Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION OF IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, ESTIMATION OF TOTAL PHENOLIC AND FLAVONOID CONTENT OF LEAF EXTRACT OF EURYA JAPONICA THUNB.

The present study, we carried out to determine the antioxidant activity of the leaf extract of Eurya japonica Thunb. and to estimate its phenolic and flavonoid content. DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl) radical scavenging capacity and reducing power assay (RPA) were carried out to evaluate In vitro antioxidant activity. Total phenolic content (TPC) was estimated using Folin-Ciocalteau’s reagent and total flavonoid (TF) content by Aluminium chloride colorimetric method. It was observed that DPPH EC50 value of leaf extract of Eurya japonica Thunb. was 32.20 mg/ml and the reducing capacity of the extract was 173.70 ± 0.02. The phenolic and flavonoid content of the leaf extract was found to be 26.31 ± 0.13 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE) /mg dry weight and 74.99 ± 1.83 mg GAE/mg dry weight respectively.The results suggested a positive relationship between total phenolic and flavonoid content with antioxidant activity of the leaf extract of Eurya japonica Thunb.
Drivers of Housing Demolition Decision Making and the Impact on Timber Waste Management

The study investigates housing demolition and timber waste recovery – with the aim to identify ways of improving recovery. Using case studies the research focused on demolisher decision making, their onsite processes and the associated network of participants that influence timber recovery. From the data, a process model was developed that identifies and orders the drivers of demolition decision making. One aspect of the model identified the initiators of demolition and the waste created , including issues revolving around the demolition feedstock. Another aspect covers organisational business drivers and includes site safety, productivity, economies of scale, market value of waste and supply chain entrepreneurship. A third component deals with project specific drivers including the recurring cost versus income equation that impacts on the viability of project level decisions. The model includes a typology of the operational onsite response to the above drivers. Here, the deconstruction approach was found to provide high timber recovery mainly used where high-value timber waste was involved; the miscellaneous salvage approach provided some recovery of high and low-value timber; the crunch and dump approach provided low recovery or dumping at landfill and was used where low and no-value timber was involved. An expected increase in supply of these latter timber categories creates a significant need to increase the market value of currently low value timber groups. Designing for deconstruction is also posed as a long term strategy for this.
A Bayesian Approach to Parameter Estimation in Binary Logit and Probit Models

In the areas of statistics and econometrics the analysis of binary and polychotomous response data is widely used. In classical statistics, the maximum likelihood method is used to model this data and inferences about the model are based on the associated asymptotic theory. However, the inferences based on the classical approach are not accurate if the sample size is small. J.H. Albert and S. Chib (Bayesian Analysis of Binary and Polychotomous Response Data, J. American Statistical Association 422, 669–679, 1993) proposed a Bayesian method to model categorical response data. In this method Gibbs sampling and the data augmentation algorithm are used together to model the data. In this article, Albert and Chib’s approach is used to estimate the parameters in the logit and probit models. Furthermore, the maximum likelihood and ordinary least-squares methods are discussed briefly, and a simple example is presented to compare these three methods.
Probing the quartic Higgs boson self-interaction

The Higgs self-interactions play a crucial role in exploring the underlying mechanisms of electroweak symmetry breaking and the nature of the phase transition involved. In this article, we propose to probe the quartic Higgs self-interaction at lepton and hadron colliders, via the di-Higgs productions. We analyze the contributions of the quartic Higgs coupling, including the renormalization of the cubic Higgs coupling and the modification of the VVhh form factor, to the vector boson-fusion and the vector boson-associated di- Higgs productions at one-loop level. Such an effect is independent of the choice of gauge fixing, if the quartic Higgs coupling is decoupled from other couplings in the contexts considered. Notably, a combination of these two di-Higgs productions is important for optimizing the collider sensitivities to probe the quartic Higgs coupling. With this guideline, we explore the International Linear Collider and Compact Linear Collider sensitivities, and find that the International Linear Collider has the potential to measure the quartic Higgs coupling, normalized by its standard model value, with a precision of similar to +/- 25 (500 GeV, 4 ab(-1 )+ 1 TeV, 2.5 ab(-1)) and similar to +/- 20 (500 GeV, 4 ab(-1 )+ 1 TeV, 8 ab(-1)), at 1 sigma C.L. , after marginalizing the cubic Higgs coupling in the chi(2) analysis. The dependence on the renormalization scheme of the cubic Higgs coupling is discussed.
A review of multisignatures based on RSA

