Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Statistical Analysisa Spiritual-Based Leadership Model Model (KBS)

Purpose:The aims of the research was to determine the goodness of fit of statistical model based on test data generated by the instrument developed to measure the dimensions (construct) of self-awareness, ethical, visionary, altruism, and collaborative teamwork of the Model KBS Design/metodology/approach: Quessionaire BSLM was admistered to 133 ward’s head nurse and team leader of type B and type C hospital in Kalimantan Barat. Data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling to identified goodness of fit, and effect of self-awareness dimension to another four dimension of the model. Findings: A Spiritual-Based Leadership Modelwas fit to ward head nurses. The effect of self-awareness to ethical, vision, altruism and team work and collaboration behaviour were positive strong. Research Limitation: the number of participants were lowered than the amount of parameters, the further researches need to do this with a large number of participants. Practical Implication: The model need to apply in the real situation to prove the ability of the model increasing organizational commitment and the right choice on conflict handling style. Originality/value: this model develop from intrapersonal and dyadic level leadership. Keywords—self-leadership, spiritual, self-awareness, vision, ethics, altruism, teamwork collaboration Paper type—research paper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 21-05-2018 Date of acceptance: 05-06-2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trade barriers in services and merchandise trade in the context of TTIP: Poland, EU and the United States

We evaluate both the tariff and non-tariff barriers in the bilateral trade of the EU member and the United States. We differentiate between EU-15, the New Member States and Poland to account for their structural differences and different trading patterns. We use a standard gravity framework and attribute the differences in importer fixed effects to non-tariff barriers. We find that the level of non-tariff barriers trump in general trumps the one of the tariffs across different sectors and analyzed groups of countries. The overall tariff equivalent in merchandise trade is around 20%, at least twice the level of tariffs. However, there are sectoral differences and in many cases the NTBs exceed 40%. We also find the non-tariff barriers in services trade to be overall higher than those in merchandise trade. At the same time, Poland and the remaining NMS exhibit higher barriers to trade in services than in the EU15 and the US.
Appraisal of Measures in Enhancing Professionalism and Ethical Conducts among Quantity Surveyors in Nigerian Construction Industry

Quantity Surveyors are one of the main professionals in the construction industry; they render service to construction clients which incorporate Architects, building proprietors, Investors, government organizations, Engineers, and contractual workers. They engage in evaluating, cost administration, obtainment administration, cost planning, contract organization, plausibility studies, resource monetary administration, all exercises identified by making money in the construction industry. Recently, Quantity surveying profession in Nigeria has one way or the other influenced by unethical practices display by its members. Due to the development, this paper aims to evaluate the measures in improving professionalism and ethical behaviours among Quantity Surveyors in Nigerian construction industry with a viable way to deal with a moral appraisal of Quantity Surveyors in the Nigerian construction industry in an approach to upgrading moral standard among them. It was uncovered in the findings that that transparency & accountability in contract administration, leaders serving as role models and constant supervision of ethics are the most notable measures to enhance ethical conducts among Quantity Surveyors. The study recommends that powerful disciplines like punishments, withdrawal of authentication or even cancellation of the permit on dull infringement might be presented by Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) to minimized unethical practices among its members.
Influence Factors for Intention to using Facebook to Mitigate Obesity among Sudanese Women

Social media (SM) has rapidly evolved over the years to become a dominant platform used globally by millions of users for a variety of applications. In contrast, health problems, in particular, obesity have worsened over recent years. The literature review undertaken in this study has revealed that obesity remains one of the significant health issues globally. Also, despite the widespread use of SM among the population in developing countries, such as Sudan, the use of technology interventions to mitigate adverse health habits remains in its infancy. Likewise, there are limited theoretical models which lead towards the intention to use SM such as Facebook to address these sorts of problems. Therefore, this study proposes a model for the intention to use Facebook as the most popular platform in Sudan to mitigate the problem of obesity with particular emphasis on investigating the important factors that lead to the intention to use Facebook for dieting among middle-aged Sudanese women. In this study, a framework model was developed by hybridising the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Health Beliefs Model (HBM) which included factors that could predict preventive health behaviours from the HBM, namely; perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, and perceived threat. This also included the factors related to the TPB such as attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms. This research study is a progress paper that contributes to the body of knowledge in this domain, in particular, obesity. While the framework model has not been tested, it is proposed that future research is undertaken to empirically investigate the proposed model by using smart PLS3 for further analysis.
Problems of Demand and Effects in Portfolio Based Selection of Utility Functions

