Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Alignment between seafloor spreading directions and absolute plate motions through time

The history of seafloor spreading in the ocean basins provides a detailed record of relative motions between Earth's tectonic plates since Pangea breakup. Determining how tectonic plates have moved relative to the Earth's deep interior is more challenging. Recent studies of contemporary plate motions have demonstrated links between relative plate motion and absolute plate motion (APM), and with seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle. Here we explore the link between spreading directions and APM since the Early Cretaceous. We find a significant alignment between APM and spreading directions at mid‐ocean ridges; however, the degree of alignment is influenced by geodynamic setting, and is strongest for mid‐Atlantic spreading ridges between plates that are not directly influenced by time‐varying slab pull. In the Pacific, significant mismatches between spreading and APM direction may relate to a major plate‐mantle reorganization. We conclude that spreading fabric can be used to improve models of APM.
"Me? Teach science?" Exploring EC-4 pre-service teachers' self efficacy in an inquiry-based constructivist physics classroom

In this qualitative and interpretive study, we investigated factors that influenced elementary preservice teachers’ self-efficacy in a constructivist, inquiry-based physics class. Bandura’s (1977) theory of social learning was used as a basis to examine preservice teacher’s self-efficacy. Participants included 70 female EC-4 preservice teachers enrolled in two sections of PHYS 3400. Data collected included individual and focus group interviews, pre and post-concept tests, and participant lesson plans. We present a model showing the impact various factors have on increasing preservice elementary teachers’ self efficacy. Results show modeling of (1) grade appropriate science teaching activities, and (2) strategies and participatory experiences in inquiry-based activities were major factors influencing elementary preservice teachers’ self-efficacy and outcome expectancy expectations.
PERSONALITY TYPES AND WORK BURNOUT AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN ANAMBRA STATE

This study investigated the contributions of personality trait types to work burnout among police officers in Nigeria. This study involved (40) female and sixty-five (65) male police officers incidentally sampled from (3) police station in Anambra State. Their ages ranged between 24-50 years, with M age of 42.03 and SD age of 3.68. Big Five Personality Inventory (BF) and Maslach and Jackson (1986) respectively were used as instruments of data collection. Focused sample survey design were employed while repeated multivariate measure was used in data analysis. The result of the study showed significant differences among personality types on emotional exhaustion (EE) and Dehumanization (DH) subscales of the Burnout Inventory. On pairwise comparison, it was shown that the differences only existed between neuroticism and other personality types (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness) respectively. Discussion and recommendations were made in line with the result, obtained.
Submission Number : PET 11-11-00316 Rent-Seeking and the pure theory of distortions and trade

The theory of rent-seeking has had a profound effect in terms of furthering inter disciplinary interaction especially between the disciplines of politics and economics, but this does not fully extend to the shortening of the methodological gap between them. Even within the confines of economic science, the theory can be seen from the viewpoint of three different registers: (i) the Buchanan-Tullock theory of public choice; (ii) general equilibrium theory with domestic distortions as developed by Debreu, Foster-Sonnenschein and their followers; (iii) the Johnson-Bhagwati theory of domestic distortions. This paper has two affiliated objectives: first, to take what appears to be these apparently dissonant points of view and use them to put together an analytically synthetic model that can address a variety of questions posed in the literature. In particular, we ask whether Krueger's analysis can be reformulated through the generalized Harris-Todaro model, and thereby investigate whether these two different phenomena of rural -urban migration and rent-seeking activities can be understood as specific corollaries of the generalized theory of factorand product market distortions. Second, and beyond this narrower objective, to examine what light these three different literatures -those of public choice, general equilibrium theory and the pure theory of international trade shed on each other. This is an abstract submitted for possible presentation at the 12$^{th}$ international meeting of $APET$ at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana from June 2 through June 4, 2011. Submitted: March 21, 2011. Rent-Seeking and the Pure Theory of Distortions and Trade∗ M. Ali Khan,† J. Lake‡ and M. Linask§
Tasmanian School of Business and Economics University of Tasmania Discussion Paper Series N 2017-04 The Changing International Network of Sovereign Debt and Financial Institutions

