Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Simple Framework for the Evaluation of Business Multimedia products.

Whilst evaluation techniques for the business and software engineering areas are well established, and tried and trusted techniques exist, these are not designed for the multimedia interface. This paper examines the areas of the multimedia interface, and of business and software engineering, to tease out a set of generic design goals. These design goals are then reformulated as the framework within which the business multimedia product can be evaluated.
Head nurses' Transformational Leadership, Collaboration and its Relation to Staff nurses'Work Engagement

Head nurses 'transformational leadership possess a vision thatÂ enhance collaborationfor empowering, inspiring and motivating staff nurses to engage in practice a collective purpose through working together to achieve the health care organization's goals and shared vision for future . Aim: The aim of the present study is to explore the relation between head nurses' transformational leadership, collaboration and staff nurses' work engagement.Method: DescriptiveÂ Â design was used . The study was conducted at Sidi-salim Central hospital which affiliated to The Ministry of Health in Kafer- Ehiekh governorate. A convenience sample of 50 head nurses and 297 staff nurses from the above mentioned setting. The data of the study was collected by using (1) TransformationalLeadership Scale, (2) Collaborative Behavior Scale and (3) Utrecht Work Engagement.Results: The results of this study showed thatsixty (60%) of head nurses perceived their selves high transformational leadership style. High percent (50% and 20%) of head nurses perceived their selves high and moderate level of collaboration relationship. More than half (50.8%) of staff nurses had high level of work engagement.There issignificant positive relation at P<0.05was found between head nurses` total transformational leadership style, individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation and their collaboration relationship (P=0.081,0.011, 0.087). Head nurses` total transformational leadership style, idealizedinfluence and intellectual stimulation had significant positive relation with staff nurses' vigor, dedication andtotal work engagement, absorption and total work engagement (P=0.098,0.062&0.007, 0.038& 0.038). Conclusion: This study concluded that that sixty of head nurses at Sidi- Salim Central hospital perceived their selves high transformational leadership style. High percent of head nurses perceived themselves high and moderate level of collaboration. More than half of staff nurses had high level of work engagement.Significant positive relation was found between head nurses` total transformational leadership style, individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation and their collaboration relationship. Head nurses` total transformational leadership style, idealized influence and intellectual stimulation had significant positive relation with staff nurses' vigor, dedication and total work engagement, absorption and total work engagement. Â Recommendition: According to this study results it was recommended that head nurses still need to further demonstration of transformational leadership behaviors to create attractive atmosphere, collaborative relation with staff nurses and team to promote engagement.
MATLAB ALGORITHM TDIST: THE DISTRIBUTION OF A LINEAR COMBINATION OF STUDENT'S T RANDOM VARIABLES

COMPSTAT 2004 section: Algorithms. Abstract: The Matlab algorithm TDIST computes the cumulative distribu- tion function (cdf), the probability density function (pdf), the quantile func- tion (qf), and the characteristic function (chf) of a linear combination of in- dependent central Student's t random variables with small degrees of freedom (1 ≤ df ≤ 100) and/or standard normal random variables. The algorithm is available from the author or from the web page: http://www.mathworks. com, see the section Matlab Central > File Exchange > Statistics and Probability > TDIST.
User-centered recommendation services in Internet of things Era

In the Internet of Things era, we need to face increased masses of data, across all domains. Current researches have long been working to develop methods that help users to identify, extract, visualize and understand useful information from these huge masses of high dimensional and often weakly structured and/or non-standardized data. Our goal is to propose a solution for supporting users to interactively analyze such data ﬂow and to visualize their most relevant parts through proper interaction style, without getting over-whelmed. In the paper, we describe a multi-level recommendation system (RS) by providing users with a decision-making process interactively accessible and by integrating it with social and crowdsourcing analysis, and interpretations that can lead to a new and meaningful use and presentation of data. to provide users with a decision-making process interactively accessible and enriched with social and crowdsourcing analysis tools, and interpretations that can lead to a new and meaningful use and presentation of data. The challenge is to enable effective human control over powerful machine algorithms based on a set of recommendation services used to ﬁl-ter data and choose proper data visualization and interaction style for supporting user’s insight, discoveries and decision making.
Do knowledge-intensive business services innovate differently?

