Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Transformative learning in adulthood

A defining condition of being human is that we have to understand the meaning of our experience. For some, any uncritically assimilated explanation by an authority figure will suffice. But in contemporary societies we must learn to make our own interpretations rather than act on the purposes, beliefs, judgments, and feelings of others. Facilitating such understandings is the cardinal goal of adult education. Transformative learning develops autonomous thinking. (Mezirow 1997, p. 5)
EVALUATION OFHALAL TALLOW AND HARAM LARDCOMBINATIONS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, IMMUNITY, CECALMICROBIOLOGY AND NOXIOUS GAS EMISSIONSIN BOILERS.

A. B. M. Rubayet Bostami, Hong Seok Mun, Dae Hun Kim and * Chul-Ju Yang. Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, Republic of Korea. Manuscript Info Abstract . Manuscript History
Antivirus in the Network Cloud

In this paper a new model for malware detection on end hosts based on providing antivirus as an in-cloud network service. This model enables identification of malicious and unwanted software by multiple, heterogeneous detection engines in parallel, a technique we term ‘N-version protection’. This approach provides several important benefits including better detection of malicious software, enhanced forensics capabilities, retrospective detection, and improved deployability and management. To explore this idea we construct and deploy a production quality in-cloud antivirus system called CloudAV.CloudAV includes a lightweight, crossplatform host agent and a network service with ten antivirus engines and two behavioral detection engines. Keywords-antivirus;network cloud; cloudAV
Parthenium hysterophorus in Current Scenario: A Toxic Weed with Industrial, Agricultural and Medicinal Applications

Parthenium hysterophorus is an aggressive weed being invasive with allelopathic effect, it poses a serious threat to the environment and biodiversity. It adversely affects grazing animals and human beings, which directly or indirectly comes in contact with this weed. All ways to control it are not fully successful. However, recent reports suggest its medicinal uses as antidiabetic, antioxidant, antitumor and antimalarial which can be explored for human use after scientific trials. It is also a rich source of minerals like N, P, K, Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn which also makes it useful for agriculture. Uprooted Parthenium before fruiting can be used as easily available, cheap and nutrient rich compost. Parthenium can also be used as a potent herbicide, insecticide, pesticide and phytoremedial agent for metal and dye removal from industrial waste. As, Parthenium has various beneficial and harmful effects so, it should be used after thorough research.
Survey on Infrequent Weighted ItemsetMining Using FP Growth

A new algorithm for infrequent item set mining, finding infrequent weighted item set in transaction database. Frequent weighted item sets represent correlation regularly holding in data in which items may weight differently. The research society has focused on the infrequent weighted item set mining problem. Infrequent weighted item set discover item sets whose frequency of occurrence in the analyzed data is less than or equal to a maximum threshold. To discover infrequent weighted item set, two algorithms are discovered Infrequent weighted item set IWI and Minimal infrequent item set MIWI. In this survey is focused on the infrequent weighted item sets, from transactional weighted data sets to address IWI support measure is defined as a weighted frequency of occurrence of an item set in the analyzed data. Occurrence weights derived from the weights associated with items in each transaction and applying a given cost function.
New ways of knowledge reprocessing: Absorptive capacity characteristics needed forthe big bang disruption of free smartphonenavigation applications

TomTom’s share price and revenue generated from the consumer market have decreased dramatically during the last years. The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons behind this sudden drop, which has started to take its course at the end of 2007. Therefore this paper links the theory of big bang disruptions to the concept of absorptive capacity. This way the paper aims at providing a foundation for future research. In order to do so, this investigation draws on qualitative research methods. Secondary data is gathered from diverse sources and then associated to the applicable absorptive capacity phase. Based on the absorptive capacity phases, this paper outlines characteristics a firm needs for either conventional radical innovations or big bang disruptions. With the help of these elements, the research detects a lack of absorptive capacity characteristics needed for big bang disruptions on the part of TomTom. By proving that TomTom has to build up a different absorptive capacity than usual to meet the challenges of big bang disruptions, this research offers valuable insights into the concept of absorptive capacity. The information that the kind of absorptive capacity determines the type of innovation a firm pursues adds new value to scientific literature.
Using emoji as a tool to support children’s wellbeing from a strength-based approach