We develop a theoretical and empirical framework for the connections between global nancial and sovereign CDS markets. The transmission of shocks is shown to a¤ect the systemic default probability of the international network. The network is found to be "robust but fragile", meaning that a shock can result in the propagation of crises. Between 2003 and 2013, the probability of default in the network in the face of potentially poor investment outcomes and/or sovereign bond haircuts changes substantially. The results suggest that it is the interconnectedness of the nancial and sovereign debt markets that provides increased protection against nancial fragility. Keywords: network, sovereign debt, nancial institutions, systemic risk, contagion JEL classi cation: G01, C58, C31 We acknowledge funding from Australian Research Council DP 150101716, and CIFR Grant E102. We would like to thank the following people for useful discussions and comments, Serge Drarolles, Christian Gourieroux, Gaelle Le Fol, Fabio Parlapiano, Loriana Pelizzon, Hashem Pesaran, Daniella Scida, Filip Zikes and participants at the ADB/UNSW international conference on nancial cycles, systemic risk, and policy options for resiliance, Sydney 2016. Part of this paper was completed while Dungey was Hallsworth Fellow at the University of Manchester and she is grateful for their hospitality. Corresponding author: Mardi Dungey, School of Economics and Finance, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 85, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Austalia. E-mail: mardi.dungey@utas.edu. au. Disclosure Statement Mardi Dungey declares that she has no relevant or material financial interests that relate to the research described in this paper. John Harvey has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Vladimir Volkov has no relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Effects of Dietary Zinc on Performance and Immune Response of Growing Pigs Inoculated with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of dietary Zn level on performance, serum Zn concentrations, alkaline phosphatase activity (ALP), and immune response of pigs inoculated with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSv) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. A 2×4 factorial arrangement of treatments was used in a randomized design. Factors included; 1) PRRSv and M. hyopneumoniae inoculation (n=36 pigs) or sham inoculation (n=36 pigs) with media when pigs entered the grower facility (d 0) at 9 weeks of age and 2) 10, 50, 150 ppm supplemental Zn sulfate (ZnSO4) from weaning until the completion of the study, or 2,000 ppm supplemental ZnSO4 for two weeks in the nursery and then supplementation with 150 ppm ZnSO4 for the remainder of the trial. The basal diet contained 34 ppm Zn. Pigs were weighed on d 0, 10, 17, 24 and 31 and blood samples were collected on d 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28. Pigs inoculated with PRRSv were serologically positive at d 28 and control pigs remained negative to PRRSv. In contrast, the M hyopneumoniae inoculation was inconsistent with 33.3% and 52.8% of pigs serologically positive at d 28 in the control and infected groups, respectively. A febrile response was observed for approximately one week after inoculation with PRRSv. Feed intake (p<0.01) and gain (p<0.1) were less in PRRSv infected pigs than control pigs for the 31 d study. However, performance did not differ among pigs in the four levels of ZnSO4. Assessments of immune responses failed to provide unequivocal influence of either PRRSv inoculation or ZnSO4 level. These data suggest that PRRSv and M. hyopneumoniae act to produce some performance deficits and the influence of Zn supplementation of nursery age pigs does not have clear effect in grower pigs affected with disease. (Asian- Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2004. Vol 17, No. 10 : 1438-1446)
Seri Indian traditional knowledge and molecular biology agree: no express train for island‐hopping spiny‐tailed iguanas in the Sea of Cortés

Aim The role of human activities in species biogeography can be difficult to identify, but in some cases molecular techniques can be used to test hypotheses of human‐mediated dispersal. A currently accepted hypothesis states that humans mediated the divergence of two species of spiny‐tailed iguanas in the Ctenosaura hemilopha species complex, namely C. conspicuosa and C. nolascensis, which occupy islands in the Sea of Cortés between the peninsula of Baja California and mainland Mexico. We test an alternative hypothesis that follows the traditional knowledge of the Seri Indians and states that the divergence of these species was not mediated by humans.
Assigning Monetary Values to Unpaid Labour Using Input-Based Approaches: The Swiss Case

There are a number of reasons for wanting to ascribe a monetary value to unpaid labour activities. Firstly, unpaid labour generates wealth and contributes substantially to a society’s welfare. Consequently, various national statistical bureaus have, in the past decade, calculated extended GDP measures, which include the value of unpaid labour. A second reason is that a monetary value for unpaid labour is often needed in litigation testimony, in which the value of unpaid labour is used to determine appropriate compensation in case of injury, death, or divorce. A third important reason for the valuation of time spent on unpaid labour is the general notion that "what is not valued, is usually not noticed". Most people may be aware that hundreds of hours are devoted to unpaid labour each year, yet the importance or value of this time has gone largely unnoticed. One could argue that only an explicit monetary valuation catches the public’s attention. This paper values unpaid labour activities in Switzerland using a combination of input-based approaches (see also Sousa-Poza, 1999, and Schmid et al., 1999).
Journal of Small Business Strategy Vol. 25 ● No. 2 ● 2015

