Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
From TQM to learning organisation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the influence of school management from movements coming from the world of industry and business, and the transition from the TQM movement to the one of organisational learning.Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the findings of an exploratory research carried out in Greece, in order to detect both teachers' attitudes and the existence of the elements that could permit organisational learning. Finally, it proposes a framework of organisational learning in education based both on the creation of teachers' professional communities and on an organisational model composed by elements able to guarantee the institution's learning, feedback, development and evolution.Findings – The paper insists on the need for a teacher‐led approach for school's transformation in a learning organisation.Originality/value – The paper proposes a new concept of organisational learning based on a teacher‐led approach.
Realization of a Nine-Level Cascaded NPC/H-Bridge PWM Inverter Using Phase-Shifted Carrier PWM Technique

Cascaded H-Bridge inverter has been researched for the past two decades, but there are no explicit guidelines on how one can realize a cascaded NPC (neutral-point-clamped)/H-Bridge inverter. Past research has also concentrated on realizing a five-level NPC/H-Bridge inverter. This fails to address the principle of realizing a general cascaded N-level NPC/H-Bridge PWM inverter. This paper proposes an improved topology for achieving a nine-level cascaded NPC (neutral-point-clamped) H-Bridge inverter with reduced harmonic content. This new proposed topology requires a lesser number of separate dc sources as compared to conventional cascaded H-Bridge inverter. The whole system is considered as having four three level legs having two positive and two negative legs. By properly phase shifting the modulating wave and carriers, a nine-level output is achieved. A theoretical harmonic analysis of the proposed inverter is carried out based on double Fourier principle. The theoretical results are verified through MATLAB simulation.
The future of learning: New ways to learn new skills for future jobs - results from an online expert consultation

Redecker, C. , Leis, M. , Leendertse, M. , Govert, G. , Punie, Y. , Kirschner, P. A. , Stoyanov. S. , & Hoogveld, A. W. M. (2010). The Future of Learning: New Ways to Learn New Skills for Future Jobs. Results from an online expert consultation. JRC 60869 Technical Note. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Sources and modes of innovation: young companies vs mature incumbents

This thesis consists of three essays that explore the sources and modes of innovation activity in mature and young firms. In detail, Chapter 2 focuses on the determinants of young companies’ R&D activity, while Chapter 3 and 4 study the relationship between different innovative inputs and different innovative outputs by distinguishing among firms of different ages (mature vs young). The results of the econometric analyses performed in the three chapters shed some important light on the peculiarities of the innovative process of the young companies operating in two European countries: Spain and Italy. More in detail, they clearly suggest that the age of a firm is a relevant factor in determining its innovative behavior and its innovative performance. To be precise, what emerges is that various firm and market characteristics play distinct roles in boosting different types of innovation activities for young and mature firms. In addition, these two groups of firms seem to show important differences also with reference to the impact of various innovative inputs on their innovative performance. These general evidence could represent a signal of the ineffectiveness of “erga-omnes” polices aimed at increasing the level of R&D expenditure across all types of industries.
IMPROVING TRAFFIC CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS IN COMPLEX WORK ZONES

SUMMARY Based on a review of data collected from subject drivers during the first year of the project, the majority of driver confusion and anxieties in traversing complex work zone layouts appear to be due to deficiencies in properly addressing the concepts of positive guidance at the work zone. Researchers critiqued current TxDOT procedures regarding the field implementation and monitoring of traffic control at complex work zones, and have determined a need for increased emphasis and a consistent approach to applying the positive guidance process during and after field implementation of the traffic control plan developed for the work zone. Four critical steps are identified as particularly useful to field personnel once work zone traffic control is installed at a project, and periodically through the duration of the project. These steps are: • hazard visibility assessment, • expectancy violation determination, • information load analysis, and • information needs specification. Researchers have developed guidelines for applying the positive guidance procedure as a field inspection and review of newly installed or modified traffic control at potentially complex work zones. These guidelines represent a combination of existing positive guidance documents and results of the first-year studies of test drivers in actual complex work zone locations in Texas.
The Role of Event Brand Awareness in Creating Event Brand Image, Event Brand Quality, and Revisit Intention (a Lesson from Ijen Car Free Day)

