Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Syntactically coded corpus of spoken Lithuanian: developmental issues and pilot studies

The paper deals with the main methodological issues of development of the Corpus of Spoken Lithuanian with particular attention to its syntactic coding and applications for automatized language analysis. First, we consider a methodology of development of the Corpus as well as the principles of transcribing and coding Lithuanian speech data. The main concepts, such as “utterance” “sentence”, etc. are discussed. Second, we present results of a pilot study in interrogatives that are typical for natural spontaneous spoken Lithuanian. Results of the automatized analysis of interrogatives revealed that a frequency and distribution of the Wh- and yes/ no questions is rather similar. Among the Wh- questions , the questions non-containing the interrogative particle seem to be dominant, while the questions containing the interrogative particle at the beginning ot at the end were much rarer. Among the different functional subtypes of Wh- questions , adverbial ones seem to be the most freequent; among the adverbial Wh- questions , the spatial ones were the most frequent. Certainly, the present study is rather pilot due to the novelty of automatized syntactic approach to the data of spoken Lithuanian, thus much more complex studies still await for future investigations. A use of interrogative sentences will be studied from the perspective of different genres (e.g., monologue vs dialogue), social characteristic of the speakers, and a situation of conversation (e.g., public vs private speech). Generally, we believe that future systematic corpus-based research of spontaneous spoken language will give more possibilities to identify, evaluate, and elaborate the development of the Lithuanian language. Key words: corpus linguistics, syntax, syntactic coding, interrogatives, Lithuanian. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.sal. 0.28. 15131
The evidence of management motivation to revalue property plant and equipment in Tunisia

This article deals with the relationship between emotions and accounting method. Specifically, it examines the links between cognitive biases and use of assets revaluation. Indeed, in order to improve the explanatory power of the positive theory of accounting, we integrated the behavioural dimension in the analysis of accounting choices: our goal is to show the role of these biases on the choice of revaluation (negativity through the loss of optimism and complacency). All four cognitive biases were measured means of a questionnaire consisting of several items. The selected sample is composed of 120 Tunisians managers. Our results suggest that the presence of a revaluation is always positively correlated with the executives’ suggestibility in relation to the behavioural biases. Key words: Loss aversion, optimism, overconfidence, assets revaluation
Steady finite-amplitude waves on a horizontal seabed of arbitrary depth

From shallow-water gravity wave theories it is shown that the velocity field in the whole fluid domain can be reconstructed using an analytic transformation (a renormalization). The resulting velocity field satisfies the Laplace equation exactly, which is not the case for shallow-water approximations. Applying the renormalization to the first-order shallow-water solution of limited accuracy, gives accurate simple solutions for both long and short waves, even for large amplitudes. The KdV and Airy solutions are special limiting cases.
Ti Doped Amorphous Carbon ( Al / Tia : C / pSi / Al ) Solar Sensitive Photodiode for Optoelectronic Applications

Electrochemical deposition technique was used to fabricate titanium doped amorphous carbon (Ti doped a:C) Al/Ti-a:C/p-Si/Al photodiode. The effects of illumination on the current– voltage (I–V) characteristics of the Al/a:C/p-Si/Al doped Ti diode for optoelectronic applications were investigated. The reverse current of the diode increased with the increasing illumination intensities when the bias voltage was applied. By using the forward bias I–V characteristics, the ideality factor (n) and barrier height (Φb) of Al/Ti-a:C/p-Si photodiode structure was found as 1,84 and 0,48 eV, respectively. In addition, the capacitance–voltage (C– V) and conductance–voltage (G–V) measurements of the diode were studied in the frequency range of 100 kHz–600 kHz. The measured values of the capacitance decreased with the increasing frequency. The photoelectrical properties of Al/Ti-a:C/p-Si/Al device indicates that the photodiode investigated in this paper has great potential to be used in optoelectronic device applications and in industry.
DEGREE OF INTERNATIONALIZATION IN LOGISTICS SECTOR AND STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS

