Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Archetypical pathways of direct and indirect land-use change caused by Cambodia’s economic land concessions

In the global South, a rush of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) is occurring by governments and transnational and domestic investors seeking to secure access to land in developing countries to produce food, biofuels, and other agricultural commodities. Complex interactions between regional and global market dynamics and local institutional, socioeconomic, and agro-ecological conditions can lead to widely varying causal processes, land-use change (LUC), and socioeconomic and environmental outcomes. Systematic understanding of how characteristics of LSLAs across multiple social and environmental contexts produce spillover effects on local communities, ranging from employment opportunities to displacement and indirect land-use change (iLUC), is lacking. We conceptualize agricultural commodity production and land-acquisition processes associated with LSLAs as catalyzing causal pathways of direct and indirect land-use changes. Using the case of economic land concessions (ELCs) in Cambodia, we employed a novel synthesis research approach combining remote sensing, spatio-temporal statistics, and case study meta-analysis to construct archetypical pathways of the causes, timing, and consequences of ELC-driven land change. Archetypical pathways generally diverged based on specialized or flex commodity crops and rates of direct LUC, and rapid rates of direct LUC tended to cause displacement and iLUC. In contrast, ELCs producing commodity crops associated with more gradual land-use change and/or organized local resistance lead to less iLUC. Systematic knowledge generated through synthesis of local causes and consequences of LSLA-driven land change is now possible and needed to better address the direct and indirect consequences of LSLAs for commodity crop production.
Competence-based learning using practice firms: Its assessment from the students’ perceptions

Practice firms provide several benefits in terms of engagement and motivation of students, but more empirical evidence is claimed for demonstrating their real impact on learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is twofold. On the one hand, to explore the competence-based learning developed by students enrolled in practice firms. On the other, to analyze the influence of these competences on the global assessment given by students to this methodology. The results demonstrate that a high number of generic skills showed a significant improvement after participating in practice firms, being this improvement larger for the acquisition of abilities to work in an international context, elementary computing skills, the processing and analysis of financial information and data, and budget control development. The results also pointed out that learning capacity and leadership were the generic competences with significant impact on the assessment made by students, while the contribution to reach the goals of a company and providing advice were the most significant specific managerial skills influencing the students’ assessment of practice firms.
Appraising the Exchange Rate Volatility, Stock Market Performance and Aggregate Output Nexus in Nigeria

This research work appraises the exchange rate volatility, stock market performance and aggregate output nexus in Nigeria. Making used of quarterly time series data with the use of ARCH and GARCH model, Bayesian VAR, VAR causality and Granger Causality model. The research work found that Exchange Rate and Stock price are Volatiles and the dwindling grossly affect the aggregate output. Also, there is high degree of positive relationship between Exchange rate, Stock Price Movement and Aggregate output. More so, Exchange rate volatility granger cause Stock price movement and Aggregate Output and vice versa. Furthermore, Exchange rate volatility and Stock Market performance has a positive significant impact on Aggregate output. Finally, there is joint causal impact of volatility of exchange rate, stock price, reserve on aggregate output in Nigeria. conclusion was made that there is a clear causal relationship between exchange rate volatility, stock market performance and Aggregate Output in Nigeria. Economic growth is achieved through sound an effective exchange rate that encourages FDI and financial inflow in the stock market. However, conclusion was made that there is presence and persistency of volatility shocks in the exchange rates for naira vis-à-vis US dollar in Nigeria between 1985 and 2015. This implies that the conventional monetary management policies instituted have proved ineffective in stabilizing the exchange rate of a unit US dollar to naira over the years. This therefore calls for the need of other forex management measures especially in terms of meeting the high demand for foreign currency which characterized and dictate the performance and trade balance and overall economic performance in Nigeria.
Entrepreneurial Networking During Early Stages of Opportunity Exploitation: Agency of Novice and Experienced New Venture Leaders

