Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Organic pollution in sediment-water systems on the Ratno Ostrvo location in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro

Two-year (2001-2002) monitoring was conducted to determine residues of polycy- clic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides in sediment-water systems of three types of watercourses on the location of Ratno Ostrvo in Novi Sad (Serbia and Montenegro). Types of watercourses were established on the basis of the flow regime: drainage ditches with 1- 2 m 3 /s (four sampling points), the DTD Canal with up to 10 m 3 /s (three sampling points) and the Danube River with 1500-3000 m 3 /s (five sampling points). Water quality was compared with the requirements given by the national and Dutch regulations, and the quality of sediment with the Dutch and Canadian quality guidelines, due to the lack of national legislaton. Based on the concentrations of organic pollutants in the samples of sediments and water from selected sam- pling points, average annual values were computed for the three types of watercourses. Great differences regarding the level of pollution between two years of monitoring were in smaller watercourses - drainage ditches and the DTD Canal, which might be a consequence of water flow, increased anthropogenic activity, decrease of self-purification potential. Concentrations of both PAHs and pesticides were below national maximum permissible levels in water and below Dutch intervention levels in sediment. Standard deviations of average annual concentrations were very high (up to 30-300%), probably because of the increased anthropogenic effect.
Impact of Corporate Governance Practices on Firm Capital Structure and Profitability: A Study of Selected Hotels and Restaurant Companies in Sri Lanka

Corporate governance issues have been a growing area of management research especially among large and listed firms. Good corporate governance practices a re regarded as important in reducing risk for inves tors, attracting investment capital and improving the per formance of companies. Companies need financial resources and better earnings to promote their objectives. Th erefore, factorsmay affect the capital structure an d profitability of companies should be considered car efully. The purpose of the present study is to inve stigate whether there is any relationship among some specif ic characters of corporate governance, capital stru cture and profitability of listedHotels R BC; CEOD; ROE; ROA and DERwhereas negative relationship between BS; BID and DR.in addition CEOD have a positive relationship with DR.In addition, none of the variables have a significant relationship with capital structure and profitabili ty.
Site U1435

Coring at Site U1435 became a high priority after failing to achieve our basement objectives at Site U1432 because the final cementing operation compromised the reentry system. This site was originally added as an alternate because of the high risk of being unable to reach basement at Site U1432, which required ~1900 m of penetration to reach the target depth. Site U1435 is located on a structural high at the transition between the extended continental crust and the oceanic crust (Figures F1, F2). Similar conspicuous structural-high features can be found on the continent/ocean boundary in many other seismic profiles crossing the South China Sea northern margin and therefore appear to represent tectonic structures typical of the area. The true lithology and formation mechanism of this structural high were speculative; it could be a volcanic extrusion associated with continental extension at the onset of seafloor spreading, lower crust material emplaced from preferential lower crust extension, exhumed mantle material, or a structural high composed of older (Mesozoic) sedimentary rocks. Coring at this location was designed to help pinpoint the exact nature of this structure and improve our understanding of early continental breakup, the rift-to-drift transition, and seafloor spreading processes.
EUA-TÜSİAD “YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM SEKTÖRÜ” RAPORU: YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM İŞLETMECİLİĞİ PROJESİ

Raportorlugunu Avrupa Universiteler Birligi (EUA) Kurumsal Degerlendirme Programi (IEP) cercevesinde 1998 ve 2007 arasinda 17 Turk universitesinde Kurumsal Degerlendirme Raporlari hazirlayan Prof. Dr. Jarmo Visakorpi (Finlandiyali pediatri profesoru, eski rektor ve EUA-IEP uyesi); Prof. Dr. Fuada Stankovic (Novi Sad Universitesi Iktisatci, ABD_Yugoslavya Teknoloji Isbirligi Baskanligi yapmis EUAIEP uyesi); Prof. Dr. Julio Pedrosa de Jesus (Protekizli kimyaci, eski rektor, EUA-IEP uyesi) ve Christina Rozsnyai (Macaristan Akreditasyon Komitesi uyesi, EUA-IEP sekreteri ve yonetim kurulu uyesi) olmak uzere dort kisilik ekibin yaptigi.
Nonlinear heat transport in mesoscopic conductors: Rectification, Peltier effect, and Wiedemann-Franz law

