Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SMAC

Prior research has demonstrated that users are increasingly employing multiple devices during daily work. Currently, devices such as keyboards, cell phones, and tablets remain largely unaware of their role within a user's workflow. As a result, transitioning between devices is tedious, often to the degree that users are discouraged from taking full advantage of the devices they have within reach. This work explores the device ecologies used in desk-centric environments and complies the insights observed into SMAC, a simplified model of attention and capture that emphasizes the role of user-device proxemics, as mediated by hand placement, gaze, and relative body orientation, as well as inter-device proxemics. SMAC illustrates the potential of harnessing the rich, proxemic diversity that exists between users and their device ecologies, while also helping to organize and synthesize the growing body of literature on distributed user interfaces. An evaluation study using SMAC demonstrated that users could easily understand the tenants of user- and inter-device proxemics and found them to be valuable within their workflows.
Evolutionary Mating Traits: When Costly Signals Emerge

This study investigated whether different romantic contexts would influence one’s willingness to engage in blatant benevolence or conspicuous consumption. Participants – 341 college-age students – were recruited to read written stimulus materials about interpersonal encounters with a person of the opposite sex. Each participant was then asked to respond to questionnaires, which led to atypical results in how men and women interpret ambiguous cues. Contrary to previous findings, evidence suggested women more readily wish to use costly signals in response to ambiguous romantic cues in evolving relationships as compared to men, who showed no distinction between non-romantic and ambiguously romantic cues. Men actually showed a decrease in the willingness for blatant prosocial behavior in explicitly romantic contexts. Table of
A PSYCHOMETRIC EXAMINATION OF THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE

25 The Children's Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) developed by Rothbart was examined in terms of four psychometric properties of scales and items: distribution of answer for each item, internal consistencies, homogeneities, and discriminant properties of temperamental scales. Although a few items were inadequate in distribution of answer, most items were found to be able to discriminate among Japanese children effectively. All scales proved to have satisfactory internal consistencies and homogeneities, except the Attentional Focusing and Sadness scales. There was found to be moderate levels of correlations across some scales. It is safe to conclude that the CBQ has strong psychometric qualities. INTRODUCTION Recently, there has been increased interest in temperament. One reason is that temperament has been useful to clinicians to identify children who pose problems to their caregivers in the future. Another reason is that developmentalists would like to use temperament primarily to refer to characteristics of individuals, usually with the ultimate goal of understanding the causal base of developmental consistencies or changes in behavior or the genesis of individual differences(Hinde, 1989). Three methods are widely used to assess temperament in infancy and childhood, parent report using questionnires, home observation, and laboratory observation. Of the three, parent report is most widely used because of inexpensiveness and ease of administration. The most frequently used temperamental questionnaires were those developed by Carey and his colleagues (Carey, 1970, 1972; Carey and MeDevitt, 1978; Fullard, McDevitt, and Carey, 1984; McDevitt and Carey, 1978). These were designated on the basis of the New York Longitudinal Study (NYLS) conceptualization of tempera rent (Thomas et at., 1963). While these instruments have been successful for clinical purposes, predicting later behavioral problems to some extent, they are problematic for developmental psycholgists to study temperamental stability or instability over time. The questionnaires based on the NYLS dimentions have been criticized for having psychometrically inadequate properties (Buss & Plomine, 1984; Rothbart & Mauro, 1990). For example, the conceptual nonindependence of scales was evident Request for reprint should be addressed to Emiko Kusanagi at Department of Developmental Psychology, School of Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 Japan.
Effect of Glutamine Supplementation Associated with Probiotics on Salmonella Typhimurium and Nitric Oxide or Glutamine with PerinatalSupplement on Growth Performance and Intestinal Morphology in BroilerChickens

