Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors on Under-Five Child Mortality in Bangladesh

Under-five child mortality rate is one of the main indicators of the standard of living or development of a population. The cause-specific under-five mortality of Bangladesh has been studied by fitting Cox Proportional Hazard (PH) model. For the purpose of analysis, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2014 data set was used. Product-Limit survival probabilities for the under-five child mortality with log-rank test were used to select a set of covariates for the regression model. Factors found to have significant effect on under-five child mortality are maternal education, wealth index and region.
The Impact of Anti-Thin Capitalization Rules on Capital Structure in Taiwan

This paper investigates the impact of the enactment of the anti-thin capitalization rules on capital structure after the enactment of the anti-thin capitalization rules in Taiwan. According to the theoretical derivation, companies with lower shareholder imputed tax credits ratio tend to have greater debt-to-equity ratio, while companies with higher surtax on undistributed earnings ratio tend to have higher debt-to-equity ratio. This finding is consistent with the hypotheses of this study. However, the relationships between interest-bearing liability rate, marginal income tax rate and debt-to-equity ratios are uncertain. Using 2006–2012 sample data for the empirical study, this paper finds that enterprise’s total debt-to-equity ratios significantly decreases after the enactment of the anti-thin capitalization rules, and provisions preventing capital weakening have policy effectiveness. The shareholder imputed tax credits ratio and total debt-to-equity ratio are negatively correlated, while interest-bearing liability rate, marginal income tax rate, and surtax on undistributed earnings ratio, are positively correlated with total debt-to-equity ratio. This finding supports the hypotheses of this study. However, marginal income tax rate is lack of significance. Regardless of the enactment of the anti-thin capitalization rules, pledge ratios, investment growth opportunities, firm size and ownership of director and supervisor ratios are positively correlated with total debt-to-equity ratio; non-debt tax shields, R&D ratio and profitability are negatively correlated with total debt-to-equity ratio, which are also consistent with the expected results of this paper.
Differential Susceptibility to Parental Sensitivity Based on Early-Life Temperament in the Prediction of Adolescent Affective Psychopathic Personality Traits

A body of research has examined the potential causes of psychopathy and psychopathic personality traits. What is surprisingly missing from these studies is an effort to estimate person–environment interactions that might explain variation in psychopathic personality traits. The current study addressed this lacuna, examining whether early-life temperament conditioned the effect of parental sensitivity on adolescent affective psychopathic personality traits. Drawing on data from the National Institute of Chlid Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the results revealed some evidence of temperament–parenting interactions, which were more in line with a differential-susceptibility than a diathesis-stress model of environmental action. Findings indicated that male infants with an easy temperament were the most affected by maternal and paternal sensitivity when it came to predicting a measure of affective psychopathic traits and the subcomponent of callousness. In addition, early-life temperament also interacted with paternal sensitivity in a for-better-and-for-worse fashion for the subcomponent of unemotionality.
Iota Horologii Is Unlikely to Be an Evaporated Hyades Star

We present a high-precision chemical analysis of ι Hor (iota Horologii), a planet-host field star thought to have formed in the Hyades. Elements with atomic number have abundances that are in excellent agreement with those of the cluster within the ±0.01 dex (or ) precision errors. Heavier elements show a range of abundances such that about half of the species analyzed are consistent with those of the Hyades, while the other half are marginally enhanced by 0.03 ± 0.01 dex ( ). The lithium abundance, A(Li), is very low compared to the well-defined A(Li)– relation of the cluster. For its , ι Hor’s lithium content is about half the Hyades’. Attributing the enhanced lithium depletion to the planet would require a peculiar rotation rate, which we are unable to confirm. Our analysis of ι Hor’s chromospheric activity suggests days, which is significantly shorter than previously reported. Models of Galactic orbits place ι Hor hundreds of parsecs away from the cluster at formation. Thus, we find the claim of a shared birthplace very difficult to justify.
Teachers’ Morale and School Effectiveness in Secondary Schools of Sibu, Sarawak

This quantitative study aims to identify the influence of teachers’ morale on school effectiveness in secondary schools. The study sample consists of 297 teachers from 17 secondary school of Sibu, Sarawak using stratified random sampling based on School Average Grade for SPM. A questionnaire consists of three parts have been used to obtain data from the respondents. Translated questionnaire of Bentley and Rempel (2008) and Kgaile and Morrison (2006) were used to measure teachers’ morale and school effectiveness respectively. The study found that the two variables, namely teachers’ morale and school effectiveness are at a moderate high level in the secondary schools of Sibu, Sarawak. Findings indicate there are six dimensions of teachers’ morale which have a significant influence on the school effectiveness namely the relationship with the principal, relationship among teachers, curriculum issue, teachers’ status in the community, facilities and school services, and community pressure. Besides, the result shows the relationship with the principal has been identified as the best significant predictor of influence towards school effectiveness. In conclusion, this study describes how the teachers’ morale needs to be strengthen in order to improve the school effectiveness such as the relationship between the school leader and teachers.
Financial Reporting Transparency and Earnings Quality: A Governance Perspective

