Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
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He, Xinming and Brouthers, Keith D. and Filatotchev, Igor (2013) Resource-Based and Institutional Perspectives on Export Channel Selection and Export Performance. Journal of Management, 39 (1). pp. 27-47. ISSN 1557-1211 This version is available at: https://epub.wu. ac.at/3710/ Available in ePubWU: December 2012 ePubWU, the institutional repository of the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to the scholarly output of the WU. This document is an early version circulated as work in progress. There are minor differences between this and the publisher version which could however affect a citation.
An analysis of the efficiency of commercial banks in Namibia

0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 0 DEDICATION. 0 DECLARATION. 0 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . 0 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 0 1.1 Background to the study. 0 1.2 Problem statement . 0 1.3 Objective of the study . 0 1.4 Hypotheses . 0 1.5 Significance of study . 0 1.6 Organization of the study . 0 CHAPTER TWO: AN OVERVIEW OF THE NAMIBIAN BANKING SECTOR . 0 2.
Estimating the Prevalence of Drug Abuse in Ilam Using Capture-recapture Method

Background and purpose: Drug-addicted people are hard to reach populations. Accurate estimation of these populations is of great benefit in conducting prevention and intervention programs. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of drug abuse in Ilam, Iran. Materials and methods: Data was collected from two sources including a hospital and Ilam Welfare Organization. Individual characteristics were collected based on existing records. Then drug abuse population and its prevalence was estimated using capture-recapture method. Results: There were 609 people found to be addicted (237 in Ilam Welfare Organization and 372 in hospital). The size of hidden population was 5917. The prevalence of drug abuse among total population and over 15 years old were 2.77% (95% CI: (1.5-4.0) and 3.57% (95% CI: 1.9-5.2), respectively. Conclusion: Findings revealed that the prevalence of drug abuse was relatively high especially in people aged over 15 years old. Therefore, serious attention of authorities and policymakers of social programs are required in injury prevention.
Nursing Burnout: Evaluation Of Self-Care And Nursing Burnout In A Critical Care Setting

Background/Purpose: Nursing burnout is a pressing issue in healthcare, and it is often overlooked. Many factors can affect your risk for nursing burnout. Some of these factors include age, length of time working as a nurse, number of children at home, place of employment, etc. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the self-care and health management of critical care nurses affects their risk for nursing burnout. Design/Method: A non-interventional survey study was conducted in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at a Level 2 Trauma Center north of Boston, MA. 31 nurses completed and handed back two surveys that were administered. The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) Version 5 survey was one of the surveys that was administered. The other survey was the Self-Care and Lifestyle Inventory. By crossanalyzing the results, the relationship between nursing burnout risk and self-care was evaluated. Results: The data was analyzed using SPSS Version 23. The results of the study were quite conclusive. The participants scores for the Self-Care and Lifestyle Inventory are significantly negatively correlated to their scores for Nursing Burnout (r = -.540). This proves the hypothesis that self-care is directly related to nursing burnout. Nursing Implications: Because nursing burnout affects patient care, the results of this study can be used in other critical care units where staff suffer from high levels of nursing burnout. Creating a healthy working environment should be made a priority to decrease stress levels of critical care nurses. iii EVALUATION OF NURSING BURNOUT IN A CRITICAL CARE SETTING
A Black Hole at the Center of Earth Plays the Role of the Biggest System of Telecommunication for Connecting DNAs, Dark DNAs and Molecules of Water on 4+N- Dimensional Manifold

Recently, some scientists from NASA have claimed that there may be a black hole like structure at the centre of the earth. We show that the existence of life on the earth may be a reason that this black hole like object is a black brane that has been formed from biological materials like DNA. Size of this DNA black brane is 109 times longer than the size of the earth’s core and compacted interior it. By compacting this long object, a curved space-time emerges, and some properties of black holes emerge. This structure is the main cause of the emergence of the large temperature of the core, magnetic field around the earth and gravitational field for moving around the sun. Also, this structure produces some waves which act like topoisomerase in biology and read the information on DNAs. However, on the four-dimensional manifold, DNAs are contracted at least four times around various axis’s and waves of earth couldn’t read their information. While, by adding extra dimensions on 4 +n-dimensional manifold, the separation distance between particles increases and all of the information could be recovered by waves. For this reason, each DNA has two parts which one can be seen on the four-dimensional universe, and another one has existed in extra dimensions, and only it’s e_ects is observed. This dark part of DNA called as a dark DNA in an extra dimension. These dark DNAs not only exchange information with DNAs but also are connected with some of the molecules of water and helps them to store information and have memory. Thus, the earth is the biggest system of telecommunication which connects DNAs, dark DNAs and molecules of water.
LINKEDIN for Recruitment: An Examination of Recruiters Use of “Apply” and “Easy Apply” Features

