Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Lies on Economic Decision Making. An Eye-Tracking Study

In the economic domain often people have to make decisions by taking into account the perceived intentions of the partners. The aim of this study was to test how the perception that the responder is lying affects proposers' offers in the Ultimatum Game. Twenty undergraduates took part to the experiment by playing the role of proposers. They were matched with responders who could be sincere or lying. Participants' eye movements while watching the partners presenting themselves were recorded and their decision style (intuitive vs. deliberative) was assessed through the PID scale. It emerged that proposers offered less money to partners who were perceived as deceiving. Visual strategies during the inspection of the partner varied according to his/her perceived truthfulness. Decision style modulated both money offers and eye-movement patterns. The study supports the notion that lie detection is crucial in economic decisions involving the interaction with other people and that visual behaviors, as well as stylistic differences, play a mediating role.
Genetic variation in color morphs of the endangered species, Paracentrotus gaimardi (Echinoidea: Echinidae)

Paracentrotus gaimardi is a sea urchin reaching a maximum of 42 mm of diameter. It presents five morphotypes in sympatry characterized by their distinctive spine colors (e.g. green, black, gray, brown and rose). P. gaimardi is considered as a vulnerable species and it is included on the list of endangered species of the Brazilian coastline. In this work, allozyme electrophoresis was used to studied the genetic variation among the five color morphotypes, from two different geographic locations along the coast of Rio de Janeiro State: Itaipu and Prainha, both in sympatry and allopatry. The underlying null hypothesis is that the different spine colors that define the morphotypes, represent only intraspecific variation of P. gaimardi . Eight polymorphic loci ( Cat , a -Est-1 , a -Est-2 , Mdh , Pep , Pgi , Pgm and Xod ) were assayed. Departures from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were tested at each locus in each morphotype from each locality. P. gaimardi species showed high levels of genetic variation (0.171-0.343) in accordance with the patterns observed for marine invertebrates. Diagnostic loci were not found among any of the five morphotypes and neither for the different geographic locations. A Mann Whitney U test showed values significantly lower in sympatry than in allopatry for both Nei’s Genetic Identities and 2 x 2 θ F-statistics. Furthermore, performance of AMOVA analysis considering a hierarchical levels of individuals, colour-morphs and locations indicates that the differences in genetic variation are sorted among collection sites rather than color morphotypes.
Monetary Policy Transparency in the UK: The Impact of Independence and Inflation Targeting

Abstract There is a widespread belief that the transparency of UK monetary policy has increased substantially as a result of the introduction of inflation targeting in 1992 and a number of procedural and institutional reforms which accompanied and followed it. Here, money market responses (and other data) are used to test the possibility that improved anticipation of policy moves may be the result of developments other than the institutional reforms popularly cited. We find overwhelming evidence that the switch to inflation targeting itself significantly reduced monetary policy surprises, while subsequent reforms have contributed little. Where we advance substantially on earlier work is to look at the cross‐sectional dispersion of agents’ anticipation. If the benefit of transparency is the elimination of policy surprise, there is little benefit if the averagely correct anticipations of agents conceal a wide dispersion of view.
Development of an educational programme to support registered nurses during clinical supervision of student nurses in medical and surgical wards in a training health facility, in the oshana region, Namibia

This paper describes the processes of developing an educational programme intervention which was carried out following three phases namely: Phase (1) one situation analysis which was carried out to explore and describe the lived experiences of registered nurses and student nurses regarding the clinical supervision of student nurses in medical and surgical wards. Phase 2 was about conceptualization, and of the frame work to guide the development of an educational programme to support registered nurses during the clinical supervision of student nurses. Phase 3 was about the development of an educational programme to support registered nurses during clinical supervision of student nurses. The development of the conceptual framework, which led to the development of the programme to support registered nurses during the clinical supervision of student nurses, proves that this study makes an original contribution to the body of knowledge.
Gradients of disturbance to an algal canopy and the modification of an intertidal community

