Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gender Approach in Professional Orientation of School Students

The Constitution of Russia states that women have the same right to education and professional employment and have the right to equal pay for equal work. However, similarly to most countries, gender asymmetry is observed in Russian labor market. In recent years, a growing number of studies have focused on the topic of gender socialization and its connection to professional self-determination. Our article is devoted to the gender-related aspects of school students’ career choice. We rely on the most recognized methodology in Russia developed by A.G. Shmelev’s group: computer-assisted test battery “Proforientator”. Our research has shown statistically significant differences in future career preferences of male and female students aged between 14 and 18 in all spheres, with the exception of “Communication”. Young men of early adolescence showed great interest in such professional spheres as “Technology”, “Science”, “Business”, “Sign”, and “Risk” while high school girls showed a strong inclination to “Art” and “Nature”. Thus, thisdistribution of preferences can be considered as a gender-dependent. Our study has also identified masculine characteristics in females and feminine characteristics in males in the formation of their professional interests. We believe that it is important to take into account the process of gender socialization when working to support the professional self-determination of young people. The revealed regularities require further research. Keywords: gender, gender socialization, professional self-determination, interests. professional spheres, professional orientation.
Cross-Flow Vortex Induced Vibration Fatigue Analysis of Persian South Gas Field Subsea Pipelines Due to Multi-Spanning

Article History: Received: 24 May. 2016 Accepted: 15 Sep. 2016 Free-span in subsea pipelines occur at manmade supports, uneven seabed or pipeline crossing. Free spanning may induce pipeline vibration due to vortex shedding which makes pipeline susceptible to some failures such as fatigue, fracture, etc. Free spanning analysis is an important subject because fatigue is the most effective factor in reducing the pipeline design life. Free spanning analysis includes static analysis and dynamic analysis. DNV-RP-F105 suggests a methodology of dynamic analysis for long pipeline with multi-mode responses, but the fatigue analysis method for multi-modes is not detailed. In addition, the fatigue analysis of multi-spanning pipeline is not clear. Based on the methodology of DNV-RP-F105 fatigue life relates to natural frequencies of pipeline, the method of determination of effective natural frequencies still is not clear. In this paper, a fatigue analysis for multi-spanning pipeline in Persian south gas field is performed based on VIV analysis. ABAQUS FE model is developed to obtain the stress distribution and the natural frequency of each vibration mode for spanning pipeline on seabed with three multi-spans, then the fatigue analysis of VIV is carried out for the spanning pipeline based on DNV-RP-F105.
Agri-environmental subsidies and French suckler cow farms’ technical efficiency accounting for GHGs

In this article we assess the impact of agri-environmental subsidies on farms’ technical efficiency, when the latter is measured with and without accounting for greenhouse gases (GHGs). The application is to a sample of beef cattle farms located in grassland areas in France during the period 1993-2013. In a first stage we calculate robust technical efficiency accounting for both good output (meat) and bad output (GHGs). In a second stage we regress the different technical efficiency scores on a set of explanatory variables including agri-environmental subsidies as an amount received by the farmer related per livestock unit. The results indicate that these subsidies had a positive impact on farms’ technical efficiency among the farmers that have adopted agri-environmental measures. This is the first work on the effect of subsidies on technical efficiency including environmental outputs, and it does not confirm the negative effect generally found in existing studies based on classic technical efficiency.
THE ACADEMIC GENDER GAP INTAKE PHENOMENON: THE APPLICATION OF TRA TO THE BEHAVIORAL BELIEFS OF FEMALE STUDENTS TOWARD ACCOUNTING DISCIPLINE IN IIUM AND TARC

The aim of this study is to examine the factors affecting Malaysian male and female students’ intention to enroll in accounting program. The study is based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) as a theoretical framework. Based on TRA model, the factors that may affect students’ behavioral intention to choose accounting program are categorized into three dimensions: attitudes toward choosing accounting program (ATT), subjective norm (SN) and amount of information on accounting (AIA). The questionnaire is employed to collect data from a sample of 400 male and female students in IIUM and TARC in Malaysia currently enrolling in accounting program. According to our results ATT and SN have significant influence on behavioral intention of both male and female students to enroll in accounting program. In case of AIA, the results support its significant impact on males but not females’ behavioral intention to enroll in accounting program. Several implications and recommendation are also discussed in the light of our findings.
Cell wall composition and nutrients in soybean genotypesof varying seed coat colour