This work has been partially supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioon (Spain) under the grant TEC2009-13964-C04-02, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (Spain), in collaboration with CDTI and Telefonica I+D under the project Segur@ CENIT-2007 2004, and Fundacion Memoria D. Samuel Solorzano Barruso under the project FS/5-2009.
The Mediterranean Diet in the Prevention of Degenerative Chronic Diseases

Degenerative chronic diseases are a problem related to the aging phenomenon of industrialized countries due to the increase of risk factors and related comorbidity such as overweight, obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia with a consequent increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer. Moreover, the significant reduction of physical activity in daily life and the huge growth in food availability have considerably increased the risk of such diseases. Particular attention should be paid to primary prevention by means of health strategies based on improvement in lifestyle intervention such as implementation of Mediterranean diet and promo-tion of physical activity programs. In this chapter, the protective effect of Mediterranean diet and the role of certain foods and/or their constituents are analyzed; the possible mechanisms by which Mediterranean diet is effective in the prevention of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases are presented, in particular the effects exerted by antioxidants, polyphenols, fibers, unsaturated fatty acids, and alcohol. The genetic revolution in the past decades has produced new fields of study where the interaction between foods, nutrients, and our genetic makeup is investigated. The relationship between nutrige netics and nutrigenomics and the Mediterranean diet are the future area that research should discover.
The impact of immigration on election outcomes in Danish municipalities

In this paper we study the effects on support for different political parties following an increase in the immigrant share in Danish municipalities during a period marked by a substantial influx of refugees. The two anti-immigration parties in the political landscape of Denmark are among those that win votes as a result of this influx, but so also does a pro-immigration party on the left. Controlling for a number of social-economic aspects, our results thus point to some discontent with immigration; however, they do not support predictions of a general decline for political parties that are in favour of a generous welfare state, as proposed by some scholars.
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A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF MANDARIN- SPEAKING PRESCHOOLERS’ RELATION OF EVENTS IN NARRATIVES: FROM UNRELATED TO RELATED EVENTS

This study focuses on the way preschoolers relate events in a story. Twelve Mandarin-speaking preschoolers served as subjects; their narratives were elicited through the use of a picture book, Frog, where are you? Our data suggest that children’s progression from treating single, unrelated events to related ones requires proper linguistic and cognitive capacities. The data also support earlier findings that most 5-year-olds are not able to relate a chain of events well. Additionally, it is found that there is dissociation in abilities for producing linguistic expressions and for inferring relations between events. We try to interpret the dissociation in terms of Karmiloff-Smith’s problem-solving model.
Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Corn Rootworm Bt Seed Adoption

The likelihood of adopting corn rootworm (CRW) Bt seed technology was analyzed using an ordered logit model. Data used to estimate the model came from USDA's 2001 Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Statistically significant variables include operator age, farm type, farm size, rootworm loss and current treatment for rootworm, off farm labor, and Bt technology for corn borer. The likelihood of adoption was not related to crop rotation, tillage system, new variant CRW region, or education.
The Influence of Outsourcing and Information and Communication Technology on Virtualization of the Company

In the article we investigate the field of virtual organizations, which in the definition of many authors consists of two components: outsourcing and information and communication technology. In the study we have tried to determine which of the two, in the opinion of employees working in the area of Slovene tourism, contributes to a greater degree to virtualization of the company. We determine that outsourcing influences the virtualization of the company more strongly than does information and communication technology, since it enables the company to acquire new knowledge and know-how and increase its competitiveness in the marketplace.
The Impact of Design in Diagrams on Reading Behavior and Learning