Disturbances over a range of intensities are common in intertidal communities, often causing partial removal of dominant species. However, most studies testing effects of disturbance on community structure use treatments where the dominant species is either present or absent, and usually record responses of only a few community components. Here, we test responses of the entire local community of benthic algae and invertebrates across a gradient of distur- bance to a habitat dominant in southern New Zealand, the fucoid alga Hormosira banksii. Replicate 0.25 m 2 plots of 100% cover of H. banksii were manipulated and maintained at 0, 25, 50 and 75% cover at 2 sites for 13 mo. Throughout the experiment, communities in the complete removal and control plots were the most different from each other, but intermediate plots had varied responses and were usually not significantly different from each other. Generally, as cover of H. banksii decreased, community variability increased through time. Taxa richness declined with reduced H. banksii cover, with up to 77% of its variation explained by variation in canopy cover. Other fucoid algae declined across the gradient, with complete canopy removals having 92% less fucoid cover than control plots. Complete canopy removal had positive effects on ephemeral algae, especially at one site which exhibited large seasonal blooms. Bare space was greatest where canopies were completely removed and understory algae died. Diversity was greatest in plots with complete canopies rather than at intermedi- ate levels, and there was no replacement of the domi- nant H. banksii by other species. There was no consis- tent effect on taxa across the gradient; some species responded linearly while others responded at thresh- old levels of canopy cover. This study shows the impor- tance of disturbance gradients interacting with key species, which may have considerable bearing on reef community structure.
Developmental and Adult Basic Education Motivation andOptimism/Helplessness Model

Students in Developmental and Adult Basic Education often have very specific motivational needs; however, there is no model of motivation that describes these students’ experiences. This model synthesizes motivation research on those populations as well as motivational theories and models from psychology (including K-12 educational psychology). Introduction As educators, we are concerned about our students’ motivation for learning. As adult basic and developmental educators, this concern is deeper. Developmental and adult basic education (ABE) at a college is made up of a series of courses, tutoring, and student support services intended to assist students who have been identified as needing to develop skills in order to be successful in college or the workplace (Beder & Valentine, 1990; Boylan, Bonham, & White, 1999). Therefore, the classes these students take are remedial in nature and tend to focus on math, writing, reading, and study skills. [For the remainder of this paper, I will use the term ABE to refer to both adult basic and developmental education classes and students. At some colleges, both sets of students are served by the same department (labeled adult basic education), while at others they are separated into adult basic education and developmental education. ] Also, successful completion of these classes is often mandatory before a student is able to take collegelevel courses at the college. As a result of the low-skill levels of the students and the mandatory nature of the classes, the motivation levels of the students in these classes are particularly low (Moore, 2005; Roueche & Roueche, 1993; Smittle, 2003), if as varied as other student groups (Beder & Valentine, 1990). Few adult education researchers (see Wlodkowski) have theorized as to how adults experience and develop motivation in the general adult education classroom, let alone in the ABE classroom. Educational theories of motivation have primarily been proposed in relation to the K-12 system. While we know ABE students are lacking in motivation and/or primarily extrinsically motivated (Rothes, Lemos, & Goncalves, 2014) to take ABE classes, there is no theoretical model of ABE academic motivation to assist educators and researchers in understanding the motivational needs of this distinct population. In this paper, I discuss the characteristics of adult ABE students and the research that has been done on this specific population. I then explore three theories of motivation and where ABE students are likely to fit in the theories. Finally, I combine the theories of motivation into one motivation theory for developmental education students. The ABE Student Population Significant portions of our college population take ABE classes. In the 2007–2008 school year, 20% of first-year undergraduate students took remedial courses in public or private institutions (Sparks & Malkus, 2013). Out of first-year undergraduates, higher percentages of
A Salesperson’s Value Creation Roles in Customer Interaction: An Empirical Study

Researchers have called for the need to investigate the salesperson’s role in customer value creation in the context of companies moving into service and solution businesses. Despite the indisputable importance of the sales function in the company’s customer relationships and in value creation for these customers, relevant literature has not yet answered the question of what salespeople actually do when they create value for the customer in business interactions. By answering this question, the paper aims to shed light on the individual salesperson’s role(s) in creating customer value. Based on an in-depth qualitative case study, shadowing salespeople of a full-service packaging provider during their work, four roles summarizing the different ways salespeople can create customer value have been identified: the advisor, the broker, the secretary and the friend. Theoretical contributions lie in the integration of an interaction perspective into selling, highlighting the disregarded complexity of industrial selling.
Rigour and Relevance: A PhD Student’s Perspective