ABSTRACT This paper contributes to the debate on the differences across service and manufacturing firms focusing on two comparable sectors: knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), and specialized suppliers within manufacturing (SSM). Using a large panel dataset of Spanish firms, we compare the two industries in terms of the impact on their innovation performance of three factors: investment in R&D, cooperation with customers, and cooperation with other firms. These are the factors that – following the paradigm of open innovation – work together in the process of firm innovation. Our findings show that the impact of R&D is comparable in the two sectors, whereas cooperation with customers is more important for SSM than for KIBS because the latter are rather more reliant on a larger network of partners (especially knowledge providers). For both sectors, the role of cooperation vanishes when performance is measured in terms of the proportion of sales generated by innovation rather than propensity for innovation. Video abstract Read the transcript Watch the video on Vimeo
Born Global phenomenon: a critical review and avenues for future research

The phenomenon of Born Global has received significant attention by international business scholars because of its distinctive characteristics. Several theories, perspectives and frameworks have been adapted to investigate and scrutinise the characteristics of Born Global phenomenon. This study aims to review and evaluate critically the literature to (1) discuss the diverse theoretical approaches, (2) discuss the findings from qualitative and quantitative studies, (3) develop holistic conceptual framework, and (4) propose avenues for future research. The in-depth critical literature review includes the analysis of 230 articles published in peer-reviewed journals over a 24-year time-span between 1993 and 2017. The result shows that the interest in the Born Global research has increased gradually. Both theoretical and empirical scholarships have contributed significantly to this interest. Based on the results, a theoretical model has been developed to describe the unrivalled factors to achieve Born Globals' success.
Stability Analysis of Multi-Port MVDC Distribution Networks for All-Electric Ships

Advances in the power electronics technologies, over the years, have opened up the possibilities to consider medium-voltage dc (MVDC) distribution networks as possible evolutions of the existing medium-voltage ac (MVAC) distribution networks on large ships. The MVDC distribution networks provide the possibilities to increase fuel efficiency and remove bulky transformers. However, to implement industrial-scale MVDC distribution networks, some critical challenges exist, such as lack of standardized equipment and system-level stability. This paper studies the feasibility and stability of MVDC distribution networks when a distributed layout is considered. Due to the nature of the network, a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) impedance stability approach is employed for modeling and assessment. The different components are modeled according to the existing industrial medium-voltage technologies. The theoretical analysis is verified by full-model time-domain simulations. As a summary of the contribution, the main features of the proposed study are: 1) the realistic identification of feasibility limits; 2) the definition of design rules for capacitance sizing and best placement; and 3) the evaluation of distances for dc distribution cables and their corresponding inductances.
PUBLIC SPEAKING INTENSIVE COURSE FOR STUDENTS OF NON-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT (A Study in English Language Centre)

Many strategies have always been used to improve students’ speaking ability, especially how to speak in front of public. To speak in public, people need to have good abilities both in verbal and non-verbal. An intensive course program of public speaking held by English Language Centre (ELC) of Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo (UMPo) has been used as the program preference to enhance students’ competence in public speaking for last two years. This study aims to investigate the program of that teaching; public speaking intensive course helps students raise their speaking competency and reduce their anxiety. At the beginning of the semester, pre-test of public speaking is given to the students to know their ability before joining the program. At the end of the semester, the students are given post test and questionnaire. The questionnaire is also given to 6 instructors who involving in teaching public speaking program. The result of the students’ scores after following this program indicates that this program is successful to enhance their public speaking. The questionnaire given to the students also reveals that they can build their confidence or reduce their anxiety in speaking. This evidence is also supported by the results of questionnaire given to the instructors for asking their perception after completing this program. The result of perception entails that this program is appropriate for all students, particularly those who have passion in public speaking and want to get more benefits from it.
Integrated design of automotive control systems

The increasing complexity and the distributed architecture of automotive control systems, in combination with an economic pressure for shortened design periods, is a challenge for electronic engineers. In this paper, an integrated design approach is presented. For enhanced efficiency, a hierarchical approach is proposed, which is based on a uniform scheme to assign functional units to hardware units in different levels. The different design levels consider network, ECU (electronic control unit) and μC peripherals. Network design is simplified by the emerging OSEK/VDX standard. By an equivalent standardisation within the ECUs, functional models may be automatically assigned to software and hardware-objects.
The Structural Budget Balance The IMF’s Methodology

This paper describes the methodology used by the IMF staff to calculate the structural budget balance, estimates of which are published regularly in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook. The structural budget balance is the government’s actual fiscal position purged of the estimated budgetary consequences of the business cycle, and is designed in part to provide an indication of the medium-term orientation of fiscal policy. Interpretation of the structural budget balance requires caution in several respects, however, some of which are reviewed in the paper. The paper then considers briefly the potential usefulness of the structural budget balance as a tool for enforcement--under the Stability and Growth Pact--of the European Economic and Monetary Union reference value on the deficit specified in the Maastricht Treaty.
Investigating the Effect of Blending MOOCs with Flipped Classroom on Engagement in Learning and Course Grades