The assessment, measurement, and support of child wellbeing has garnered a substantive amount of research due to its widespread acceptance as the foundation of healthy development and future health and wellbeing. Despite this sustained interest, current understandings have derived almost exclusively from adult conceptualisations of wellbeing, contributing to the implicit and explicit exclusion of children’s voices in child wellbeing research, policy, and practice. This has resulted in a fundamentally deficit view of children in relation to their health and wellbeing, where child health and wellbeing are benchmarked along developmental trajectories relating largely to skills and school readiness. Despite the pervasiveness of developmental perspectives of health and wellbeing in childhood, however, both national curricula, the Early Years Learning Framework (birth-to-five years of age) and the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education learning area (AC:HPE) (foundation to year 10) (Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2013) highlight the need for children to be active and engaged participants in their own and others’ wellbeing, and position children as beings who bring with them personal, relational, and community strengths and assets. This paper reports on a study that used emoji as a child-centred method for eliciting young children’s (n=78) perspectives of their own wellbeing. The findings of the study suggest that a range of young children are able to articulate their own understandings and experiences of wellbeing using emoji, and the value of this tool as a strengths-based approach for meeting curricular outcomes and supporting child wellbeing. This paper provides a rationale for the use of child-centred tools to re-position child wellbeing from a deficit to a strengths-based approach through the facilitation of children’s exploration and communication of their own understandings and experiences of wellbeing.
Aerobic Fitness, Executive Control, and Emotion Regulation in Preadolescent Children

Aerobic Fitness, Executive Control, and Emotion Regulation in Preadolescent Children Mark A. Lott Department of Psychology, BYU Doctor of Philosophy The present study evaluated direct and indirect associations between aerobic fitness, executive control, and emotion regulation among a sample of children aged 8-12 years. To evaluate these associations, the study employed a cross-sectional design and full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) structural equation modeling. Although the hypothesized factor analytic model failed to converge, an alternative exploratory model allowed for the evaluation of associations between primary study variables. Results supported a moderate direct association between childhood aerobic fitness and executive control, a strong direct negative association between executive control and emotion regulation, and a moderate indirect association between aerobic fitness and emotion regulation through executive control. These findings provide preliminary evidence that executive control functions as a mediator between aerobic fitness and emotion regulation and may help explain the means by which aerobic exercise exerts its influence on emotional wellbeing among preadolescent children.
Intrinsic image decomposition from multiple photographs

La modification d’eclairage et de materiaux dans une image est un objectif de longue date en traitement d’image, vision par ordinateur et infographie. Cette these a pour objectif de calculer une decomposition en images intrinseques, qui separe une photographie en composantes independantes : la reflectance, qui correspond a la couleur des materiaux, et l’illumination, qui represente la contribution de l’eclairage a chaque pixel. Nous cherchons a resoudre ce probleme difficile a l’aide de plusieurs photographies de la scene. L’intuition cle des approches que nous proposons est de contraindre la decomposition en combinant des algorithmes guides par l’image, et une reconstruction 3D a=eparse et incomplete generee par les algorithmes de stereo multi-vue. Une premiere approche permet de decomposer des images de scenes exterieures, a partir de plusieurs photographies avec un eclairage fixe. Cette methode permet non seulement de separer la reflectance de l’illumination, mais decompose egalement cette derniere en composantes dues au soleil, au ciel et a l’eclairage indirect. Une methodologie permettant de simplifier le processus de capture et de calibration est ensuite proposee. La troisieme partie de cette these est consacree aux collections d’images : nous exploitons les variations d’eclairage afin de traiter des scenes complexes sans intervention de l’utilisateur. Les methodes decrites dans cette these rendent possible plusieurs manipulations d’images, telles que l’edition de materiaux, telles que l’edition de materiaux tout en preservant un eclairage coherent, l’insertion d’objets virtuels ou le transfert d’eclairage entre photographies d’une meme scene.
Influence of physical conditions on the outdoor activities at the street level: a case study of Wong Ah Fook Street in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

