Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Systems Coaching, Models of Typology, and Emergence

Systems coaching generally refers to coaching assorted groups of people, whether they entail corporate teams or families. However, systems are also present within individuals. Such systems, representing different value clusters, interact between coach and client, and sometimes present coaching challenges. A well-known category of these systems within individuals has been broadly defined as “typology,” encompassing Jung’s theory of psychological types, temperaments, and social styles (among others) in a tripartite view of individual psychology. In this paper, I present an outline of three well-known typological models and explain how the values they encompass play into coaching relationships. I discuss how an emergent system results from the interaction of these individual systems via the field that materializes between coach and client. I conclude with suggestions for ways coaches can utilize these typological models to reveal the values inherent in each client’s psyche in order to enhance the effectiveness of the coaching process.
The influence of cadmium on the kinetics of NO3 - uptake in wheat seedlings

Uptake of NO3 in the presence of cadmium was studied in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Giza 157). It was found that Cd 2+ inhibited NO3 uptake more severely at low (1 mM) than at high (5 mM) NO3 concentration. The presence of Cd 2+ did not eliminate the characteristic induction pattern of nitarte uptake upon first exposure of nitrogen-depleted seedlings to the cadmium. Removal of Cd 2+ after 12 hours of induction resulted in recovery within 3h to the rates of nitrate
Experimental control of power dropouts by current modulation in a semiconductor laser with optical feedback

The injection current of an external-cavity semiconductor laser working in a regime of low-frequency fluctuations (LFFs) is modulated at several MHz. The rate of power dropouts in the laser emission is correlated with the amplitude and frequency of the modulating signal. The occurrence of dropouts becomes more regular when the laser is driven at 7 MHz, which is close to the dominant frequency of dropouts in the solitary laser. Driving the laser at 10 MHz also induces dropouts with a periodicity of 0.1 μs, resulting in LFFs with two dominant frequencies.
Indication of environmental changes in mountain catchments by dendroclimatology

Vrtiška J., Křeček J., Tognetti R. (2018): Indication of environmental changes in mountain catchments by dendroclimatology. Soil & Water Res., 13: 208−217. In the Czech Republic, mountain watersheds are mostly forested with dominant Norway spruce (Picea abies) plantations. The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in radial growth and xylem anatomy of Norway spruce trees in the upper plain of the Jizera Mountains, related to changes in climate (air temperature, precipitation), air pollution and acid atmospheric deposition. Data of two neighbouring climate stations were used to detect trends in air temperatures and precipitation. At elevations of 745–1060 m a.s. l. , the ring-width growth was significantly affected by mean annual temperature, while impacts of elevation and precipitation were not significant. In the period 1975–1995, the detected drop in tree radial growth (ca 60% of the normal period, prior to the peak of acid atmospheric deposition) corresponded to the increase in atmospheric SO2 concentrations and acid atmospheric deposition. The number of cells in tree rings decreased by ca 30–40% in comparison with the normal period, but the mean size of cells did not change significantly. In the last 20 years, increasing radial growth has been detected simultaneously with rising air temperature, and density of cells decreased by 30% in early wood, and by 10% in late wood, increasing the total number of cells in tree rings by ca 10% in comparison with the normal period. Integrated effects of climate and non-climate variables on the variation of tree radial growth in the Jizera Mountains reflected the legacy of acid atmospheric deposition in the forest ecosystem.
Strong Coupling on a Forbidden Transition in Strontium and Nondestructive Atom Counting

We observe strong collective coupling between an optical cavity and the forbidden spin singlet to triplet optical transition $^1$S$_0$ to $^3$P$_1$ in an ensemble of $^{88}$Sr. Despite the transition being 1000 times weaker than a typical dipole transition, we observe a well resolved vacuum Rabi splitting. We use the observed vacuum Rabi splitting to make non-destructive measurements of atomic population with the equivalent of projection-noise limited sensitivity and minimal heating ($<0.01$ photon recoils/atom). This technique may be used to enhance the performance of optical lattice clocks by generating entangled states and reducing dead time.
Assessment of Feed Supply and Demand for Livestock in Pakistan

