Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Organizational Attributes, Market Growth, and Product Innovation

Extensive research has shown that organizational attributes affect product innovation. Extending this literature, this article delimits two general categories of organizational attributes and relates them to product innovation. Organizational attributes can be either control oriented or flexibility oriented. Control-oriented organizational attributes strive to realize organizational activities as intended, while flexibility-oriented attributes allow organizational activities to emerge in a directed way. The classical institutional theory suggests that organizational attributes, no matter whether they are control oriented or flexibility oriented, serve two major functions: a constraining function and an enabling function. Recognizing the dual functions of organizational attributes, this article argues that both types of organizational attributes are indispensable for the functioning of innovative organizations and that the impacts of control-oriented organizational attributes on product innovation decrease with market growth, while the impacts of flexibility-oriented organizational attributes on product innovation increase with market growth. Empirical results largely support these hypotheses. Strategic planning, as a control-oriented organizational attribute, is positively associated with product innovativeness, regardless of the market growth rate. The effectiveness of other organizational attributes, including formalization and organizational redundancy, varies with market conditions. As the rate of market growth increases, formalization becomes less effective for, but never becomes detrimental to, product innovativeness. Conversely, as the rate of market growth increases, organizational redundancy becomes more effective for product innovativeness. Overall, the results show that both control-oriented and flexibility-oriented elements are indispensable for the design of innovative organizations.
Weight and deflection optimization of Cantilever Beam using a modified Non-Dominated sorting Genetic Algorithm

Many problems having single or multiple objectives are routinely solved using GA methodologies. This paper is devoted to the simultaneous weight and deflection optimization of cantilever beam by using a modified Non-Dominated sorting Genetic Algorithm, subjected to maximum stress and maximum deflection constraints. The multi-objective optimization algorithm used in this paper has better sorting, incorporates elitism and no sharing parameter needs to be chosen a priori.
Timing and Velocit of Ejection as Major Determinants of End-Systolic Pressure in Isolated Rabbit Hearts

Background Systolic shortening is known to produce muscle deactivation. The present study was designed to analyze whether the velocity and the timing of ejection play a role on end-systolic pressure-volume relations (ESPVR). Methods and Results In isolated rabbit hearts, left ventricular pressure and volume were recorded and digitized, and left ventricular volume was controlled by a servosystem (4-millisecond cycles) to alter the timing of ejection. A significant deficit in end-systolic pressure was observed when ejection was late in systole with respect to earlier ejection. This was associated with a significantly reduced end-systolic elastance. End-systolic pressure of beats with slow ejection was intermediate between that of the beats with early ejection and that of beats with late ejection with a significantly increased endsystolic volume compared with beats with early rapid ejection. The same results were obtained with hypertrophied hearts (abdominal aortic stenosis). Pressure-volume loop areas were significantly increased in beats with slow ejections and with rapid delayed ejections versus early rapid ejections. No change in the positive peak of dP/dt was observed when the timing and the velocity of ejection were modified. Conclusions ESPVR is modified by the ejection profile, with a decreased end-systolic pressure and an increased pressure-volume loop area related to the velocity and the amount of shortening during the end-systolic phase. These indices of ventricular function thus must be used with caution when the timing of ejection is altered, and the end-diastolic volumepeak dP/dt relation may be a better index of ventricular function. (Circulation. 1994;90:3055-3062.)
Food deprivation and acquisition of intravenous cocaine self-administration in rats: effect of naltrexone and haloperidol.

In order to create optimal conditions for the acquisition of i.v. cocaine self-administration in the rat, three groups of rats were deprived of food to different extents in order to obtain body weight reductions of 5 to 15, 15 to 25 and 25 to 35% of the pre-experimental body weights, and were tested for five consecutive 6-hr sessions in a continuous reinforcement procedure for self-administration of cocaine (0.12 mg/ml) or saline. Self-administration interacted with weight loss and indicated that: 1) a minimum level of 15 to 25% weight loss was required to obtain cocaine self-administration; 2) weight loss-induced potentiation of cocaine self-administration resulted from an interaction of increased nonspecific lever pressing activity and increased reinforcing effects of the compound; and 3) optimal differentiation between cocaine- and saline-induced responding was obtained at 15 to 25% weight loss. Daily pretreatment during the five test sessions, with 0.1 to 1.0 mg/kg of naltrexone or 43 to 375 micrograms/kg of haloperidol, dose-dependently decreased the number of cocaine (0.12 mg/ml) self-injections. Naltrexone pretreatment, and to a lesser extent haloperidol pretreatment, appeared to affect cocaine self-administration in a specific manner; both treatments affected responding on the reinforced lever, but not responding on the nonreinforced lever. Self-administration of 0.06 mg/ml of cocaine tended to be decreased by naltrexone (1 mg/kg) and haloperidol (375 micrograms/kg); whereas self-administration induced by 0.25 mg/ml of cocaine was not significantly affected by naltrexone or haloperidol. Both treatments failed to affect self-administration of saline. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
UPLCMS Method Development and Validation of Amlodipine, Hydrochlorthiazide and Losartan in Combined Tablet Dosage Form

