Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Irminger Sea and the Iceland Sea time series measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry 1983–2006

This paper describes the ways and means of assembling and quality controling the Irminger Sea and Iceland Sea time-series biogeochemical data which are included in the CARINA data set. The Irminger Sea and the Iceland Sea are hydrographically di fferent regions where measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry were started in 1983. The sampling is seasonal, four times a year. The carbon chemistry is studied with measurements of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in seawater, pCO2, and total dissolved inorganic carbon, TCO2. The carbon chemistry data are for surface waters only until 1991 when water column sampling was initiated. Other measured parameters are salinity, dissolved oxygen and the inorganic nutrients nitrate, phosphate and silicate. Because of the CARINA criteria for secondary quality control, depth >1500 m, the IRM-TS could not be included in the routine QC and the IS-TS only in a limited way. However, with the information provided here, the quality of the data can be assessed, e.g. on the basis of the results obtained with the use of reference materials. Data coverage and parameter measured Repository-Reference: doi:10.3334 /CDIAC/otg.CARINA. AMS.V1. 2 doi:10.3334/CDIAC/otg.CARINA. ATL.V1. 0 Available at:http://cdiac.ornl. gov/oceans /CARINA/Carinainv.html Coverage: 64 ◦N–68◦ N; 28◦W–12◦W Location Name: Irminger Sea and Iceland Sea Date/Time Start: 1983-03-05 Date/Time End: 2006-02-10 Correspondence to: J. Olafsson (jon@hafro.is) Published by Copernicus Publications. 100 J. Olafsson et al.: Time series measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry Data Product Data Product Exchange File Exchange File Units Parameter Name Flag Name Parameter Name Flag Name
Satisfaction with Life in Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion After Orthognathic Surgery

Background. Good well-being is a noteworthy element of health and it also influences the overall evaluation concerning the quality of life assessed in relation to individually selected criteria. Objectives. The aim of this study was to examine whether the subjective evaluation concerning the satisfaction with life after orthognathic treatment depends on the surgical method applied for treating skeletal class III malocclusion and subjective evaluation of the result obtained after surgery. Material and Methods. Sixty-six patients treated in 2002–2013 for skeletal class III malocclusion were enrolled into the study (after bilateral saggital split osteotomy, BSSO, extraoral vertical ramuys osteotomy, EVRO, bimaxillary surgery). The questionnaire study was divided into two parts. The first one was a survey concerning patients’ satisfaction with treatment results, their appearance and subjective evaluation concerning the function of the stomatognathic system following the surgery. The second was the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) questionnaire. Satisfaction with life index (SAT) was used to assess patients’ answers and transformed into standardized STEN units. Results. SAT ranged from 13 to 31 points, mean value: 23.9 ± 3.83, after BBSO: 25.3 ± 2.73, EVRO: 23.4 ± 4.26, bimaxillary surgery: 20.9 ± 1.25. 95% patients would undergo the surgery for the second time. More than half of them had high stens (57%). No statistically significant differences were observed between positive and negative responses to questions and high or low STEN evaluations (p > 0.05). Conclusions. Satisfaction with life after orthognathic surgery is on average higher than the average satisfaction with life in reference to the adult population and depends on the type of conducted surgery. Patients who underwent sagittal split ramus osteotomy experienced a higher level of well-being than patients undergoing bimaxillary surgeries. The value of satisfaction with life after orthognathic surgery does not depend on the patient’s subjective evaluation concerning therapeutic result (Dent. Med. Probl. 2016, 53, 2, 236–243).
Quality tools and techniques, EFQM experience and strategy formation. Is there any relationship? The particular case of Spanish service firms