one of the important effects of sustainable urban environments is motivating people for outdoor activities. The phenomena of street simultaneously come from the west into urban spaces with automobile and designers doesn't have much of a role to set and design of this space in relation to physical activities. Consequently, these spaces are not adjusted to the walking behavior of people. In order to encourage walking among people it is important to know how pedestrian travel pattern can be affected by the physical environment. The aim of this paper is to show the influences of physical characteristics, spaces and land use of neighborhood Commercial Street in the Johor Bahru City Centre of Malaysia to the behavioral responses and attitudes of people. In this research, the inquiry employed a multiple-method survey involving a variety of techniques including direct observation, walk-by observation and pedestrian counts to collect data on the behavior of people on the street. The result shows that a commercial street with high population should have various Spaces with impressive physical characteristics that each user with different attitude is able to recognize their required spaces and use it with satisfaction.
Stability of Modular Acetabular Components Depends on the Lacking Mechanism Design, Temperature, and Axial Load

The goal of this study was to investigate the rotational stability of modular press-fit acetabular components with four different locking mechanism designs by measuring the micromotion occurring at the liner/shell interface during torsional loading at either room (21 degrees C) or body temperature (37 degrees C), and at either high (2943 N) or low (490 N) compressive loads. Torsional loads (±2.5 N-m at 3 Hz for 50 cycles) with superimposed axial loads were applied to four liner/shell constructs of each of the four locking lnechanism designs with a servohydraulic loading frame. Rotational micromotion was measured with an L VDT arranged tangentially to the liner/shell construct. It was found that different locking mechanisms responded differently to liner temperature and compressive load. These findings support the hypothesis that the effect of temperature and compressive load on the stability of the liner/shell interface depends upon the design of the locking mechanism between the liner and metal shell.
A computer simulation study of point defects in diopside and the self-diffusion of Mg and Ca by a vacancy mechanism

Abstract Computer simulation techniques have been used to investigate defect formation and the diffusion of Ca and Mg in diopside. It was found that isolated, non-interacting CaO and MgO Schottky defects had the lowest formation energies (3.66 and 3.97 eV respectively); oxygen Frenkel defects are the most favourable oxygen defects (formation energies 3.93 eV). Magnesium and calcium self-diffusion in the c-direction of diopside is easiest by a vacancy mechanism involving either direct jumps along the c-direction, or double jumps in the b-c plane. In the extrinsic regime, diffusion activation energies for Mg are predicted to be 9.82 eV (direct route) and 1.97 eV (double jump route); for Ca diffusion, activation energies are predicted to be 6.62 eV (direct route) and 5.63 eV (double jump route). If additional vacancies (oxygen or magnesium) are present in the vicinity of the diffusion path, Ca migration energies fall to 1.97-2.59 eV. At elevated temperatures in the intrinsic regime, diffusion activation energies of ≥ 5.95 eV are predicted for Mg self-diffusion and 9.29-10.28 eV for Ca self-diffusion. The values for Ca diffusion are comparable with published experimental data. It is inferred that a divacancy mechanism may operate in diopside crystals.
Design cost-effective genome-wide and candidate gene association studies of mother-child pairs

A case-control mother-child pair design is popular for genetic association studies of obstetric or neonatal outcomes because it allows assessment of both maternal and offspring genotype effects. But a practical constraint is the high genotyping cost, which may double that for a study with the same number of unrelated cases and controls. This issue is particularly relevant for genome-wide association studies, despite the decreasing genotyping cost. Here, we developed cost-effective genotyping strategies for the case-control mother-child pair design. We assumed that the maternal genome had been genotyped a priori, and that the primary goal was to detect marginal offspring genotype effects. Our results indicated that only offspring of case mothers needed to be genotyped in order to achieve a statistical power similar to that for screening the maternal genome. Our conclusion was based on a novel score statistic for testing offspring genotype effects that has a higher power than the Armitage trend test.
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT REARING MEDIA FOR CORCYRA CEPHALONICA (STAINTON) UNDER LABORATORY CONDITION

