Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
User Preferences on Cloud Computing and Open Innovation: A Case Study for University Employees in Greece

Cloud computing hastens technology driven innovation by taking advantage of the speed, the cost-effectiveness, the efficiency and the security that such applications offer. By using cloud computing, public organizations can exploit the economies of scale and innovate both efficiency and rapidly. The present study focuses on the factors influencing the adoption of a new technological application within the procedures of change management. It examines the willingness to adopt cloud computing for the case of administrative employees in a higher education institute working environment. A prediction model explores a Ubiquitous cloud computing adoption system (USAS), utilizing the theory of technology acceptance model (TAM) and resulting that end users are welcoming the adoption of the cloud computing. Policy makers should move towards empowering the stakeholders with e-skills to stimulate technology driven innovation, resulting in improvements in effectiveness and efficiency, in the creation of new jobs and in the promotion of sustainable development practices.
Developing a policy management algorithm for ship provision: a Delphi Technique Integrated with Hesitant Fuzzy Set (DTIHFS) approach

ABSTRACT Currently, elements of ship procurement such as stores, lubricants, manning and various regulatory obligations represent a considerable amount of daily running costs. Specifically, ship provision decision-making consists of many uncertainties and a wide number of decision parameters due to the regional price and product quality differences. The primary objective of this study is to establish a decision support system for provision decision-making process. In order to achieve this, a policy management algorithm framework integrating the Delphi Technique (DT) and the Hesitant Fuzzy Set (HFS) approach was established. In the Delphi process, a survey was distributed to a group of experts from regional shipping companies. The overall consensus revealed that ship location, company policy, and inventory of products could be determined as the main decision-criteria consisting of various attributes which are expressed with linguistic terms. In order to transform linguistics terms to numerical values, the HFS was applied. This integrated methodological framework was also applied to selected case studies of two ships. It was found that it would be possible to reduce daily provision cost per crew from $10.36 to $8.24 and from $16.16 to $11.64, and to save, respectively, $19717.45 and $7404.45 within 453 and 470 days for given ships.
Variability Studies for Seed Morphological Traits in Safflower Genotypes

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a member of Asteraceae family originated in the region spanning India, Afghanistan and Ethiopia. It is mentioned as kusumba in ancient Indian scriptures but is known as kusube in Kannada, kardai in Marathi and kusum in Hindi. The cultivated safflower is a diploid with 24 chromosomes. Safflower is one of the oldest multipurpose oilseed crops in the world. Traditionally, it is grown for its seeds, flowers, fabric dyes, food colouring and for medicinal reasons (Li and Mundel, 1996). The natural dyes called carthamin is extracted from brilliantly coloured flowers. The seeds are used for extraction of vegetable oil for consumption as well as industrial uses.
Plethora (Novaluron + Indoxacarb) insecticide for the management of tomato fruit borer complex

During the past three decades, efforts have been made to reduce the risk of human exposure to pesticides specially insecticides. There is a great demand for safer and more selective insecticides that spare natural enemies and non target organisms. The present investigation was conducted during rabi season 2009 and 2010, to test the effectiveness of recently developed new ready mix insecticide Plethora (Novaluron 5.25 %+ Indoxacarb 4.5% SC) along with other insecticides against Helicoverpa armigera Hub and Spodoptera litura Fab. infesting tomato. It is observed that Plethora @ 875 ml/ha recorded only 3.75% fruit damage, while in control plot it was 45.6%. Though highest cost benefit ratio (1:6.17) was obtained when Plethora was applied at 825 ml/ha. Independently novaluron performed well specially against S. litura and indoxacarb showed better performance against H. armigera but lamda-cyhalothrin expressed comparatively lower performance than other selected insecticides which received 28.30% fruit infestation.
Prevalence of legitimate pollinators and nectar robbers and the consequences for fruit set in an Antirrhinum majus hybrid zone

