Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Towards the open eco-innovation mode: A model of open innovation and green management practices

Abstract Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have played an income-generating role in economic notions of prosperity in many developed countries, especially Thailand. Inside green economy, fostering eco-innovation by open innovation has become an increasingly new normal issue in Thailand. The ability to identify and collaborate with external knowledge sources and eco-innovative characteristics of SMEs is of essence to policy-makers and firm practitioners. This paper aims to shed the new light on the adoption of open innovation into eco-innovation which leads to the open innovation mode. Simultaneously, eco-innovation requires green management practices to interact with the concept of open innovation. Through structural equation modelling, 636 firms were collected and employed to estimate the proposed model. The prominent results verify: (1) open innovation significantly affects eco-innovation, which allows to obtain the open eco-innovation mode, and (2) open innovation through green management practices contributes significant benefits to eco-innovation. Based on the evidence, policy-makers and firm practitioners can improve the open eco-innovation model by integrating open innovation and eco-innovation with green management practices in their strategic planning and decisions.
A review of post infectious pulmonary fibrosis in the era of COVID-19 and potential treatment options

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement characterizing COVID-19 as a pandemic that has, as of October 2020, caused almost 36 million confirmed global cases and over 1 million deaths. One of the long-term complications suggested by researchers is fibrosis. It has been hypothesized that the combination of ongoing pulmonary injury caused by COVID-19 and the inability to promptly repair damage results in interstitial matrix widening and eventual compression and destruction of alveoli and capillaries. Here we focus on pathogenesis, risk factors, different infectious causes of fibrosis along with COVID-19, and potential treatment options that might reduce its effects. Key words: COVID-19, pulmonary fibrosis, mechanism, treatment
Analysis of HR Management and Organizational Support in Maintaining Employee Well-Being and Performance When Working from Home During COVID-19

he COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed the economy in many countries. The Indonesian government decided to implement large-scale social restrictions to handle COVID-19. This policy encouraged various activities to be carried out at home. Some companies decided to encourage their employees to work from home (WFH). This study aimed to explore HR policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in maintaining employee performance in airport-management companies. This research used online questionnaires to reduce face-to-face interaction and was assisted by the HR departments in the companies. This research confirmed that HR practices and perceived organizational support positively influenced job performance. This study could not show the role of employee well-being as a mediator, which is related to HR practices and POS not having been proven to affect employee well-being. In addition, the results did not show that employee well-being affects job performance. Keywords: Maintaining Employee, Organizational Support, Performance, HR Policies, Work From Home
Sputum Bacteriology in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Background: Acute exacerbation is a common problem in the usual course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Infections play a chief role in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (AECOPD) that leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Objective: To assess the bacteriology in COPD exacerbations of hospitalized patients and correlate with clinical and laboratory data of the patients. Patients and Method: a prospective study was conducted to correlate clinical, laboratory data with sputum culture results of 52 patients, admitted to the Pulmonology Department of Buraidah Central Hospital (BCH) with an AECOPD from 1st January 2018 till 31 August 2018. All collected sputum samples were subjected to standard microbiological procedures. Results: Growth of pathogenic organisms was seen in 37 (71%) of the 52 sputum samples tested. Gram-positive organisms were found in the majority 20 (54 %). Gram negative microbes accounted for 17 (46%). Streptococcus pneumoniae (24.3 %) was found to be the most common bacterial agent responsible for COPD exacerbations, followed by Klebsiella pneumonia 7 (18.9 %), Haemophilus influenzae (H influenzae) and Staphylococcus aureus; each was 5 (13.5%), Streptococcus pyogenes (Streptococcus pyogenes) 4 (10.8%), Moraxella catarrhalis (M catarrhalis), Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) each was 2 (5.4%) Conclusion: Sputum culture is considered a simple and good diagnostic modality to identify bacteria in AECOPD. Antibiogram would assist in developing a local antibiotic strategy and reducing the appearance of resistance stains.
VIETNAMESE STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE OF USING VIDEO CONFERENCING TOOLS IN DISTANCE LEARNING IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has strongly influenced teaching and learning in Vietnam’s higher education institutions. Social distancing – the health care practice of increasing the physical space between people to avoid spreading illness due to COVID-19 has required schools to employ distance learning. As such, video conferencing tools (VCTs) have been used nationwide to ensure effective responses to the requirement. Although teaching and learning with VCTs have been proven effective by many researchers, it is not clear what benefits and challenges they bring to higher education in Vietnam, especially with respect to students’ acceptance to the classroom uses of technology in the time of unexpected events. This study aims to address this gap by examining external factors that affected students’ acceptance of VCTs during the COVID pandemic. Data were collected online from university students between April 14, 2020 and April 23, 2020. After this period, the research group received 294 records, in which 227 were analyzed using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result indicated that external factors such as subject norm and computer playfulness had a significant impact on most TAM constructs. Furthermore, output quality was found to have a positive influence on students’ perceived usefulness in the acceptance of VCTs in distance learning.
Temporal Analysis of Influence of Resource Failures on Cyber-Physical Systems Based on Discrete Timed Petri Nets