We examine how the prior experiences of new venture leaders (NVLs) affect networking behaviors during the early stages of opportunity exploitation. We argue that lack of prior experience increases the unknowns that NVLs face when pursuing opportunity exploitation. Lack of technical experience increases technical unknowns, whereas lack of startup experience increases startup unknowns. Using a qualitative methodology, we investigate 22 NVLs and find that they differ on three dimensions: networking time orientation (short-term vs. long-term), desired benefits (operational vs. symbolic), and networking actions (deepening vs. broadening). We find that novice NVLs, those who lack technical or startup experience, tend to utilize short-term orientation, engage in network-deepening actions, and seek operational benefits from their networks to mitigate technical and startup unknowns. In contrast, dual-experienced NVLs, those with technical and startup experience, are guided by long-term orientations, network-broadening actions, and a focus on symbolic benefits. We also find that technical and startup veterans exhibit a combination of those behaviors. We contribute to the literature by posing a set of three propositions depicting differences in NVL networking behaviors based on differences in startup and/or technical experiences. This study, thus, highlights the influence of NVL experience on early-stage networks.
Has the crisis left a lasting mark on global trade

International trade expanded substantially during much of the past decade, boosted by underlying globalisation trends and supported by a benign global environment (A«the Great ModerationA­). But when the global financial and economic crisis hit in 2008, global trade collapsed, with merchandise trade contracting significantly more than global output. Supported by swift policy reactions and helped by the fact that protectionism was contained, the ensuing recovery of world trade was fairly rapid, but trade levels are still below their pre-crisis path, raising the question of a possibly longer-lasting impact of the Great Recession of 2008-09 on trade dynamics. The analysis presented in this chapter shows that there is no clear evidence of a structural break in the relationship between trade and GDP although the recession may have left its mark on the geographical and sectoral composition of trade. In a number of advanced economies, substantial adjustment due to fiscal consolidation and deleveraging in the private sector is constraining import growth in the short and medium term. By contrast, emerging market economies have been left relatively unscathed by the Great Recession. They account for a steadily growing share of global demand and are expected to cushion, at least partially, the demand shortfall in advanced countries, while the supply of trade finance does not appear to be a limiting factor at the current juncture. There are some indications that international supply chains in some sectors have embarked on a consolidation process, with fewer production stages involved and consequently less cross-border trade, but there is no broadly-based evidence for such a development. Overall, global trade seems to be approaching its long-term growth trend and will likely expand at lower rates than in the boom years of the previous decade.
P2P traffic classification method based on SVM

A method to realize the P2P network traffic classification based on the SVM is proposed.This method uses the network traffic statistical characteristic and SVM method based on the statistical theory to classify the different P2P traffic application.Mainly research focus on four kinds of network traffic classification,which are document sharing BitTorrent,media flows PPLive,network telephone Skype and immediate communication MSN.Introduce P2P traffic classification overall framework based on the SVM,describe how gain the traffic sample and the processing method,introduce the experimental result and construct the traffic classifier.The experimental results confirm the validity of proposed method,the average precise rate is 92.38%.
Standardization and Optimization of the Temporal Label in BCDM

This paper dealt with the temporal label in BCDM (the Bitemporal Concept Data Model), transformed the label into a new normal form, then the temporal variables were reduced even eliminated in the process of temporal optimization and temporal binding. The process of the temporal label optimizes the temporal storage and temporal searching.
Novel hardware-software architecture for the recursive merge filtering algorithm (poster abstract)

As reconfigurable devices move to the forefront of mainstream processing, the spectrum of application areas for such devices is also increasing. One such area is image processing. In this paper we present a novel hardware-software codesign architecture for the computation of the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), based on a new Recursive Merge Filtering (RMF) algorithm. The architecture aims at reducing the overall data routing during the computation of the DWT. The method shows how data routing can be transformed into a series of index computations carried out on the reconfigurable device. The architecture applies hardware/software codesign principles for task division among the available processing resources and uses memory resources closer to the FPGA to avoid the main memory accesses and this reduces the processing time and access time. The paper also proposes ideas based on memory bank to further enhance the performance of the proposed architecture. The architecture is based on a dynamically reconfigurable device, the Xilinx XC6200 on the H.O. T Works Board used to carry out the data routing by a series of index computations. The complex computations are restricted to the main processor and the simple addition/subtraction tasks for data routing are based on the FPGA.
“Rhodes Must Fall”: South Africa’s Ongoing University Student Protests Against Contemporary Globalization’s Neoliberal Violence