Backround: Turkey has an important transfer center among Middle East, Europe and Asia. Turkey intends to reach $ 500 billion export target in 202 3. Turkish logistics sector has been rapidly grown. Both national and international companies invest their presence and s ervice in the country. The study firstly aims to ev aluate the degree of internationalization of firms in the Turkish logist ics sector. The second aim of the study is to deter mine whether or not there is difference between international and natio nal logistics firms' market and entrepreneurship or ientation. Finally, the study is to investigate the links among market orie ntation, entrepreneurship orientation, and the degr ee of internationalization. Material and methods: The convenience sampling method was used to send the questionnaires. A total of 91 eligible questionnaires were received. The research hypothes es are tested using data collected from questionnai re and by multiple regression analyses and independent-sample t test. Results and conclusions: The results indicate evidences that there is a dif ference between the levels of strategic orientation of the international and national firms . From research findings, we offer implications for managers.
Predicting the Geographic Distribution of Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa

ABSTRACT Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) and Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae: Luciliinae) have medical, veterinary and forensic importance. Knowing their distribution in South Africa would allow more effective management and utilisation of these flies. Their predicted geographic distributions in South Africa were modelled using maximum entropy analysis of selected climatic variables. The most important environmental variables in modelling the distributions were the magnitude of monthly rainfall and the magnitude of the monthly maximum temperature for L. sericata and the seasonal variation in monthly mean humidity and magnitude of monthly rainfall for L. cuprina. A clear geographical bias was shown in museum records and supports the need for focused surveys. There was no correlation between the predicted distribution of L. cuprina and sheep farming in South Africa, nor between the predicted distribution of L. sericata and human population density. Although their patterns of occurrence differed, both species are widely distributed in South Africa and therefore one cannot identify these flies by locality alone — morphological or molecular identification is necessary.
A 7 mm line survey of the shocked and disrupted molecular gas towards the W28 field TeV gamma‐ray sources

We present 7 mm Mopra observations of the dense molecular gas towards the W28 supernova remnant (SNR) field, following a previous 12 mm line survey of this region. These observations take advantage of the 7 mm beam size to probe the dense and disrupted gas in the region at ∼1 arcmin scales. Our observations are focused towards the north-eastern (NE) HESS J1801−233 and southern HESS J1800−240 B TeV gamma-ray sources, with slightly less observations towards HESS J1800−240 A and C. Using the CS (1–0) transition we reveal multiple regions of dense gas, inline image cm−3. We report the discovery of dense gas towards HESS J1800−240 C, at the site of a 1720 MHz OH maser. The NE molecular cloud is known to be disrupted; many 1720 MHz OH masers and broad CO line emission are detected at the rim of W28. Here, we reveal this shock interaction region contains generally extended clumpy CS, as well as clumpy SiO and CH3OH emission with broad line profiles. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the molecular lines extend up to 18 km s−1 on the W28 side of the NE cloud. The detection of SiO towards maser clumps OH C, D, E and F provides further evidence of the shocked conditions in the NE cloud. Several other lines associated with star formation are also detected towards the southern source, notably the energetic H ii complex G5.89−0.39. The spatial match of dense gas with the TeV emission further supports the cosmic ray (CR) origin for the gamma-rays. We estimate the mass of several extended dense clouds within the field and predict the TeV flux from the dense cloud components. The predicted fluxes are of the order of 10−14 to 10−13 photons cm−2 s−1, which should be detectable and possibly resolved by a future TeV instrument, such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
Significance of the amplitude attribute in porosity prediction, Drava Depression Case

