Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Institutional Investors Flows and the Geography of Contagion

This paper explores the geography of portfolio flows emanating from institutional investors located in mature markets. We identify precise global and regional dynamics in equity and bond flows. Very few countries happen to receive (or lose) funding in isolation. We also find strong evidence of global contagion: although global waves originate in developed countries, emerging markets’ funding is much more affected. We illustrate this finding by deriving “contagion maps” showing where contagion spreads and with what intensity. In general, our results suggest that “push” effects from advanced market investors affect massively developing countries.
An Application of Variant Fountain Theorems to a Class of Impulsive Differential Equations with Dirichlet Boundary Value Condition

We consider the existence of infinitely many classical solutions to a class of impulsive differential equations with Dirichlet boundary value condition. Our main tools are based on variant fountain theorems and variational method. We study the case in which the nonlinearity is sublinear. Some recent results are extended and improved.
STUDIES ON VARIABILITY AND CHARACTER ASSOCIATION IN SPANISH BUNCH GROUNNDNUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEAE L.)

High heritability along with high GAM was observed for number of secondary branches per plant, number of immature pods per plant, shelling percentage, 100-kernel weight, SMK weight, total number of pods, total number of gynophores, maturity index, reproductive efficiency and pod yield. This showed additive type of gene action plays an important role. It indicates that phenotypic selection for these characters will be effective. Pod and kernel yields per plant showed significant and positive association with number of secondary branches per plant, number of mature pods per plant, SMK weight, SMK number, 100-kernel weight. So these characters have been considered as selection indices for the improvement of kernel and pod yields per plant.
Potent Landscapes: Place and Mobility in Eastern Indonesia

The Manggarai people of eastern Indonesia believe their land can talk, that its appetite demands sacrificial ritual, and that its energy can kill as well as nurture. They tell their children to avoid certain streams and fields and view unusual environmental events as omens of misfortune. Yet, far from being preoccupied with the dangers of this animate landscape, Manggarai people strive to make places and pathways “lively,” re-traveling routes between houses and villages and highlighting the advantages of mobility. Through everyday and ritual activities that emphasize “liveliness,” the land gains a further potency: the power to evoke memories of birth, death, and marriage, to influence human health and fertility.
On the nature of variations in the T Tauri star WY Arietis (LkHα 264)

We report optical spectroscopic and photometric results from our long-term study of the T Tauri star WY Arietis (LkH 264). The data gathered show dierent types of variability: variations in the continuum level, in the emission line fluxes and line proles. The timescales associated with these variations appear quite diverse. The correlation found between the variations observed in the veiling and in the continuum flux strongly suggest that an extra continuum source veiling the stellar photospheric spectrum is the cause driving the continuum variability. The present work also unveils the presence of an accretion flow onto the star, as revealed by the O I 7773 Aa nd8446 A line proles, which is the rst unambiguous model-independent detection of such an event in this star. Our photometric data allowed us to nd a period of 3.04 days for this star, somewhat in tune with Fernandez & Eiroa (1996). However, due to the poor time sampling our nding should be taken as tentative. A detailed analysis of the broad and narrow components of the He I line proles indicates the presence of a hot wind during the November 1993 observation while in October 1999 a wind is only revealed by the blue wing asymmetry of the observed Balmer and CaII infrared triplet line proles. The correlation between the strength of the hot wind and the amount of flux in the emission lines led also to the conclusion that this type of wind provides a signicant contribution to the hydrogen and metal emission lines. We have also witnessed an exceptional activity during one of the nights which may be attributed to an increase in LkH 264's accretion rate or to a flare-like event. Although it is not possible to clearly distinguish between these possibilities, the available data set points towards variable accretion as being responsible for the observed event.
Limitations of demand- and pressure-driven modeling for large deficient networks

Abstract. The calculation of hydraulic state variables for a network is an important task in managing the distribution of potable water. Over the years the mathematical modeling process has been improved by numerous researchers for utilization in new computer applications and the more realistic modeling of water distribution networks. But, in spite of these continuous advances, there are still a number of physical phenomena that may not be tackled correctly by current models. This paper will take a closer look at the two modeling paradigms given by demand- and pressure-driven modeling. The basic equations are introduced and parallels are drawn with the optimization formulations from electrical engineering. These formulations guarantee the existence and uniqueness of the solution. One of the central questions of the French and German research project ResiWater is the investigation of the network resilience in the case of extreme events or disasters. Under such extraordinary conditions where models are pushed beyond their limits, we talk about deficient network models. Examples of deficient networks are given by highly regulated flow, leakage or pipe bursts and cases where pressure falls below the vapor pressure of water. These examples will be presented and analyzed on the solvability and physical correctness of the solution with respect to demand- and pressure-driven models.
Emotion Recognition using combination of MFCC and LPCC with Supply Vector Machine

