Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Green Technology Transitions with an Endogenous Market Structure∗

A transition to a green technology is part of most solutions to environmental problems. Such a transition consists both of technological development and of changes to the structure of the technology market, where incumbents supplying the old technology suddenly face competition by market entrants developing the new one. As these market changes have consequences for r&d incentives, the questions arise how technological change and market changes interact and at which stage of the technology transition incumbents or newcomers are more likely to drive the technology transition. We advance a model that describes this co-evolution of technology and market. We show that the incentives for different actors can change during the transition process with possibly strong implications for pollution levels. At the beginning, market entrants usually drive technological development and emission reduction and the incumbent tries to prevent technological change to protect his old technology. Later, the incumbent can become the driving force. Whether and when this switch occurs depends on the propensity of the new technology to attract new customers. Our results have implications for environmental policy, as they indicate that supporting small newcomers might be desirable at the beginning but can be detrimental at later stages of a technology transition.
Optimization and Experimental Investigation of Savonius Wind Turbine Performance at Low Wind Speed Condition

Many improvements have been researched for conventional Savonius wind turbines in the blade shape to amend the power efficiency. In the present study, the artificial neural network was used to predict the optimum blade shape design for an enhanced power coefficient value for Savonius wind turbine at low wind speed condition numerically with commercial code software ANSYS-CFX and MATLAB. The numerical and experimental work was done with a comparison between two models; conventional and an optimized blade shape. The simulations included the analysis of many models used to learn the artificial neural network to predict the optimum blade shape of Savonius wind turbine at a wind speed of (3 m/s) and a tip speed ratio (TSR) of (0.8). Two aspect ratios (1 and 0.77) were used depending on two and three blades numerically modelled at 3 m/s and TSR range (0.2-1.2) to select best performance model for manufacturing and experimental test. From the experimental work, the torque and power coefficient were calculated based on a range of wind speed of (2.5 4 m/s) and an angular velocity range of (130 280 RPM) based on the meteorological statistics in Baghdad. The numerical results were compared with the experimental ones obtained from the wind tunnel test. The results manifested that the best model is the modified with two blades with AR =1, and the enhancement ratio of power coefficient is 46% numerically and 31% experimentally. Index Term-Savonius Wind Turbine, SWT, Optimization blade shape, CFX, Renewable Energy Symbols and Abbreviations AR Aspect ratio τ Time in (sec) Cp Power coefficient ω1 Initial angular velocity in (1/sec) Ct Torque coefficient ω2 Final angular velocity in (1/sec) Ib The 2 or 3 blades moment of inertia (kg.m) TSR Tip speed ratio Ip The moment of inertia of end plates in (kg. m) HAWT Horizontal axis wind turbine Is The moment of inertia of shaft in (kg.m) VAWT Vertical axis wind turbine Id The moment of inertia of the torque measuring disc in (kg. m) SWT Savonius wind turbine ANNs Artificial Neural Networks WUT Wind tunnel
Promotional Campaign Duration and Word-of-Mouth in Solar Panel Adoption

Intensive promotional marketing campaigns can be used to introduce products to consumers with the goal of increasing awareness, consideration, purchase, and word-of-mouth (WOM). In this paper, we study the role of campaign duration on solar photovoltaic adoption using a large-scale eld experiment, in which we randomly assign communities to campaigns with shorter durations, increasing the marketing intensity to maintain the same total resources per campaign. We nd that the shorter and longer campaigns are equally e ective while they are running, but the longer campaigns generate more WOM and therefore lead to more adoption post campaign than the shorter campaign: the shorter campaigns led to 34.8 fewer installations per town in the two years after the campaigns concluded.
The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

book are deliberately tailored for the beginner including trend analysis, effects of seasonality and the study of cycles in six chapters out of the 12 chapters. The coverage of evaluation and combining forecasts in chapter 11 is comprehensive enough for the intended level of this book. The Problems and Complements sections form an integral part of each chapter and should prove helpful when teaching from the text. There is an Instructor’s Manual, which contains solutions or hints to some problems and complements. The book is application-oriented with examples like exchange rate forecasting. Most of the examples are done in EViews which provides regression and forecasting tools in modern Windows environments. It illustrates all methods with detailed real world applications which were designed to study typical forecasting situations. Thus, as a learning tool by itself, Diebold’s text is a good place to start. Diebold is careful to describe how to go about performing actual computations and how to interpret the outputs from the EViews program. A nice feature of the book is its rich graphical illustration. Diebold devotes one entire chapter to explain statistical graphics for forecasting. Graphical analysis is often so simple and straightforward it is apt to be misleading. However, Diebold carefully illustrates graphs to help the student with getting intuitionand circumventing mistakes. Overall, the book is well laid out and contains few typographical errors. However, the second edition does not differ much from the previous one, only minor changes with new additional problems. I do not advise purchasing this new edition if one already has the earlier version. I believe that Diebold’s text would be an excellent choice for a undergraduate course after an introductory econometric course.
University of Southern Denmark Drivers of sulfide intrusion in Zostera muelleri in a moderately affected estuary in south- eastern Australia Holmer,

