Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Motives and attitudes of food and drink festival visitors: A case study of Serbia

Festivals are taking an increasingly more significant place among contemporary Serbian tourism products. They represent a unique visitor experience enabling the fulfillment of the wish to meet the Serbian culture, socialize, directly participate and entertain oneself. Also, festivals are an ever more significant factor in the selection of tourist destinations whose lure attracts millions of visitors in the course of the year. The objective of this study was to present the preferences and habits of food and drink festival visitors, identify the major factors that motivated visitors to attend the festivals as well as determine the factors which had a discouraging effect on non-regular visitors. A survey of 153 respondents was conducted from December 2011 to January 2012. This study used a survey instrument specially designed to answer which organization mode is the most acceptable for visitors and what is it that motivates or prevents them from attending such festivals. Results indicate that the lack of information on festival organization prevents nearly half of the respondents from visiting them. It has been also confirmed that the lack of free time has a negative impact on the number of visitors. The factor analysis singled out the products promoted on the festival, entertainment and escape from everyday life as the key factors influencing the visitors to attend such events. The presented findings have practical implications for food festival organizers to further attract food tourists.
Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics World Markets for Mergers and Acquisitions

Despite the fact that one-third of worldwide mergers involve firms from different countries, the vast majority of the academic literature on mergers studies domestic mergers. What little has been written about cross-border mergers has focused on public firms, usually from the United States. Yet, the vast majority of cross-border mergers involve private firms that are not from the United States. We provide an analysis of a sample of 56,978 cross-border mergers occurring between 1990 and 2007. We first characterize the patterns of who buys whom: Geography matters, with firms being much more likely to purchase firms in nearby countries than in countries far away. Purchasers are usually but not always from developed countries and they tend to purchase firms in countries with lower accounting standards. A significant factor in determining acquisition patterns is currency movements; firms tend to purchase firms from countries relative to which the currency of the acquirer‟s country has appreciated. In addition, economy-wide factors reflected in the country‟s stock market returns lead to acquisitions as well. Both the currency and stock market effect could suggest either misvaluation or wealth explanations. Our evidence is more consistent with the wealth explanation than the misvaluation explanation. * Contact information: Isil Erel, Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210: email: erel@fisher.osu.edu; Rose C. Liao, Department of Finance and Economics, Rutgers Business School at Newark and New Brunswick, Room 1152, 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ, 07102: email: liao@business.rutgers. edu; Michael S. Weisbach, Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, email: weisbach.2@osu.edu. We would like to thank Anup Agrawal, Malcolm Baker, Mara Faccio, Charlie Hadlock, Andrew Karolyi, Simi Kedia, Sandy Klasa, Taylor Nadauld, Léa Stern, René Stulz, Jérôme Taillard, and seminar participants at Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKUST, Lingnan University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Ohio University, University of Alabama, and Washington University for very helpful suggestions.
Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics the Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts Fisher College of Business Working Paper Series the Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the financial structure of large buyouts. We collect detailed information on the financing of 1157 worldwide private equity deals from 1980 to 2008. Buyout leverage is cross-sectionally unrelated to the leverage of matched public firms, and is largely driven by factors other than what explains leverage in public firms. In particular, the economy-wide cost of borrowing is the main driver of both the quantity and the composition of debt in these buyouts. Credit conditions also have a strong effect on prices paid in buyouts, even after controlling for prices of equivalent public market companies. Finally, the use of high leverage in transactions negatively affects fund performance, controlling for fund vintage and other relevant characteristics. The results are consistent with the view that the availability of financing impacts booms and busts in the private equity market, and that agency problems between private equity funds and their investors can affect buyout capital structures. Earlier versions of this paper were circulated under the title " Leverage and pricing in buyouts: An empirical analysis. " We are very grateful to Steve Kaplan for sharing his data on 1980's LBOs, and to Joakim Bång, Ji-Woong Chung, and Reimo Juks for excellent research assistance. We would also like to thank Viral Acharya, as well as participants in numerous seminar presentations for valuable comments.
Gold Mineralization at the Agawa Prospect in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Southwestern Japan

