Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reactive Power Interconnection Requirements for PV and Wind Plants - Recommendations to NERC

Voltage on the North American bulk system is normally regulated by synchronous generators, which typically are provided with voltage schedules by transmission system operators. In the past, variable generation plants were considered very small relative to conventional generating units, and were characteristically either induction generator (wind) or line-commutated inverters (photovoltaic) that have no inherent voltage regulation capability. However, the growing level of penetration of non-traditional renewable generation - especially wind and solar - has led to the need for renewable generation to contribute more significantly to power system voltage control and reactive power capacity. Modern wind-turbine generators, and increasingly PV inverters as well, have considerable dynamic reactive power capability, which can be further enhanced with other reactive support equipment at the plant level to meet interconnection requirements. This report contains a set of recommendations to the North-America Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) as part of Task 1-3 (interconnection requirements) of the Integration of Variable Generation Task Force (IVGTF) work plan. The report discusses reactive capability of different generator technologies, reviews existing reactive power standards, and provides specific recommendations to improve existing interconnection standards.
Streamflow Changes of Small and Large Rivers in the Aldan River Basin, Eastern Siberia

The flow of large northern rivers has increased, but regional patterns of changes are not well understood. The aim of this study is the estimation of monthly discharge changes of the 11 river catchments in the Aldan River basin in Eastern Siberia, the largest Lena River tributary and the sixth largest river in Russia. We considered the trend dependence on month, number of years in the sample, finish and start years, and basin area. The median fraction of samples with no trend, positive and negative trends are 70.5%, 28.5%, and 1%, respectively. Longer samples tend to show more positive trends than shorter ones. There is an increasing fraction of samples with positive trends as a function of later sample end year, whereas the start year does not result in a similar pattern. The larger basins, with one exception, have more positive trends than smaller ones. The trends in monthly streamflow have prominent seasonality with absence of positive trends in June and increasing fraction of samples with positive trends from October till April. The study reports the recent streamflow changes on the rarely analyzed rivers in Eastern Siberia, where air temperature rises faster than in average on the globe. The study results are important for water resources management in the region and better understanding of current environmental changes.
Dynamic Econometric Program Evaluation

H. Theil has made important contributions to the analysis of simultaneous-equations models. This paper gives an exposition of some closely related recent developments in microeconometrics, with a focus on efforts to develop robust methods for dynamic policy evaluation. We set the stage with a brief discussion of the static treatment-effect approach to program evaluation and non-parametric structural models. We then critically analyze the dynamic treatment-effects approach adopted from statistics. Finally, we review the eventhistory approach. We clarify some of the fundamental problems that arise in the analysis of such models by rephrasing a canonical version as a simultaneous-equations model.
Faktor Determinan Minat Individu Menggunakan M-Commerce : Technology Acceptance Model yang Dimodifikasi

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi minat menggunakan m-commerce dengan menggunakan model Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Penelitian dilakukan di kota Malang yang tepatnya di Universitas Brawijaya. Responden yang diambil dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 116 orang dan seluruhnya pernah menggunakan m- commerce . Hasil analisis untuk model ini menunjukkan bahwa konstruk persepsi kemudahan penggunaan berpengaruh terhadap minat menggunakan m-commerce dan konstruk personal inovatif berpengaruh terhadap persepsi kemudahan penggunaan. Sedangkan konstruk norma subjektif, persepsi kegunaan, mobile involvement, dan persepsi resiko tidak berpengaruh terhadap minat menggunakan m-commerce . Hasil ini menandakan bahwa minat menggunakan m-commerce dipengaruhi oleh persepsi kemudahan penggunaan dan variabel persepsi kemudahan penggunaan dipengaruhi oleh personal inovatif. Implikasi dari hasil penelitian ini relevan bagi pengguna m-commerce agar lebih memperhatikan faktor personal inovatif dan persepsi kemudahan penggunaan. Pengguna mobile commerce diharapkan untuk lebih yakin bahwa dengan menggunakan teknologi mobile commerce menjadi lebih mudah serta lebih berani untuk mencoba sesuatu yang baru khususnya dalam hal ini adalah mobile commerce . Kata Kunci : Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), mobile commerce, minat, persepsi kemudahan penggunaan, personal inovatif.
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF ROAD: A PILOT STUDY FOR INVENTORY ANALYSIS. SECOND REVISED EDITION