Speech is a medium through which emotions are expressed by human being. In this paper, a mixture of MFCC and LPCC has been proposed for audio feature extraction. One of the greatest advantage of MFCC is that it is capable of identifying features even in the existence of noise and henceforth it is combined with the advantage of LPCC which helps in extracting features in low acoustics. Two databases have been considered namely Berlin Emotional Database and a SAVEE database. SVM has been implemented for classification of seven emotions (Sadness, Joy, Fear, Anger, Boredom, Disgust and Neutral). Accuracy of the developed model is presented using confusion matrix. The Recognition outcome of the combined MFCC and LPCC extracted features are compared with the isolated results. The maximum accuracy rate that reaches by using the combination of feature extraction method is 88.59% for non linear RBF (Radial Basis Function) kernel SVM.
Biomass and Biopolymer Production Using Vegetable Wastes as Cheap Substrates for Extremophiles

Waste biomass is continuously generated in huge amounts by cultivation, harvest, selection and industrial transformation of fruits, vegetables and crops that are exploited for production of foods, chemicals, fertilizers and bioenergy. The management and the proper disposal of such biomass (whose levels in Italy reach about 22,000,000 t/y) is a worldwide problem both in environmental and in economical terms. On this basis we investigated a possible strategy of valorization of these residues, with particular regard to some agro-industry wastes and crop residues. Agro-industrial wastes included tomato and lemon processing wastes, fennel and carrot selection residues that are produced by some of the most important activities of Italian food industry sector. Crop residues selected for this study included giant roots and cardoon residues, that are two lignocellulosic cultures that in recent year attracted attention in relation to their potential use in bioenergy (bioethanol, biodiesel) production. All the wastes were tested as growth media in batch fermentation (BF) and dialysis fermentation (DF) modes for the production of biotechnologically useful microorganisms, namely two thermophilic species and two halophilic species. All the wastes afforded appreciable microbial biomass production and moreover they positively affected also production of enzymes and biopolymers by the studied extremophiles. The results obtained encourage to exploit such wastes as zero cost fermentation media for biotechnologically useful microorganisms, thus also providing an alternative and less environmental impacting method for vegetable wastes management.
Digital Processing for a Global Multispectral Map of the Moon from the Clementine UVVIS Imaging Instrument

CLEMENTINE UVVIS IMAGING INSTRUMENT. E. M. Eliason, A. S. McEwen , M. S. Robinson, E. M. Lee, T. Becker, L. Gaddis, L. A. Weller, C. E. Isbell, J. R. Shinaman, , T. Duxbury, E. Malaret, United States Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, Applied Coherent Technology, Herndon, VA.
A Study Of Psychological Contract Violation, Organizational Trust, Intention To Leave Work

The everyday situations of business life and the experiences of the employees reflect in their attitudes and behaviours and create a base for the new studies. In particular, the psychological effects of the situations that emerge after the employees had signed the contract and started to work for a firm can cause them to lose their trust in the organisation and lead them to search for new job opportunities. Furthermore, the psychological effects can also negatively affect the operation of the organisations. Because, one of the main objectives of businesses is to achieve sustainability and it depends on the performances of the employees, as well as the profit to be used in productive investments. At the same time, if the qualified and specialized staff, who have been working for the organisation for many years, experience psychological violations and leave the organisation, this can cause significant loss of power and also loss of the investment in the development of the employees. In the increasingly competitive environment, the businesses should keep the employee turnover at minimum level and attract the talented employees in order to reach their long-term objectives. In the study, a survey was conducted on the white collar employees using 5-point Likert scale and the hypotheses were developed about the effects of psychological contract violations on the organizational trust and intention to leave and the data were analysed using SPSS 23 statistical program. © 2017 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.UK
Phenotypic plasticity of leaf length to an environmental gradient in Khaya ivorensis (Meliaceae) populations in Ghana