Agawa gold prospect, located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is a small prospect, where placer gold has been explored and mined since the 17th century. We investigated the prospect to clarify the genesis of the deposit based on the geology, hydrothermal alteration, geochronology, and ore mineralogy. The main mineralized zone of the prospect has a horizontal and vertical extensions of 500 m and 100 m, respectively, and a width of less than 100 m. Gold mineralization in the prospect occurs as dissemination and stockwork veinlets in the intensely sericitized rocks at the apical part of the Agawa dioritic porphyry intrusion at 86.5–88.5 Ma.
Deadlines make you productive, but what do they do to your motivation? Trajectories in quantity and quality of motivation and study activities among university students as exams approach

Introduction Recent research has emphasized that achievement motivation is context-sensitive and varies within individual students. Ubiquitous temporal landmarks such as exams or deadlines are evident contextual factors that could systematically explain variation in motivation. Indeed, research has consistently found that university students increase their study efforts as exams come closer in time, indicating increasing study motivation. However, changes in study motivation for a specific exam as it comes closer have rarely been investigated. Instead, research on developmental changes in expectancy and value beliefs has consistently founds that achievement motivation declines over a semester. Surprisingly, declining motivation thus apparently coincides with increasing study efforts for end-of-semester exams. Methods The present research investigates this apparent contradiction by assessing how exam-specific motivation and study behavior change under equal methodological conditions as an exam draws closer. Using parallel growth curve models, we examine changes in expectancy-value beliefs, performance approach and avoidance motivation and study behavior as well as motivational want- and should-conflicts among 96 students over eight weekly measurement points. Results and discussion Results show that students study more for their exam as it comes closer and increase their use of surface learning strategies more rapidly than their use of deep learning strategies. However, even exam-specific expectancy and attainment value beliefs decline while performance-avoidance motivation increases over time, indicating that students increasingly study out of fear to fail as exams come closer. Consistent with these findings, students’ experience of should conflicts decreases while their want conflicts increase over time. We discuss several possible mechanisms underlying our findings in addition to potential theoretical consequences and suggest future research opportunities to better understand students’ changes in situative motivation and study behavior in the context of temporal landmarks.
Analisis Kemampuan Pemahaman Konsep Siswa Kelas VII Berdasarkan Gaya Belajar dalam Model Knisley

Kemampuan pemhaman konsep siswa ditentukan oleh gaya belajar yang mereka miliki. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui capaian ketuntasan klasikal dan kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran matematika Knisley dibandingkan kelas ekspositori serta deskripsi kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa berdasarkan gaya belajarnya. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 37 Semarang tahun pelajaran 2015/2016. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah mixed method dan desain sequential explanatory. Pemilihan Sampel dengan cara random sampling. Pengambilan subjek dipilih sebanyak 8 siswa. Hasil penelitan adalah 1) keterlaksanaan model pembelajaran matematika Knisley terhadap kelas eksperimen tergolong sangat baik, 2) kemampuan pemahaman konsep kelas eksperimen mencapai ketuntasan klasikal 75%, 3) kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa kelas eksperimen lebih baik dari kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa kelas kontrol, 4) siswa dari kelompok gaya belajar kinestetik memenuhi semau indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep, kelompok gaya belajar visual dan visual-auditorial baru memenuhi sebagian indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep, namun kelompok gaya belajar auditorial tidak memenuhi semua indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep.
Wolf diet and its impact on the ungulates community in a new recolonized area of Western Alps: Gran Paradiso National Park