Abstract LinkedIn is used by over 500 million people and has been found to be the most popular recruitment site used by Human Resource professionals for recruiting employees. LinkedIn has continued to evolve, improving users’ experiences and the platform’s interface. Recently, it was noticed that this networking site has more than one application method on job posts: ‘Easy Apply’ and ‘Apply’. This research examines why and for what purpose recruiters use either feature for recruitment. The findings showed that most recruiters prefer ‘Easy Apply’ for all recruitment on LinkedIn because of its ease of use. This study provides a preliminary foundation for understanding the use of LinkedIn by recruiters and job seekers. Editor: H. Kemal Ilter, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Received: August 19, 2018, Accepted: October 18, 2018, Published: November 10, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 IMISC Kutlu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Ciona (Ciona intestinalis) as a source of fibre for chickens

In this experimental study broiler birds were fed in a randomized block design for 32 days on a control diet (C) based on wheat and soy bean meal and two experimental diets containing 2% (C2) and 4% ciona meal (C4) to examine the suitability of Ciona intestinalis in poultry feed as a source of fibre and its effects on growth performance, microbial composition and digestive traits. Luminal content was taken from caeca at day 12 and 32 and analysed for microbiota profile and short chain fatty acids (SCFA). Diversity and abundance of microbial population was determined by sequencing of amplicons generated from 16S rRNA (bacteria) genes. Effect of inclusion of ciona meal on growth performance and digestive traits were analysed by weighing the birds and visceral organs at different ages and comparing it with control diet. In addition, the analysis of different feeds and sticky dropping tests were also performed. The results indicate that there was no significant effect (P ≥ 0.05) of any dietary treatments on individual weight gain and feed intake while feed conversion ratio was higher for C4 diet than C2 diet. No difference in occurrence of sticky droppings were observed and all modules had good condition during assessment of litter scoring. Birds fed with C4 showed lower dry matter of excreta. No effect of any treatment on relative weight of different organs were observed except for liver and spleen, where an interaction between treatment and day was observed. There was no significant effect of treatments on lactic acid and SCFA concentrations. The effect of diet on similarities and dissimilarities of microbial profile was tested with principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) and showed no clear pattern for any treatment. There was effect of age but no effect (P ≥ 0.05) of any dietary treatment on caecal microbial composition except Lachnoclostridium, where effect of treatment was observed and an interaction between age and treatment for unclassified Lachnospiraceae1. Generally, all birds stayed healthy but a decreased dry matter (DM) of excreta in C4 diets were observed. In conclusion, inclusion of C. intestinalis in poultry diets showed no clear effects as a source of fibre.
Ground-based observations of cloud and drizzle liquid water path in stratocumulus clouds

Abstract. The partition of cloud and drizzle water path in precipitating clouds plays a key role in determining the cloud lifetime and its evolution. A technique to quantify cloud and drizzle water path by combining measurements from a three-channel microwave radiometer (23.8, 30, and 90 GHz) with those from a vertically pointing Doppler cloud radar and a ceilometer is presented. The technique is showcased using 1 d of observations to derive precipitable water vapor, liquid water path, cloud water path, drizzle water path below the cloud base, and drizzle water path above the cloud base in precipitating stratocumulus clouds. The resulting cloud and drizzle water path within the cloud are in good qualitative agreement with the information extracted from the radar Doppler spectra. The technique is then applied to 10 d each of precipitating closed and open cellular marine stratocumuli. In the closed-cell systems only ∼20 % of the available drizzle in the cloud falls below the cloud base, compared to ∼40 % in the open-cell systems. In closed-cell systems precipitation is associated with radiative cooling at the cloud top <-100Wm-2 and a liquid water path >200 g m−2. However, drizzle in the cloud begins to exist at weak radiative cooling and liquid water path >∼150 g m−2. Our results collectively demonstrate that neglecting scattering effects for frequencies at and above 90 GHz leads to overestimation of the total liquid water path of about 10 %–15 %, while their inclusion paves the path for retrieving drizzle properties within the cloud.
StudieS on tranSplanting dateS and method of Seed production in knolkhol (Brassica oleracea var. gongyloides l.)

