Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Strangers in Hostile Lands: Exposure to Refugees and Right-Wing Support in Germany’s Eastern Regions

Does local exposure to refugees increase right-wing support? This paper studies a case uniquely suited to address this question: the allocation of refugees to the rural hinterlands of eastern Germany during the European refugee crisis. Similar to non-urban regions elsewhere, the area has had minimal previous exposure to foreigners, but distinctively leans towards the political right. Our data comprise electoral outcomes, and individual-level survey and behavioral measures. A policy allocating refugees following strict administrative rules and a matching procedure allow for causal identification. Our measurements confirm the presence of widespread anti-immigrant sentiments. However, these are unaffected by the presence of refugees in respondents’ hometowns: on average, we record null effects for all outcomes, which we interpret as supporting a sociotropic perspective on immigration attitudes. Masked by these overall null findings, we observe convergence: local exposure to refugees appears to have pulled both right- and left-leaning individuals more towards the center.
GENOTYPE AND SEASONAL INTERACTION OF F1 HYBRIDS AND THEIR PARENTS IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) FOR ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANCE AND HIGH YIELD

GENOTYPE AND SEASONAL INTERACTION OF F1 HYBRIDS AND THEIR PARENTS IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) FOR ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANCE AND HIGH YIELD By G. MALATHI Degree : Doctor of Philosophy in Horticulture Chairman : Dr. D. VEERARAGAVATHATHAM Professor of Horticulture Director (Planning and Monitoring) TamilNadu Agricultural Unversity Coimbatore – 641 003.
Development of a Simplified Model of Speed-Specific Vehicle-Specific Power Distribution Based on Vehicle Weight for Fuel Consumption Estimates

The vehicle-specific power (VSP) distribution, as one of the fundamental inputs of VSP-based emission models such as the motor vehicle emission simulator model, is sensitive to vehicle weight. Developing field VSP distributions requires extensive vehicle type-specific trajectory data, which is expensive and time-consuming. On the other hand, estimating fuel consumption accurately by employing VSP distributions for various vehicle types is computationally highly complex. This study aims to develop a simplified model of speed-specific VSP distribution based on vehicle weight for fuel consumption. First, field speed-specific VSP distributions of eight types of vehicles are developed. Second, the Gaussian function is employed to fit the field speed-specific VSP distributions to “change” the discrete VSP distributions into continuous distributions to facilitate quantifying the relationship between VSP distributions and vehicle weights. Third, the relationship between VSP distributions and vehicle weights is quantified by employing polynomial functions. The results indicate the acceptable accuracy of the simplified model, with 93.8% of R2 of the Gaussian function being greater than 0.90. The error in estimating fuel consumption using the simplified model is acceptable. For vehicles weighing 1.5 t (1.5 metric tons), the average error is 6.3%. Besides the “hole filling” of VSP distributions of inaccessible vehicles, the simplified model will reduce the computational complexity of estimating fuel consumption by about 50%, which is beneficial for the realization of real-time online estimates of fuel consumption.
HOYA NARCISSIFLORA (APOCYNACEAE, ASCLEPIADOIDEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM BORNEO

RAHAYU, S. & RODDA, M. 2017. Hoya narcissiflora (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Borneo. Reinwardtia 16(1): 11 – 16. — A new species of Hoya from Borneo is described, namely Hoya narcissiflora S. Rahayu & Rodda. The species has thin, non-succulent leaves similar to those of species in the Hoya campanulata Group and shallowly campanulate corolla. It is compared with all other Bornean Hoya species possessing campanulate corollas.
Unattended but actively stored: EEG dynamics reveal a dissociation between selective attention and storage in working memory