Abstract. The aim of this study is to evaluate how wolves affected the prey community in a newly recolonization area of the Western Alps, the Gran Paradiso National Park (GPNP). Since 1960's, this portion of the Alps hosts a multi-specific wild ungulate community. It lived in absence of large predators for more than a century. In 2006 a couple of wolves re-established in GPNP and in summer 2007 the first reproduction was documented. The present study was conducted during the following two years. In term of biomass consumed (Bio%), Alpine chamois was the main prey of wolves in all seasons (Bio%Summer 2007 = 70.13; Bio%Winter 2007/2008 = 56.99; Bio%Summer 2008 = 67.52; Bio%Winter 2008/2009 = 36.35), while roe deer were intensely consumed during the adverse season (Bio%W2007/2008 = 23.05 %; Bio%W2008/2009 = 42.47 %). Although cervids were much less abundant than bovids in the area, they represented one of the main food items of wolves, possibly because of the strong habitat overlap and altitude use between predator and preys. Moreover, the minor adaptation of cervids to the Alpine environment compared to bovids could affect their vulnerability and thus the respective consumption of the different species during the adverse season.
REseau MOllusques des Rendements Aquacoles (REMORA - huître creuse) ; résultats des stations NATIONALES ; Année 2002.

The network REMORA by IFREMER quarterly follows each year 2 batches of Pacific cupped oysters Crassostrea gigas ("juveniles"= 1 year old; and "adults" = 2 years old) on various sites among the main French oyster areas. The network monitored 46 sites in 2004, including the 7 new sites added in 2003. The network REMORA thus assess seasonal survival, growth and quality of cupped oysters. It is a tool for trend estimations, ecosystem management and a reference frame for scientific studies. Globally speaking, the year 2004 was a good year for oyster farming, with a low mortality and a fast growth. The rearing yield (survival x growth) reached 2.0 for adults instead of 1.8 usually. However, the meat index remained close to the average inter annual data. Mortalities remained low (9% and 12% in average respectively for adults and juveniles) with rare exceptions in some more sensible sites : Morlaix, Pen-Bé, Marennes and Tès (Arcachon, only juveniles for this site). The growth gain reached high values: +36 g for adults and +28 g for the juveniles. However the differences between the sites were very important with the return of a good growth in the Thau lagoon (> 130 g in Bouzigues), and lower results in areas from Pays de Loire to Arcachon. The average meat index was 9.7 in December. All the batches reached the professional label "Fines" (meat index > 6.5), and several of them the label "Spéciales" (>10.5). After a light increase of the Polydora index (IP) in 2003, the year 2004 confirmed the decline of this infestation (IP = 0.22), as observed since 2000, especially in the Pays de Loire, Marennes-Oléron and overall in the Thau lagoon where most oysters are free of the parasite.
Formation of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet, China

The authors have quantitatively estimated the time scale of the geomorphologic response of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, correlated the features of the Grand Canyon and the river courses of its upper reaches and performed sediment analysis and dating of terraces at the entrance of the Grand Canyon. On that basis, combined with the recent progress in tectonic study and numerical analysis of geomorphologic features, the authors have demonstrated systematically the formation of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon. The study shows that the present-day Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon and the river courses in its upper reaches belonged to two different river systems before the formation of the Grand Canyon. About 30 ka BP, the Za Qu-Zhibai River—a tributary of the Parlung Zangbo system—captured the paleo-Yarlung Zangbo (which is presently located in the upper reaches of the Zhibai River) due to head erosion; as a result, the paleo-Yarlung Zangbo River, which originally flowed southward through the Nanyi valley (Nayipu Qu) out of the ancient highland, joined the Parlung Zangbo and then the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon came to being and eroded downward intensely, thus forming the drainage structure of the present famous Grand Canyon and big bend.
Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Obtained from Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) Grown in Western Romania

CALIN JIANU1*, CORINA MISCA1, GEORGETA POP2, LAURA CRISTINA RUSU3, LAVINIA ARDELEAN3, ALEXANDRA TEODORA GRUIA4 1Banats University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Food Processing Technologies, Calea Aradului 119, 300645, Timisoara, Romania 2 Banats University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of agriculture, Calea Aradului 119, 300645, Timisoara, Romania 3”Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, School of Dentistry, Department of Material Technology and Devices in Dentistry, 9 Revolutiei Blvd, 300070, Timisoara, Romania 4Center for Transplant Immunology, County Hospital Timisoara, Blvd. Iosif Bulbuca 10, 300736, Timisoara, Romania
Developmental coordination disorder: What can we learn from RI mice using motor learning tasks and QTL analysis