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CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

• In 2000, a majority of people in each of the 13 countries felt very or fairly safe when walking alone in their area after dark. Figures were highest for Sweden (85% of the population), followed by Canada (83%) and the United States (83%). People in Australia and Poland were least likely to feel safe (64% for each). In four countries, including Canada, there has been an increase in the proportion of the population that feels safe when walking alone at night.
A new decade for social changes

This research essentially aims to examine the extent to which macroeconomic variables (including inflation, exchange rate, and interest rate) have a significant influence on stock price index and the level of significance for that influence. The researchers focused more on consumer goods industry companies that are listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) within 2015 until 2019, with consideration for the stock price of consumer goods companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) as claimed to be the most defensive stock. This study finds that inflation, exchange rate, and interest rate, as composite variables, have a significant influence on stock price index. A partial test revealed that inflation, and exchange rate have negative significant influence on stock price index, while interest rate is found to be nonsignificant. Figure 1. IDX Sectoral Stock Index Performance (Source: IDX Stock Index Report, 2019 December) The decline in performance seen from the negative value of the stock price index of the consumer goods industry sector is an unexpected phenomenon by Indonesian capital market investors. Over the past 10 years, the consumer goods industry sector has been assumed to be a defensive sector. Amidst pressures in the consumer goods industry sector is considered able to show a stable performance in the face of several macroeconomic issues affecting the Indonesian capital market such as the high inflation rate that reached 8.36% in 2014, rupiah exchange rate volatility influenced by political issues, and high interest rates that reached 7.75% in 2014. The defensive claim was delivered on the positive performance of the consumer goods industry sector stock price index for a 10-year period of 205.77% before starting to decline in 2015, as shown in Table 1. Table 1. IDX Sectoral Stock Index Performance (Source: IDX Stock Index Report, 2019 December) According to stock price index data from companies on the main board of the consumer goods industry sector in Figure 2 by Yahoo Finance (2020), in 2015 the sector's share price Sector Index Bloomberg Code Market Cap (%) 5Y Performance
Predictive Associations Among the Repeated Measurements of Anxiety, Depression, and Craving in a Dual Diagnosis Program

Abstract Objective: Anxiety and depression commonly co-occur with substance use disorders. Conceptual models would presume that changes in anxiety and depression should lead to changes in drug and alcohol craving during treatment for co-occurring disorders, but no longitudinal investigation has explored this assumption. This study examined the associations among craving, anxiety, and depression in a dual diagnosis program. Methods: In all, 93 adult patients at a community-based dual diagnosis program for substance use disorders and comorbid anxiety and mood disorders provided daily ratings of anxiety and depression. We examined whether these ratings predicted changes in craving and vice versa. Results: Using hierarchical linear modeling to examine day-to-day change over time, we observed that anxiety and depression ratings uniquely and independently predicted subsequent craving ratings, and craving ratings also predicted subsequent anxiety and depression ratings. Conclusions: These preliminary findings support mutual maintenance models of substance use and psychiatric comorbidity, thus providing preliminary support for integrated programs that simultaneously address both problems. Implications and future directions are discussed.
COMPETENCIESAND GAP ANALYSIS

Agricultural extension services are under pressure to make greater contributions to agricultural development and progress. Agricultural extension services need human resources who arecompetent.As extensionists are aware of training and educational needs of their team members, it is very important to administer extension activities with competent extensionists. For effective and efficient extension, it is important to know thebarriers towards extension to deliver the required services to farmers in order to empower them. Competencies of extensionistsare vital for work as these are associated to their professional development and skills to communicate. Analysisof skill gap(s) is the key to update extensionists as pe rtheir capability in the field. In the present study, a skill gap analysis using 'Borich Need Assessment Model' was used for the extensionists of KVKs of selected districts of two states viz; of UP and Odisha. The total sample size was 200 for astructured interview schedule used to elicit information from the extensionists. A Mean Weighted Discrepancy Score (MWDS) was calculated to find the gap in skill. This study showed, that 'confidence to work without support and guidance' was of the highest level as a skill gap among extensionists, when new methods in extension work were to be introduced, while consideringpros and con of arguments put up to an extensionist, by a farmer. Lowest mean weighted discrepancy score was given to'Conducting survey in operational area, use of PRA tools and evaluating extension program'. Based on Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process/Method, a lack of upgradation of ICT equipment, emerged as the major institutional barrier. As far as professional barriers are concerned inadequate information about training and training institutes and inadequate funding on emerged as the key barriersto acquire required competencies. Updating skill of extensionists, based on gap(s), owing to the importance of confidence to work without support and guidance in order to deliver required extension information/support to farmers, is very important. As of recent emphasis being given to skill development at the national level, the extensionists must be upgraded in their ICT skill(s). Extensionists with the necessary skills in their job will lead to their better performance which will in turn result in enhanced empowerment of farmers.
Assessing intellectual capital of a technology park