A simple, rapid, sensitive and specific UPLCMS method was developed and validated following ICH guidelines for simultaneous estimation of tablet dosage form containing amlodipine (AMLO) hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) and losartan (LOSAT) using telmisartan (TELMI) as an internal standard (IS). The separation was achieved using Waters ACQUITY BEH C18 (1.7 μm, 2.1 × 50 mm) column with gradient mode, mobile phase containing acetonitrile (A) & 1% ammonium acetate (B) pH adjusted to 2.8 with trifluoro acetic acid with gradient mode. The flow rate was 0.4 mL·mL﹣1 and the injection volume 2 μl. The retention time for amlodipine, hydrochlorothiazide and losartan was found to be 3.7, 2.5 and 3.9 min, respectively. The developed method was found to be linear over the concentration range of 50 - 300 ng·mL﹣1, 125 - 750 ng·mL﹣1 and 500 - 3000 ng·mL﹣1 for AMLO, HCT and LOSAT respectively. The signal intensities obtained in ion mode for amlodipine, hydrochlorothiazide, losartan and telmisartan (IS) they were found to be much higher positive ion mode (M+)﹣ parent ion at m/z, 409.02, 297.97, 422.91 and 515.03, respectively, in QUATTROZQ full scan mass spectra.
SpaceRef: A corpus of street-level geographic descriptions

This article describes SPACEREF, a corpus of street-level geographic descriptions. Pedestrians are walking a route in a (real) urban environment, describing their actions. Their position is automatically logged, their speech is manually transcribed, and their references to objects are manually annotated with respect to a crowdsourced geographic database. We describe how the data was collected and annotated, and how it has been used in the context of creating resources for an automatic pedestrian navigation system.
Agriculture Liberalization and Marginalized Young Local People: Evidence from a Food Plantation in Lampung

Since the 1980s, Indonesia has integrated its economy with global capitalism and has become liberal, particularly in the essential commodities, such as food, forestry, and mining. Moreover, this liberalization has created a diverse workforce and changed food production systems from family farming to corporate farming. Massive corporate farming raises a long debate, not only regarding the exclusion of small farmers but also regarding the changing social formations in the countryside that have led to a farmer regeneration crisis for young local people. Using social reproduction concepts, this study aims to analyze the rural social change including the impact for farmer families and access of local youth on job opportunity amid food corporate regime. The study is conducted in Terusan Nunyai sub-district of Central Lampung, which is identified as a high massive agriculture liberalization area in crops. The qualitative data is gathered from some literature reviews, direct observations, focus group discussion and in-depth interviews with some key informants. The research found that liberalization was followed by the land grabbing, and its food production systems have changed; they were previously based on household and tradition, but they switched into a corporate-based system (food estate). This corporate-based system employs many migrant workers, and after that, it changed the social class in the local community, between classes of employees and the local community classes as well. Limited capital and access of local people to get involved in the liberalization are considered to be the causes of marginalization of local people, including the young people's participation in the new social reproduction in the food regime.
No : 08 How To Count Citations If You Must

Citation indices are regularly used to inform critical decisions about promotion, tenure, and the allocation of billions of research dollars. Nevertheless, most indices (e.g., the -index) are motivated by intuition and rules of thumb, resulting in undesirable conclusions. In contrast, five natural properties lead us to a unique new index, the Euclidean index, that avoids several shortcomings of the -index and its successors. The Euclidean index is simply the Euclidean length of an individual’s citation list. Two empirical tests suggest that the Euclidean index outperforms the -index in practice.
Adaptive Linear Prediction Augmented Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Based Prediction for VBR Video Traffic

Problem statement: Network traffic prediction plays a vital role in the optimal resource allocation and management in computer networks. This study introduces an ARIMA based model augmented by Adaptive Linear Prediction (ALP) for the real time prediction of VBR video traffic. The synergy of the two can successfully address the challenges in traffic prediction such as accuracy in prediction, resource management and utilization. Approach: ARIMA application on a VBR video trace results in a component wise representation of the trace which is then used for prediction. The ALP applied afterwards, ensures consistency in error fluctuation and better accuracy in turn. Results: Performance evaluation of the proposed method is carried out using RMSE. The prediction accuracy is improved by 23% and the error variance is reduced by 23%. Conclusion: The performance of the proposed method is thoroughly investigated, by applying it on video traces of different qualities and characteristics.
Outcome of root canal treatment using Soft-Core and cold lateral compaction filling techniques: a randomized clinical trial.