Country level assessment of feed supply and demand for livestock in Pakistan was conducted for the year 2013. Availability of feed ingredients was calculated from the official crop production statistics using published harvest index and extraction ratios, and their nutrient supply was estimated from local feed composition tables. Feed requirements of livestock species were calculated from the standard tables published by US National Research Council. The results showed that indigenous feed resources were short for livestock and poultry requirements. The supply and demand gap for dry biomass, crude protein (CP) and metabolizable energy (ME) were 19.4%, 37.2% and 38.0%, respectively. Crop residues were the predominant source comprising 58.8% of the total feed supply, while fodder and grazing shared 23.8% and 9.2%, respectively. Grains and by-products contributed 8.2% to the feed supply. In attempt to fill this gap, large quantities of oilseed meals were imported mainly for the poultry sector. Maize was the major feed grain used in poultry and ruminant rations, and they together consumed 79% of the country’s total maize produce. Based on the anticipated rapid expansion in poultry, dairy and feedlot farming in Pakistan, the feed gap will further enlarge and this warrants future focus on efficient and intensive utilization of the local conventional and nonconventional feed resources. The data and information presented in this paper provided a sound basis for regular updating in future to attain sustainable growth of livestock sector in the country.
On the numerical solution of elliptic and parabolic optimal control problems

This paper regards the solution of some optimal control problems, transcribed as constrained optimization problems, with the main purpose of analysing how the solution changes when the number of discretization points is modified. The problems studied, which include both boundary and distributed elliptic optimal control problems as well as parabolic control problems, have in fact been written in AMPL language and solved by changing the size of the discretization mesh, so to analyse the variance of the minimum of the objective as the number of discretization points increases. Moreover, the problems have been solved using different solvers (such as MINOS, LOQO, IPOPT, SNOPT and KNITRO) and different kinds of discretization so to consider the influence of these parameters on the final results.
SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING BIOREDUCTOR OF KETAPANG LEAF EXTRACT (Terminalia catappa)

It had been done research about biosynthesis of nanoparticle silver (AgNPs) by using extract of ketapang leaf. The characterization result spectrum UV-Vis, XRD,PSA, TEM, dan FTIR show that increasing concentration AgNO3 increase wavelength (), the best concentration AgNO3 is 1 mM with SPR at  430-432 nm. The increasing temperature tend to decrease intensity of absorption, the best temperature of synthesis is 30oC with intensity absorption 3.492 show the obtained crystal of silver with average size distribution about 47.1 nm. Based on TEM measurement, size of obtained AgNPs is 36 nm with ball shape. The –OH group responsible in reduction of AgNO3 to become AgNPs.
“…because I’m just a stupid woman from an ngo”: Interviews and the interplay between constructions of gender and professional identity

Over the last decade, using interviews to analyse identity construction has been gaining in popularity (de Fina 2003; Johnson 2006; Baynham 2011) and, given this interest, analysing identities has become a much debated issue that is being approached from various angles. Regarding interviews as interaction between the interviewee and interviewer, and stories in the interviews as emerging from interactional dynamics (de Fina 2009), this paper draws attention to the emergence of identity at different levels. First, identities emerge at the level of the interview narrative, which is ongoing talk as it evolves in real time and consists of reporting facts, giving opinions on, and explaining aspects of, various topics to the interviewer. Second, identities emerge in stories which are included in the ongoing talk. Stories refer to actions in the past, usually told in chronological order. In contrast to interview narratives which are initiated by the interviewer, stories in interviews are primarily instigated by the interviewees to further support their identity co-construction in the interview setting. The interview setting is thus the third level of identity construction in interviews. By applying the framework of identities occurring at different levels in interviews and Positioning Theory (Harre and van Langenhove 1999), this paper analyses the construction of professional gender identities in the workplace, the interplay between these identities, and the dependence of these constructions on the ‘interview as context’. The stories themselves reveal how, in the workplace, there may be a conflict between professional and gender identities. More specifically such stories make visible the way in which interviewees construct their professional identities in order to resist gender identities that are projected onto them.
Regional Productivity Differentials: Explaining the Gap

Issues of productivity and competitiveness at a regional level have increasingly been a focus for both academic and policy concern. Significant and persistent differences in productivity are evident both in the UK and across Europe as a whole. This paper uses data relating to individual business units to examine the determinants of regional productivity differentials across British regions. It demonstrates that the substantial differences in regional productivity can be explained by a fairly limited set of variables. These include industry mix, the capital employed by the firm, business ownership and the skills of the local labour force. Also important are location-specific factors including travel-time from London and population density. Taken together, these factors largely explain regional productivity differentials. The analysis extends those studies that have identified but not quantified the role of different ‘productivity drivers’ in a systematic fashion or that have focused on only a limited set of drivers. It has important policy implications particular in relation to the role of travel time and possible effects of density and agglomeration.
Strong accretion on a deuterium-burning brown dwarf

