Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Warm winter and cold summer spells in Spitsbergen and their circulation conditions

: The objective of the study was to determine multi-annual changes and variability of occurrence of cold spells in summer and warm spells in winter on Spitsbergen in the period 1976–2016, and circulation conditions of their occurrence. Cold days in summer were defined as days with mean daily air temperature lower than temperature corresponding to the 10 th percentile from daily temperature, and warm days in winter as days with mean daily air temperature exceeding the 90 th percentile from daily air temperature. The research showed a statistically significant increase in mean air temperature, the rate of which in winter was more than four times higher than in summer. The observed warming translated into a decrease in the number of cold days in summer (-2.5 days/10 years in Svalbard Lufthavn and -1.3 days/10 years in Ny-Ålesund) and an increase in the number of warm days in winter (2.7 days/10 years in Svalbard Lufthavn and 2.4 days/10 years in Ny-Ålesund), and warm and cold spells related to the frequency of such days. The rate of the changes was higher in Svalbard Lufthavn than in Ny-Ålesund. The occurrence of cold days and cold spells was particularly related to the advection of air masses from the north-western sector. The occurrence of warm days and warm spells was related to the advection of air masses from the south-west.
Correlation of Glycemic and Lipid Control Parameters with Cognitive Dysfunction Scores, in Type 2 Diabetic Persons Results from a cross- sectional study

Diabetes-related cognitive dysfunction is considered a long-term complication of diabetes. In this cross-sectional study was studied the relationship between cognitive dysfunction (assessed by using two standardized questionnaires), lipid profile parameters and fatty free acids intake, in outpatients, hospitalized for their periodical control. The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score were related to the body mass index (BMI), high density cholesterol (HDLc), glycated hemoglobin (Hb A1c) and intake of choline and eicosapentaenoic acid (all Ps [ .05, excepting the relationship between MMSE and HDLc). The implications of FFA intake in dementia development, in type 2 diabetics, is important for disease management and prevention.
The implementation of local wisdom-based learning and HOTS-based assessment: Teacher survey in Banjarmasin

The use of local wisdom as learning sources and the empowerment of students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are the two components that must be carried out in the 21st-century biology learning. The purpose of this study was to explore the information about the application of local wisdom-based learning and HOTS-based assessment in Banjarmasin. This survey research involved 41 high school biology teachers in Banjarmasin who joined in Biology Teacher Working Group activities as research samples. The research instruments were questionnaires that were validated by experts. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in term of percentage. The findings showed that the teacher gave a positive response to the content of local wisdom to be a source of biology learning. In addition, they believed that through the learning, the students caring attitudes towards the potential and local wisdom of South Kalimantan were developed. Nonetheless, the empowerment of HOTS was not optimal as it was less frequent for the teachers to design HOTS-based learning in their class.
Design of Integrated Experiential Learning Model with Music to Improve Entrepreneurship Intention of Vocational High School Students

This study aims to design learning models which can increase entrepreneurship intention of Vocational High School students. This study uses Research and Development Method of the 4-D model, in this study only two stages are conducted; define and design, while develop and disseminate stages will be continued in the next study. Learning model design which is evolved to increase entrepreneurship intention is by developing experiential learning integrated with music. Experiential learning is chosen because it has contextual steps so it is easier to be comprehended by students, while music is used to influence cognitive or students' thinking so they are passionate to participate in the learning process and can receive input from the teachers related to entrepreneurship. The integration of these two can increase student entrepreneurship intention. This model has four steps: (1) Students can feel and see the problems arising around them through videos that have been designed according to the learning topic, (2) students are asked to discuss the most appropriate solution based on the problem while listening the prepared music, (3) students are asked to practice the given solution and evaluate it (4) students are given the motivation to increase their independencies through entrepreneurship while listening to music.
Hydrological drought analysis in Continental Temperate and Mediterranean environment during the period 1981-2017

A 37 year (1981-2017) study of the hydrological drought trend was conducted in two Italian regions, Piedmont and Sardinia, with different climatic features (Temperate Continental climate and Mediterranean climate, respectively). For this purpose, we have examined the daily data of 13 meteorological stations uniformly installed in the two areas, and the trends of the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardised Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) have been also evaluated. The similarities and differences between the indices of the two regions were then considered. In most stations of both zones, there is a statistically significant trend of increase in the SPI and decrease in the SPEI. Nevertheless, the trend of indices averaged over stations of the two indices is not significant in either of the two climatic zones considered.
Physio-biochemical responses and defining selection criteria for drought tolerance in Sorghum bicolor