All types of reservoirs are characterized by difficulties in predicting their petrophysical properties mainly due to frequent lithological heterogeneity. It is particularly valid for coarse-grained clastic reservoirs, which include different matrixes, granulometry and different portions of primary and secondary porosities. Several methods could help their description. One of them is the several physical attributes seismic analysis , which provides more or less reliable rock, pore space and pore fluid description. The seismic amplitude, as well as reflection strength, is one of the most frequently used attributes in the analysis. This attribute is especially useful in porosity prediction. It may be applied in different geostatistical and neural interpolation methods as a very valuable secondary source of information. This article describes the amplitude attribute analysis performed in the main reservoir of the Benieanci oil field. The reflection strength attribute was used as a secondary variable, applied in cokriging interpolation of porosity selected as the primary variable. Spearman rank correlation was r=-0.64 calculated for the pair porosity-reflection strength. The use of secondary information led to significantly better porosity prediction. Such analysis may be considered a very favorable procedure for describing the clastic reservoir in the Drava depression.
Do Consumers Pay More for What They Value More? The Case of Local Milk-based Dairy Products in Senegal

Senegalese consumers prefer milk-based dairy products that are local and fresh to ones produced with imported powder. However, prices for fresh-milk-based and powder-based products are not significantly different. I address this puzzle by first confirming the preference using choice-based conjoint data to evaluate whether Senegalese consumers will pay a significant positive premium for fresh local products. I then identify price determinants using a unique dataset of milk product characteristics. The results verify the Senegalese preference for fresh local dairy products and show that consumers' misinformation regarding product composition prevents them from allocating a higher price to local milk-based products.
AN AUTOMATED AND MULTIPLEXED MICROFLUIDIC BIOREACTOR PLATFORM WITH TIME-LAPSE IMAGING FOR CULTIVATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND ON-LINE ASSESSMENT OF MORPHOLOGY AND PLURIPOTENCY MARKERS

An automated and multiplexed microfluidic bioreactor platform with time-lapse imaging for cultivation of embryonic stem (ES) cells is reported. Media temperature is controlled in the storage container and before entering the microbiore-actors. Furthermore, the temperature in the microbioreactor is regulated to maintain cells at culture temperature over prolonged periods of time. Flow control is implemented in the platform to vary flowrates and to switch between two different media bottles in one experiment. Morphology and pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells were monitored with the integrated time-lapse imaging.
A novel hybrid partial least squares quadratic discriminant classification algorithm

Giving computers and machines the ability to recognize and classify patterns is an important task in engineering systems with numerous applications in many aspects of life. The field of pattern classification has become very popular in the past decade and although numerous techniques have been proposed, there is still much room for improvement. In this paper, we propose a novel pattern classification algorithm which we term “Hybrid Partial Least Squares Quadratic Discriminant Classifier” that outperforms several state-of-the-art classifiers. Evaluating on three publicly available challenging datasets demonstrates the effectiveness of our proposed approach.
Factors affecting to customer adoption of internet banking

This paper reports the findings of a study concerning the adoption of internet banking by investigating consumer adoption within the context of Sri Lankan banking services. The research framework was based on the extension to decomposed theory of planned behavior which mainly includes attitude (including innovation characteristics such as relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability and risk), subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control to assess internet banking adoption behavior. Online questionnaire survey was conducted to gather the data and 108 complete responses were gathered from random banking customers who were internet users from Colombo and Gampaha district. Descriptive analysis was done to provide strength to the research study which showed that even though considerable people were aware about internet banking, most of them were resistance to adopt internet banking. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to examine relationship of eleven hypotheses with actual internet banking usage. Results revealed that attitudinal and perceived behavioral control factors rather than social influence (subjective norms) plays a significant role in influencing adoption of internet banking. In particular relative advantage, compatibility with values, internet skills, trialability, risk, confidence of using such services (self-efficacy), and technology support found to influence the adoption of internet banking. Conclusion of the research study implied that banks have to majorly influence the internet banking adoption through ‘pull strategies’. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.4038/kjm.v2i2. 6551 Kelaniya Journal of Management Vol.2(2) 2013:68-87
Stimuli-responsive materials for self-reporting micro-fluidic devices