Resumen: La aplicacion de las herramientas y tecnicas de calidad ha sido ampliamente estudiada en la literatura especializada. La capacidad estrategica del modelo EFQM, es decir, su capacidad para facilitar un proceso de formacion de la estrategia integrador (racional y emergente), tambien ha sido analizada, aunque en menor medida. Por el contrario, el estudio de como la utilizacion de este modelo puede afectar a la forma en que las empresas aplican a las herramientas y tecnicas de calidad constituye un area todavia no explorada. Tomando este gap en la literatura como punto de partida, nuestra investigacion se plantea un triple objetivo: en primer lugar, tratamos de estudiar la relacion entre la utilizacion de las tecnicas y herramientas de calidad y la experiencia de la empresa en la aplicacion de la gestion de la calidad y del modelo de excelencia EFQM; en segundo lugar, tenemos la intencion de estudiar la medida en la cual estas tecnicas y herramientas pueden afectar a la racionalidad y/o emergencia del proceso de formacion de la estrategia; por ultimo, intentamos analizar el efecto de la experiencia en la utilizacion del modelo EFQM en esta ultima relacion. Para tratar de alcanzar estos objetivos, han sido empleadas metodologias de investigacion cuantitativas, de las que se han derivado algunos resultados interesantes. Asi, por ejemplo, los resultados han revelado como la experiencia en la aplicacion del modelo EFQM cumple un papel moderador en relacion con como utilizan las empresas las tecnicas y herramientas de calidad. Concretamente, una mayor experiencia en la utilizacion de este modelo hace que las empresas apliquen estas tecnicas y herramientas de forma mas participativa, en combinacion con altos niveles de formalizacion y planificacion. Asimismo otras conclusiones e implicaciones de interes han sido recogidas en el trabajo.
The Effect of Dividend Announcements on Stock Returns for Companies Listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

Stock market reactions to the announcements of final dividend increases, decreases and no changes are empirically analyzed in an emerging market environment. A standard event study methodology is adopted to examine the price reactions of 120 listed companies surrounding sixty days of the announcement dates. Although prior studies in developed countries postulate that dividend decreases are associated with negative abnormal returns, such a reaction was not found in the Malaysian capital market. The evidence nevertheless shows that dividend increases lead to positive abnormal returns, supporting the Information Content Hypothesis, Jensen k Free Cash Flow Hypothesis and Agency Cost Theory. As for the no change dividend announcements, no clear pattern of cumulative average abnormal returns could be observed.
TITLE-Ego Developient and Managerial Effectiveness : Early Findings from Offering Managers Feedbvk on Loevinger ' s Ego Development Measure

Since 1980, Loevinger's Sentence.CoMpletion Test has been used to explore the relationship between.ego development and managerial effectiveness in the context of.Boston College's Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program. According to the theory-of ego_ development developed byLoevinger dnd others, most adults either inhabitone of four distinct' worldviews or are in transition between them. The four worldviews, in ascending order of maturity, are . (1) opportunistic, (2) social, (3) goal-oriented,. and (4) integrative. In contrast to the first three, all of which are to some extent blind to opposing worldviews, the integrative worldview recognizes the partial validity of each of the other three. The two most ,frequent transiionsthe research has documented are the. "analytic6--between socialand goal-oriented worldviews-and the'nrdlifivistic"--4tween the goal-oriented and fhe integrative. Although recent research indicate* that persons with . relativistic and integrate0 worldviews. make the best managers, most MBA students fall into other categories: The results of individual and group feedback sesSiond--as illustrated by the detailed presentationkin this document of four separate cases involving four Aifferent worldviews--tend to confirm the 'internal validity" of the Loevinger measure in predicting the relation 9f worldview to behavior.74JSM)
Unpacking Secondary School Students’ Identity Negotiations Regarding Science and Engineering: A Case Study in the United States

Science researchers argue that students’ science and engineering (SE) identity can be improved if they are exposed to scientists and engineers and participate in real world applications within these SE fields (Brickhouse et al., 2000; Carlone & Johnson, 2007; Painter et al., 2006; Polman & Miller, 2010). This type of exposure is particularly important for women and minorities because they are currently underrepresented within these fields and are not often exposed to role models. This study addresses the issues related to the SE identity negotiations of girls and racial minorities through a comparative case study, wherein three adolescent students’ SE identity trajectories are studied. This study shows the complexity of how students can develop their SE identity both socially and individually. In particular, it highlights how these social and individual interactions occur on a personal level and can shift due to small interventions and particular interactions. This study also adds to current identity frameworks by using them in informal SE education settings where they have not been used before.
Teachers´ construction of their professional self image while working in an autonomous learning setting.

