Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Drivers of Organizational Commitment in Malaysian SME’s: Do Intellectual Stimulation, Inspirational Motivation and Individualize Consideration Play a Role?

Abstract Leadership are important issue to be address for an organizational to success. Many studies shows that good leadership can increase employees’ commitment to the organization. This study examines the linkages between intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation and individualize consideration on organizational commitment. Using an established questionnaire captured from the leadership literature, data was collected from 452 employees of SME firms in Malaysia. Data was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The results indicate that both intellectual stimulation and individualize consideration were significant and positively related to organizational commitment (β = 0.28, p < 0.01) and (β = 0.35, p < 0.01) respectively. In sum, the research model was able to explain a total of 48% variance.
OPTIMAL SOLUTION OF RICHARDS’ EQUATION FOR SLOPE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS USING AN INTEGRATED ENHANCED VERSION OF BLACK HOLE MECHANICS INTO THE FEM

One of the most crucial problems in geo-engineering is the instability of unsaturated slopes, causing severe loss of life and property worldwide. In this study, five novel meta-heuristic methods are employed to optimize locating the Critical Failure Surface (CFS) and corresponding Factor of Safety (FOS). A Finite Element Method (FEM) code is incorporated to convert the strong form of the Richard’s differential equation to the weak form. More importantly, the derived code can consider both the seismic and seepage conditions additional to the static loading. Eventually, the proposed optimization procedure is validated against benchmark examples and some insights are provided.
Exchange Rates and the Information Channel of Monetary Policy

We disentangle the effects of monetary policy announcements on real economic variables into an interest rate shock component and a central bank information shock component. We identify both components using changes in interest rate futures and in exchange rates around monetary policy announcements. While the volatility of interest rate surprises declines around the Great Recession, the volatility of exchange rate changes increases. Making use of this heteroskedasticity, we estimate that a contractionary interest rate shock appreciates the dollar, increases the excess bond premium, and leads to a decline in prices and output, while a positive information shock appreciates the dollar, decreases prices and the excess bond premium, and increases output.
Correction to “Modeling of the Melting Point, Debye Temperature, Thermal Expansion Coefficient, and the Specific Heat of Nanostructured Materials”

The size-dependences of the melting point, Debye temperature, thermal expansion coefficient, and the specific heat of nanostructured materials have been modeled free of adjustable parameters. The melting point and Debye temperature drop while the thermal expansion coefficient and specific heat rise when the grain size is decreased. Relative to nanoparticles, however, the variation of the above parameters of nanostructured material is weak, dominated by the ratio of the grain boundary energy to the surface energy. Our theoretical predictions agree fairly well with available experimental and computer simulation results for semiconductors and metals.
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING AMONG HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS IN SHAHREKORD CITY, IRAN

The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of breast cancer among health science students in Shahrekord city, Iran. A cross- sectional study was conducted in 2017-2018 academic year among 334 health science students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. Data was collected using self-administered structured questionnaire. The total score for knowledge was 18. Any respondent who had more than 9 was considered as having good knowledge and below 9 as having poor knowledge. The total score for attitude was 7. Any score more than 4 was considered as good attitude and score less than 4 was considered as bad attitude. The mean age of the respondents was 21.21± 1.19 years. Most of the respondents aged 18 to 21 years. The knowledge level was significantly different by age group (P=0.002), department (P=0.000) and those who attended training course (P=0.000). Those who perform BSE (Breast Self-Examination) had higher knowledge score about breast cancer than those who do not perform BSE (P=0.000). The participants’ attitude was not significantly different by age group, department, family history of cancer and attending of training courses (p > 0.05). The breast self-examination practice was significantly different by age group (P=0.002), department (P=0.000) and those who attended training course (P=0.000). About half of the respondents had good knowledge on breast cancer. However, more than half of the participants had negative attitude towards breast cancer. For example, less than half of the respondents performed BSE and none of the respondents has performed CBE (Clinical Breast Examination) or mammogram before.
Anchoring on Historical Reference Points: How and When Round-Number Price Thresholds Distort the Relationship Between Current and Previous Home Prices

Buyers often strive to negotiate low prices for durable goods, such as vehicles, homes, appliances, or art. Psychologically-salient round number reference points (e.g., $10,000) influence these purchasing decisions. However, existing research does not capture how these round-number reference points from the past influence the anchoring effect of previous sales prices on future resale valuations. We argue that the anchoring effect of prior sales prices on subsequent prices of durable goods is discontinuous at round numbers, such that it matters disproportionately whether a previous sales price reached a round-number threshold. Buyers paying a price just below a round number may sacrifice money because they receive disproportionately less when reselling the good. We use data on over 13,000 repeat residential real estate transactions and an approach similar to a regression discontinuity design to find that real estate buyers who previously paid an amount just under a $10,000 reference point subsequently list and sell their homes for about 1.3 percent (over $2000) less on average than do buyers selling comparable homes who previously paid at or above this threshold. This drop is in addition to the expected price based on home characteristics and the general relationship between previous and current sales prices. A laboratory experiment with 1010 participants increases confidence in causality. We also find that market mechanisms and the negotiation process do not correct for these discontinuities: Lower initial listing prices carry through to final sales prices. However, we find strong evidence suggesting that using a highly-experienced agent attenuates these effects.
Pengaruh Supervisi Akademik Kepala Sekolah dan Lingkungan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri Air Salek

