Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EDUCATION: INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROMOTE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND DEVELOP FUTURE READY ENTREPRENEURIAL GRADUATES

How ready our future graduates are, depends on how higher educational institutions best prepare them for the challenges of the future workplace, and the community at large. With an ever-increasing number of new graduates entering the workforce, it becomes almost impossible for every graduate to find employment unless they are equipped with entrepreneurial skills that will elevate their capacity to become selfemployed. With this in mind, the Entrepreneurship Accelerator Project (EAP), a tailor-made capstone module was designed for final year students in a private university, with the aim of producing work-ready graduates with entrepreneurial skills. This study will assess how effective the EAP programme is, in developing students’ entrepreneurial skills and in preparing them to seize business opportunities, take risks, think strategically, and acquire other future work-ready skills set. The study is based on Schumpeter’s entrepreneurial theory of innovation, Kolb’s Experiential Theory of Learning and Dewey’s educational theory of constructivism. The students’ learning experience was assessed through qualitative content analysis of their reflective portfolios. The results demonstrate the positive impact that the module had on students’ learning experience and skills development. The module was found to be an innovative and effective tool that enriched students’ educational experience, increasing the relevance and practicality of the theories and concepts they learned in the classroom by contextualizing subject matter through real-world applications in tackling business opportunities. The team-based pedagogy setting of this capstone module equipped students with a multitude of work-ready skills, and enhanced their innovative and self-directed capabilities, preparing them for the future workplace.
Are Malaysians Ready for the Cashless Society? Evidence from Malaysia’s Undergraduates

Moving to create a greater Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia is set to launch its digital banking framework by the end of 2019. Aligned with the goal, this study is conducted to examine the motivational factors affecting the adoption of cashless transaction system among undergraduates in Malaysia. This study adopted Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine the motivational factors that lead to the adoption of cashless transaction system. Findings shown that Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (PEoU) are positively associated to dependent variables, Adoption of Cashless Transaction System (ADT). In which PU has the greatest effects towards the adoption of cashless transaction system.
Foreign Competition and New Product Creation: Evidence from Trademark Data

We examine how U.S firms adjust their product development strategy to increases in foreign competition. Using a novel dataset of firms’ trademark registrations to proxy for new products, we find a robust negative association between foreign competition and new product creation. The baseline effect is most pronounced in uncompetitive industries, when firms face lower financial constraints, and when managerial risk-taking incentives are low. These findings suggest that foreign competition disciplines managers and induces greater corporate conservatism. Additional results reveal that firms adjust their product development strategy only to imports from high-wage countries. Our final set of results suggests that foreign competition induces a more focused product market strategy and improved resource allocation. Specifically, when faced with increased import competition, firms cut back on low-value products, less novel products, and release a less diverse range of products. Overall, our results suggest that heightened foreign competition significantly influences the product market strategies of U.S. firms. JEL Classification: F61; O31; O32
Psychological factors of competitiveness of the women's youth handball team

The aim of the article is an empirical study of the influence of dispositional optimism on the psychological meaning parameters of the athletes'competitiveness of women's youth handball teams Study participants: women's youth handball teams (n = 61) The handball players are representatives of five national teams from different regions of Ukraine They are regular participants in the competitions of the Championship of Ukraine (Junior League) Methods Standardized and adapted psychodiagnostic methods, correlation analysis, comparative analysis using f - Fisher's angular transformation criterion are applied Results The components of competitiveness of young female handball players are determined and grounded: motivational, regulatory, personal It is established that the average viability indicators in the group of women's handball players exceed the average normative values, which points out at the ability to overcome difficult, stressful situations in training and competitive sports activities Higher indicators of the studied sample were stated in comparison with the normative values on the scales "Openness to experience", "Conscientiousness" and "Extraversion" It was found that dispositional optimism at a statistically significant level (p &lt; 05) correlates with the indicators "Motivation to succeed", "Hardiness" and its components (commitment, control, challenge) The correlation at the statistically significant level (p &lt; 05) of dispositional optimism with personal factors, namely, with openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism was stated A comparative analysis of two groups of female handball players by the level of dispositional optimism was performed It is established and substantiated that dispositional optimism has an impact on the motivation to succeed, hardiness, openness to experience, conscientiousness The diagram is constructed and the differences in the key parameters of dispositional optimism are clearly shown The obtained results should be implemented in the practice of psychological work on pre-competitive training of young athletes in team sports in order to increase the level of competitiveness
The impact of environmental responsibility on changing consumer behaviour – sustainable market in Slovakia

DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2020/13-3/6 ABSTRACT. Our planet is faced with numerous social and ecological challenges that we have to resolve as soon as possible through a combination of innovative ideas implemented under local conditions. One of the biggest challenges for many startups, retail chains and consumers themselves is packaging waste reduction that involves activities mainly aimed at waste prevention. The targeted impact of sustainability information on consumers’ purchase intentions plays a key role in shaping their future decision-making, and Slovak market is no exception in this regard. A relatively new concept of “zero waste” in relation to packaging waste prevention directly during shopping has been given the green light thanks to behavioural changes among many Slovak eco-conscious consumers. The main aim of presented paper is to determine the level of environmental awareness among Slovak consumers basing on the results of marketing research on their shopping habits. The present paper also focuses on the current situation with zero-waste stores as a newly developing concept for Slovak market. In order to meet the objectives of this paper, own marketing research has been conducted (covering 783 respondents from Slovak Republic). For statistical processing of the results, we have used Levene ́s test, Bartlett ́s test, KolmogorovSmirnov test and Chi-Square test of independence. The research findings confirm that consumers' experiences, awareness and sustainable shopping habits are at a good level but there are significant differences in attitudes across generations, genders and places of living.
CO2 Capture with Ionic Liquids : Experiments and Molecular Simulations

In this thesis, we investigated the potential of physical ILs for CO2 capture at pre-combustion and natural gas sweetening conditions. The performance of ILs with respect to conventional solvents is assessed in terms of gas solubilities and selectivities. The work discussed in this thesis consists of two parts. The first part deals with experimental determination of gas solubilities in ILs, while in the second part molecular simulations are used to predict gas solubilities in physical solvents. In Chapter 2, a comprehensive review of CO2 capture with ILs is presented. In Chapter 3, the experimental results of pure CO2 and CH4 solubilities in many different kinds of ILs are reported. Ideal CO2/CH4 selectivities are derived from the experimental data and a comparison with conventional solvents is provided. In Chapter 4, the experimental results on the solubility of CO2/CH4 gas mixtures in ILs is discussed. Real CO2/CH4 selectivities are derived from this mixed-gas solubility data. In Chapter 5, Monte Carlo (MC) molecular simulations are used to predict the solubility of natural gas components in ILs and Selexol. In Chapter 6, MC simulations are used to compute the bubble points of CO2/CH4 gas mixtures in ILs. In Chapter 7, MC simulations are used to compute the solubility of the pre-combustion gases CO2, CH4, CO, H2, N2 and H2S in an IL. Separation selectivities relevant for the pre-combustion process are derived from the MC data and a comparison with experimental data is provided. In Chapter 8, a novel Monte Carlo method is developed to study the reactions of CO2 with aqueous monoethanolamine (MEA). The so-called Reaction Ensemble Monte Carlo method in combination with the Continuous Fractional Component technique (RxMC/CFC) is used to compute the equilibrium speciation of all relevant species formed during the chemisorption process of CO2 with aqueous MEA solutions. The computed speciation results are compared with available experimental data. Finally, Chapter 9 provides a detailed comparison of gas solubilities in ILs with respect to the conventional solvents Selexol, Purisol, Rectisol, propylene carbonate, and sulfolane.
Optimal model averaging for divergent-dimensional Poisson regressions

Abstract This paper proposes a new model averaging method to address model uncertainty in Poisson regressions, allowing the dimension of covariates to increase with the sample size. We derive an unbiased estimator of the Kullback–Leibler (KL) divergence to choose averaging weights. We show that when all candidate models are misspecified, the proposed estimate is asymptotically optimal by achieving the least KL divergence among all possible averaging estimators. In another situation where correct models exist in the model space, our method can produce consistent coefficient estimates. We apply the proposed techniques to study the determinants and predict corporate innovation outcomes measured by the number of patents.
Spatial Graph Embeddings REU 2020

3 Random variables and the linking number 10 3.1 Number of segments as a random variable . 10 3.2 Mean squared linking number of linear embeddings of K6 . 11 3.3 Uniform random polygons with different number of segments . 13 3.4 Mean squared linking number in linear embeddings of K6 with number of segments as a random variable . 15
RAPID HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETECTION OF FUROSINE (ε‐N‐2‐FUROYLMETHYL‐L‐LYSINE) IN YOGURT AND CHEESE MARKETED IN TURKEY*

