Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Contribution of the Dynamic Capabilities to Promote Sustainability in Industrial and Service Companies

The objective of this research is to identify the contribution of dynamic capabilities to promote sustainability in companies located in the regions of Vale do Sinos and Paranhana, in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The study is an exploratory and qualitative research through a study of multiple cases. The primary and secondary data collected were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. It was found that dynamic capabilities can be addressed through the six subcapacities of Day and Schoemaker (2016) and operationalized by elements presented by Teece, Pisano and Shuen (1997) and Teece (2007, 2014) as trajectory, position and organizational processes. Sustainability practices performed by the investigated companies were identified and they relate to each one of the six sub-capabilities. The companies operate directly with the three pillars of sustainability by performing actions in order to reach each one of them and maximise its sustainability results. By exposing the context, the vision of the future, training and self-responsibility are characterized in an exploratory and constructive way for the process of development of sustainability.
Enhanced Activity of Hierarchical Nanostructural Birnessite-MnO2-Based Materials Deposited onto Nickel Foam for Efficient Supercapacitor Electrodes

Hierarchical porous birnessite-MnO2-based nanostructure composite materials were prepared on a nickel foam substrate by a successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method (SILAR). Following composition with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), the as-obtained MnO2, MnO2/rGO and MnO2/rGO-MWCNT materials exhibited pore size distributions of 2–8 nm, 5–15 nm and 2–75 nm, respectively. For the MnO2/rGO-MWCNT material in particular, the addition of MWCNT and rGO enhanced the superb distribution of micropores, mesopores and macropores and greatly improved the electrochemical performance. The as-obtained MnO2/rGO-MWCNT/NF electrode showed a specific capacitance that reached as high as 416 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1 in 1 M Na2SO4 aqueous electrolyte and also an excellent rate capability and high cycling stability, with a capacitance retention of 85.6% after 10,000 cycles. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analyses showed a low resistance charge transfer resistance for the as-prepared MnO2/rGO-MWCNT/NF nanostructures. Therefore, MnO2/rGO-MWCNT/NF composites were successfully synthesized and displayed enhanced electrochemical performance as potential electrode materials for supercapacitors.
Factors affecting internal migration of the poor household of Bangladesh

Internal migration is one of the important livelihood strategies for poor community of Bangladesh. Numerous factors i.e. social, economic, demographic and geographic factors perpetuate poor households’ decision of internal migration. Two-step Heckman selection model is used to analyze the factors that influence households’ decision to send migrant. In addition, the paper also tries to shed light on the factors that mediate the migrant’s destination preference. Multinomial logit model is used in this regard. The sample size is 26,720 households. The data manifests that age, dependency ratio, small land holding, seasonality, crop loss and house damage are preponderance factors for internal migration. Meanwhile, in the case of destination preference the data delineates that household sends migrant more towards Dhaka and Chittagong rather different districts or different villages of the same district. Dhaka and Chittagong are the most preferred destination for migration as these mega cities are endowed with employment opportunities. However, high concentration of migrant in Dhaka and Chittagong will yield unbalanced regional development in the long run. Therefore, it is crucial to search policy options i.e. decentralization of industrialization, creating scope of job in other parts of the country to ensure balanced economic growth of Bangladesh.
Investigation of the Effects of Temperature on the Microstructure of PTFE Microfiltration Membranes Under Membrane Distillation Conditions

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microfiltration membranes are commonly used in Membrane Distillation (MD) systems, and parameters such as the pore size and porosity have significant influence on their performance. The operating temperature of a membrane distillation unit is typically 60-80 ̊C, and while PTFE is considered to be thermally stable it does expand with increasing temperature. When dealing with a porous microstructure this expansion becomes significant. It was found that increasing the membrane temperature resulted in an expansion of the fibrous PTFE material and subsequently an increase in pore size. The membrane structure was observed over a period of 80 minutes, this time was deemed necessary given that PTFE has low thermal conductivity and therefore would heat up slowly. Pore size increased by 32% in the first 60 minutes, when the sample was heated to 80 ̊C. A lumped system analysis of the heat transfer inside the SEM chamber was used to determine a heat transfer coefficient of 0.72 W/mK. The temperature dependence of pore size will result in fluctuations in performance when the membrane is used intermittently and therefore heated and cooled periodically.
Least Squares Solution of Small Sample Multiple-Master PSInSAR System

In this paper we propose a least squares based approach for multi-temporal SAR interferometry that allows to estimate the deformation rate with no need of phase unwrapping. The approach utilizes a series of multi-master wrapped differential interferograms with short baselines and only focuses on the arcs constructed by two nearby points at which there are no phase ambiguities. During the estimation an outlier detector is used to identify and remove the arcs with phase ambiguities, and pseudoinverse of priori variance component matrix is taken as the weight of correlated observations in the model. The parameters at points can be obtained by an indirect adjustment model with constraints when several reference points are available. The proposed approach is verified by a set of simulated data.
“Truthiness” and Second-Level Agenda Setting: Satire News and Its Influence on Perceptions of Television News Credibility