The rearing media to improve the mass production of C. cephalonica as a factitious host revealed three promising media viz., T 3 (sorghum + groundnut + powdered yeast), T 4 (sorghum + gram + powdered yeast) and T 6 (sorghum + cowpea + powdered yeast) with heavier larvae in T3 (53.33 mg), T4 (52.50 mg) and T6 (54.50 mg). The heavier pupae were also recorded in T 4 (34.67 mg), T 6 (34.17 mg) and T 3 (33.17 mg) while heavier female moths were recorded in T 3 (39.33 mg), T 4 (34.83 mg) and T 6 (34.0 mg). The maximum moth emergence were in T 3 (523.84), T 4 (476.34) and T 6 (470.0). Whereas, the maximum total females were noticed in T 3 (266.17), T 6 (251.50) and T 4 (243.34). The maximum fecundity was recorded in Corcyra females emerged from T 3 (611.54), T4 (494.28) and T6 (481.08). Moreover, the maximum projected egg laying was realized from the females emerged from T 3 (8.14 cc), T 6 (6.10 cc) and T 4 (6.01 cc). The significantly maximum weight of 100 Corcyra egg was exhibited with females emerged from T 4 (3.73 mg), T 6 (3.70 mg). The maximum length and breadth of egg was obtained from females emerged from T 4 (0.70 and 0.40 mm), T 6 (0.62 and 0.39 mm) and T 3 (0.56 and 0.35 mm), respectively. However, no much detrimental impact on the life cycle of C. cephalonica were exhibited through modification of rearing media though the female preponderance (sex ratio as M: F) was noticed in T3 (0.97:1), T4 (0.96:1) and T 6 (0.87:1).
THE JAK-STAT PATHWAY IS REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE EARLY EVENTS IN DROSOPHILA OOGENESIS

OF THESIS THE JAK-STAT PATHWAY IS REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE EARLY EVENTS IN DROSOPHILA OOGENESIS The Janus kinase (JAK) pathway is an integral part of signaling through a variety of ligands and receptors in mammals. The extensive reutilization and pleiotropy of this pathway in vertebrate development is conserved in other animals as well. In Drosophila melanogaster, JAK signaling is involved in embryonic pattern formation, sex determination, larval blood cell development, wing venation, planar polarity in the eye, and formation of other adult structures. Here we describe several roles for JAK signaling in Drosophila oogenesis. The gene for a JAK pathway ligand, unpaired, is expressed specifically in the polar follicle cells, two pairs of somatic cells at the anterior and posterior poles of the developing egg chamber. A primary defect of chambers with reduced JAK activity is fusion of successive chambers. These chambers exhibit an expansion of the polar cell population and concomitant loss of interfollicular stalk cells. Mosaic analysis of both JAK pathway transducers, hopscotch and stat92E, reveals that JAK signaling is specifically required in the somatic follicle cells. Another role of JAK signaling is in oocyte localization. In chambers mosaic for loss of hop activity, oocyte mislocalization results. Proper localization occurs only when the posterior follicle cells are wild type for hop.
Networking theory of innovation in practice – The Hungarian case

According to the European Innovation Scoreboard (2017) report, Hungary’s summarised innovation score is 67.4 against the EU28 average of 102. This implies that the Hungarian economy has got rather serious disadvantages in the European Union community. This statement is more pronounced in the case of the food industry. From an innovation point of view food industry is seen as a slow one, which is lagging behind the technology pushed possibilities, but sometimes behind the customers’ desires and requirements as well. In our research, we determine why the food companies in Hungary do not engage in innovation activities and if they do so, what are the main drivers of their innovation performance? We use the Community Innovation Survey (CIS 2012a) data and employ double hurdle estimation because of the nature of the innovation distribution. This method also helps in overcoming the selection bias problem, which necessarily occurs in this situation. Results prove that networking scope as well as networking intensity, play an important role in explaining innovation performance. The size and market obstacles are also significant factors.
Characteristics of flow production and sediment production of Pinus tabulaeformis through artificial rainfall simulation