Event industry currently is considered as one of interesting business opportunity in contributing major positive economic impact. Event could be categorized into some activities conducted by an event management or event organizer in the case of achieving some specific outcomes. Specifically, the purpose of conducting an event is gathering people in a moment to do similar activity which leads to the formation of communities as part of social interaction in a society. Apart its role in creating communities, an event is also recognized as an essential marketing tool in branding of particular destination. This study aims to establish a theoretical event brand equity for which the key components of the brand equity were evaluated from visitor perspective in the tourism context. Brand equity is constructed by four dimensions which are event brand awareness (EBA), event brand image (EBI), event brand quality (EBQ), and event revisit intention (ERI). By using convenience sampling, 205 visitors of Ijen Car Free Day (ICFD) as the event object were used as respondents to obtain the data. This study uses Partial Least Square (PLS) to analyze the data both in outer model and inner model measurements. The finding of this study indicate that EBA has positive and significant influence to EBI, EBQ, and ERI. Then, EBI is also proven giving positive and significant influence to EBQ and ERI. In contrary, EBQ does not show significant influence to ERI. Keywords: EBA, EBI, EBQ, ERI
REÇETE EDİLEN ANTİBİYOTİK VE İLAÇ KULLANIMININ SOSYOEKONOMİK BELİRLEYİCİLERİ VE AİLE HEKİMLİĞİ İLE İLİŞKİSİ

Yanlış ve aşırı antibiyotik tüketiminin bireylerin sağlığı üzerinde doğrudan etkileri olduğu gibi, ülkelerin sınırlı sağlık hizmeti bütçelerini etkileyen dolaylı sonuçları da vardır. Gelişmekte olan ülkeler için ilaç ve antibiyotik tüketiminin belirleyicileri hakkında çok az kanıt bulunmaktadır. Aile hekimliği ile hekimlerin reçete ettiği antibiyotik tüketimi arasındaki ilişkiyi yıllar içinde incelemekteyiz. Ulusal temsiliyeti olan Türkiye Sağlık Araştırmalarını 2008-2012 yıllarını kapsayacak şekilde çalışmamızda kullanmaktayız. Reçete edilen antibiyotik ve ilaç kullanımını belirleyen faktörleri anlamak için En Küçük Kareler yöntemini uygulayarak çok değişkenli bir regresyon analizi kullanmaktayız. Bulgular, antibiyotik kullanım eğiliminin 2010'da düştüğünü ve 2008'e kıyasla 2012'de de düşmeye devam ettiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca aile hekimi ziyaretinin, Sağlıkta Dönüşüm Programının amacı ile tutarsız olacak şekilde, antibiyotik kullanım olasılığını artırdığını gözlemlemekteyiz. Ancak, aile hekimi ziyareti ile antibiyotik kullanımı arasındaki pozitif ilişki yıllar geçtikçe zayıflamaktadır. Türkiye çeşitli önlemler almış ve antibakteriyel direnci bir dereceye kadar azaltmayı başarmış olsa da, antibiyotikler halen daha tedavi edici yöntemler arasında en çok başvurulan ilaç türü olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Reçete Edilmiş Antibiyotik Kullanımı, Reçete Edilmiş Ilaç Kullanımı, Aile Hekimliği, Sosyoekonomik Belirleyenler Mehmet Akif Ersoy İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty Cilt: 7 Sayı: Özel Sayı s.987-1003 Volume: 7 Issue: Special Issue p.987-1003 Aralık 2020 December 988 GENİŞLETİLMİŞ ÖZET
EFFECT OF Tanacetum parthenium ON SERUM AMYLOID A AND SIALIC ACID IN DOGS WITH PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA SKIN INFECTION

The еffect of Tanacetum parthenium (feverfew) on serum amyloid A (SAA) and free sialic acid (SA) were investigated in dogs. The animals were divided into three groups: healthy dogs (Group I; n=5), dogs infected subcutaneously with 1×108 CFU/mL field P. aeruginosa culture (Group II; n=5) and infected dogs treated with feverfew (90 mg standardised extract, 0.7% parthenolide) (Group III; n=5). Oral phytopreparation (2 capsules daily) intake began from post infection hour 4 and lasted 6 days. SAA concentrations increased insignificantly in infected dogs (16 mg/L) while infected dogs treated with feverfew exhibited more than 100-fold increase between post infection hours 24–72 vs Group II. Substantial differences (p<0.01) were identified vs Groups I and II at post infection hour 4, 48 and 72, but one day after feverfew discontinuation (day 7), they were not found out. Serum SA was low in controls (1.65–2.3 mmol/L) increasing by hour 72 in Groups II and III (p<0.01) to 2.8 and 3.49 mmol/L respectively. Positive correlation between both studied markers was present only in infected dogs receiving feverfew (Spearman’s coefficient of rank correlation=0.410, P=0.0086, n=40). Tanacetum parthenium is reported to have medicinal activity in our canine skin infection model.
Self-sweeping Er-doped ring fiber laser