Glutamine-enriched diets have been linked with favorable intestinal effects including structure maintenance of gut barrier against bacteria attacks and enterocyte differentiation. Although post hatch, immaturity of the GIT in the first week is a limiting factor, early nutrition has shown to be an alternative to alleviate the adverse performance effects of post-hatch starvation. In addition, both live and spore based probiotics have earned tremendous attention as a viable control of enteric pathogens. Present studies were carried out with objectives of evaluating the influence of nutrition and synergistic effects of Gln supplementation in combination with FloraMax-B11 (FM), a defined lactic acid bacteria (LAB) probiotic product; PHL-NP-122, a heat-resistant spore-forming Bacillus subtilis (BS); and EarlyBird (EB), a natural hydration and nutrition supplement for neonatal broilers and poults, on Salmonella Typhimurium colonization. Morphometric analysis showed increased (P<0.05) villus height, villus width, and villus surface area index in chickens treated with all combination groups. A reduction (P<0.05) on nitric oxide (NO) produced was observed in the explant tissues of all the treated groups in comparison with the control group and a synergistic effect (P<0.05) in the groups treated with Gln and BS (HPL-NP-122). Reductions in Salmonella recovery incidence (P<0.05) and colonization (P< 0.05 to P<0.001) were also observed among the treated groups, suggesting beneficial effects of these combinational feed supplements. Improved gut morphology and Salmonella exclusion was very well supported by body weight (BW) data with lower (P<0.05) early BW loss and overall BW gains in birds treated with treated groups. Considering the fact that the feed costs represents from 70 to 80% of the poultry production and the integrity of the epithelial cells of the mucosa, hence ensured good performance and production, is dependent of feed and feed supplements, these studies hold their relevance and importance as beneficial in more than one aspect to the poultry industry.
Evaluating capacity utilization of human resources in science and technology

The human resources in science and technology (HRST) plays an important role in national economic development in countries, which is why so much resources is put into HRST. Evaluating the capacity of human resources in science and technology (HRST) of each nation provides key information which guides national resources allocations and resources utilization. The utility maximization of substantiation resources is very important, such as products are evaluated using productivity maximization. However human beings are not products and are subject to emotional factors. Optimizing capacity utilization of HRST is not maximization.Therefore we use ray measure, partial CU measure for HRST productivity evaluation. The capacity utilization of HRST refers to the ratio of the amount of output that can be produced using the installed productivity capacity to the optimal output. This study uses DEA to measure the capacity utilization of HRST for 39 countries. Ten HRST productivity indexes from the indexes listed in the World Competitiveness Yearbook, after which average capacity utilizations of the 39 countries were calculated to range between 0.86 and 0.95. Finally, the countries with the most optimal capacity utilization were identified, and their resource allocations were studied and used as a guide to improve the capacity utilization of HRST in elsewhere. Key words: Capacity utilization, human resources in science and technology (HRST), data envelopment analysis (DEA).
The Effect of Country Based Image in Accurance of Brand in Cultural Destinations

Despite its location and historical and cultural attractions, Izmir has been unable to consistent- ly achieve its tourism goals, as evidenced by fluctuating numbers in tourism earnings and a small share of the international tourism market. This discrepancy might be attributed to Turkey's image in the minds of world travelers, as well as to a low recognition of Izmir. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to identify visitors' impressions that have been effective on their choice of Turkey as a vacation destination and (2) to determine whether there is a relationship between these impressions and their perceptions about Izmir. According to the study results there is a relationship between the variables related to partic- ipants choosing Turkey and their impressions about Izmir.
Modelling the BMR of species in Middle-Earth

The aim of this paper is to model the metabolic rates of the different species inhabiting the fictional world of Middle Earth, from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Hobbits, humans and elves were modelled by considering animal analogues for the basal metabolic rate (BMR). Constants of proportionality were determined to modify human BMR for different heights and weights. It was found that hobbits have the highest resting metabolic rate, while elves have the lowest. This is attributed to size and loss of heat due to changes in the surface area to volume ratio.
Explaining the China-India Performance Gap with Micro data: Identifying the Binding Constraints

