Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Journal of Documentation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to employ a case study of the Omeka content management system to demonstrate how the adoption and implementation of a metadata standard (in this case, Dublin Core) can result in contrasting rhetorical arguments regarding metadata utility, quality, and reliability. In the Omeka example, the author illustrate a conceptual disconnect in how two metadata stakeholders – standards creators and standards users – operationalize metadata quality. For standards creators such as the Dublin Core community, metadata quality involves implementing a standard properly, according to established usage principles; in contrast, for standards users like Omeka, metadata quality involves mere adoption of the standard, with little consideration of proper usage and accompanying principles. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an approach based on rhetorical criticism. The paper aims to establish whether Omeka ’ s given ends (the position that Omeka claims to take regarding Dublin Core) align with Omeka ’ s guiding ends (Omeka ’ s actual argument regarding Dublin Core). To make this assessment, the paper examines both textual evidence (what Omeka says) and material-discursive evidence (what Omeka does). Findings – The evidence shows that, while Omeka appears to argue that adopting the Dublin Core is an integral part of Omeka ’ s mission, the platform ’ s lack of support for Dublin Core implementation makes an opposing argument. Ultimately, Omeka argues that the appearance of adopting a standard is more important than its careful implementation. Originality/value – This study contributes to our understanding of how metadata standards are understood and used in practice. The misalignment between Omeka ’ s position and the goals of the Dublin Core community suggests that Omeka, and some portion of its users, do not value metadata interoperability and aggregation in the same way that the Dublin Core community does. This indicates that, although certain values regarding standards adoption may be pervasive in the metadata community, these values are not equally shared amongst all stakeholders in a digital library ecosystem. The way that standards creators (Dublin Core) understand what it means to “ adopt a standard ” is different from the way that standards users (Omeka) understand what it means to “ adopt a standard. ”
Determinants of the formalization of human resource management practices: An empirical study in SMEs in eastern and western China

ABSTRACT This quantitative study examines the role of five contingency factors, – that is, firm size, sector, location, firm age, and presence of an human resource (HR) department – in formalizing human resource management (HRM) practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in eastern and western China. Using data from 227 respondents in 24 Chinese SMEs, the findings reveal a mixed pattern of relationships between these determinants and the actual formal use of five clusters of HRM practices. Location and presence of HR were found to exert stronger influence than size and sector. Theoretical and practical implications for HRM are discussed with reference to contingency factors in the SME sector in China.
An Experimental Study on the Erosion-Corrosion Performance of AISI 1018 Carbon Steel and AISI 304L Stainless Steel 90-Degree Elbow Pipe

Erosion-corrosion is an unavoidable material degradation process in flow pipelines transporting abrasive particles with carrier fluids. In this study, the multiphase flow loop apparatus is employed to assess the erosion-corrosion behavior and mechanism relative to AISI 1018 carbon steel (CS) and AISI 304L stainless steel (SS) 90° long radius elbows with the inner diameter of 50.8 mm. Fine silica sand of 50 µm average size was used as a dispersed phase and erosion-corrosion tests were conducted for slug flow conditions. The erosion-corrosion analysis of 90° elbows was determined from its surface morphologies before and after the experiment using confocal and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The direct mass loss was measured to quantify the erosion-corrosion rate of the elbow configurations. Additionally, multilayer paint modeling experiments were performed to relate qualitative inferences on erosion distribution and location with the erosion-corrosion mechanism. It was observed that the erosion or corrosion pitting mechanism prevailed on the 1018 CS elbow surface, and the 304L SS displayed excellent erosion-corrosion resistance properties. Moreover, the erosion-corrosion rate was found to be 4.12 times more in the 1018 CS compared to the 304L SS with the maximum particle impaction identified at the exit of the horizontal-horizontal (H-H) 90° elbow for slug flow.
Sudden Cardiac Death due to Coronary Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Case Report and Literature Review

According to the 2015 annual report on legal autopsies in Korea, 51.5% of natural deaths were diagnosed as being of cardiac origin. Among them, ischemic heart disease was the cause of death in 67.3% of people [1]. In general, most cases of ischemic heart disease are known to result from coronary atherosclerosis. However, there are several nonatherosclerotic conditions with different pathophysiologic mechanisms, causes, and risk factors. These conditions include vasospasm due to smoking, drug or alcohol use; emboli associated with atrial fibrillation or infective endocarditis; vascular diseases such as vasculitis, amyloidosis, or dissection; and systemic diseases such as shock. In this study, we report a case of sudden cardiac death due to fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) of the coronary artery, diagnosed by pathologic findings and Korean J Leg Med 2018;42:26-32 https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2018. 42.1. 26
A SOBRECARGA DO CUIDADOR DOMICILIAR

