Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Perceived Social Support among University Students in Malaysia: A Reliability Study

Background: Social support is the perception that one is cared for, has assistance available from friends and significant others. Social support can be measured by The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. This scale has been widely used and validated in different languages. Objective: To determine the factor structure of The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support scale and find its reliability. Method: The study was conducted in one of the Universities in Malaysia. The undergraduate students who volunteered to participate in the study were explained about the purpose of the study and implications. The English version of Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support scale (MSPSS) that was administered. In all 313 undergraduate students were studied. Exploratory factor analysis, with varimax rotation, was applied to the data Results: The three factor solution accounted for 80.51 % of the total variance. The procedure output has an overall alpha of 0.921. Conclusion: The MSPSS appears to be good enough to be used in Malaysia however more studies are required.
Experimental Validation of Contextual Variables for Research Resources Recommender System

Context-aware recommender system (CARS) is a promising technique for recommending research resources to users (researchers) by predicting their preferences (resources) under different situations. If the contextual information given to such a system is inappropriate, it will certainly have a negative effect on the nature of recommendation output generated by the system as well as making the system to have high dimensionality complexity. Currently, several CARS recommendation algorithms have been developed but they have failed to bring to bear the means and importance of experimentally validating the contextual information used in different domains of application of CARS. Hence, this paper experimentally validates the contextual variables in the domain of research resources by splitting a research resource (article) into three major sections (introduction, review and methodology). These sections are the contextual variables validated in order to authenticate their viability as context that could be used in recommending research resources based on the specific section of an article a researcher is interested in. The result of our experiment shows that irrespective of the domain of articles, journal articles have higher variability in their citations at introduction, very significant variability between the articles in the review and high variability in the methodology contextual variable respectively than the articles in the proceeding under the three contextual variables. This experiment shows that these three variables could be used as context . It also shows the percentage of splitting that could be used within journals and proceedings for context-aware research resources recommendations.
UV-induced NOy emissions in gas-exchange chambers enclosing Scots pine shoots: an analysis on their origin and significance

It is essential to have a thorough understanding of the sources and sinks of oxidized nitrogen (NOy) in the atmosphere, since it has a strong influence on the tropospheric chemistry and the eutrophication of ecosystems. One unknown component in the balance of gaseous oxidized nitrogen is vegetation. Plants absorb nitrogenous species from the air via the stomata, but it is not clear whether plants can also emit them at low ambient concentrations. The possible emissions are small and difficult to measure. The aim of this thesis was to analyse an observation made in southern Finland at the SMEAR II station: solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) induced NOy emissions in chambers measuring the gas exchange of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) shoots. Both measuring and modelling approaches were used in the study. The measurements were performed under noncontrolled field conditions at low ambient NOy concentrations. The chamber blank i.e. artefact NOy emissions from the chamber walls, was dependent on the UV irradiance and increased with time after renewing the Teflon film on chamber surfaces. The contribution of each pine shoot to the total NOy emissions in the chambers was determined by testing whether the emissions decrease when the shoots are removed from their chambers. Emissions did decrease, but only when the chamber interior was exposed to UV radiation. It was concluded that also the pine shoots emit NOy. The possible effects of transpiration on the chamber blank are discussed in the summary part of the thesis, based on previously unpublished data. The possible processes underlying the UV-induced NOy emissions were reviewed. Surface reactions were more likely than metabolic processes. Photolysis of nitrate deposited on the needles may have generated the NOy emissions; the measurements supported this hypothesis. In that case, the emissions apparently would consist mainly of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous acid (HONO). Within studies on NOy exchange of plants, the gases most frequently studied are NO2 and NO (=NOx). In the present work, the implications of the emissions for the NOx exchange of pine were analysed with a model including both NOy emissions and NOy absorption. The model suggested that if the emissions exist, pines can act as an NOx source rather than a sink, even under relatively high ambient concentrations.
Learning Analysis Sparsity Priors

This paper introduces a novel approach to learn a dictionary in a sparsity-promoting analysis-type prior. The dictionary is opti- mized in order to optimally restore a set of exemplars from their degraded noisy versions. Towards this goal, we cast our prob- lem as a bilevel programming problem for which we propose a gradient descent algorithm to reach a stationary point that might be a local minimizer. When the dictionary analysis operator specializes to a convolution, our method turns out to be a way of learning generalized total variation-type prior. Applications to 1-D signal denoising are reported and potential applicability and extensions are discussed.
JUST IN TIME REVISITED: LITERATURE REVIEW AND AGENDA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