Selective attention plays a prominent role in prioritizing information in working memory (WM), improving performance for attended representations. However, it remains unclear what the consequences of selection are for the maintenance of unattended WM representations, and whether this results in information loss. Here we tested the hypothesis that within WM, selectively attending to an item and the decision to stop storing other items involve independent mechanisms. We recorded EEG while participants performed a WM recall task in which the item most likely to be tested was cued retrospectively. By manipulating retro-cue reliability (i.e. the ratio of valid to invalid cue trials) we varied the incentive to retain uncued items. Contralateral alpha power suppression, a proxy for attention, indicated that, initially, the cued item was attended equally following high and low reliability cues, but attention was sustained throughout the delay period only after high reliability cues. Furthermore, contralateral delay activity (CDA), a proxy for storage, indicated that non-cued items were dropped sooner from WM after highly reliability cues than after cues with low reliability. These results show that attention and storage in WM are distinct processes that can behave differently depending on the relative importance of WM representations, as expressed in dissociable EEG signals.
Diagnóstico da biodiversidade de vertebrados terrestres de Sergipe

A dissertacao e um diagnostico da biodiversidade dos vertebrados terrestres da regiao de Sergipe. Para cada grupo taxonomico foram obtidas informacoes sobre a distribuicao geral e regional das especies, conservacao e especies de ocorrencia esperada. O modelo dos dominios morfoclimaticos foi adotado como unidade geografica para determinar as distribuicoes das 547 especies. A maioria das 45 especies de anfibios esta amplamente distribuida em todos os dominios, 11 sao restritas a mata atlântica. Duas especies de Phyllomedusa estao ameacadas localmente, quase todas as 39 especies esperadas ocorrer sao restritas a mata atlântica. As 57 especies de repteis sao compostas principalmente por lagartos e serpentes amplamente distribuidas em todos os dominios, 11 sao restritas a mata atlântica e caatinga. Duas especies de lagartos do genero Cnemidophorus sao endemicas e 4 tem distribuicao localizada; aproximadamente 30 especies de repteis sao esperadas ocorrer. Com relacao as 387 especies de aves, 14 sao restritas a mata atlântica e 2 a caatinga. O albatroz Thalassarche melanophris tem distribuicao localizada e o passeriforme Herpsilochmus pectoralis esta na lista de ameacados. Aproximadamente 450 especies de aves sao esperadas ocorrer, 95 ameacadas. A maioria das 36 especies de mamiferos nao voadores, mais 22 morcegos, e da mata atlântica e caatinga ou tem distribuicao mais ampla. Nas listas de conservacao estao o morcego Chiroderma doriae da mata atlântica, os macacos guigos Callicebus coimbrai da mata e C. barbarabrownae da caatinga, e o macaco-prego Cebus xanthosternos. As especies de mamiferos de provavel ocorrencia sao 124, endemicas da caatinga 3, da mata atlântica 4. Sao apresentados comentarios sobre areas de mata atlântica e caatinga para futuros estudos ecologicos e inventarios sobre biodiversidade.
Creation of an instructional model in a community of practice and its impact on relationships between members