ABSTRACT Pollinators display a remarkable diversity of foraging strategies with flowering plants, from primarily mutualistic interactions to cheating through nectar robbery. Despite numerous studies on the effect of nectar robbing on components of plant fitness, its contribution to reproductive isolation is unclear. We experimentally tested the impact of different pollinator strategies in a natural hybrid zone between two subspecies of Antirrhinum majus with alternate flower colour guides. On either side of a steep cline in flower colour between Antirrhinum majus pseudomajus (magenta) and A. m. striatum (yellow), we quantified the behaviour of all floral visitors at different time points during the flowering season. Using long-run camera surveys, we quantify the impact of nectar robbing on the number of flowers visited per inflorescence and the flower probing time. We further experimentally tested the effect of nectar robbing on female reproductive success by manipulating the intensity of robbing. While robbing increased over time the number of legitimate visitors tended to decrease concomitantly. We found that the number of flowers pollinated on a focal inflorescence decreased with the number of prior robbing events. However, in the manipulative experiment, fruit set and fruit volume did not vary significantly between low robbing and control treatments. Our findings challenge the idea that robbers have a negative impact on plant fitness through female function. This study also adds to our understanding of the components of pollinator-mediated reproductive isolation and the maintenance of Antirrhinum hybrid zones.
A long-term survey of spring monarch butterflies in north-central Florida

Long-term springtime counts of immature and adult monarch butterflies and their Asclepias humistrata host plants in north-central Florida reveal a close relationship between the milkweed’s phenology and the butterfly’s spring remigration from Mexico. Remigrant adults arrive after most frosts occur and as the milkweeds are flourishing but before the plants begin to senesce. The peak of adult arrival is during the first few days in April; the eggs that are laid during this peak develop through April, leading to a second peak in adult abundance in early May. These newly emerged adults continue the migration northward. In addition to assessing the phenology of annual events, our long-term survey, with regular monitoring from 1994–2017, has enabled us to evaluate long-term trends. Both adults and immatures have declined in abundance from 1985 to 2017; since 2005, both have declined by around 80%. This decline has occurred concurrently with the decline in the number of monarchs at their Mexican overwintering sites.
Dynamic knowledge management strategy development in international non-governmental organisations

ABSTRACT Knowledge management strategies are important for firms’ competitive positioning. This paper examines how knowledge management codification and personalisation strategies are developed in response to environmental and organisational dynamics in an international non-governmental organisation. A longitudinal case study of the organisation’s strategic reformulation of its KM strategy over a 2.5 period is drawn upon. The research examines how pressures in the firm’s operating environment led to the organisation identifying the need to leverage the value of local contextual knowledge. Subsequent reformulation required the organisation to change its strategic mix of codification and personalisation over time. Although efforts were focused on increasing personalisation, developments were supported through codification demonstrating a symbiotic, mutually supporting relationship between the strategies. The strategic reformulation involved processes of reflection, repackaging and support activities.
Adherence of Health Care Workers to Personal Protective Equipment During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Background An outbreak of a novel corona viral pneumonia started in China late 2019. World Health organization on March 11 declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. In China, an estimated 3000 health care workers (HCWs) have been infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment when treating patients with COVID-19 to minimize the risk of acquiring infection among HCWs. This study aimed to assess adherence of HCWs in Iraq to personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This was an online survey of a group of Iraqi doctors regarding their adherence to personal protective equipment. Results Most of the surveyed physicians (120) adequately follow the recommendations regarding their personal hygiene, use of masks/respirators, and wearing equipment while providing care for suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. However, 11% and 16% do not follow the recommendations while caring for COVID-19 cases and performing aerosol-generating procedures, respectively. Majority of the respondents admit the importance of these measures in lowering the risk of infection. Approximately, two third of the participants started the measures at the beginning or the middle of the outbreak. Conclusions Most of Iraqi heath care workers involved in the survey follow the recommendations regarding personal protective equipment.
Nutritional value, fermentation losses and aerobic stability of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) silage treated with exogenous fibrolytic enzymes

The aim of this study was to evaluate nutritional value, fermentation losses, and aerobic stability of elephant grass silage (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) treated with exogenous fibrolytic enzymes. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with four replicates (experimental silos) and five levels of fibrolytic enzymes (0, 1.5, 3.0, 4.5 and 6.0%). For this, the elephant grass was ensiled at 70 days of age in plastic buckets with 20L capacity. Silos were opened 60 days after sealing. Analyses were made for chemical composition, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), effluent losses (EL), gas losses (GL) and dry matter recovery (DMR), as well as the aerobic stability of the silage. Data were analyzed with PROC REG of SAS® University, at 5% probability. There was an increase in IVDMD content (p < 0.0001) and reduction in NDF and ADF contents (p < 0.0001) according to enzyme levels. These results were related to the increase in the degradation of fiber fractions. There were higher EL (p = 0.0062) as a function of enzyme levels and aerobic deterioration after silo opening, at all levels tested. Thus, it can be concluded that the exogenous fibrolytic enzymes change the chemical composition of elephant grass silage, and increase its digestibility and nutritional value. Moreover, when used alone as an additive, fibrolytic enzymes are not able to recover all dry matter of this silage (with effluent and gas losses), and are not able to maintain aerobic stability in the first hours after opening the silos.
Additional distribution and ecology records of the deep-water isopod Rocinela murilloi Brusca & Iverson, 1985 (Isopoda, Aegidae) in western Mexico

