Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Multifunctional Organization: Two Cases for a Critical Update for Research Programs in Management and Organization

Organizational identity Social differentiation Function systems Polyphony Computer program Organization and functional differentiation are considered key principles of modern societies. Yet, within organizational studies little research has been conducted on the interplay of function systems, organizations, and society. The few existing studies suppose trends to more functional polyphony. The cases presented in this article, however, support the idea that organizational multifunctionality is the standard case rather than a special case of organization. It is furthermore shown that organizations can change their function system preference and that the translation between function systems can be an organization's main function. A Google Ngram view on functional differentiation finally furthers the idea that changes of function system preferences are not only a matter of individual organizations, but also a matter of entire societies.
Echo Noise Reduction Using Dynamic Selection Of Sub Band Adaptive Filters

Versatile filters assume a paramount part clinched alongside advanced day sign transforming with provisions for example, such that commotion cancellation, sign prediction, versatile reaction cancellated What's more reverberation cancellated. The versatile filters utilized within our thesis, LMS channel and NLMS filter, would those practically broadly utilized Furthermore simplest on execute. The provision we tried in our proposal is clamor cancellated. An point of interest ponder from claiming both filters may be carried out by taking under account different cases. Comprehensively test cases were isolated under two Classes from claiming stationary sign and non-stationary indicator will watch execution against those sort for indicator included. Clamor difference might have been An alternate element that might have been viewed as on take in its impact. Also parameters from claiming versatile filter, for example, venture span and channel order, were differed to ponder their impact around execution of versatile filters. Those effects attained through these test instances are examined done point of interest and will assistance in superior Comprehension from claiming versatile filters for admiration to sign type, commotion difference and channel parameters.
Physical Therapy Intervention for a Patient with Bilateral Achilles Tendinopathy Following Periods of Immobilization: a Case Report

Limited to 300 Words): BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Achilles tendinopathy is a chronic disorder resulting from stressing the tendon beyond its physiological threshold. Eccentric calf strengthening is a common intervention used to treat and prevent Achilles tendinopathy; however, the standard eccentric exercise model assumes unilateral involvement. The purpose of this case report is to describe the physical therapy intervention used to treat a patient with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy following two six-week periods of immobilization. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient was a 30 year old National Guard male soldier with a history of bilateral Achilles tendinopathy. The patient had difficulty participating in highimpact activities, secondary to pain. Previous physical therapy treatment attempts had failed, and the orthopedic physician recommended immobilization coupled with physical therapy intervention before considering surgery. Physical therapy intervention emphasized concentric and eccentric strength training and neuromuscular re-education. When the immobilization phases were complete, exercise progressed to prepare the patient for his demanding duties as a National Guard soldier. OUTCOMES: The patient reported decreased pain and increased function in daily living and sporting activity as demonstrated by the Victorian Institute of Sport AssessmentAchilles (VISA-A) questionnaire. The patient’s VISA-A scores improved from 25/100 on the day of initial evaluation to 76/100 after 18 weeks of physical therapy intervention. The patient also demonstrated an improvement of 4 points on the Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) in 18 weeks, exceeding the minimal detectable change to demonstrate statistical improvement in running two miles. CONCLUSIONS: The standard eccentric calf strengthening model is not applicable for a patient with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy or immobilization. Furthermore, current research challenges the effectiveness of eccentric exercise and recommends including sport-specific functional strengthening and endurance programs in conjunction with eccentric exercise, instead of focusing on eccentric exercise alone. More research is needed to establish an exercise protocol specifically for patients with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy.
Intermediate EFL Learners’ Shyness, Communication Apprehension, and the Accuracy/Fluency of Their Oral Performance

Achieving proportionate levels of accuracy and fluency in oral proficiency seems extremely far-fetched to many adult learners whose enthusiasm to learn through participation in communicative tasks is adversely influenced by aversive affective factors like shyness and communication apprehension (CA). The present correlational study explored Iranian English learners’ shyness and CA, and the accuracy and fluency of their task-based performance for any probable association. The research participants comprised a homogenous sample of 50 female learners from a pool of 70 intermediate learners. The revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (RCBS) (Cheek, 1983), and Personal Report of Communication Apprehension-24 (McCroskey, 1982) were employed to measure the participants’ shyness and CA. A narrative picture-description task was used to elicit and record the participants’ oral performance. Further statistical analyses of the data verified that the group was within the shyness and apprehension range and that these features were negatively correlated with the fluency and accuracy of their speech. The findings underscore the need to help learners overcome these deterrent variables to enhance their disrupted and inaccurate performance. Pedagogical implications will be discussed in the paper.
Germination and Growth of Selected Plants in a Petroleum Contaminated Calcareous Soil