We present results on the first demonstration of self-sweeping effect in a ring Er-doped fiber laser. Reverse self-sweeping (with decreasing wavelength) in a range of ~0.1 nm was obtained. Typical sweeping rate was 4 pm/s, which is sufficiently slower as compared with earlier reported fiber lasers. Dual longitudinal mode self-sweeping (similar to reported earlier in linear cavity Er-doped fiber laser) is obtained. The laser generates sequentially long overlapping pulses. Frequency of each subsequent pulse increases by one inter-mode spacing. However, the typical duration of dual-mode operation is ~10 ms, which is one order longer than in previous works. We demonstrated that increase in pump power causes deceleration of sweeping and elongation of dual-mode pulses up to 500 ms. The developed source can be used for fiber sensor interrogation.
Screening biogenic amines and fish-based food (keropok lekor) extracts in induction of inflammation using Principal Component Analysis

Background: Food-borne biogenic amines (BAs), namely, histamine, putrescine, cadaverine, tyramine, spermine and spermidine are known for their contributions as fish-based food freshness biomarkers to determine level of contamination. The remaining food–borne BAs (phenylethylamine, tryptamine and agmatine) effects on promoting inflammation are yet to be investigated. The effect of these compounds on induction of inflammation in macrophages was investigated using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) from independent (BAs at 1, 10 and 100 µg/ml, food extract and its standard mixture solution) and dependent variables [cell viability, nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) secretion]. Nine individual BAs and keropok lekor extracts were exposed to RAW 264.7 macrophages for 18-24 hr at 37oC with 5% carbon dioxide environment. Cell viability, NO and TNF-α secretion were determined using MTS assay kit, Greiss Reagent System and Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kits, respectively. Results: Q2V values were not equal to Q2 (an estimate of the predictive ability of the model) values for individual variables because the eigenvalues values were more than 0.5, indicating a good model. All variance (R2VX) values were > 0.9, suggesting goodness of fit. Conclusions: PCA is thus proven as an effective tool to discriminate between inflammogenic and non-inflammogenic food-borne BAs.
Effect of Sound Pressure Levels of Music on Driver’s Drowsiness

In recent years, serious traffic accidents caused by drowsy driving have been big social issues in Japan. Drowsy driving causes higher risk to driver to be involved in serious traffic accidents by reducing the attention of driver at the wheel. Therefore, drowsiness detection and its mitigation while driving are the highest prioritized challenges. Although many researchers have studied detecting drowsiness at the wheel, the methodology of mitigating drowsiness was not major area of study. In this research, the authors investigated the relationship between sound pressure levels of music and driver’s drowsiness variation by using the electroencephalogram (EEG), the electrocardiogram (ECG) and using images of the driver’s face taken with a video camera. Evaluation was done by introducing the method of rating the subjective drowsiness defined by The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Japan. The analytical results of data of gathered from EEG and ECG showed that the autonomic nerve was activated when the subjects were listening to louder music under resting state. The results of the subjective drowsiness by appearance showed that duration time in between awake and drowsy state of the subjects was extended by a certain level while listening to relatively loud music when operating the driving simulator. The authors ascertained that high pressure sound level of music gave a certain effect on subjects to suppress increasing their drowsiness and to set back initiation time of drowsiness.
The Unintended Effects of the Common Core State Standards on Non-Targeted Subjects

From 2010 onwards, most US states have aligned their education standards by adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for math and English Language Arts. The CCSS did not target other subjects such as science and social studies. We estimate spillovers of the CCSS on student achievement in non-targeted subjects in models with state and year fixed effects. Using student achievement data from the NAEP, we show that the CCSS had a negative effect on student achievement in non-targeted subjects. This negative effect is largest for underprivileged students, exacerbating racial and socioeconomic student achievement gaps. Using teacher surveys, we show that the CCSS caused a reduction in instructional focus on nontargeted subjects. JEL-Codes: H75; I21; I24; I28; J24
The Psychological Disorders with Coping Mechanisms in Patients Chronic Renal Failure Who Undergoing Hemodialysis at PKU Muhammadiyah Gombong Hospital

Chronic renal failure is a kidney disease. Information concerning the relationship between psychological disorders and coping mechanisms in patients with kidney failure suffering from PKU Muhammadiyah Gombong Hospital. This research is a descriptive cross-sectional correlation study. The study was conducted on chronic patients with kidney failure who had hemodialysis in PKU Muhammadiyah Gombong Hospital. The sampling technique was simple random sampling in 75 people. The Research instruments used the Hospital Anxiety and Depression questioner, the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale questionnaires and Coping Mechanism questionnaires. The results in this research of psychological anxiety disorder mostly experienced mild anxiety as many as 36 people (48.0%), the depressive disorder the most did not experience depression or normal depression as many as 37 people (49.3%), in the psychological stress disorder were experienced stress or normal stress as many as 35 people (46.7%) and the coping mechanism experienced the most adaptive coping mechanism level as many as 61 people (81.3%). This study indicates a relationship between psychological disorders and coping mechanisms in chronic renal failure patients who underwent hemodialysis (p-value = 0.037 <0.05). The results of this study are recommended for the administration of action for chronic renal failure patients who are undergoing hemodialysis therapy.
Effects of force reflection on servomanipulator task performance