This study examined the impact of satire news programs on perceptions of media credibility. Using second-level agenda setting as a theoretical framework, the results of this mixed-methods study show that negative portrayals of television news on these satire news shows makes salient certain negative attributes that match viewers’ perceptions of credibility. A survey (n=650) found that Daily Show/Colbert Report viewers had less positive views about the credibility of television news programs, while content analysis (N=401) of four weeks of episodes of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report reflected the results of the survey, showing that television news programs, particularly those on cable, were more frequently portrayed negatively and made the target of jokes. The analysis shows television news is a frequent target of these satire shows’ criticisms and these shows’ negative attributes are made salient, which is reflected in the survey respondents’ low credibility scores for this medium.
Political Connection and Firm’s Performance Among Malaysian Firms

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of political connections on firms’ performance by controlling the effect of board attributes and firms’ characteristics. Specifically, it is argued that politically connected firms enjoy a lot of benefits from the government and said to provide greater chances for the firms to increase their wealth. By using 156 public listed firms between the study period of 2012 to 2017, this study maps out political connection based on the 13th Malaysian general election. The results reveal that the appearance of political connections on board gives significant and negative effect on Tobin Q, while significant and positive effect on Return on Asset (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). Board independence is also significant to firms’ performance. This result implies that political connection is a favour for a better firm’s performance and not to firm’s value. The findings have an important implication to investors as it suggests that firms with political connection on board perform better.
SOIL DENSITY AND OPTIMUM MOISTURE FOR SOIL COMPACTION IN FIVE SOIL CLASSES IN WESTERN BAHIA STATE

The transformation of natural ecosystems into agricultural environments modifies the soil structure and it may result in its compaction. Therefore, the objective of this work was to determine the optimum moisture for soil compaction (wot) and maximum soil compaction density (Dsmax) in different soil classes in western Bahia State. The samples were collected in five sites covering different soil classes: Orthic Quartzarenic Neosol (RQ), Orthic Ebanic Vertisol (VEo), Haplic Cambisol (CX) and two Red-Yellow Latosol, one already cropped (LVA) and another with native forest (LVA1). Wot and Dsmax were determined according to ABNT NBR 7182 (1986) standards. Data were submitted to a regression analysis and also to the analysis of the principal components (PCA). Wot presented a decreasing order: VEo> LVA> LVA1> CX> RQo, ranging between 8.20 and 15.00% and Dsmax showed the following order RQo> LVA> LVA1> CX> VE, ranging between 1.34 and 1,92 Mg.m-3. The wot was directly proportional to the clay content and the organic carbon and inversely proportional to the soil sand content. For Dsmax, the influence of the clay was inversely proportional whereas in wot, this variable promoted the growth.
User-Oriented Explanation for Intelligent Candidate Recommendation in Liepin.com

Liepin.com is one of the largest e-recruitment platforms in China. Matching millions of jobs with more than 40 million talents effectively is critical to our customer success and user experience. In this paper, we provide an overview of the architecture of our intelligent candidate recommender engine and present our user-oriented approaches to generate various types of explanations for recommendation. The experimental evaluation of our approaches shows that the explanations significantly improve customer satisfaction and business metrics.
A Hybrid Approach for Automatic Credit Approval

— Automatic credit approval is important for the operant processing of credit applications. It will prevent the credit card fraud. This paper proposes a hybrid approach, which combines the supervised tree classifiers with k-means clustering and feature selection to approve credit. Performance of this new approach is measured using the Credit Approval dataset and is shown to have high performance and accuracy.
Integrative taxonomic revision of the polymorphic flat-millipede genera Oncocladosoma and Somethus in South Australia (Diplopoda : Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae)

Abstract. The South Australian members of the flat-millipede genera Oncocladosoma Jeekel, 1985 and Somethus Chamberlin, 1920 are revised using an integrative approach incorporating sequence data and morphology. The partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding gene and partial nuclear ribosomal 28S rRNA were amplified and sequenced for 15 Oncocladosoma specimens and 10 Somethus specimens and the datasets were used for molecular phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance determination. Both morphology and molecular data indicate that all species of Oncocladosoma fall within Somethus, and therefore, Oncocladosoma is synonymised with Somethus. Within those species supported by molecular data, features of the solenomere tip are relatively stable and useful for species identification. 28S rRNA has proven to provide sufficient nucleotide variation to provisionally discriminate species. Oncocladosoma castaneum ingens Jeekel, 1985, O. clavigerum Jeekel, 1985 and O. conigerum Jeekel, 1985 are junior synonyms of Somethus castaneus, comb. nov., and Somethus modicus Jeekel, 2002 is a synonym of S. scopiferus Jeekel, 2002. New records and electron scanning micrographs of gonopods are provided for S. castaneus, comb. nov., S. inflatus (Jeekel, 2002), comb. nov., S. lancearius Jeekel, 2002, S. scopiferus Jeekel, 2002, and Somethus grossi Jeekel, 1985, together with a key to the South Australian species of Somethus.
An activity rate model of induced seismicity within the Groningen Field (Part 1)