Technology parks are organizations that are supporting innovative entrepreneurial activity cooperating with knowledge-based institutions and using advanced technology. The main purpose of this paper is to identify the determinants of intellectual capital in technology parks. Through an analysis of current models for the assessment of intellectual capital, a preposition of a model for Croatian science and technology parks has been made. The main contribution of this paper is an intellectual capital measurement model which can be used in other existing science and technology parks, but also in research centers, entrepreneurial incubators and other entrepreneurship supporting institutions. Using the case study method, the paper identifies components of intellectual capital in a technology park, as well as the gaps between the level of development of each determinant. Data were collected through an interview with representatives of a technology park in Croatia. Results of this study can be used for strategic decision making.
Determination of Optimal Doses of Plant Growth Regulators for In vitro Propagation of Four Potato Varieties (Solanum tuberosum) in Niger

Aims: The main limitation of the production of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Niger is the external dependence on the supply of quality seeds. In the context of a national potato seed system, one of the critical phases is the rapid in vitro multiplication of virus-free good quality potato plantlets. Fifteen hormonal combinations were formulated and tested to determine a suitable hormonal combination and optimum concentrations for the in vitro production of a high number of plantlets for four farmer-preferred varieties in Niger (ATLAS, PAMELA, STEMSTER and YONA). Study Design: A completely randomized design (CRD) was employed to reveal the performance of four potato varieties, as affected by fourteen combinations of NAA and BAP with four replications. Results of the study were subjected to the analysis of variance, and significant differences among treatments were determined using GENSTAT12.01. Segregation between means was made according to the Student Newman-Keuls test, at 5% threshold. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out at the laboratory of Biotechnology and plant improvement of the institute of radio-isotopes in the University Abdou Moumouni of Niamey, in Niger (latitude 13°29' North and longitude 2°10' Est), for 28 days. Methodology: Uninodal stem explants of in vitro plantlets were cultured on full-strength Murashige and Skoog media (MS) supplemented with fourteen different combinations of α-Naphthalene Acetic Acid NAA (0; 0.25; 0.50; 1.0; 2.0 mg/l) and Benzyl Amino Purine BAP (0; 0.25; 0.50 mg/l), for 28 days. Results: Statistical analysis of the results showed that the variety and hormonal significantly influenced the height of the plant, the number of leaves and number of roots. Treatments with NAA alone without BAP stimulated rhizogenesis. From a NAA concentration of 0.25 to 0.5 mg/l there is a proliferation of the roots and from 1 mg/l there is an increase in roots length. PAMELA and ATLAS cultivars showed better root production.
Sharia Compliance in the Islamic Banking Perception in Indonesia

Sharia compliance is the special feature in the Islamic banking industry. Therefore, the right understanding about sharia compliance has strong urgency in sharia banking operational matters. The purpose of this research is to find the perception of the banking industry based through consideration of this perception in the development of sharia banking. This research employed a socio-legal approach and used open and closed questionnaires to find data. The research finding is that there is a diverse understanding about sharia compliance in the Islamic banking industry. Hence, this understanding becomes an important foundation for the Islamic bank industry and Indonesian Financial Services Authority in the development of Indonesian Islamic banking.
On the Clustering of Islamic Rural Banks Based on Financial Performance

Islamic Rural Banks In Indonesia as Rakyat Sharia Financing Bank (Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah, BPRS) is a sharia bank which runs its business activities with sharia principle which activities do not provide services in payment traffic. Banking must always be evaluated for its healthiness in order to remain excellent in serving its customers. To measure the healthiness of a bank can be see from the level of bank performance. This study aims to classify BPRS which is homogenous based on the level of bank performance. The variables used to measure the Bank's performance are capital (Cap), productive assets (PA), credit (Cred), third-party funds (TPF), income (Inc), capital adequacy ratio (CAR), returns on assets (ROA), returns on equity (ROE), financing to deposit ratio (FDR), non performing financing (NPF), and operational costs of operating income (OCOI) that are part of the CAMELS method. The result shows that the financial performance of BPRS from 2014–2017 tends to be not good enough. Although some of the variables used to measure performance generally are still in good condition except FDR, NPF and OCOI, but BPRS in Indonesia has always decreased its performance. As seen from the financial side of BPRS such as capital, productive assets, third-party funds, and the increasing of credit every year, which indicate that BPRS has a great opportunity to change in a better way. Through cluster analysis with Two Step Cluster method in 2014 with consisting 159 BPRS divided into 3 clusters were only 13 BPRS in good performance as the best cluster. In 2015 and 2016 Islamic Rural Banks consist 161 BPRS and 166 BPRS respectively, in 2015 was divided into 2 clusters ware only 16 BPRS in good performance and only 12 BPRS in 2016. In 2017 it is consisted 167 BPRS divided into 3 clusters were only 12 BPRS in good performance as the best cluster. It is also obtained only 3 BPRS always maintain their good financial performance for four years.
Interactions between stakeholders in Lourdes: An ’Alpha’ framework approach

