Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perilaku Pasca-Adopsi Teknologi Personal terhadap Intensi Sustainable Behavior

Perilaku paradoks dalam adopsi teknologi terjadi ketika tingkat kecanggihan teknologi tidak bersesuaian dengan perilaku individu. Teknologi yang dapat mengurangi penggunaan sumberdaya alam dan meminimalisir biaya sehingga perilaku intensi adopsi teknologi seharusnya menstimuli hadirnya perilaku berkelanjutan (sustainable behavior). Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan menguji efek perilaku pasca-adopsi teknologi oleh konsumen yang mengarah pada sustainable behavior. Prediktor penggunaan teknologi meminjam sebagian model UTAUT2 dengan menambahkan perceived benefit sebagai peran moderasi dalam hubungannya dengan perilaku berkelanjutan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan penyebaran kuesioner online, sebanyak 162 kuesioner valid berhasil diperoleh dengan analisis data menggunakan Partial Least Square (PLS). Hasil mengungkap sumbangsih motivasi hedonis, nilai harga dan kebiasaan terhadap perilaku intensi adopsi teknologi sedangkan efek peran moderasi persepsi manfaat tidak ditemukan dalam hubungan antara perilaku intensi dan perilaku berkelanjutan.
A research on the factors of the new globalization model influencing the maritime transport

After the global financial crisis in 2008, world economy and trade have taken place in a radical change. Especially after 2012, global economic development is far from the rapid growth rates recorded in the 90s and 2000s. This term is called "New Globalization Era" and this era emphasizes the real-time economy. The aim of this study is to identify the variables that define the new globalization model from the point of view of the container shipping and port industry and to rank these variables by their importance. According to the results, it is expected that the most influential variables of the new globalization model that will affect the maritime transport in the future will be cybersecurity threat, Industry 4.0 technologies and climate change.
Attitudes of the Youth towards Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of India and China

This study argues that social support is an important enabler in entrepreneurial activity in a country or a region. One untested assumption in policy making on entrepreneurship development has been that all regions are equally desirous of entrepreneurial activity and one policy could address issues in all regions. It was argued that societal attitudes towards entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are important determinants for future entrepreneurial activity. These attitudes would be impacted by the family background of an individual and entrepreneurial development in the region an individual comes from. It was hypothesized that more positive attitude would be seen in (i) people form entrepreneurial backgrounds, and (ii) entrepreneurially more developed regions. These hypotheses were tested on more than 5,000 respondents in India and China. The results for family background’s influence on attitudes found strong support in both India and China. Regional development showed stronger influence on attitude in India than in China. The findings and implications for studying attitudes and policy making are discussed.
Effect of a Physical Fitness Program on Physical Self-Concept and Physical Fitness Elements in Primary School Students

The purpose of this study was to assess the short-term effect of a physical fitness program on physical self-concept and physical fitness elements among primary school students. Spanish boys and girls (N = 75; M age = 11.1 yr., SD = 0.4) were divided into an experimental group and a control group. During physical education classes, the experimental group performed an 8-week program including two circuits of 8 exercises done for 15 to 35 sec. each with 45 to 25 sec. of rest between them. Physical self-concept (Physical Self-Description Questionnaire) and physical fitness (EUROFIT battery tests) were measured at the beginning and at the end of the physical fitness program. The results showed that the improvements in physical fitness were not accompanied by major changes in physical self-concept, even though the physical fitness program seemed to maintain the Experimental group's previous physical appearance, strength, and self-esteem perceptions, all of which statistically significantly decreased in the control group after the intervention.
Influence of stocking density, artificial dusk and group size on the perching behaviour of broilers

1. Perching behaviour of Ross broiler chickens was studied in order to increase the available space at the floor level. Pens (36 m2) were equipped with wooden perches mounted 20 and 33 cm above the litter (5 cm perch length per bird). 2. The influences of stocking density (22 vs 11 birds/m2, experiment 1) and of a 10 min artificial dusk (17 birds/m2, experiment 2) were tested in a 2×2 factorial design (n = 4 by treatment) including control pens without perches. In experiment 3, perching behaviour between 2 different group sizes (1020 vs 4590 birds, 17 birds/m2, no replicates) was compared. 3. The percentage of perching birds (PPB) was assessed by scan sampling observations during the 20 to 22 h light period (8 observations per d, 5 d a week, from week 3). In experiment 2, infra-red video recording was performed at the time lights were dimmed and during the dark period. In experiment 1, carcase lesions were noted. In experiment 2, tibia breaking strength of frequently perching birds was compared with controls. Birds were weighed before slaughter and food conversion was calculated. 4. PPB increased with age and density (P <0.01) and was highest at the 22 birds/m2 density during week 6 (mean=10.6%, maximum=13.5%). PPB was not influenced by a 10-min artificial dusk. In experiment 3, PPB was slightly lower during weeks 5 and 6 in the large group size compared to the small group size (6.8% vs 7.9% respectively in week 6). 5. Prevalence of carcase lesions and tibia breaking strengths were unrelated to perch usage. Final bodyweights were not influenced by the presence of perches except at the 22 birds/m2 density where males were slightly heavier in the control pens compared with males in pens equipped with perches (2096 g vs 2051 g, P = 0.015). Food conversion was independent of the presence of perches.
Analysis of Efficiency and Fidelity of HIV-1 (+)-Strand DNA Synthesis Reveals a Novel Rate-limiting Step during Retroviral Reverse Transcription*