Diagram’s superiority compared to written descriptions lies in its ability to structure and summarize information, and to make relations between concepts and ideas readily clear. Expanded by perceptual cues like arrows, boxes or lines diagrams serve both thinking and communicating. Unfortunately, research on effects of such specific design elements like arrows in (matrix) diagrams is rare and all too often are practitioners forced to rely on their intuition and experience while making layout decisions to promote learning and convey meaning in the way intended. The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it is going to be examined if learners do follow arrows while studying a matrix diagram. Second, it is going to be investigated if the way in which learners study a matrix diagram has any impact on recall. For this purpose, eye-tracking technique will be used combined with a knowledge test and a short interview. The results showed that participants did not follow the arrows in their traversal of the diagram. If anything, arrows served initial orientation. Participants which read the diagram per category also performed better on the post-test questions focusing on categories, corroborating prior research that reading order can have influence on learning performance (i.e. recall).
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Mark S. Hurwitz Western Michigan University ————————————————————————————————— Abstract: We contend a direct connection exists between risk of removal from the bench and the length of judicial careers, as institutional mechanisms present varying but predictable degrees of risk to justices. Using event history modeling, we analyze the duration of judicial tenures and resultant levels of risk provided by selection methods. We demonstrate that justices in partisan elections have the shortest tenures and greatest risk of departure. By contrast, justices in the Missouri Plan evidenced the longest careers, offering a trivial amount of risk to justices. We show that the length of judicial careers are, in part, a function of the institutional design of selection and retention systems. —————————————————————————————————
Pregnancy diagnosis-positive rate and conception rate as indicator of farm reproductive performance

The present study was designed to evaluate the Pregnancy Diagnosis-Positive Rate (PD-PR) along with conception rate (CR) in an organised farm (Livestock Research Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal) to take effective management decision. One year record of Artificial Insemination (A.I.) and PD of dairy animals (N=1327; comprised 1003 cows and 324 buffaloes) was analysed. On an average, cows and buffaloes were presented for per rectal pregnancy diagnosis after 75.63 (38-119) and 76.3 (46-128) days, respectively of A.I. Overall PD-PR value of cattle was observed to be significantly higher compared to buffaloes (70.77 and 59.45%, respectively, prus symptoms as well as on CR.
Electron mobility and drain current in strained-Si MOSFET

Electron mobility and drain current in a strainedSi MOSFET have been calculated and compared with the mobility and drain current obtained for the relaxed material. In the first step, our mobility model has been calibrated to the “universal mobility” according to the available experimental data for unstrained Si MOSFETS. Then, employing the mobility parameters derived in the calibration process, electron mobility and the drain current have been calculated for strained-Si MOSFETs. Keywords— electron mobility, strained-Si MOSFET.
Standards for the preparation and writing of Psychology review articles

The synthesis of bibliographical resources addressing a topic is an interesting subject for research. It is included as part of literature reviews. The aim of this theoretical study is to establish a series of standards for planning, preparing and writing Psychology review articles. With this aim, the study suggests a set of guidelines for the structuring and justification of content for these types of articles: organisation of the article, background understanding of the topic, literature review, style and understanding of argumentative structure, theoretical and practical relevance of conclusions, the critical and interdisciplinary perspectives of the article, recommendations for future research and what the article can bring to the future advancement of the discipline. The work concludes on the relevance of the study undertaken and accepts the importance of undertaking the necessary reviews from the interdisciplinary perspective of building psychological understanding.
Helping engineers to become entrepreneurs; attitudes, behaviours, beliefs, skills : what are the educational factors of their entrepreneurial spirit ?

the aim of this article is to present the stage of progress of our research about the making up of an entrepreneurial spirit and of an enterprising intention. Our objective is not only to understand the mechanisms of the making up of an enterprising spirit, but mainly to identify the variables within teaching actions that may make their contribution to it. The aim of our paper is to present the model that has enabled us to tackle the experimental phase of our research through the working out of a questionnaire.
An International Comparison of Engineering Programs in their Emphases and Professional Skills Development

Gul Kremer is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and Technovation. She is a member of IIE, ASME, and ASEE. She is also a National Research Council-US AFRL Summer Faculty Fellow for the Human Effectiveness Directorate (20022004), an invited participant of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers in Engineering Education Symposium (2009), and a Fulbright Scholar to Ireland (2010).
The Proposal of a Distributed Algorithm for Solving the Multiple Constraints Parking Problem

The parking problem in big cities has become one of the key causes of the city traffic congestion, driver frustration and air pollution.So to avoid these problems, parking monitoring is an important solution. Recently many new technologies have been developed that allows vehicle drivers to effectively find the free parking places in the city but these systems still limited because they don 't take into consideration road networks constraints. In this paper, We design a distributed system that will help drivers to find the optimal route between their positions and an indoor parking in the city taking into consideration a set of constraints such as ( distance, traffic, amount of fuel in the car, available places in te parking, and parking cost). We propose a distributed technique based on multi objective Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO). The proposed method aim to manage multi objective parking problem in real time using the behavior of real ants and multi agent systems to decrease the traffic flow and to find the optimal route for drivers.
Do We Need a Mandatory Dividend Regulation ? The Case of the Indonesian Capital Market

