Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
LEED Study of Green Lightweight Aggregates in Construction

Decreasing the demand for natural aggregates is doubly justified by the significant contribution of the construction industry to the unsustainable development path of the natural environment, and the projected global increase of the consumption of construction aggregates. Extensive research has been carried out on the physical and mechanical properties of concrete which incorporates plastic as aggregates; yet, no single study has been able to draw on structured research which demonstrates the improved sustainability performance of plastic-based aggregates to support sustainable development in the construction industry for a project seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The goal of this research is to explore the potential benefits that green processed lightweight aggregates (PLA) can provide to a project seeking LEED certification in accordance with the requirements of LEED v4 for Building Design and Construction. The objectives are to: (1) determine which LEED credit requirements can be met through using the studied material; (2) provide a comprehensive analysis of the applicable attainable LEED credits, given the existing technical information of the selected material, and (3) provide guidelines to maximize further credit attainment. To this end, the findings indicated that the use of PLA as a total replacement for coarse aggregates in lightweight concrete applications would contribute to earning directly up to 8 points (out of 110 total points) towards LEED certification. Such significant number allows for the potential increase of the project’s certification by one level. This is the first study of its kind to investigate the improved sustainability performance of recycled plastic aggregates from a LEED point of view. Moreover, the guidelines provided by the research will enable developers to maximize the financial and environmental benefits of their buildings through the reduced lifecycle cost and the enhanced LEED score. This research should encourage project teams to incorporate the knowledge of sustainable practices, and play an active role in sustainable development.
Interleaving Mayer-Vietoris spectral sequences

We discuss the Mayer-Vietoris spectral sequence as an invariant in the context of persistent homology. In particular, we introduce the notion of $\varepsilon$-acyclic carriers and $\varepsilon$-acyclic equivalences between filtered regular CW-complexes and study stability conditions for the associated spectral sequences. We also look at the Mayer-Vietoris blowup complex and the geometric realization, finding stability properties under compatible noise; as a result we prove a version of an approximate nerve theorem. Adapting work by Serre we find conditions under which $\varepsilon$-interleavings exist between the spectral sequences associated to two different covers.
Pengaruh Leverage, Profitabilitas, dan Ukuran Perusahaan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Manufaktur Sektor Industri Dasar dan Kimia yang Terdaftar di BEI

Investor perception of the company as seen from the Firm Value, much factors can affect Firm Value, but the authors only examine three variables, namely Leverage (DAR), Profitability (ROA), and Company Size = Ln (Total assets). This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of Leverage (DAR), Profitability (ROA), and Firm Size on Firm Value of manufacturing companies of the basic and chemical industry. The population in this study is manufacturing companies of the basic and chemical industry which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period of 2016 - 2018. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling, based on the sampling criteria has succeeded in gathering 31 of 76 companies manufacturing basic and chemical sectors. The results showed that the Leverage variable had no effect on Firm Value, the Profitability variable had an effect on Firm Value, and the Firm Size variable had an effect on Firm Value. Persepsi Investor terhadap suatu perusahaan dilihat dari Nilai Perusahaan, Banyak faktor yang bisa mempengaruhi Nilai Perusahaan, tetapi penulis hanya meneliti tiga variabel yaitu Leverage (DAR), Profitabilitas (ROA), dan Ukuran Perusahaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis pengaruh Leverage (DAR), Profitabilitas (ROA), dan Ukuran Perusahaan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan manufaktur sektor industri dasar dan kimia yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2016 – 2018. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling, berdasarkan kriteria sampling telah berhasil mngumpulkan 31 dari 76 perusahaan manufaktur sektor dasar dan kimia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel Leverage tidak berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, variabel Profitabilitas berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, dan variabel Ukuran Perusahaan berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan.
The effect of organic fertilizer, biochar, and hormones on bulb splitting in the cultivation of true seed shallot

The study aimed to analyze the effect of organic fertilizer, biochar and hormone to the bulb splitting in cultivation of true shallot seed. The research was conducted in Grobogan Regency, in March-June 2019. The applied experimental design was Split-Split Plot with three replications. The main plot treated with organic fertilizer (P) consisted of P1=5 t/ha, P2=10 t/ha, and P3=20 t/ha, the subsidiary plot treated Biochar (B) marked B1=without Biochar and B2=Biochar 12.5 t/ha, and the sub-subsidiary plot was treated with Hormone (H); H1=without hormone, H2=with hormone; altogether were 12 treatment combinations and 36 experimental plots. Parameters observed were plant height, number of leaves, number of plants/clump, number of bulbs/clump, number of bulbs splitting, bulbs diameter, and dry weight of bulb/clump. Data were analyzed statistically using ANOVA, and if there was a significant difference between treatments, it was tested with the Duncan Multiple Range Test at a 5% level. The results showed that the provision of biochar as many as 12.5 tons/ha positively affected the growth components and the yield components of true shallot seed (number of plants/clump, number of bulbs/clump, number of bulbs splitting, bulbs diameter, and dry weight of bulb/clump).
Influence of COVID-19's active cases on Malaysia's key economic performance indicators