Abstract Purpose: This study argued that desipite what the content of the debate might suggest, there is a conflict between the two concepts of rigour and relevance and their actual relationship is a symbiotic one. Drawing on a definition of symbiosis, the study showed that the concepts of rigour and relevance are actually two separate “organisms” that are bound by a long term relationship that benefits both sides. Methodology: The study reviewed selected literature concerning rigour and relevance and presented the historical development of the debate and theoretical models of the relationship between the two concepts. Implications: The implications were presented from a PhD student’s perspective and included suggestions on how to approach the issues of rigour and relevance in the research project and how to cope with their seemingly conflicting nature. Originality: The originality of this study resulted from approaching the issue of rigour and relevance from a biology perspective and extending the definition of symbiosis to the relationship between the two concepts.
Robust Spectral Clustering via Sparse Representation

Clustering high-dimensional data has been a challenging problem in data mining and machining learning. Spectral clustering via sparse representation has been proposed for clustering high-dimensional data. A critical step in spectral clustering is to effectively construct a weight matrix by assessing the proximity between each pair of objects. While sparse representation proves its effectiveness for compressing high-dimensional signals, existing spectral clustering algorithms based on sparse representation use those sparse coefficients directly. We believe that the similarity measure exploiting more global information from the coefficient vectors will provide more truthful similarity among data objects. The intuition is that the sparse coefficient vectors corresponding to two similar objects are similar and those of two dissimilar objects are also dissimilar. In particular, we propose two approaches of weight matrix construction according to the similarity of the sparse coefficient vectors. Experimental results on several real-world high-dimensional data sets demonstrate that spectral clustering based on the proposed similarity matrices outperforms existing spectral clustering algorithms via sparse representation.
An Algorithm for Determining the Number of Mixture Components on the Bayesian Mixture Model Averaging for Microarray Data

The major challenges on the statistical analysis of microarray data are the limited availability of samples, large number of measured variables and the complexity of distribution of the data obtained (e.g., multimodal). These phenomena could be considered in Bayesian method, used Bayesian Mixture Model (BMM) methods and Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) methods. Modeling of Bayesian Mixture Model Averaging (BMMA) for microarray data was developed based on these two studies. One of the most important stages in BMMA is determination of the number of mixture components in the data setting as the most appropriate BMMA models. This paper proposes an algorithm for determining the number of mixture components in BMMA for microarray data. The algorithm is developed based on the simulation data generated from a case study of Indonesian and it has been implemented on the outside Indonesian microarray data. The results have succed to demonstrate two step algorithms, called Preliminary Process and Smoothing Process Algorithms, to the Indonesian case microarray data with the accuracy rate of 99.3690% and 99.9094% for the outside Indonesian microarray data.
Relationship Between Oscillatory Phenomena and Boundary Conditions in Two-template CNN

In our previous study, we proposed a two-template CNN. We investigated oscillatory phenomena in two-template CNN. As a result, it was confirmed that the boundary condition of CNN affects the oscillatory phenomena. In this study, we investigate relationship between oscillatory phenomena and boundary conditions. We consider that investigating the relationship between oscillatory phenomena and boundary conditions are important to understanding coupled oscillatory systems. Because we consider that this system is a new class of coupled oscillatory systems.
Insight into the LGP2 Helicase Domain – An in Silico Approach

LGP2, a member of retinoic acid inducible gene-I like receptors (RLR), encoded by the gene DHX58 in human induces antiviral response against many RNA viruses. The LGP2 shares a considerable similarity to the amino acid sequence of Hef Helicase Domain, the helicase domain of RIG-I-like protein helicase-associated endonuclease (Hef), which is involved in RNA binding. Earlier studies suggest that RLR contains a conserved C-terminal domain (CTD), which is responsible for the binding specificity to the viral RNAs and C-terminal domain of LGP2 also takes part in RNA binding. The present study is aimed to explore the interactions of LGP2 and RNA, thereby finding the crucial residues for the interaction, with the help of in-silico tools. The predicted crucial residues were validated by docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies as well as by fitting the model on a LGP2 density map. Our results in this study suggest that the residues in the helicase domain of LGP2 are crucial for RNA binding and it is positioned around the groove region of LGP2. Though earlier experimental studies identified the RNA binding residues, but our in silico binding studies with the full length LGP2 predicted some additional residues that can be valuable
Screaming, flying, and laughing : magical feminism's witches in contemporary film, television, and novels

