Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Higher Moments of Earnings Distributions on Career Decisions

A model where choice of occupation is sequential is applied to college graduates from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 to investigate how higher moments of occupational earnings distributions influence initial field of work. Individual specific life‐cycle earnings projections that incorporate option values of occupational mobility are generated, and the relationship between these pay measures and choice of initial occupation is explored within a multinomial logit framework. The findings indicate a strong positive relationship between these earnings predictions and the likelihood that college graduates enter an occupation.
Generating Investment Strategies Using Multiobjective Genetic Programming And Internet Term Popularity Data

Abstract Searching for stock picking strategies can be modelled as a multiobjective optimization problem. The objectives are mostly the profit and risk. Because of the conflicting nature of these objectives, we have to find Pareto optimal solutions. Multiobjective genetic programming (MOGP) can be used to find tree based solutions, using evolutionary operators. The advantage is that this algorithm can combine any number of inputs and generate complex models. Recent research shows, that the popularity of different terms on the internet can be used to enhance the models. This paper deals with a SPEA2 MOGP implementation, which uses Google trends and Wikipedia popularity to find stock investment strategies.
Opportunities for commercial accommodation in VFR travel

This research explores the extent to which VFR travellers utilise commercial accommodation in the Sunshine Coast, Australia, and profiles the characteristics and behaviours of this particular type of VFR traveller. The research indicated that 26% of the VFRs stayed in commercial accommodation (CVFRs). This closely aligned with research using the same method in a comparative destination, Ballarat, Australia, indicating that 22% of VFRs stayed in commercial accommodation. CVFR travellers occupied similar types of commercial accommodation as non-VFRs and engaged in similar tourism activities. However, they came from different generating regions and used different sources of information for planning their trip. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Docking technique for manta-type UUV and its experimental studies in water tank environment

We present an underwater docking technique for a manta-type unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) which is under development in Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence (KIRO). The manta-type UUV is a test-bed vehicle for demonstrating an autonomous docking technique in the water tank [1]. There are two cameras mounted in front of the vehicle for vision-based underwater localization around docking station. There is a range sonar array mounted in front of the vehicle. This sonar is used for obstacle avoidance, and also can be used as a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solution in a partially known environment. In this paper, we show the results of a remote docking experimentation performed in the water tank for the manta-type UUV. From the results, we verify the docking performance of a manta-type UUV and applicability of the developed docking station.
The Long-Run implications of Growth Theories

This paper draws attention to some possible misunderstandings concerning the place of long-run outcomes in growth theory. It argues that the traditional emphasis on these outcomes is often misguided. As a result of this emphasis, too much attention is paid to the role of knife-edge assumptions, and researchers may be led to interpretations of the evidence, or models of the growth process, that are not wholly sensible. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003.
Prediction of whole‐genome risk for selection and management of hyperketonemia in Holstein dairy cattle

Hyperketonemia (HYK), a common early postpartum health disorder characterized by elevated blood concentrations of β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), affects millions of dairy cows worldwide and leads to significant economic losses and animal welfare concerns. In this study, blood concentrations of BHB were assessed for 1,453 Holstein cows using electronic handheld meters at four time points between 5 and 18 days postpartum. Incidence rates of subclinical (1.2 ≤ maximum BHB ≤ 2.9 mmol/L) and clinical ketosis (maximum BHB ≥ 3.0 mmol/L) were 24.0 and 2.4%, respectively. Variance components, estimated breeding values, and predicted HYK phenotypes were computed on the original, square-root, and binary scales. Heritability estimates for HYK ranged from 0.058 to 0.072 in pedigree-based analyses, as compared to estimates that ranged from 0.071 to 0.093 when pedigrees were augmented with 60,671 single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes of 959 cows and 801 male ancestors. On average, predicted HYK phenotypes from the genome-enhanced analysis ranged from 0.55 mmol/L for first-parity cows in the best contemporary group to 1.40 mmol/L for fourth-parity cows in the worst contemporary group. Genome-enhanced predictions of HYK phenotypes were more closely associated with actual phenotypes than pedigree-based predictions in five-fold cross-validation, and transforming phenotypes to reduce skewness and kurtosis also improved predictive ability. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using repeated cowside measurement of blood BHB concentration in early lactation to construct a reference population that can be used to estimate HYK breeding values for genomic selection programmes and predict HYK phenotypes for genome-guided management decisions.
Psychometric Properties of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire and Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia in Patients with Neck Pain