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology that affects one in 20 children. There is an indication that DCD has an underlying genetic component due to its high heritability. Therefore, we explored the use of a recombinant inbred family of mice known as the BXD panel to understand the genetic basis of complex traits (i.e., motor learning) through identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs). The overall aim of this study was to utilize the QTL approach to evaluate the genome‐to‐phenome correlation in BXD strains of mice in order to better understand the human presentation of DCD. Results of this current study confirm differences in motor learning in selected BXD strains and strains with altered cerebellar volume. Five strains – BXD15, BXD27, BXD28, BXD75, and BXD86 – exhibited the most DCD‐like phenotype when compared with other BXD strains of interest. Results indicate that BXD15 and BXD75 struggled primarily with gross motor skills, BXD28 primarily had difficulties with fine motor skills, and BXD27 and BXD86 strains struggled with both fine and gross motor skills. The functional roles of genes within significant QTLs were assessed in relation to DCD‐like behavior. Only Rab3a (Ras‐related protein Rab‐3A) emerged as a high likelihood candidate gene for the horizontal ladder rung task. This gene is associated with brain and skeletal muscle development, but lacked nonsynonymous polymorphisms. This study along with Gill et al. (same issue) is the first studies to specifically examine the genetic linkage of DCD using BXD strains of mice.
Pattern of orogenic rotations in central–eastern Sicily: implications for the timing of spreading in the Tyrrhenian Sea

New palaeomagnetic data from upper Triassic to Pliocene sediments reveal that in eastern Sicily a major 70° clockwise (CW) rotation took place between Oligocene and late Tortonian time, followed by a further 30° CW rotation. Results from central Sicily are less coherent. They show 44–83° post-Oligocene CW rotation, local 14° post-late Tortonian counterclockwise (CCW) rotation, and 25° post-mid-Pliocene CW rotation. We interpret the larger CW rotation observed in eastern Sicily as related to a more internal palaeogeographical position with respect to central Sicily. Our results complement pre-existing data from the northwestern Sicily carbonates, and indicate that all the internal carbonate nappes coherently rotated by c. 100° CW during tectonic emplacement, implying a west-to-east increase of shortening in the Sicilian Maghrebian belt. In Sicily, compressive deformation started during the Langhian, i.e. just after the deposition of the upper Oligocene–upper Burdigalian Numidian Flysch turbidites. Therefore the age of the older 70° palaeomagnetic rotation (synchronous to the thrusting) is constrained to occur between the Langhian and late Tortonian. Furthermore, by considering a maximum possible rotation rate of 20° Ma−1, we infer that CW rotation started in Sicily in Langhian–Serravallian times, between 15–16 and 11–12 Ma ago. The 100° CW rotation observed in pre-orogenic strata from the whole of Sicily is mirrored by 80° orogen-scale CCW rotations characterizing the internal southern Apennines. Palaeomagnetism therefore shows that during orogenesis, the southern Apennines and the Sicilian Maghrebides rotated in a ‘saloon-door’ fashion, synchronous to back-arc spreading of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Consequently, our palaeomagnetic data suggest that the southern Tyrrhenian back-arc basin started to spread during Langhian–Serravallian times (from 15–16 to 11–12 Ma), significantly earlier than the late Tortonian age (8 Ma) suggested so far by oceanic drilling data.
Trophic status, energetic demands, and factors affecting Lahontan cutthroat trout distribution in Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Pyramid Lake, Nevada is one of the last remaining strongholds for lacustrine Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi; LCT); almost all other large lake populations have undergone population declines or extirpation as a result of invasive species interactions and habitat degradation. In Pyramid Lake, LCT have persisted despite anthropogenic alterations, but the population now depends entirely on stocking programs and efficient management. The purpose of this study was to identify important food-web interactions. The objectives were to 1) compare seasonal depth distributions, seasonal diet overlap, and trophic niche overlap between LCT and non-native Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus); and 2) to evaluate the seasonal depth distribution patterns of LCT and native tui chub (Gila bicolor), seasonal changes in LCT diet, and current LCT trophic position (TP). LCT remain apex predators, with both trophic position (large LCT TP = 4.30 ± 0.04 [mean±1.96SE]) and diet composition indicating high rates of piscivory (average annual rate of piscivory = 77.1% for large LCT; > 400mm TL). Small LCT (200 400mm TL) exhibited weak dietary overlap (Schoener’s Index = 0.55) and large LCT exhibited strong overlap (0.72) with Sacramento perch. Small and large LCT, and Sacramento perch, preyed most heavily on tui chub. Isotope data indicates strong overlap between large LCT and Sacramento perch niche space (large LCT 88.6%); 7 however, catch rates indicate that Sacramento perch are only present in small numbers throughout the lake. LCT demonstrate high rates of piscivory, which subsequently suggests that they are not negatively influenced by the presence of Sacramento perch and do not appear to be exceeding carrying-capacity.
NEW RECUMBENT ECHINODERM GENERA FROM THE BOIS D'ARC FORMATION: LOWER DEVONIAN (LOCHKOVIAN) OF COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