This study investigates the following research questions. How transparency in firms’ financial reporting strategy reduces information asymmetry on stock market? How web-based financial reporting affects, and is affected by earning quality? How governance attributes influence web-based financial reporting, earnings quality, and information asymmetry? Our results suggest that managers’ decision to report earnings of good quality is not isolated from the overall financial reporting strategy. In fact, it appears that financial markets react positively to both earnings quality and web-based financial reporting. Moreover, the board of directors appears to be an important actor in that strategy.
Organic dairy production based on rapeseed, rapeseed cake or cereals as supplement to silage ad libitum

This experiment presents the effect of 100% organic feed rations grown at an equal area per cow on milk production performance and metabolic responses. A total of 174 Danish Holstein cows were included in two experiments on two commercial organic dairy farms during the winter 2000/2001. Three types of supplementary feed were examined: 5 kg cereals, 3 kg rapeseed/cereal pellet or 1 kg rapeseed cake fed with a mixture of clover grass silage, whole crop silage and grass pellets ad libitum. The supplement of rapeseed/cereal pellet compared with cereals tended to decrease both milk fat and protein content, whereas fat and protein yield were unaffected. Milk yield was increased by supplement of rapeseed/cereal pellet compared with cereals in experiment 1, but unaffected in experiment 2. Consequently, energy corrected milk yield tended to be increased in experiment 1 but decreased in experiment 2. The supplement of rapeseed cake compared with cereals changed neither milk composition nor yield. The risk of subclinical ketosis based on metabolic parameters and other metabolic disorders was not affected by the different feedings.
Building SMEs Competitive Advantage in Export Markets: The Role of Human Capital and Relationship Quality

ABSTRACT Small businesses look for cooperative relationships with foreign partners to build competitive advantage in export markets. In addition, the ability of small businesses to compete is also strongly related to human capital specifically the managerial competences. This study aims to investigate the effect of managerial competences on the relationship quality, which in turn affects the competitive advantage of small business in export markets. Data were collected among small and medium manufacturers. A total of 228 small and medium businesses participated in this study. This study employs structural equation modelling approach for data analysis. The findings indicate that human capital is a function of relationship quality and competitive advantage. In addition, relationship quality is significantly related to competitive advantage. Finally, relationship quality partially mediates the relationship between human capital and competitive advantage. At the end of this paper, the conclusion and discussion are presented, and limitation and future study are discussed. Keywords: Foreign partner; relationship quality; human capital; managerial competency; SMEs ABSTRAK Syarikat kecil mencari peluang untuk membina hubungan kerjasama dengan rakan kongsi asing untuk membangunkan kelebihan bersaing di pasaran eksport. Tambahan lagi, keupayaan syarikat kecil untuk bersaing berkait rapat dengan modal insan khususnya kebolehan pengurusan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidik peranan keupayaan pengurusan terhadap kualiti hubungan, yang mana seterusnya memberi kesan kepada kelebihan bersaing syarikat kecil di pasaran eksport. Data diperoleh dalam kalangan pekilang kecil dan sederhana. Sebanyak 228 syarikat kecil dan sederhana mengambil bahagian dalam kajian ini. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan model persamaan berstruktur untuk menganalisis data. Penemuan menunjukkan bahawa modal insan adalah fungsi bagi kualiti hubungan dan kelebihan bersaing. Akhir sekali, kualiti hubungan berperanan sebagai perantara separa kepada hubungan antara modal insan dengan kelebihan bersaing. Di akhir kertas ini, kesimpulan dan perbincangan dibentangkan serta limitasi dan kajian akan datang dibincangkan. Kata kunci: Rakan kongsi asing; kualiti hubungan; modal insan; keupayaan pengurusan; IKS
On the Population Density Distribution Across Space: A Probabilistic Approach

type="main"> Working within a Bayesian parametric framework, we develop a novel approach to studying the distribution of regional population density across space. By exploiting the Gamma distribution, we are able to introduce heterogeneity across space without incurring an a priori definition of territorial units. Our contribution also permits the inclusion of an approximation of individual preferences as a further driving force in location choices. We perform an empirical application to the case of Massachusetts. Our results demonstrate that a subjective measure of distance performs well in replicating the population distribution across Massachusetts.
Agile manufacturing practices: the role of big data and business analytics with multiple case studies