The COVID-19 outbreak was a rare and unprecedented phenomenon. Hence, the pandemic forces the world economy to react unpredictably. Governments worldwide have undertaken several precautions, including social distance measures, public awareness programs, policies on testing and quarantine, and financial aid packages. Using endogenous growth theory, this paper examines the impact of COVID-19 towards Malaysia key economic indicator's performance using univariate regression analysis based on daily time series data from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020. Besides, this paper is also forecasting the upcoming three months of Malaysia's key economic indicator performance from October to December 2020, by using linear trend forecasting model. The results indicate that COVID-19 significantly impacted the unemployment rate, gross domestic product (GDP), consumer price index (CPI), foreign exchange rate (FOREX), and stock market index performance in Malaysia. The results of projecting the upcoming three months trends were forecasted to increase unemployment, GDP, FOREX, and stock market index performance. Instead, the CPI is expected to decrease. Furthermore, this paper provides four contributions in the later section.
EFFECT OF LYOPHILIZED JUICE OF PUNICA GRANATUM L. IN ANTINOCICEPTIVE AND INFLAMMATORY PAIN

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the analgesic activity of lyophilized juice of Punica granatum L. , obtained from Hidalgo, Mexico, in theformalin test.Methods: We extracted the juice manually, filtered it and then dried down in a lyophilizer machine. We evaluated the antinociceptive effect oflyophilized juice from pomegranate in the formalin test (2%) in male Wistar rats (180–200 g body weight). Thirty minutes before the test, a dose of316 mg/kg (lyophilized juice) and acetylsalicylic acid as reference drug (100 mg/kg) both were administered intragastrically (i.g.). Results: The oral administration of lyophilized juice of pomegranate showed a significant decrease in the number of flinches in the temporal courseand a significant antinociceptive effect in nociceptive and inflammatory pain compared with the vehicle. In the same way, this effect appeared with thedrug of reference (acetylsalicylic acid 100 mg/kg i.g). Furthermore, it was shown that juice had a 34% of antinociception on overall effect versus vehicle.Conclusion: The results suggest that lyophilized juice of pomegranate has antinociceptive effect in nociceptive and inflammatory pain. Therefore, thisstudy supports the possible use of this lyophilized juice of pomegranate in the treatment of pain.
Contribution of the Rhododendron ripense Makino Chloroplast Genome to the Development of Evergreen Azalea Cultivars

Evergreen azalea is one of the most important ornamental shrubs and pot plants in temperate zones worldwide. In Japan, hundreds of azalea cultivars have been bred based on the genetic diversity of wild species and various accumulated mutants since the middle of the 17th century. Japanese cultivar groups such as Edo-kirishima, Kurume-tsutsuji, Ryūkyū-tsutsuji, Hirado-tsutsuji, and Satsuki have been developed by selection and crossing, and many cultivars have been exported to Western countries and utilized as breeding materials for pot and garden azalea. Rhododendron ripense Makino, which grows on riverside rocks and is endemic to Japan, is one of the best ornamental species because of its high adaptability to environmental conditions. We have focused on the genetic contribution of this wild species to evergreen azalea cultivars, and developed a PCR-RFLP identification marker of R. ripense cpDNA based on a species-specific sequence of the trn L-F region. The R. ripense cpDNA specific marker has been in Japanese large-flowered groups, all Ryūkyū and Ōkirishima cultivars, and half of all Hirado cultivars have the R. ripense cpDNA type. Most Japanese small flower cultivars, such as Edo-kirishima, Kurume and Satsuki have non- R. ripense type cpDNA. Italian large-flowered cultivars also tend to be the R. ripense cpDNA type. Furthermore, all pot azalea cultivars of the Indian and Simsii groups possess R. ripense type cpDNA. These results clarified the cytoplasmic contribution of R. ripense not only to Japanese large flower cultivars, but also to Western azalea cultivars. Although R. simsii has been considered to be the main ancestral species of pot azalea, R. ripense should be recognized as the cytoplasmic parent of these cultivars. The ornamental value and adaptive environmental trait originating from R. ripense should be reviewed to elucidate the development history of evergreen azalea cultivars.
Motives and the Pfaffian–Grassmannian equivalence