The integration of stimuli-responsive materials into microfluidic systems can provide a means for external control over fluid flow along with inherent sensing capabilities, which can reduce the overall complexity of microfluidic devices. Herein we present several approaches for introducing fluid movement and sensing using stimuli-responsive materials. The first approach comprises the use of adaptive nanostructured coatings for direct sensing of flow in continuous flow mode. For this, the inner walls of micro-capillaries and micro-channels were coated with polymeric materials that can be used to detect a variety of target species. Two types of adaptive coatings will be discussed. The first one is based on the conductive polymer polyaniline (PAni) [1,2] while the second consists of polymeric brushes based on spiropyran [3,4]. Using the “grafting” approach homogeneous coatings were obtained on the micro-channel/micro-capillary surface that retained their inherent nano-morphology. The optical proprieties of these coatings change in response to a variety of target analytical species (divalent metal ions, solvents of different polarities, ammonia, H+) passing through the microfluidic device in continuous flow mode. The grafting approach can provide nanostructured to microstructured coatings that combine small diffusion paths with relatively thick optical path lengths, thereby providing sensitive and fast optical responses to the target analytes. The second approach comprises the use of porous photo-actuated hydrogels as photo-controlled micro-valves in microfluidic systems for repeatable ON/OFF flow modulation in flowing streams over a wide range of pH values (acidic to ca. pH 7.0). Incorporation of such stimuli-controlled structures in microfluidic devices offers unprecedented versatility and external flow control. We envision using these systems to create a new generation of sustainable, low-cost, photonically-controlled and self-reporting fluidic systems. 1. Florea, L. ; Diamond, D. ; Benito-Lopez, F. ,. Anal. Chim. Acta 2013, 759, 1-7. 2. Florea, L. et al., Lab Chip 2013, 13, 1079-1085. 3. Florea, L. et al., Sens. Actuators, B 2012, 175, 92-99. 4. Florea, L. et al., Langmuir 2013, 29, 2790-2797.
PHYTODIVERSITY AND ENDEMIC RICHNESS OF KARAMBAR LAKE VEGETATION FROM CHITRAL, HINDUKUSH-HIMALAYAS

The Hindukush Himalayas (HKH) is one of the world’s richest biodiversity region hosting 4 global biodiversity hotspots, 60 ecoregions and 488 protected areas. More than 2500 out of total 10700 Himalayan plants are reported in HKH including the important endemic taxa like Androsace, Viola, Rhododendron, Saxifraga, Gentiana, Primula, Lentopodium and Saussurea. HKH region in North Pakistan has received limited attention due to its remoteness and inaccessibility. Current study was undertaken to get information about alpine vegetation structure and community distribution in Karambar lake surroundings, North Pakistan at 4200 m.a.s.l. A total of 108 plant species belonging to 27 families were recorded from the area in four identified plant communities. Communities showed an average species diversity of 2.18; evenness, 0.68; and species richness of 29. Asteraceae (19%), Leguminosae (13%), Capprifoliaceae (11%), Rosaceae (7%), Primulaceae (7%) and Poaceae (5%) constituted bulk of the flora of Karambar Lake. TWINSPAN and Deterrended Correspondence Analyses (DCA) revealed aspect based moisture gradient as the major limiting factor governing the distribution of plants in the area.
The Illusory Effects of Saving Incentives on Saving

The authors evaluate research on how tax-based saving incentives (IRAs and 401(k)s) affect saving. Previous research overstates the impact of the incentives on saving by failing to account for several issues: households with saving incentives have stronger tastes for saving than others; saving incentives have interacted with debt, nonfinancial assets, financial markets, and pensions; and saving incentives represent pretax balances, whereas taxable accounts represent posttax balances. Accounting for these issues essentially eliminates the impact of saving incentives on saving. The authors conclude that little if any of the contributions to existing saving incentives have raised saving.
Protective effects of Syzygium aromaticum oil (Clove) against acrylamide induced hepatic, renal, and testicular toxicity in rats