Difference in the ability of various crops to germinate and grow in contaminated soils should be better explored to choose the most appropriate plant species in the development of any phytoremediation process. Germination and subsequent growth of seven plants including tall fescue, agropyron, puccinellia, white clover, canola, safflower, and sunflower were tested in a soil with three petroleum contamination levels. Treatments consisted of C0 (uncontaminated soil), C1 (1:1 w/w, uncontaminated: contaminated soil), and C2 (1:3 w/w, uncontaminated: contaminated soil). Presence of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) in the soil had no effect on seed germination of agropyron, white clover, sunflower, and safflower, although canola and white clover seedlings were sensitive to these contaminants and failed to produce dry matter yield (DMY) at the end of the trial period. There were 52 and 56% decrease in germination of tall fescue and puccinellia seeds, respectively, in C2 treatment as compared to C0 treatment. No reduction was found in DMY of puccinellia in contaminated soils (C1 and C2), while the presence of TPHs in C2 decreased DMY of sunflower and safflower by about 50 and 73%, respectively. The results showed that germination did not predict the crop differences in subsequent growth and cannot be used as an approach to find suitable crops for field trials.
Assessing grassland distributions and spatio-temporal variations in the U.S. Great Plains with MODIS imagery

The North American Great Plains is the primary grassland in the United States. Both cool season grasses (CSG) and warm season grasses (WSG) grow in the Great Plains, with their distributions vary with environmental conditions and climate dynamics. As global climate change is being a hot topic today, there is a need of detailed maps of these grass functional types in the Great Plains to enhance our understanding of grassland ecosystems and their responses to climate change. This study delineates CSG and WSG based on their unique phenology features that could be extracted from time-series satellite imagery; and preliminarily examines their interannual variation responding to the changing climate conditions in this region. Several spatial analysis methods are examined in this study. I have 1) built user-defined programs to perform time series analysis of 10 years’ MODIS imagery, and extracted useful phenological parameters as innovative inputs of image classification; 2) Developed a sequential multivariate regression algorithm in SAS to classify crop and grass maps in the Great Plains; 3) compared the 10-year climatic data with the classified grass distributions to examine the relationship between climate change and vegetation dynamics. The achievements filled the gap of lacking detailed distribution of grass functional types in the Great Plains, and reported the credible analysis in climate-induced land cover changes.
Modeling and optimization of Nb tuning circuits for Nb/AlOx/Nb SIS mixers in the 600-720 GHz range

This thesis describes the development, modeling, and optimization of Nb superconducting microstrip tuning circuits for Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor mixers. The ultimate goal is to extend the quantum limited noise performance of Nb/AlOx/Nb SIS mixers to above the Nb gap frequency (680 GHz). The mixers are intended to be used in the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) band 9 frequency range (600-720 GHz). The behavior of Nb microstrip tuning circuits especially above the gap frequency is modeled using the complex conductivity given by the Mattis-Bardeen theory of the anomalous skin effect [72]. A computer code utilizing two-port network theory is utilized to predict and optimize the RF coupling efficiency and bandwidth of the tuning circuits and embedding impedances. The effect of material and geometrical variations on the coupling has been evaluated. The installment of the devices in the waveguide has been found to be a crucial factor explaining the observed scattering in measurement results for nominally identical devices. Despite parameter variations, modeling of the RF coupling efficiency proved to be successful within the limitations set by scattering of the measured results. Using this model, the tuning circuit geometry has been optimized for bandwidth and maximum coupling efficiency. During the work several SIS devices have been fabricated and Fourier transform spectroscopy measurements have been made for RF coupling evaluation. Finally, using simulations, it has been found that application of Nb/AlN/Nb junctions would increase the bandwidth to an extent which should dramatically decrease the sensitivity to parameter variations.
The main coping Strategies being Applied by teachers and school Managers to Implement Life Skills Education in Trans- Nzoia West District, Kenya