In co-operation with the Swedish National Road Administration, the Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) has performed a basic life cycle assessment covering the inventory part for road construction, road maintenance and road operation. The complete life cycle of a road has been studied including the extraction of raw materials, the production of construction products, the construction process, the maintenance and operation of the road and finally the disposal/reuse of the road at the end of the life cycle (end of the analysed time period). The contribution from traffic during the same time period is not included in the study. However, as a brief comparison, the contribution from the traffic has been roughly calculated and compared with the road system. The report is available in full text on the internet: http://www.ivl. se/rapporter/pdf/B1210E.pdf.
Örtüaltı domateste farklı sürgün budamasının Lasioptera sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) üzerine etkinliğinin belirlenmesi ve zararlının görsel renk tercihi

aBiological Control Research Institute, Kışla Cad, 01321, Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey bMalatya Turgut Özal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Kırkgöz cad. , No:70, 44210, Battalgazi, Malatya, Turkey cRegional Directorate of Bayer Turkey Antalya, Termesos Blv. No.29, Time 2 Plaza D.6, 07025 Muratpaşa, Antalya, Turkey dSelçuk University, Silifke Taşucu Vocational School, Taşucu, Mersin, Turkey
Boll Maturity Estimates for Mid- and Late-Season Flowering Dates in Arizona

Boll maturity dates and the number of days after flowering for a boll to reach physiological maturity were estimated for six representative flower dates: 15 July, 29 July, 12 August, 26 August, 9 September and 23 September. Estimates were developed for 28 locations using historical heat unit (HU) information using the assumption that 600 HUs are required after flowering for a boll to reach physiological maturity. The results are presented in both tabular and graphical forms.
From System Expansion to System Contraction: Access to Higher Education in Poland

Access to higher education in Poland is changing due to the demography of smaller cohorts of potential students. Following a demand-driven educational expansion after the collapse of communism in 1989, the higher education system is now contracting. Such expansion/contraction and growth/decline in European higher education has rarely been researched, and this article can thus provide a possible scenario for what might occur in other European postcommunist countries. On the basis of an analysis of microlevel data from the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions, I highlight the consequences of changing demographics for the dilemmas of public funding and admissions criteria in both public and private sectors.
Boundary management in ICT-enabled work: Exploring structuration in information systems research

ICTs have enabled increased mobility and created a new era of workplace connectivity. Due to changes in work organization, global operations, increased mobility, and the new opportunities they are creating; work requires more coordination, more travel and a higher frequency of boundary spanning. ICTs have infiltrated into the personal life of individuals, while similarly, having an increasing impact on how organizations manage their workers? work-life balance. This research investigates the work boundary negotiation process in ICT-enabled work.Using an in-depth case study supplemented with visual data, this thesis studies the case of Sigma, an international consulting firm, that serves clients located in a large geographical area. It explores how consultants exhibiting mobile work practices, use ICTs to negotiate work boundaries. It draws on the structurational model of technology and complements it with the boundary object construct. The utilisation of this combined approach allows further understanding of work boundary negotiation.The research reveals that some ICTs as technological artefacts are boundary objects bridging between different groups of actors, crossing work boundaries, and allowing actors to negotiate their work boundaries while challenging traditional boundaries. Thus, allowing consultants to use their ICTs (specifically their smartphone) to negotiate their work boundaries on a need to basis. The boundary negotiation process (as revealed by the structuration process) is the means by which consultants try to make the most out of existing social structures ? in this case specifically domination ? in their organizational context. The ICT becomes a source of power and is mainly used to manifest domination over available resources. Consultants use them to maintain control over their life, increase their legitimacy and convey that they are professional experts. ICTs allow consultants to continuously redefine their work boundaries which become dynamic, fluid and contextual; the research reaffirms the sociotechnical nature of work boundaries.The thesis also develops a conceptual model of work boundary negotiation that conceptually illustrates how boundary negotiation is the outcome of the structuration process and the negotiation of existing structures of domination, legitimation and signification.
Induction design : a method for evolutionary design