Prior researchers agree that small businesses are important community contributors due to their active engagement in broader social responsibility activities, such as philanthropy. Despite their purported importance to charitable giving and philanthropy, little is known about the factors that motivate small business owners’ decisions to engage in philanthropic giving. We integrate enlightened self-interest theory and the theory of planned behavior to examine how enlightened self-interest influences intentions to engage in philanthropy during start-up, which in turn impacts current levels of engagement in philanthropic activities. Our results suggest that intentions to engage in philanthropy at start-up do partially mediate the relationship between enlightened self-interest and engagement in philanthropy behaviors; thus, suggesting that entrepreneurs’ motivations grounded in enlightened self-interest influence intentions to engage in philanthropy and subsequent engagement in such activities.
The analysis of process variation transmission with multivariate measurements

This article discusses methods of estimating the variation in product quality characteristics measured at several stages in a manufacturing process. By determining which stages contribute most to variation one can focus variation re- duction activities more effectively. A multivariate normal Markov process is used to model the variation in characteristics. Methods that deal with measurement error and missing data are introduced through a state space formulation.
KINEMATIC COMPARISON BETWEEN ATHLETES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AND THE WORLD TAEKWONDO FEDERATIONS IN THE ROUNDHOUSE KICK

Taekwondo (TKD) is a combat sport organized by two main federations: International TKD (ITF) and the World TKD (WTF). The present study analyzed the kinematic differences in roundhouse kick performed by ITF and WTF athletes. Seventeen athletes participated in the study (8 ITF; 9 WTF). DVideo system was used to reconstruct the 3D coordinates of sixteen markers. Pelvis and hips angles and angular velocities were used to compare the groups. The results highlight two kick strategies to hit the target. WTF athletes performed the kick with increased pelvis left rotation while ITF used increased pelvis anteversion, hip flexion and abduction on supporting leg. These differences should be considered for adaptation of rules and training.
The Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of the Implementation of Carbon Sequestration in Humbo Woreda,SNNPR, Ethiopia

Carbon sequestration through forestry can help in the mitigation of global warming. For Africa, carbonsequestration also represents an opportunity to fund sustainable through financial inflows. However, with a lowshare of global carbon trade, there are strong concerns that African countries are losing out this valuableopportunity. Markets for environmental services have been growing in recent years wherein more and morepeople are willing to pay for benefits such as natural beauty, clean water, biodiversity etc. Carbon sequestrationconstitutes an important segment of this market. The study focused on the socio-economic and environmentalimpacts of carbon project implemented in Humbo district SNNPR, Ethiopia. The analysis subsequentlyexamined the benefits that are envisaged from the project and other related issues based on the focus of the study.Quantitative and qualitative methods of research have been applied throughout the investigation. Accordingly,observation, in depth interviews, focus group discussions and questionnaires were used to gather information.The observed status of carbon project tree species and the results from socio economic results are promising toenhance local livelihoods. It also enhances access to wide varieties of environmental goods and services to localcommunities. Since the local communities have had poorly developed infrastructure, limited options forlivelihoods and dependence on subsistence agriculture, the Carbon Project may prove to be beneficial to the localcommunity by providing regular source of income in the form of carbon payments.
Tracking Air-to-Air Missile Using Proportional Navigation Model with Genetic Algorithm Particle Filter

The purpose of this paper is to track the air-to-air missile. Here we put forward the PN-GAPF (Proportional Navigation motion model and Genetic Algorithm Particle Filter) method to solve the problem. The main jobs we have done can be listed as follows: firstly, we establish the missile state space model named as the Proportional Navigation (PN) motion model to simulate the real motion of the air-to-air missile; secondly, the PN-EKF and PN-PF methods are proposed to track the missile, through combining PN motion model with EKF and PF; thirdly, in order to solve the particle degeneracy and diversity loss, we introduce the intercross and variation in GA to the particles resampling step and then the PN-GAPF method is put forward. The simulation results show that the PN motion model is better than the CV and CA motion models for tracking the air-to-air missile and that the PN-GAPF method is more efficient than the PN-EKF and PN-PF.
Field metabolic rates of Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla during incubation and chick rearing

We used doubly labelled water to study the field metabolic rates of breeding Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla during the incubation phase, and to compare these with the metabolic rates of Kittiwakes rearing chicks. During the incubation phase, birds with two eggs spent an average (± SE) of9l5 ± 134 kJ daTi. This was similar to published estimates of Kittiwake energy expenditure during the chick-rearing phase, and similar to our own measurements of metabolic rates in a small number of birds rearing two chicks (863 ± 177 kJ daT'). Our results corroborate the current view that incubation is not a phase of low energy expenditure, even in a large bird like the Kittiwake, and even in a species where both parents incubate. There was high variability of energy expenditure between birds, and this was largely because birds spent varying proportions of their time on and off the nest and did not show simple diurnal cycles under the conditions of 24 hour daylight. Birds spent 559 ± 197 kJ daTi while at the nest, and 1241 ± 154 kJ day-' away. Males had higher energy expenditure than females, and this was because they spent more time off the nest, not because they were bigger. There was no evidence that metabolic rates were influenced by wind speed or temperature. In order to look at whether birds had to work harder to incubate larger clutches we placed an extra egg in some nests and measured metabolic rates of the adults. Those with an extra egg spent 1011 ± 163 kJ daTi which was not significantly greater than the 915 kJ daTi spent by those with their normal clutch size.
Sectoral Analysis of Energy Productivity Convergence: Empirical Evidence from Asian Countries