Forty cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) sorghum lines were evaluated for different physiological and biochemical traits under drought stress. Considerable genetic variability was found among all physio-biochemical traits i.e. water potential (Ψ w), stomatal conductance (gs), photosynthetic efficiency, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), ash and sugar contents. Results indicated that ash contents were found to be most adversely affected by drought stress followed by sugar contents and stomatal conductance respectively. However, the values of crude protein, acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were observed to be increase under stress condition. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to recognize drought tolerant lines. Selection criteria was based upon findings of correlation analysis among all studied traits. The positive association of water potential, stomatal conductance and photosynthetic efficiency with desirable traits viz. ash and sugar contents; and NDF association with undesirable traits viz. ADF and NDF revealed a way forward to design future breeding programs of sorghum crop under the prevailing scenario of climate change.
The impact of performance related pay on an employees life

In this paper, the associations between performance related pay and job fondness, health and the worklife balance of Dutch employees are examined. By using a questionnaire, which was conducted over Dutch employees in the years 2012 and 2014, the associations with performance related pay are examined through several ordinary least squares regressions. From these regressions, it follows that performance related pay is positively correlated with the fondness an employee has for their job, as well as that performance related pay is positively correlated with the health of an employee, and with the number of hours an employee works. Most of these results, however, are of little economic significance.
How to Measure the Perceived Value of Customer Sharia Hotels in Makassar?

This study purposed to identify the dimensions of customer perceived value in sharia hotels. This is measured in seven dimensions consisting of functional value, Islamic value, price value, utilitarian value, aesthetic value, transaction value, and emotional value. This dimension is measured by validity and reliability test, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Average Variance Extracted (AVE), and perceived value model test in Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) used AMOS Software. The study shows that the seven dimensions used have strength, and Islamic values are the strongest dimension to measure the customer perceived value. This research is expected to contribute to hotel management based on Sharia as a pioneer of the halal industry. More specifically, this study recommends analyzing the causality of the relationship between satisfaction, loyalty and perceived value in Islamic hotels.
The effect of pricing policy on the students’ choice of private universities in Nigeria

This study focuses on the effect of pricing policy on the students’ choice of private universities in Nigeria, focusing on how the pricing policy influences students’ choice of private universities in Lagos and Ogun States education sector. The research adopts survey research design using a random sampling Technique. A descriptive statistical tool was also used in analyzing the data collected with the aid of Statistical Package for social Sciences (SPSS), while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used in testing the hypotheses. For reliability, the Cronbach alpha was used to test the reliability of the instrument. The study revealed that there was a significant effect of bundling pricing (BP) on the students’ choice of private universities. Also, that there was significant effect of penetration pricing (PP) on the students’ choice of private universities. Furthermore, that there was a significant effect of price skimming (PS) on the students’ choice of private universities while a significant effect of psychology pricing (PSP) existed on the students’ choice of private universities. The study revealed a significant effect of economy pricing (EP) on the students’ choice of private universities in Nigeria. The study concluded that pricing policy had a positive and significant effect on the students’ choice of private universities. The paper recommended that private universities managements should intensify their effort towards including attractive packages to reduce price, and adopt favorable pricing strategies in other to influence students’ choice on such private universities.
Genetic effects of season on the preweaning growth of beef cattle: A first approach to Retinta calves

Background: Heat stress derived from global warming is causing major economic losses in the livestock industry. Objective: To develop a novel methodological approach for determining the influence of climatic factors on the estimation of genetic parameters for growth traits in Retinta cattle breed by using reaction-norm models. Methods: Live weight records (n=7,753) from 3,162 Retinta calves born from 1,249 dams and 85 sires and raised in the Andalusian region (Spain) were analyzed. The effect of heat stress was measured using the temperature-humidity index, calculated with climatological data obtained from four weather stations. A bivariate-random-regression reaction-norm model was used to estimate the (co)variance components of weight until weaning in two different climatic seasons corresponding to warm and cold months. Results: The heritability pattern of individuals reared under diverse environments during the first 90 days of age was different. However, differences were not significant at the end of the growing period. Weaned calves reared during the cold season showed greater growth from 70 to 160 days in comparison with those reared during the warm season. Conclusions: Highly significant evidence of genotype-climatic condition interaction was found during the calf´s first three months of growth.
The interferon gamma secretion assay: a reliable tool to study interferon gamma production at the single cell level

