the coefficients could be explained by the high costs of the microfinance institutions in the previous period. The study would be significant in the provision of MFIs with proper decision making as well as provide the contextual information to researchers and scholars. international equity diversification allows obvious reduction of returns variability and minimum loss and this is only for restricted portfolios. The study also found that emerging markets continue to be an important component of well-diversified portfolio. However, the research employed descriptive statistics while current study has used robust methodology.
Does Chatbot Language Formality Affect Users’ Self-Disclosure?

Chatbots are increasingly used to replace human interviewers and survey forms for soliciting information from users. This paper presents two studies that investigate how the formality of a chatbot’s conversational style can affect the likelihood of users engaging with and disclosing sensitive information to a chatbot. In our first study, we show that the domain and sensitivity of the information being requested impact users’ preferred conversational style. Specifically, when users were asked to disclose sensitive health information, they perceived a formal style as more competent and appropriate. In our second study, we investigate the health domain further by analysing the quality of user utterances as users talk to a chatbot about their dental flossing. We found that users who do not floss every day gave higher quality responses when talking to a formal chatbot. These findings can help designers choose a chatbot’s language formality for their given use case.
ATTENUATION OF NOISE IN THE CABIN OF A REGIONAL AIRCRAFT BY METAMATERIAL TRIM PANELS

Interior noise has always been an issue for aircraft manufacturers, even if only recently has it received equal importance to other design requirements. Passengers are increasingly concerned about cabin comfort, which they consider high priority for medium and long ﬂights. In order to reach the challenging interior noise target set for the new generation small aircraft 80 OASPL dB, 70 dBA, 56 dBSIL3, a noise reduction plan must address and accurately identify noise sources. The main goal of this work is to evaluate acoustic comfort, by analysing sound pressure levels, in the cabin of a regional turboprop subjected to multiple broadband noise components, that simulates the noise generated inside the aircraft with monopolar sources. Sandwiches with metamaterial core are employed as trim panels of the cabin for improving sound absorption through the fuselage and the averaged interior noise level at seated person ear height is numerically evaluated with the Finite Element commercial software, Actran®. In particular, this work aims to show the higher acoustic performances of innovative passive Noise & Vibration technologies, such as acoustic metamaterials, with respect to classical soundprooﬁng solutions.
On the Yang-Mills heat equation in two and three dimensions.

The Yang-Mills heat flow the L-gradient flow for the Yang-Mills functional was first introduced by Atiyah and Bott [AB]. They sketched how to use the Yang-Mills heat flow to study Morse theoretical properties of the Yang-Mills functional on Riemann surfaces, assuming that the flow has sufficiently good analytical properties. However, these properties had not been established then, and they chose an algebro-geometrical approach instead. One purpose of this paper is to prove that Yang-Mills heat flow has the required analytical properties. In a similar spirit Donaldson [Do] has used the Yang-Mills heat flow to give a new proof of and generalize a theorem by Narasimhan and Seshadri on stable holomorphic bundles.
Towards a Cognitive Model of Collaborative Memory

While humans routinely encode and retrieve memories in groups, the bulk of our knowledge of human memory comes from paradigms with individuals in isolation. The primary phenomenon of interest within the relatively new field of collaborative memory is collaborative inhibition : the tendency for collaborative groups to underperform in free recall tasks compared to nominal groups of the same size. This effect has been found in a variety of materials and group compositions (Rajaram & Pereira-Pasarin, 2010). However, the majority of research in this field is guided by verbal theories without formal computational models. In this paper we adapt the Search of Associative Memory (SAM; Raaijmakers & Shiffrin, 1981) model to collaborative free recall. We present a framework to scale SAM to collaborative paradigms with multiple SAM models working together. Our simulation results with the collaborative SAM model suggest that retrieval disruption, responsible for the part-set cuing effect in individuals, is also the cause of collaborative inhibition when multiple models are working together. Our work provides an existence proof that SAM can act as a unified theory to explain both individual and collaborative memory effects, and offers a framework for future predictions of scaling to increased group sizes, shared knowledge, and spread of false memories.
Elementary and Analytic Theory of Algebraic Numbers

1. Dedekind Domains and Valuations. - 2. Algebraic Numbers and Integers. - 3. Units and Ideal Classes. - 4. Extensions. - 5. P-adic Fields. - 6. Applications of the Theory of P-adic Fields. - 7. Analytical Methods. - 8. Abelian Fields. - 9. Factorizations 9.1. 485Elementary Approach. - Appendix I. Locally Compact Abelian Groups. - Appendix II. Function Theory. - Appendix III. Baker's Method. - Problems. - References. - Author Index. - List of Symbols.
Experimental surface pressures on cone-derived waveriders for freestream M = 3-5

Surface pressure data are presented for two waverider lifting-body configurations in the Mach number range of 3-5 and unit Reynolds number of 2 X 106/ft. Angle of attack and sideslip angle were varied in the range ±20 deg. Comparison data are also given for an elliptic cone with a 1.87 major/minor axis ratio. The data complement earlier results for forces and moments. Present results corroborate the basic conical flow assumption and the first-order perturbation theory that underlie the waverider configuration design. Off-design data show smooth variations from the design conditions with no evidence of strong secondary shocks or deviations from ideal conical flow.
Generalized EMP and nonlinear Schrodinger-type reformulations of some scalar field cosmological models

