Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CORPORATE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. Effect on employee outcomes

CENTRIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Kokkola Date March 2016 Author Do Thi Truc Ly Degree programme Business management Name of thesis CORPORATE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. Effect on employee outcomes Instructor Janne Peltoniemi Pages 33 Supervisor Janne Peltoniemi Corporate community involvement is a beneficial policy of organizations. It brings professional as well as social benefits to the company. Usually companies practice corporate community involvement in order to contribute into societal development. The report studies five cases of big companies Apple Inc., Nestle, Mac cosmetics, Samsung and McDonalds to identify effects of corporate community involvement on employee outcomes. It is concluded that McDonalds gain highest benefits from CCI projects and causes. The contribution made by other companies enhance their good image and attract more customers to be a part of societal development within the same cost. Some workable recommendations are given at the end of project that would add to effectiveness of concept and related efforts.
Total Return and Credit Spread Diversification in International Bond Portfolios

In this study we investigate the factors responsible for diversification in international corporate bond portfolios. We observe that interest rate factors are the most important single cause of diversification of total portfolio returns. Maturity diversification follows as the second most effective risk reduction strategy, while credit rating and seniority diversification effects are unimportant. Interest rate and maturity diversification are also found to be the dominant strategies to reduce the volatility of credit spreads. Finally, contrary to recent evidence from the stock market, industry diversification produces but a negligible impact on the volatility of corporate bond portfolios.
Very fast co-simulation model and accurate on-the-fly performance estimation methodology for heterogeneous MPSoC

For helping MPSoC designers to make right choices at the first development steps, we present here a Hw/Sw high-level heterogeneous SoC simulation model in order to facilitate the exploration while ensuring the functional correctness. Because the system level offers a large optimization capacity, we particularly aim on operating system (OS) services and tasks mapping. Also, we propose to estimate dynamically the execution times of the mapping tasks at the C level allowing a very fast co-simulation.
Financial Literacy Through Service Innovation

Financial literacy enables financial inclusion, a key policy concern in economic development. Governments around the world are keen to promote financial literacy and fund programmes and organizations that promote financial literacy in low-income populations and youth. However, given the complex interaction of behaviour and skills in financial decisions, it is difficult to conduct an outcome-based evaluation of financial literacy programmes. In the absence of a reliable ex-post evaluation, we focus on ex-ante considerations that should guide us in the design of financial literacy programmes. This article provides a framework for financial literacy programme design drawing lessons from the service innovation literature and experiences of Sanchayan, a non-governmental organization in India that delivers financial literacy and services to low-income adults and youth. We show how Sanchayan in its financial literacy programme design takes the context and the needs of its clients into account and delivers services to its clients in their own comfortable environment. Several challenges faced by Sanchayan in imparting financial literacy and services are also identified.
Gradient Projection Iterative Sketch for Large-Scale Constrained Least-Squares

We propose a randomized first order optimization algorithm Gradient Projection Iterative Sketch (GPIS) and an accelerated variant for efficiently solving large scale constrained Least Squares (LS). We provide theoretical convergence analysis for both proposed algorithms and demonstrate our methods' computational efficiency compared to classical accelerated gradient method, and the state of the art variance-reduced stochastic gradient methods through numerical experiments in various large synthetic/real data sets.
Physical Fitness and Cardiac Risk Factors of Professional Firefighters across the Career Span