The gist of this study was to investigate the copping strategies applied by teachers and school managers to implement life skill education in secondary schools in Trans-Nzoia West District, Kenya. This study used Social Learning Theory or Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) by Albert Bandura (1986), which explains that children learn to behave through both formal instruction (for example how parents, teachers and other authorities and what role-models tell them to behave) as well as observation) amongst others. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. From the target population of 1800 students, 150 teachers and 37 principals in 37 public secondary schools in the district, stratified random sampling technique was adopted to draw 15 principals, 30 teachers and 180 students yielding 225 subjects. Questionnaires were used to collect data from teachers and students while interview schedules were used to collect data from the principals. Quantitative data from questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) while qualitative data from interviews were analyzed thematically. The main findings were that: the teachers and school managers were not well prepared to implement lifeskills education because of the fact that not only were the teachers not specifically trained to handle LSE, but they also claimed that since LSE is not examinable subject, it was also an added burden in the context of the high student-teacher ratio due to inadequate teaching force. In addition, although instructional resources are fairly available in most schools visited, they were grossly inadequate. While the attitude towards LSE education was positive amongst students, the teachers had negative attitude. It was evident that teachers and school managers had adopted various largely appropriate and participatory copping strategies including discussion, debates, brain-storming, case studies and storytelling amongst students and teachers to implement the LSE curriculum. What remains to be established is the extent of effectiveness of the applied strategies in meeting the objectives of LSE curriculum. It is thus recommended that relevant Government Ministries and semi autonomous Agencies (SAGAs) should fast track staff development initiatives through in-service training to equip teachers and school managers with relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for the implementation of LSE curriculum not only in the study locale but in other counties experiencing similar constraints in the country. [374 words]. Keywords : Life skills education, Implementation, level of preparedness, teachers, school managers, Secondary schools, Copping strategies, Trans-Nzoia West District, Kenya.
Comparison of fuel consumption and fuel cell degradation using an optimised controller

The Energy Management Strategy (EMS) of any hybrid vehicle is responsible for determining the operating state of many components on board the vehicle and therefore has significant effect on the fuel economy, emissions, ageing of components and vehicle drive-ability. It is generally accepted that Stochastic Dynamic Programming (SDP) can be used to produce a near-optimal control strategy provided that an accurate Markov model of the drive-cycle is available, and the cost function used for the optimisation is representative of the true running cost of the vehicle. The vast majority of research in this field focussing solely on the optimisation of the fuel economy, however for a fuel cell hybrid vehicle, the degradation of the fuel cell contributes significantly to the overall running cost of the vehicle, and should therefore be included in calculation of the running cost during the optimisation process. In this work, an optimised controller using SDP is developed for a campus passenger vehicle in order to minimise the lifetime cost of both fuel consumption and fuel cell degradation. The vehicle is then simulated over a number of typical journey's obtained from data logging during its use on the University of Birmingham's campus. It is shown that the expected lifetime cost due to fuel cell degradation massively outweighs the cost of the fuel consumed.
Influence of Age at Weaning on Caecal Content Characteristics and Post-weaning Performance and Health of Rabbits

This study chiefly aimed to ascertain the effect of age at weaning on caecal content characteristics, post-weaning performance and health of rabbits. A secondary aim was to study the effect of dietary restriction on performance and health of rabbits. After delivery, 30 litters of 8 pups each, were housed in separate cages. Fifteen litters were weaned 24 days from birth (group W 24) while the other 15 were weaned at 28 days (group W28). After weaning, 53 rabbits of group W24 and 56 of group W28 were fed ad libitum (group LIB), while 53 rabbits of group W24 and 57 of group W28 were restricted (group RES). All the rabbits were kept in individual cages. Fourteen other rabbits of groups W24 (7 fed ad libitum and 7 restricted) and 7 of group W28 were sacrificed to obtain data regarding caecum weight and caecal content. Age at weaning affected neither the state of health nor the final live weight. In comparison with those of group W28, the rabbits weaned at 24 days had a lower daily gain until 35 days of age but gain was higher subsequently. From the 28th day, however, the feed intake and the feed conversion ratio of the group W24 rabbits were always better than those of W28. The restricted diet until 42 days resulted in a lower weight both at 42 days (1,078 vs. 1,164 g) and at 70 days (2,192 vs. 2,294 g). Indeed, from the 42nd day, despite receiving feed ad libitum the rabbits of the restricted group continued to ingest less feed (120.8 vs. 127.2 g) than those of the ad libitum group, and had a slightly lower daily gain (39.8 vs. 40.3 g). The measurements carried out on the caecum highlighted significant differences among the groups in caecal content (33.1 vs. 31.7 vs. 25.3 g respectively for groups W24LIB, W28 and W24RES), for total volatile fatty acids (53.2 vs. 50.6 vs. 44.5 mmol/l respectively for groups W24LIB, W28 and W24RES) for ammonia (7.0 vs. 7.2vs 8.8 mmol/l respectively for groups W24LIB, W28 and W24RES), for propionate (5.7 vs. 6.3 vs. 8.1% respectively for groups W24LIB, W28 and W24RES) and for propionate/butyrate (0.33 vs. 0.36 vs. 0.49 respectively for groups W24LIB, W28 and W24RES). (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2003. Vol 16, No. 10 : 1540-1544)
Analysis of Technical Efficiency among Smallholder Farmers in Kisii County, Kenya