Different single-cell analyses for the detection of antigen-specific T cells based on antigen-triggered induction of cytokine production (elispot, intracellular cytokine staining, cytokine secretion assay, etc.) have been analyzed. In this paper we present the data of a thorough validation of the IFNg Secretion Assay (ISA, Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany). In this assay the secreted IFNg is bound to the cell surface and is then stained as an artificial surface molecule and analyzed by flowcytometry. The introduction of five quality criteria markedly improved the reproducibility of this assay and made it very reliable (intra-assay variability < 5%; inter-assay variability < 20%). Recovery experiments further demonstrated that almost 100% of IFNg labeled cells could be detected by this technology. In order to analyze which cell subsets contribute to IFNg-production, we compared the results obtained in different individuals after VZAg-stimulation. Three different IFNg-secretion patterns could be discerned. In Pattern 1 there is a predominant and almost equal contribution of T cells and NK cells with a minor contribution of CD3CD56 and B cells. Pattern 2, which is most abundant, is characterized by a predominance of NK cells (60–70%). Pattern 3 differs from the previous one in its minor contribution of NK cells. Here T cells predominate the IFNg secretion. These results clearly demonstrate that the IFNg subset distribution after VZAg-stimulation is not uniform and differs individually. Furthermore, the ISA-technology proves to be very useful in vaccine research. This was demonstrated by testing the IFNg secretion pattern after HBsAg-stimulation in PBMC from HBsAg-vaccinated individuals. D 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Effect of Firms’ Age on Their Use of Highly Skilled Workers

We aim to contribute to the literature on entrepreneurship by examining the relationship between firms’ age and their use of highly skilled workers, measured by employees with higher education. A panel data set of Norwegian firms is used. Based on population‐averaged panel data regression, we find that newly established firms have a higher proportion of highly skilled workers than incumbent firms. A sensitivity analysis shows that this result holds for different correlation structures in the panel data, different calculations of employees’ age, and whether the explanatory variables are lagged in order to reduce the potential endogeneity of these variables. The result can be explained by the fact that the capital intensity is higher in newly founded firms than in incumbent firms and that the proportion of highly skilled workers is positively correlated with the capital intensity in firms.
Menstrual Hygiene Practice and School Absenteeism among Rural Adolescent girls of Kalikot district

Menstruation is a part of female reproductive cycle that starts when girls become sexually mature at the time of puberty. This study sought to assess the menstrual hygiene practice and school absenteeism among the rural school going adolescent girls. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 321 female high school students of 4 selected government schools of Kalikot a rural district of Nepal. It was found that majority of student’s menstrual hygiene practice was poor i.e. 86.9%. Majority of respondents (96 %) used clean cloth during their menstruation cycle, whereas only 4% of respondents used sanitary pad. Almost every adolescent girl i.e. 98.8 % practiced any cultural restriction. Nearly 1 in 4 respondents (22.1%) did not attend school during their last menstruation and more than 1 in 10 adolescent girls felt that their academic performance was degraded after menarche. Adolescent girls of 10-14 age group were three time more likely to have poor practice than those who were between 15-19 years. Adolescent girls from nuclear families are 1.9 times more likely to be absent from school during the menstrual cycle in comparison to girls from joint families. The study revealed that among the adolescent girls of the study area, the overall menstrual hygiene practice was found to be poor and the various beliefs were found to be inappropriate and school absenteeism was also prevalent during menstrual cycle.
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Real Wages in Egypt: A Sectoral Empirical Analysis

This research seeks to empirically examine the impact of Foreign Direct Investment )FDI( on real wages in Egypt. First, we test the effect of FDI on real wages on the whole economy, and then special attention is given to the basic sectors in the economy. For this purpose, we make use of time-series Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) models utilizing annual data covering the period 1985-2014. Our results reveal that FDI positively affects the average wages in the long-run in almost all conducted models. According to the sectoral models, the highest long-run effect of FDI on wages is detected in the manufacturing sector, while it is insignificant in the tourism sector. Attracting more FDI in general and manufacturing FDI in particular is recommended as this will have a positive effect on average wages and consequently raise the economy’s output and overall income.
Automatic Planning for Scanning: Optimizing 3D Laser Scanning Operations Using BIM and TLS