With the development of faster means of communication, better quality computers and rapid transportation systems, manufacturing is no longer restricted at local level, but has become global in character. As a manufacturing company has to become competitive for its survival, it has to supply products of consistent high quality at reliable and reduced delivery time. Market also demands more product variants that means reduced lot size and high flexibility in operations. Manpower cost has also risen. All these factors tend to increase the product cost. But the industry has to maintain the cost at a reasonable level. Confronting these challenges, companies world-wide are forced to find ways to reduce costs, improve quality, and meet the ever-changing needs of their customers. One successful solution has been the adoption of Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing strategy in which many functional areas of a company such as manufacturing, engineering, marketing, and purchasing etc. are involved. This paper first reviews literature on JIT and then literature on JIT in developing countries like India and identifies some research issues.
Constraints on the evolutionary mechanisms of massive galaxies since z ~ 1 from their velocity dispersions

Several authors have reported that the dynamical masses of massive compact galaxies (M_⋆ ≳ 10^11 M_⊙, r_e ∼ 1 kpc), computed as M_dyn=5.0 σ_e^2r_e/GMdyn=5.0 σe2re/G, are lower than their stellar masses M_⋆. In a previous study from our group, the discrepancy is interpreted as a breakdown of the assumption of homology that underlie the M_dyn determinations. Here, we present new spectroscopy of six redshift z ≈ 1.0 massive compact ellipticals from the Extended Groth Strip, obtained with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias. We obtain velocity dispersions in the range 161–340 km s^−1. As found by previous studies of massive compact galaxies, our velocity dispersions are lower than the virial expectation, and all of our galaxies show M_dyn < M_⋆ (assuming a Salpeter initial mass function). Adding data from the literature, we build a sample covering a range of stellar masses and compactness in a narrow redshift range z ≈ 1.0. This allows us to exclude systematic effects on the data and evolutionary effects on the galaxy population, which could have affected previous studies. We confirm that mass discrepancy scales with galaxy compactness. We use the stellar mass plane (M_⋆, σ_e, r_e) populated by our sample to constrain a generic evolution mechanism. We find that the simulations of the growth of massive ellipticals due to mergers agree with our constraints and discard the assumption of homology.
Carbon nanotube yarns: sensors, actuators, and current carriers

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted extensive attention in the past few years because of their appealing mechanical and electronic properties. Yarns made through spinning multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been reported. Here we report the application of these yarns as electrochemical actuators, force sensors and microwires. When extra charge is stored in the yarns, change in length. This actuation is thought to be because of electrostatic as well as quantum chemical effects in the nanotube backbones. We report strains up to 0.7 %. At the same time, the charged yarns can respond to a change in the applied tension by generating a current or a potential difference that is related to the applied tension force. As current carriers, the yarns offer a conductivity of ~300 S/cm, which increases linearly with temperature. We report a current capacity of more than 108 A/m2, which is comparable to those of macroscopic metal wires. However, these nanotube yarns have a density (0.8 g/cm3) that is an order of magnitude lower than metallic wires. The MWNT yarns are mechanically strong with tensile strengths reaching 700 MPa. These properties together make them a candidate material for use in many applications including sensors, actuators and light-weight current carriers.
Full Moment Tensor Inversion and 3-D Seismic Velocity Structure Analysis of Microearthquake Data in the "WY" Geothermal Field

A two month microearthquake (MEQ) monitoring was conducted in the "WY" geothermal field during fluid injection in 2005. MEQ data provided information related to processes developed in geothermal reservoirs. In total, 198 MEQ data were analyzed, starting from phase identification to location determination using Geiger's method and ending in joint hypocenter determination. A travel time tomography inversion was performed in order to obtain a better 3-D seismic velocity model with more accurate hypocenter locations, as well as to provide high resolution images of the geothermal reservoir. From the updated velocity model and hypocenter locations, focal mechanisms of 32 MEQ events, which were selected based on hypocenter clustering and signal quality, were analyzed. A full moment tensor inversion algorithm was used. This inversion algorithm utilized MEQ waveforms as data input. The inversion results showed that most of the MEQs had more than 50% non-double-couple components (compensated linear vector dipoles and volumetric). This result may have indicated that those MEQ mechanisms could have possibly been related to steam flow from the southern part of reservoir, which caused the explosive mechanism at the steam zone. Moreover, this possibility was supported by additional information obtained from the Vp/Vs anomaly zones determined from travel time tomography results, which indicated the existence of steam. Moment tensor inversion results showed positive volume changes at the steam zone in northern part of reservoir and negative volume changes in the southern part of reservoir. In addition, two oblique faults with NE and NNW strike directions were also identified. These faults were combinations of shear fracturing and extensional fracturing.
STORAGE OPTIMIZATION OF VOD SYSTEMS BY SYSTEM CODING COMPARABLE SUBSTANCE DISSEMINATION AND NARROWCASTING