A series of specimens of the fish external parasite Rocinella murilloi Brusca and Iverson, 1985, is reported from 12 localities off western Mexico. These records are the first for southwestern Mexico (four) and add six new localities off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula where the species was known from a single record. The specimens were recovered from bottomoperated nets, between 700 and 1235 m, slightly shallower than previous records. Environmental conditions confirm the presence of R. murilloi below the core of the Oxygen Minimum Zone, and this species appears to be highly tolerant to moderate to severe hypoxic conditions. General distribution of the species in the eastern Pacific is presented.
Improving the Engineering Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy through a Specialised Course – A Way to Improve Startup Management

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy is considered a reliable indicator of the entrepreneurial intentions. In order to measure the entrepreneurial self-efficacy, several scales were developed. These scales are used also to measure the efficiency of entrepreneurship study programmes, but were not used for individual courses until now. This paper presents the results of application of an entrepreneurial self-efficacy scale to measure the increase of entrepreneurial self-efficacy of engineering students after completing an entrepreneurship course in a technical university. The course lead to a significant increase of entrepreneurial self-efficacy overall, but also on all considered factors and items. It was observed a gender difference at the beginning of the course and also a gender difference in the increase of self-efficacy. An interesting finding was that for a certain factor it was noted a regress in self-efficacy for few students. Because those students thought the process was simpler than it is in reality and after acknowledging the complexity of the process, they felt unconfident. Classification-JEL: I23, L26
Chickens, Partridges, and the /tor/ of Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible

Traditionally translated as “turtledove,” several scholars have recently argued for alternative renderings for the term /tor/ in the sacrificial ordinances of Gen 15:9; Num 6:10; and frequently in Leviticus. The importance of the identification of /tor/ lies in its impact on our understanding of biblical sacrificial practices, anthropological understandings of Israelite cult, and their relationship to Israelite meal practices. Specifically, hinging on the nature of the /tor/ is the question of whether all sacrificial animals were domesticated, and to what degree, which has ramifications for the understanding of the connection between the bound-aries of Israelite household and Israelite altar. In a first step, this paper will incorporate data concerning the identification of archaeological remains of birds throughout the Southern Levant, allowing material culture to weigh in on the discussion. A second step will bring together the zooarcheological data and biblical reflections on possible identifications for this bird in ancient Israel.
Clients’ resilience and distress in psychotherapy: a preliminary meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Understanding the clinical utility of positive client characteristics like resilience can help bring a balanced perspective to psychotherapy in which clinicians work to alleviate distress and foster positive traits. Existing literature documents the value of resilience as a resource to navigate stressful life experiences. However, minimal research has explored the utility of resilience within psychotherapy. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to understand the relationships between clients’ resilience and distress as well as the influence of psychotherapy on resilience. PRISMA procedures led to the identification of ten studies meeting inclusion criteria. We conducted two random-effects model meta-analyses to understand the relationship between clients’ resilience and distress (n = 5) and understand how psychotherapy treatment influences changes in resilience (n = 6). For both analyses, we found moderate effect sizes demonstrating that (a) there appears to be an inverse relationship between resilience and psychological distress and (b) resilience appears to increase during psychotherapeutic intervention. Findings are discussed in light of the role resilience may play in psychotherapy. The disperse operationalization of resilience is also discussed.
Intervention Strategies of Excessive Masturbation for a 19-Years Youth: Experience of Counseling Intervention

Introduction: Excessive masturbation has for long been reported to affect youths with intervention strategies to intervene with this problem remaining unclear. This study aimed at determining the underlying factors for excessive masturbation, its effects and intervention strategies used. Methods: This was a case study design for a youth aged 19 years; affected by excessive masturbation. Data were collected through individual counseling and intervention. It involved 15 counseling sessions which were run in nine months in a three weeks interval. The sessions involved narration and exploration of the causes and effects of masturbation. Counseling intervention was built in a vicious circle. Results: Several factors, effects and intervention strategies were identified, reported and discussed in this study. Main causes were such as stories from friends and pornographic videos. Effects were multiple risk behaviors and health problems. Counseling model for individual was developed. Conclusion: The study indicates that there are multiple causes and effects of excessive masturbation. Since masturbation is secretly done, the effects are not widely known to many people. Most of these effects are long-term which affects a person psychologically, physically, socially and morally.
Innovative Climate, a Determinant of Competitiveness and Business Performance in Chinese Law Firms: The Role of Firm Size and Age