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of big data and business analytics (BDBA) in agile manufacturing practices. Literature has discussed the benefits and challenges related to the deployment of big data within operations and supply chains, but there has not been a study of the facilitating roles of BDBA in achieving an enhanced level of agile manufacturing practices. As a response to this gap, and drawing upon multiple qualitative case studies undertaken among four UK organisations, we present and validate a framework for the role of BDBA within agile manufacturing. The findings show that market turbulence has negative universal effects and that agile manufacturing enablers are being progressively deployed and aided by BDBA to yield better competitive and business performance objectives. Further, the level of intervention was found to differ across companies depending on the extent of deployment of BDBA, which accounts for variations in outcomes.
Indicators of economic freedom and economic structure as determinants of growth and convergence in enlarging EU and priorities for Estonia

Estonia and many other candidate countries will join the European Union with remarkably lower income levels. It is believed (e.g. European Commission, 2001) that they will face a rather long-lasting catching-up process. This catch-up phase is expected to be driven by convergence (Rajasalu, 2001). The paper studies some general indicators of institutional development as determinants of conditional beta-convergence in the European Union and candidate countries including some indicators of education and health, political rights and civil liberties. Indicators of economic freedom are studied more thoroughly. Estonia’s prospects for catching-up and convergence with the European economies are assessed using most relevant institutional development and structural indicators. In order to better approximate growth rates, panel estimates of economic freedom indicators are complemented with structural indicators of economy. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Classification numbers: C2, E6, F02, F15, O17, O52
An Experimental Study to Identify the Impact of Expert Filter Tokens for Syllabus Based Searches

People search using search engines like Google. While specifying the query, some other words (filter tokens) are used with the topic being searched. These help in the filtering of the relevant and effective search results. SBWCE is being developed to make the Syllabus based Web Content Extraction easy and automatic. As SBWCE is based on using Expert Filter Tokens, there was a need to study their impact. Therefore, a framework to study the impact of these expert filter tokens was used on ‘Computer Organization and Assembly Language’, for experimental study. This paper presents the related details.
Analysis and Performance Evaluation of the ZEM / ZEV Guidance And Its Sliding Robustification For Autonomous Rendezvous in Relative Motion

Devising closed-loop guidance algorithms for autonomous relative motion is an important problem within the field of orbital dynamics. In this paper, we study the guided relative motion of two spacecraft for which one of them is executing an autonomous rendezvous via the ZEM/ZEV feedback guidance and its robustified Optimal Sliding Guidance (OSG) counterpart. Starting from the classical Clohessy-Wiltshire (CW) model, we systematically analyze the ability of the ZEM/ZEV feedback guidance to generate closed loop trajectories that drive the deputy spacecraft to the chief satellite and evaluate its performance in terms of target accuracy and propellant consumption. It is shown that the guidance gains and the time of flight predicted by the theoretical solution generates a class of feedback trajectories that are accurate but suboptimal with respect to the open-loop fuel-optimal solution. Indeed, a parametric study shows that a different set of gains may generate relative guided trajectories that yields fuel consumption closer to the ideal optimal. The guidance algorithms are also demonstrated to be accurate in guiding the relative motion of the deputy toward a chief spacecraft in highly elliptical orbit where the Linearized Equations of Relative Motions (LERM) are employed to compute the Zero-Effort-Miss (ZEM) and Zero-Effort-Velocity (ZEV) necessary to compute the acceleration command as prescribed by the theory.
Performances of the UNDERground SEISmic array for the analysis of seismicity in Central Italy

This paper presents the first results from the operation of a dense seismic array deployed in the underground Physics Laboratories at Gran Sasso (Central Italy). The array consists of 13 short-period, three-component seis- mometers with an aperture of about 550 m and average sensor spacing of 90 m. The reduced sensor spacing, joined to the spatially-white character of the background noise allows for quick and reliable detection of coher- ent wavefront arrivals even under very poor SNR conditions. We apply high-resolution frequency-slowness and polarization analyses to a set of 27 earthquakes recorded between November, 2002, and September, 2003, at epi- central distances spanning the 20-140 km interval. We locate these events using inversion of P- and S-wave back- azimuths and S-P delay times, and compare the results with data from the Centralized National Seismic Network catalog. For the case of S-wave, the discrepancies among the two set of locations never exceed 10 km; the largest errors are instead observed for the case of P-waves. This observation may be due to the fact that the small array aperture does not allow for robust assessment of waves propagating at high apparent velocities. This informa- tion is discussed with special reference to the directions of future studies aimed at elucidating the location of seismogenetic structures in Central Italy from extended analysis of the micro-seismicity.
Magnetic Properties of Metamaterial Composed of Closed Rings

The magnetic properties of the metamaterial composed of both periodic and aperiodic closed rings are studied. Experimental results validate that metamaterials with 0 < " < 1 can be non- dispersive in a wide frequency range. The magnetic properties are insensitive to disorders of the closed rings, e.g., the position disorders and the size disorders. The related causality issue is also discussed.
The Bargaining Power of Territorially Constituted Institutionalised Coalitions in EU Council Negotiations