We investigate nonlinear heat properties in mesoscopic conductors using a scattering theory of transport. Our approach is based on a leading-order expansion in both the electrical and thermal driving forces. Beyond linear response, the transport coefficients are functions of the nonequilibrium screening potential that builds up in the system due to interactions. Within a mean-field approximation, we self-consistently calculate the heat rectification properties of a quantum dot attached to two terminals. We discuss nonlinear contributions to the Peltier effect and find departures from the Wiedemann-Franz law in the nonlinear regime of transport.
Radar Interferometry using Two Images with Different Resolutions

Radar interferometry usually exploits two complex-valued radar images with the same resolution to extract terrain elevation information. This paper considers the interferometry using two radar images with different resolutions, which we refer to as dual-resolution radar interferometry. We find that it is feasible to recover a high-resolution interferogram from a high-resolution image and a low-resolution one. We formulate the dual-resolution interferometry into a compressive sensing problem, and exploit the wavelet-domain sparsity of the interferogram to solve it. Due to the speckle effect in coherent radar imaging, the sensing matrix of our model is expected to have small mutual coherence, which guarantees the performance of our method. In comparison with the conventional radar interferometry methods, the proposed method reduces the resolution requirement of radar image acquisition. It therefore can promote wide coverage, low sampling/data rate and storage cost. Numerical experiments on Sentinel-1 data are made to validate our method.
MEASURING INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN

The support for inequality reduction seems to vary among groups, as well as according to the level and nature of inequality. When inequality is extremely high, as in most Latin American countries, and closely related to family origin, gender and ethnicity, consensus that inequality must be reduced can, in general, be more easily achieved. However, when inequality is the result of differences in effort, choices or even talents among persons who had access to the same opportunities and received the same treatment, then the support for compensatory policies to reduce inequality is usually much weaker.
Developing a Korean Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale Using Quantitative Methods for Verifying Semantic Equivalence

The aim of this study was to verify semantic equivalence of a Korean version of ECRS using quantitative methods. Data were collected from 204 bilingual Koreans. The criterion sample included the 399 American college students surveyed by Mallinckrodt and Wang (2004). After translating the ECRS from English to Korean, five analyses for semantic equivalence were conducted: mean differences, DLSH reliability, internal reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. First, the English items were equivalent to the Korean items except for the Avoidance subscale from Form B when comparing means differences. In addition, the English and Korean versions of each subscale showed good model fit except for the Avoidance subscale from Form B in the second administration. Second, regarding DLSH reliability, correlations in the bilingual sample between the English and Korean items were not equivalent to the correlations in the criterion sample between the English-only items. Third, ECRS-K exhibited high internal consistency. However, compared to the criterion sample, the internal reliability of the DLSH version for the Korean bilingual participants was not equivalent to the internal reliability of the English version for the American participants, except for the Anxiety subscale from Form A. Fourth, the bilingual sample showed appropriate temporal stability across a twoweek interval between the English and Korean subsets. Lastly, a measure of construct validity, Fear of Intimacy, demonstrated an expected positive relationship with the Avoidance subscale. Unexpectedly, Fear of Intimacy also exhibited a positive correlation with the Anxiety subscale. Furthermore, another measure of construct validity, Social Self-Efficacy, showed an unexpected positive correlation with the Anxiety subscale. Overall, ECRS-K has good internal reliability and retest reliability alone; however, ECRS-K was not parallel to the English version in terms of reliability and validity. Unexpected findings, their probable causes, and implications are
The placement of a nominee director as controlling mechanism in venture capital financing