Stochastic rules and their inequality are very useful tools in various economic fields and financial problems. The purpose of this paper is to determine the main results obtained from the use of stochastic rules on financial optimization. Emphasis is placed on demand problems and the effects of changes in portfolio selection problems. Some other examples are not directly related to the optimization problem, this is given to show a broad view on the application of stochastic rules in financial matters. Stochastic orders and their inequalities have been used in various fields on problems related to opportunities (probability) and statistics in general. For example, a queuing system with a single service with Increasing Failure Rate (IRF) service time and service discipline that prioritizes job savings. Suppose Ti states the ergodic arrival time of a customer when service discipline is used.
Supply Chain Management of Facility Operations and Maintenance Function in Apparel Sector

A facility cannot be smoothly operated if not properly maintained. Hence, facility operations and maintenance (O&M) function has obtained a noteworthy recognition due to its significant contribution made for the continuous operation of a facility, core-business performance and occupant’s satisfaction. However, the diverse nature of facility O&M functions necessitates effective supply chains. In particular, the crucial elements engaged in O&M functions such as the parties involved, information flows, finance flows and service/product flows have been neglected in previous studies. Hence, this study aims to develop a model for supply chain management of facility O&M function in apparel sector. Given the importance of apparel manufacturing to Sri Lankan national economy, the study was focused on apparel factories. An in-depth literature review followed by case study design under qualitative approach was deployed for empirical investigation. The collected data was analysed using manual content analysis and using QSR N-Vivo software. According to the case study findings, supply chain management in O&M functions is carried out in ad-hoc manner in case study orgnisations. The study developed a SCM process for facility O&M functions incorporating three O&M sub processes; i.e. (a) customer relationship management, (b) internal supply chain management, and (c) supplier relationship management. The research findings can be used as a guide by the facility O&M teams for optimising the performance of O&M supply chain functions.
Transmit Wireless Power by Using Magnetic Resonance

This Paper Proposes to Transmitting wireless power by using magnetic resonance. It is very important for modern system. Now-a-days we are using laptops, sensors, consumer products so it is important to use wireless power transmission. Wireless power transmission is continuously energy transfer. In this paper, it is possible by using magnetic resonant coupling to transmit the wireless power from source coil to a single load.
Temperature Adaptability and Disease Development Potentiality of Multi-Generation Isolates of Sclerotium rolfsii

Sclerotium rolfsii causing collar rot is a wellknown, non-target pathogen having wide host range. It is among one of the most disparaging soil inhabiting pathogens and causing significant loss in several crops. The fungus is predominantly distributed in subtropical and tropical countries. It is common where temperature arises during the rainy season. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 1 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Misvaluation and Corporate Cash-holding Propensity*

This paper explains corporate cash-holding propensity from the new perspective of misvaluation. We find a strong cross-sectional relation between misvaluation and cashholding propensity, which can be attributed to both equity-raising proceeds and the exercise of employee stock options. We use the difference-in-difference approach to examine the issue of endogeneity. Several robustness checks also indicate that the explanations associated with the precautionary motive, agency conflicts, near-term cash needs, and tax motives do not drive our results.
Multi-beam modulated metasurface antenna for 5G backhaul applications at K-band

We explore the use of a new modulated metasurface (MTS) antenna topology as solution for wireless backhaul at K band. The proposed structure is composed of a quasi-optical beamformer, which feeds the modulated MTS radiating aperture. These two elements are vertically stacked in a two-layer pillbox architecture to produce a very compact antenna. Furthermore, our design is able to provide several beams at different pointing angles and, hence, it offers the possibility of discrete beam steering by beam switching. The employment of a modulated MTS and the compactness given by the pillbox approach lead to a high-gain and low-profile antenna that could be an appealing solution for mobile backhaul networks.
Stability of risk and time preferences after a military mission in Afghanistan

This paper investigates the stability of time and risk preferences by exploiting a natural experiment. We use preand post-deployment surveys conducted for the Danish soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in the spring 2011 and exploit the fact that in modern wars, and especially in Afghanistan, combat exposure in the form of ambush, improvised explosive devices, or an exchange of shots is as good as randomly distributed within and between combat units. We test both the effect of deployment and combat on these preferences and personality traits. In general time and risk preferences show a high correlation before and after, and soldiers appear to be relieved after the mission, becoming less neurotic. We also find that combat has an impact on risk preferences making soldiers more risk lover. Furthermore, first-timers appear to be more risk averse in general and become more patient after the mission. JEL Classification: D01; D03, C99.
A Tool to Assist the Social Search on Facebook