Objective: To evaluate the work overload of caregivers of users of a public home care service and to know the factors associated with this condition. Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted in 2013 with caregivers working in the households of users of the home care service of the municipality of Goiânia, Goias. Eligible participants were literate caregivers aged 18 years or older working as a primary caregiver for at least two months. Data were collected through interviews with application of instruments for the characterization of the caregiver and burden was evaluated using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). The data were analyzed using SPSS version 15.0, with calculation of mean and standard deviation and a 95% confidence interval. Bivariate analysis and multiple linear regression were used with p-value set at<0.05. Results: The mean age of the 95 interviewees was 49.7 years (±13,0); 93 of them (97.9%) were women and 53 (57.9%) were married. The mean score in the burden evaluation was 33.8. Higher ZBI scores were associated with not having a weekly day off (p=0.002), problems in the back (p=0.039) and depression (p=0.016). Conclusion: The caregivers’ work overload results from the caring task and the main factors associated with it are the lack of a weekly day off, problems in the back and depression.
Against Such Things There is No Law: Evangelical College Students’ Perceptions of the Fruit of the Spirit as Primarily Gendered

Although it is clear in Scripture that Christian spiritual growth includes the development of godly characteristics like those outlined in Galatians 5, anecdotal evidence suggests that people view some spiritual characteristics as primarily feminine in nature. In a series of three studies, evangelical Christian college students evaluated gender stereotypes interspersed with characteristics commonly described as “the Fruit of the Spirit” from Galatians 5. Despite a variety of methodological approaches, students consistently rated the Fruit of the Spirit as primarily descriptive of women. Implications of these results for broader issues of gender stereotyping and Christian life are discussed.
A Deep Learning approach predicts the impact of point mutations in intronic flanking regions on micro-exon splicing definition

While mammalian exons are on average 140-nt-long, thousands of human genes harbor micro-exons (≤ 39 nt). Large numbers of micro-exons have their splicing altered in diseases such as autism and cancer, and yet there is no systematic assessment of the impact of point mutations in intronic flanking-sequences on the splicing of a neighboring micro-exon. Here, we constructed a model using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to predict the impact of point mutations in intronic-flanking-sequences on the splicing of a neighboring micro-exon. The prediction model was based on both the sequence contents and conservation among species of the two 100-nt intronic regions (5’ and 3’) that flank all human micro-exons and a set with the same number of randomly selected long exons. After training our CNN model, the micro-exon splicing event prediction accuracy, using an independent validation dataset, was 0.71 with an area under the ROC curve of 0.76, showing that our model had identified sequence patterns that have been conserved in evolution in the introns that flank micro-exons. Next, we introduced in silico point mutations at each of the 200 nucleotides in the introns that flank a micro-exon and used the trained CNN algorithm to predict splicing for every mutated intronic sequence version. This analysis identified thousands of point mutations in the flanking introns that significantly decreased the power of the CNN model to correctly predict a neighboring micro-exon splicing event, thus pointing to predictive bases in intronic regions important for micro-exon splicing signaling. We found these predictive bases to locate within conserved RNA-binding-motifs for RNA-binding-proteins (RBPs) known to relate to micro-exon splicing. Experimental data of minigene splicing reporter changes upon intron-base point-mutation confirmed the effect predicted by the CNN model for some of the micro-exon splicing events. The model can be used for validating novel micro-exons de novo assembled from RNA-seq data, and for an unbiased screening of introns, identifying genomic bases that have high micro-exon-splicing predictive power, possibly revealing critical point mutations that would be related in a yet unknown manner to a given disease.
The Affective Self: Perseverance of Self-Sentiments in Late-Life Dementia

The self has long been construed as a rational, cognitive construct; the cognitive decline of dementia has therefore been largely viewed as the loss of self. Through qualitative interviews, we find that persons with dementia strive to maintain a coherent self despite their increasing disability. Using the theories of affect control theory (ACT) and ACT-Self, we illustrate their shift from using denotative (cognitive) meanings to reliance on connotative (affective) meanings in defining the situation and choosing identities to enact. As persons with dementia lose the cognitive ability to access shared definitions and reflected appraisals, their connection to the social world narrows to affective meanings of established sentiments and emotional reactions from others. Our findings underscore the creative agency of self and the limitations of the rationalistic bias of sociology by recognizing an affective self that stands in complement to the generally acknowledged cognitive self.
Secondary and micronutrient inclusion in fertilizer formulation impact on maize growth and yield across northern Ghana