Purpose : Taking Lourdes as an example, this paper aims at understanding the relationship amongst the main tourism and events industry stakeholders. Methods : To achieve the objective of the study, data were collected through interviews of key players. The results where then filtered through the ‘Alpha’ framework to theorise the interactions amongst stakeholders. Results : The study also provides a (1) typology of the ultimate alpha syndrome in the context of destination management; (2) typology of the delta syndrome. (3) Finally, the study argues that in destinations where there is an ultimate alpha hallmark event, or an ultimate alpha stakeholder, a situation quite similar to an anti-competitive market can arise. This situation is referred as ‘ultimate alpha tourism monopoly’. Implications : Based on the findings of this study, Destination Marketing Organisations need to ensure that there is a suitable synergy amongst all stakeholders involved in the tourism industry (and related sector), to avoid anti-competitive market ‘ultimate alpha tourism monopoly’ to arise.
Identification and Characterization of Two Distinct a-(l-3)-L-Fucosyltransferase Activities in Human Colon Carcinoma

Two distinct a-(l-3)-fucosyltransferase activities have been Â¡dentiCivil in the colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 and COLO-205. While both enzymatic activities exhibit similar aCCinitiesfor a synthetic a-(l-3) acceptor and GDP-fucose, they differ with respect to divalent cation requirements, /V-ethylmaleimide inhibition, and glycoprotein substrate specificity. The COLO-205 a-(l-3) activity exhibits maximal enzymatic activity in the presence of 20 miviMn2+ but retains less than 10% activity in the absence of divalent cations. In contrast, the optimal Mir'* concen tration for the HT-29 enzyme is 1 HIM,although this activity is relatively insensitive to divalent cation stimulation. In addition, the HT-29 <*-(! 3)-fucosyltransferase activity is resistant to inhibition by 30 HIMNethylmaleimide and relatively inactive toward the glycoprotein substrate fetuin as compared to its desialylated derivative, asialofetuin. The COLO205 activity is inhibited approximately 90% by A'-ethylmaleimide and is equally active with either glycoprotein acceptor. Although the Â«-(1-3)specific activities are similar in both cell lines, A'-ethylmaleimide-sensitive Â«-(1-4)fucosyltransferase activity is 40-fold higher in COLO-205 as compared to HT-29, suggesting that the COLO205 fucosyltransferase activity may be an Â«-(1-3/4) enzyme, while the HT-29 activity appears to be an Â«-(1-3)specific form. Further examination of a panel of cell lines, tumor biopsies, and xenografts, based on the effect of metal ions and /V-ethylmaleimide, indicated that both enzyme activities are similarly expressed in human colon carcinoma tissue.
Vero Cell-based Vaccine Production: Cell lines, Media and Bioreactor Options

We hereby review the strategies for optimizing Vero cell based vaccine production using rabies and influenza as examples. The Vero cell line is one of the most satisfactory vaccine production hosts based on its infectability, stability and well-documented performance in quality and quantity of viral yield. It is one of the first cell lines that received FDA approval for vaccine use and is used throughout the world. Cell culture media technology has advanced drastically in recent years, and a number of serum free and protein free options are available through commercial suppliers. Because serum tends to bind toxins and contaminants, its elimination calls for adoption of the highest quality reagents and careful monitoring of culture conditions in order to achieve optimal performance.
Transient Severe Pancytopenia due to Elevated Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Overwhelming Infection

A 66-year-old woman complained of fever, sore throat, and neck pain due to pharyngitis and painful lymph node swelling. CBC revealed severe pancytopenia and markedly hypocellular marrow. The administration of antibiotics and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) successfully ameliorated the inflammatory lesions, and hematopoiesis recovered. Causes for pancytopnenia was unlikely to be virus infection or drugs, and aplastic anemia was also unlikely since only the plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) was markedly elevated, erythropoietin (EPO) was slightly elevated, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) was normal, and flow cytometric analysis for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)-type cells was negative. These results suggested that the cause of impaired hematopoiesis in the present patient might have been due to elevated TNF-α in overwhelming infection, although the pathogen was not identified.