City planning is a concept which usually covers the wide range of events, processes and developments taking place in our cities, but individual plans and designs cannot do justice to the complex realities of the city. In this work, the author aims to take the reader beyond our traditional understanding of city design to redefine our perception of design in this context. With the assistance of computers, a dynamic mechanism will be created which generates a result corresponding to the specific conditions and requirements stipulated. By this form of "meta-design" a greater degree of freedom is obtained than the conventional design methods provide. In this publication, this theory and process is analyzed, looking at the first computer-generated architecture in the world, the underground station "Iidabashi".
Pengaruh Kinerja Keuangan terhadap Pertumbuhan Laba pada Perbankan di Bei

ABSTRAK Peranan perbankan sangat mempengaruhi kegiatan ekonomi suatu negara. Bank dapat dikatakan sebagai darahnya perekonomian suatu negara. Oleh karena itu, kemajuan bank disuatu negara dapat pula dijadikan ukuran kemajuan negara yang bersangkutan. Semakin maju suatu negara, maka semakin besar pula peranan perbankan dalam mengendalikan negara tersebut. Begitu pentingnya dunia perbankan, sehingga ada anggapan bahwa bank merupakan “ nyawa” untuk menggerakkan roda perekonomian suatu negara. Objek yang diteliti dalam penelitian ini adalah Bank - bank Swasta yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia, yang di ambil 20 sampel Bank. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah Untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh Net Profit Margin (NPM) dan Total Asset Turnover (TATO) ,terhadap Pertumbuhan laba pada Bank Swasta Devisa di Bursa Efek Indonesia selama tahun 2009-2011. Adapun variabel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Net Profit Margin (X1) dan Total Asset Turnover (X2), Pertumbuhan Laba (Y). Penelitian ini menggunakan Asumsi Klasik dan Analisis Regresi Linear Berganda. Secara parsial variabel TATO, dan NPM memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan laba. Hal ini berarti kontribusi pengaruh dari NPM dan TATO terhadap naik turunnya pertumbuhan laba adalah sebesar 8,6 %. Sisanya sebesar 91,4% dijelaskan oleh variabel – variabel lain diluar variabel yang diteliti. Dengan demikian perusahaan, hendaknya memperhatikan nilai pengembalian baik dari asset maupun modal untuk merangsang pertumbuhan laba. Kata kunci : NPM, TATO, laba, bank.
Comparison of methodologies for design peak discharge estimation in selected catchments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Some usual hydrological methods and the hydrological model EBA4SUB are used in the paper to determine the design peak discharge for various return periods for catchments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the paper is to test for the first time the EBA4SUB model in the selected catchments. The results obtained by the EBA4SUB model compare well with other related methods. The advantages of the model lie in the fact that it takes into account physical processes taking place in the catchment, influencing formation of surface runoff.
Onboarding: How to Get Your New Employees Up to Speed in Half the Time

