Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Young Adults Form of the Attitude toward Women’s Working Scale: Development, Preliminary Validation and Measurement Invariance

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale measuring attitudes toward women’s working. In line with this main purpose, two studies were conducted to develop the tool and investigate its psychometric properties in two different samples. The study 1 started with generating item pool, conducting exploratory factor analysis to identify underlying factor structure of the latent variable. In study 1 after testing the structure of measure, a brief 9-item, tri-factor scale for the assessment of attitudes toward women’s working was emerged. The study 2 utilized a different sample. In study 2, it was aimed to examine model fit, test measurement invariance acroos gender and investigate reliability. Validity and reliability of the scale indicated that the attitude toward women’s working scale (ATWWS) had satisfactory psychometric properties. In study 2, configural and metric invariances of the ATWWS were supported for females and males.
Enterobacteria isolated from an agricultural soil of Argentina promote plant growth and biocontrol activity of plant pathogens

espanolLas bacterias que promueven el crecimiento vegetal lo hacen por diferentes mecanismos como la solubilizacion de fosforo, la sintesis de acido indolacetico y la produccion de sideroforos. El objetivo de este trabajo fue aislar bacterias que promuevan el crecimiento de plantasy que tambien puedan actuar como organismos antagonicos de los hongos fitopatogenos. Los microorganismos fueron aislados de suelos de Tres Arroyos, pcia de Bs As y se encontraron bacterias solubilizadoras de fosfato inorganico, que tambien sintetizan acido indol acetico y sideroforos. La capacidad de estas bacterias para solubilizar fosfatos (Pi)podria estardirectamente relacionada con la sintesis de acidos organicos que disminuyen el pH y no guardan relacion con la actividad de la fosfatasa. La capacidad de los organismos para solubilizar Pise relaciono indirectamente con la cantidad de Pisoluble presente en los medios.La capacidad de los microorganismos solubilizadores de Piesta principalmente asociadaconel efecto delos exudados presentes en el rizoplano, sin embargo,esto no ocurrio en el caso de las bacterias evaluadas enel presente trabajo. Ademas de promover el crecimiento de las plantas, estas bacterias demostraron ser antagonicas de patogenos de plantas como Fusarium graminearumy F. solani. EnglishBacteria promote growth by different mechanismslike phosphate (Pi)solubilization,IndolAceticAcid(IAA)synthesis and siderophores production. The purpose of this studywas to isolate bacteria that promote the growth ofplantsand may also act as antagonistic organisms of plant pathogens. Pi solubilizing microorganisms that were isolated from the soils of Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires;were also able to synthesize IAAand produce siderophores. The ability of these bacteria to solubilize Piwas directly related with the synthesis of organic acids that lowered the pH and was not related with phosphatase activity. The ability of the organisms to solubilize Piwas indirectly related withthe amount of soluble Pipresent in the media.Though Pisolubilizing microorganismsare mainly associated with the rhizoplane exudates,in this case did not induce Pisolubilization. In addition to promote plant growth, these bacteria proved to be antagonistic of plant pathogens such as Fusarium graminearumand F. solani.
Pentraxin-3 level in subarachnoid haemorrhage: Is it a prognostic factor?

OBJECTIVE The current study was planned to investigate the relationship of serum level of pentraxine-3 with various clinical and neurological scales and scores. METHODS The prospective case-control study was conducted at the Emergency Department of the Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, from March 2013 to June 2014, and comprised subarachnoid haemorrhage patients and healthy. Pentraxine-3levels were measured from serum samples and compared with sub-groups of the various scales and scores used in the study. Data was analysed using SPSS 15. RESULTS Of the 77 subjects, 40(52%) were patients and 37(48%) were controls. Pentraxine-3levels in the cases were significantly higher than the controls (p<0.001). Among the cases, pentraxine-3level of the Glasgow Coma Scale sub-group was significantly different between the severe and mild categories (p=0.048). Likewise, pentraxine-3 levels were significantly different in terms of Fisher scale in patients with minor haemorrhage compared to those with massive haemorrhage (p=0.026). Also, pentraxine-3 levels were significantly higher in patients who died compared to those who fully recovered (p=0.042). CONCLUSIONS There was found to be a relationship between pentraxine-3 level and the clinical severity of subarachnoid haemorrhage patients.
PLD-fabricated Pr-Fe-B thick film magnets applied to small motors