Beginning with virtually identical per capita GDP in 1980, China’s 2006 per capita GDP (purchasing power adjusted) stands more than twice India’s (IMF estimates). We explore the growth gap using recent firm level survey data. Unsurprisingly, we find that Chinese firms have higher total factor productivity level, capital intensity and higher capital growth than Indian firms. Relating capital and productivity level and growth with policy and business environment factors known to impede growth, we find that, although businesses in the two countries contend with comparable bureaucratic burdens, China provides better infrastructure, more skilled worker, and more labor hiring flexibility than India. More fundamentally, we find that Chinese firms are more able than Indian firms in benefiting from these advantages in the sense that Chinese firms with access to this advantages exhibiting higher capital intensity, productivity level, and faster capital growth while that is not the case among Indian firms. India’s rigid labor policies seem to have generated a population of mostly small firms, who are better insulated from weak infrastructure or scarce skilled labor. We found that India's share of small firms is around four times higher than that in China and Chinese firms of all sizes are far more growth oriented in spite of more limited access to capital. We show direct evidence of labor distortion in India, but not in China. We infer that labor market inflexibility limits the effectiveness of good access to finance in India, and also makes infrastructure constraint irrelevant. For reform strategies, our results suggest that India should first reform labor market regulations, then infrastructure and regulation consistency; for China it is capital access and preservation of its labor market flexibility.
Phoebe Framework and Experimental Results for Estimating Fetal Age and Weight

Fetal age and weight estimation plays an important role in pregnant treatments. There are many estimation formulas created by the combination of statistics and obstetrics. How-ever, such formulas give optimal estimation if and only if they are applied into specified community. This research proposes a so-called Phoebe framework that supports physicians and scientists to find out most accurate formulas with regard to the community where scientists do their research. The built-in algorithm of Phoebe framework uses statistical regression technique for fetal age and weight estimation based on fetal ultra- sound measures such as bi-parietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, fetal length, arm volume, and thigh volume. This algorithm is based on heuristic assumptions, which aim to produce good estimation formulas as fast as possible. From experimental results, the framework produces optimal formulas with high adequacy and accuracy. Moreover, the framework gives facilities to physicians and scientists for exploiting useful statistical information under pregnant data. Phoebe framework is a computer software available at http://phoebe.locnguyen. net.
ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF LIPASE FROM COCOA BEANS ( Theobroma cacao. L.) OF CLONE PBC 159

Lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3) was extracted and purified from acetone dry powder of cocoa (Theobroma cacao. L.) of clone PBC 159 extract. The Lipase from AcDP of cocoa beans was used for purification using 40-60 and 60-80% ammonium sulphate precipitation. The resulted indicated 44.73 and 60.51-fold purification with 26.74 and 33.31% recovery lipase activity (yield), respectively. The crude lipase enzyme from both precipitation were eluted, producing a single peak after applying through Sephacryl S-200 chromatography. The purified enzyme had a uniform specific activity throughout the final chromatography peak. The results from SDSPAGE analysis showed that the molecular weight of the lipase enzyme was in between 45-66 kDa.
Influence of plasma proteins on setting characteristics of mineral trioxide aggregate like cement

Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is a modified Portland cement (PC) based dental material containing bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) as a radiopacifier that is presently used as a sealing material in endodontic treatment. The present study investigated the influence of albumin, fibrinogen and γ-globulin, the three most abundant blood plasma proteins, both individually and in combination on the setting time, compressive strength and relative porosity of an MTA-like dental cement. The cement powder formulation was mixed with the liquid phase containing normal plasma protein concentrations or quarter, double or quadruple the normal plasma protein concentration as well as a mixture of all three proteins. Compressive strength and relative porosity were measured from 2 to 56 days and the initial setting times were determined using the Gilmore needles test. The set cement microstructure was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The compressive strength of all cements increased with time whereas strut density and relative porosity decreased. Fibrinogen and γ-globulin increased setting time with increasing concentration while albumin acted as an accelerant. For the MTA model mixed with all three plasma proteins, the setting times decreased as concentrations were increased.
Validation of body condition score system in Holstein x Zebu cows via ultrasound method during the transition period and early lactation