Screaming, Flying, and Laughing: Magical Feminism’s Witches in Contemporary Film, Television, and Novels. (May 2007) Kimberly Ann Wells, B.A., Western Washington University; M.A., Texas State University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Sally Robinson This project argues that there is a previously unnamed canon of literature called Magical Feminism which exists across many current popular (even lowbrow) genres such as science-fiction, fantasy, so-called realistic literature, and contemporary television and film. I define Magical Feminism as a genre quite similar to Magical Realism, but assert that its main political thrust is to model a feminist agency for its readers. To define this genre, I closely-read the image of the female magic user as one of the most important Magical Feminist metaphors. I argue that the female magic user–commonly called the witch, but also labeled priestess, mistress, shaman, mambo, healer, midwife– is a metaphor for female unruliness and disruption to patriarchy and as such, is usually portrayed as evil and deserving of punishment. I assert that many (although not all) of the popular texts this genre includes are overlooked or ignored by the academy, and thus, that an important focus for contemporary feminism is missed. When the texts are noticed by parts of the academy, they are mostly considered popular culture novelty acts, not serious political genres. As part of my argument, I analyze
Soil nutrient status and yield of waterleaf (Talinum triangulare Jacq) as influenced by rates of organomineral fertilizer in a rainforest Ultisol, Nigeria

Field experiment was conducted at the University of Calabar Teaching and Research Farm, Calabar in 2014 and 2015 planting seasons to evaluate the effect of different rates of organomineral fertilizer on soil properties, growth and yield of waterleaf in a degraded rainforest Ultisol in Southeastern Nigeria. Four rates of organomineral fertilizer (6, 8, 10 and 12 t/ha) and a control (no amendment) were laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Results obtained showed that the application of different rates of organomineral fertilizer significantly increased (P < 0.05) soil pH, available phosphorus, basic nutrients (Ca, Mg and K), exchangeable acidity and base saturation status of the soil compared to control. There were significant differences (P < 0.05) among rates of application in plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, stem girth and fresh yield of waterleaf. Application of amendment irrespective of the rate of application enhanced waterleaf growth and yields more than the control. The fresh yield of waterleaf was significantly (P < 0.05) increased at all the growth stages measured (4, 7 and 10 weeks after planting (WAP)) as a result of the different rates of the amendment applied compared to the control. The mean fresh yields of 20.8, 24.6 and 24.9 t//ha obtained from plots treated with 12 t/ha of organomineral fertilizer at 4, 7 and 10 WAP, respectively were not significantly higher than the respective yields of 20.6, 23.8 and 23.7 t/ha obtained from 10 t/ha treatment. Therefore, the application of 10 t/ha of organomineral fertilizer is more appropriate for optimum production of waterleaf in a Rainforest Ultisol of Southeastern Nigeria.
Development of Industry-Wide IS Integration Model in the Agri-Industry

his paper presents a model explaining industrywide information systems (IS) integration in the agri-industry. Using a theoretical frame of value confi guration analysis and IS integration extent we study 15 organizations. We find that product sensitivity, continuous production, value chain captains, and value creation logic explain the industry-wide IS integration. Incompatible value creation logic among stakeholders and the lack of presence of “value chain captains” – powerful actors dominating the entire industry has and negative impact on industry-wide integration. On the other hand, product sensitivity and continuous production process led to higher levels of integration.
Investigating the Effect of Sympathetic Skin Response Parameters on the Psychological Test Scores in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome by Using ANNS

In this study, psychological tests such as Visual Analogue Pain Scale, Verbal Pain Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and Hamilton Anxiety Scale were applied to the selected healthy subjects and patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) in Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the scores were recorded. A measurement system was established in the same department of the university to measure the sympathetic skin response (SSR) from the subjects. The SSR was measured and recorded. The parameters such as latency time, maximum amplitude and the elapsed time were calculated by using Matlab software from the recorded SSR data. SSR parameters were added to the scores and diagnosis accuracy percentages of the FMS calculated by using artificial neural networks. Obtained results from the simulations showed that the specified parameters of the SSR and FMS were concerned and these parameters can be used as a diagnostic method in FMS.
Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location, and Regional Growth

This book provides the first unifying analysis of the range of economic reasons for the clustering of firms and households. Its goal is to explain further the trade-off between various forms of increasing returns and different types of mobility costs. The main focus of the analysis is on cities, but it also explores the formation of other agglomerations, such as commercial districts within cities, industrial clusters at the regional level, and the existence of imbalance between regions.