Gas production from the Groningen Field located in the north of the Netherlands induces earthquakes of sufficient number and magnitude to cause concern about the level of seismic risk. An essential part of assessing this risk is a probabilistic seismological model to forecast the future probabilities of earthquakes induced under future gas production plans. Here we present an alternative seismological model that provides a more precise description of the relationship between observed seismicity and reservoir compaction. This has been achieved using a Poisson Point Process model to describe the nucleation rate of earthquakes in response to reservoir compaction and the Epidemic Type Aftershock Sequence model to describe the triggering of additional events. Joint maximum likelihood parameter estimates were obtained and Monte Carlo analysis was used to quantify uncertainties in these estimates. Simulations of seismicity using these parameter estimates are in good agreement with all aspects of past seismcity. The model achieves more reliable parameter estimates and more precise forecasts than the existing Strain Partitioning model. Furthermore, it provides a complete description of aftershocks that critically influence the year-to-year variability in seismicity and therefore must be properly included in the Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis. This activity rate model provides the most complete framework yet for forecasting future seismicity under different plans for future gas production.
Body, Beauty, and Death in an Andean Context: A Self-Ethnographic Narration

With this article I seek to build bridges between the different narrative elements where the body is situated as a central language, of experiences as a researcher in socio-cultural contexts of Bolivian indigenous peoples in the years 1984 and 1998. In this biographical period I have lived different reflective processes, frustrations, and successes that can contribute to an understanding of the framework of gender, ethnic, and political relations. This text, auto-ethnographic, enables us to see the deconstruction and subjective transformations in an androcentric context of a traditional Andean culture, as well as the investigative awareness achieved during interactions in the field. In my field work I have used tools from different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, social psychology), that are useful for validating the autoethnography as a methodological model to the gender autonomy, listening and learning the different ways of understanding corporal discourses. That is, I wish to recognize the value of various types of production and interpretation of knowledge, such as narration, arts, literature, film, and photography that favors emancipation of the peoples and their inhabitants.
Introduction to Therapeutic Antibodies

Antibodies are immunoglobulins that are part of the humoral immune response and are secreted by the B-cells (plasma cells). Antibodies act by binding to either soluble antigens or ligands that are expressed on the surface of organisms or cells. In terms of structure, antibodies are Y-shaped glycoproteins made up of two heavy chain polypeptides and two light chain polypeptides that are held together by disulfide bridges. The light and the heavy chain are made up of constant regions and variable regions with light chain having one variable and one constant region and the heavy chain having one variable and three to four constant regions (part of which forms the Fc, crystallizable portion). The variable region of the light chain and the heavy chain together forms the antigenbinding site (Fab, antigen binding portion). At the end of each variable region is the hypervariable region (CDR, complementary determining region) and it is this region that allows for numerous conformations for infinite antibody-antigen binding probability.
Up regulation of immune status of a MDT completed borderline lepromatous leprosy patient treated with homeopathic preparation of Mercurious solubilis - a case study.

Institute of Health Studies & Rehabilitation, 27, Tagore Avenue, Durgapur -713204, West Bengal, India. 1 Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ER), Institute of Animal Health & Veterinary Biologicals (R & T), Kolkata – 700 037, West Bengal, India. *Corresponding author. e-mail: ihsrindia@gmail.com ABSTRACT : A borderline lepromatous leprosy patient was treated with anti-leprosy treatment. During the period of treatment Type 1 reaction developed. The patient was treated with multi drug for second time along with steroid. On completion of MDT the patient was released from treatment though the patient was found to suffer from skin lesion and plantar ulcer with osteomyelitis. The patients was treated with Mercurious solubilis, a homoeopathic medicine for a period of four years three months. At the end of the treatment the skin biopsy revealed the picture of indeterminate leprosy.
Tribological and Emission Behavior of Novel Friction Materials

The tribological behavior and the related airborne particles emission of three copper-free automotive friction materials are investigated. The tests were conducted using a pin-on-disc tribometer equipped with a specifically designed clean-enclosure chamber for the emission measurement. Particle number concentration from particle size 0.3 µm up to 10 µm and the mass of emitted particles between 1 µm to 10 µm were measured. Particular emphasis was given to the chemical composition of the bulk materials, the friction layers and the emissions, in order to explain the acting wear mechanisms, and the recorded emission of airborne particles. The results indicate that the recorded emissions do not correlate with the friction coefficient and the wear rates, since the wear mechanisms exert a different influence on the tribological and emission behavior of the materials under study.
Field Dependence in Relation to Severity of Alcohol Abuse