ABSTRACT Background: Over the last two decades, communities of practice (CoPs) have been regarded as an effective approach for teachers’ professional learning within physical education (PE) literature. There has been increasing academic interest in the instructional model approach as a way to overcome the limitations of traditional PE pedagogies. However, despite PE teachers’ positive attitudes towards instructional models, they have been found to have some difficulties employing them. Fortunately, some studies have identified positive impacts of sharing the same instructional model in the CoP on teachers’ professional learning. Yet, while the improvement in teachers’ teaching practice, which could be regarded as the outcome of participating in a PE-CoP that shares the same instructional model, was identified in previous studies, a question of ‘which detailed aspects in terms of sharing the instructional model can contribute the outcome’ has not been answered. Furthermore, it is necessary to explore that how sharing the same instructional model is connected with other areas of the CoP at a theoretical level. This study examines a CoP created in 2003, in which a professor developed an instructional model and secondary school PE teachers implemented the model in their respective schools in South Korea. We chose this CoP as a case study because it lasted over 10 years, and members shared the same instructional model. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore aspects of sharing the same instructional model in the CoP and its impact on the relationships between members. Methods: Eight secondary school PE teachers and a professor participated in this study. Data were collected through 58 individual interviews with the teachers and the professor, a focus group with teachers, and 41 observations (37 PE lessons and 4 CoP meetings). A constructivist grounded theory approach was used to analyse the data. Findings: A shared instructional model created in the CoP effectively helped members to form a strong bond, which ensured the sustainability of the CoP. However, a limitation was that the professor, who originally developed the instructional model, was too heavily involved in decision-making, which weakened the teachers’ autonomous professional learning. Hierarchical relationships between the professor and teachers in the CoP were partly rooted in cultural aspects in South Korea. Although the PE teachers understood the importance and influence of the professor, they hoped that he would return to taking on a facilitator role. Conclusions: This study indicates that creating and cultivating a PE-CoP with a shared instructional model can help in making strong bonds among members and sustainability of the CoP. Two different roles of the professor and its impact on relationships between members and teachers’ autonomous professional learning was also discovered. However, further research is needed to explore the dynamics of teachers’ empowerment and the role of cultural aspects, which might influence the relationships among the CoP’s members.
QTL analysis in Barley Across Environments in Egypt

BARLEY is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide. An advanced backcross doubled haploid mapping population was grown in four locations across Egypt (Assuit, Al Wady Al Asuity, Matrouh and Nubaria). The population included 301 BC2DH lines derived from crossing between a German elite cultivar of H. vulgare ssp. vulgare ‘Scarlett’ with an exotic accession of H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum ‘ISR42-8’. A linkage map including 371 different types of genetic markers was used to perform QTL analysis. We detected 56 putative QTLs for traits of interest. In addition, the study identified four markers with marker main and marker × environment interaction effects. The exotic alleles of those four markers could be responsible for increasing their traits across environments. Furthermore, eight markers showed pleiotropic effect across locations. Some DH lines performed better than their parents and check varieties in each environment and across four environments as well. These results might be useful in MAS for barley breeding programs in Egypt.
Geographic variation and environmental correlates of apparent survival rates in adult tree swallows
 Tachycineta bicolor

Determining demographic rates in wild animal populations and understanding why rates vary are important challenges in population ecology and conservation. Whereas reproductive success is reported frequently for many songbird species, there are relatively few corresponding estimates of annual survival for widespread populations of the same migratory species. We incorporated mark–recapture data into Cormack– Jolly–Seber models to estimate annual apparent survival and recapture rates of adult male and female tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor in eight local breeding populations across North America for periods of 7–33 yr. We found strong site-specific and annual variation in apparent survival rates of adult swallows, and evidence of higher survival or site fidelity among males than females. There were no strong associations between putative overwintering region and survival. Strength and patterns of winter climateapparent survival relationships varied across four sites monitored for >15 yr; at one site, spring pond conditions, local spring precipitation and, to a lesser extent, winter North Atlantic Oscillation Index were credible predictors of annual apparent survival. Further work is needed to evaluate how survival is related to environmental conditions throughout the annual cycle and how these factors affect population dynamics of swallows and related species of conservation concern.
COVID‐19 and Supply Chain Disruption: Evidence from Food Markets in India†

This paper looks at the disruption in food supply chains due to COVID‐19 induced economic shutdown in India. We use a novel dataset from one of the largest online grocery retailers to look at the impact on product stockouts and prices. We find that product availability falls by 10% for vegetables, fruits, and edible oils, but there is a minimal impact on their prices. On the farm‐gate side, it is matched by a 20% fall in quantity arrivals of vegetables and fruits. We then show that supply chain disruption is the main driver behind this fall. We compute the distance to production zones from our retail centers and find that the fall in product availability and quantity arrivals is larger for items that are cultivated or manufactured farther from the final point of sale. Our results show that long‐distance food supply chains have been hit the hardest during the current pandemic with welfare consequences for urban consumers and farmers.
Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Management: Understanding the Determinants of Adoption in the Context of Organizations