Advancement of IoT and ICT provide infrastructure to manage, monitor and control Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) through timely provision of real-time information from the shop floor. Although real-time information in CPS such as resource failures can be detected based on IoT and ICT, improper response to resource failures may cripple CPS and degrade performance. Effective operations of CPS relies on an effective scheme to evaluate the impact of resource failures, support decision making needed and take proper actions to respond to resource failures. This motivates us to develop a methodology to assess the impact of resource failures on operations of CPS and provide the decision support as needed. The goal of this study is to propose solution algorithms to analyze robustness of CPS with respect to resource failures in terms of the impact on temporal properties. Given CPS modeled by a class of discrete timed Petri nets (DTPNs), we develop theory to analyze robustness of CPS by transforming the models to residual spatial-temporal network (RSTN) models in which capacity loss due to resources is reflected. We formulate an optimization problem to determine the influence of resource failures on CPS based on RSTNs and analyze the feasibility to meet the order deadline. To study the feasibility to solve a real problem, we analyze the computational complexity of the proposed algorithms. We illustrate the proposed method by application scenarios. We conduct experiments to study efficiency and verify computational feasibility of the proposed method to solve a real problem.
High school student perspectives on flipped classroom learning

ABSTRACT Flipped classroom pedagogics has become a widely used approach within blended learning. The aim of the present study is to add students’ perspectives on the flipped classroom as used as a pedagogical method in a Swedish upper secondary school. In this qualitative study, eight students participated in focus group interviews. Problems were found both for neurotypical students as well as for a neurodiverse student. Unless special care is taken, students with neurodiversity may not be given equal opportunities for learning, in conflict with Swedish school legislation. Issues are discussed that need to be addressed when introducing flipped classroom course design at high school level.
Social disorganization and police arrest trajectories

Prior police decision-making research is limited by (1) its emphasis on individual and organizational predictors and (2) cross-sectional designs, which fail to account for the time-varying aspects of police activities and the factors explaining them. Using group-based trajectory modeling, this study tested the ability of social disorganization theory to explain arrest activity at the Census block group level in Dallas, Texas. Social disorganization variables helped predict certain arrest trajectories, but not all of them. Specifically, socio-economic status was significant in low and medium arrest trajectory groups. An interaction between racial heterogeneity and family disruption was also significant in the medium arrest trajectory group. Theoretical implications are discussed.
The State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity 2: Expanding the Assessment of Monitoring and Acceptance

ABSTRACT This study expanded the State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity (SMS-PA) to include acceptance items to better represent core elements of mindfulness. Young adults who just participated in physical activity (N = 394) completed a survey to assess state mindfulness and theoretically relevant constructs about affect, motivation, and body image. An exploratory factor analysis was used to reduce the item pool on half of the sample. A 19-item and 15-item version of the SMS-PA2 were further tested through confirmatory factor analysis on the second half of the sample demonstrating a theoretically based factor structure representing either a total score or four separate factors – monitoring of the mind and body and accepting of the mind and body. The SMS-PA2 scores demonstrated evidence supporting construct and incremental validity through associations with theoretically relevant variables. Initial evidence shows expanded predictive utility of the SMS-PA2.
Use of a Caregiver Coaching Model for Implementation of Intensive Motor Training for Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study