Application of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) technology in the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is gaining popularity because the technology uniquely offers the means to create as-built three dimensional (3D) models of existing facilities, and conduct construction project progress and dimensional quality measurements. An open challenge with regard to the use TLS for such applications is to efficiently generate effective scanning plans that satisfy pre-defined point cloud quality specifications. Two such specifications are currently commonly used: Level of Accuracy (LOA) that focuses on individual point precision, and Level of Detail (LOD) that focuses on point density. Given such specifications, current practice sees professionals manually prepare scanning plans using existing 2D CAD drawings, some ad-hoc rules (of thumb), and their experience. However, LOA and LOD are point-based specifications, and do not ensure that a sufficient amount of the surface of each object is covered by the acquired data, despite this being important to many of the applications for which TLS is employed (e.g. modelling existing facilities). Therefore, this research uniquely proposes a novel planning for scanning specification, called Level of Surface Completeness (LOC) that assesses point cloud quality in terms of surface acquisition completeness. In addition, an approach is proposed for automatic planning for scanning in the AEC industry that takes both LOA and LOC specifications into account. The approach is ‘generic’ in the sense that it can be employed for any type of project. It is designed to generate automatic laser scanning plans using as input: (1) the facility’s 3D BIM model; (2) the scanner’s characteristics; and (3) the LOA and LOC specifications. The output is the smallest (optimal) set of scanning locations necessary to achieve those requirements. The results are evaluated in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and sensitivity analysis. However, the experimental results also highlight a significant issue of the approach which is that it does not take into account the overlapping of surfaces covered from different scanning locations.
Labor-Augmenting Technical Change and the Labor Share: New Microeconomic Foundations

An important question in alternative economic theories has to do with the relationship between the functional income distribution and the growth rate of labor productivity. According to both the induced innovation hypothesis and Marx-biased technical change, labor productivity growth should be an increasing function of the labor share. In this paper, we first discuss the shortcomings of both theories and then provide a novel microeconomic foundation for a direct relationship between the labor share and labor productivity growth. The result arises because of profit-seeking behavior by capitalist firms that face a trade-off between investing in new capital stock and innovating to save on labor costs. Embedding this finding in the Goodwin (1967) growth cycle model, we show that: i) the resulting steady state is locally stable, and ii) unlike in the original Goodwin model, the long-run employment rate is sensitive to investment decisions. Finally, iii) we numerically show that growth cycles vanish for high elasticities of the innovation function to R&amp;D spending.
UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA FACULDADE DE PSICOLOGIA SCIENCE CAN EXPLAIN OTHER PEOPLE’S MINDS, BUT NOT MINE: SELF-OTHER DIFFERENCES IN BELIEFS ABOUT SCIENCE

Three studies show that people differ in their lay beliefs concerning the degree to which science can explain how their mind works versus how the mind of other people works. In particular, people are more receptive to the idea that the psychology of other people is explainable by science than to the possibility of science explaining their own psychology. This self-other difference is moderated by the degree to which people associate a certain mental phenomenon with introspection.
Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intention of Seniors and Fresh Graduates in Tourism and Hospitality Management in Ho Chi Minh City

This research examined the relationships between perceived entrepreneurial desirability, feasibility, self-efficacy, ecosystem, family background, prior experience and personality traits on entrepreneurial intention through attitudes towards entrepreneurship. Quantitative approach was mainly employed with questionnaires conveniently and directly delivered to 351 senior students and fresh graduates of Tourism and Hospitality Management in HCMC. The statistical techniques used include factor analysis, multiple regression and path analysis. The result showed that there were five factors directly affected entrepreneurial intention, namely ecosystem, personality traits, self-efficacy, desirability and feasibility.
Effect of Clogging on the Permeability of Porous Asphalt Pavement

The purpose of this paper is to report on the drainage of porous asphalt pavement evaluation method suited for use in analyzing clogging effect. To preliminarily reveal the decrease in permeability caused by clogging of permeable asphalt pavement, an innovative device was proposed to evaluate the anisotropy of permeability influenced by clogging, and the maximum drainage capacity without surface ponding can be obtained when the supplied water was controlled. Then, finite element models for asphalt pavements with hydromechanical coupling were proposed based on porous media theory and Biot’s theory. The variation in pore water pressure was simulated by considering the decrease in voids and the increase in clogging grains. The results indicate that the internally retained water should not be ignored because the semiconnected voids were filled with water rapidly at the beginning of permeability tests. To avoid surface ponding, the drainage capacity coefficient (DCC) can be used to evaluate the maximum drainage capacity (MDC) influenced by clogging. Moreover, the pore water pressure increased due to the reduction in voids and a high level of clogging. In addition, the peak value of pore water pressure is also affected by the upper-layer height of the pavement. Under the action of clogging and driving load, a reasonable thickness of the upper layer and a drainage evaluation should be considered to improve road safety.