In the past few decades, a firm’s innovative climate has received much attention in the context of innovative behavior, competitiveness, and business performance. The existing literature has relied to a great extent on innovative climate as an interacting factor and overlooked its role as an antecedent of various organizational phenomena. Furthermore, the interaction effects of the firm’s size and age on the relationships between innovative climate and other organizational variables have gone unnoticed. This study adds to the literature by empirically assessing the effects of the firm’s innovative climate on organizational learning and employees’ innovative behavior as well as its consequences on the firm’s competitiveness and business performance. Additionally, it addresses the interaction impacts of firm size and age on the relationships between the abovementioned variables. This research achieves its goal by developing an integrative research design that analyzes complex relations using covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression techniques on a dataset of 408 Chinese law firms. The results indicate that the firm’s innovative climate has a significant positive relationship with organizational learning and employees’ innovative behavior. It is also found that organizational learning has a significant positive influence on employees’ innovative behavior. Meanwhile, organizational learning and employees’ innovative behavior have a significant positive influence on firm competitiveness and business performance. Another important finding is that contextual factors, i.e., firm size and age, strengthen these relations. Theoretical and managerial implications, including links to firm size and age, are provided.
Doable and Practical: A Validation Study of Classroom Diagnostic Tests

Although many benefits are claimed for diagnostic testing, it is utilized far less than assessments for other purposes. This study produced classroom diagnostic tests in the areas of vocabulary and grammar, in both paper-and-pencil and computer-based formats, and utilized them in high school English-as-a-foreign-language instruction. Evidence was collected to investigate whether three hypothesized claims about the advantages of diagnostic testing asserted in the literature are valid. The results showed that students’ academic achievement increased when the results of instructional unit-based diagnostic tests were used to offer remediation. Although no differences in student achievement were found to result from the mode of diagnostic testing, the efficiency of diagnostic testing was greatly increased by automatic scoring and data analysis functions of the computer-based mode. A survey on the usefulness of diagnostic testing showed that when it was used, learners had higher levels of satisfaction with English instruction. However, the participants reported that when diagnostic testing pointed toward significant shortfalls in lexical knowledge, their confidence declined. Lastly, the students indicated that computer-based diagnostic testing has the advantage of being able to provide immediate feedback.
Vertical Guided Bone Augmentation Using Titanium Mesh Domes Coated with Natural Latex Extracted from Hevea brasiliensis

The subject of this work is the evaluation of the use of titanium mesh domes coated with latex extracted from Hevea brasiliensis to promote vertical guided bone augmentation (GBA), above the normal limits of the skeleton. Twenty-four New Zealand rabbits were used, in which a circular groove of eight millimeters in diameter and nine holes in the internal region reaching the medulla were made with a trephine drill, in the calvaria. The dome, four millimeters in height, was fixed above this defect. The animals were divided into four groups (N = 6). The first (control) received a titanium dome not covered by the periosteum, and the second received a titanium dome that was covered by the periosteum. For the third, a dome with a latex coating was used and was not covered by the periosteum, and for the fourth, a titanium dome with a latex coating was used and was covered by the periosteum. After 90 days, the animals were euthanized. Computerized tomography imaging demonstrated that vertical bone augmentation was achieved in the groups with titanium domes coated with latex. Microscopic evaluation showed that there were no differences between the control group and Group 2, or between Groups 3 and 4. The other comparisons showed statistically significant differences (p < 0.05, ANOVA-Tukey).
Biological and translational cancer proteomics

Recent advances in mass spectrometry (MS)-based technologies are now set to transform translational cancer proteomics from an idea to a practice. Here, we present a robust proteomic workflow for the analysis of clinically relevant cancer tissues, which allows quantitation of thousands of tumor proteins in several hours of measuring time and a total turnaround of a few days. We applied it to an extremely rare and chemorefractory urachal carcinoma. Quantitative comparison of lung metastasis and surrounding tissue revealed several statistically significantly upregulated proteins, among them lysine specific histone demethylase 1 (LSD1/KDM1A). LSD1 is an epigenetic regulator and is the target of active development efforts in oncology. This demonstrates that clinical cancer proteomics can rapidly and efficiently identify actionable therapeutic options even in end stage cancer patients. While currently described for a single case study, we envision that it can be applied broadly to other patients in a similar condition.