Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How change agents mitigate tensions during institutional change through the use of temporary logics

In recent years a trend towards a more inclusive society is unfolded. This shift is perceived as a less expensive solution in which societies take care of their own inhabitants rather than simply rely on social services. This serves both interests of citizens participate more actively as well a potential decrease in healthcare costs and governmental expenses. This study focuses on this radical change process within the municipality of Enschede. This transformation is associated with certain institutional contradictions, which thereby leads to tensions among all actors involved. Emphasis was placed on how change agents within this organization tried to mitigate these tensions through praxis from a micro-level perspective. Observations followed up by a semi-structured interview revealed that change agents make use of a particular praxis in order to mitigate these tensions and eventually to change a dominant logic. This study unveils that change agents make use of a so-called temporary logic; this praxis have the purpose to serve the short-term interests in order to let employees slowly get used to a new logic and thus, achieving a radical change by applying incremental change processes. This step-by-step-change in logics has the purpose to mitigate tensions among the actors involved in the change process and simultaneously it provides change agents with the necessary tools to better coordinate the process (by providing concrete examples, mandatory use of new systems and unambiguous communication) and eventually better monitor the development of the change process. Where older change literature is focused largely on the conceptual and institutional perspective, this study elaborate on this by providing better insights into the coherence between contradictions, tensions and praxis initiated by change agents from a micro-level perspective. In practice, this study aims to assist change agents in mitigating tensions among changing organizations in order to replace a dominant logic and smoothen this transformation process. In addition, the results of this study are reflected and compared to the existing literature, what eventually accentuate the importance of appropriate tools for potential change agents and this ultimately announce multiple opportunities for future research.
Optical myography system for hand posture and gesture recognition

In this work, an optical myography system is demonstrated as a promising alternative to monitor hand posture and gestures of the user. This technique is based on accompanying muscular activities responsible for hand motion with an external camera, and relating the visual deformation observed on the forearm to the muscular contractions/relaxations for a given posture. Three sensor designs were proposed, studied and evaluated. The first one intended to monitor muscular activity by analyzing the spatial frequency variation of a uniformly distributed stripe pattern stamped on the skin, whereas the second one is characterized by reckoning visible skin pixels inside the region of interest. Both designs are impracticable due to their low robustness and high demand for controlled experimental conditions. At last, the third design retrieves hand configuration by tracking visually the displacements of a series of color markers distributed over the forearm. With a webcam of 24 fps and 640 × 480 pixels, this design was validated for eight different postures, exploring fingers and thumb flexion/extension, plus thumb adduction/abduction. The experimental data are acquired offline and, then, submitted to an image processing routine to extract color and spatial information of the markers in each frame; the extracted data is subsequently used to track the same markers along all frames. To reduce the influence of human body natural and inherent vibrations, a local reference frame is yet adopted in the region of interest. Finally, the frame by frame data, along with the ground truth posture, are fed into a sequential artificial neural network, responsible for sensor supervised calibration and subsequent posture classification. The system performance was evaluated in terms of eight postures classification via 10-fold cross-validation, with the camera monitoring either the underside or the back of the forearm. The sensor presented a ∼92.4% precision and ∼97.9% accuracy for the former, and a ∼75.1% precision and ∼92.5% accuracy for the latter, being thus comparable to other myographic techniques; it also demonstrated that the project is feasible and offers prospects for human-robot interaction applications.
A study on M2M-based AR multiple objects loading technology using PPHT

Since the researches on augmented reality have recently received attention, M2M market started to be activated and there are numerous efforts to apply this to the real life in all sectors of society. However, with the existing marker-based augmented reality technology, a designated object only can be loaded from one marker and one marker has to be added to load the same object additionally. To solve this problem, the relevant marker should be extracted and printed in screen so that loading of the multiple objects is enabled. Therefore, in this paper, M2M-based AR multiple objects loading technology using PPHT has been developed.
1 69 3-D IMAGING , ANALYSIS AND MODELLING OF POROUS CEREAL PRODUCTS USING X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY

Efficient design of multi-component food products containing dry and wet components such as biscuits with a moist fruit filling, is of growing interests for food industry. Technology is needed to prevent or reduce water migration from the moist filling to the dry porous cereal material. This can be done by using moisture barrier systems. Knowledge of the microstructure and its relation to water mobility is necessary to develop stable products. This paper describes a study that uses X-ray microtomography (μCT) for the characterisation and visualisation of the 3-D structure of crackers with different porosity, coated biscuit shells and soup inclusions. μCT was used for imaging the inner cellular structure of the cereal matrix or to analyse the integrity of moisture barriers applied on the cereal product. 3-D image analysis methods were developed to obtain quantitative information about the cellular matrix which can be used as input for simulation models for moisture migration. The developed 3-D image analysis method maps the open cellular structure onto a network (graph) representation in which the nodes correspond to the pores and the vertices to the pore-topore interconnection. The pores (nodes) have properties such as volume, surface area and location whereas the vertices have properties such as direct (open connection) and indirect (separated by a single lamella) area. To check the segmentation and network description a model for pore to pore resistance was used. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of μCT and 3-D image analysis for extracting structural information which can be used in models for the moisture penetration in a cellular bakery product.
Improving Interactive Teaching Strategies: Action Research with a Life Skills Teacher in Oman

Considering Oman’s engagement in educational reforms that are aimed at improving the educational system to fit the needs and challenges of globalization and the current emphasis on the application of Interactive Teaching Methods (ITMs), this study sought to explore the experiences of Living Skills teachers in engaging in AR to improve Interactive Teaching Strategies (ITSs). It explores the experience of an Omani Life Skills teacher’s involvement in the participatory process of guided Action Research (AR) to improve her Interactive Teaching Strategies (ITSs). Focus is on how this involvement helped her improve her teaching as well as her views and understandings of Interactive Teaching Methods (ITMs). The findings indicate that the teacher was able to accomplish a good transformation of her understanding in some of Interactive Teaching principles and better application in her teaching while highlighting the barriers to the implementation of AR, such as lack of support, poor resources, and time constraints. These findings are hoped to contribute to efforts for developing better and focused teacher training methods for IT and AR support and implementation in Oman. Abstrak Memandangkan keterlibatan Oman dalam reformasi pendidikan yang bertujuan untuk menambahbaik sistem pendidikan supaya memenuhi keperluan dan cabaran globalisasi dan penekanan semasa terhadap aplikasi Kaedah Pengajaran Interaktif (ITM), maka kajian ini berusaha untuk meneroka pengalaman guru-guru Kemahiran Hidup mengaplikasi Kajian Tindakan (AR) untuk menambahbaik Strategi Pengajaran Interaktif (ITS). Kajian ini meneroka pengalaman seorang guru Kemahiran Hidup yang terlibat dalam proses penyertaan Kajian Tindakan berpandu bagi menambahbaik ITSnya. Fokus kajian tertumpu kepada bagaimana penglibatan ini membantu memperbaiki pengajarannya di samping pandangannya dan pemahamannya tentang ITM. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa guru tersebut berjaya membuat transformasi dalam pemahamannya tentang beberapa prinsip Pengajaran Interaktif dan juga boleh mengaplikasinya dengan lebih baik. Sementara itu kajian dapat juga menjelaskan halangan-halangan dalam melaksanakan AR, seperti kekurangan sokongan, sumber, dan masa. Adalah diharapkan bahawa dapatan ini dapat menyumbang kepada usaha membangun kaedah melatih guru yang lebih baik dan lebih fokus untuk sokongan dan pelaksanaan IT dan AR di Oman.
Transgenic Plants as Tool to Study the Evolution of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

In the present work a cDNA encoding deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) of Tagetes (Asteraceae) has been identified by using a degenerate oligonucleotide primed PCR cloning strategy. Tissue culture of Senecio jacobaea has been successfully established. Callus, primordia and shoot regeneration of S. jacobaea have been achieved in MS media supplemented with 0.1-1.0 mg/l BAP and with 0.05-0.1 mg/l NAA. Furthermore, a protocol for the transformation of S. jacobaea has been established: The gusA gene under the control of CaMV 35S promoter has been introduced into the S. jacobaea plant using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. In another project a tobacco plant has been successfully transformed with cDNA encoding HSS of S. vernalis under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. The resulting transgenic tobacco lines have been phytochemically analyzed in order to determine whether the “recruitment“ of homospermidine synthase (HSS) as the first specific enzyme of pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis is sufficient to explain the pathway evolution. Two transgenic lines were analyzed in comparison to the wild type using tracer technique analysis, HPLC and GC-MS. The results indicate that the transgenic tobacco lines produce large amounts of homospermidine that subsequently affect the polyamine pool within the plant Further analyzes have shown that genomic sequences do not influence the specificity of the hss promoter of S. vernalis after transformation into tobacco.
Factors Affecting Oral Participation in Lecturing Process in Prospective Accounting Teacher Students