Firefigh ting can be a physically demanding occupation. Sothmann, Saupe,Jasenof, and Blaney (1992) found that during firefighting emergencies firefighters' heart rates were sustained at 88 ± 6% ofmaximum, which wasestimated to be equivalent to 63 ± 14% ofmaximum oxygen uptake (V02max). Gledhill andJamnik (1992) measured oxygen uptakes averaging 41.5 ml-kgv-min? and peak lactate concentrations of 6-13.2 mM during demanding simulated firefighting tasks. Lusa, Louhevaara, Smolander, Kivimaki, and Korhonen (1993) reported relative aerobic strains from 41-101 % of V02max and relative mean heart rates between 66 and 90% of the maximum heart rate during simulated rescues in 110°C ambient temperatures, while firefighters wore fire-resistive clothing and a self-contained breathing apparatus. O'Connell, Thomas, Cady, and Karwasky (1986) found that stair climbing at 60 steps per minute in uniform while carrying firefighting equipment required heart rates of 84-100% and oxygen consumptions 63-97% ofmaximum. Based on aerial ladder climb, victim rescue, hose drag, and ladder raise tests, Lemon and Hermiston (1977a) concluded that firefighting required approximately 60-80% ofV02max,even when other external stressors present at a fire were eliminated (i.e., heat, humidity, decreased 02' increased CO 2, and emotional stress.) Professional firefighters are generally selected on the basis of excellent physical fitness, firefighting ex-
FII Inflows into Indian IPOs and its Impact on the Indian Stock Market

Abstract Foreign portfolio investments (FPIs) gained momentum in India, particularly, in the post-liberalization period. On the other hand, the Indian primary market acts as the prime platform for corporate capital formation especially through the initial public offering (IPO). The foreign institutional investments have always been known for their volatile nature and quick reversal. This article is an attempt to identify how the foreign institutional investments in the Indian IPO segment augment financial development, and to what extent such investment can be considered close to real investments by being in the primary market.
High performance, sub-50nm MOSFETS for mixed signal applications

We have fabricated and tested sub-50nm gate length nMOSFETs with fT up to 290GHz to assess their suitability for mixed signal applications in the super high frequency (SHF) band, i.e. 3-30GHz. We have also developed an accurate, high frequency (1 -50GHz) model suitable for integration with digital CMOS
Articular soft tissue anatomy of the archosaur hip joint: Structural homology and functional implications

Archosaurs evolved a wide diversity of locomotor postures, body sizes, and hip joint morphologies. The two extant archosaurs clades (birds and crocodylians) possess highly divergent hip joint morphologies, and the homologies and functions of their articular soft tissues, such as ligaments, cartilage, and tendons, are poorly understood. Reconstructing joint anatomy and function of extinct vertebrates is critical to understanding their posture, locomotor behavior, ecology, and evolution. However, the lack of soft tissues in fossil taxa makes accurate inferences of joint function difficult. Here, we describe the soft tissue anatomies and their osteological correlates in the hip joint of archosaurs and their sauropsid outgroups, and infer structural homology across the extant taxa. A comparative sample of 35 species of birds, crocodylians, lepidosaurs, and turtles ranging from hatchling to skeletally mature adult were studied using dissection, imaging, and histology. Birds and crocodylians possess topologically and histologically consistent articular soft tissues in their hip joints. Epiphyseal cartilages, fibrocartilages, and ligaments leave consistent osteological correlates. The archosaur acetabulum possesses distinct labrum and antitrochanter structures on the supraacetabulum. The ligamentum capitis femoris consists of distinct pubic‐ and ischial attachments, and is homologous with the ventral capsular ligament of lepidosaurs. The proximal femur has a hyaline cartilage core attached to the metaphysis via a fibrocartilaginous sleeve. This study provides new insight into soft tissue structures and their osteological correlates (e.g., the antitrochanter, the fovea capitis, and the metaphyseal collar) in the archosaur hip joint. The topological arrangement of fibro‐ and hyaline cartilage may provide mechanical support for the chondroepiphysis. The osteological correlates identified here will inform systematic and functional analyses of archosaur hindlimb evolution and provide the anatomical foundation for biomechanical investigations of joint tissues. J. Morphol. 276:601–630, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Prognostic Accuracy of Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes at Different Cut-Off Levels