The high level of investment risk combined with the absence of collateral have made many venture capitalists to perform thorough evaluation process, establishing full information disclosure and implementing strict monitoring activities during the post investment stage.However, the absence of representatives in the investee firms' boards gives great impact on all the venture capitalists' endeavours to protect their investment interests, exposing them to the possibility of having management conflict and agency problem with their investee firms. As a result, this study investigates the moderating effect of nominee director on the relationship between venture capitalists and their investee firms in venture cooperation.Due to this, a cross-sectional study of questionnaire survey research design was conducted.The questionnaires were distributed through mailing procedure and data was generated from 35 Malaysian venture capital companies. Overall, the findings indicate that the nominee director insignificantly influence the relationship between venture capitalists and their investees in venture cooperation. Further results show that controlling mechanism through the placement of a nominee director failed to moderate the influence of Deal Origination and Screening (DOS), Evaluating Venture Proposal (EVP), Contracting and Deal Structuring (CDS), Monitoring and Post Investment Activities (MPI) and Risk Management (RM) on the management conflict. Based on the findings, it is inferred that venture relationship between venture capitalists and their investee firms are not influenced by the nominee director placed in the investee firms' board. Thus, the study recommends that Malaysian venture capitalists, which include policy makers, to give more consideration to the controlling factor in order to reduce the possibility of conflict to occur in venture cooperation.
Inference on a Generalized Roy Model with Exclusion Restrictions

This paper considers nonparametric identification and estimation of an extended Roy model, which is obtained by including covariates as well as a non-pecuniary component in the seminal Roy’s model (1951) of occupational choice. This framework is well suited to various economic contexts, including educational and sectoral choices, or labor supply decisions. We show that the eects of covariates on earnings are identified through exclusion restrictions or conditions at infinity. We also study identification of the non-pecuniary component when at least one variable aects the selection probability only through potential earnings, that is to say under the opposite of the usual exclusion restrictions used to identify switching regressions models. Point identification is obtained if such variables are continuous, while bounds are obtained otherwise. We propose a three-stages semiparametric estimation procedure for this model, which yield root-n consistent and asymptotically normal estimators. We also provide finite sample properties relying on Monte Carlo simulations. We finally apply our results to the educational context, by providing new evidence on the influence of non-pecuniary factors on the decision to attend college.
Effect of Preharvest Application of ProTone, Methionine and Oleic acid as Alternative Materials to Ethephon for Enhancing Berry Coloration and Quality of "Flame Seedless" Table Grapes

In this experiment, ten-years-old "Flame Seedless" grape-vines at ElNubaria region, Behira governorate, Egypt, were preharvest sprayed during 2016 and 2017 seasons with water only with surfactant (control), 400 mg/ L ethephon, 100 mg/ L ProTone (active ingredient of Abscisic acid 10%), 100 mg / L methionine, 400 mg/ L oleic acid, ProTone plus methionine, ProTone plus oleic acid and ProTone plus methionine and oleic acid, in order to investigate their influence on berry coloration, berry quality of grapes and the possibility of using these materials as alternatives to ethephon treatment. The results revealed that ethephon, ProTone, methionine and oleic acid-treated grapes increased berry anthocyanin contents, TSS and decreased berry acidity and chlorophylls. On the other hand, the formulation containing ProTone, methionine and oleic acid possessed higher anthocyanin contents and reduced berry shattering in addition to weight loss percentage as compared with ethephon and control treatments. This study recommended using the formulation containing ProTone plus methionine and oleic acid at véraison (1015% berry coloration) as an alternative to ethephon treatment for enhancing berry coloration, berry quality and overcome some adverse effects of ethephon such as increased berry shattering and berry weight loss, which reflects on berry appearance.
Genetic structure of Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Tunisia, inferred from RAPD markers.