There is growing evidence that negotiations in the European Union Council are not only taking place within the formal EU decision making structures. Member states strive to identify like-minded peers and to exchange information prior to the formal negotiations. Institutionalised intergovernmental coalitions that exist among the member states on a geographical affinity basis, e.g. Benelux and Nordic subgroups facilitate exchange among their members and grant them a bargaining advantage. The knowledge of the effects of territorially constituted institutionalised coalitions is, however, limited. Drawing on rational choice institutionalism, this study argues that territorially constituted institutionalised coalitions enhance the bargaining power through three mechanisms: first, exchange of information, which counterbalances the asymmetries in information distribution at the pre-negotiation stage; second, pooling of expertise that allows the member states to share resources and provide common argumentation for their positions; and, third, through rhetorical action that gives more strength to normative justifications ,which may lead to the normative entrapment of other member states outside the coalition.
Operating Perovskite Solar Cell under Concentrated Solar Light

A recent forecast suggested that solar cell industry will contribute nearly one third of new electricity generation capacity worldwide by the year 2030. [1] Silicon solar cell is the most widely used photovoltaic device nowadays. However, opportunities exist for technologies that advance either higher efficiencies or lower fabrication cost in the silicon solar cell. Thus, the emergence of organic–inorganic halide perovskite based solar cell has attracted much attention during the past few years. Compared with traditional silicon solar cell, the perovskite solar cell has a lower cost and is easy to fabricate. Additionally, the high potential is another feature that catches peoples’ eyes. With the first perovskite solar cell reported in 2009 with power conversion efficiency of 3.8%. A record efficiency of 21.0% was achieved by researchers at EPFL in late 2015. [2] However, the instability of perovskite solar cell at high temperature reduces the performance. Modern solar cell design often uses lens to concentrate solar light in order to produce higher power from small area of solar cells. Nevertheless, part of the solar power will be converted into heat and increase the temperature of the cell. When it comes to perovskite solar cell, the concentrated solar light gives rise to considerable temperature increase of the glass substrate and causes significant degradation of the perovskite layer. Thus, figuring out the performance of perovskite solar cell under evaluated temperature and the temperature raise according to different incident light intensity are important jobs for designing concentrator solar cells. In this thesis, the transmittance and reflectance were simulated by Lumerical FDTD software to calculate the absorbance of perovskite solar cell under different incident light intensity. The temperature evaluation was then calculated by Ansys Mechanical software to find out the relation between incident light power and temperature increase. To characterize the performance of perovskite solar cell under different temperature, the I-V curve and incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) were measured under various temperature conditions. By comparing the temperature-light intensity correlation, IPCE performance and I-V curve, the suitable incident solar light intensity for operating perovskite solar cell was found.
Testing the fed and the Graham & Dodd models: asymmetric vs. symmetric adjustment

We examine the empirical validity of the Fed model and the Graham & Dodd model for five countries and over a time period spanning three decades by applying the Enders and Granger (1998) and Enders and Siklos (2001) threshold unit-root and cointegration tests. Our results support the hypothesis that the adjustment back to equilibrium is asymmetric.
Analysis on the Governing Reactions in Coal Oxidation at Temperatures up to 400°C

The present study aims to further understanding of the principal reactions that occur during coal oxidation at moderate temperatures. Mass change and heat evolution of a sample were monitored by thermo-gravimetric analysis coupled with differential thermal analysis (TGA/DTA). Gaseous and solid products were traced using online or in situ Fourier trans- form infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Measurements were conducted by heating the samples up to 400? C, with the O2 concentration in the reaction medium set at 0, 10, 21, and 40 vol%, respectively. It was observed that the mass increase of a sample between 150? C and ~275oC was a result of the accumulation of C=O containing species in the coal structure, whereas substantial mass loss and heat evolution of a sample at ~400oC can be attributed to the significant involvement of the direct “burn-off” reaction. Enrichment of O2 inthe reaction medium leads to the acceleration in oxygen chemi- sorption, formation and decomposition of the solid oxygenated complexes, as well as the “burn-off” reaction. With the temperature increasing, the oxidation process governed by oxygen chemisorption gradually shifts to that by significant decomposition reactions, and eventually to that by the direct “burn-off” reaction. Temperature boundaries of these stages can be determined using parameters defined based on a set of TG/DTA data. Shift in the governing reactions is essentially due to the diverse requirements of reactants of the reactions and their energy barriers to be overcome. In en- gineering practice, the phenomena of self-heating and spontaneous combustion of coal correspond to chemisorption and the direct “burn-off” reaction, respectively.