We consider the Pfaffian–Grassmannian equivalence from the motivic point of view. The main result is that under certain numerical conditions, both sides of the equivalence are related on the level of Chow motives. The consequences include a verification of Orlov's conjecture for Borisov's Calabi–Yau threefolds, and verifications of Kimura's finite‐dimensionality conjecture, Voevodsky's smash conjecture and the Hodge conjecture for certain linear sections of Grassmannians. We also obtain new examples of Fano varieties with infinite‐dimensional Griffiths group.
The Implementation of Immunization Cold Chain Management in Surabaya City

Background : Immunization success rates can be determined by several factors. The factors that can cause occurrences of immunization preventable disease (PD3I) cases include the quality of the cold chain and invalid doses of immunization medicines. Purpose : The aim of this research was to analyze the implementation of cold chain management in the city of Surabaya. Methods : This research was conducted as a descriptive study with a cross-sectional research design. The population consisted of all primary health care centers in the city of Surabaya, and the data used were secondary data, guided by interviews with informants. Results: The majority of cold chain management personnel were found to have a medical education background of 98.42%, and primary health care workers have received cold chain-related training (100%). All primary health care equipment has a 100% cold chain. The completeness of cold chain reporting was 93.51%, and the accuracy of the cold chain reporting was 71.52%. Regarding the quality of the equipment, some vaccine refrigerators were found 12% of vaccine refrigerators were found not to be in optimal condition, and 14% of temperature monitoring devices was not activated. Conclusion : The implementation of cold chain management in public health center and the availability of equipment in the Surabaya City are going well, although there are still some problems such as undisciplined reporting and inadequate quality of tools for cold chain implementation as well as the discovery of vaccine refrigerators easily leaks, and their temperature can rise easily.
On Collapse of Quantum State on Measurement

In the context of the century-long debate on quantum measurement problem, the current work proposes a model that describes the process of collapse of state by quantum interaction, which resolves the controversies of the framework of quantum mechanics and describes the entire domain of quantum-to-classical world including the weak measurement and partial collapse. ‘Measurement’, being the process of physically interacting with a system in order to extracting information from it, is theorized in the current model by synthesizing the quantum interaction between system and measuring apparatus with the information entropy of such process. The model assumes Schrödinger equation to be the only guiding equation for all physical systems including the measuring apparatus, and does not presuppose ‘superposition principle’, rather derives it theoretically from the formulation. The superposed state is shown to be independent of the choice of measurement operator (observable) or basis states (pointers) of the measuring apparatus. Most interestingly, the current model explains the non-observance of ‘superposition principle’ by classical systems as the classical limit of such quantum description of measurement. Along with solving the quantum measurement problem, the work also explains weak measurement and partial collapse, which can be further extended to investigate such several emerging critical phenomena.
Base-Promoted Transmetalation Reactions of Protic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Acyclic Diamino Carbenes from MnI to AuI: A Mechanistic Study

DFT theoretical calculations for the base-induced transmetalation process of protic N-heterocyclic carbenes of imidazol-2-ylidene type from Mn(I) to Au(I) have been carried out. The reaction mechanism found involves the formation of key reaction intermediates bearing a pure bridging imidazolyl ligand between manganese and gold, as well as transition states showing η2 coordination of this ligand, first to gold and then to manganese, before the transmetalation process is completed. In addition, similar DFT calculations have been performed on protic acyclic diamino carbene complexes, showing analogous transferring of the carbene moiety from Mn(I) to Au(I) to afford remarkable mangana-N-heterocyclic carbenes of gold.
Cultivating Biafran agenda in Nigeria: Evaluation of the influence of radio Biafras rhetoric of ethnic marginalization on rural dwellers in the South-east

The systematic exclusion of the Igbos from key national leadership positions in Nigeria made the rise of secession-seeking groups and demand for self-government inevitable in the region. IPOB is one of these secession seeking groups which uses its radio station to communicate its agenda. Following its stirring rhetoric and extremist views, much has been heard of the place of radio Biafra in the ongoing IPOB agitation in the south east. Owing to radio’s ability to cultivate social and political realities in the minds of people, rhetoric of marginalization which forms the basis of radio Biafra’s broadcast may not leave people free from thinking of what is being communicated and what could be done to actualize the desired self-freedom which the station cultivates. Against this background, this study examined respondents’ level of exposure to radio Biafra’s broadcast, their perception of the broadcast messages and whether the messages persuade them into believing the course being preached from the station. The study was anchored on cultivation and social exchange theories with survey and FGD as research methods in studying 400 respondents purposively selected from 1,306,739 which forms the population of the study. Findings revealed that respondents believed in the mission but lacks the will-power to realize the dream. The study, therefore, recommended that radio Biafra content presenters should reconsider the messages they dish out to the people to avoid a repeat of the Rwandan episode in Nigeria. It was also recommended that government should look into these marginalization complaints from South-Eastern states. Key words: IPOB, rhetoric, marginalization, social exchange theory, cultivate.
On the logistical difficulties and findings of Jopara Sentiment Analysis