We have analyzed the efficiency and accuracy of polymerization at several different stages during the initiation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) (+)-strand DNA synthesis. This reaction is of particular interest, as it involves the recruitment by reverse transcriptase of an RNA primer that serves as substrate for both the polymerase and RNase H activities of the enzyme. We found that the correct incorporation of the first two nucleotides was severely compromised and that formation of mismatches was completely absent at this stage of initiation. Although the fidelity of incorporations decreased concomitantly with ensuing polymerization, the elongation of mispaired primers was literally blocked. Instead, mispaired primer strands initiated a switch from active synthesis of DNA to premature RNase H-mediated primer removal. These findings suggest the existence of a fragile equilibrium between these two enzymatic activities that is shifted toward RNase H cleavage once the polymerization process is aggravated. Our data show that the initiation of HIV-1 (+)-strand DNA synthesis differs significantly from reactions involving other primer/template combinations, including tRNA-primed (−)-strand DNA synthesis.
Networking for a Sustainable Future? A qualitative study about the couplings between member organisations and CSR-networks

The increasing focus on social and environmental issues has led to a rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) networks. Studies on CSR-networks have different explanations for the effects of participation in such networks, but has largely ignored to explore how the strength of couplings between the participating organisations and the network shape these effects. This study aims to address this gap based on a qualitative case study of a Swedish CSR-network and loose coupling literature. Drawing on empirically identified multitudes of couplings, we suggest that there are four ‘ideal types’ of members in CSR-networks: the Disconnected, the Social, the Selling, and the Knowledge Seeker. We then show that these ideal types experience different effects of participation in CSR-networks with the Knowledge Seeker experiencing the most immediate practical effects, the Social mostly gaining immediate emotional effects, the Selling mostly experiencing practical effects and the Disconnected getting no effects. We conclude the thesis by discussing the implications of these findings for what participation in CSR-networks means for the four ideal types of members.
From Public to Private Irrigation: Implications for Equity in Access to Water

This article examines changes in the irrigation economy of India in the post-Independence period by drawing upon secondary data and data from in-depth village surveys conducted by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS). Specifically, it analyses the extent of inequality in the ownership of irrigation equipment and access to irrigation across socio-economic classes. The article argues that the shift in the irrigation economy towards private groundwater irrigation is associated with greater inequality in the ownership of irrigation equipment and in access to an assured source of irrigation. The evidence from village-level data shows that while intervention by the state protects the interests of small and poor cultivators, private control over water adversely affects access to irrigation, crop choice, and profitability in agriculture.
Variable optimisation of medical image data by the learning Bayesian Network reasoning

The method proposed here uses Bayesian non-linear classifier to select optimal subset of attributes to avoid redundant variables and reduce data uncertainty in the classification process often used in medical diagnosis. The method also exploits the structural reasoning ability of Bayesian Networks (BN) to optimize large number of attributes to prevent overfitting, meanwhile it maintains the high classification accuracy. This process simplifies the complex data analyses and may lead to a cost reduction in clinical data acquisition process.
Utilisation de la détection cohérente pour les systèmes de transmission optique à 40 Gb/s et 100 Gb/s