Background/Aims: The prognostic accuracy of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in clinical settings is debated, variable across criteria, cut-offs, subtypes, and follow-up time. We aimed to estimate the prognostic accuracy of MCI and the MCI subtypes for dementia using three different cut-off levels. Methods: Memory clinic patients were followed for 2 (n = 317, age 63.7 ± 7.8) and 4-6 (n = 168, age 62.6 ± 7.4) years. We used 2.0, 1.5, and 1.0 standard deviations (SD) below the mean of normal controls (n = 120, age 64.1 ± 6.6) to categorize MCI and the MCI subtypes. Prognostic accuracy for dementia syndrome at follow-up was estimated. Results: Amnestic multi-domain MCI (aMCI-md) significantly predicted dementia under all conditions, most markedly when speed/attention, language, or executive function was impaired alongside memory. For aMCI-md, sensitivity increased and specificity decreased when the cut-off was lowered from 2.0 to 1.5 and 1.0 SD. Non-subtyped MCI had a high sensitivity and a low specificity. Conclusion: Our results suggest that aMCI-md is the only viable subtype for predicting dementia for both follow-up times. Lowering the cut-off decreases the positive predictive value and increases the negative predictive value of aMCI-md. The results are important for understanding the clinical prognostic utility of MCI, and MCI as a non-progressive disorder.
A new control strategy to achieve sinusoidal line current in a cascade buck-boost converter

This work presents a detailed theoretical analysis and experimental results of a novel means of obtaining sinusoidal input current and unity power factor (UPF) via a cascade buck-boost power converter. Using the new configuration, sinusoidal line current in phase with the bus voltage is achieved, thanks to a new and simple to implement control strategy. Comparison between the input and output voltages is used to select the instantaneous operating mode of the converter. Offline references are calculated and stored in two EPROM circuits and then compared to measured currents to generate the gating signals of the appropriate switches. Complete theoretical analysis, simulation results and experimental data on a 500 W power converter are presented, to demonstrate the superiority of the new control strategy. Low order harmonics in the input current are eliminated and the input power factor is found to be over 0.99.
Miniaturized differential dual-band antenna with bandwidth improvement for WLAN application

A miniaturized differential dual-band antenna is presented. The dual-band operation is achieved by a square ring and a pair of fork-shaped strips. To improve the bandwidth of antenna, the packaging technique is introduced. The antenna has a compact size of 18mm×18mm. Simulated results show that the antenna can operate at 2.4 and 5.2 GHz for wireless local area network (WLAN), and the impedance bandwidths of two bands are 10.2% and 14.3%, respectively. Also, good radiation performances have been achieved at two bands.
MatrixDesks: interactive computing desks toward one-on-two educational computing environments

The era of 1:1 educational computing environment where each student has one mobile computing device is not far away. When such technology designed for individuals is applied to group learning, several student grouping problems could be encountered. In this paper, three issues are identified to illustrate the vision of the 1:2 educational computing environments. In a 1:2 classroom, besides the mobile devices, students also have their own computing desks, i.e. MatrixDesks, to solve the potential student grouping problems. By putting MatrixDesks together, a small group can form a shared working space with the combined desktops immediately and they can use their own digital pens as the input devices to work on and talk over it. Meanwhile, the students use their mobile devices to handle the related individual tasks. MatrixDesks is a coordination of applying the mobile computing and invisible computing to collaborative learning, which will lead to the accomplishment of 1:2 educational computing environments.
Nocturnality in Dinosaurs Inferred from Scleral Ring and Orbit Morphology

Comparison of eye structures between fossils and modern species suggests that Mesozoic archosaurs were active day and night. Variation in daily activity patterns facilitates temporal partitioning of habitat and resources among species. Knowledge of temporal niche partitioning in paleobiological systems has been limited by the difficulty of obtaining reliable information about activity patterns from fossils. On the basis of an analysis of scleral ring and orbit morphology in 33 archosaurs, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs, we show that the eyes of Mesozoic archosaurs were adapted to all major types of diel activity (that is, nocturnal, diurnal, and cathemeral) and provide concrete evidence of temporal niche partitioning in the Mesozoic. Similar to extant amniotes, flyers were predominantly diurnal; terrestrial predators, at least partially, nocturnal; and large herbivores, cathemeral. These similarities suggest that ecology drives the evolution of diel activity patterns.
Influence of Service Quality and Trust on Customer Satisfaction in Judicial Agents’s Service