Cleland JA, Fritz JM, Childs JD: Psychometric properties of the fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire and Tampa scale of kinesiophobia in patients with neck pain. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2008;87:109–117. Objective:To examine selected psychometric properties of these instruments in a cohort of patients with mechanical neck pain. Design:Cohort design of 78 subjects completing self-report measures of pain, disability, and the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire Work (FABQW) and Physical Activity (FABQPA) subscales, as well as the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) at baseline and a 2-day follow-up. Intraclass correlation coefficients were used to calculate test–retest reliability, and Cronbach's alpha was used to calculate internal consistency. Concurrent validity was analyzed between the FABQPA, FABQW, TSK, pain, and disability using Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical linear regression modeling. Results:The FABQPA and FABQW subscales exhibited substantial test–retest reliability, whereas the TSK exhibited moderate reliability. Internal consistency was high for all measures. The FABQW subscale was the only measure that significantly contributed to the regression model for both pain and disability in this group of patients with neck pain. Conclusions:Whereas the reliability and internal consistency of all measures ranged between moderate and substantial, the results of this study suggest weaker relationships between measures of fear and avoidance beliefs and pain/disability among patients with mechanical neck pain than has been reported among patients with low-back pain.
A note on the yen/dollar rate without foreign exchange intervention

This article shows what the yen/dollar rate would be without foreign exchange interventions by the Japanese government for 61 086 billion yen. If there had been no interventions, then the yen/dollar rate in June 2011 may have been 54.30 instead of the actual rate of 80.52.
Florida or Ohio? Forecasting Presidential State Outcomes Using Reverse Random Walks ⁄

The classic Colonel Blotto game ofiers insights into the problem of allocating resources in battleground states during a presidential election. The key to a efiective strategy is determining, ex ante, which states will be pivotal on Election Day. Existing Bayesian election models are inappropriate for this game, as they estimate the current standings of the candidates or states rather than the flnal outcomes. I develop a Bayesian dynamic linear forecasting model that incorporates informative priors from historical regressions, updates based on in-cycle state and national polls, and accounts for the uncertainty of events that take place between the polls’ issuance and Election Day. National and state shocks are modeled as a reverse random walk beginning with the flnal outcome and moving backwards through time. Uncertainty about the flnal outcome is calculated by combining the random walk’s linearly decreasing variance over time, natural poll measurement error, house efiects of national polls, and historically stable trends of election results. Using the resulting estimates of the states’ standings relative to each other, I simulate electoral vote outcomes and determine the probability of each state being pivotal. I flnd that early polls can be misleading to such an extent that putting any weight on them produces worse forecasts than solely relying on historical trends.
Monetary Conditions and International Investing

We examine the relationship between monetary conditions and global stock returns. Previous studies established that U.S. stock returns during expansive U.S. monetary periods are significantly higher than returns during restrictive periods. We found that this pattern prevails in non-U.S. markets; furthermore, the pattern exists relative to both local and U.S. monetary conditions. By examining several investment strategies, we show that investors could have improved portfolio performance in the period studied by using both U.S. and local monetary conditions to guide their portfolio allocations. Using monetary conditions to determine portfolio composition would have been consistently beneficial throughout the past 30 years.
Income Splitting, Specialization, and Intra-Family Distribution

Income splitting for tax purposes results in more specialization of wives, but does this in turn generate more gender inequality? In my dynamic bargaining model with a divorce threatpoint, I find that who controls the couple's labour supply plays a crucial role in establishing this link. If spouses choose their labour supply non-cooperatively, only the husband's increase - but not her own decrease - in labour supply introduces a negative term in the wife's change in welfare. If the wife does not control her own labour supply, a decrease in her own labour supply introduces an additional negative term.
A semiotic engineering approach to HCI

Designing software involves good perception, good reasoning, and a talent to express oneself effectively through programming and interactive languages. Semiotic theories can help HCI designers increase their power to perceive, reason and communicate. In this paper we present the semiotic engineering approach to HCI and some of the results that have been reached at the Semiotic Engineering Research Group (SERG) at the Informatics Department at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).
Alpha Hunters and Beta Grazers

The search for incremental returns—“alphas” in current parlance—has become the holy grail of active investment. This article begins by drawing a distinction between two broad classes of alphas: (1) “allocation alphas” that are broadly available, on a non-zero-sum basis, by moving the strategic portfolio toward a more balanced return–risk structure and (2) truly active-skill-based return enhancements derived from opportunistic inefficiencies. Inefficiencies can be hard to discern and even harder to exploit, which may help explain both why some investors are able to consistently produce positive alpha and also why they are so few in number.
Enhancing X10 performance by auto-tuning the managed java back-end