— Sharing questions is a new way of getting answers on social networks. However, the usual strategy of broadcasting questions could be optimized. In this work, we propose a Social Query mobile app to assist users sharing their questions on Facebook. Before publishing the question, the app will guide the user through some steps to enhance the probability of getting an answer by someone. It is a tool to help the users phrasing their problems, restrict the social search to a certain demographic group and find people to help them. As far as we know, this is the first work to merge these three aspects of the social search. To validate our proposal, we run a questionnaire so that people could value what we are offering, and we received great feedback.
Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties

The solid–vapor surface energy cannot be determined directly from the contact angle data because the Young equation includes three unknown interfacial energies. While the liquid–vapor energy is usually known, different theories can be used to exclude the solid–liquid energy, such as Antonoff, Zisman, Fowkes, and Owens and Wendt theories. These theories yield significantly different results for the solid–vapor surface energy. We revisit the claim that the lowest surface energy is 6.7 mJ m−2 of C20F42, while polytetrafluoroethylene’s surface energy is 22 mJ m−2. These numbers can change significantly if a different theory is used. PAPER 2017
Diagnostic utility of point of care high sensitive troponin-i assay for early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with acute onset chest pain in emergency departments. The early heart study

Background: An early diagnosis of myocardial infarction is highly important in the Emergency Department (ED). It facilitates rapid decision making and treatment and therefore improves the outcome in patients presenting with symptoms of chest pain. Aims and objectives: To study diagnostic utility of new point of care high sensitive troponin-I assay in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with acute chest pain.
Decomposition of income inequality by attributes: does the race matter in the US?

Using the Shapley income decomposition methodology, we isolate the pure racial contribution to income inequality in regards with the population of Blacks and Whites in the United-States over the period 2009-2014. Such a contribution can be seen as the direct perceived racial discrimination on earnings. We show that the pure racial contribution to income inequality is somewhat low, with about 1% to 4%, depending on the US administrative divisions used. The race tends to contribute more to total observed inequality in the West and South part of the US.
Data Adaptable Sparse Reconstruction for Hyperspectral Image Recovery from Compressed Measurements

Hyperspectral image compression using compressive sensing technique is very much important in the area of satellite image compression because it can greatly en hance the compression rate. The research work proposes a novel data adaptable sparse reconstruction algorithm for the reconstruction of hyperspectral images from compressive sensing measurements. In the proposed algorithm, compressive sensing technique is used for the compression of HSIs, where Gaussian i.i. d. matrix is used to generate compressive sensing measurements. The algorithm solves the optimization problem containing total variation regularization and data adaptable parameter terms. The regularization terms are added to provide hyperspectral data characteristics as priors into the objective function. The addition of priors helps in convergence of the algorithm into the desired solution. The algorithm alternatively reconstructs the end member matrix and abundance matrix instead of reconstructing the entire HSI at once, thereby reducing the computational complexity at the reconstruction process. To nullify the effect of modelling errors, debiasing is performed
Numerical modeling of downlink electromagnetic wave exposure generated by 5G beamforming antennas

Abstract: In this paper di erent scenarios were compared for the numerical modeling of electromagnetic wave exposure to beamforming antennas. These scenarios range from the simplest (using an averaged radiation pattern) to an almost realistic one (MU-MIMO beamforming taking into account users locations) with intermediate ones. The results underline the in uence of the environment around the antennas on the distribution of the electric eld.
Preparation of nursing students for operating room exposure: A South African perspective

Background. Limited time for training and preparation of student nurses in a busy operating room (OR) could be attributed to a shortage of qualified OR nurses in South Africa. Objective. To determine the participants’ perceptions of the content and modes of delivery of an improved preparation programme for nursing students to enhance learning in the OR. Methods. A qualitative research approach, which included nominal group discussions with students and OR staff, was used for data collection. Results. The need for an improved preparation programme was confirmed. The programme should address documentation, equipment, maintaining sterility, orientation, swab and instrument control, and OR preparation. Suggested modes of delivery include practical demonstrations in small groups, flip-the-classroom approach and simulation. Conclusion. Adequate preparation has a direct impact on students’ learning in and their impression of the OR, which could result in more students selecting OR nursing as a career path.
Dietary Patterns: What’s in a Name?