This study aimed to investigate the possible protective role of clove oil against acrylamide induced oxidative damage and impairment of liver, kidney, and testicular functions in albino rats. The apparent oxidative damage was associated with evident hepatic, renal, and testicular dysfunction, which was confirmed in histopathological lesions, and increased serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase activities. Acrylamide decreased serum total protein and albumin contents; increased urea and creatinine contents. Acrylamide also reduced testosterone concentration. Treatment of acrylamide intoxicated rats with clove oil minimized liver, kidney, and testicular histopathological changes and normalized their functions. Our findings demonstrate that acrylamide is not only associated with hepatotoxicity but also nephrotoxicity and testicular toxicity. Clove oil administration provided substantial organ protection against hepatic, renal, and testicular dysfunction induced by acrylamide, which was possibly mediated through their antioxidant activities.
Entrepreneurial alliance and social capital: building testable theory

Traditionally, researchers have defined entrepreneurship in terms of the entrepreneur – the individual who exploits a previously unnoticed opportunity. Entrepreneurship research thus focused on the attributes of the person and how these might be related to exploiting opportunities which others either didn’t see or chose not to pursue. However, this individual level of analysis can prevent researchers from understanding entrepreneurial activity taking place at more collective levels of analysis. For example, concepts such as intrapreneurship (Burgelman, 1983) and entrepreneurial orientation (Dess, Lumpkin, & Covin, 1997) demonstrate researchers’ interest in examining entrepreneurship at the organizational level of analysis. The current study extends this notion of entrepreneurship at collective levels of analysis by exploring the entrepreneurial activities of alliances between two companies. Lubatkin et al., (2001) call these types pf partnerships reciprocal learning alliances and suggest they are more entrepreneurial in nature than alliances formed to transfer already existing knowledge.
WEAK LEVELS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AS ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE FALL OF MEXICAN CACAO PRODUCTION

AIM/BACKGROUNDOne of the major motives for dramatic decrease of cacao production is the impact of Moniliophthora roreri, a pathogenous fungus. The problem of Mexican cacao production however could be more complex than just a challenge related to chemical or biological elimination of the fungus. It is a problem of a social and demographic nature, related to cultural practices, age of producers, abandonment of the traditional production manners, which could be understood as a function of dynamics of social capital in the Mexican countryside. The study hence attempts to find a link between social capital and productivity of the producers in a cacao producing region in Central Tabasco, with the goal to illuminate possible strategies for revival of declining traditional sector of production. METHODS Data collection took place in February 2016 in municipality C-16 Gral. Emiliano Zapata, Cardenas, in Central Tabasco in South-eastern Mexico, where 101 semi-structured questionnaires with a combination of 50 principal questions entailing 230 subquestions which however include aksi monthly calendars.We compare the production of chosen variables products with four chosen Social Capital indicators, searching for a relationship using Mincer’s regression model through cross sections of data analysis with fixed effects within Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. RESULTSThe result point at rather a surprising result of a negligent importance of social capital and productivity of the cacao plantation. The hypothesis on a significant relationship between social capital associated with a producer and rentability of annual production of cacao per hectare cannot be confirmed. In other words, producers that show low level of social connectivity not necessarily have to show lower productivity per hectar, while the productivity is rather dependent on other factors. CONCLUSION The cacao belongs to most important agricultural crops worldwide, in recent decades facing increasing demand as well as falling production capacity. The dramatically fall of production of cacao in Mexican agriculture, where it was first domesticated, is becoming a serious concern for diversity of local production, as local producers are substituting cacao plantations with more rentable crops thus giving away a rich genetic as well as agricultural legacy that could under adequate conditions provide a source of income for large region while maintaining the natural diversity. The paper comes to the conclusion that it is collective action and social capital led production set of practices that is crucial for the re-installment and prosperity of the plantations, rather than a single motive such as the recent invasion of Moniliophthora roreri fungus.