Furosine (e-N-2-furoylmethyl-L-lysine) content determination in the yogurt and different cheese types (pickled white, kasar, processed, canned tulum, blue-veined and mozzarella cheeses) marketed in Turkey was performed using ion-pair reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Calibration study (R2 = 0.9999), analytical method validation and recovery studies gave satisfactory results. The lowest furosine values were observed in pickled white cheeses (5.35 ± 0.01 to 7.28 ± 0.02 mg/100 g protein). All cheeses except pickled white showed furosine values between 182.16 ± 0.12 (canned tulum) and 261.32 ± 0.10 mg/100 g protein (ripened kasar). The highest content of furosine was observed in whole yogurt (316.47 ± 0.17 mg/100 g protein) which could be because of severe heat treatment and the addition of milk powder during the manufacturing process. The method provides a rapid, reproducible and accurate determination of this Amadori compound (e-deoxy-fructosyl-lysine) in yogurt and cheese samples.
Advanced Assistive Technologies for Elderly People: A Psychological Perspective on Older Users’ Needs and Preferences (Part B)

This paper provides a general overview of the literature regarding advanced assistive technologies devoted to improving elders’ life. Recent studies on assistive robots and embodied conversational agents are carefully examined in order to identify main seniors’ preferences regarding their general design. While providing data on seniors’ preferences about the design of assistive devices, main evidence on both robots and virtual agent’s appearance, abilities/functionalities, personalities, and role features are summarized and commented.
VOWEL EPENTHESIS IN PAKISTANI ENGLISH

This paper attempts to find out the epenthesis patterns in Pakistani English. It also focuses on the phonological environments in which epenthesis takes place. For this purpose data has been collected from Punjabi speakers of English language. We have studied epenthesis at initial, medial and final positions as well as before syllable consonants. Speech pictures and spectrograms have been used to prove the absence or presence of vowel insertion between consonant clusters, syllable consonants and in syllable onsets. The research proves that epenthesis is a regular feature of Pakistani English and it follows certain patterns. The present study is useful as it scientifically proves the claims of various researchers about epenthesis being a regular feature of Pakistani English. It bolsters perception based opinions with the help of instrumental study and thus validates the previous claims.
Empirical research of vitality of representatives of parachuting and yoga practice: a comparative analysis

The purpose of the article is empirical research and theoretical substantiation of subjective and dispositional vitality of representatives of parachuting and yoga practice; carrying out a comparative analysis of the results of two experimental groups with the control group. The analysis of probable causes of exhaustion and increasing of respondents’vitality has been carried out. The mechanisms of influence of the researched types of the activity of respondents at the level of subjective and dispositional vitality have been described. Participants of the research are: athletes of parachute sports JSC LLC “Avia-Soyuz” (Mayske, Dnipro, Ukraine)(n=43); representatives of yoga practice of the Yoga Studio “Symmetry” (Sumy, Ukraine) (n=36) and representatives of the control sample, which consisted of students of Kolomyia Educational Scientific Institute of the Precarpathian National University named after Vasyl Stefanyk (Kolomyia, Ukraine) and Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University (Kremenchuk, Ukraine) (n=36). Methods. The following standardized and adapted psychodiagnostic techniques with experimental scales were used: “Subjective Vitality Scale”; “Hardiness Survey”. Results. Empirical results of the research of vitality and hardiness of respondents are presented. Significant correlations of the studied parameters have been established (p<.05; p <.01). Differences were set down in the parameter “Control” (p<.05) in the group of parachutists compared to the control. The high results of “Control” (M=22.12; SD=5.64) of representatives of parachuting have been substantiated with excessive danger and extremeness of this kind of sport. It is stated that total control can deplete parachutists, i. e. be a factor of reducing vitality. Emphasis was placed on the indicators of respondents who practice yoga, who had higher average values of Dispositional Vitality (M=35.64; SD=9.91) and Hardiness (M=57.81; SD=12.42) with lower average values of Control (M=19.12; SD=4.14). Conclusions. High level of subjective vitality as a state and dispositional vitality as a personal quality of parachutists and yoga was stated. Comparative analysis of the results with the indicators of the control group showed a direct dependence of the positive impact of parachuting and yoga practice on the respondents’ vitality and hardiness. It has been proposed to operationalize the results of the research in the practice of maintaining and improving the mental state of vitality of the representatives of the studied activities and to extend to athletes of individual and game sports.
Contracting Beyond the Market: Property Rights, Externalities, Historical Conflict, and Contractual Agreements between Firms and Nonmarket Stakeholders