Though MOOCs are usually used as stand-alone online courses, more and more instructors are using them to complement their traditional lectures, others are using them to flip their classrooms. This study investigates the impact of MOOCs-based flipped classroom on engagement in learning and course grades. This quasi-experimental study employed post-test only control group design. Participants of the study consisted of 155 pre-service teachers studying the undergraduate "EFL Teaching Methodology course at one of the universities in Egypt in the year 2018-2019. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental (flipped classroom) (N=78) or a control group (traditional) (N=77). Both groups were taught by the same instructor, the control group was taught in the traditional method, while the experimental group were required to enroll in two English Language Teaching MOOCs, assigned by the course instructor, and complete specific parts of each course, students had to watch videos, read articles, complete quizzes, and come to class prepared to discuss what they have read and watched, and complete in-class activities. Ten weeks later, the instrument of the study, Engagement Scale, was administered to both groups to assess their engagement in learning. Course grades were obtained from the instructor. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in both engagement and course grades in favor of the ‎experimental group (flipped classroom group). Using MOOCs to flip traditional courses is found to improve students' engagement and learning, this is because students were able to use limited class time to engage in higher‐level interactive learning activities. There is no fear that technology or video lectures will replace faculty, rather it can make their teaching more effective. Integrating MOOCs and flipped classroom can harness technology to radically redesign teaching and learning experiences.
Prevalence of Adult ADHD Co-morbidity in Alcohol Use Disorders in a General Hospital Setup

Background: Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) symptoms persisting into adulthood can influence the course and outcome of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of adult ADHD in patients admitted with AUDs in a general hospital setup. Methods: In this study, 100 consecutive inpatients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) were evaluated for the diagnosis of ADHD. Patients with AUD were assessed with Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire, Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol and Adult ADHD Self Report Scale. Among the subjects who screened positive for adult ADHD on ASRS, diagnosis of adult ADHD was confirmed using the DSM 5 diagnostic interview. Epi-Info Version 7.2 was used for data entry and analysis. Mann Whitney test and Chi-square test (or Fisher's Exact test) were used for statistical analysis. Results: Twenty-one subjects screened positive for adult ADHD. Among them, 19 subjects had a confirmative diagnosis of adult ADHD. Patients with adult ADHD comorbid with AUDs showed accelerated progression towards dependence, and early relapses. Conclusions: In all, 19% of treatment-seeking inpatients with AUDs have co-morbid adult ADHD. Regular screening of AUD patients for adult ADHD and addressing the psychopathology may improve the treatment outcome.
Research on the Load Balancing Strategy for LVS Cluster Systems

Load balancing can enhance servers’ ability to process data, and let more clients acquire services at the same time under the current system mode . This paper analyses the load balancing algorithms of the LVS cluster as well as their shortages, puts forward an improved algorithm with the dynamic feedback mechanism, and builds a LVS/NAT cluster system to validate the improved algorithm.
IT Ambidexterity, Organizational Agility and Information Management Capability: A Brazilian case