Land fragmentation is a major problem in most parts of the world as it restricts agricultural development, reduces productivity and opportunities for rural development. Kisii County shows a clear case of land fragmentation due to high population pressure and poverty. This study was conducted with the aim of examining the effect of land fragmentation on agricultural productivity by examining the technical efficiency of households in the area. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires and analysis done using a Cobb-Douglas production (Stochastic Frontier) function. On factors that influenced land fragmentation, age of the household head, education level of the household head, number of males and females, generations through land has been transferred, amount of output (maize), tillage method, land size, household income, membership to a group and access to extension services were found to be significant at different levels. The technical efficiency was found to be 36.82 with more than half of the households falling below 50%. The quantity of planting fertilizer used, certified seeds and fragmentation index were found to influence the level of technical efficiency.
Spatial Monitoring of Potential Overland Sediment from Significant Land Use Types, for the Remote Contaminated Area of the Mae Tao Basin, Thailand: 15 Years Monitoring Period

The Mae Tao Basin in Mae Sot district, Thailand, is a cadmium contaminated area, where the transcendent media transporter of the contaminant is sediment leached from various surface runoff. The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) incorporated with remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) software were applied to conduct a long-term monitoring of the potential erosion that can be leached out of the significant land use of the Mae Tao Basin from 2002 to 2016. The erosion potential was calculated based on the secondary data from both government and private sectors. The spatial analysis results indicate that high level of potential erosion occurred in the mining production as well as the deciduous forest area of the Mae Tao Basin. In addition, the correlation between the overland sediment and the contamination level in the water system of the basin demonstrates that the sediments from mining production area have the highest correlation to the contamination in the water system of the Mae Tao Basin.
Musical Query by Movement

As technology advances, new concepts of music consumption and retrieval continue to emerge. Many of these retrieval systems have moved beyond the traditional title and artist query methods and instead utilize higher level descriptors of music. We introduce Query By Movement (QBM), a music retrieval system which exploits the connection between music and body motion allowing users to query for music based on what they physically feel rather than what they may be able to articulate. The system analyzes a user's head and body movements using computer vision and plays an appropriate song suggested by the movement. We first explore the concept of QBM by investigating the analogous features that can be extracted from both video and audio signals. We select tempo and energy as candidate features and perform a user study which demonstrates a significant correlation between the extracted features in the movement and audio domains. We describe an architecture for leveraging the correlation through a QBM system and evaluate our system system with another user study. Our results indicate that our features and our system yield more favorable music retrieval than randomized queries.
Computing Weighted Analytic Center for Linear Matrix Inequalities Using Infeasible Newton’s Method

We study the problem of computing weighted analytic center for system of linear matrix inequality constraints. The problem can be solved using Standard Newton’s method. However, this approach requires that a starting point in the interior point of the feasible region be given or a Phase I problem be solved. We address the problem by using Infeasible Newton’s method applied to the KKT system of equations which can be started from any point. We implement the method using backtracking line search technique and also study the effect of large weights on the method. We use numerical experiments to compare Infeasible Newton’s method with Standard Newton’s method. The results show that Infeasible Newton’s method moves in the interior of the feasible regions often very quickly, starting from any point. We recommend it as a method for finding an interior point by setting each weight to be 1. It appears to work better than Standard Newton’s method in finding the weighted analytic center when none of weights is very large relative to the other weights. However, we find that Infeasible Newton’s method is more sensitive than Standard Newton’s method to large variation in the weights.
Some relevant risk factors and causal mechanisms to understand crime in Romania

The objective of this paper is to provide some empirical evidence of relevant risk factors and causal mechanisms to understand criminal behavior in Romania. In order to achieve this goal, some socio-economic variables are considered: long-term unemployment rate and people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and, as crime variables we use four different types of crimes: domestic burglary, homicide, motor vehicle theft and robbery. At the regional level, the results of our panel data analysis, using data regarding the development regions of Romania for a time span between 2008 and 2010, supports the thesis of a direct and significant correlation between poverty and crime. Our results thus indicate that for Romania poverty is a significant risk factor in predicting crime and unemployment is not a significant risk factor even if we considered the long-term unemployment.