ABSTRACT This study investigates the importance of the determinants affecting the adoption and usage of blockchain-based SCM systems in the context of organizations. Hence, an SLR method was followed to uncover critical determinants in the literature. Then, a research model, including 14 key determinants, was developed based on the TOE Framework. Subsequently, the AHP method was applied to rank the adoption determinants. The findings reveal that environment-related determinants are more critical than technology-related or organization-related determinants.
ANN-Based MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems

It is very important to get maximum efficiency from photovoltaic panels with low yields. To be able to achieve high efficiency from panels, maximum power point tracking algorithms have been developed. Perturb&Observe and incremental conductance methods, which are among the conventional methods, are not very successful in capturing the points from which maximum power can be obtained in variable atmospheric conditions. In this article, a maximum power point tracking method based on the artificial neural network was proposed. In the proposed method, artificial neural network inputs were designed as temperature and voltage, while its output was designed as the reference voltage. By controlling this reference voltage through a PI controller, it was ensured that the system generated maximum power in variable atmospheric conditions. Conventional methods and the proposed method were compared by simulation studies conducted in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. The superiority of the proposed method was demonstrated with a compelling scenario in which temperature and radiation were constantly changing.
THE APPLICABILITY OF THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR TO PREDICT DOMESTIC TOURIST BEHAVIOURAL INTENTION: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH

The paper aims at expanding the TPB model to examine the relationship among attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, motivation, and behavioural intention as well as the extent to which satisfaction mediates the relationship in the link between TPB predictive constructs along with motivation and behavioural intention. A questionnaire survey technique was administered on d omestic tourists and subsequently, structural equation modeling using SmartPLS 3.0 was subjected to test the synthesized relationship among va riables. The study findings support that attitude, subjective norms, and motivation significantly influence customer satisfaction and behavioural intention whereas perceived behavioural control does not. In addition, the study indicates that customer satisfaction mediates in the link betw een attitude, subjective norms, and motivation, and behavioural intention. However, despite the availability of international tourists, the study selected only domestic tourists that are liable for future research. Moreover, the findings of the study will enhance the understanding of hospitali ty researchers and managers what will significantly influence customer satisfaction and behavioural intention.
A Comparative Study of Neuro-cognitive Functioning of Children with and without ADHD on Cognitive Assessment System

Background: Applicability of the PASS model of cognitive deficit in ADHD has been widely discussed and supporting evidence has been gathered on the cognitive assessment system (CAS). Examination of the hypothesis on CAS still remains in infancy in India which further limits the clinical utility of the findings while planning neuro-cognitive interventions. The present study was thus conceived to assess neurocognitive functioning in young children between 6-11 years with a diagnosis of ADHD in comparison with those without ADHD. Method: A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Using purposive sampling, 90 participants were included which consisted of two groups, ADHD (N=45) and Non-ADHD (N=45). Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) was used for screening IQ while primary outcome measures included CAS, Porteus Mazes Test (PMT), and Children’s Trail Making Test (TMT). Using SPSS 24.0, socio-demographic comparison across two groups on categorical variables was done using chi-square analysis while an independent sample t-test was applied to compare scores on primary outcome measures. Results: Children with ADHD obtained significantly lower mean scores compared to children in the non-ADHD group across all domains of CAS. On PMT, the ADHD group committed a significantly greater number of errors and also took significantly more time to complete the test than the non-ADHD group. No significant group difference was obtained on TMT. Conclusion: Supportive evidence for the PASS model deficit was obtained in the present study. The diagnostic utility study of CAS on larger sample is further warranted to obtain norms for the Indian population. Keywords: Young Children, ADHD, Cognitive Assessment System, executive functioning
Who do sovereign wealth funds say they are? Using structural topic modeling to delineate variegated capitalism in their official reports