Although a conventional isotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet (coercivity: 800 kA/m, thickness: 350 μm) has been widely used for a miniaturized motor, deposition of a thick film magnet without resin directly on a small shaft enables us to advance the further reduction of the motor. When obtaining the film magnet on the shaft, we carried out fundamental experiments using a stainless plate. Namely, we investigated the mechanical characteristic such as adhesion together with magnetic properties of PLD (Pulsed Laser Deposition)-made films as a function of Pr content. It was found that Pr-Fe-B films with Pr content above 15 at. % tended to peel from the plates after the deposition. We suppose that the result is attributed to the different linear expansion coefficient between a stainless (10.3×10-6 K-1) and Pr element (6.7×10-6 K-1). On the other hand, an increase in Pr contents of the samples enabled us to enhance coercivity compared with that of a conventional Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet. In the study, we prepared a 250 μm-thick Pr-Fe-B film magnet with the coercivity (Hcj) of approximately 1250 kA/m on a thin stainless shaft applicable to a small motor by the PLD.Although a conventional isotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet (coercivity: 800 kA/m, thickness: 350 μm) has been widely used for a miniaturized motor, deposition of a thick film magnet without resin directly on a small shaft enables us to advance the further reduction of the motor. When obtaining the film magnet on the shaft, we carried out fundamental experiments using a stainless plate. Namely, we investigated the mechanical characteristic such as adhesion together with magnetic properties of PLD (Pulsed Laser Deposition)-made films as a function of Pr content. It was found that Pr-Fe-B films with Pr content above 15 at. % tended to peel from the plates after the deposition. We suppose that the result is attributed to the different linear expansion coefficient between a stainless (10.3×10-6 K-1) and Pr element (6.7×10-6 K-1). On the other hand, an increase in Pr contents of the samples enabled us to enhance coercivity compared with that of a conventional Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet. In the study, we prepared a 250 .
THE SUCCESS ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INTEGRATED FINAL PROJECT OF JAMBI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH DELONE AND MCLEAN MODEL APPROACH

The purpose of this research was able to prove empirically about the Delone and Mclean Models for the evaluation of ELISTA information systems at Jambi University. In addition, this research was also expected to provide feedback to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation of information systems and can be known the factors that cause the success or failure of the implementation of an information system so that the results of this study can be used as a strategic guideline model for information system development in the university and other institutions. The type of data used in this study was primary data obtained directly from respondents using a list of statements in the form of a questionnaire. Final year students who write the thesis are targeted in this study. To calculate the determination of the number of samples, the sampling method used the Hair method. The total sample of this study was 220 people. Methodology Data analysis was carried out using SEM techniques using SmartPLS tools. The findings in this study found that the system quality does not affect the us er satisfaction, while other hypotheses such as information quality, service quality, system us e affect user satisfaction, for system quality, information quality, and service quality affect the system use. Likewise the system use affects user satisfaction and system use, user satisfaction has an influence on net benefits.
Planning a Typical Working Day for Indoor Service Robots

—This paper describes a method of considering the problem of planning for indoor service robot. We introduce a novel graph theoretic formulation of the planning a typical working day problem. We prove that this problem is NP-complete. In proof we consider an explicit reduction of the planning a typical working day problem to the problem of ﬁnding a Hamiltonian path. Also we describe an approach to solve this problem. This approach is based on constructing a logical model for the planning a typical working day problem. Using our reduction from the planning a typical working day problem to the Hamiltonian path problem and reduction from the Hamiltonian path problem to the satisﬁability problem one can try to solve the planning a typical working day problem by local search and intelligent algorithms which developed for the satisﬁability problem.
Distribution and quantile functions, ranks and signs in dimension d: A measure transportation approach

Unlike the real line, the real space Rd, for d ≥ 2, is not canonically ordered. As a consequence, such fundamental univariate concepts as quantile and distribution functions, and their empirical counterparts, involving ranks and signs, do not canonically extend to the multivariate context. Palliating that lack of a canonical ordering has been an open problem for more than half a century, generating an abundant literature and motivating, among others, the development of statistical depth and copulabased methods. We show that, unlike the many definitions proposed in the literature, the measure transportation-based ranks introduced in Chernozhukov et al. (2017) enjoy all the properties that make univariate ranks a successful tool for semiparametric inference. Related with those ranks, we propose a new center-outward definition of multivariate distribution and quantile functions, along with their empirical counterparts, for which we establish a Glivenko-Cantelli result. Our approach is based on McCann (1995) and our results, unlike those of Chernozhukov et al. (2017), do not require any moment assumptions. The resulting ranks and signs are shown to be strictly distribution-free and essentially maximal ancillary in the sense of Basu (1959) which, in semiparametric models involving noise with unspecified density, can be interpreted as a finite-sample form of semiparametric efficiency. Although constituting a sufficient summary of the sample, empirical center-outward distribution functions are defined at observed values only. A continuous extension to the entire d-dimensional space, yielding smooth empirical quantile contours and sign curves while preserving the essential monotonicity and Glivenko-Cantelli features, is provided. A numerical study of the resulting empirical quantile contours is conducted. MSC 2010 subject classifications: Primary 62G30; secondary 62B05.
Transparency and its relation to sustainability performance : aA textual mining approach to sustainability performance of mutual funds and disclosure in underlying companies

