Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Aplikasi Value Engineering pada Proyek Konstruksi (Studi Kasus: Proyek Pembangunan Gedung BPKP Yogyakarta)

Construction of a building project or the others structures needs cost, so that the project can be realized. Before an owner continues the project to the design or construction steps, the cost must be provided. The cost often becomes a problem because amount of the cost is limited to realize a construction project. The objective of this study is to select good alternative materials without declining the quality and function of the building as well as to find the value of cost efficiency on the Project of the BPK’s Office Building Construction of Yogyakarta by Value Engineering method. Value Engineering is a management thenique with systematic approach for finding the balance among cost, reliability, and performance of a product or a project. The study on the Project of the BPKP’s Office Building Construction of Yogyakarta was done on the structure work only, namely: plate, beam, column and sloof works with giving alternative materials for getting the best alternative by work plan of Value Engineering. The Value Engineering method was applied on structure components by systematic and creative approach trough work plan of Value Engineering using the following steps: an information, functional analysis, creative, development, writing and presentation steps. All steps were done continuesly and the result was expected giving efficiency from the previous design. From the application of Value Engineering, it is concluded that the cost efficiency is about 2.53% of total cost of structure work by application.
Effective Classification of Text and Improving Learning Experience

- Amount of data is increased in today world. We can extract the useful information which is generally in the unstructured form. More number of techniques available in text mining such as information extraction, clustering, classification, summarization, visualization are available under the text mining techniques. The main aim of this paper is to discover relevant feature in text documents (student answer sheets) and to evaluate the performance of student so that appropriate learning materials can be rendered to them.
The Effectiveness of Internal Maxillary Sinus Elevation Using Controlled Hydrodynamic or Pneumatic Pressure: An Ex-vivo Experimental and Preliminary Animal Study

Objective The aim of this experimental study was to test the possibility of applying internal sinus elevation techniques using controlled hydrodynamic or pneumatic pressure and evaluate their elevation effectiveness. Materials and methods A device was specially designed for this study and was used to elevate the sinus membrane internally in 12 halves of freshly slaughtered sheep heads. The sample was divided into two groups randomly according to the type of controlled pressure applied (hydrodynamic or pneumatic). The elevation height of the membrane was measured in addition to investigating the presence or absence of perforation. Results The maxillary sinus membranes started to be elevated at an average pressure value of 21.6 ± 7.5 millibars (mbar) when hydrodynamic pressure was applied, and at an average pressure value of 23.3 ± 8.1 mbar when pneumatic pressure was applied. The mean values of elevation height after applying the controlled hydrodynamic and pneumatic pressure were 13.00 ± 2.76 and 10.33 ± 3.88 mm, respectively. No perforations occurred in either of the groups. Conclusions The use of a controlled hydrodynamic or pneumatic pressure, which is appropriate for the characteristics of the maxillary sinus membrane in the process of internal elevation, is effective, and it yielded an amount of lifting similar to that we get when using the external elevation.
Особенности мотивации молодых сельских врачей: контекст COVID-19

В статье представлен анализ особенностей мотивирующих и демотивирующих факторов в работе сельских врачей. Важным выступает определение изменения ролей медицинских работников и, как следствие, демотивация к работе с пациентами в сельской местности. Трансформация ролей связана с возрастающей агентностью сельских пациентов, то есть способностью к действию и осознанному выбору, которая традиционно ниже, чем агентность городских пациентов. Одним из мотивирующих факторов, который выделен в исследовании, выступает профессиональный рост врачей через общение с коллегами, создающее для молодых специалистов возможности обмена опытом и включения в профессиональное сообщество в период пандемии и решения создаваемых ею проблем. Среди демотивирующих факторов выделяется потеря экспертности у врачей и патерналистской роли в сельском сообществе.
Bullying Behavior and School Bonding for Predicting Student Engagement Among Chilean Adolescents

ABSTRACT Whereas most research has focused on the influence of teachers on student engagement, we postulate that peer experiences – particularly bullying behavior as a victim or perpetrator – impact student engagement over time. Using a sample of 525 adolescents (46% female, mean age = 13.51) nested within 31 classrooms from Chilean schools selected by convenience sampling design, we examined the relationship between victim and perpetrator on student engagement. Concurrently, we examined school bonding as a predictor of student engagement as well as its potential role as a protective factor. Our results indicated that perpetration predicted students’ cognitive engagement (at the individual level), whereas both being a victim (at the individual level) and school bonding (at the individual and classroom levels) predicted emotional engagement. However, classroom-level school bonding did not moderate the relationship between bullying and student engagement. Our study highlights the importance of building positive school climates for improving student engagement.
Study on the Electromagnetic Interference of Shielded Cable in Rail Weighbridge