Abstract An echinoderm fauna from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) Cravatt Member of the Bois d'Arc Formation near Clarita, Oklahoma, has yielded specimens of recumbent, essentially bilaterally symmetrical taxa which are similar to Ordovician genera but absent or sparsely represented in Silurian strata. Claritacarpus smithi n. gen. and sp. , is a dendrocystitid homoiostele with morphology similar to the Late Ordovician Dendrocystoides Jaekel, 1918; the anomalocystitid stylophoran Victoriacystis aff. holmesorum Ruta and Jell, 1999 shows strong affinities to Victoriacystis holmesorum Ruta and Jell, 1999, Humevale Formation, of Victoria, Australia; and the pleurocystitid rhombiferan, Turgidacystis graffhami n. gen. and sp. , has close affinities to the Middle Ordovician Coopericystis Parsley, 1970 of West Virginia and Henicocystis Jell, 1983 of Victoria, Australia. Claritacarpus and Turgidacystis are North American range extensions for homoiosteles and pleurocystitids, respectively, being previously unknown from rocks younger than Upper Ordovician. Globally, Silurian homoiosteles and pleurocystitids are unknown although both occur in the Lower Devonian of Germany and Australia; additionally, Early Devonian pleurocystitids are known from Great Britain and Bohemia. These genera illustrate a pseudoextinction pattern suggesting a significant unsampled Silurian “homalozoan” and pleurocystitid history.
Fish species of greatest conservation need in wadeable Iowa streams: Status, habitat associations, and effectiveness of species distribution models

Effective conservation of fish species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) requires an understanding of species-habitat relationships and distributional trends. Thus, modeling the distribution of fish species across large spatial scales may serve as a potentially valuable tool for conservation planning. Our goals were to evaluate the status of 10 Iowa fish SGCN in wadeable Iowa streams and test the effectiveness of Iowa Aquatic Gap Analysis Project (IAGAP) species distribution models. We sampled fish assemblages from 86 wadeable stream segments in the Mississippi River drainage of Iowa during 2009 and 2010 to provide contemporary, independent fish species presence-absence data. Frequencies of occurrence in stream segments where species were historically documented varied from 0.0% for redfin 1 Author for correspondence 2 Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University 3 U.S. Geological Survey, Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University 4 U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRENDS IN SPANISH ADOLESCENTS EVOLUCIÓN DE LA PRÁCTICA DE LA ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA EN LOS ADOLESCENTES ESPAÑOLES

This study tries to find out the tendency of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and to assess whether the trends are maintained with regard to sociodemographic factors such as sex and age, and also socio-economic factors and how they vary depending on the autonomous community. The sample comprises Spanish adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years, from the 2002