X10 is a programming language specifically de- signed with productivity and scalability in mind. In the era of distributed multi-core systems, X10 provides programmers a high-level abstraction which is an absolute necessity. In this paper we present an auto-tuning solution to enhance the performance of X10 programs that uses the Java back-end. Our auto-tuner is based on OpenTuner, an extensible framework for building auto-tuning applications. We present improved running times for X10 benchmark programs that are shipped with X10 and the well known LULESH benchmark. The auto-tuning experiments recorded a maximum performance improvement of 50% for LULESH while the average improvement for the set of benchmarks is 25%. We analyze the internal changes a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) undergoes as a result of our auto-tuning. Finally, the study of the behavior of tuned programs for their input sensitivity shows that our tuned JVM configurations would continue with enhanced performance over varying input sizes of a program.
‘A milestone in the history of the EU’: Kosovo and the EU's international role

The Kosovo war was a decisive catalyst in the development of the EU's international security role. The escalating crisis in Kosovo confirmed that the EU was still unable to prevent, contain or end violent conflict along its own borders. This led the EU to augment both its hard and soft power through the launch of the European Security and Defence Policy and the Stabilisation and Association Process. These initiatives endowed the EU with the potential to make a distinct contribution to international conflict management. Unsurprisingly, this continuing transformation has encountered significant obstacles relating to capabilities, political will and coordination. Concerns have also been raised about how the development of a military dimension has changed the nature of EU power. However, the EU has not abandoned the core principle upon which its international role was founded, namely the need to transcend conflict. Ten years after its failings in Kosovo, the EU is assuming increasing responsibility for conflict management and becoming a more capable international security actor.
Statistical Inference in Two-Parameter Portfolio Theory with Multiple Regression Software

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how multiple regression software may be used for computing estimates of efficient set parameters and for performing tests of mean-standard deviation efficiency. Regression software also is shown to be useful for selecting, from a set of assets, a subset that maximizes performance and for comparing the performance of the set to the subset. The underlying multiple regression model fitted by the software has no relation to the analysis; the regression software is employed simply as a computing device. Since the multiple regression procedure is familiar to most finance researchers and since regression software is commonly available, the techniques presented here should be of wide interest.
Bis[(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2 N,N′)bis(triphenylphosphane-κP)copper(I)] nonadecaoxidohexamolybdate(VI)

The title compound, [Cu(C12H8N2)(C18H15P)2]2[Mo6O19], was obtained by co-crystallization of the mixed-ligand copper complex cation (1,10-phenanthroline)bis(triphenylphosphane)copper(I), [Cu(phen)(PPh3)2]+, with the Lindquist polyanion [Mo6O19]2−. The asymmetric unit consists of half a Lindquist anion and one [Cu(phen)(PPh3)2]+ cationic complex. In the cation, there are intramolecular π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.617 (2) and 3.7272 (18) Å]. This inorganic–organic adduct is connected by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two dimensional network lying in the ab plane. These networks are connected by C—H⋯π interactions into a three-dimensional structure.
Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless

Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the general population directly influences interagency working and how professional networks organise themselves. The findings are discussed with reference to the impact of social policy on the health of people who are homeless.
Binding Specificities of the Sialoadhesin Family of I-type Lectins

The carbohydrate binding specificities of three sialoadhesins, a subgroup of I-type lectins (immunoglobulin superfamily lectins), were compared by measuring lectin-transfected COS cell adhesion to natural and synthetic gangliosides. The neural sialoadhesins, myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and Schwann cell myelin protein (SMP), had similar and stringent binding specificities. Each required an α2,3-linked sialic acid on the terminal galactose of a neutral saccharide core, and they shared the following rank-order potency of binding: GQ1bα ≫ GD1a = GT1b ≫ GM3 = GM4 ≫ GM1, GD1b, GD3, GQ1b(nonbinders). In contrast, sialoadhesin had less exacting specificity, binding to gangliosides that bear either terminal α2,3- or α2,8-linked sialic acids with the following rank-order potency of binding: GQ1bα > GD1a = GD1b = GT1b = GM3 = GM4 > GD3= GQ1b ≫ GM1 (nonbinder). CD22 did not bind to any ganglioside tested. Binding of MAG, SMP, and sialoadhesin was abrogated by chemical modification of either the sialic acid carboxylic acid group or glycerol side chain on a target ganglioside. Synthetic ganglioside GM3 derivatives further distinguished lectin binding specificities. Deoxy and/or methoxy derivatives of the 4-, 7-, 8-, or 9-position of sialic acid attenuated or eliminated binding of MAG, as did replacement of the sialic acid acetamido group with a hydroxyl. In contrast, the 4- and 7-deoxysialic acid derivatives supported sialoadhesin binding at near control levels (the other derivatives did not support binding). These data are consistent with sialoadhesin binding to one face of the sialic acid moiety, whereas MAG (and SMP) may have more complex binding sites or may bind sialic acids only in the context of more restricted oligosaccharide conformations.
Notice of RetractionA Study of Consumer's Perception and Support Behavior of Corporate Social Responsibility