We show that Einstein's gravitational field equations for the Friedmann-Robertson-Lema\^itre-Walker (FRLW) and for two conformal versions of the Bianchi I and Bianchi V perfect fluid scalar field cosmological models, can be equivalently reformulated in terms of a single equation of either generalized Ermakov-Milne-Pinney (EMP) or (non)linear Schr\"odinger (NLS) type. This work generalizes or presents an alternative to similar reformulations published by the authors who inspired this thesis: R. Hawkins, J. Lidsey, T. Christodoulakis, T. Grammenos, C. Helias, P. Kevrekidis, G. Papadopoulos and F. Williams. In particular we cast much of these authors' works into a single framework via straightforward derivations of the EMP and NLS equations from a simple linear combination of the relevant Einstein equations. By rewriting the resulting expression in terms of the volume expansion factor and performing a change of variables, we obtain an uncoupled EMP or NLS equation that is independent of the imposition of additional conservation equations. Since the correspondences shown here present an alternative route for obtaining exact solutions to Einstein's equations, we reconstruct many known exact solutions via their EMP or NLS counterparts and show by numerical analysis the stability properties of many solutions.
Ecotourism in a Hazardous Small-Volcanic Island: Tidore Island, Indonesia

Being known as a small island with the highest volcano in North Maluku Province, Tidore Island is also famed for its exotic ecotourism potential. There are many benefits for areas that have good ecotourism potential, but it is necessary to consider the potential for local disasters. Kie Matubu Volcano is currently in a dormant status and is likely to be active at any time. Regional planning and disaster mitigation should thus go hand in hand, but the complexity of the geographical conditions of a small island requires various prior analyses. This research aims to integrate ecotourism mentioned in Regional Planning with disaster mitigation action in Tidore Island. Combining spatial analysis and social vulnerability can provide an overview of the integration planning and disaster management in this small volcanic island to improve community resilience. However, it still calls for some actions to develop ecotourism areas that co-occur with disaster mitigation efforts. Several villages with high social vulnerability in the western, southern, and eastern parts of the island require additional infrastructures (e.g., port terminals) and functional disaster evacuation facilities as the important aspect while disaster occurs.
The Effects of Tibial Rotation on Muscle Activity and Force of Hamstring Muscle During Isometric Knee Flexion in Healthy Women

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how the position of tibial rotation affects peak force and hamstring muscle activation during isometric knee flexion in healthy women. Methods: Seventeen healthy women performed maximum isometric knee flexion at 30 ˚ with three tibial rotation positions (tibial internal rotation, neutral position, and tibial external rotation). Surface electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded from the medial hamstring (MH) and lateral hamstring (LH) muscles. The strength of the knee flexor was measured with a load-cell-type strength-measurement sensor. Data were analyzed using one-way repeated analysis of variance. Results: The results showed that MH and LH activities and peak force were significantly different among the three tibial rotation conditions ( p < 0.01). The post-hoc comparison revealed that the MH EMG activity in tibial neutral and internal rotation positions were significantly greater than tibial external rotation ( p < 0.01). The LH activity in tibial external rotation was significantly greater than the tibial neutral position and internal rotation ( p < 0.01). The peak force of the knee flexor was also greater in the external tibial rotation position compared with the tibial neutral and internal rotation positions ( p < 0.01). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that hamstring muscle activation could be changed by tibial rotation.
Broadening the product portfolio and ex- ploiting demand side synergies in cyber- security industry

Solutions are aimed to solve larger customer problems with a bundle of products and services customized for the specific need. This purchase of solution components (i.e. products and services) can occur through a group of specialists or through a larger solution provider. However, in both instances customers would have to face a trade-off between the performance level of the solution and the total costs. In this research, we aim to find out how a cybersecurity technology vendor could exploit their portfolio of four products to provide additional value to their customers and to themselves. This includes not only looking into the combination of the products, but also evaluating how the individual products could be expanded into solutions, and what additional services are required. This research concludes that customer’s preference of group of specialists or a larger solution provider depends on the level of importance they place on the solution e.g. whether it is aimed at protecting most prized assets. When the importance is high customers prefer specialists, but when it has lesser significance then they prefer larger solution providers that provide additional synergies. However, this perception of value is subjective, and it varies significantly not only between companies or different industries, but also between individuals within the organization. This means that one person within the organization could see something as valuable and prefer specialists, while another person in the same organization sees it as less important. This research also shows that the selected vendor gains additional value i.e. more exclusive and intimate customer information and also the ability to form tighter relationships with the customer. Ultimately this provides the case company ability to further exploit their portfolio and provide additional products to their existing customers. This creates further incentives to transform from a specialist into a larger solution provider.
Towards a Fast and Efficient Hardware Implementation of HQC

This work presents a hardware design for constant-time implementation of the HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic) code-based key encapsulation mechanism. HQC has been selected for the fourth-round of NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography standardization process and this work presents first, hand-optimized design of HQC key generation, encapsulation, and decapsulation written in Verilog targeting implementation on FPGAs. The three modules further share a common SHAKE256 hash module to reduce area overhead. All the hardware modules are parametrizable at compile time so that designs for the different security levels can be easily generated. The architecture of the hardware modules includes novel, dual clock domain design, allowing the common SHAKE module to run at slower clock speed compared to the rest of the design, while other faster modules run at their optimal clock rate. The design currently outperforms the other hardware designs for HQC, and many of the fourth-round Post-Quantum Cryptography standardization process, with one of the best time-area products as well. For the dual clock design targeting lowest security level, we show that the HQC design can perform key generation in 0 . 12 ms, encapsulation in 0 . 30 ms, and decapsulation in 0 . 43 ms when synthesized for an Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA. The performance can be increased even further at the cost of resources by increasing the level of parallelism, e.g. by having parallel polynomial multiplication modules in the encrypt module, or including even more clock domains, one for each of the main modules. The presented design will further be made available under open-source