The focus for quantifying dietary exposures has moved from single nutrients or foods to dietary patterns. These more comprehensive characterizations of the diet account for the synergistic effects of nutrients and allow for better translation to dietary recommendations for the broad public. Dietary patterns narrow down large amounts of nutrition information and usually apply a moniker, such as “Western diet” or “healthy diet. ” This leads to the question, what is in those names? Because of a missing standardized naming system for food patterns, not only individuals but also professionals have different definitions of single dietary patterns leading to confusion and ensuing erroneous assumptions. This article demonstrates the shortcomings regarding nomenclature with reference to 10 examples of the Western diet.
Supplementation with an Antioxidant Rich Oil Does Not Influence Blood Lactate, Rate of Perceived Exertion and Muscle Soreness after Resistance Exercise

Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) is a very common fruit of the Brazilian cerrado. It is largely consumed by local residents and its pulp contains natural antioxidants, such as carotenoids (i.e. α and β carotene) and phenolic acids. Concentration of phenolic acids in pequi pulp is higher (i.e. 209mg/100g) than many other fruits such as strawberry (i.e. 132,1mg/100g) and pineapple (i.e. 21,7mg/100g) [1]. Thus, pequi has an elevated antioxidant capacity. So, supplementation with pequi oil became a target of some researchers in the past 10 years.
Impact of Social Corporate Responsibility on Achieving Competitive Advantage: The Case of Hotels in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), Jordan

This study explores the perceived impact of corporate social responsibility on competitive advantage of hotels in the context of Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ), Jordan. Past studies on this topic were predominantly within the context of non-service industries. Guided by relevant past literature, an instrument was developed and distributed to a sample of 555 respondents comprising of middle level hotel managers. The study found that effects of social responsibility dimensions on accomplishing competitive advantage explained 54% of variance of the dependent variable (competitive advantage). This and other findings of the study led to the conclusion that hotels need to focus on social responsibility, provide the infrastructure required for performing socially responsible activities, and conduct more studies to understand community needs better.
Esophageal Cancer: An Updated Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Database Analysis

Background Esophageal cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths and the eighth most common cancer worldwide with a 5-year survival rate of less than 25%. Here we report the incidence, risk factors and treatment options that are available currently, and moving into the future. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database made available by the National Cancer Institute in the USA. Specifically we extracted data from the years 2004 - 2015. Results In total we identified 23,804 patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma and 13,919 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Males were at an increased risk of developing both types of esophageal cancer when compared to females. Most cases of adenocarcinoma were diagnosed as poorly differentiated grade III (42%), and most cases of squamous cell carcinoma were diagnosed as moderately differentiated grade II (39.5%). The most common stage of presentation for both adenocarcinoma (36.9%) and squamous cell (26.8%) carcinoma was stage IV. The worst outcomes for adenocarcinoma were noted with grade III tumors (hazard ratio (HR): 1.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.44 - 1.68, P value: < 0.01), stage IV tumors (HR: 3.58, 95% CI: 3.33 - 3.85, P value: < 0.01) and those not treated with surgery (HR: 2.54, 95% CI: 2.44 - 2.65, P value: < 0.01). For squamous cell carcinoma, the worst outcomes were noted with grade III tumors (HR: 1.35, 95% CI: 1.23 - 1.49, P value: < 0.01), stage IV tumors (HR: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.94 - 2.32, P value: <0.01). Conclusions The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in the USA is steadily on the rise. Conversely, the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma has been continually declining. While white males had an increased incidence of both types of esophageal cancer, a higher proportion of African Americans suffered from squamous cell carcinoma. Despite the wide spread use of proton pump inhibitors, adenocarcinoma continues to be a major public health concern.
When Ramsey Searches for Liquidity

What are the optimal policies in an economy with endogenous liquidity frictions? In this paper, liquidity constraints arise because of costly search-and-matching of non-government issued assets. Government bonds, on the other hand, are fully liquid. I show how to characterize the optimal level of government debt, capital tax (or subsidy), and the initial price level, given an initial level of capital stock. There are two main lessons learned. Taxes on capital converges to a level that balances the trade-off between the efficiency of financing government expenditures and consumption inequality (due to search frictions). Most importantly, a long-run optimal debt-to-GDP ratio can be independent of the initial level of capital stock. A calibrated exercise shows that it should be around 66%. The paper suggests that those countries, which have accumulated debt close to 100% of their GDP since the recent financial crisis, should not permanently roll over their debt. JEL classification: E22, E44, E62