The aim of this research-in-progress is to evaluate the relation among information Technology (IT) ambidexterity, organizational agility, and information management capability (IMC) into informational flow at Energy and Development Regional Cooperative from Litoral Norte (COOPERNORTE) in Brazil. COOPERNORTE is a non-profit organization that buys electric energy and distributes to almost six thousand associates in the countryside of Viamão county. This organization provides energy to populations not attended by commercial organizations. The cooperative is investing in new IT resources and solutions to improve service delivery. However, some processes still require existing IT resources to keep working, for instance, the electrical network repair and maintenance process. The organization’s challenge is to manage information of these processes, exploring new IT resources and current solutions to improve agility on energy restoration. This research applies a diagnostic case study from new relations in the IS literature. This preliminary step will subsidize future interventionist research.
Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using the traditional Chinese medicine Jinlida as an add-on medication: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background Numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted in China have shown that jinlida granules are a promising traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Controversial results have been reported in different RCTs. The aim of our study was to evaluate the adjuvant hypoglycemic effect of jinlida granules on persons with T2DM and to explore the source of heterogeneity between these RCTs. Materials and methods Medical article databases were individually searched by two authors for RCTs that provided data regarding the effect of jinlida granules in the treatment of T2DM before 1 June 2022. The methodological quality of the included RCTs was comprehensively assessed by two authors. Data from RCTs with low risk of bias were pooled using Stata SE 12.0 (random-effects model). Evidence derived from the meta-analysis will be assessed according to the GRADE system. Results Twenty-two RCTs were eventually included in the systematic review and three RCTs with low risk of bias were analyzed in the meta-analysis. Compared with the control groups, significant changes were found in lowering glycosylated hemoglobin a1c (mean difference -0.283 with 95% CI -0.561, -0.004; P=0.046), and were not found in lowering 2-hour postprandial glucose (mean difference -0.314 with 95% CI -1.599, 0.972; P=0.632) and fasting blood glucose (mean difference -0.152 with 95% CI -0.778, -0.474; P=0.634) in the jinlida groups. The GRADE-assessed evidence quality for the outcomes was moderate. Conclusion The adjuvant hypoglycemic effect of jinlida granules on adult Chinese persons with T2DM was statistically found in lowering HbA1c and was not statistically found in lowering FPG and 2h-PG. Evidence grading should be considered moderate, and the results should be interpreted cautiously. Whether the efficacy of HbA1c-lowering related to clinical significance remains to be investigated in future RCTs. Differences in HbA1c, FPG and 2h-PG at baseline and high risk of bias were important source of heterogeneity between these RCTs. In order to objectively evaluate the efficacy of jinlida granules on T2DM, it is urgently needed that high-quality RCTs evaluating the hypoglycemic effect of jinlida granules in the treatment of qi-yin deficiency pattern T2DM. Systematic review registration https://www.crd. york.ac. uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42018085135.
A Simulation Platform for the Cloud Conveyor System

Simulators are useful to investigate the behaviors of new phenomena and systems before designing and implementing prototypes of such systems. This thesis presents the design, algorithms, and implementation of a new simulation platform for a novel material handling systems called the Cloud Conveyor System (CCS). CCS is a new approach to conveying entities, i.e., materials and people, that comprises a collection of mobile units that periodically move along fixed tracks. Inputs and outputs are located at the ends of these fixed tracks; entities arrive via the inputs and transfer through the system to some output by riding on the mobile units. When two units meet, an entity may transfer from one unit to another as long as the receiving unit has adequate capacity. This simple model of conveying entities offers a rich spectrum of spatio-temporal behaviors that have interesting connections to core issues in scheduling, resource allocation, communication, embedded systems, automation, and programming. The complexity of CCS arises from the interactions between the mobile units, hence, it is difficult to construct a system-level model that can be analyzed, even though the behavior of individual units is simple.
In the Bullseye of Vigilantes: Mediated Vulnerabilities of Kyrgyz Labour Migrants in Russia

Hundreds of thousands of Kyrgyz labour migrants seek opportunities in Russia where they fall target to retaliation of vigilante citizens who find offence in the presence of alien labourers in their homeland. Vigilantism also takes place within this migrant ‘community’ where male Kyrgyz labour migrants engage in retaliation on female migrants over perceived offences such as dating non-Kyrgyz men. On several occasions between 2011 and 2016 videos featuring honour beating of female labour migrants by fellow countrymen shook the internet. The selected case illustrates vulnerabilities experienced by migrants due to xenophobia and hostility of the host state, as well as additional layers of vulnerabilities linked to gendered biases that ‘travel’ across borders along with compatriots in migration. The study argues that offline structures, norms, biases, violence, and stigma not only reincarnate online, where they culminate in vigilante acts, but consequently, they re-enter the offline discourse and go through further normalization and justification.
Leading Indicators of Fiscal Distress: Evidence from the Extreme Bound Analysis

Early warning systems (EWS) are widely used for assessing countries’ vulnerability to fiscal distress. Most EWS employ a specific set of only fiscal leading indicators predetermined by the researchers, which casts doubt on their robustness. We revisit this issue by using the Extreme Bound Analysis, which allows identifying robust leading indicators of fiscal distress from a large set. Consistent with the theoretical predictions of latest generation crisis models, we find that both fiscal (e.g., fiscal balance, foreign exchange debt) and non-fiscal leading indicators (e.g., output, FX reserves, current account balance, and openness) are robust. In addition, we find that a fiscal vulnerability indicator based on fiscal and non-fiscal leading indicators offers a 29% gain in predictive power compared to a traditional one based on fiscal leading indicators only. It also has good predictive power out of sample, with 78 percent of crises predicted correctly and only 34 percent false alarms issued for the period 2008–15. This suggests that both fiscal and non-fiscal leading indicators should be taken into account when assessing country’s vulnerability to fiscal distress.