Over the last decade, sustainability has truly moved from niche to mainstream when it comes to attracting attention among investors and policymakers. The number of funds investing under environmental, social and governance considerations has surged, and with that, the call for transparency is stronger than ever. Corporate statements and reports are therefore a valuable resource as they represent a wealth of information regarding companies’ operations. There are two main purposes of this thesis: The first is to create a tool that captures ESG-related disclosures in annual 10-K reports of underlying companies in mutual funds. Secondly, to see if disclosure relates to sustainability performance, represented by the score in the Morningstar sustainability rating (MSR). The sample consists of 118 US mutual funds, observed over a three-year timeframe, from 2016 to 2018. The first research question examines if the level of disclosure in underlying companies can predict sustainability performance of funds. Our results indicate that there is a relationship between the level of disclosure in underlying firms and sustainability performance for the following investment categories: US large cap blend, US large cap growth, US large cap value, US mid cap, and finance. For sector-specific categories such as healthcare, consumer goods and services and technology, no significant relationship is found. The explanatory power of textual disclosure score on sustainability performance of funds is limited but the model shows potential for more precise predictions for certain investment categories. Estimates appear to be less accurate for more volatile funds for which the difference between MSR and ESG disclosure score is larger. We also find that “green labelled” funds in our sample have better sustainability performance than conventional funds, while we find no difference in the disclosure score. Lastly, despite the increasing amount of sustainable investing, our data does not suggest an increasing trend of ESGdisclosures in 10-K filings over the sample period.
Extraction Method of Frequent File Access Patterns based on Relative Position in Folder Tree

—Toward efficient management of enterprise file server, listing potentially deletable files is expected to be effective. For this purpose, we propose a method of extracting frequent file access pattern to sort out files accesses by operating system or of file system, because such access patterns are supposed to be highly frequent. In our method, each access sequence of one user ID at short time intervals is processed in three steps: 1) path is encoded on the basis of relative position in folder tree structure, 2) accesses are clipped into independent sub-trees, and 3) statistical significance of number of observation is calculated according to occurrence probability. We apply our method to file server access logs of a company and demonstrate that it can extract characteristic access patterns although when multiple processes perform access in parallel.
Blaster: An Off-Grid Method for Blind and Regularized Acoustic Echoes Retrieval

Acoustic echoes retrieval is a research topic that is gaining importance in many speech and audio signal processing applications such as speech enhancement, source separation, dereverberation and room geometry estimation. This work proposes a novel approach to blindly retrieve the off-grid timing of early acoustic echoes from a stereophonic recording of an unknown sound source such as speech. It builds on the recent framework of continuous dictionaries. In contrast with existing methods, the proposed approach does not rely on parameter tuning nor peak picking techniques by working directly in the parameter space of interest. The accuracy and robustness of the method are assessed on challenging simulated setups with varying noise and reverberation levels and are compared to two state-of-the-art methods.
Decoupling the Motives for Takeover Resistance, and the Implications for Stockholders, Managers and Bidders

This study contributes to our understanding of corporate behaviour, and its governance, in response to takeover bids, by decoupling entrenchment and pure information leakage resistance, rather than relying on a restrictive, conventional, blanket treatment of hostility. In so doing, unique evidence is provided that the contrasting motives behind takeover bid resistance likely determine the nature of opposition strategies, and ultimately affect stockholder and manager related outcomes in divergent ways. Firms resorting to entrenchment orientated opposition strategies are found to have top managers with more pronounced ownershipand age-based incentives for control, and other directors with equity interests less closely aligned to stockholders, as distinct from firms using resistance tactics purely designed for information leakage purposes. Also, entrenchment resisting firms have less independent boards, are exposed to weaker discipline from active outside blockholders, and are inferior performers, with information asymmetry concerns relatively abated. Furthermore, entrenchment motivated opposition is associated with higher initial bid premiums, implying that the intention, unlike for pro-stockholder resistance, is to avoid being taken over and not to actively seek a superior offer. Stockholder returns are adversely affected by the expectation of an entrenchment opposition strategy, and managers have a greater likelihood of being disciplined as a result of using such resistance tactics. These materially significant, and endogenously robust, findings are especially striking given that the study is conducted within the auspices of the U.K. regulatory framework for takeover bids, which vehemently safeguards the interests of stockholders. Moreover, the study’s U.K. setting and 1989-03 timeframe mean that a connection can be made between a proportionate decline in bids being publicly resisted for information leakage reasons, and a concomitant trend toward increased board independence. This draft: August 2008 JEL classification: G34
Embodied Experiences 1 Running head : EMBODIED EXPERIENCES The Effect of Embodied Experiences on Self-Other Merging , Attitude , and Helping Behavior