This article presents the results of a Research project which aims at exploring teachers' narratives regarding the construction of their professional self-image whilst working in an autonomous learning setting. This study was conducted in a public university in Boyaca Colombia, with a sample of four full time teachers. The results of the study indicate that those who work in an autonomous learning setting construct their self-image throughout their professional lives; this process is the result of the impressions from their own teachers, their previous and current teaching experiences, and their expectations about the future. Likewise, the participants defined autonomy in accordance with their reality at the Language Institute as follows: Firstly, as a utopian possibility for teachers, due to the very restricted scope to propose, make choices and act freely in academic activities. Secondly, as a real happening, possible to occur in external contexts when conducting research and attending conferences.
The impact of collaborative strategies on disaster risk reduction in Zimbabwe dairy supply chains in 2016

Disasters are on the increase globally with accompanying devastating effects on dairy supply chains. The devastating effects, caused by disasters on economies in various countries such as United States of America, Japan, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and Zimbabwe call for urgent sustainable mitigating measures in disaster risk reduction. These countries have experienced notable natural and man-made disasters in the past. The disasters negatively impacted the economies of both developed and developing countries, causing misery to people as hunger and poverty drastically increased. Zimbabwe’s dairy industry was not spared from these devastating effects as it was vulnerable to disasters such as droughts and cyclones. Disasters adversely affected supply chains in the country as evidenced by the closure of some dairy firms between the years 2000 and 2014. This article is set against the backdrop of declining output across all agricultural sectors in Zimbabwe, evident particularly in the dairy farming sector which has witnessed inadequate supply of raw milk and dairy products by local producers. The article assesses the impact of dairy organisations’ partnerships with government departments and non-governmental organisations in reducing disaster risks on the dairy supply chain cost efficiency. It also aims to show how partnerships can reduce disaster risks and weighs the benefits of reduced supply chain costs in improving the affordability of milk and milk products to the general public. The study employs a mixed-methods approach comprising structured questionnaires, administered to a sample of 92 respondents out of a randomly sampled population of 122 participants from dairy farming clusters across the country, with an 85% response rate. Key informants in the form of 18 dairy officers were purposively sampled for interviews throughout the dairy farming regions. The research findings will help government in the formulation of public policies for the dairy sector network in reducing disaster risks.
Task-driven Information Valuation in Web Communities

The increased popularity of online social networks and globalised Internet access have affected the way people share content. The information that users willingly share in these websites can be used for various purposes, from building consumer models for advertising, to inferring personal information that could be invasive. In this thesis, we use Twitter and Instagram timelines to infer which venue types the user frequents. We show that for some venue types, there is a specific vocabulary associated to these venues. In order to study the information leak that occurs in these social networks, we present an information score function which estimates the informative value contained in a shared content item, with respect to an inference task. This measure is validated using a framework which actively chooses content with a high information score. We show that by doing this, we can, in some cases, attain a better performance in the inference task than when using the full timeline of the user.
D YNAMICAL MODELLING AND MODEL ANALYSIS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLGY

â€”Dynamical models estimate and predict the temporal evolution of physical systems. State Space Models (SSMs) in particular represent the system dynamics with many desirable properties, such as being able to model uncertainty in both the model and measurements, and optimal (in the Bayesian sense) recursive formulations e.g. the Kalman Filter. However, they require signicant domain knowledge to derive the para-metric form and considerable hand-tuning to correctly set all the parameters. Â The linear-like SSM structure in Equation (2) allows for a quadratic Lyapunov stability analysis, whilst advances in stochastic optimisation allow to construct neural probabilistic. IEEE Transactions on X, vol. X, no. Csercsik, DÃ¡vid (2010) Dynamical modelling and model analysis in neuroendocrinology. PhD thesis, PÃ¡zmÃ¡ny PÃ©ter Katolikus Egyetem. Preview. Text (Dissertation) doi_DisszertÃ¡ciÃ3_CsD_pdfA. pdf Download (1MB) | Preview. Preview. Text (Theses) Csercsik_D_thesisbook_eng. pdf Download (175kB) | Preview. Official URL: https://itk.ppke. hu/uploads/articles/163/file/doi_ Supervisor name: SzederkÃ©nyi, GÃ¡bor and Hangos, Katalin. Nonlinear dynamical system Semi-empirical model Grey box model Neural network Aircraft motion simulation. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Notes. Â Tiumentsev Y. , Egorchev M. (2020) Semi-empirical Neural Network Based Modeling and Identification of Controlled Dynamical Systems. In: Kryzhanovsky B. , Dunin-Barkowski W. , Redko V. , Tiumentsev Y. (eds) Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research III. NEUROINFORMATICS 2019. PDF | In neuroendocrinology, mathematical modelling is about formalising our understanding of the behaviour of the complex biological systems with which | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate. Â Modellers are often tempted to com-. promise the representation of the biology to produce a more ele-. gant model, and indeed, in purely theoretical journals, where much. of the modelling work is published, there may even be peer pres-. sure towards this. Doi:10.15774/ppke.itk. 2010.005. Abstract. Dynamical modelling and model analysis in neuroendocrinolgy. The primary goal of this dissertation is to put certain importanat recent biological results of neuroendocrinology into the framework of systems biology by constructing and using dynamic state-space models. A further aim is to provide results corre-sponding to the identiability properties of a system class widely used in biological modelling.
Full SED fitting with the KOSMA-τ PDR code I. Dust modelling

Aims. We revised the treatment of interstellar dust in the KOSMA-τ photo-dissociation region (PDR) model code to achieve a consistent description of the dust-related physics in the code. The detailed knowledge of the dust properties is then used to compute the dust continuum emission together with the line emission of chemical species. Methods. We coupled the KOSMA-τ PDR code with the multi component dust radiative transfer (MCDRT) code to to solve the frequency-dependent radiative transfer equations and the thermal balance equation in a dusty clump under the assumption of spherical symmetry, assuming thermal equilibrium in calculating the dust temperatures, neglecting non-equilibrium effects. We updated the calculation of the photoelectric heating and extended the parametrization range for the photoelectric heating toward high densities and UV fields. We revised the computation of the H2 formation on grain surfaces to include the Eley-Rideal effect, thus allowing for high-temperature H2 formation. Results. We demonstrate how the different optical properties, temperatures, and heating and cooling capabilities of the grains influence the physical and chemical structure of a model cloud. The most influential modification is the treatment of H2 formation on grain surfaces that allows for chemisorption. This increases the total H2 formation significantly and the connected H2 formation heating provides a profound heating contribution in the outer layers of the model clumps. The contribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) surfaces to the photoelectric heating and H2 formation provides a boost to the temperature of outer cloud layers, which is clearly traced by high-J CO lines. Increasing the fraction of small grains in the dust size distribution results in hotter gas in the outer cloud layers caused by more efficient heating and cooler cloud centers, which is in turn caused by the more efficient FUV extinction.
Origin or organoleptic characteristics of Pears: which is more valued in the market?