This paper reports results of a testing program that assessed the impact of force reflection on servomanipulator task performance. The testing program compared three force-reflection levels: 4 to 1 (four units of force on the slave produce one unit of force at the master controller), 1 to 1, and infinity to 1 (no force reflection). Time required to complete tasks, rate of occurrence of errors, the maximum force applied to task components, and variability in forces during completion of representative remote handling tasks were used as dependent variables. Operators exhibited lower error rates, lower peak forces, and more consistent application of forces using force reflection than they did without it. These data support the hypothesis that force reflection provides useful information for servomanipulator operators.
Experimental and computational analysis of a transonic compressor rotor

Assessment of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) codes used for the design and analysis of turbo machinery is a subject covered by many researchers. NASA Rotor 37 is one of the most used transonic compressor test casess. In a blind test case conducted by ASME and IGTI, and for a subsequent test case conducted by AGARD, most of the participating codes over predicted pressure and temperature ratios, and failed to predict certain features of the downstream flow field. These days, this test case is still an important assessment of industrial and research CFD codes. In this work, STAR-CCM+ is used to predict the transonic compressor flows. The turbulence is represented through a RANS model with the SST (Menter) k- variant and the all y+ wall treatment. Comparisons are made with overall performnce maps and span wise profiles of aerodynamic parameters. Results obtained are in ggod agreement with the experimental data although there are still some important discrepancies.
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN ALL-WHITE PAVEMENT MARKING SYSTEM

This report presents the findings of a research project to evaluate the feasibility of implementing an all-white pavement marking system in the United States. The researchers recommend that an all-white pavement marking system not be implemented. The report will be of particular interest to traffic engineers with responsibility for installing and maintaining pavement marking systems. The research team sought to quantify and/or identify the advantages, benefits, costs, drawbacks, disadvantages, risks, and implementation issues associated with converting the United States from the present yellow and white system of pavement markings to an all-white system.
QTc Dynamics Following Cardioversion for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Background Cardioversion (CV) for atrial fibrillation (AF) is common. We aimed to assess changes in QTc over time following electrical CV (ECV) for persistent AF, and to compare the benefit of using continuous Holter monitoring vs. conventional follow-up by ECG. Methods Prospective observational cohort study. We comprised 90 patients admitted to our center for elective ECV due to persistent AF who were prospectively enrolled from July 2017 to August 2018. All patients underwent 7-days Holter started prior to ECV. Baseline QTc was defined as median QTc during 1 h post ECV. The primary endpoint was QTc prolongation defined as QTc ≥500 ms, or ≥10% increase (if baseline QTc was >480 ms). Conventional monitoring was defined as 2-h ECG post ECV. Results Mean age was 67 ± 11 years and 61% were male. Median baseline QTc was 452 ms (IQ range: 431–479 ms) as compared with a maximal median QTc of 474 ms (IQ range: 433–527 ms; p <0.001 for the change in QTc from baseline). Peak median QTc occurred 44 h post ECV. The primary endpoint was met in 3 patients (3%) using conventional monitoring, compared with 39 new patients (43%) using Holter (p <0.001 for comparison). The Holter monitoring was superior to conventional monitoring in detecting clinically significant QTc prolongation (OR = 13; p <0.001). Conclusions ECV of patients with persistent AF was associated with increased transient risk of QTc prolongation in nearly half of the patients. Peak median QTc occurs during end of second day following ECV and prolonged ECG monitoring provides superior detection of significant QTc prolongation compared with conventional monitoring.
West African languages. Linguistic theory and communication

The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contemporary refugee camps. Typological diversity is enriched with the presentation of pidgin structures and sign languages. Structural differences between languages are seen from a comparative perspective, which also indicates the areal dimension of linguistic processes. The presentations of linguists from both Europe and Africa develop the idea of convergence area in West Africa, which is motivated by the contact between languages of different affiliations to language families and common cultural basis of language development.
Lean manufacturers transcendence to green manufacturing: Correlating the diffusion of lean and green manufacturing systems

Scientific evidence of human impact on the natural environment, such as global warming, continues to mount. Green manufacturing systems that focus on minimizing environmental impact of manufacturing processes and products are ever more important to our sustainable future. Green manufacturing systems are slow to gain acceptance as manufacturers are focused on implementing Lean manufacturing systems, generally considered the most competitive manufacturing systems in the world. In recent years, researchers and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have sought to “build a bridge” between Lean and Green manufacturing systems, in hopes that the rapid expanse of Lean can serve as a catalyst to the implementation of Green manufacturing systems. This study contributes to this growing body of knowledge by determining if leading Lean manufacturers are transcending beyond the traditional limits of Lean and implementing Green manufacturing systems as part of their overall