Despite firms’ growing engagement of nonmarket stakeholders—such as local communities and nongovernmental organizations—there has been little research on the emergence of contractual agreements between firms and nonmarket actors. Given that a very large number of such contracts are theoretically possible but only a small number exist, we seek to understand what factors explain the use of contracts to govern some firm-stakeholder relationships but not others. We ground our inquiry in transaction cost economics, which views governance as a means to infuse order into a relation where potential conflict threatens value creation. We propose that the property rights, externalities, and history of conflict that define the relationship between a firm and a nonmarket stakeholder influence the potential for conflict between them and therefore the probability of a contract to govern their relationship. We collect novel data on the location and relationships between indigenous communities and mining firms in Canada to identify a plausible exhaustive set of indigenous communities “at risk” of signing a contract with a mining firm. We measure the three factors defining the relationship between a firm and a local community by relying, respectively, on historically assigned property rights over a mining area, the mine-community colocation in a watershed, and archival records of protests and lawsuits. We find support for our propositions by examining which of the 5,342 dyads formed by 459 indigenous communities and 98 firms signed 259 contracts between 1999 and 2013.
SCREENING OF RICE GERMPLASM FOR DROUGHT STRESS TOLERANCE USING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

Drought stress reduces rice yields around the globe. For this, an investigation was carried out with rice landraces and cultivars to identify drought tolerant genotypes under drought stress conditions using multivariate statistical analysis. The experiment was conducted with 24 genotypes composed of 20 land races and four cultivars during October – March of 2016-17 season using strip-plot design with three replications under control and rainfed drought blocks. The results of the analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes, treatments and genotype × treatment interactions for most of the characters studied. Comparing the mean values, control blocks produced superior performances than drought blocks for most of the traits except proline content. Based on the genetic distance, all the 24 genotypes were grouped into three different clusters. In both control and drought conditions, the cluster II contained some common genotypes viz. Kalamanik and Burikatari with the highest number of relative means for number of tillers per hill, chlorophyll content, shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight and yield per plant. Principal component analysis revealed maximum variation by first three components. The biplot analysis indicated the maximum proximity of genotypes BRRI Dhan56, BRRI Dhan66 and BRRI Dhan71 with root traits and yield per plant. Drought susceptibility indices (DSI) indicated the superiority in the BRRI dhan66. Considering overall superior performances, the genotypes BRRI dhan71, BRRI dhan57, BRRI dhan56, Kalamanik, Burikatari, Noyantara and Honumanjata might be useful for novel sources of drought tolerant genes and genotypes in future drought tolerance breeding.
Abstract Identifying the key injury regions of vehicle occupants is an important step to further improve the safety of future vehicles. Their estimation for occupants of future vehicle concepts with novel restraint strategies

Identifying the key injury regions of vehicle occupants is an important step to further improve the safety of future vehicles. Their estimation for occupants of future vehicle concepts with novel restraint strategies poses a particular challenge. While accident databases can offer valuable insights, they are limited to the current vehicle fleet. Human body models (HBMs) are an interesting alternative, since they enable the investigation of injury mechanisms and the estimation of effects of changing boundary conditions and protective countermeasures. To produce reliable results though, these models need to be set up with representative boundary conditions and reliable injury predictors have to be identified. As a first step, the present study tried to match the relative injury frequency across all body regions observed in a real-world accident database sample to simulation results obtained with a detailed HBM. The occupant model was seated in a simplified vehicle model and variability in the vehicle fleet was accounted for by varying loads, boundary conditions and restraint system parameters. Differences between the predicted frequencies of injury were identified – most prominently for the head. Since this method can be seen as a plausibility check for the human body model, thresholds for the strain-based assessment are discussed.
End-to-end globally consistent registration of multiple point clouds

We present a novel, end-to-end learnable, multiview 3D point cloud registration algorithm. Registration of multiple scans typically follows a two-stage pipeline: the initial pair-wise alignment and the globally consistent reﬁnement. The former is often ambiguous due to the low overlap of neighboring point clouds, symmetries and repetitive scene parts. Therefore, the latter global reﬁnement aims at establishing the cyclic consistency across multiple scans and helps in re-solving the ambiguous cases. In this paper we propose the ﬁrst end-to-end algorithm for joint learning of both parts of this two-stage problem. Experimental evaluation on benchmark datasets shows that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art by a signiﬁcant margin, while being end-to-end trainable and computationally less costly. A more detailed description of the method, further analysis, and ablation studies are provided in the original CVPR 2020 paper [11].
ENHANCEMENT OF DISSOLUTION RATE OF IBUPROFEN BY PREPARING SOLID DISPERSION USING DIFFERENT METHODS

Ibuprofen is (NSAID) non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drug and used as analgesic & anti‐inflammatory drug. It can be also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and primary dysmenorrhea. Ibuprofen is absorbed rapidly, bound avidly to protein, but it has low aqueous solubility so, it also lowers the dissolution profile of drug. To overcome this problem, various techniques are used, like solid dispersion, complexation, co‐solvency, hydrotrophy, nano technology approach.