This article aims at exploring Chinese consumers' perception and support of corporate social responsibility and the impact of social responsibility perception on consumer's support behavior. The data collected through consumer questionnaire indicates that Chinese consumers have a higher degree of support to corporate social responsibility. Meanwhile, this kind of support will be influenced by corporate performance on various CSR domains. Furthermore, our study also confirms that Carroll's statement about four CSR domains can be applied to Chinese consumers. And Chinese consumers not only view the four domains as CSR, but also distinguish them from each other. Conclusions of this article reflect Chinese consumers' attitude toward CSR and provide some guidelines for corporate that target at these consumers.
Generation of hydrogen peroxide by Candida albicans and influence on murine polymorphonuclear leukocyte activity

Iodide fixation by murine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) incubated with viable Candida albicans blastoconidia increases directly with yeast cell concentration up to about 3 x 10(6) cells per ml, but above this concentration bound activity declines dramatically. To understand the basis for this decline, we examined the oxidative metabolism of fungi and stimulated PMN and found some remarkable similarities between these cell types. Both produced 14CO2 when incubated with [1-14C]glucose, both reduced cytochrome c, and both fixed radiolabeled iodide, although the fungi required exogenous lactoperoxidase. In dose-response experiments, iodination by fungi with lactoperoxidase was identical to that with PMN, i.e., the maximum bound activity occurred in cultures with 10(6) to 3 x 10(6) blastoconidia per ml. Iodination by fungi with lactoperoxidase was reduced when blastoconidia were incubated at 25 degrees C or in the presence of catalase and the metabolic inhibitors rotenone, antimycin A, and 2-deoxyglucose. Results from assays for oxidation of scopoletin and o-dianisidine showed that 10(6) blastoconidia in 1.0 ml of medium released 0.5 to 0.7 nmol of H2O2 after 1 h, but 3 X 10(6) and 10(7) cells released significantly less H2O2. These results suggest that iodide fixation by PMN and low numbers of fungal cells may reflect a cooperative effort, with fungi generating some H2O2 that reacts with the myeloperoxidase released from the PMN. With high concentrations of blastoconidia, H2O2 activity appeared to be specifically inhibited, possibly to protect fungal cells from damage.
Throughput Maximization for a Wireless Energy Harvesting Node Considering the Circuitry Power Consumption

The autonomy of wireless nodes is dropping year after year as the battery capacity increase is not able to follow the increasing energy consumption of the nodes, which is produced due to the high demand of data traffic and transmitter processing complexity of the users. Energy harvesting and energy efficient communications, e.g., energy efficient network topologies, are promising solutions to overcome this problem. In this context, this paper studies the power allocation and slot selection strategies that maximize the total throughput of a wireless energy harvesting node by taking into account both the transmission power and circuitry power consumption spent along the radio frequency chain of the transmitter.
The 2003 Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Against all Odds or Rational Explanations?

Abstract This article analyses the 2003 reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. On the basis of rational choice theory, it addresses to two basic questions: first, which processes led to the 2003 CAP reform? And second, how can the actual content of the reform — with, for example, increased bureaucratisation and more diffuse implementation — be accounted for? The article concludes that it is possible to rationally answer the two questions and that the external pressure resulting from the impending WTO negotiations represented a necessary, if insufficient, condition for reform. In order to arrive at an adequate explanation, an account of the policy entrepreneurship on the part of Commissioner Franz Fischler must also be given.
Timeliness of corporate annual financial reporting in Greece

Abstract This paper reports on the results of an empirical investigation of the factors that affect timely annual financial reporting practices by 95 non-financial, group companies listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. A descriptive analysis indicates that 92% of the companies reported early (relative to the 161-day regulatory deadline), 3% reported on the 161st day and 5% reported late. A multivariate regression analysis suggests that large companies, service companies and companies audited by the former Big-5 audit firms have shorter final reporting lead-time. Our tests provide strong empirical evidence to suggest, however, that companies in the construction sector, companies whose audit reports were qualified and companies that had a greater proportion of their equity shares directly and indirectly held by insiders do not promptly release their audited financial statements. No empirical evidence was found in support of the monitoring cost theory. Policy implications of the results for the regulatory agency of the stock market are suggested.