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh supervisi akademik kepala sekolah dan lingkungan kerja terhadap kinerja guru. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan jenis penelitian korelasional. Populasi penelitian sebanyak 30 orang yaitu guru-guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri jalur 8 Kecamatan Air Salek Kabupaten Banyuasin. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis korelasi dan regresi ganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) supervisi akademik kepala sekolah berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri Jalur 8 Air Salek Banyuasin; (2) Lingkungan kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri Jalur 8 Air Salek Banyuasin, dan (3) supervisi akademik kepala sekolah dan lingkungan kerja secara bersama-sama berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja guru Sekolah Dasar Negeri Jalur 8 Air Salek Banyuasin
Konformation und Vernetzung von (CuCN)6‐Ringen in polymeren Cyanocupraten(I) ∞n[Cu2(CN)3—] (n = 2, 3)

Die Alkalimetall-tricyano-dicuprate(I) Rb[Cu2(CN)3] · H2O (1) und Cs[Cu2(CN)3] · H2O (2) wurden hydrothermal aus CuCN und RbCN bzw. CsCN, die Dialkylammonium-tricyano-dicuprate(I) [NH2(Me)2][Cu2(CN)3] (3), [NH2(iPr)2][Cu2(CN)3] (4), [NH2(Pr)2][Cu2(CN)3] (5) und [NH2(sekBu)2][Cu2(CN)3] (6) durch Umsetzungen von Dimethylamin, Diisopropylamin, Dipropylamin bzw. Di-sek-butylamin mit CuCN und NaCN in Gegenwart von Ameisensaure erhalten. Die Kristallstrukturen dieser sechs Verbindungen enthalten (CuCN)6-Ringe unterschiedlicher Konformation, die in Abhangigkeit von der Grose und Form der beteiligten Kationen zu Schichten (1) oder dreidimensionalen, teilweise zeolithartigen Netzwerken (2 bis 6) verbunden sind. Kristalldaten s. Abstract.
Sources of Stress, Coping Strategies with Stress and Job Satisfaction of Teachers in Art Schools

Researches on teachers' stress have shown that stress is an important factor upon which educational process depends (Kyriacou, 2001). In this article teachers in art schools in the Republic of Croatia (N=148) were studied. The aim of this article is to determine which are the sources of stress in teachers at elementary music and dancing schools. Besides, one of the problems is to observe ways of teachers' coping with stress as well as correlation with job satisfaction of teachers in art schools. Teachers in art schools are mostly satisfied with their work despite the fact that it is a very stressful profession. Sources of stress of teachers in art schools are to some extent similar to sources of stress of the past researches on teachers. Teachers mostly use coping strategies with stress directed to the problem such as problem solving. A positive correlation of positive coping strategies with stress and job satisfaction was also noticed and the highest correlation shows usage of positive coping strategies with stress. A negative correlation of strategies directed to emotions and job satisfaction such as evasion of coping with problem was also observed. The results refer to particularities of art education and encourage for further researches. Key words: coping strategies; job satisfaction; sources of stress; teachers in art fields.
Rapid transition to online teaching during COVID 19: Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions in a Pioneer Caribbean Dental School

Background: The sudden advent of the COVID pandemic resulted in the closure of schools and universities in Trinidad, limiting face to face interactions and removing dental students from the clinical environment in The University of the West Indies. The dental school was challenged to complete the final year teaching with a rapid transition to online teaching. This study examined students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of emergency remote online teaching.Method: An online cross-sectional survey was administered on the perception of the online learning environment and challenges experienced and effectiveness of strategies used. Overall thirty-three dental students and eleven clinical academic teachers participated. The questionnaire was emailed to the participants for data collection and they responded by using a Likert scale. Reliability of the questionnaire was determined. Chi-squared (χ2) tests were applied for determining the perceptions of students and teachers towards online teaching. Frequencies and percentages were also computed.Result: Cronbach’s alpha of the students’ and teachers’ questionnaire was calculated at 0.838 and 0.801 respectively. The majority of students (60.6% - 89.5%) perceived that online teaching strategies, have enhanced their clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills in clinical practice, felt motivated to learn, liked learning in their own space, at their own pace and found it easy to adapt. Nearly two-third students (63.6%) were happy to recommend continued use of online strategies. However, the majority (87.9%) perceived it to be somewhat or not effective at all in acquiring clinical skills. The challenges experienced were problems with connectivity to the internet (87.9%) while (48.5%) had experienced distraction during remote teaching. All χ2 values were found to be statistically signiﬁcant (either P<0.01 or P<0.05). The majority of teachers (72.7% - 92.9%) perceived that they created an enthusiastic online environment, effectively communicated with the students, engaged students in clinical reasoning and critical thinking and gave formative feedback. Teachers were equally divided on whether or not they prepared students to practice clinical skills.Conclusion: Students’ perceptions are similar to teachers’ perceptions in both are positive to the online teaching strategies but both groups reflected concerns over the acquisition of clinical skills.
The Communication of Islamic Perspectives from the Poem Alif Ba Ta