Background: There is extensive literature to support the efficacy of both pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy (pCIMT) and hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. In addition, there is increasing evidence to support the training of caregivers (parents and other care providers) to carry out therapy interventions in the home. The Family Activity Adaptation Model (FAAM) presents guidelines for parent and caregiver coaching for intensive therapies used in occupational therapy practice. Method: In this descriptive case study the FAAM was used to frame caregiver training to answer the question: Is a coaching model, using a participant other than the primary caregiver, an effective intervention delivery method for intensive therapies for a 2-year-old with hemiplegic cerebral palsy? Outcome measures included the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, Pediatric Motor Activity Log, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, Goal Attainment Scaling, and grip strength and range of motion. Results: The results demonstrated that gains were made on six of seven outcome measures, including both child performance outcomes and parent satisfaction measures. Conclusion: Caregiver coaching using FAAM principles for intensive motor therapy intervention resulted in gains on a variety of outcome measures. Further research is needed. Comments The authors report no potential conflicts of interest.
Functional redundancy of Amazonian dung beetles confers community‐level resistance to primary forest disturbance

Tropical forest biodiversity is being threatened by human activities, and species losses during forest disturbance can compromise important ecosystem functions and services. We assessed how species losses due to tropical forest disturbance affect community functional structure, using Amazonian dung beetles as a model group. We collected empirical data from 106 forest transects and used simulated extinction scenarios to determine how species loss influences community structure at regional and local scales. Although functional and taxonomic community metrics were largely unaffected by primary forest disturbance, they differed markedly between primary and secondary forests. However, our extinction scenarios demonstrated scale‐dependence of species losses, whereby functional structure only eroded with species extinction at the local scale. Hence, we extend the spatial insurance hypothesis by demonstrating that landscape‐scale functional redundancy offsets the impact of local species losses and confers community‐level resistance to primary forest disturbance.
Impact of Perceived Organizational Support on OCB in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary: Employee Engagement and Affective Commitment as Mediators

The performance of the employees and productivity of each individual, in general, have been badly affected because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational citizenship behavior is regarded as an interpretation of the performance of the employee which is essential to contribute more to the organization’s processes and success. Therefore, to increase the organizational effectiveness and achieve its goals, it is crucial to understand the factors affecting the organizational citizenship behavior of the employees. This study aims to examine the impact of perceived organizational support on organizational citizenship behavior with the mediating role of employee engagement and affective commitment. To collect the data for this study, a linear snowball sampling method was used, and 380 foreign employees working in different service companies in Hungary participated in the survey. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed hypothesis. The results of the study revealed that perceived organizational support positively associated with organizational citizenship behavior and this relationship is also strongly mediated by employee engagement. On the other hand, employee engagement and affective commitment pose a direct positive influence on organizational citizenship behavior. This study has theoretical and practical implications as it will provide a comprehensive framework to better understand the factors influencing the organizational citizenship behavior of the employees.
Peri-implant marginal bone height changes in implant-retained overdentures constructed by CAD/CAM or conventional processing technique- A one-year clinical follow-up.

Abstract Objective: To evaluate and compare the peri-implant marginal bone height changes in two implant retained overdentures constructed by either CAD/CAM technology or conventional processing techniques. Background: The digital denture using CAD/CAM technology has proved high beneficial to the elders and/or the compromised edentulous patient, as it can help decrease the treatment burden on the patient by reducing the clinical procedures, number of visits, treatment time, and incurred costs. Materials and Methods: Twenty completely edentulous patients participated in this study. The patients were randomly allocated to two equal groups of patients (Group A and group B). Group A patients received complete dentures constructed by conventional heat cured technique. Group B patients received complete dentures constructed by CAD/CAM technology. All the patients received two root form implants bilaterally in the canine regions following delayed loading protocol. Locator attachment was then used to retain the overdenture after 3 months healing period. Marginal bone height was radiographically evaluated at baseline, 6 and 12 months after implant loading. Results: There was a significant loss in marginal bone height around the supporting implants in each study group. However, no significant differences in marginal bone height were recorded between the study groups over the observation period (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Peri-implant marginal bone height changes with overdentures fabricated by CAD/CAM technique are not different from those changes with overdentures fabricated by a conventional heat curd technique.
Factors affecting market outlet choice of agroforestry based mango producers in Kwale and Kilifi counties, Kenya: The application of the Multivariate Probit model