The present study was designed to investigate degree of field-dependence in relation to severity of alcoholism. After applying appropriate controls for the variables of age, education, intelligence, organicity and socio-economic status, it was specifically hypothesized that severe alcoholics would be more field—dependent, as measured by Embedded-Figures-Test (EFT) and Rod and Frame Test (RFT), than mild abusers would be. Forty-five male subjects were given a Severity-Alcohol-Abuse-Scale question­ naire to determine the extent of their alcohol abuse. Alcoholics having Severity-Alcohol-Abuse-Scale scores of 31 and over were classified as severe abusers, while those receiving scores below 31 were considered mild abusers. The hypothesis that severity of alcoholism is related to degree of field-dependence, was not supported. The severe and mild abusers did not differ significantly from each other with respect to perceptual performance on RFT and EFT. Additional analysis of the data was made by comparing the ten most severe and the ten least severe alcoholic abusers on the RFT and EFT. Although mean differences were larger than those for the entire samples, no significant differences were found between these two groups on either RFT or EFT. Consistent with previous research the alcoholics as a whole were relatively field-dependent. Results were discussed in terms of problems of defining severity of alcohol abuse and previous research indicating that alcoholics function at relatively stable levels of field-dependence.
THE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL SIMULATION

Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of the design and implementation of a train control simulator. This system allows evoking different potential traffic situations. It is also possible to search for the best solution of those situations. Much attention is devoted to the image processing possibility. Acquired information from an image can be used for development of a decision support system for rail vehicles. It can be also used for a cargo or an undercarriage inspection of a rail vehicle. The visual information transmission from a rail vehicle into a computer is described in detail. Several methods for image processing have been tested. The best results have been acquired with the Rapid object detection using a boosted cascade of simple feature algorithm. Further in the paper, possibilities of robustness increase as well as time requirements decrease of the whole solution are discussed.
Responses to referee comments on “ The role of volatile organic compound deposition and oxidation mechanisms in determining secondary organic aerosol production : A global perspective using the UKCA chemistry-climate model ( vn 8 . 4 )

The representation of volatile organic compound (VOC) deposition and oxidation mechanisms in the 15 context of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation are developed in the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosol (UKCA) chemistry-climate model. Impacts of these developments on both the global SOA budget and model agreement with observations is quantified. Firstly, global model simulations were performed with varying VOC dry deposition and wet deposition fluxes. Including VOC dry deposition reduces the global annual-total SOA production rate by 2 32 %, with the range reflecting uncertainties in surface resistances. 20 Including VOC wet deposition reduces the global annual-total SOA production rate by 15 % and is relatively insensitive to changes in effective Henry’s Law coefficients. With precursor deposition, simulated SOA concentrations are lower than observed, with a normalised mean bias (NMB) of -51%. Hence, including SOA precursor deposition worsens model agreement with observations even further (NMB = -66 %). Secondly, for the anthropogenic and biomass burning VOC precursors of SOA (VOCANT/BB), model simulations were 25 performed varying: a) the parent hydrocarbon reactivity, b) the number of reaction intermediates, and c) accounting for differences in volatility between oxidation products from various pathways. These changes were compared to a scheme where VOCANT/BB adopts the reactivity of a monoterpene (α-pinene), and is oxidised in a single-step mechanism with a fixed SOA yield. By using the chemical reactivity of either benzene, toluene or naphthalene for VOCANT/BB, the global annual-total VOCANT/BB oxidation rate changes by -3, -31 or -66 %, 30 respectively, compared to when using α-pinene. Increasing the number of reaction intermediates, by introducing a peroxy radical (RO2), slightly slows the rate of SOA formation, but has no impact on the global annual-total SOA production rate. However, RO2 undergoes competitive oxidation reactions, forming products with substantially different volatilities. Accounting for the differences in product volatility between RO2 oxidation pathways increases the global SOA production rate by 153 % compared to using a single SOA yield. Overall, 35 for relatively reactive compounds, such as toluene and naphthalene, the reduction in reactivity for VOCANT/BB oxidation is outweighed by accounting for the difference in volatility of RO2 products, leading to a net increase
Interactive comment on “Multivariate autoregressive modelling and conditional simulation for temporal uncertainty propagation in urban water systems” by Jairo Arturo Torres-Matallana et al.

For the reader it is currently unclear if the focus is on the method (“this paper introduces an uncertainty analysis framework") or the application case. My suggestion is to focus on the case study, as the methodological contribution is rather limited. In any case, the focus should be set clearer in the introduction. In general, focusing more on the key points by moving some material to the supporting information would help.