Abstract Though secondary and micronutrients are known to improve crop production, their inclusion in fertilizer formulation has received minimum attention in efforts aimed at increasing maize production in northern Ghana. In this study, Sulphur, Boron, and Zinc were included in NPK formulations at different rates in northern Ghana. The experiment was a single factor, consisting of NPK 15-15-15 applied at rates (kg/ha) of 60-40-40, NPK 15-15-15 at rates of 90-60-60, NPK 15-15-15 at 100-40-40, NPK 11-22-21 + 5S+1B+1Zn at 60-40-38 + 9 + 1.8 + 1.8, NPK 11-22-21 + 5S + 1B + 1Zn at 90-60-57 + 14 + 2.7 + 2.7, NPK 11–22 21 + 5S+1B+1Zn at 100-40-38 + 9 + 1.8 + 1.8, NPS 14-31-0 + 9S + 1B + 1Zn at 60-40-0 + 11.6 + 1.3 + 1.3, NPS 14-31-0 + 9S + 1B + 1Zn at 90-60-0 + 17.4 + 1.9 + 1.9, NPS 14-31-0 + 9S + 1B + 1Zn at 100-40-0 + 11.6 + 1.3 + 1.3 and no fertilization. Treatments were randomly laid out in four farms. Urea at respective rates was applied at 6 weeks after planting. Data analyzed on growth and yield parameters at 5% probability showed that significantly higher growth and yield were recorded with the inclusion of secondary and micronutrients (P < 0.05). NPK 11-22-21 + 5S + 1B + 1Zn at 90-60-57 + 14 + 2.7 + 2.7 increased yield by 30% (mean: 3330 kg/ha) compared to the standard yield from NPK 15-15-15 at 90-60-60 (mean: 2585 kg/ha) which consisted solely of primary nutrients. Also, NPS 14-31-0 + 9S + 1B + 1Zn at 100-40-0 + 11.6 + 1.3 + 1.3 followed with yield increment of 26% (mean: 3252 kg/ha), with the zero-control treatment giving the lowest yield (mean: 356 kg/ha). While the study confirms the need for use of fertilizer in maize production across northern Ghana it demonstrates the need for secondary and micronutrient inclusion in fertilizer blends for soils of Northern Ghana.
Workforce Composition and Individual Wages — an Employer–Employee Data Analysis

The study analyses the impact of workforce composition and employee isolation — based on age, gender and citizenship — on entry wages of new employment relationships in German firms using employer–employee data. We allow for heterogeneous effects across distinct groups of workers and include worker and firm fixed effects to account for selection effects and unobserved heterogeneity. The results point to a negative impact of gender and age diversity for males and females, natives and foreigners and workers across the skill spectrum. Only for high-skilled workers, the negative effect of gender diversity is not statistically significant. Females receive, in addition, relatively low entry wages in establishments with a rather old workforce. With regard to the relative position, mainly gender isolation tends to exert an important influence on entry wages. The effect is positive only for females. In contrast, we estimate significant negative wage effects for males, natives, medium- and high-skilled workers. An international background of a firm’s workforce and cultural isolation do not appear to generally affect entry wages.
Sketch-Based Subspace Clustering of Hyperspectral Images

Sparse subspace clustering (SSC) techniques provide the state-of-the-art in clustering of hyperspectral images (HSIs). However, their computational complexity hinders their applicability to large-scale HSIs. In this paper, we propose a large-scale SSC-based method, which can effectively process large HSIs while also achieving improved clustering accuracy compared to the current SSC methods. We build our approach based on an emerging concept of sketched subspace clustering, which was to our knowledge not explored at all in hyperspectral imaging yet. Moreover, there are only scarce results on any large-scale SSC approaches for HSI. We show that a direct application of sketched SSC does not provide a satisfactory performance on HSIs but it does provide an excellent basis for an effective and elegant method that we build by extending this approach with a spatial prior and deriving the corresponding solver. In particular, a random matrix constructed by the Johnson-Lindenstrauss transform is first used to sketch the self-representation dictionary as a compact dictionary, which significantly reduces the number of sparse coefficients to be solved, thereby reducing the overall complexity. In order to alleviate the effect of noise and within-class spectral variations of HSIs, we employ a total variation constraint on the coefficient matrix, which accounts for the spatial dependencies among the neighbouring pixels. We derive an efficient solver for the resulting optimization problem, and we theoretically prove its convergence property under mild conditions. The experimental results on real HSIs show a notable improvement in comparison with the traditional SSC-based methods and the state-of-the-art methods for clustering of large-scale images.
Dynamic Evapotranspiration Alters Hyporheic Flow and Residence Times in the Intrameander Zone