Video on-Demand (VOD) framework concentrate all the more on patch-up administrations architectures and advancing overlays yet don't suspiciously accept the utilizer exercises and the profit of prefetching systems. Subsequently, they cannot better help; we propose a system coding comparable substance conveyance plan to proficiently handle intuitive VOD operations in shared systems. In system coding comparable substance dissemination (SCCSD), features are separated into sections that are encoded into free squares. These pieces are appropriated to distinctive companions for neighborhood stockpiling. By mining relationship inside every feature, the fragments asked for in interactivities are anticipated taking into account the data amassed through tattles. By using half and half reserving procedure, a community oriented prefetching plan is intended to upgrade asset conveyance among neighboring companions. A beginning spilling calculation intended to join irregular system coding with a randomized changed push calculation.
A COMPUTER EXPERIMENT TO STUDY THE CHARGING PROCESS FOR DUST GRAINS IN THE PLASMA

Dust grain in plasma is charged up by collecting electrons and ions from the plasma, this charging process has been studied for laboratory dusty plasma. The Orbital Motion Limited theory predicts the electron and ion currents toward the grain, the discrete charging model uses these current values and converts it to probabilities for collecting individual electrons and ions, this model assumed that discrete charges will be collected at random intervals in a random sequence. A program with FORTRAN programming language has been built to translate the discrete model to simulate the charging process. Then, the value of the charge number and their fluctuations as a function of time, charging time and mean equilibrium charge number on the grain surface have been predicted. It has been concluded that the grains were charged with negative and the charging process, in general, was affected by grain size, electron temperature, and the background plasma type.
The contextual framework of corporate income tax evasion

The Portfolio Investment Framework, the Principal Agent Framework and the Principal Two Agents Framework of tax evasion, individually or collectively, are inadequate to represent fairly the dynamics of corporate income tax evasion. These behavior based frameworks are for the prediction of tax evasion and their usefulness for identifying tax evasion is limited. To bridge the gap between the prediction and the identification aspects of corporate income tax evasion, this paper presents the Contextual Framework of Corporate Income Tax Evasion, structured with twelve ideas and thirty five dynamics to guide and direct future research. With a simple game theory model, the paper promotes the tax audit cut-off policy that incorporates a reward program for the agent of government, ensures audit frequency and tests independence of the agent from governance. Key words: Portfolio Investment Framework, Principle Agent Framework, Principle Two Agent Framework, Tax Evasion, Corporate Income Tax Evasion.
Long-Term Outcomes of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia Ph+ (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm that originates in a pluripotent and abnormal bone marrow cell, consistently associated with the BCR-ABL fusion gene, 1 located on the Ph chromosome, represents 15% of all leukemias. Treatment has evolved along with the disease using alkylators, antimetabolites, immunomodulators, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), that have significantly improved patient survival, including ponatinib, effective for the T315I mutation. Objective: To know the overall survival and progression-free survival of TKIs (imatinib, nilotinib and dasatinib) in patients with Ph+ CML treated at the CMN Hematology Service "20 de Noviembre" ISSSTE, in a long-term followup. Patients and Methods: Over 15 years with Ph+ CML from 1999 to 2016 not treated with ITQ and without contraindication to receive them. Those who rejected this treatment were not included. Those who died due to some comorbidity not related to CML, those who switched to progenitor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, those who refused to continue receiving TKIs or when treatment was suspended for administrative reasons (loss of right to institutional insurance). Results: A total of 82 patients were analyzed. In 37% of the patients, the initial treatment was chemotherapy. Patients who achieved molecular remission had a mean of 5 months before starting TKIs. Imatinib was only used in the first line (n=65), nilotinib was the majority in the second line (n=18) and dasatinib was the only one indicated in the third line (n=8). Molecular remission was profound in 26 patients and greater in 24%. No remission was achieved in four patients. The PFS, recorded from the start of any TKIs, was likely 0.83 to 156 months of follow-up. The OS was 0.92 to 191 months. Conclusions: Imatinib was used in our hospital in 2001. Until then, it was treated with hydroxyurea, busulfan, or cytarabine + IFN. The patients who started receiving TKIs during the first two months, after diagnosis, had OS as well as those who were delayed more than this time. The depth of remission was related to the time at which TKIs administration was started and only reached remission in those who started it within the first six months. We found no significant difference between the three TKIs. Failure to respond was the most frequent condition. The months elapsed waiting for a response was greater than 6 months, which is prolonged, particularly in the case of the passage from first to second line. This delay, in our cases, is related to the lack of second-generation TKIs. More than half had molecular remission, major or profound, with one or more of the inhibitors employed. However, the SG is not affected by the existence of cytogenetic or molecular remission.
The Effect of Empathy Training Programs on Aggression and Compatibility Students of Elementary Schools in Yazd, Center of Iran