Acknowledgments. PART I PREPARE FOR YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE'S SUCCESS BEFORE YOU START RECRUITING. CHAPTER 1 Understand the Organization-Wide Benefits of a Total Onboarding Program: An Executive Summary. CHAPTER 2 Clarify Your Destination and Messages to the Candidate and the Organization. 2.1 Purpose and Priorities (Downloadable). 2.2 Onboarding Track Record (Downloadable). 2.3 Messages (Downloadable). CHAPTER 3 Craft Your Time Line, Write a Recruiting Brief, and Align Your Stakeholders. 3.1 Total Onboarding Program Time Line (Downloadable). 3.2 Recruiting Brief (Downloadable). PART II RECRUIT IN A WAY THAT REINFORCES YOUR MESSAGES. CHAPTER 4 Create a Powerful Slate of Potential Candidates. 4.1 Employment Brand (Downloadable). 4.2 Candidate Sourcing (Downloadable). 4.3 Candidate Tracking (Downloadable). CHAPTER 5 Evaluate Candidates Against the Recruiting Brief While Pre-Selling and Pre-Boarding. 5.1 On-Site Interview Day Plan (Downloadable). 5.2 Interview Guide (Downloadable). 5.3 Interview Debrief (Downloadable). 5.4 Reference/Background Check (Downloadable). CHAPTER 6 Make the Right Offer, and Close the Right Sale the Right Way. 6.1 Offer Closing Process (Downloadable). PART III GIVE YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE A BIG HEAD START BEFORE DAY ONE. CHAPTER 7 Co-Create a Personal Onboarding Plan with Your New Employee. 7.1 Personal Onboarding Plan (Downloadable). 7.2 Onboarding Conversation Guide (Downloadable). CHAPTER 8 Manage the Announcement to Set Your New Employee Up for Success. 8.1 Announcement Cascade (Downloadable). CHAPTER 9 Do What It Takes to Make Your New Employee Ready, Eager, and Able to Do Real Work on Day One. 9.1 Accommodation Checklist (Downloadable). PART IV ENABLE AND INSPIRE YOUR NEW EMPLOYEE TO DELIVER BETTER RESULTS FASTER. CHAPTER 10 Make Positive First Impressions Both Ways. 10.1 Pseudonewcomer Audit (Downloadable). 10.2 New Employee as Valued Customer (Downloadable). CHAPTER 11 Speed Development of Important Working Relationships. 11.1 Assimilation Checklist (Downloadable). CHAPTER 12 Provide Resources, Support, and Follow-Through. 12.1 New Manager Assimilation (Downloadable). 12.2 Acceleration Checklist (Downloadable). APPENDICES. APPENDIX I Organization-Wide Transformation. APPENDIX II Sourcing Candidates on the Web. Notes. Glossary. References. About the Guest Experts. About the Authors. Index.
RIVER EFFICIENCY, FUEL TAXES, AND MODAL SHIFTS: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY MODEL ASSISTS POLICY MAKERS

Studying ways to measure the economic and social costs of the intermodal traffic shifts that would result from closing a waterway lock for reconstruction, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) developed a model for estimating river efficiency and fuel tax collections. TVA's River Efficiency Model (REM) revealed that the Ohio River ranks first in efficiency, closely followed by the Lower Mississippi. It also shows that tributary navigation feeding mainstem traffic generates 50% of the total fuel tax collections.
The impact of NRZ data asymmetry on the performance of a space telemetry system. [Non-Return-to-Zero

The author derives an expression for the power spectral density of an asymmetric nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) data stream. This formula is used to investigate how the data bandwidth varies with data asymmetry. The threshold levels of undesired spectral components that fall into the carrier tracking loop bandwidth are determined by examining the derived spectral density. Based on this formula, a simple technique is developed for the computation of bit signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) degradation due to data asymmetry. The telemetry bit SNR degradations derived using this technique are compared with the results obtained previously by M.K. Simon et al. (1978) and with measurements by the electronic systems test laboratory (ESTL) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. >
Automated composite ellipsoid modelling for high frequency GTD analysis

The preliminary results of a scheme currently being developed to fit a composite ellipsoid to the fuselage of a helicopter in the vicinity of the antenna location are discussed under the assumption that the antenna is mounted on the fuselage. The parameters of the close-fit composite ellipsoid would then be utilized as inputs into NEWAIR3, a code programmed in FORTRAN 77 for high frequency Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD) Analysis of the radiation of airborne antennas.
Hemp Growth Factors and Extraction Methods Effect on Antimicrobial Activity of Hemp Seed Oil: A Systematic Review