Khaya ivorensis encountears different ecological conditions in its native habitats in Ghana. The demand for this species has led to severe depletion of the natural stand, thus threatened with extinction. To address the dwindling populations demands intervention for restoration and establishment of plantations. The goal of reforestation is to establish a new generation of trees with optimal growth and adaptedness. Doing this requires knowledge of relative level of plastic response to environmental variables to aid general seed transfer which could be implemented by forest managers. In this study we employed Environmental Standardized Plasticity index (EPSI) and one-way ANOVA to understand the level of phenotypic plasticity in leaflet morphology to environmental gradient. Highly significant (P<0.0001) plastic response in leaf length was observed among the populations in relation to precipitation, temperature, altitude and latitude. The results suggested South-North clinal relationship to leaf length. The observed clinal variation in leaf length with environmental variables provide suitable framework for matching each provenance site or population to designate ecological zone, under premise each population has adapted to the local environmental conditions. Key words: Clinal variation, Khaya ivorensis, climate change.
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMER RESEARCH Physical Warmth and Following the Crowd: the Effect of Ambient Temperature on Preference For Popularity

Four laboratory studies showed that ambient temperature increases consumers’ propensity to conform to others, and that this is true regardless of whether their motive is social or economic. These effects were mediated by perceived social closeness. The effect of ambient temperature was also evident in betting behavior at the racetrack. AbStRACt Although both practitioners In three separate tasks (studies 3A, 3B, and 3C), we found support to this hypothesis. AbStRACt Across four studies, we find that relative to people who are cool, people who are warm are (1) less likely to gamble, especially for difficult gambles, (2) less likely to purchase an innovative product, (3) more likely to rely on System 1 processing, and, (4) more likely to perform poorly on complex cognitive tasks. to embody a process with a metaphorically-opposite thermoregulatory tone. This research encourages more research to explore instances in which physical sensations may lead to goal-driven behavior in a pattern that is metaphorically inconsistent with one’s current physical state. The effect of ambient temperature on consumer behavior has seldom been investigated. Furthermore, most prior research has fo-cused on the adverse effects of uncomfortable (very hot or very cold) temperatures (e.g., Anderson et al., 2000). We argue, however, that temperatures within a comfortable range can influence consumers’ preferences and behaviors independently of the affect that the temperatures elicit. This possibility is especially relevant to marketing, as most retail stores set the ambient temperature within this range (Baker and Cameron 1996). We propose that preferences for that are Other research indicates that increases perceptions of social We show that in
Corporate Financing Decisions: Integrated Analyses of Trade-Off, Pecking Order, and Market Timing Influences

We develop and test a model that integrates the trade-off theory, pecking order model, and market timing hypothesis about firms' financing decisions. The model expands the basic pecking order regression model by nesting variables associated with the trade-off theory and market timing hypothesis, allowing the coefficient to vary with these variables. Empirical results support the trade-off theory and market timing hypothesis, as the pecking order coefficient varies significantly with optimal leverage determinants and timing variables. Our overall analysis leads us to suggest that firm characteristics largely determine a firm’s overall financing orientation, encompassing both leverage and security of choice in incremental financing.
Texture Investigation of Zone-Melted NBCO Superconductor Using EBSD Technique

NBCO bars were textured using zone melting method under low oxygen partial pressure. By means of electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) method, quantitative texture analysis of zone-melted NBCO samples was studied. High-quality Kikuchi patterns were obtained, allowing the automated mapping on samples. The EBSD results are presented in the form of local orientation maps, phase maps and pole figures, revealing the crystal growth characteristics of the zone melted sample and the distribution of misorientations for the NBCO phase.
Short-term and long-term benefits as determinants of the training behaviour of companies

"This paper adopts an economic perspective for an investigation of the correlation between cost-benefit aspects and company decisions regarding training. A differentiation is drawn between the basic decision about whether a company should provide its own training and the stipulation of the number of trainees. The basis of the data used is information on the cost-benefit aspects of training from a survey conducted by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training in 2001, the information being supplied by companies which provide training and companies which do not provide training. It becomes apparent that cost-benefit aspects are highly significant in both phases of the company training decision. Possible starting points for vocational education and training policy primarily emerge from encouraging additional companies to provide training rather than from increasing the number of training places at companies already providing training, however. In overall terms, longer-term benefits appear to be accorded more importance than short-term cost aspects. " (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) Additional Information Kurzfassung (deutsch) Executive summary (English)
Cloning of an ascorbate peroxidase gene from Puccinellia tenuiflora and its expression analysis.