Context. The accretion processes that accompany the earliest stages of star formation have been shown in recent years to extend to masses well below the substellar limit, and even to masses close to the deuterium-burning limit, suggesting that the features characteristic of the T Tauri phase are also common to brown dwarfs. Aims. We discuss new observations of GY 11, a young brown dwarf in the embedded ρ Ophiuchi cluster. Methods. We have obtained for the first time low-resolution, long-slit spectroscopy of GY 11 in the red visible region, using the FORS1 instrument at the VLT. The spectral region includes accretion diagnostic lines such as Hα and the CaII infrared triplet. Results. The visible spectrum allows us to confirm that GY 11 lies well below the hydrogen-burning limit, in agreement with earlier findings based on the near-infrared spectral energy distribution. We obtain an improved derivation of its physical parameters, which suggest that GY 11 is on or near the deuterium-burning phase. We estimate a mass of 30 MJup, a luminosity of 6 × 10 −3 L� ,a nd a temperature of 2700 K. We detect strong Hα and CaII triplet emission, and estimate from the latter an accretion rate u Macc =
Global Banking, Trade, and the International Transmission of the Great Recession

We employ a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to investigate the transmission of the global financial crisis via the collapse of export demand (trade channel) and through losses on cross-border asset holdings (financial channel). Calibrated to German data, the model predicts the trade channel to be twice as important as the financial channel. In the United Kingdom, the latter dominates due to higher foreign-asset holdings, which, at the same time, serve as an automatic stabiliser in case of plummeting foreign demand. The financial channel leads to much longer-lasting effects. Stricter enforcement of bank capital requirements would have frontloaded the recession.
A Comprehensive Review of Recent Trend in Nano-Dental Materials Research

The development of sophisticated material for application in dentistry has become a crying need at the present age. Although a significant numbers of materials including metals, ceramic, polymers, composites and now some nanocomposites exist for current and potential applications as dental implants, restoration and filling tooth roots, further rigorous research works are essential to make these promising materials commercially available as well as clinically feasible. However, mechanical properties, biological compatibility and antibacterial properties play vital role in determining the suitability of a particular material to be used. This review focuses on some newly developed potential dental materials in terms of their compatibility issues, sustainability in bacterial attack and mechanical characteristics. In addition, the limitation of the material and further research on it will also be discussed.
Estimation of Storm-Centred Areal Reduction Factors from Radar Rainfall for Design in Urban Hydrology

In the design practice of urban hydrological systems, e.g., storm-water drainage systems, design rainfall is typically assumed spatially homogeneous over a given catchment. For catchments larger than approximately 10 km2, this leads to significant overestimation of the design rainfall intensities, and thus potentially oversizing of urban drainage systems. By extending methods from rural hydrology to urban hydrology, this paper proposes the introduction of areal reduction factors in urban drainage design focusing on temporal and spatial scales relevant for urban hydrological applications (1 min to 1 day and 0.1 to 100 km2). Storm-centred areal reduction factors are developed based on a 15-year radar rainfall dataset from Denmark. From the individual storms, a generic relationship of the areal reduction factor as a function of rainfall duration and area is derived. This relationship can be directly implemented in design with intensity–duration–frequency curves or design storms.
Operational Risk Management and Implications for Bank’s Economic Capital – a Case Study

In this paper we review the actual operational data of an anonymous Central European Bank, using two approaches described in the literature: the loss distribution approach and the extreme value theory (“EVT”). Within the EVT analysis, two estimation methods were applied; the standard maximum likelihood estimation method and the probability weighted method (“PWM”). Our results proved a heavy-tailed pattern of operational risk data consistent with the results documented by other researchers in this field. Additionally, our research demonstrates that the PWM is quite consistent even when the data is limited since our results provide reasonable and consistent capital estimates. From a policy perspective, it should be noted that banks from emerging markets such as Central Europe are exposed to these operational risk events and that successful estimates of the likely distribution of these risk events can be derived from more mature markets.
Energy Analyses of Thermoelectric Renewable Energy Sources

The recent energy crisis and environmental burden are becoming increasingly urgent and drawing enormous attention to solar-energy utilization. Direct solar thermal power generation technologies, such as, thermoelectric, thermionic, magneto hydrodynamic, and alkali-metal thermoelectric methods, are among the most attractive ways to provide electric energy from solar heat. Direct solar thermal power generation has been an attractive electricity generation technology using a concentrator to gather solar radiation on a heat collector and then directly converting heat to electricity through a thermal electric conversion element. Compared with the traditional indirect solar thermal power technology utilizing a steam-turbine generator, the direct conversion technology can realize the thermal to electricity conversion without the conventional intermediate mechanical conversion process. The power system is, thus, easy to extend, stable to operate, reliable, and silent, making the method especially suitable for some small-scale distributed energy supply areas. Also, at some occasions that have high requirements on system stability, long service life, and noiselessness demand, such as military and deep-space exploration areas, direct solar thermal power generation has very attractive merit in practice. At present, the realistic conversion efficiency of direct solar thermal power technology is still not very high, mainly due to material restriction and inconvenient design. However, from the energy conversion aspect, there is no conventional intermediate mechanical conversion process in direct thermal power conversion, which therefore guarantees the enormous potential of thermal power efficiency when compared with traditional indirect solar thermal power technology [1].
Acoustic virtual reality performing man-machine interfacing of the blind