Proceedings of National Conference on Harmony with Nature in Context of environmental Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century (HARMONY 2014) November 28 30, 2014, Udaipur, Rajasthan organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001 (Rajasthan) in association with National Environmentalists Association, India www.neaindia. org Kaki Ranjit et al., StudieS on tranSplanting dateS and method of Seed production in knolkhol (Brassica oleracea var. gongyloides l.)
The Effect of the Slaughter Weight on Carcass Composition, Body Measurements and Veal Quality of Holstein Calves

The aim of this study was to investigate the growth, fattening characteristics and veal quality of MLT from Holstein calves (total number of 40 heads) produced from 4 slaughter weight groups (130, 150, 180 and 210 kg). Calves were fed in the same conditions. Average daily gains ranged from 660 g in slaughter weight 130 kg to 840 g in weight 210 kg (P < 0.001). The most important changes of linear body measurements were revealed in hip height and withers height (P < 0.001). Slaughter weight had strong impact on average daily gain and most of body measurements (P < 0.01). Slaughter weight influenced proportion of kidney, rumen and intestinal fat, while highest proportion was found in the group of 180 kg (P < 0.001). Calves of slaughter weight 180 kg had lowest proportion of bones (P < 0.001) and highest proportion of meat (P < 0.001) from right – half carcass. Highest proportion of separable fat had calves of 210 kg as well as 150 kg. In terms of nutritional quality of veal, we found significant and high individual differences in intramuscular fat content (P < 0.01) as well as between monitored groups. The lightness of the meat was highest in the group of 180 kg (P < 0.05). Protein content of the loin muscle had negative impact on intramuscular and moisture content (P < 0.001). Parameter pH strongly positively influenced drip loss value and negatively electrical conductivity.
Distribution of Fatty Acids in Fresh and Thermally Treated

Deep fry cooking method is desirable to many consumers as it gives valuable sensory characteristic such as crispy texture, golden brown color and good aroma. The cooking oil is usually replenished and reused several times prior discarded for lower cost purpose by food manufacturer, fast food outlets and eateries operators. However, reusing and recycling the oil will degrade the nutritional and sensory quality of the oil as several processes occur such hydrolysis, polymerization, formation of conjugated dienes, formation and decomposition of hydroperoxides. The study aimed to investigate degradation level in cooking oil by the distribution of fatty acids and the presence of short chain fatty acids. The method involved converting fatty acids in oil to methyl ester prior analyzed by Gas ChromatographyMass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). Then investigated the distribution of fatty acids and compared in fresh oil, waste oil collected from food outlets and the oil subjected to heating and frying in laboratory. Oil that were thermally treated and oxidized showed the decreasing in polyunsaturated fatty acids content and increasing in saturated fatty acids content. The ratio of linoleic acid to palmitic acid (18:2/16:0) decreased after oil was thermally treated and oxidized. The significant Journal of Faculty of Sciences Volume No. 5, December, 2018 [16] difference between fresh and thermoxidized oils is the presence of octanoic acid (C8:0) in thermoxidized oil. An acceptable linear correlation (r= 0.886) was found between the changes in linoleic acid content and the amount of octanoic acid that was formed. The results obtained clearly support that octanoic acid could be as marker for oil that has is thermoxidized.
Benthamite welfare optimum in the spatial model with unobserved heterogeneity

We study spatial economics with unobserved heterogeneity of households. In contrast to findings in the literature and intuition given there, we show achieving the Benthamite welfare is not possible by standard recipies if there is a selection effect, i.e. household types are endogenous. The same problem plagues the self-financing rule and the Henry George Theorem in the model with unobserved heterogeneity. To be specific, for distributional concerns, the optimum city’s transport budget runs a surplus, but the optimum population conditional on financing the fixed cost of infrastructure or the city is smaller than that of the model with unobserved heterogeneity. In addition, we further show that the selection effect non-negligible impacts on welfare, optimal tolls and the optimal city size.
Social-Demographic Factors Influencing Exclusive Breastfeeding Atitude among Working Nursing Mothers in Urban Areas of Ibadan, Oyo State

The study investigates the social-demographic factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding predisposition among employed nursing mothers in the urban area of the Ibadan metropolis. The investigation embraced a cross-sectional survey plan. The targeted populace were mothers who have newborn children between 0-6 months old and living with family members, attending private or public hospitals in Ibadan North LGA, Oyo State. Three hundred (300) urban nursing mothers were sample in the study through purposive sampling technique from among the nursing mothers attending immunization and postnatal clinics in private and public hospitals. The average age was 30.33 years (SD = 5.8). The average number of pregnancies experienced was 4.56 (SD = 2.34). 2.1% were single, 76.9% were married, 15.15 separated, and 5.5% were widowed. The average family size was 6.92 ± 2.11. The Nursing mothers responded to questionnaires probing for socio-demographic characteristics and Attitude towards exclusive breast-feeding scale (α = .71). The Objectives of the study were tested Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) at 0.05 level of significance. Socio-demographic characteristics on attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding behavior (R2 = 0.30, F (9,236) = 9.82, p < . 01). Maternal age (β = -.26, t = -3.80) and parity (β = -.31, t = -3.83) predicted nursing mothers on attitude towards exclusive breastfeeding behavior. It was advised that Health care specialists must be alive to their obligations in infant nutritional instruction and health advancement to the mothers of under-fives and the overall general public.
THE DIFFERENCES IN THE OBESITY INDICATORS WITH THE WOMEN IN REPRODUCTIVE PHASE AND MENOPAUSE