This study examines the convergence of energy productivity at the sectoral level across 35 Asian countries from 1991 to 2011 by using the spatial panel data approach. The results reveal that mixed evidence of convergence process in the sectoral energy productivity for these 35 Asian countries. We found beta-convergence process exists in energy productivity in the construction, manufacturing, mining; manufacturing and utilities, transport; storage and communications, and wholesale; retail trade; restaurants and hotels sectors. While there is no evidence of energy productivity convergence in the agriculture; hunting; forestry and fishing sector over the study period. Moreover, the spatial spillover effect has a positive impact on the sectoral energy productivity growth in 35 Asian countries.
Monitoring of woody plants in the park stands of the industrial cities in the south-east of Ukraine

The paper presents data of the survey of industrial cities parklands of the south-east of Ukraine. We have identified the species composition (186 species and cultivars), age structure and state of woody plants in these parklands. In the course of our in­vestigations we have revealed the most tolerant species with numerous high viability trees under the conditions of technogenic pollution.
Knowledge management processes and firm innovation capability: a theoretical model

The major goal of knowledge management (KM) is to enhance innovation. Previous research on innovation and knowledge management has shown a positive relationship between innovation and effective knowledge management (Smith et al., 2005; Darroch & McNaughton, 2002; Dougherty et al., 2002; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). Some scholars have maintained that the innovation that accelerates creative solutions depend greatly on the accumulation of new knowledge in an organization. Knowledge accumulated is the organization is essentially utilized by people via four major knowledge management processes. Unfortunately, KM literature overpraises the technological aspects neglecting the people dimensions and the soft aspect of people who actually possess the knowledge that could spark innovation. In a bid to fill this void, this paper contributions to knowledge by considering the need for a theoretical model of the attitudinal and behavioural conditions of the employees who engage in knowledge management processes to push the boundaries of their firm’s innovation capabilities.
The Scheduled Castes in the Sikh Community – A Historical Perspective

East Punjab is a Sikh majority state. After its re-organisation in 1966, (when the Hindi speaking areas were separated to constitute the new state of Haryana and some of the hill areas were transferred to Himachal Pradesh), the religious composition of the state was radically altered. The Sikhs constituted 63 per cent of the state’s population at present. Their share in the rural population is higher; about 72 per cent. The Dalits or the Scheduled Castes have a high proportion of population in the state, 28.3 percent in 1991 which is projected to have increased to over 30 percent in 2001, the highest among the states in India. Over 80 per cent of them lived in the rural areas. Punjab’s villages are, therefore, predominantly Sikh and Dalit. An understanding of the status of the Scheduled Castes in the Sikh community in particular, and the impact of Sikhism on dalits in Punjab in general, should help us in appreciation of the regional specificity of the status and conditions of life of the Scheduled Castes in the state as also the limitations of the book view of caste.
Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Termite Sampling Methods along a Rainfall Gradient in African Savannas

Although termites are ecosystem engineers in tropical and sub‐tropical environments, the study of termite ecology is often constrained by sampling difficulties and a lack of established sampling protocols, particularly for savannas. The efficiency and relevance of different methods along climatic gradients, even within a single biome, is largely unknown. Here, we compare the relative contribution of two commonly used sampling methods, cellulose baits and active searching transects, in quantifying savanna termite diversity along a rainfall gradient in South Africa; sampling was conducted during the wet season across four markedly different savanna types. We also assessed the usefulness of different forms of baiting techniques. The relative efficiency of sampling method varied with annual rainfall. In arid savannas, baiting was as effective as active searching transects at sampling termite diversity and we recommend the use of baiting rather due to it being less labor intensive. In savannas of moderately low to intermediate rainfall, baiting and transects sampled different termite species and so both are deemed necessary for an accurate assessment of termite diversity. In contrast, in wetter savannas transects gave a better assessment of diversity, with cellulose baits not contributing much to diversity assessment. The efficiency of baiting techniques differed across the rainfall gradient, with baits needing to be left in the field for a longer period in more arid savannas. We conclude that habitat type, even within a single biome, will determine the sampling method or methods necessary to quantify termite diversity accurately.