This paper focuses on the Islamic perspectives in the Syair Alif Ba Ta (Cod. Or. 1735). Ahmad (1989: XIII) states that an Islamic artist (poet) is also someone that is open minded and is not narrow minded. The Islamic poet also has to fight for human rights. Therefore, this study proves that the deliverance of message by sources through Syair Alif Ba Ta poetry as a form of worship. This study is targeted to achieve two objectives. First, to show the communication of the Islamic perspectives, Second, to analyze elements of Da’wah (preaching) through the poem Alif Ba Ta based on the R. LINA: two-way planned communication (R.L.: KDHT) model. This study utilizes a content analysis method. The principle of Da'wah method in al-Qur’an is implemented to clarify God's relationship with human beings including communication among human beings that are divinely oriented. To enlist the communication of Islamic perspectives, the study successfully applied R. Lina’s model: Two-way-planned communication (R.L.: KDHT) submitted by Roslina Abu Bakar (2013). Finally, this study proves that the Alif Ba Ta poetry is a quality medium through messages in the form of Da’wah in Islamic perspective communication.
A comparison of fruit and leaf parameters of apple in three orchard training systems

In a two-year study, the effects of three training systems on apple fruit and leaf parameters: 9 fruit yield, 8 physicochemical and 4 antioxidant capacity related parameters and the relationships among 11 yield quality parameters, of the apple cultivar ‘Royal Gala’ were studied. In addition, light penetration into the tree canopy was determined. The investigated three training systems were Oblique Palmette (1250 trees ha-1), Bibaum (1923 trees ha-1) and Slender Spindle (1666 trees ha-1). Light penetration into the tree canopy, fruit number per tree, fruit weight, fruit yield, fruit skin colour, fruit firmness, starch index of fruit, Nand K-contents of leaves as well as ascorbic acid content, total anthocyanins and total antioxidant capacity of fruit indicated significant differences (P < 0.05) amongst the training systems, but the differences were not significant between experimental years. The Bibaum gave the highest values for light penetration into the tree canopy, fruit number per tree, fruit yield, fruit skin colour, starch index of fruit, Nand K-contents of leaves and total anthocyanins, which were significantly different from those of the Oblique Palmette or the Slender Spindle. The Slender Spindle gave the highest values for fruit weight, fruit firmness and total antioxidant capacity, which were significantly different from those of the Bibaum. Fruit of the Oblique Palmette trained trees showed the highest ascorbic acid content, which was significantly different from that of the Slender Spindle but not from the Bibaum. From the 55 correlation pairs of each training system, 27, 17 and 15 were significant at P < 0.05 in the Oblique Palmette, the Bibaum and the Slender Spindle, respectively. Only five correlation pairs were significant in all the three training systems. This study clearly demonstrated that most of the parameters were largely affected by the training systems, which may influence apple growing practices and fruit quality in a given orchard training system.
Prediction of COVID-19 Prognosis By Heterogeneity Analysis Based on Chest CT Scans

BackgroundGround-glass opacity (GGO) and consolidation opacity (CLO) are the common CT lung opacities, and their heterogeneity may have potential for prognosis in COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to estimate clinical outcome in individual COVID-19 patient by using histogram heterogeneity analysis based on CT opacities. Methods71 COVID-19 cases’ medical records were retrospectively reviewed from a designated hospital in Wuhan, China, from January 24th to February 28th at the early stage of pandemic. Two characteristic lung abnormity opacities, GGO and CLO were drawn on CT images to identify the heterogeneity by using quantitative histogram analysis. The parameters (mean, mode, kurtosis, skewness) were derived from histograms to evaluate the accuracy of clinical classification and outcome prediction. Nomograms were built to predict the risk of death and median length of hospital stays (LOS), respectively. Results A total of 57 cases were eligible for the study cohort after exclusion 14 cases. The most highly frequency of lung abnormalities was GGO mixed with CLO in both survival population (26 in 42, 61.9%) and died population (10 in 15, 66.7%). The best performance heterogeneity parameters to discriminate severe type from mild/moderate counterparts were as following: GGO_skewness: specificity=66.67%, sensitivity=78.12%, AUC=0.706; CLO_mean: specificity=70.00%, sensitivity=76.92%, AUC=0.746. Nomogram based on histogram parameters has the ability to predict the individual risk of death and the prolonged median LOS of COVID-19 patients. C-indexes were 0.763 and 0.888 for risk of death and prolonged median LOS, respectively.ConclusionsThe histogram analysis method based on GGO and CLO has the ability for individual risk prediction in COVID-19 patients.
Half Banked: The Economic Impact of Cash Management in the Marijuana Industry