The research aims to know a friendly environmental governance system. One sector of economic governance can certainly be initiated through green consumption. The focus of the problem was the green consumption education. This research was conducted by using qualitative approach in order to reveal how the process of conservation education in the Faculty of Economics in fostering behaviors that tend to conserve the consumption behavior in this case the green consumption attitude. The collecting data of research used observation, documentation and interview. This research uncovers how the conservation education is able to shape and build the green consumption attitudes that exist among the students from planning process, implementation, and evaluation of conservation education on the aspects of green consumption. Internalization of conservation value performed by the educators (in this case the lecturers at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang) runs well enough.
Impact of physiological noise correction on detecting blood oxygenation level-dependent contrast in the breast

Physiological fluctuations are expected to be a dominant source of noise in blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiments to assess tumour oxygenation and angiogenesis. This work investigates the impact of various physiological noise regressors: retrospective image correction (RETROICOR), heart rate (HR) and respiratory volume per unit time (RVT), on signal variance and the detection of BOLD contrast in the breast in response to a modulated respiratory stimulus. BOLD MRI was performed at 3 T in ten volunteers at rest and during cycles of oxygen and carbogen gas breathing. RETROICOR was optimized using F-tests to determine which cardiac and respiratory phase terms accounted for a significant amount of signal variance. A nested regression analysis was performed to assess the effect of RETROICOR, HR and RVT on the model fit residuals, temporal signal-to-noise ratio, and BOLD activation parameters. The optimized RETROICOR model accounted for the largest amount of signal variance ( Radj 2 ∆ = 3.3 ± 2.1%) and improved the detection of BOLD T E Wallace et al Printed in the UK 127 PHMBA7 © 2016 Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine 62 Phys. Med. Biol.
PERFORMANCE ENHANCED BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS FOR MIMO SYSTEMS

The increasing capacity and quality demands for Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) services without a corresponding increase in RF spectrum allocation motivate the need for new techniques to improve spectrum utilization. Smart Antenna comprises of two functions viz. Angle Of Arrival (AOA) and Adaptive Beamforming (ABF). In this paper Beamforming algorithms namely Least Mean Square (LMS), Sign Error LMS (SE-LMS), Sign Data LMS (SD-LMS), Sign Sign LMS (SS-LMS) algorithm's were simulated for various look directions and jammer configurations and their MSE characteristics and phase transients are compared. Performance of SD-LMS algorithm is studied by varying the step size. SS-Beamforming algorithm is also implemented on DSP kit TMS320C6713 and compared with simulation result.
Ecosystem-specific selection of microbial ammonia oxidizers in an acid soil

Although the authors did good work, there are a number of weaknesses in the manuscript. In the first place, the authors have analyzed the communities of AOA and AOB with different methods, which are DGGE and clone library construction, respectively. It is very likely that both methods screen the respective communities to a different depth. In the second place, the authors have shown that in the creation of paddy fields from upland soil by flooding these soils for more than hundred years, the soil carbon C446
Rule of law and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: evidence for carbon emissions

In response to the growing body of literature on the relationship between the environment and institutions, this study investigates how the rule of law influences the turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Using Bradford et al.'s (2005) and Leitao's (2010) alternative specification of the EKC that avoids non-linear transformation of potentially non-stationary regressors, we find evidence for the EKC in European countries for carbon emissions. Our results show a negative relationship between pollution and the rule of law, demonstrating that when the rule of law is strong, the turning point of the EKC occurs at a lower level of per capita income, thus, enhancing environmental preservation. Since the rule of law provides a composite institutional framework, we argue that the solution to environmental degradation can be sought not only through institutional reforms, but also through the allocation of additional resources to provide an adequate regulatory context in which this institution is enforced.
Similarity of Supply and Demand Shocks Between the Euro Area and the CEECs

We assess the correlation of supply and demand shocks between the countries of the euro area and the accession countries in the 1990s. Shocks are recovered from estimated structural VAR models of output growth and inflation. We find that some accession countries have a quite high correlation of the underlying shocks with the euro area. However, even for many advanced accession countries, the shocks remain significantly more idiosyncratic. Furthermore, many EU countries seem to have a much higher correlation with the core euro area countries than in the previous decades. Continuing integration within the EU seems to have aligned the business cycles of these countries as well.
Picosecond z-scan measurements of the two-photon absorption in beta-carotene solution over the 590-790 nm wavelength range

The two-photon absorption (TPA) properties of beta-carotene in chloroform solution were investigated over the 590-790 nm wavelength range. The TPA was characterized using the open-aperture z-scan technique with picosecond pulses provided by a widely traveling-wave optical parametric amplifier (OPA) pumped with a Ti:sapphire laser amplifier. We found the 0.2-1 cm/GW values of two photon absorption coefficient in the 725-790 nm wavelength region. At shorter wavelengths, a dramatic increase in the two-photon absorption around 600 nm was observed. The observed two photon absorption dependence on the excitation wavelength can be explained by the onset of strong excitation from the ground state 1Ag to the higher lying two-photon allowed m2Ag band centered around 310 nm (~4 eV).
ANALYSIS OF THE PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON AGGREGATIONS FROM AN ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER

A test set of data of volume reverberation, measured from the R/V New Horizon, nominally from 12-240-m depth in 4-m intervals, was taken in April 1988 using a 307-kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). A vertical profile was produced each minute for three days over the San Diego Trough off southern California. The results show kilometer-scale zooplankton aggregations with somewhat larger gaps between them. The area profiles had about 10% coverage of zooplankton aggregations. Aggregation target strengths were usually stronger during the morning and evening migrations. Migration rates were of the order of 5-8 cm s-’ during ascent and 3-4 cm s-’ during descent. Zooplankton aggregations were of horizontal dimensions intermediate between fish schools and groups of schools.
Sampling‐Based versus Design‐Based Uncertainty in Regression Analysis

Consider a researcher estimating the parameters of a regression function based on data for all 50 states in the United States or on data for all visits to a website. What is the interpretation of the estimated parameters and the standard errors? In practice, researchers typically assume that the sample is randomly drawn from a large population of interest and report standard errors that are designed to capture sampling variation. This is common even in applications where it is difficult to articulate what that population of interest is, and how it differs from the sample. In this article, we explore an alternative approach to inference, which is partly design‐based. In a design‐based setting, the values of some of the regressors can be manipulated, perhaps through a policy intervention. Design‐based uncertainty emanates from lack of knowledge about the values that the regression outcome would have taken under alternative interventions. We derive standard errors that account for design‐based uncertainty instead of, or in addition to, sampling‐based uncertainty. We show that our standard errors in general are smaller than the usual infinite‐population sampling‐based standard errors and provide conditions under which they coincide.
Top Performing Farmers are Information Rich: Case Studies of Sheep and Cattle Farmers in the South Island of New Zealand

The purpose of this study was to investigate the management behaviours of six top performing sheep and beef farmers from the South Island of New Zealand. Information was obtained through interviews using grounded theory qualitative research methodology. All six farmers were found to be information rich. They source information widely and with a discriminating behaviour. They read widely, typically about one hour per day. They participate in discussion groups but only when relevant information can be obtained. They regularly visit other farms and tend to associate with other high-performing people. They have well developed networks. They have challenging, relevant and achievable goals and targets. All six farmers plan well ahead but with a strong focus on flexibility. They are early adopters rather than first movers in relation to new technologies. Having decided that an innovation has merit they usually test it in a small way before making any major commitment that cannot be reversed. All were benchmarking their operations against other top operators, both formally and informally. They were particularly interested in the reasons why other farmers were achieving success, and hence liked to have direct contact with these people. All of them were interested in the financial benchmark comparisons obtained from their accountant. These top performing farmers have well developed management frameworks such that the process of planning, implementation, monitoring and reflection occurs on a daily basis. Farming is a passion as well as a career.
Effect of organic manures with recommended dose of NPK on the performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Recently, the interest in organic farming is increasing among the researchers and farmers due to the advent of high yielding cultivars and escalating fertilizer prices. Application of different organic manures in combination with inorganic fertilizer to wheat crop might give a substitute under field condition. A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years (2007-09) with the objective to find out the best combination and type of organic and inorganic fertilizers for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatments were: control (T1, no manure), departmental recommendation 128+114+62 NPK Kg ha -1 (T2), farmyard manure @ 10 tons ha -1 at time of seed bed preparation (T3), poultry manure @ 6 tons ha -1 + 128-114-62 Kg ha -1 NPK (T4). At maturity, plant height (cm), spike length (cm), number of spikelets per spike and grain yield from 1m 2 area of randomly selected plants were recorded. Results led to the conclusion that T4 gave the best result with combination of 6 t/ha poultry manure + 128-114-62 kg ha NPK.
Ethics, Relationship Marketing and Corporate Performance: Theoretical Analysis through the Mediating Variables

Ethics occupies predominant place in the management of the company, view it role in the development of ethical behavior of employees. The establishment of an ethical climate within the company is considered an intangible resource that has positive effects on growth of performance. In this framework, and from an analysis of existing literature, we will try to determine the impact of an ethical approach oriented employee on corporate performance based on the tools of relationship marketing. The main results of this work is that relationship marketing acts internally in the enterprise through internal marketing, and ethics indirectly affects corporate performance across four dimensions of relationship marketing (internal marketing): communication, organizational trust, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. These constitute mediating variables between ethics and performance. Our goal is to establish a conceptual model representing the different relationships.