Consumers’ decision when buying fruit and vegetables is determined by tangible and intangible attributes. In general, intangible attributes, such as the origin of the variety, are not perceived by consumers before or after purchase; thus, information on these characteristics of products must be provided. The origin of the variety is a particularly important intangible attribute in the case of fruit and vegetables. Its relevance is due to the role that traditional varieties may play in the conservation of biodiversity, and also in the local economy. In many instances, however, the higher production costs and lower profitability associated with traditional varieties discourage the continuation of this activity. Arguably, the farmers shall then be compensated by the market (through a price premium) to ensure the maintenance of local traditional varieties. The purpose of the present study is to enhance information about the relative importance of several attributes or characteristics of the product Pears, and to assess consumers’ willingness to pay for the specific attribute Origin of Variety, detecting and quantifying the potential existence of a price premium.
THE ACCURACY OF USING THE ULYSSES RESULT OF THE SPATIAL INVARIANCE OF THE RADIAL HELIOSPHERIC FIELD TO COMPUTE THE OPEN SOLAR FLUX

We survey observations of the radial magnetic field in the heliosphere as a function of position, sunspot number, and sunspot cycle phase. We show that most of the differences between pairs of simultaneous observations, normalized using the square of the heliocentric distance and averaged over solar rotations, are consistent with the kinematic “flux excess” effect whereby the radial component of the frozen-in heliospheric field is increased by longitudinal solar wind speed structure. In particular, the survey shows that, as expected, the flux excess effect at high latitudes is almost completely absent during sunspot minimum but is almost the same as within the streamer belt at sunspot maximum. We study the uncertainty inherent in the use of the Ulysses result that the radial field is independent of heliographic latitude in the computation of the total open solar flux: we show that after the kinematic correction for the excess flux effect has been made it causes errors that are smaller than 4.5%, with a most likely value of 2.5%. The importance of this result for understanding temporal evolution of the open solar flux is reviewed.
Using Text Mining Techniques to Analyze Students' Written Responses to a Teacher Leadership Dilemma

 Abstract—This article describes the use of IBM SPSS Text Analytics for Surveys to analyze students' written responses to a teacher leadership dilemma. The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of the categories generated by IBM SPSS Text Analytics for Surveys. Our findings from the correlation analyses indicate that a significant interrater reliability existed between the text mining method from IBM SPSS Text Analytics for Surveys and human ratings.
A GLOBAL TWO-TEMPERATURE CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE MODEL: A COMPREHENSIVE VALIDATION STUDY

The recent solar minimum with very low activity provides us a unique opportunity for validating solar wind models. During CR2077 (2008 November 20 through December 17), the number of sunspots was near the absolute minimum of solar cycle 23. For this solar rotation, we perform a multi-spacecraft validation study for the recently developed three-dimensional, two-temperature, Alfvén-wave-driven global solar wind model (a component within the Space Weather Modeling Framework). By using in situ observations from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) A and B, Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), and Venus Express, we compare the observed proton state (density, temperature, and velocity) and magnetic field of the heliosphere with that predicted by the model. Near the Sun, we validate the numerical model with the electron density obtained from the solar rotational tomography of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph C2 data in the range of 2.4 to 6 solar radii. Electron temperature and density are determined from differential emission measure tomography (DEMT) of STEREO A and B Extreme Ultraviolet Imager data in the range of 1.035 to 1.225 solar radii. The electron density and temperature derived from the Hinode/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer data are also used to compare with the DEMT as well as the model output. Moreover, for the first time, we compare ionic charge states of carbon, oxygen, silicon, and iron observed in situ with the ACE/Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer with those predicted by our model. The validation results suggest that most of the model outputs for CR2077 can fit the observations very well. Based on this encouraging result, we therefore expect great improvement for the future modeling of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and CME-driven shocks.
AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE EFFECT FROM CALIOP AND C 3 M

Aerosols are responsible for the largest uncertainties in current estimates of climate forcing. These uncertainties are due in part to the limited abilities of passive sensors to retrieve aerosols in cloudy skies. We use a dataset which merges CALIOP observations together with other A-train observations to estimate aerosol radiative effects in cloudy skies as well as in cloud-free skies. The results can be used to quantify the reduction of aerosol radiative effects in cloudy skies relative to clear skies and to reduce current uncertainties in aerosol radiative effects.