AIM The purpose of this clinical and radiographic investigation was to evaluate the treatment outcomes of endodontically treated teeth obturated with Soft-Core versus cold lateral compaction. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 98 teeth were endodontically prepared using the Quantec LX rotary system with a crown-down pressureless technique and obturated with either Soft-Core or cold lateral compaction. The outcome of treatments were evaluated clinically and radiographically by two blinded evaluators after three years. Statistical analysis was performed using an unpaired t-test and the Mann Whitney test at the level of significance set at 95%. RESULTS Regardless of the periapical status of the teeth, no statistically significant difference was found between the two obturation techniques (p > 0.05). The Kappa value for the interobserver agreement was 0.73. CONCLUSION Within the limits of the study, it is concluded the Soft-Core obturation technique did not result in a significantly different treatment outcome when compared with cold lateral compaction after three years. Further investigations should be carried out on the Soft-Core technique. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Using the Soft-Core system reduced working time, and the difference was found to be statistically different (p = 0.00056) from the working time required for cold lateral compaction. This reduction in canal filling time holds the potential for cost savings for clinicians while maintaining the quality of the clinical outcome.
The Investors’ Perspective on Investment Attractiveness of Oil and Gas Exploration Industry in Indonesia

As from the year 2011 to date, the oil and gas exploration (O&G) industry in Indonesia is not attractive anymore to the investors. It is clearly shown by all indicators of the O&G exploration performance in Indonesia which decline sharply causing the RRR (Reserves Replacement Ratio) is currently about 0.5. As the result the national O&G reserves and production decline as well. Starting the year 2004 Indonesia has become an oil nett impoter; the consumption is much bigger than the national production. This is threatening the availability of O&G energy source so that it can cause state instability. This study aims to conduct the assessment of the investors’ perspective on the investment attractivenesss of O&G exploration industry in Indonesia, taking into account two main variables, i.e: the Government Regulation and Global Environment Variables using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The units of analysis are the O&G investors which means the shareholders. Meanwhile, observation units are the top management and the managers of O&G companies in Indonesia. Result of the study shows that Government Regulation Variable is the worse variable to accommodate the investors’ expectation causing the low attractiveness of the O&G exploration industry in Indonesia. Surprisingly the influence of Global Environment variables, such as world crude oil price, is not significant compared to the Government Regulation. To increase the attractiveness of O&G exploration industry, Government of Indonesia should reform the existing regulation and increase government support for this industry to match the global environment which keeps changing.
Utilization of Social Media Platforms for Educational Purposes among the Faculty of Higher Education with Special Reference to Tamil Nadu

Social media tools are observed to play a vital role in the renovation of the conventional teaching and learning practices across the globe. Though primarily developed for online social communication, social media platforms tend to possess suitable tools that can be used for instructional purposes in order to initiate active learning among students. Additionally, the social publishing features that support User Generated Content (UGC) act as powerful drivers in converting social media sites into informal, networked and constructive virtual learning environments. The present study aims to analyse the use of social media platforms for educational purposes in developing nations such as India. The study intends to examine the penetration and reception of social media platforms in higher educational institutions in urban as well as the technologically deprived rural areas. An extensive survey was conducted among the faculty members in the higher educational institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The research reveals the present diffusion level of social software in the academic sector of Tamil Nadu, a state containing a varied technological landscape due to its internal digital divide and many other infrastructural discrepancies. Additionally, factors that induce and the barriers that affect the pedagogical employment of social media tools by the higher education faculty members have been identified.
Agile Software Engineering Practices and ERP: Is a Sprint too Fast for ERP Implementation