Aphis fabae is a common polyphagous aphid represented by a complex of heteroecious holocyclic subspecies, using a wide range of secondary host plant species. In this study, we used Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RAPD-PCR) to assess the genetic diversity and analyse the genetic structure of three subspecies from this complex, namely A. f. fabae, A. f. solanella and A. f. cirsiiacanthoidis, collected from 4 locations in the North and South of Tunisia. Using 108 aphid samples, a total of 96 polymorphic markers and 81 RAPD phenotypes were revealed, showing variation between subspecies, locations and primers. The presence of overlapping RAPD phenotypes was detected between subspecies, locations and samples within each location. The genetic structure was analysed, based on molecular variance (AMOVA), genetic distances (Fst), multidimensional scaling (MDS) and cluster analysis (UPGMA). AMOVA revealed that diversity among locations within each subspecies was the most significant diversification factor (58.68% of total diversity). In addition; Fst, MDS and UPGMA indicated that the distinction between the 6 studied A. fabae populations was related to both subspecies and location. These results strongly suggest that a conjugated effect of subspecies and region governs the genetic differentiation of the A. fabae complex in Tunisia. Both factors should therefore be taken into account for the implementation of a controlling strategy.
Unravelling the Links between Coach Behaviour and Coach-Athlete Relationships

The study examined whether the quality of the coach-athlete relationship associates with a range of behaviours coaches manifest in training and competitions. The Coach Behaviour Scale for Sport (CBS-S) and the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q) measured coaching behaviours and relationships respectively. As neither of these scales was validated in French, the psychometric properties of both scales were examined indicating that they were psychometrically sound. Analysis revealed that athletes’ perceptions of good quality relationships reflected in high levels of closeness and commitment were better and stronger predictors of a range of coach behaviours while high levels of complementarity only predicted positive personal rapport. Moreover, high levels of closeness (trust, respect, appreciation) predicted low levels of negative personal rapport. Overall, these results support the assumptions that good quality coach-athlete relationships supply the context within which athletes interact with their coaches. It is possible that athletes who develop strong connections with their coaches receive better coaching. Thus relationships may play a key role in developing effective coaching environments.
THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUALISTIC ANDCOLLECTIVISTIC VALUES TO UTAUT: THE CASE OFTHE CHINESE EBAY

Individuals are more willing to accept an information system if they perceive that the system can be of value to them. Values are individual, motivational constructs that guide and set criteria to individual’s behaviour. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) has been advanced on the basis of integrating eight technology-acceptance models. The objective of this research is to study the influence of the value dimensions on the UTAUT model. Accordingly, we first developed such an integrated model and then tested it in the context of the Chinese auction site Tao Bao. Our results suggest that individualistic and collectivistic values yield important influences on the constructs of the UTAUT. Implications for research and practices are then suggested based on the findings.
A developmental neuropsychological perspective for reading and writing acquisition.

The principle of developmental dissociations is illustrated as a technique for studying functional brain organization in developing children with and without frank brain damage. Specific developmental dissociations described include disparities between (a) the cognitive and motor systems; (b) declarative and procedural knowledge; (c) fine motor, orthographic, oral language, reading, and writing function; (d) corresponding orthographic-phonological code connections; and (e) lexical analysis and lexical selection in reading. The educational implications of these dissociations are discussed. First, the developmental dissociations observed between the cognitive and motor systems and between declarative and procedural knowledge in motorically impaired individuals suggest that sensorimotor experience may not be a prerequisite for all intellectual development, as Piaget claimed, and that an abnormal sensorimotor period may impair the acquisition of procedural knowledge relatively more than the acquisition of dec.
Recent occurrences of wild-origin wolves ( Canis spp.) in Canada south of the St. Lawrence River revealed by stable isotope and genetic analysis