In this paper, a man-machine interface included in an integrated environment that improves the mobility of blind persons into a limited area is presented. The proposed solution relies on the Acoustic Virtual Reality (AVR) concept, which can be considered as a substitute for the lost sight of blind and visually impaired individuals. According to the AVR concept, the presence of obstacles in the surrounding environment and the path to the target will be signalized to the subject by burst of sounds, whose virtual source position suggests the position of the real obstacles and the direction of movement, respectively. After a brief presentation of the AVR concept, the paper is focused on the implementation of the proposed man-machine interface, based on this new concept and the status of the research. Finally, some conclusions and further developments are also presented.
Social network analysis : detection of influencers in fashion topics on Twitter

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Adaptive Memory Tabu Search for Binary Quadratic Programs

Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of applying adaptive memory tabu search procedures to combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper we describe the development and use of such an approach to solve binary quadratic programs. Computational experience is reported, showing that the approach optimally solves the most difficult problems reported in the literature. For challenging problems of limited size, which are capable of being approached by exact procedures, we find optimal solutions considerably faster than the best reported exact method. Moreover, we demonstrate that our approach is significantly more efficient and yields better solutions than the best heuristic method reported to date. Finally, we give outcomes for larger problems that are considerably more challenging than any currently reported in the literature.
Gauge Invariance of Gravitodynamical Potentials in the Jefimenko’s Generalized Theory of Gravitation

In the Jefimenko’s generalized theory of gravitation, it is proposed the existence of certain potentials to help us to calculate the gravitational and cogravitational fields, such potentials are also presumed non-invariant under certain gauge transformations. In return, we propose that there is a way to perform the calculation of certain potentials that can be derived without using some kind of gauge transformation, and to achieve this we apply the Helmholtz’s theorem. This procedure leads to the conclusion that both gravitational and cogravitational fields propagate simultaneously in a delayed and in an instant manner. On the other hand, it is also concluded that these potentials thus obtained can be real physical quantities, unlike potentials obtained by Jefimenko, which are only used as a mathematical tool for calculating gravitational and cogravitational fields.
Dual-Frequency Circularly Polarized Truncated Square Aperture Patch Antenna with Slant Strip and L-Shaped Slot for WLAN Applications

This research proposes a dual-frequency circularly polarized truncated square aperture patch antenna with slant stripline and L-shaped slot for WLAN applications. In the antenna design, the parameters were optimized and the WLAN-enabled dual-frequency (2.4 and 5.8 GHz) antenna was realized. Simulations were subsequently carried out for the impedance bandwidth (S11) < −10 dB, axial ratio (AR) ≤ 3 dB, optimal gain, and bidirectional radiation pattern. To validate, an antenna prototype was fabricated and the experiments were undertaken. The simulated and experimental results are in good agreement. In essence, the proposed WLAN-enabled dual-frequency circularly polarized antenna is most suited for applications in the vertically and horizontally elongated areas, including in the tunnel, train carriage, and buildings.
Real-time, Head-tracked 3D Audio with Unlimited Simultaneous Sounds

This research presents a novel 3D audio playback method in which real-time head-tracking is maintained with an unlimited number of simultaneous sound sources. The method presented relies on using a 500-900MByte sound buffer which contains binaural data for 385 head orientations and a processing platform with two hard disks in a RAID 0 configuration that can stream data at a rate of 80-100 MBytes/s. We discuss issues related to how the number of head-orientations influences a smooth presentation, how the window length influences smooth transitions between different head-orientations and the file format used for storing the sounds. The new 3D audio playback method was incorporated into a 3D audio playback engine (3DApe) which can: play a 3D audio soundtrack consisting of an unlimited number of simultaneous sound sources, switch between different 3D audio soundtracks, play back up to 8 simultaneous and instantaneous sound sources on command, use a head-tracker interface via the virtual reality peripheral network (VRPN), supply 3D audio communication using voice over IP, and interface with a Virtools graphical software engine. 3DApe was demonstrated as part of an interactive 3D cinematic artwork, entitled Conversations, that was on display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in