Immersive virtual environment technology (IVET) provides users with vivid sensory information that allow them to embody another person’s perceptual experiences. Three experiments explored whether embodied experiences via IVET would elicit greater self-other merging, favorable attitudes, and helping towards persons with disabilities compared to traditional perspective taking, which relies on imagination to put the self in another person’s shoes. Trait dispositions to feel concern for others was tested as a moderating variable. Participants in the embodied experiences (EE) condition were exposed to a red-green colorblind simulation using IVET while participants in the perspective taking (PT) condition were exposed to a normal colored IVET world and instructed to imagine being colorblind. Experiment 1 compared EE against PT and found that EE was effective for participants with lower tendencies to feel concern for others 24 hours after treatment. Experiment 2 delved further into the underlying process of EE and confirmed that a heightened sense of realism during the EE led to greater self-other merging compared to PT. Finally, Experiment 3 demonstrated that the effect of EE transferred into the physical world, leading participants to voluntarily spend twice as much effort to help persons with colorblindness compared to participants who had only imagined being colorblind.
Belgian Consensus On Pneumococcal Vaccine

An ad hoc working party on pneumococcal vaccine with representatives of the Belgian Society for Infectiology and Clinical Microbiology, the Belgian Society for Pulmonology, and a Scientific Society of General Physicians confirms the recommendations on the use of the 23-valent capsular polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine, as established by the ''Hoge Gezondheidsraad - Conseil Superieur d'Hygiene''. The present consensus statement provides a review of the scientific data on which the indications for pneumococcal vaccine are based. These data are derived both from Belgian studies as well as from the international literature.
CONVERSION OF ONLINE PURCHASE INTENTION INTO ACTUAL PURCHASE: THE MODERATING ROLE OF TRANSACTION SECURITY AND CONVENIENCE

Online retail trade in Indonesia has grown dramatically in recent years. However, it is not being followed by an increase in the transaction completion ratio, with a cart abandonment rate of up to 70 percent. This indicates that the transition from online purchase intention to actual purchase is not as simple as postulated in the theory of planned behaviour (TPB); yet, there are other factors moderating the conversion. Therefore, this study aims to develop a model analysing the moderating role of perceived transaction security and convenience in the relationship between online purchase intention and actual purchase. Model development was also motivated by critics regarding TPB’s robustness in explaining consumer purchase behaviour; therefore, this model is expected to enrich TPB by providing a more comprehensive picture in online purchase behaviour. The sample consisted of consumers who had shopped for retail products online. The proposed relationship was tested with partial least square method. Results showed that perceived transaction convenience has a positive and significant moderating effect, whereas perceived transaction security showed an insignificant moderating impact. This finding is noteworthy amid risky online purchase environment. Respondents’ characteristics and alternative payment methods might explain the insignificant moderation. As a practical implication, it is recommended that online retailers improve online transaction convenience to increase the conversion rate.
Performance Evaluation of Two-Way Fused Gaussian Spatial and Intensity Kernels for Seismic Image Enhancement with Adaptive Tuning

Present work is implementation of image enhancement by way of fused Gaussian spatial and intensity Kernels. Weight coefficients of kernels made to update accordingly with noise variations. This technique was applied in the field of seismic exploration applications with an object to improve quality of seismic image and first time applied onto the seismic image generated in Indian subcontinent. The fused enhancement was compared with conventional enhancement, such as median filtering, histogram equalization, and with non fused separate Gaussian spatial and intensity kernel. By observing enhancement evaluation metrics, Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR), it is evident that fused Gaussian spatial and intensity based enhancement technique is superior than conventional median, histogram equalization, and non fused separate spatial and Intensity Kernel in improving the seismic image quality.
International communication dynamics of American intervention efforts to democratize in the arab spring through forward strategy for freedom in the middle east

This papera aims to describe how international communication dynamics of America to response of Arab Spring. Arab Spring is an event that shocked the world when the Middle East flared up. The demonstrators took to the streets to demand an authoritarian regime downgrade and replace it with democracy. The democratization process that took place in the Middle East was in the world spotlight. America is considered a country that intervenes so that democratization can be realized in the Middle East. This is supported by various American interests in the Middle East. By using research library data search methods, the authors get the results of the form of intervention carried out by America to realize democratization in the Middle East.