A free-ranging canid killed near Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada, in 2012 exhibited a mitochondrial DNA sequence of Gray Wolf ( Canis lupus ) origin and a Y-chromosome haplotype of Eastern Wolf ( C. lycaon ) origin. The animal, which is the first wolf recorded in New Brunswick since 1862, was identified as a Gray–Eastern Wolf hybrid ( C. lupus x C. lycaon ) based on analysis of its autosomal microsatellite genotype. Stable carbon isotope values (δ13C) suggest that the Caraquet wolf was of wild origin. Likewise, δ13C analysis suggests that a wolf–coyote hybrid killed in Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River in 2002 was also of wild origin. However, δ13C values for a wolf from the same region in 2006 suggest that this animal spent most of its life feeding predominantly on non-wild-source food items. Recent occurrences of wild-origin animals south of the St. Lawrence River demonstrate that wolves are capable of dispersal to formerly occupied areas in southeastern Canada and the United States. However, limited natural dispersal alone will likely not be sufficient to re-establish wolves in northeastern North America.
Magnetization dynamics and Gilbert damping in ultrathin Co48Fe32B20 films with out-of-plane anisotropy

Time resolved magneto-optical Kerr measurements are carried out to study the precessional dynamics of ferromagnetic thin films with out-of-plane anisotropy. A combined analysis of parameters, such as coercive fields, magnetic anisotropy, and Gilbert damping α, is reported. Using a macrospin approximation and the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation, the effective anisotropy and α are obtained. A large damping varying with the applied field as well as with the thickness of the ferromagnetic layer is reported. Simulations using a distribution in the effective anisotropy allow us to reproduce the field evolution of α. Moreover, its thickness dependence correlates with the spin pumping effect.
Silicide Nanowires from Coordination Compound Precursors

In the last two decades there has been a great interest in the synthesis and characterization of one-dimensional materials. A variety of inorganic materials have been prepared in the form of nanowires and nanobelts with a diameter of a few nanometer and lengths going up to several hundreds of microns (Xia et al., 2003). The two main techniques used for nanowire growth are vapor-assisted (Wagner, 1964) and solution-based growth (Stejny, 1981; Stejny, 1979; Kruyt & Arkel, 1923; Gates et al., 2002; Mayers & Xia, 2002; Messer et al., 2000; Song et al., 2001) processes. Nanowires, nanorods and nanobelts constitute an important class of 1D nanostructures, which provide models to study the relationship between electrical transport, optical, magnetic and combined properties such as electro-optic and magneto-electronic properties with dimensionality and size confinement. In recent decades strong interest has been drawn to explore silicides (Murarka, 1983; Miglio & d’Heurle, 2000), which are chemical compounds of silicon with different metals. Considerable amount of studies are carried out on transition metal silicides such as CoSi2, NiSi, MnSi, CrSi2, FeSi (Maex & Rossum, 1995). The magnetic properties of MnSi and FeSi are studied extensively. MnSi has a helical spin structure at low fields below 29 K and it is paramagnetic above that temperature (Ishikawa et al., 1976; Belitz, 1999). CrSi and NiSi are either weakly paramagnetic or diamagnetic. The transition-metal monosilicides such as MnSi, CoSi and FeSi are a group of highly correlated electron materials (Aeppli & DiTusa, 1999; Riseborough, 2000). In the case of MnSi, application of external magnetic fields results in field-induced phase transitions from the helimagnetic phase to a conical spin structure at low fields and then to a ferromagnetic state at higher magnetic fields (Ishikawa et al., 1976; Belitz, 1999). The temperature dependence of high field magnetization of field-induced ferromagnetic states of MnSi shows signatures indicating the role of both spin wave excitations and stoner band excitations related to itinerant electron ferromagnetism (Aeppli & DiTusa, 1999). In another manganese-based silicide, Mn5Si3, the magnetic structure has been studied for many years (Lander et al., 1967; Brown & Forsyth, 1995; Silva et al., 2002). Mn5Si3 shows two different antiferromagnetic configurations with a low temperature highly non-collinear phase (Lander et al., 1967; Brown & Forsyth, 1995; Silva et al., 2002). It was previously reported that antiferromagnetic Mn5Si3 can be driven into a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic state by insertion of carbon into the voids of Mn octahedra of the hexagonal structure (Senateur, 1967). Thin films of Mn5Si3Cx with x = 0.8 have a Curie temperature TC = 350 K (Surgers, 2003) well above room temperature. FeSi is a Kondo insulator (Aeppli &