La prochaine generation d'infrastructures de communication par fibre optique comprendra des systemes de transmission longue distance avec du multiplexage en longueur d'onde (WDM) a 40 et 100 Gb / s, et sera tres probablement basee sur la detection coherente. Le travail de these decrit dans ce manuscrit etudie ces systemes. Nous demontrons d'abord leur tolerance inegalee a des effets physiques lineaires de propagation, grâce au traitement numerique du signal realise dans le recepteur. Neanmoins, les systemes optiques peuvent etre limites aussi par des effets non-lineaires de propagation. Cette these explore le comportement non-lineaire des signaux detectes avec un recepteur coherent, specialement quand ils sont multiplexes en polarisation. Nous avons particulierement etudie l'evolution de l'impact des non-linearites quand le debit augmente de 40 a 100 Gb/s, en demontrant que l'augmentation du debit accroit la tolerance a certaines non-linearites. Cette these examine egalement l'interaction entre la dispersion modale de polarisation (PMD) et les non-linearites. Contrairement aux systemes existants, nous avons prouve que, lorsque la PDM est distribuee, elle s'avere souvent etre benefique en reduisant les penalites causees par les non-linearites. Au contraire, quand la PMD est localisee, elle peut augmenter la degradation causee par lesdites non-linearites. Finalement, comme une preuve de l'interet porte par les operateurs aux technologies a 100 Gb/s, ce manuscrit presente les resultats d'un essai de terrain que nous avons mene recemment sur le reseau de Telefonica en Espagne montrant le potentiel des technologies coherente pour moderniser les reseaux existants.
EMPLOYEE MOBILITY IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN TANZANIA: LESSON FROM SELECTED INSTITUTIONS IN ILALA MUNICIPALITY, DAR ES SALAAM

This study examines the state of labour mobility in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. It was conducted in four public institutions and involved a sample of 95 respondents. Moreover cross sectional research design was used in which data were collected through structured questionnaire and interviews. Data were analysed through content analysis and descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 15.0. The findings indicate presence of high employees labour mobility among public workers (Mean score of 13.51; SD=1.61; Median = 12). Some of the contributing reasons for employees’ mobility which were cited in this study include lack of recognition, low salary and poor incentive schemes. Therefore employee mobility is high among public institutions in Dar es Salaam. It is recommended that employee mobility should be addressed among public workers in Dar es Salaam. Further studies can compare factors for employee mobility from government to private institutions in Tanzania.
Random fourier feature kernel recursive least squares

In this paper, we investigate the nonlinear, finite dimensional and data independent random Fourier feature expansions that can approximate the popular Gaussian kernel. With recursive least squares algorithm, we develop the Random Fourier Feature Recursive Least Squares algorithm (RFF-RLS), which shows significant performance improvements in simulations when compared with several other online kernel learning algorithms such as Kernel Least Mean Square (KLMS) and Kerne Recursive Least Squares (KRLS). Our results confirm that the RFF-RLS can achieve desirable performance with low computational cost. As for the random Fourier features, the randomization generally results in redundancy. We use an algorithm, namely, Vector Quantization with Information Theoretic Learning (VQIT) to decrease the dictionary size. The resulting sparse dictionary can match the original data distribution well. The RFF-RLS with VQIT can outperform the RFF-RLS without VQIT.
Innovation and Development: A Framework “Unmasking” The Role of Institutional Development

In contemporary times, one hardly finds progress without the element of innovation. Individuals such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Mark Zuckerberg just to mention a few are a subject of extolment because they distinguished themselves from the norms of society by adding value to what is already there or inventing an entirely new product. This presupposes that development and innovation are inseparable.The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework on the ostensible relationship between innovation and national development taking into account the role of institutional quality. The paper explores the ingredients for a smooth takeoff of innovation drive through science and technology in developing economies. The paper is in attempt to address challenges faced by developing economies such as the ones in sub-Sahara Africa. A rigorous literature-based analysis was employed by considering concepts from innovation and development. A synthesis of the various concepts and constructs leads to the development of a three-pronged conceptual framework.The findings indicate that it takes the effort of a well-developed institutional framework to evolve innovation and have it applied for the benefit of society. The paper in its essence emphasizes that institutions are the facilitators of the innovation drive and that it takes an efficient and vibrant institutional setup to actualized this benefit. The framework will enrich the discourse on innovation and development by contributing to theory, research and practice in the science, technology and innovation (STI) agenda. The paper concludes by pointing out that, the environment plays an important role for institutions to function. The pro-activeness of institutions is contingent on the environment necessary for them to thrive. That is, public funding of innovation drive cannot be decouple from institutional framework and that is what developing economies must realize and embrace to bring about the structural change so desired. Keywords: Innovation; Institutional Quality, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), Development; Entrepreneurship; Developing Economies.
Thrombin time and fibrinogen as initial screening tests for people with inherited bleeding disorders

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QCR Measurements on Formation of Multilayers Using SAM Technique

This contribution presents a concept of carrier multilayer preparation on quartz crystal resonators (QCR). Multilayers consist of several self assembled silane-based monolayers with a decreasing overall density. The resulting layers have a defined and stable structure. The formation process has been monitored by QCR measurements. For this purpose a new measurement cell has been developed with a novel clamping technique. The preparation technique should allow the design of a wide variety of properties of the carrier film between the transducer and receptor layers for various sensing applications with improved acoustic properties and less artificial character.
Assessment of cognitive fluctuation in dementia: a systematic review of the literature