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is a complex and active process, one that involves a mixture of technological and organizational interactions. Often it is the largest IT project that an organization has ever launched and requires a mutual fit of system and organization. Concept of an ERP implementation supporting business processes across different departments in organization is not a generic, rigid and uniform process it is a vivid one and depends on number of different factors. As a result, the issues addressing the ERP implementation process have been one of the major concerns in industry. Therefore, ERP implementation process receives profound attention from practitioners and scholars in its academic or industry papers. However, research on ERP systems so far has been mainly focused on diffusion, use and impact issues. Less attention has been given to the methods/methodologies used during the configuration and the implementation of ERP systems; even though they are commonly used in practice, they still remain largely unexplored and undocumented in Information Systems research domain. Furthermore, research on Agile Software Engineering Practices in ERP Implementations context is almost nonexistent. Many IT specialists find agile management frameworks positive, but ask themselves whether these can also cope with the complex adjustments of ERP systems. The answer is quite simple: agile management frameworks, in particular Scrum, were developed for the exact purpose of enabling successful execution of large and complex projects. Depending on the size of the company, an ERP project including preparation can take over a year – or it can become a long-runner that eats up resources. One reason for this: if projects are handled in line with traditional procedural models, lengthy integration and acceptance tests are not carried out until the end. So, at the end of the development the detected errors and change requests pile up and delivery is delayed. This study is a response to the frequent calls for industrial case studies on agile software development (Dingsøyr et al. 2012; Dybå and Dingsøyr 2008). This paper is useful to researchers who are interested in ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks. Paper also aims at the professional ERP community involved in the process of ERP implementation by promoting a better understanding of ERP implementation methodologies and frameworks, its variety and future development.
Relationship between Foreign Exchange Rate and Stock Price of Commercial Banks in Romanian financial market

In the context of globalization and the financial crisis that the world traversed over the period 2007-2009, the Romanian capital market suffered extreme shocks (stock indices recording a decline of up to 90% while the national currency depreciated sharply against EUR and USD), which led to a significant increase in volatility in the national financial market. Considering that the financial sector was the trigger of the crisis and one of the most affected sector, we chose to analyze whether we can talk about the foreign exchange rate impact on price of the bank shares traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and vice versa (during March 2008 -June 2017), using correlation and VAR Granger Causality test. Frequency of data is daily. We also studied the evolution of the correlation between the banking sector (represented bythe shares of the banking companies traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange) and the foreign exchange market during and after the financial crisis.Next, we analyzed volatility changes in this sector in the post-crisis period compared to the one recorded during the financial crisis. We have included the three Romanian banks: BRD-Groupe Societe Generale, Banca Transilvania, Patria Bank and two foreign banks traded on BSE: Erste Bank AG and Deutsche Bank and RON/EUR and RON/USD exchange rates.The results of the study showed that we can speak of a unidirectional causality running from the RON / EUR exchange rate to the prices of the Romanian banks included in the study (except for Patria Bank) and of a bidirectional causality for foreign banks Erste Bank and Deutsche Bank. During the crisis (as could be expected), we noticed an increase in volatility and market correlation and a slight decline once the effects of the crisis began to dissipate.
Automatic Difficulty Assessment for Chinese Texts

We present a web-based interface that automatically assesses reading difficulty of Chinese texts. The system performs word segmentation, part-of-speech tagging and dependency parsing on the input text, and then determines the difficulty levels of the vocabulary items and grammatical constructions in the text. Furthermore, the system highlights the words and phrases that must be simplified or re-written in order to conform to the user-specified target difficulty level. Evaluation results show that the system accurately identifies the vocabulary level of 89.9% of the words, and detects grammar points at 0.79 precision and 0.83 recall.
Biofabrication of multi-material anatomically shaped tissue constructs

Additive manufacturing in the field of regenerative medicine aims to fabricate organized tissue-equivalents. However, the control over shape and composition of biofabricated constructs is still a challenge and needs to be improved. The current research aims to improve shape, by converging a number of biocompatible, quality construction materials into a single three-dimensional fiber deposition process. To demonstrate this, several models of complex anatomically shaped constructs were fabricated by combined deposition of poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(ε-caprolactone), gelatin methacrylamide/gellan gum and alginate hydrogel. Sacrificial components were co-deposited as temporary support for overhang geometries and were removed after fabrication by immersion in aqueous solutions. Embedding of chondrocytes in the gelatin methacrylamide/gellan component demonstrated that the fabrication and the sacrificing procedure did not affect cell viability. Further, it was shown that anatomically shaped constructs can be successfully fabricated, yielding advanced porous thermoplastic polymer scaffolds, layered porous hydrogel constructs, as well as reinforced cell-laden hydrogel structures. In conclusion, anatomically shaped tissue constructs of clinically relevant sizes can be generated when employing multiple building and sacrificial materials in a single biofabrication session. The current techniques offer improved control over both internal and external construct architecture underscoring its potential to generate customized implants for human tissue regeneration.