The objective of this study was to characterize the cell wall composition and nutrients in twenty soybean genotypes varying in seed coat colour. Mean seed weight among different groups differed significantly and followed the order: brown>yellow>green>black. Moisture content varied from 6.1-17.9% and three black, one brown and one green soybean genotype exhibited moisture content higher than 15%. Acid detergent fibre, hemicellulose, cellulose and ash content in these genotypes varied from 8.0-35.3, 1.66-4.00, 1.33-5.0, and 2.06-8.6% respectively. SEL37 and GP1093 contained highest (5.0%) cellulose whereas EC251388 showed the least (1.33%). Genotypes belonging to black group exhibited highest mean neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre, lignin, free amino acids and tannins and lowest saponins and contents varied significantly from brown, green and yellow groups. Among all the genotypes, SL958 contained highest acid detergent fibre and lignin and SL525 the least. Total soluble protein content of black, brown, green and yellow groups varied from 29.5-40.56, 29.37-30.43, 28.03-43.1 and 30.53-43.23 g/100 g, respectively. Highest mean total soluble protein ( 37.55 %) and oil (21.9%) was recorded in yellow coloured soybean genotypes and values were significantly higher as compared to black, brown and green groups.
Cigarette demand in south africa over 1996-2006: The role of price, income and health awareness

The study seeks to re-investigate the role of price, income and health awareness in the evolution of South African cigarette demand over the period 1996 to 2006. At first glance, rising cigarette prices appear to have played an important role in reducing cigarette consumption over the sample period, especially during the late 90s. But how dependent is the impact of price increases on general economic conditions and overall health awareness among smokers? Health awareness, in particular, has not received sufficient attention in the South African context, due to a lack of data. Previous estimates of price and income elasticities of cigarette demand are based on long annual time series data, which do not allow for changes in underlying tastes and preferences. The paper attempts to disentangle the forces of price, income, health awareness and policy intervention using a quarterly data set. In addition, the study also cautions against the upward bias in estimates derived from formal cigarette sales data - in the light of increasing illicit cigarette volumes in South Africa. Copyright (c) 2008 The Author. Journal compilation (c) Economic Society of South Africa 2008.
Do CEOs Matter? Corporate Performance and the CEO Life Cycle*

We examine how CEOs’ impact on firm value varies ov er time. We document a hump-shaped relation between CEO tenure and firm value which is subject to meaningful variation depending on industry dynamics, the business cycle, and CEOs’ adaptabilit y to changes. Semi-parametric estimations, stock returns to sudden deaths and to takeover announceme ts, as well as tests for extrapolation, survivorship, and endogenous CEO-firm matching and turnover confirm our results. They suggest that a considerable fraction of high-tenure CEOs is no longer th optimal match for their firms which seem to have difficulties, due to governance rather than la bor market frictions, replacing incumbent CEOs. JEL classification: G30, G34, J24
Influence of Macroeconomic Variable on Indian Stock Movement: Cointegration Approach

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of identified macroeconomic variables on Indian stock returns during the post liberalization period using Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). It was found that the nine macroeconomic variables have both long-term relationship and short-term relationship with SENSEX returns. This fact provided insight into a variety of interesting interrelationships between multiple macroeconomic variables, which gives direction for further reforms in the emerging market.
Optimal Capacitor Placement in Radial Distribution Systems Using Fuzzy and Advanced Harmony Search Algorithm for Loss Reduction

This paper presents a new two-stage methodology using the fuzzy and advanced Harmony search algorithm (HSA) for the placement of optimal capacitors on the primary feeders of the radial distribution systems with an objective to reduce the power losses and to improve the voltage profile. In the first stage, fuzzy approach is used to find the optimal capacitor locations and in the second stage, An advanced Harmony search algorithm is used to find the optimal sizes of the capacitors in the optimal capacitor locations identified by using the fuzzy approach. The proposed method is tested on 15-bus, 33-bus, 34-bus and 69-bus test systems and the results are presented.
Energy-Efficient Real-Time Tasks Scheduling in Cloud Data Centers

Reducing energy consumption in cloud computing systems has been a major concern among the researchers because it not only reduce the operational cost but also increase the system reliability, and efficient scheduling approach is a promising way to achieve this goal. But unfortunately, existing energy-aware scheduling approaches are inadequate for real-time tasks running in cloud environment because they assumes that cloud computing environment are deterministic and pre-computed schedule decisions are followed during the execution. The above issues are addressed in this paper by considering the number of energy-efficiency factors such as energy cost, CPU power efficiency, carbon emission rate, and workload, and near-optimal energy efficient scheduling policies are proposed for cloud data center for scheduling real-time, aperiodic, independent tasks that can reduce operational cost and provide Quality of Service (QoS).
Study of Authorized Data Deduplication Methodology to Achieve Security in Hybrid Cloud