In order to know well the relationship between vegetation and water in North China, especially Beijing, with exceptional water resources, we studied the characteristics of flow production and sediment production under different rainfall intensities by artificial rainfall simulation device. Results showed that increase of rainfall intensity would prolong the whole process of flow production, and vegetation on the slope would delay that process. Within the same duration, total runoff volume of each runoff plot and rainfall intensity had significant linear relationship. When vegetation kept unchanged, runoff velocity increased significantly with the increase of rainfall intensity, and owing to the formation of low permeable layer, the velocity increased fiercely during the early 3 minutes, reached stable at 10 - 15 minute. With the same rain intensity, total sediment yield decreased with rise of vegetation coverage, but increased obviously with rise of rain intensity and effectiveness of controlling sediment about 1 m x 1 m Pinus tabulaeformis stand decreased firstly and then increased, while that about 1.5 m x 1.5 m Pinus tabulaeformis stand kept decreasing. Since the tags with A, B and C for 0.42 mm/min, 0.83 mm/min, 1.29 mm/min, order of sediment concentration of wasteland plot was B > C > A, and 1 m x 1 m Pinus tabulaeformis plot B > A > C. Through this study, some suggestions were expected to be provided for water balance of Beijing area and certain basis for construction of shelter forest.
Secondary use of Electric Vehicle Batteries and Potential Impacts on Business Models

The universal market adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is still impeded by the high cost of batteries. Repurposing EV batteries in secondary applications could recoup a portion of that initial cost and reduce upfront EV costs. Further, when integrated in energy storage systems for renewables, second-life batteries could clean the electricity mix for EV charging and alleviate environmental concerns over battery disposal. This paper presents business models of different EV stakeholders that facilitate battery reuse. Based on interviews with various stakeholders, as well as industry reports and academic literature, we analyze the deciding factors for battery “post-vehicle” applications and their potential impacts on EV business models. The findings emphasize the importance of battery ownership, inter-industry partnerships, and policy support. In this early stage, government support constitutes the most important trigger for battery reuse. The results also suggest the potential of battery reuse as a catalyst for EV business model reconfiguration.
Comparison of different drag coefficient correlations in the CFD modelling of a Laboratory-Scale Rushton-Turbine Flotation Tank

Accurate specification of the drag coefficient, considering the influence of turbulence, is important in correctly predicting the air-water flow in a stirred tank. Multiphase CFD simulations in a laboratory-scale Rushton-turbine flotation tank were performed to explore the effects of four different drag coefficient correlations which were implemented in the CFD solver via user defined functions. An Eulerian-Eulerian multiphase approach with the dispersed k-e turbulence model was used to predict the gas holdup under turbulent and laminar flow conditions. Comparison of the gas holdup predictions obtained by different drag coefficient correlations showed that the choice of drag coefficient formulation significantly contributes to improving the accuracy of numerical predictions in each flow regime. The results also suggest that further improvement in the CFD simulation of stirred tanks can be achieved by better quantification of the turbulent properties associated with the interfacial forces between the continuous phase and the dispersed phase.
Competition among electronic markets and market quality

With the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in effect, new electronic markets emerged in European equities trading. We address the impact of market fragmentation on stock liquidity by examining samples of stocks before and after the introduction of MiFID. Panel regressions indicate a contrary development of liquidity for stocks with high competition among trading venues and stocks with a low level of competition. For the former, we find a significant positive liquidity effect between observation periods in the home market and a virtual order book consolidating multiple markets, while this could not be observed for stocks with low competition.