In view of the electromagnetic interference (EMI) of the signal shielded cable in the rail weighbridge, the interference source is analyzed on the basis of the field measurement and investigation, and methods of suppressing the crosstalk voltage of the shielded cable are proposed. First, the capacitive coupling model between the power line and the shielded cable is established, and the coupling model between the shielded layer and the core is developed. Later, the distribution parameters of the multi-conductor transmission line system are extracted by the commercial software ANSYS based on the finite element method. Then the coupling voltages of the shielded layer and the core can be calculated; compared with the measured results, the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method are verified. Finally, the EMI suppression methods are proposed and its effectiveness is verified. The EMI of the shielded cable is very common in engineering, and this method has a good reference value for solving the similar problems.
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION IN INCOMPLETE MARKETS 1

We consider the problem of utility maximization for small traders on incomplete ﬁnancial markets. As opposed to most of the papers dealing with this subject, the investors’ trading strategies we allow underly constraints described by closed, but not necessarily convex, sets. The ﬁnal wealths obtained by trading under these constraints are identiﬁed as stochastic processes which usually are supermartingales, and even martingales for particular strategies. These strategies are seen to be optimal, and the corresponding value functions determined simply by the initial values of the supermartingales. We separately treat the cases of exponential, power and logarithmic utility.
How much do cohesive and diversified networks improve financial access for small business?

ABSTRACT This paper draws on transaction cost theory and network literature to examine how entrepreneurial network facilitates financial access for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. We characterize four major types of entrepreneurial network and find that network effects vary significantly, depending on the network members to whom entrepreneurs connect. The cohesive network appears to have the most potent positive effect on firms’ financial access by motivating them to apply for formal and informal credit actively and increasing the likelihood of their applications being approved. The financial network benefits SMEs’ credit access from the supply side, reducing transaction costs and mitigating market frictions. The value of political network is higher in the informal credit market than the formal one. Although political and financial connections do not boost entrepreneurs’ motivation to seek funding from formal capital market due to cognitive bias, they improve firms’ chances to obtain long-term funds if requested. Lastly, the benefit of diversified network does exist, but its marginal effect on firms’ access to financial resources is too small to gauge any practical significance.
Description of larvae of two species of Coeliccia Selys, 1865 from Sarawak, identified using DNA barcoding (Odonata: Platycnemididae)

The final stadium (F) larva of Coeliccia flavostriata Laidlaw, 1918, is described and illustrated based on a mature male specimen, collected at Gunung Serapi, Sarawak, East Malaysia. The larva of Coeliccia campioni Laidlaw, 1918, is described from an immature (F-2? ) female specimen from Gunung Mulu, Sarawak, East Malaysia. Larvae were identified by matching the mitochondrial marker COI with that of known adult specimens from several localities throughout Sarawak. The specimens presented close matches with all adults in this gene. Despite the disparity in maturity of the specimens several morphological differences, likely to be reflected in the mature larva of C. campioni , are identified. Comparisons with known larval descriptions of other Coeliccia species are provided. It is concluded that molecular analysis will eventually provide the most reliable practical method of determining the species of larvae of many species from this diverse genus.
Can my life get better? Examining lay theories for life satisfaction among younger and older adults

ABSTRACT Two studies examined younger and older adults’ lay theories for life satisfaction (LS). In a correlational study (Study 1, N = 744; 356 younger adults: M age = 30.11 years, 46% male; 388 older adults: M age = 65.17 years, 32% male), more incremental (vs. entity) lay theories for LS were strongly related to perceptions concerning the possibility of improving one’s LS (more so than worsening). In a preregistered experiment (Study 2, N = 750; 428 younger adults: M age = 30.07 years, 43% male; 322 older adults: M age = 65.04 years, 32% male), a lay theories manipulation (incremental, entity, or control) impacted the perceived possibility of improving and worsening one’s LS. In both studies incremental (vs. entity) lay theories were positively linked with psychological adjustment and goal striving, as were perceptions concerning the possibility of improving (vs. worsening) one’s LS. Findings support the value of an incremental mindset, regardless of age.
Against the Flow of Time with Multi-Output Models