The full-length gene of an ascorbate peroxidase (PutAPx) was isolated from Puccinellia tenuiflora Ohwi cDNA library. The gene is 1 125 bp in length and it has an ORF of 876 bp, which encoded a protein of 291 amino-acid with an estimated molecular weight 32 kD and an isoelectric point of 7.71. Blasting at NCBI, we found that PutAPx showed high similarity (89.7%, 94.3%, 94.2%, 50.7% and 79.6%) to 5 different gramineae species ( Oryza sativa L., Hordeum vulgare L., Triticum aestivum , Lolium perenne L., and Zea mays ). The result of phylogenetic tree showed that PutAPx has the closdest genetic distance with Hordeum vulgare L. and Triticum aestivum. Transgenic yeast (InVSC1), expressing PutAPx gene, under the inducement withβ-galactose showed higher stress resistance in oxidation stress than control. In this study, we successfully cloned an ascorbate peroxidase (PutAPx) and studied in primary levle, which laid the foundation for the future study in the mechanism of oxidative stress mechanism of the role of the foundation establish.
Age and season effects on quality of diets selected by Criollo crossbred goats on rangeland

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of age of goats (4-week old, 6.2 ± 0.7 kg vs mature, 46.9 ± 5.6 kg) and season (rainy vs dry) on nutrient content of diets selected by Criollo crossbred female goats on an overgrazed Chihuahuan desert rangeland. Two groups of goats, 10 goat kids and 10 non-lactating pluriparous goats from a commercial goat herd were used. Diet quality and dry matter (DM) intake was assessed via repeated collections (3-h periods) of forage from the mouth of goats, which were momentarily restrained using a light short permanent rope tightened to their neck while grazing. Feed intake was assessed by 24-h fecal collection with canvas fecal-collection bags. Mature animals ate more (P < 0.01, 23 g DM/kg bodyweight ± 7 s.d.) than goat kids (19.5 g DM/kg bodyweight ± 6 s.d.) across grazing seasons, but DM digestibility of selected diet was greater (P < 0.01) in goat kids than in mature goats (58.5 ± 4.0% vs 55.3 ± 3.5%, respectively) across seasons. Ash (100 ± 16 vs 79 ± 13 g/kg DM), phosphorus (1.36 ± 0.41 vs 1.13 ± 0.36% DM) and crude protein (94.5 ± 4 vs 88.5 ± 5 g/kg DM) contents were greater (P < 0.01) in diets selected by goat kids compared with mature goats. Dietary protein was greater in rainy than in the dry season. Across grazing seasons, herbage selected by goat kids had a lower (P < 0.01) concentration of neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre than did that selected by mature goats. There was an age by grazing season interaction (P < 0.05) for most chemical components of forages selected by goats. In conclusion, both age and season affected diet quality of goats on rangeland, as goat kids ingested a diet richer in nutrients than that of mature goats. This supports the theory that herbage selection is shaped by physiological effort and, consequently, nutrient consumption is driven by higher nutrient requirements for growth, although incomplete development of rumen function and small body mass limited feed intake in preweaning goat kids.
Nutrient cycling in early coral life stages: Pocillopora damicornis larvae provide their algal symbiont (Symbiodinium) with nitrogen acquired from bacterial associates

The waters surrounding coral reef ecosystems are generally poor in nutrients, yet their levels of primary production are comparable with those reported from tropical rain forests. One explanation of this paradox is the efficient cycling of nutrients between the coral host, its endosymbiotic alga Symbiodinium and a wide array of microorganisms. Despite their importance for the animals' fitness, the cycling of nutrients in early coral life stages and the initial establishment of partnerships with the microbes involved in these processes has received little scrutiny to date. Nitrogen is an essential but limited nutrient in coral reef ecosystems. In order to assess the early nutrient exchange between bacteria and corals, coral larvae of the species Pocillopora damicornis were incubated with two coral-associated bacteria (Alteromonas sp., or Vibrio alginolyticus), prelabeled with the stable nitrogen isotope N-15. The incorporation and translocation of nitrogen from Vibrio- and Alteromonas bacteria into P. damicornis coral larvae and specifically into the coral-symbiotic Symbiodinium were detected by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS). A significant increase in the amount of enriched N-15 (two to threefold compared to natural abundance) was observed in P. damicornis larvae within 8h of incubation for both bacterial treatments (one-way ANOVA, F-5,F-53=18.03, P=0.004 for Alteromonas sp. and F-5,F-53=18.03, P=0.0001 for V. alginolyticus). These findings reveal that coral larvae acquire nutrients previously taken up from the environment by bacteria. The additional nitrogen may increase the survival rate and fitness of the developing coral and therefore contribute to the successful maintenance of coral reefs.