Author(s): Irvine, Timothy | Advisor(s): Foran, John; Lezra, Esther | Abstract: Despite apartheid’s 1994 de jure abolition, contemporary university students in South Africa transgressively protest for ongoing, radical, de facto “decolonization” that they allege, and I agree, has not occurred. My thesis historicizes and analyzes the Rhodes Must Fall (RMF) and Open Stellenbosch (OS) protests at University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University (SU), respectively. I analyze how university students’ protests drive counter-hegemonic social movements locally, regionally, and potentially globally. I highlight marginalized students’ imagination and articulation of alternatives to global neoliberalism, which is transgressive and perceived as radical. I contextualize this case study of contemporary counter-hegemony in South Africa through a theoretical-conceptual approach, and a deep, colonial, historical approach. I present three critical premises: (1) neoliberalism is de-democratization and covert authoritarianism; (2) universities are potential sites of critical democratization; and (3) marginalized university students drive a radical, transgressive imagination of alternative worlds. I provide critical historical background to situate South Africa within Contemporary Globalization before chronicling the emergent themes of ongoing protests. Following my South Africa case study, I briefly compare RMF and OS to other university student protests around the globe, including California and Germany. I suggest that under Contemporary Globalization, apparently dissimilar social movements share much in common, including universities’ simultaneous assimilation into, and potential for resistance against, the new, covert authoritarianism and de-democratization of global neoliberalism.
Factors Influencing Employees’ Performance at Workplace. An Integrated Perspective

The employee satisfaction and retention are the key factors for the attainment of organization goals and objectives. No one can measure the level of satisfaction an individual get why he/she performs his or her work. But there are factors which directly or indirectly affect the satisfaction and performance level of employees at workplace. Organizations that produce work environment that attract, motivate and retain hard-working individuals will be more successfully positioned to succeed in an unpredictable business environment that demands cost-efficiency and quality. Employee performance is a behavior that can be valued in terms of the scope to which it contributes to organizational effectiveness. Taking into account the importance and sensitivity of the issue of employees’ performance to any organization, this paper tries to review the various available literature and research work on employee performance and the factors influencing employees’ performance at workplace. The study is also an attempt to review the strategies adopted by different organizations to improve the performance level of employees which are based on a well districted human resources management.
Female directorship on boards and corporate sustainability policies: Their effect on sustainable development

We aim to explore whether board gender diversity, specifically women institutional directors, improves the sustainability development and stakeholder engagement of listed firms by affecting corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies. Moreover, within female institutional directors we can differentiate between banks and insurance companies (pressure-sensitive female institutional directors) and mutual funds, investment funds, pension funds and venture capital firms (pressure-resistant female institutional directors). Thus, the effect of these categories of directors on CSR policies is also analysed. Our findings suggest that female institutional, as a whole, have a positive effect on CSR policies, the same behaviour that show pressure-resistant female institutional, while pressure-sensitive institutional do not impact on CSR policies. This research provides a new framework for the role played by certain types of female directors (female institutional directors, female pressure-sensitive directors and female pressure-resistant directors) in CSR policies and, thus, may help policymakers to promote CSR policies, and to take action to promote responsible behaviour among listed firms.
Dynamiques d’activation, de partage et d’accumulation des connaissances au sein des communautés autonomes de consommateurs en ligne, aux niveaux individuel et collectif