Abstract Recent work has paid close attention to the first principle of Granger causality, according to which cause precedes effect. In this context, the question may arise whether the detected direction of causality also reverses after the time reversal of unidirectionally coupled data. Recently, it has been shown that for unidirectionally causally connected autoregressive (AR) processes X → Y, after time reversal of data, the opposite causal direction Y → X is indeed detected, although typically as part of the bidirectional X ↔ Y link. As we argue here, the answer is different when the measured data are not from AR processes but from linked deterministic systems. When the goal is the usual forward data analysis, cross-mapping-like approaches correctly detect X → Y, while Granger causality-like approaches, which should not be used for deterministic time series, detect causal independence X ⫫ Y . The results of backward causal analysis depend on the predictability of the reversed data. Unlike AR processes, observables from deterministic dynamical systems, even complex nonlinear ones, can be predicted well forward, while backward predictions can be difficult (notably when the time reversal of a function leads to one-to-many relations). To address this problem, we propose an approach based on models that provide multiple candidate predictions for the target, combined with a loss function that consideres only the best candidate. The resulting good forward and backward predictability supports the view that unidirectionally causally linked deterministic dynamical systems X → Y can be expected to detect the same link both before and after time reversal.
Sour cherry juice concentrate powdered by high and low temperature spray drying with pea protein as a carrier—Physical properties, antioxidant activity and in vitro bioaccessibility

Abstract Spray drying of sour cherry juice concentrate was performed by conventional high temperature method (180 °C/80 °C, inlet/outlet air), as well as by innovative approach with dehumidified air and low drying temperature (80 °C/45 °C, inlet/outlet air). Moreover, the possibility to apply pea protein as an alternative carrier to partially replaced maltodextrin was tested. Due to lower drying temperature and reduced stickiness the carrier content was reduced from 50% down to 30% solids to enhance powders physiochemical properties (lower stickiness, hygroscopicity, better color, better bioaccessibility), although some parameters of variants produced with the addition of pea protein had poorer quality in comparison to powders with only maltodextrin (moisture content, water activity, particles morphology and size, glass transition temperature). Increased bioaccessibility of phenolics and antioxidant potential of pea protein-enriched samples indicated the potentially possible application in functional food.
Motile aeromonads recovered from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in earthen ponds in the Philippines: assessment of antibiotic susceptibility and multidrug resistance to selected antibiotics

A total of 177 motile Aeromonas spp. , comprised of A. hydrophila (n=162) and A. sobria (n=15), isolated from the water, sediment, gills and intestines of tilapia collected from the grow-out culture earthen ponds in the Philippines were investigated for their antimicrobial susceptibility to 10 antibiotics commonly used in fish aquaculture. All motile Aeromonas spp. tested generally exhibited a very high percentage of resistance to amoxicillin (A. hydrophila: 95%; A. sobria: 100%), erythromycin (99%;100%), neomycin (83%;100%), and oxytetracycline (92%;100%), respectively. On the contrary, they showed substantial susceptibility to chloramphenicol, nitrofurantoin, doxycycline, enrofloxacin and norfloxacin. Results of the antimicrobial susceptibility testing demonstrated that 94.4% and 100% of A. hydrophila and A. sobria isolates tested were resistant to antibiotics belonging to at least 3 or more categories and therefore considered as multiple drug resistant strains. The multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) indexing of A. hydrophila and A. sobria strains showed that they originated from high-risk sources.
Dynamic relationship between ownership structure and financial performance: a Saudi experience

Abstract This research examines the dynamic association between ownership structure and financial performance of Saudi non-financial listed firms covering 2010 to 2019. The paper employed the GMM framework and analysed the balanced panel data of 100 companies operating in the Saudi non-financial sector. The dynamic model specification signifies that Saudi firms gradually adjust to their optimum performance level due to changes in their ownership structure. Further, the analysis from the present investigation strongly suggests that managerial shareholding is negatively related to financial performance. However, family and government ownership positively impact the firms’ financial performance. Our findings appear robust using different measures of financial performance such as ROA, ROE, ROCE, and ROS. The findings lend credence to the arguments of agency theory, stewardship, and stakeholder perspectives that ownership structure is an important governance mechanism capable of influencing organisational outcomes. Consequently, Saudi regulatory authorities should formulate policies that may incentivise firms to embrace more family and government shareholdings to strengthen corporate governance practices for better financial performance.
TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN THE PERCEPTION OF INTENTIONS A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirement for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in PSYCHOLOGY