Hyporheic zones (HZs) influence biogeochemistry at the local reach scale with potential implication for water quality at the large catchment scale. The characteristics of the HZs (e.g., area, flux rates, and residence times) change in response to channel and aquifer physical properties, as well as to transient perturbations in the stream–aquifer system such as floods and groundwater withdraws due to evapotranspiration (ET) and pumping. In this study, we use a numerical model to evaluate the effects of transient near-stream evapotranspiration (ET) on the area, exchange flux, and residence time (RT) of sinuosity-induced HZs modulated by regional groundwater flow (RGF). We found that the ET fluxes (up to 80 mm/day) consistently increased HZ area and exchange flux, and only increased RTs when the intensity of regional groundwater flow was low. Relative to simulations without ET, scenarios with active ET had more than double HZ area and exchange flux and about 20% longer residence times (as measured by the median of the residence time distribution). Our model simulations show that the drawdown induced by riparian ET increases the net flux of water from the stream to the nearby aquifer, consistent with field observations. The results also suggest that, along with ET intensity, the magnitude of the HZ response is influenced by the modulating effect of both gaining and losing RGF and the sensitivity of the aquifer to daily cycles of ET withdrawal. This work highlights the importance of representing near-stream ET when modeling sinuosity-induced hyporheic zones, as well as the importance of including riparian vegetation in efforts to restore the ecosystem functions of streams.
Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Vegetation Variation on Actual Evapotranspiration Based on the Budyko Hypothesis in North and South Panjiang Basin, China

Actual evapotranspiration (Ea) plays a key role in the global water and energy cycles. The accurate quantification of the impacts of different factors on Ea change can help us better understand the driving mechanisms of Ea in a changing environment. Climate change and vegetation variations are well known as two main factors that have significant impacts on Ea change. Our study used three differential Budyko-type equations to quantify the contributions of climate change and vegetation variations to Ea change. First, in order to establish the relationship between the parameter n, which usually presents the land surface characteristics in the Budyko-type equations, with basic climatic variables and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the stepwise linear regression method has been used. Then, elasticity and contribution analyses were performed to quantify the contributions of different numbers of climatic factors and NDVI to Ea change. The North and South Panjiang basin in China was selected to investigate the efficiency of the modified Budyko-type equations and quantify the impacts of climate change and vegetation variations on Ea change. The empirical formal of the parameter n established in this study can be used to simulate the parameter n and Ea for the study area. The results of the elasticity and contribution analyses suggest that climate change contributed (whose average contribution is 149.6%) more to Ea change than vegetation variation (whose average contribution is −49.4%). Precipitation, NDVI and the maximum temperature are the major drivers of Ea change, while the minimum temperature and wind speed contribute the least to Ea change.
LPV Scheme for Robust Adaptive Output Feedback Consensus of Lipschitz Multiagents Using Lipschitz Nonlinear Protocol

This article addresses the robust nonlinear adaptive consensus protocol design approach, for nonlinear multiagent (MA) systems under external perturbations with Lipschitz dynamics. Based on the existing results of the adaptive protocol using relative output information, a modified robust nonlinear adaptive consensus protocol for MAs is proposed. The Lipschitz nonlinearity in the agents’ dynamics and the adaptive protocol are reformulated using a composite linear parameter-varying (LPV) approach. Our composite LPV reformulation is less restrictive because it utilizes all the properties of Lipschitz functions. Consensus protocol design conditions based on the proposed reformulation of Lipschitz nonlinearities, Lyapunov theory, and the modified nonlinear consensus protocol are derived to attain the exponential consensus. The proposed consensus protocol approach is further extended by providing necessary and sufficient conditions for the straightforward evaluation of the robust adaptive protocol gains. The proposed fully distributed consensus protocol is robust to ensure the consensus error and adaptive gains bounded by eliminating the effect of disturbances. The resultant consensus control scheme reduces conservatism and is feasible for large values of Lipschitz constants. Finally, simulation results are presented for verifying the potency of the developed control strategies.
The Sustainable Ecotourism Potential Development With Special Reference to Oliveridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Along Bantul Beaches, Indonesia

All seven species of sea turtle are endangered species, Olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea is listed as red list of threatened species by the IUCN. From 2012 until 2018 only L. Olivacea that can be found landing at Bantul Beaches. Bantul has four beaches for sea turtle conservations; Pandansimo, Goa Cemara, Samas, and Pelangi. The purpose of this study was to obtain information on the perception of general tourists about the potential development of turtle conservation based ecotourism in Bantul. A questionnaire by random sampling used to collect data to respondents (200 visitors). The data processed using quantitative descriptive. SWOT analysis methods use to evaluate the possibility of sea turtle based sustainable ecotourism developtment. The results show that almost of tourist perception about: the condition of the beach in Bantul that is positive; the responses of the beach operators were good; approve of turtle conservation based ecotourism development; agree with the policy to donate for the efforts of turtle conservation; have the perception that the turtle has its attractiveness for beach tourism; agree that giving an explanation of the importance of turtle conservation before the release of hatchlings open to the tourists’ insight about the importance of turtle conservation. The area of the beach during the release of hatchlings is very supportive because of limited visitors when release hatchlings. The presence of donations by tourists in conservation efforts can be used as a source of funding for turtle conservation. From SWOT analysis, the sea turtle conservation in Bantul is potential to be developed into sustainable ecotourism.