The bioactive Hemp Seed Oil (HSO) is becoming very popular in the medical and research fields due to its antimicrobial properties against several diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. However, the effect of hemp-growing factors and extraction methods on the bioactivity of HSO does not receive adequate research attention. Therefore, this review aims to investigate the effect of growth factors and extraction methods on the antimicrobial activity of HSO. Articles were retrieved from Google Scholar and the Scopus database and screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study revealed that HSO prefers warm climates and favorable humidity ranging from 20 to 39 °C and 79–100% per year, respectively, and rainfall of 324 mm daily. The multivariate linear regression shown excellent prediction (R2 = 0.94) with climates upon Zone of Growth Inhibition (ZGI) of Gram-positive bacteria. Temperature is the strongest predictor (p < 0.01) followed by humidity and rainfall (p < 0.05). Furthermore, well-drained loam soil rich in organic matter seems to stimulate the antimicrobial activity of HSO. The major constituents that influence HSO’s antimicrobial ability to Staphylococcus aureus were cannabidiol (CBD), β-caryophyllene, and limonene. The extraction methods showed less influence on the HSO bioactivity. HSO did not show significant antioxidant activity, but Hemp Seed Hull (HSH), Hemp Seed Flour (HSF), and Hydrolyzed Hemp Seed Protein (HPH), expressed promising DPPH scavenging ability.
Hypothalamus volume in men: Investigating associations with paternal status, self-reported caregiving beliefs and adult attachment style

Most studies on mammalian caregiving and attachment have focused on the mother-child relationship, particularly in humans. Yet, changing societal roles of male caregivers have highlighted the necessity for research with fathers. In this study, we examined the volume of the hypothalamus, an important subcortical brain area for caregiving and attachment, in a sample of N=50 fathering (child age 5-6 years) and N=45 nonfathering men using a novel technique to identify the human hypothalamus in 3T MRI. Furthermore, we employed three self-report measures to assess interindividual differences in adult attachment style across all men and caregiving beliefs in fathers. While we did not observe any significant difference in hypothalamus volume between fathers and non-fathers or associations between hypothalamus volume and self-reported adult attachment style across all men, self-reported caregiving beliefs were positively related to total hypothalamus volume in fathers. A follow-up analysis showed that fathers’ self-reported belief that a father’s role is important to child development was specifically related to tuberal hypothalamus volume, while self-reported enjoyment of spending time with the child was not associated with volume in hypothalamus sub-regions. Together, these findings suggest that interindividual variability in self reported caregiving beliefs in fathers is related to brain structure, warranting further research.
Sex Differences in Brain Disorders

A remarkable feature of the brain is its sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism in brain structure and function is associated with clinical implications documented previously in healthy individuals but also in those who suffer from various brain disorders. Sex-based differences concerning some features such as the risk, prevalence, age of onset, and symptomatology have been confirmed in a range of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. The mechanisms responsible for the establishment of sex-based differences between men and women are not fully understood. The present paper provides up-to-date data on sex-related dissimilarities observed in brain disorders and highlights the most relevant features that differ between males and females. The topic is very important as the recognition of disparities between the sexes might allow for the identification of therapeutic targets and pharmacological approaches for intractable neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Headmasters' Transformational Leadership and Their Relationship with Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Teachers' Commitments.

This study aimed to determine the level of transformational leadership practices by headmasters in the primary national schools in the district of Temerloh, Malaysia. The four dimensions of Transformational Leadership studied were fostering the ideal influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulating and individual consideration. The study also looks at the level of teachers’ job satisfaction and teachers ‘commitments as well as the relationship with the practice of transformational leadership by headmasters. The respondents consisted of 240 teachers working in 10 primary schools in the district of Temerloh, Pahang. The data obtained was processed using SSPS program version 12.0 and were analyzed using descriptive and multivariate. The result of the study showed that the practice of transformational leadership by headmasters in the district of Temerloh, Malaysia, was at a high level and teacher’s job satisfaction was high too, and there exist a significant relation between the level of transformation leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction while teachers’ commitments were average. However, the results of the study showed a significant relation between the level of transformational leadership and teachers work commitment. The implication of this study is that leaders should always ensure their high performance leadership to have a significant relationship with staff’s satisfaction and school staff’s commitment.