The perception and understanding of human behavior is fundamental for social interaction. Mostly grounded in the theory of embodied cognition, the study of intentional action has focused on different aspects such as action planning and execution, action identity, and action prediction. Based on principles of dynamical systems theory (DST), the goal of this study is test the method of using eye tracking to expand our knowledge of the temporal dynamics of human intention perception by investigating the time-locked sequence of eye movements during social interaction to investigate the online decision making process during an action observation task. Stimuli consist of 5 sec videos portraying reach and grasp actions, which are either intentional (pour coffee) or unintentional (coffee spills), cooperative action (serve other) or non-cooperative (serve self). In condition 1 participants are asked to determine whether an action presented is intentional, condition 2 whether the action is cooperative while collecting eye tracking data. This study hypothesized that participants’ eye movements will be sensitive to the task demands, predicting that (H1) participants in the intentional group will be more likely to attend to the object interactions as compared to the cooperative condition and (H2) participants in the cooperative group will be more likely to
Assessing the effects of trade regionalism in East Asia – evidence from augmented gravity models

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of trade regionalism in East Asia from 1995 to 2018, by applying a series of gravity models. An initial, basic gravity model is repeatedly augmented to account for a range of economic, geographical, cultural, and above all institutional factors representing free trade agreements in effect. Unlike previous studies, this investigation distinguishes between the bilateral and multilateral measures of regional trading arrangements. Two interesting findings are reported. First, the results confirm the impact of trade regionalism on the export flows between the economies of East Asia in the period under study. Second, the effects of multilateral trading agreements vary greatly depending on the agreement and on the particular country’s range of influence, in particular cases showing no sufficient economic benefits. Overall, the results point to the complementarity of bilateral and multilateral trading arrangements in the region and to the emergence of a certain distinctive model of cooperation and integration in East Asia – which has been underpinned during the COVID-19 pandemic by the conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and which will be further verified in the post-COVID character of global trade and regional trading arrangements.
A novel uniplanar wideband magneto-electric dipole antenna element

A novel uniplanar wideband magneto-electric dipole antenna element is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna is composed of the conventional bow-tie radiation patch as an electric dipole, a semi-circular loop, which works as a magnetic dipole, a coplanar ground plane, two directors with different lengths for enhancing gain, and a microstrip-to-coplanar stripline transition balun. The designed antenna adopts a small-size coplanar ground plane to achieve a uniplanar structure. Consequently, this method reduces the space size immensely and makes the antenna suitable for the array application. In addition, a tapered slot structure is utilized to improve impedance matching. The prototype of the proposed antenna was fabricated and measured. The measured results keep in good accordance with the simulated ones. The simulated results show that the proposed antenna obtains a broad impedance bandwidth of 60.5% from 2.25 to 4.20 GHz (voltage standing wave ratio [VSWR] ≤ 2) which can be applied for wireless local area network (WLAN) (2.4–2.484 GHz), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) (2.5–2.69/3.4–3.69 GHz), and long term evolution (LTE) (2.5–2.69 GHz). Meanwhile, the stable gain, low cross-polarization, stable unidirectional radiation patterns, and low back lobe are obtained within the operating frequency band. The array composed of the proposed antenna elements is also investigated in this paper.
Rice harvest losses caused by agency slack in China: a mediation analysis

ABSTRACT This study built mediation analysis models to test the hypothesis that a moral hazard-measured as whether harvest operators’ work attitudes are serious-mediates the effects of mechanical harvest outsourcing on rice harvest losses based on a 1106-household survey in China. The major findings are as follows. First, the average rice harvest loss rate in 2016 in China was approximately 3.65%, equalling eight million tons of rice or one million hectares of farmland. Second, after addressing the potential endogeneity, we preliminarily found the mediation effect using the three-step method. The adjusted product of coefficients method from the Sobel test, distribution of the product test, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo test all indicated the significance of the mediation effect arising from work attitudes. Third, we observed the mediation effect through moral hazard for large-scale farmers, but not when farmers used combine harvesters. These results supported the presence of a moral hazard in mechanical harvest outsourcing and showed that combine harvesting could facilitate harvest loss reduction. Policymakers should consider regulating the principal – agent relationship in harvest outsourcing and encourage land transfers to form large-scale farms to promote combine harvesting. These are critical in achieving the sustainable development goal of halving food loss and waste worldwide.
Modified planar sensor for measuring dielectric constant of liquid materials

A planar U-shaped resonator for measuring relative permittivity of the liquid mediums is developed. To improve the sensitivity of the proposed sensor, gap sections, coupled lines and central ring resonators (RRs) are used to enhance electric fields interact with liquid under test (LUT). Further to increase the resonance sharpness, a tapered double-sided spiral split RR is presented. As the permittivity of the LUT is increased from 26 to 79, the measured resonance frequency of the described sensor is varied in the 166.4–287.5 MHz range. The developed sensor exhibits an improvement in sensitivity of about 45% compared with the other work.