The total number of tested individuals is 158, aged from 22 to 76 years. They were distributed in the two sub-samples. 100 of the tested individuals were in the reproductive phase (33 ± 11 years), and 58 in menopause (59 ± 17 years). For the determination of the basic statistics of the tested groups, the data were treated by the treatment procedures of the descriptive and variation statistics (homogeneity). For defining the statistically significant differences, the T test for independent groups was applied, while for estimating the differences for the two sub-samples the ANOVA (analysis of variance) was used. The studies cited in this paper indicate that during menopause nearly all variables that are the obesity indicators increase, while the reason for obesity cited include aging, menopause, and estrogen reduction, as well as the sedentary way of life with reduced physical activity (Tremolliers et al., 1996; Cervellati et al., 2009; Toth et al., 2000; Tchernof & Poehlman, 1998; Gurthrie et al., 1999; Pasco et al., 2012; Pavlica asset al., 2012; Munawar et al., 2012; Martins & Marinho, 2003).
The Rise of Corporate Net Lending Among G7 Countries: A Firm-Level Analysis

ABSTRACT In recent decades, corporate net lending has been increasing in several developed countries. This paper discusses the impact of financialisation and income distribution on the level of net lending of listed non-financial corporations in G7 countries. We argue that financialisation affects the level of corporate net lending through firms' re-organisation towards a model of accumulation based on the maximisation of ‘shareholder value’ and through its negative impact on investment. Moreover, the reduction in the wage share can increase corporate capacity for liquidity accumulation, thus increasing the gap between corporate savings and investment, contributing to the rise in net lending. We test our hypotheses using panel data of publicly listed non-financial corporations for the period 1990–2015. According to our findings the process of financialisation has a positive impact on the level of net lending after 2001, while the wage share at the firm level has a strong negative impact on the level of net lending throughout the whole period.
Do photographs burn?

Although art prices and art returns have been long studied, there is still work to be done in gaining more insights in the factors that might play a role in art price formation. One of the factors that is commonly believed to have a negative effect on art prices, is the event of a failure in auction, also known as the burning effect. Little is known about the burning effect or its scope, as it has only been explored by a handful of researchers who mainly focused on the painting medium. This shortfall in knowledge on whether items burn after having failed, is being reflected in the precarious approach of the topic. Its very existence has been doubted, or is even thought of as a myth. Nevertheless, the relevance of gaining knowledge on this topic is of growing importance, as a new group of investment-focused art collectors is emerging. In addition, the magnitude of the burning effect has direct implications for sellers and auction houses in setting reserve prices. Therefore, this research aimed to explore the existence and magnitude of the burning effect. The following research question was the main focus: ‘To what extent does the failure to find a buyer and thus the failure to sell affect the returns for photographs in public art auctions? ’. This question was answered using a data set of repeat auction sales containing photographs of the Dusseldorf School of Photography, which provided the opportunity to expand the knowledge on the burning effect to another medium than paintings. The data set contained 529 “sold, sold” observations, of which 237 included one or two fails in between the sold events. For the statistical analysis, a pooled OLS repeat sales regression was carried out. Photographs that failed once or twice in between two successful auction sales were found to return significantly less than photographs that did not fail. Thus, the burning effect had a magnitude of -11 percent (p<.05). Photographs that did not fail in between two successful sales were found to return 11 percent more (p<.05). These results are in line with earlier findings of researches on similar topics. Based on the results, the conclusion suggests that the burning effect is existent for photographs and could thus be taken into account in predicting art prices and returns on art.
Numerical Simulation of Non-Homogeneous Viscous Debris-Flows Based on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) Method

Non-homogeneous viscous debris flows are characterized by high density, impact force and destructiveness, and the complexity of the materials they are made of. This has always made these flows challenging to simulate numerically, and to reproduce experimentally debris flow processes. In this study, the formation-movement process of non-homogeneous debris flow under three different soil configurations was simulated numerically by modifying the formulation of collision, friction, and yield stresses for the existing Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The results obtained by applying this modification to the SPH model clearly demonstrated that the configuration where fine and coarse particles are fully mixed, with no specific layering, produces more fluctuations and instability of the debris flow. The kinetic and potential energies of the fluctuating particles calculated for each scenario have been shown to be affected by the water content by focusing on small local areas. Therefore, this study provides a better understanding and new insights regarding intermittent debris flows, and explains the impact of the water content on their formation and movement processes.
The Influence of Market Orientation and Learning Orientation on Marketing Performance Through Innovation Product

Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) woven pandanus in Jombang have been innovating their products in the form of bags, wallets and sandals since 2015. From a pandanus mat they are now innovating without leaving the impression of local wisdom, that is pandanus plants that live in their area.