Introduction Empathy is believed to play an important role in fostering prosocial behavior and social competence. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of empathy teaching on aggression and compatibility in female students of elementary sixth grade in yazd, center of Iran. Materials and Methods The samples were 62 girl students of grade 6 in elementary schools that were selected by available (targeted) sampling among girl students of grade 6 on Yazd. They were put in two groups of control group and experiment group randomly and equally. Data were collected by using empathy questions of Isenberg, Febs, Oscolar, Carlo & Miller, Rater questionnaire about children behavioral disorder and Bus & Perry questionnaire and were analyzed with Mankoo & Ankova methods. Results The mean age of students was 13 ± 0.359 year-old. The Results showed that after controlling scores of pretests, there was a meaningful relationship between two groups in their empathy, social compatibility and aggression and its aspects (like physical aggression, verbal aggression, hostility and anger) scores (P< 0.05). Conclusion The development of empathy with training programs, can have a positive effect on reduce of aggression and increasing of compatibility in students at elementary schools.
The Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model for the Monetary Policy Analysis in Tunisia

Ab stract- T he paper is aimed to the behaviour analysis of the Tunisian economy with inflation trageting regime represented by a New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model. This model is employed as a macroeconomic method of modelization to analyze this policy estimated with the Bayesian technique in a response to many exogenous shocks. The paper tests the model’s proprieties on recent Tunisian data. Moreover, it shows the monetary policy transmission mechanism The model seems to give a satisfactory approximation of the Tunisian economy behaviour. The ultimate goal of the model is to be used in simulation exercises, policy advice and forecasting at the Bank ofTunisia.
Effect of cowpea flour inclusion on the storage characteristics of composite wheat-cowpea bread

Substitution of refined wheat flour (WF), the principal ingredient for bread making with cowpea flour (CF) could encourage diverse utilization of cowpea and reduce overdependence on wheat importation. However, the effect of cowpea flour inclusion on the storage characteristics of composite wheat-cowpea (CWC) bread which is essential for the commercial success of the product needs to be studied. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the effect of cowpea flour inclusion on the storage characteristics of CWC bread. CF was blended with wheat flour (WF) at 5, 10, 15 and 20% substitution levels. Flour samples were analyzed for proximate composition, rheological and functional properties. The CWC dough after proofing was cut into uniform sizes (300 g) and baked at 220°C for 30 min. The physical, chemical, microbiological and sensory qualities of the freshly baked bread samples were also determined. Changes in these qualities were also determined in the bread samples stored at ambient conditions (27 ± 2°C, 79 ± 3% RH) over a period of 5 days. Mould count ranged 1.00 to 3.00, 6.50 to 24.00 and 33.50 to 50.50 cfu/g for day 1, 3 and 5, respectively during storage. The order of overall acceptability of the CWC bread over the storage period was 5% > 10% > 15% > 20%. The softness index ranged between 16.40-34.80, 12.00-31.75, 10.25-29.65, 7.90-26.40 and 7.25-23.20 mm for day 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The CWC bread was acceptable to the sensory panelist for the first three days of its production. Bread made from the 100% WF was more shelf stable than the one made from the CWC flour.
Photovoltaic Effect Produced in Silicon Solar Cells by X- and Gamma Rays1

The open-circuit voltage and photocurrent produced in a silicon solar cell by X- and gamma rays were measured as a function of exposure dose rate, cell temperature, angle of incidence of radiation, and photon energy. This photoresponse was stable and proportional to the exposure dose rate, which was applied up to a maximum of 1.8×106 roentgen per minute for X-rays and 4×102 roentgen per minute for Co60 gamma rays. At an exposure dose rate of 1 roentgen per minute the response was of the order of 10−5 volt for the open-circuit voltage and 10−8 ampere for the photocurrent. At high exposure dose rates of Co60 gamma rays, radiation damage became apparent. The temperature dependence of the photoresponse was controlled by the temperature dependence of the cell resistance. The directional dependence of the photoresponse varied with the quality of radiation and for Co60 gamma rays was very small for angles from 0° to 70°. The photoresponse decreased with increasing photon energy but changed only little between 200 and 1,250 kilo electron volts. The ratio of the response to X-rays of 38 kilo electron volts effective energy and that to Co60 gamma rays was approximately 6:1. An approximate value of the thickness of the effective p–n junction layer is deduced from the energy dependence.