We investigate the economic effects of cash management services that banks and credit unions offer in the legal marijuana industry, where only half of businesses have access to cash management services. Administrative data from Washington state on marijuana sales, data on financial institutions, and our hand-collected survey on marijuana dispensaries allow us to investigate product-level effects. Dispensaries with cash management services have 40\% higher profitability, and we find that this is due to reduced frictions with upstream suppliers. Specifically, dispensaries with cash management negotiate 10\% lower wholesale prices. Through this channel, we find banking services provide large economic value.
Control of the Emission of Ammonia through Adsorption in a Fixed Bed of Activated Carbon

The increase in atmospheric pollution caused by polluting gases has made it necessary to conduct studies aimed at decreasing or treating the emissions of such gases. Due to its increasing presence in the atmosphere, ammonia is one of the most pre-eminent of these. The present work studied the control of the emission of this gas through its adsorption in a fixed bed of activated carbon. The results showed that the adsorption capacity increased from approximately 0.2 to 1.9 mg NH3/g carbon as the concentration of ammonia in the gaseous mixture increased (600, 1200, 1800 and 2400 ppm) at the three temperatures employed (40, 80 and 120°C). Increasing the temperature at the concentrations studied caused a decrease in the adsorption capacity, which was affected to a more significant extent by temperature than by the ammonia concentration in the gaseous mixture.
Effectiveness of intraoperative bimanual palpation in metastatic tumors of lung

Background In this study, we aimed to compare effectiveness of thoracic computed tomography versus intraoperative bimanual palpation in the detection of number of nodules in patients undergoing thoracotomy. Methods Between January 2011 and January 2019, a total of 157 patients (63 males, 94 females; mean age: 46.6±11.2 years; range, 13 to 77 years) who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy in our institution were retrospectively analyzed. Metastatic nodules evaluated using thoracic computed tomography were compared with nodules detected by intraoperative palpation. Results A total of 226 muscle-sparing thoracotomy was performed in 157 patients. The time between the preoperative thoracic computed tomography and operation ranged from 3 to 24 days. Metastasectomy with muscle-sparing thoracotomy was performed in 41 (26%) patients two times, in eight (5%) patients three times, and in four (2.5%) patients four times due to bilateral lung metastasis or re-metastasectomy. The thoracic computed tomography could detect 476 metastatic nodules, while 1,218 nodules were palpated and resected intraoperatively. Of these nodules, 920 were pathologically evaluated as metastatic. Conclusion Our study results showed that the number of nodules reported as pathologically malignant after resection was 1.9 times higher than those reported by thoracic computed tomography. This finding indicates that intraoperative bimanual examination significantly increases the possibility of complete resection. This situation raises the need for more caution for the thoracoscopic metastasectomy procedure in which there is no possibility of intraoperative bimanual palpation.
“I Definitely Did Not Report It When I Was Raped . . . #WeBelieveChristine #MeToo”: A Content Analysis of Disclosures of Sexual Assault on Twitter

The “Me Too” movement, founded by activist Tarana Burke, began in 2006, before Twitter became the viral platform for political activism and news media that it is known for today. The reemergence of the Me Too movement on Twitter in 2017 sparked a widespread focus on the societal issue of sexual misconduct. This study examines sexual assault disclosures as an aspect of such misconduct through the context of the Me Too movement on Twitter. Through the use of content analysis, online disclosures of sexual assault (N = 1,459) are examined for variations of sexual explicitness and attainment of social functions per the functional theory of self-disclosure. Specifically, this study explores associations between Twitter network structure and (1) levels of sexual explicitness and (2) retweet count. Through manual coding and statistical analysis, the study finds associations between sexual explicitness of online disclosures and retweet count as well as associations between network structure and sexual explicitness of disclosures. The study shifts the focus of disclosure discourse from dyadic communication to the contemporary context of networked social media. Implications for theory and practice are discussed, which include, but are not limited to, the exploration of associations between disclosing and catharsis, disclosing that may be characterized as neutral or conflicted, and disclosing sexual assault without being sexually explicit.