Résumé Facilitant le partage des connaissances latentes des consommateurs, les communautés autonomes de consommateurs en ligne constituent des communautés de pratique de consommation. S’inspirant des études sur la gestion des connaissances, cet article étudie les dynamiques d’activation et d’accumulation des connaissances des consommateurs au sein des communautés en ligne dans le cadre naturel d’un forum en ligne. Cette étude netnographique identifie différents modèles d’activation des connaissances, en donnant un aperçu du type de connaissances des consommateurs qui émerge au sein des communautés en ligne autonomes. Différentes caractéristiques des communautés en ligne, et notamment la présence éventuelle de connaissances rares, la diversité des points de vue ou la valeur ajoutée d’opinions similaires, sont exploitées afin de produire différents types de connaissances collectives. Cette étude contribue à la littérature sur les communautés en ligne en décomposant les dynamiques de partage et d’accumulation des connaissances dans les communautés autonomes, qui agissent comme des communautés de pratique de consommation et participent au renforcement du pouvoir des consommateurs en développant des connaissances collectives à partir d’activations individuelles. Elle contribue à la littérature consacrée aux connaissances des consommateurs en caractérisant l’activation et l’accumulation des connaissances, tant au niveau individuel que collectif.
Textbook Of Osteoporosis

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Modeling, Simulation and Automatic Verification of Hybrid Systems under Matlab Environment

According to the features of the hybrid systems including both continuous variables and discrete events, we give their modeling and simulation procedure under the Matlab environment. The principle and implementation of automatic verification, which provides a novel way to overcome the inherent limitation of simulation are presented. The method is illustrated by an example of chemical process control.
Common Agriculture Policy and Price Stabilization – The Case of Wheat Market

Agricultural prices volatility plays important role in the variety of economic processes. It directly impacts stability of farmers’ income and has impact on economic efficiency of agricultural production. In this paper volatility of prices on Polish, European Union and global wheat market is quantified. The aim of the article is to answer the question whether Polish wheat price volatility changed after joining the European Union. Using monthly prices for two subperiods 1993-2004 and 2005-2014 absolute and relative volatility was estimated. The results indicate that there was a substantial volatility growth after accession to the European Union. However when the relation of volatility on Polish market to that observed on European and global market was estimated, there was a fall in the level of relative volatility, especially when short-term fluctuation were excluded from analyzed time series. To identify changes in volatility transmission patters Granger causality tests were also conducted. Change in wheat price volatility transmission was revealed. Before joining the European Union volatility of Polish wheat prices was Granger caused by fluctuations on global market, while after 2004 European prices volatility was found to be a Granger cause of Polish wheat prices volatility.
Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods And Applications

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The antecedents of workplace fun in the hospitality industry: A qualitative study

Abstract With an increasing awareness of the importance of fun in the workplace, the concept of workplace fun is becoming more popular in the hospitality industry. This study developed a conceptual model of the antecedents of workplace fun using an “employer-push, employee-need” approach. The antecedents were identified as two “employer-push” factors (relative advantages and open communication channel) and two “employee-pull” factors (employee expectations and satisfaction with the working environment). A qualitative approach was used to collect data through in-depth and one-on-one interviews with 18 frontline employees (5 frontline managers and 13 frontline staff) in an international hospitality company in Hong Kong. The results supported both the employers’ and the employees’ views on workplace fun. The study concludes by indicating the key research implications and directions for future research on workplace fun.
Study of realizing technology on ZigBee wireless communication protocol

With the rapid development of wireless communication technologies,many new wireless communication technologies constantly come forth.The rising ZigBee has been a good applied field.In this paper,there is a completely analysis and study for ZigBee wireless communication protocol,and give the detailed realizing technology of network layer so as to support the development of its software.
The Implications of Institutional Specificities on the Income Inequalities Drivers in European Union

This paper aims to review the different impacts of income inequality drivers on the Gini coefficient, depending on institutional specificities. In this context, we divided the European Union member states in two clusters (the cluster of member states with inclusive institutions / extractive institutions) using the institutional pillar as a clustering criterion. In both cases, we assesed the impact of income inequality drivers on Gini coefficient by using a fixed effects model in order to examine the role and importance of the institutions in the dynamics of income disparities.The models were estimated by applying the Panel Estimated Generalized Least Squares (EGLS) method, this being weighted by Cross-section weights option. The separate assessment of the income inequality reactivity to the change in its determinants according to the institutional criterion represents a new approach in this field of research and the results show that the impact of moderating income inequality strategies is limitedin the case of member states with extractive institutions.