1, 2 Abstract: Number of files created per day is increased due to rapid rise in number of users. In cloud computing environment most of the communication is done through the file processing, and hence it becomes very crucial and significant to provide efficient approach for data security. In this research we are concentrating on data deduplication to provide efficient security service in cloud computing. Data deduplication is nothing but data compression technique which is used to remove the duplicate copies of echoing data. This methodology is regularly used for dropping the storage space and save bandwidth under cloud. Also, along with deduplication for data protection and privacy the encryption methods are used. In this paper we are studying the authorized data deduplication to provide the data security by using differential privileges of users in the cloud architecture. Different new deduplication constructions offered for sustaining authorized duplicate check. This paper shows how the security is obtained in hybrid cloud during the process of data deduplication.
Doppler Imaging of stellar magnetic fields. II. Numerical experiments

We present numerical experiments designed to evaluate the performance of the new Magnetic Doppler Imaging (MDI) code INVERS10. Numerous test runs demonstrate what can be achieved with the MDI method and allow assessment of the systematic errors that can cause distortions of the maps. Our numerical experiments showed that given high-resolution observations in four Stokes parameters the code is capable of reconstructing abundance and magnetic field vector distributions simultaneously and without any prior assumptions about the magnetic field geometry. At the same time we found that in order to achieve reliable reconstruction using only circular polarization data it is necessary to impose additional constraints on the possible structure of the magnetic field. Numerical tests also reveal surprisingly different properties of the MDI maps from conventional scalar maps which we attribute to the complex relation between the orientation of the field and the polarization signal. We conclude that the information about the field is primarily extracted from the changes in magnetic orientation due to rotation rather than from the Doppler shifts critical for scalar Doppler Imaging maps making it possible to apply the MDI to even very slow rotators.
Development and application of 96- and 384-plex single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker sets for diversity analysis, mapping and marker-assisted selection in rice

Marker-assisted selection can enable more precise and rapid breeding strategies, but limitations in genotyping techniques have prevented markers from being integrated into mainstream breeding programs. Multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers have the potential to increase the speed, efficiency and costeffectiveness of genotyping, provided that an optimal SNP density is used for each application. To test the usefulness of multiplexed SNP genotyping in rice, we designed four GoldenGate VeraCode oligo pool assay (OPA) sets for the Illumina BeadXpress Reader. Validated markers from existing 1536 Illumina SNPs and 44K Affymetrix SNP chips developed at Cornell University were used to select subsets of SNPs for maximum information and even distribution for each application. A 96-plex OPA was developed for assigning a sample into one of the five Oryza sativa population sub-groups. One 384-plex OPA was designed to have evenly spaced polymorphic markers for QTL mapping and background selection for indica  indica crosses, two additional 384-plex OPAs were selected for use in indica  japonica crosses, while all of them can be used for genetic diversity analysis and DNA fingerprinting. More research is required to identify relevant SNPs for African rice germplasm, including O. glaberrima and NERICA varieties, and wild Oryza species to provide cost-effective and robust SNP genotyping assays for breeding programs focused on improving rice for Africa. The availability of optimized SNP sets will help increase the efficiency of genetic mapping and marker-assisted selection to meet the challenges of rice improvement in the future.
Expression of Plant β-Glucosidase Genes in Schizosaccharomyces Pombe

ABSTRACT Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model host organism was used for the functional analysis of plant genes. The heterologous expressions of dhrl and myrl genes encoding β-glucosidase in Sorghum bicolor and Sinapis alba, respectively, have been investigated in this fission yeast. cDNA's of these genes are cloned in pART1 and pREP42 expression vectors and transferred to S. pombe leu1–32 and ura4-D18 strains by electroporation. The transformants are screened by using colony PCR to identify the colonies containing plant genes. It was determined that pART1 was not a suitable vector for cloning these genes. Therefore, further analyses were done using recombinant vectors derived from pREP42. Transcripts of the genes from the recombinant clones were detected by RT-PCR using gene specific primers. Crude protein extracts prepared from these clones were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. In addition, these extracts were assayed for the enzyme activity. It was determined that plant β-glucosidase genes were expressed at transcriptional and translational levels in S. pombe, but their protein products were inactive. These results may indicate some deficiencies in the post translational modifications or negative interactions between S. pombe and plant β-glucosidases.
TESTING HYPOTHESIZED EVOLUTIONARY SHIFTS TOWARD STRESS TOLERANCE IN HYBRID HELIANTHUS SPECIES