Abstract Purpose: The requirement for legal services is going up by modern peop le living in the era of complexity and variety who want to resolve legal conflicts between individ uals and improve their personal rights. Methods: In this study, we used both literature and empirical researches to achieve our goals. In literature research, concept of service quality, method of measuring servi ce quality, and dimension of service quality were explored, relationship among service quality, customer sat isfaction, and customer loyalty and hypothesis was made based on the above, and tested. To test the conceptual framework, structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analyze the data collected from 252 cust omers of Judicial Agents's Service.Results: This result is not consistent with that of advanced study; it was found that service has significant influence on customer trust, and the trust also has significant influence on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Conclusion: This study has limitations in terms of restricted service sec tors and measuring methods. For this reason, the followings are needed to be considered for interpretation and generalization of the study results. We believe that further studies are needed to investig ate other service areas as well as legal service at the same time, and study target which is limited to Gangwon Province needs to be expanded for more accurate investigation. In addition, in-depth follow-up study s hould be proceeded considering variables such as customer value, conversion cost, and image of service provid ers.Key Words：Service Quality, Trust, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalt y, Legal Services
A new framework for computational protein design through cost function network optimization

MOTIVATION The main challenge for structure-based computational protein design (CPD) remains the combinatorial nature of the search space. Even in its simplest fixed-backbone formulation, CPD encompasses a computationally difficult NP-hard problem that prevents the exact exploration of complex systems defining large sequence-conformation spaces. RESULTS We present here a CPD framework, based on cost function network (CFN) solving, a recent exact combinatorial optimization technique, to efficiently handle highly complex combinatorial spaces encountered in various protein design problems. We show that the CFN-based approach is able to solve optimality a variety of complex designs that could often not be solved using a usual CPD-dedicated tool or state-of-the-art exact operations research tools. Beyond the identification of the optimal solution, the global minimum-energy conformation, the CFN-based method is also able to quickly enumerate large ensembles of suboptimal solutions of interest to rationally build experimental enzyme mutant libraries. AVAILABILITY The combined pipeline used to generate energetic models (based on a patched version of the open source solver Osprey 2.0), the conversion to CFN models (based on Perl scripts) and CFN solving (based on the open source solver toulbar2) are all available at http://genoweb.toulouse. inra.fr/~tschiex/CPD
Ion pair-driven heterodimeric capsule based on boronate esterification: construction and the dynamic behavior.

We describe the ion pair-driven heterodimeric capsule formation of a cyclotricatechylene 1 and a boronic acid-appended hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene 2. Although 1 does not interact with 2 in a protic solution, in the presence of Et4NAcO quantitative formation of a heterodimeric capsule via boronate esterification was observed in the NMR, a direct result of anion-induced boronate ester formation and the Et4N+ template. Reversible boronate esterification allowed us to selectively control capsule assembly using pH switching.
Ballistic Transport Performance of Silicane and Germanane Transistors

The ballistic transport performance of field-effect transistor (FET) based on hydrogenated silicene and germanene, i.e., silicane and germanane, respectively, is examined. The electronic band structures of silicane and germanane are investigated using the first-principles density functional theory. Subsequently, the ballistic performance of FETs is evaluated via the semiclassical ballistic transport model. We find that silicane n-MOSFET offers a relatively better ON-current performance than transistors made of germanane and 2-D transition metal dichalcogenides (2-D-TMDs) (MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, and WSe2). Germanane n-MOSFET suffers from the issue of low density of states due to its smaller electron effective mass. P-FETs based on germanane and silicane have higher ON-current than those of 2-D-TMDs p-FETs. Further investigation on other aspects of silicane and germanane MOSFETs, such as gate leakage and contact resistance, is needed to comprehensively assess their overall performance metrics.
Purification , characterization and properties of phytase from Shigella sp . CD 2