Abstract Access to profitable market outlets for agroforestry mango producers is a major concern in Kwale and Kilifi counties. This paper is set to determine the factors affecting the choice of market outlets among agroforestry mango producers. The study analyzed the market outlets chosen by producers to find out which were the most prevalent chosen. The multivariate probit model was used to determine the factors that affect the choice of market outlets among the agroforestry mango producers. Data were collected using exploratory research through the systematic sampling approach. This resulted in an ultimate selection of 208 respondents, half of which participated in commercial farming and the other half practiced subsistence agroforestry. The results show that of the sampled respondents, 15% sold at farm gate, 63% sold to middlemen, 11% sold to local retailers and 11% sold to town markets. The Multivariate Probit model results indicate that education level (5%), price (1%), access to credit (5%) and age (10%) had a negative significant influence on the producers’ choice of farm gate market outlet as only gender had a positive influence at 10% significance level. Negotiation costs and mango quantity sold had a positive influence in selection of middlemen at 1% and 5% significant level, respectively, while price and cost of transport had a negative influence at 1% and 5% significance level. For the local retail market outlet, price and cost of transport had a positive and negative significance at 1% and 5%, respectively. Lastly, at the town market outlet distance to market outlet, education level (5%), price (1%) and age (5%) positively influenced the selection of the outlet, while both off-farm income and negotiation cost had a negative influence at 5% significance level. The prevalence of mango producers’ selling to middlemen was as a result of the immediate cash offered by the outlet capitalizing on the desperate need for cash by mango producers. However, the town markets offered better returns though the several barriers to enter limited mango producers from accessing them. The results revealed that subsistence agroforestry mango producers dominated the farm gate and middlemen outlets, while producers with commercial systems mostly sold their produce to the local retail and town markets. The high transaction costs involved in accessing potential profitable markets need to be addressed by the relevant stakeholders so as to encourage more agroforestry mango-based producers into market participation.
Lived Experience of Adult English Learners of Learning English on the Phone

In line with technological advancement during the last few decades, virtual learning has been addressed more widely, which affected English language teaching and learning as well. Since Covid 19 pandemic, which has resulted in the long-lasting closure of educational settings worldwide, virtual learning as the alternative of traditional education has been developed unprecedentedly. An option for virtual learning specifically for language teaching is teaching on the phone which has been mostly neglected in educational research. The aim of this study was to analyse the lived experience of 16 adult English language learners who experienced learning English through one-to-one, audio call sessions. Due to the pandemic, semi-structured interviews were conducted on the phone, which were recorded, transcribed and thematically analysed with a phenomenological approach. Many times revisions of the statements driven from the transcriptions resulted in 7 themes namely: a) learning on-the-phone as a new, satisfying experience, b) advantages, and c) disadvantages of one-to-one audio sessions, d) the participants’ preferences, e) the requisites of on-the-phone-learning, f) the expectations of on-the-phone teacher, and g) the positive effects of on-the-phone English learning on four language skills. According to the result of this study, some educational recommendations for improving on-the-phone teaching are: covering four language skills through developing individualised lesson plans based on each learner’s needs and English language proficiency level; holding group video sessions along with one-to-one audio sessions; and using the facilities of messengers like WhatsApp to send audio, video and textual files to learners based on their needs and learning objectives.
Piezoelectric Nonlinearity and Hysteresis Arising from Dynamics of Electrically Conducting Domain Walls

Macroscopic nonlinearity and hysteresis observed in the piezoelectric and dielectric responses of ferroelectric materials to external stimuli are commonly attributed to localized displacements of domain walls (DWs). The link between the macroscopic response and microscopic DW dynamics is provided by the well-known Rayleigh relations, extensively used to quantify the electrical and electromechanical behavior of ferroelectric ceramics and thin films under subswitching conditions. In this chapter, I will present an intriguing case where DWs exhibit enhanced electrical conductivity with respect to the bulk conductivity. By combining experimental data and modeling, it will be shown that the local conductivity, related to accumulation of charged points defect at DWs, does not only affect DW dynamics through DW-defect pinning interactions, as we may expect, but goes beyond it by affecting the macroscopic nonlinearity and hysteresis in a more complex manner. The major characteristics and implications of the underlying nonlinear Maxwell-Wagner piezoelectric relaxation, triggered by the presence and dynamics of conducting DWs, will be presented, reviewed and discussed in the framework of systematic multiscale analyses on BiFeO3 ceramics. The result may have implications in the development of promising BiFeO3-based compositions for high-temperature piezoelectric applications.