Cognitive fluctuations (CF) are defined as spontaneous alterations in cognition, attention and arousal. They are a recognised feature of the dementias, especially dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia. However, the accurate identification and assessment of CF presents a major clinical difficulty, with the operationalisation of the term ‘cognitive fluctuation’ remaining elusive, despite several attempts to identify, quantify and assess the phenomenon. No published reviews of CF in dementia exist despite this being an important clinical phenomenon and a core diagnostic feature of DLB.
Using surface-plasmon effects to improve process latitute in near-field optical lithography

Surface plasmon enhanced contact lithography uses an underlying plasmonic layer to enhance image quality in evanescent near-field optical lithography. This article details simulations aimed at finding optimum conditions and attempts to explain some underlying mechanisms. Parameters explored include resist thickness, metal permittivity and thickness, polarization, and grating period and duty-cycle
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) on Cognitive-Motor Dual Control Skills

This randomized crossover study investigated whether anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefontal cortex (dlPFC) modulates memory-guided finger isometric maintenance during single motor and dual cognitive-motor tasks, based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. Twenty-three healthy participants (14 female; M age = 29.130 years, SD = 10.918) underwent both sham and 2-mA stimulation sessions over the dlPFC for 20 minutes, with a minimum washout period of seven days. We analyzed finger-force isometric maintenance and event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) of the EEG during early and later phases of both tasks. We observed a significant motor accuracy improvement (p = .014) and significant variation of force output (p = .027) with significant decrease in ERSP on the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) (early phase, p = .027; later phase, p = .023) only after 2 mA stimulation. Thus, anodal tDCS over the dlPFC may improve memory-guided force control during cognitive-motor dual tasks.
An approach to adaptive decentralized control of flexible joint robots

This paper presents an approach to adaptive decentralized control for flexible joint robots based on an adaptive observer technique. The joint dynamics is decomposed into a linear term plus nonlinearities, where the parameters are unknown. Under the assumption, that the variation of nonlinearities is slower than the adaptation speed of the observer, the system states and parameters will be reconstructed by the adaptive observer. A two-level adaptive control scheme is used to guarantee the trajectory tracking and the stability of the control system. Simulation results of the control on a realistic robot model are given to show the performance of the proposed control system.
Liking the Game: How Can Spectating Motivations Influence Social Media Usage at Live Esports Events?

There is no doubt that various social media services shape the ways in which we approach our daily lives. The ubiquitous nature of these services, afforded by mobile devices, means that we can take them with us wherever we go --- including when we attend live events. Uncovering why individuals use social media during live events can help improve event organization, marketing, and the experiences of attendees. Our understanding of the motivations for using social media during live events is, however, still lacking in depth, especially in regard to emerging live events such as esports. This study aims to answer the question: what motivates the use of social media during live esports events? Data was gathered via a survey (N=255) at the 'Assembly 2016' LAN-event, a major live esports event. We examine the relationships between using various social media services and the motivations for esports spectating, through the Motivation Scale for Sports Consumption. While the results indicate that using social media services while attending Assembly 2016 was quite popular, it seemed that in many cases social media usage was a distraction from esports spectating, a core activity of the event. The results provide implications as to how marketers of live esports events should encourage or control usage of social media by attendees.
IoT Event Processing Framework Message Broker Data Storage Framework Batch Analytics Framework Green Flows : Real time Purple Flows : Batch Ingestion

As sensors are adopted in almost all fields of life, the Internet of Things (IoT) is triggering a massive influx of data. We need efficient and scalable methods to process this data to gain valuable insight and take timely action. Existing approaches which support both batch processing (suitable for analysis of large historical data sets) and event processing (suitable for realtime analysis) are complex. We propose the hut architecture, a simple but scalable architecture for ingesting and analyzing IoT data, which uses historical data analysis to provide context for real-time analysis. We implement our architecture using open source components optimized for big data applications and extend them where needed. We demonstrate our solution on two real-world smart city use cases in transportation and energy management.
Synthesis and Labeling of RNA In Vitro

This unit discusses several methods for generating large amounts of uniformly labeled, end‐labeled, and site‐specifically labeled RNAs in vitro. The methods involve a number of experimental procedures, including RNA transcription, 5′ dephosphorylation and rephosphorylation, 3′ terminal nucleotide addition (via ligation), site‐specific RNase H cleavage directed by 2′‐O‐methyl RNA‐DNA chimeras, and 2‐piece splint ligation. The applications of these RNA radiolabeling approaches are also discussed. Curr. Protoc. Mol. Biol. 102:4.15. 1–4.15. 14. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.