Phytases catalyze the release of phosphate from phytic acid. In this study, a phytase producing bacterial strain Shigella sp. CD2 was isolated from the wheat rhizosphere. Phytase production started from the exponential phase of bacterial growth, showing the highest activity during the stationary phase. The enzyme activity was detected in both periplasmic and intracellular fractions. The enzyme was purified by about 133-fold with specific activity 780 U mg protein. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme was 5.5 and 60C, respectively. The enzyme was thermostable and retained 100% and 75% of its activity on pre-incubation at 70 and 80C for 30 min, respectively. The Km value for the substrate sodium phytate was 0.25 mM. The enzyme was highly specific to substrate phytate, and no activity was detected in presence of other phosphorylated substrates, such as ATP, ADP, glucose 6-phosphate, fructose 6-phosphate and p-nirophenyl phosphate. The activity declined dramatically in presence of Cu, Zn and Fe and SDS, whereas Mg and Co slightly enhanced the enzyme activity. The addition of other metal ions or chemicals had little or no effect on phytase activity. The enzyme was resistant to both pepsin and trypsin. Due to high specific activity, substrate specificity, good pH profile, protease insensitivity and thermostability, phytase encoding gene from Shigella sp. CD2 could be an interesting candidate for industrial applications. Further studies on cloning and expression of Shigella phytase gene are currently in progress.
Massive MIMO With Joint Power Control

To support cell-edge users with certain quality-of-service (QoS), base stations (BSs) may need to exchange their channel state information (CSI), which would not be practical in a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In this paper, joint power control is considered for QoS when noncooperative beamforming is used, which results in a low overhead to exchange limited CSI between BSs. For joint power control, we derive bounds on signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) in terms of slow-fading coefficients. Due to joint power control, a better performance is achieved.
A study of the role of forest and forest-dependent community in Myanmar

This study was intended to find out the benefits of forests, especially for non-wood forest products (NWFPs), to forest-dependent local people and the relation to their socio-economic status. Sampling (169 respondents) was chosen to be an equal distribution of household's economic status. The survey was conducted face to face with structural interviews using both open-and closed-ended questions. The results showed that bamboo and bamboo shoot were considered as the most collected NWFPs in the Bago Yoma region. The average consumptions of NWFPs were 302.50 ± 90.12 viss to 501.27 ± 120.65 viss. Furthermore, the research revealed that the collection of NWFPs showed negative correlation with income availability and livestock possession. The study aims to help provide the necessary information for sustainable forest management.
Leveraging High Order Cumulants for Spectrum Sensing and Power Recognition in Cognitive Radio Networks

Hybrid interweave-underlay spectrum access in cognitive radio networks can explore spectrum opportunities when primary users (PUs) are either active or inactive, which significantly improves spectrum utilization. The practical wireless systems, such as long-term evolution-advanced, usually operate at multiple transmission power levels, leading to a multiple primary transmission power scenario. In such a case, the two fundamental issues in hybrid interweave-underlay spectrum access are to detect the “ON/OFF” status of PUs and to recognize the operating power level of PUs, which are challenging due to non-Gaussian transmitted signals. In this paper, we exploit high-order cumulants (HOCs) to efficiently perform spectrum sensing and power recognition. Specifically, for a given order and time lag, we first propose a single HOC-based spectrum sensing and power recognition scheme with low computational complexity, by leveraging minimum Bayes risk criterion. Moreover, we propose a hybrid multiple HOCs-based spectrum sensing and power recognition scheme with multiple orders and time lags, to further improve the detection performance. Both the proposed schemes can eliminate the adverse impact of the noise power uncertainty. Finally, simulation results are provided to evaluate the proposed schemes.