This study examines the dividend life-cycle hypothesis and the propensity of non-financial firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) to pay dividends, in light of a recent idea by the IDX to regulate dividend payments. Using several proxies of the life cycle, the results consistently show that Indonesian listed firms follow the dividend life-cycle hypothesis. Our results recommend that if the authority insists on regulating dividend payments, the regulation should take into account the firms’ life cycles. Firms should only be required to pay dividends when they reach a certain stage and/or meet defined characteristics, according to their stage or characteristics.
Creating tools for inquiry-based mathematics learning from technological pedagogical content knowledge perspectives: Collaborative design approach

This study employed the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework to guide the collaborative design process between preservice and practicing teachers. The teams designed technological pedagogical mathematics tools (TPMTs) for inquiry-based learning based on the syllabi for secondary mathematics. The content of the chat messages of preservice and practicing teachers was coded with different dimensions of TPACK to unpack the process of how the teams arrived at critical design decisions. The TPMTs were further evaluated by 30 practicing mathematics teachers, with respect to three criteria: (1) technology tools and curriculum goals, (2) technology tools and teaching activities, and (3) the fit between pedagogy and technology. The content analysis revealed that the collaborative design process involved three clear stages, demarcated by the different versions of the TMPTs: replacement, enhancement, and transformation. Practicing teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge played a crucial role in the design of pedagogically sound tools, and for refining the initial TPACK of preservice teachers. The subsequent evaluations supported the positive pedagogical values of the TPMTs. Overall, this study contributes to TPACK research with a case where the collaborative design process with distributed expert knowledge can be synthesised to create pedagogically sound technological tools for mathematics.
A Sub-Pixel Correspondence Search Technique for Computer Vision Applications

SUMMARY This paper presents a technique for high-accuracy correspondence search between two images using Phase-Only Correlation (POC) and its performance evaluation in a 3D measurement application. The proposed technique employs (i) a coarse-to-fine strategy using image pyramids for correspondence search and (ii) a sub-pixel window alignment technique for finding a pair of corresponding points with sub-pixel displacement accuracy. Experimental evaluation shows that the proposed method makes possible to estimate the displacement between corresponding points with approximately 0.05-pixel accuracy when using 11 × 11pixel matching windows. This paper also describes an application of the proposed technique to passive 3D measurement system.
Evidence of the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

We present a comprehensive analysis of weak gravitational lensing by large-scale structure in the Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), in which we combine space-based galaxy shape measurements with ground-based photometric redshifts to study the redshift dependence of the lensing signal and constrain cosmological parameters. After applying our weak lensing-optimized data reduction, principal-component interpolation for the spatially, and temporally varying ACS point-spread function, and improved modelling of charge-transfer inefficiency, we measured a lensing signal that is consistent with pure gravitational modes and no significant shape systematics. We carefully estimated the statistical uncertainty from simulated COSMOS-like fields obtained from ray-tracing through the Millennium Simulation, including the full non-Gaussian sampling variance. We tested our lensing pipeline on simulated space-based data, recalibrated non-linear power spectrum corrections using the ray-tracing analysis, employed photometric redshift information to reduce potential contamination by intrinsic galaxy alignments, and marginalized over systematic uncertainties. We find that the weak lensing signal scales with redshift as expected from general relativity for a concordance ACDM cosmology, including the full cross-correlations between different redshift bins. Assuming a flat ACDM cosmology, we measure σ 8 (Ω m /0.3) 0.51 = 0.75 ± 0.08 from lensing, in perfect agreement with WMAP-5, yielding joint constraints Ω m = 0.266 +0.025 -0.023 σ 8 = 0.802 +0.028 -0.029 (all 68.3% conf.). Dropping the assumption of flatness and using priors from the HST Key Project and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis only, we find a negative deceleration parameter q 0 at 94.3% confidence from the tomographic lensing analysis, providing independent evidence of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. For a flat ωCDM cosmology and prior ω ∈ [-2, 0], we obtain ω < -0.41 (90% conf.). Our dark energy constraints are still relatively weak solely due to the limited area of COSMOS. However, they provide an important demonstration of the usefulness of tomographic weak lensing measurements from space.