Abstract We examined how plant traits related to growth and resource use have evolved during hybrid speciation and specialization into stressful habitats. Two desert sunflower species of homoploid hybrid origin are endemic to habitats with lower soil nutrient levels than those of their ancestral parent species. We hypothesized that the hybrid species would exhibit greater tolerance to low levels of soil nutrients than their parental species. The 2 hybrid species, Helianthus anomalus and H. deserticola, and their parental species, H. annuus and H. petiolaris, were compared for plant traits and growth through reproduction under 3 nutrient levels in a greenhouse study. An additional seedling study compared species for maximum seedling relative growth rate under optimum conditions. The hybrid species did have greater tolerance of nutrient limitation than the parental species, demonstrated by a resistance to change in stem height and diameter growth across treatments. A similar trend was observed in total biomass at final harvest. This ability to maintain growth may be partially explained by maintained investment in photosynthetic enzymes regardless of nutrient treatment. Though the hybrid species were more tolerant of nutrient stress, differences in the hybrid response to nutrient stress compared to the parental species' response were much smaller than expected from habitat comparisons. Helianthus anomalus has evolved a classic stress-tolerant phenotype, having long leaf lifespan, tough leaves, and slower early seedling relative growth rate. While both hybrid species have a conservative growth strategy, which confers greater stress tolerance than the parental species possess, functional trait differences among the hybrids suggest that the 2 species have experienced vastly different selective pressures.
Contribution of Fish Production to Farmers’ Subjective Well‐being in Vietnam – A Logistic Model

There is a growing awareness of the importance of food fish production on human nutrition, employment, poverty, and recreation. However, the role of aquaculture in livelihoods of fish farmers has not been considered rigorously. With 120 farmers interviewed in a field survey and a cumulative logistic model, this study identifies some determinants of subjective well-being of small-scale fish farmers in Vietnam and examines the role of earnings from fish production in generating their happiness. The results confirm that the farmers receive satisfaction from their farm working. Subjective well-being of the farmers increases with their job satisfaction and cash earnings from fish farming. A doubling in cash returns from fish culture relative to household income raises a farmer’s happiness probability by an estimated 10.6%. Education also affects farmers’ life satisfaction. For better educated farmers, when their satisfaction from fish culture increases by one level, happiness probability is estimated to increase by 0.23%. Wild fish plays an important role in Vietnamese farmers as a doubling in relative income from wild fish captures raises their estimated probability of happiness by 139%.
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor and Calcium Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase are Involved in Endothelin Receptor Expression in Rat Cerebral Artery

Background: The present study was designed to examine the influence of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) and calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) on endothelin receptor regulation during organ culture in rat middle cerebral arteries (MCA). Methods: MCA segments were incubated with or without xestospongin C (XeC), an IP3R inhibitor, or KN93, a CaMKII blocker. The mRNA levels of the ETA and ETB receptors, nuclear factor of activated T cells activating protein (NFam1), CaMKII, IP3R and Downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator (DREAM) protein were determined by real-time PCR or immunohistochemistry. Contractile responses to endothelin-1 (ET-1) and sarafotoxin 6c (S6c) were studied by a sensitive myograph and the intracellular calcium levels [Ca2+]i were evaluated by the FURA-2AM. Results: The contractile responses to ET-1 and S6c, the ETB receptors mRNA level and the baseline level of intracellular calcium [Ca2+]i were all increased after 24 h organ culture. Incubation with XeC or KN93 attenuated ETB receptor expression and increase in [Ca2+]i induced by ET-1 or S6c. XeC decreased the NFam1 mRNA levels while KN93 decreased DREAM protein levels. Conclusions: The study suggests that CaMKII and calcium release via IP3R are involved in the mechanisms regulate ETB receptor putatively via DREAM and NFam1, respectively.
Initial Values on Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation for BEKK Multivariate GARCH Models

The BEKK model is one of the popular multivariate GARCH processes. Because of interdependence of parameters, a quasi-maximum likelihood (QML) estimation often yields a local maximum instead of the global one. This note suggests a fast approach for obtaining a consistent but inecient estimator, which can be used for initial values. This note also investigates the nite sample performance of QML estimator based on the suggested initial values. The results of Monte Carlo experiments show the biases are negligible when T = 1000. Empirical results for two assets from chemical rms in the US indicate that the new approach should be used to avoid achieving local maxima.
An Effective Recognition Method for Road Information Based on Mobile Terminal

This paper describes a design of fast recognition of road information based on mobile terminal. Firstly, based on the HOG algorithm, we study and verify the effects of different parameters on the performance of the algorithm. Secondly, we test 800 images randomly selected from the INRIA pedestrian dataset to obtain the optimal parameters for the mobile terminal and the proportion of video resolution and detection window. Then, under the same test conditions, the time overheads of the SVMLight and the LibSVM are recorded and SVMLight training time is significantly less than LibSVM. Thirdly, we design and implement a real-time road information recognition and warning system on the Windows platform and Android platform. Features include real-time pedestrians detection, voice warning, and road signs recognition. When the vehicle speed is less than 30 km/h, the video resolution is less than 720 × 576 and the detection window/image ratio is less than 1 : 50; the system can guarantee low delay and high recognition rate (97.2%).