This paper addresses the problem of sentiment analysis for Jopara, a code-switching language between Guarani and Spanish. We first collect a corpus of Guarani-dominant tweets and discuss on the difficulties of finding quality data for even relatively easy-to-annotate tasks, such as sentiment analysis. Then, we train a set of neural models, including pre-trained language models, and explore whether they perform better than traditional machine learning ones in this low-resource setup. Transformer architectures obtain the best results, despite not considering Guarani during pre-training, but traditional machine learning models perform close due to the low-resource nature of the problem.
Experimental Research Methodologies in Organizational Behavior Management

ABSTRACT Organizational behavior management (OBM) is a scientific approach to understanding behavior and its relation to the workplace. As a natural science it relies on the use of sound experimental research methodology. This methodology has been critical to the field’s success in demonstrating the application of behavioral principles across the basic–translational–applied continuum, from laboratory to natural workplace settings. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of experimental methods commonly used within the field. We attempt to highlight the range and diversity of OBM research by providing examples of different approaches to research and design methodologies. In doing so, we review strengths, limitations, and examples of various single-case and group research designs.
Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations
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In the past few years decision-making processes and the normative underpinnings of EU external relations have become subject to intense debate in the European institutions, member states and the wider public. Previous research suggests that there is variation in the extent to which individual domains of EU external relations are politicized and contested. This special issue aims to theorize further and investigate empirically this, using the example of European development policy and its relations with other external policies. We introduce two new mechanisms that drive politicization dynamics. We argue that politicization can be diffused horizontally from one policy field to another, which we call horizontal politicization. We also investigate how the politicization of EU external policies in third countries occurs and influences politicization dynamics in the EU, which we call outside-in politicization. The introduction to the special issue presents our theoretical approach and summarizes the key findings from the special issue.
Network Pruning That Matters: A Case Study on Retraining Variants

Network pruning is an effective method to reduce the computational expense of over-parameterized neural networks for deployment on low-resource systems. Recent state-of-the-art techniques for retraining pruned networks such as weight rewinding and learning rate rewinding have been shown to outperform the traditional fine-tuning technique in recovering the lost accuracy (Renda et al., 2020), but so far it is unclear what accounts for such performance. In this work, we conduct extensive experiments to verify and analyze the uncanny effectiveness of learning rate rewinding. We find that the reason behind the success of learning rate rewinding is the usage of a large learning rate. Similar phenomenon can be observed in other learning rate schedules that involve large learning rates, e.g., the 1-cycle learning rate schedule (Smith et al., 2019). By leveraging the right learning rate schedule in retraining, we demonstrate a counter-intuitive phenomenon in that randomly pruned networks could even achieve better performance than methodically pruned networks (fine-tuned with the conventional approach). Our results emphasize the cruciality of the learning rate schedule in pruned network retraining - a detail often overlooked by practitioners during the implementation of network pruning. One-sentence Summary: We study the effective of different retraining mechanisms while doing pruning
On- and non-farm adaptation in Senegal: understanding differentiation and drivers of farmer strategies

ABSTRACT Rainfed farmers in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa have long adapted to variable growing conditions. Today, in response to intersecting pressures from climate change, soil fertility loss, and socioeconomic change associated with globalization, these farmers are working to build more resilient livelihood systems. This study examines farmers' perceptions of environmental change and socioeconomic transition in Senegal and the drivers and constraints on their adaptive responses, with particular attention to the interplay of on- and non-farm livelihood strategies amid concerns about changing weather. Semi-structured interviews with 47 farmers provide insight into individual lived experiences while surveys and multinomial regression drawing data from approximately 500 farmers point to broader patterns in perceptions and adaptive strategies. The findings indicate that most Senegalese farmers perceive substantial environmental change that is amplifying ongoing processes of agrarian change, increasing reliance on non-farm livelihoods and youth migration in particular. While the most resource-constrained farmers rely primarily on prayer—likely an expression of limited alternative strategies—those most concerned about weather changes turn to diversified livelihood strategies. This study illustrates an evolving relationship between farmers and non-farm work amid environmental and socioeconomic change in rural Africa, with implications for development initiatives aimed at supporting farmer adaptation to climate change.