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are an emerging community of investment organizations, subject to the conflicting demands of international and domestic institutions. From the lens of variegated capitalism, one can explain their diversity and apparent contradictions by underlining how they embody negotiations between global and local institutional pressures. Many SWFs now publish official reports, which represents a unique opportunity to analyze how they portray these institutional influences. We use an unsupervised machine learning method, structural topic modeling, to analyze the 2015 official reports of 40 SWFs and 17 public pension funds globally. With this novel method, we propose the first international, community-wide study that shows how capitalism is adapted across regions, political systems, and even organizational frontiers through SWFs. We show that region and political systems are factors supporting a polarization of missions between neoliberal and state capitalist view. However, this is nuanced by international clubs that support new investment strategies, and some high-profile SWFs that mix the neoliberal and state capitalist views.
ERF-IMCS: An Efficient and Robust Framework with Image-Based Monte Carlo Scheme for Indoor Topological Navigation

Conventional approaches to global localization and navigation mainly rely on metric maps to provide precise geometric coordinates, which may cause the problem of large-scale structural ambiguity and lack semantic information of the environment. This paper presents a scalable vision-based topological mapping and navigation method for a mobile robot to work robustly and flexibly in large-scale environment. In the vision-based topological navigation, an image-based Monte Carlo localization method is presented to realize global topological localization based on image retrieval, in which fine-tuned local region features from an object detection convolutional neural network (CNN) are adopted to perform image matching. The combination of image retrieval and Monte Carlo provide the robot with the ability to effectively avoid perceptual aliasing. Additionally, we propose an effective visual localization method, simultaneously employing the global and local CNN features of images to construct discriminative representation for environment, which makes the navigation system more robust to the interference of occlusion, translation, and illumination. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that ERF-IMCS exhibits great performance in the robustness and efficiency of navigation.
Jelovo-bukovi gozdovi v zgornji Baški dolini (Julijske Alpe, zahodna Slovenija)

Applying the standard Central-European method (Braun-Blanquet 1964) we phytosociologically researched the fir-beech stands in the upper Baca Valley (western Slovenia). After comparing their floristic composition with similar stands elsewhere in the Southeastern Alps and in the northern part of the Dinaric mountains we classified them into a new geographical variant Homogyno sylvestris-Fagetum Marincek et al. 1993 var. geogr. Scopolia carniolica var. geogr. nova. We established four site subunits, subassociations - clematidetosum alpinae , - typicum (= adenostyletosum glabrae ) and - stellarietosum montanae as well as an edaphic variant with the species Luzula luzuloides , which indicates a transition (or connection) with the stands of the syntaxon Luzulo-Fagetum Meusel 1937 var. geogr. Cardamine trifolia (Marincek 1983) Marincek & Zupancic 1995 abietetosum (Marincek & Dakskobler 1988) Marincek & Zupancic 1995.
COVID-19 and Housing Market Effects: Evidence from U.S. Shutdown Orders

This paper presents a first view on the effects of COVID-19 and subsequent shutdown and re-opening orders on residential real estate markets. We use micro-level data on property transactions from a large number of multiple listing services and find moderate aggregate pricing effects in the shutdown or re-opening periods. We also document a significant decrease in sales in the shutdown and re-opening periods. Moreover, we show that prices in states with shutdown orders decrease with increases in the COVID-19 contagion rate. Our findings imply that the statistical value of avoiding a COVID-19 related death is at least $1.15 million.
Spatio‐temporal responses of butterflies to global warming on a Mediterranean island over two decades

1. One very conspicuous sign that warming is affecting the ecology of butterflies are the phenological advances occurring in many species. Moreover, rising temperatures are having a notable impact – both negative and positive – on population abundances. To date, patterns have generally been analysed at species level without taking into account possible differences between populations, which, when they are noted, are mostly attributed to large‐scale climate differences across a latitudinal gradient.