This study aims to validate, by means of subcutaneous rump fat thickness (RFT), the suitability of the visual evaluation of body condition score (BCS) to indicate the body condition of crossbred dairy cows (Holstein x Zebu) during the transition period and early lactation. Animals were selected according to lactation period and distributed into three groups: PP (0 to 4 weeks antepartum; n = 30), L4 (0 to 4 weeks postpartum; n = 15), and L + 5 (5 to 14 weeks postpartum; n = 63). The relationship among RFT, BCS, and body weight (BW) was investigated using correlation and regression analyses. The variables BCS, RFT, and BW were different among the three groups (P < 0.05). The correlations between BCS and RFT were higher in groups PP and L + 5 (r = 0.78 and r = 0.71 respectively). However, the L4 group showed a weak correlation (r = -0.04). The regression models were able to explain how much RFT varies because of changes in BCS, with coefficients of determination equal to 0.61 for PP and 0.51 for L + 5 group. In conclusion, BCS can be considered a good predictor of RFT for crossbred Holstein x Zebu cows in antepartum and postpartum for over 5 weeks of lactation.
Uncertainty-based False Information Propagation in Social Networks

Many network scientists have investigated the problem of mitigating or removing false information propagated in social networks. False information falls into two broad categories: disinformation and misinformation. Disinformation represents false information that is knowingly shared and distributed with malicious intent. Misinformation in contrast is false information shared unwittingly, without any malicious intent. Many existing methods to mitigate or remove false information in networks concentrate on methods to find a set of seeding nodes (or agents) based on their network characteristics (e.g., centrality features) to treat. The aim of these methods is to disseminate correct information in the most efficient way. However, little work has focused on the role of uncertainty as a factor in the formulation of agents’ opinions. Uncertainty-aware agents can form different opinions and eventual beliefs about true or false information resulting in different patterns of information diffusion in networks. In this work, we leverage an opinion model, called Subjective Logic (SL), which explicitly deals with a level of uncertainty in an opinion where the opinion is defined as a combination of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty, and the level of uncertainty is easily interpreted as a person’s confidence in the given belief or disbelief. However, SL considers the dimension of uncertainty only derived from a lack of information (i.e., ignorance), not from other causes, such as conflicting evidence. In the era of Big Data, where we are flooded with information, conflicting information can increase uncertainty (or ambiguity) and have a greater effect on opinions than a lack of information (or ignorance). To enhance the capability of SL to deal with ambiguity as well as ignorance, we propose an SL-based opinion model that includes a level of uncertainty derived from both causes. By developing a variant of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered epidemic model that can change an agent’s status based on the state of their opinions, we capture the evolution of agents’ opinions over time. We present an analysis and discussion of critical changes in network outcomes under varying values of key design parameters, including the frequency ratio of true or false information propagation, centrality metrics used for selecting seeding false informers and true informers, an opinion decay factor, the degree of agents’ prior belief, and the percentage of true informers. We validated our proposed opinion model using both the synthetic network environments and realistic network environments considering a real network topology, user behaviors, and the quality of news articles. The proposed agent’s opinion model and corresponding strategies to deal with false information can be applicable to combat the spread of fake news in various social media platforms (e.g., Facebook).
Family ownership and discretionary accruals quality

This Conference Paper is brought to you by the Faculty of Business at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty of Business Publications by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Recommended Citation Tim Hasso and Keith Duncan. (2012) "Family ownership and discretionary accruals quality" 2012 AFAANZ Conference. Melbourne, Australia.Jul. 2012.
Molecular Tagging Wheat Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene Pm21 by EST-SSR and STS Markers

In order to enrich the molecular markers linked to wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm21 and facilitate the molecular marker-assisted selection in multi-background breeding procedure, preferred small groups (PSG) analysis was conducted using F2 segregating population cross between the wheat germplasm line CB033 with Pm21 and a common wheat variety Huixianhong (susceptible to wheat powdery mildew). One hundred and two markers revealed polymorphism between the parents when screening with 258 SSR or STS markers located on wheat homoeologous group VI, and two EST-SSR markers (Xcfe164 and Xedm129) and one STS marker (Xcinau188) showed good consistency between the genotype and the phenotype to mildew in PSG. Linkage relationship between Pm21 and molecular markers of Xcfe164, Xedm129 and Xcinau188 were then established, with the distance 3.75 cM, 1.26 cM and 0.98 cM respectively. Authenticity verification of the linkage between Pm21 and molecular markers were tested via F2: 3 families and results showed that the three markers were reliable new markers linked to Pm21. The results above would facilitate molecular marker-assisted selection in breeding program. Keywords Pm21; Preferred small group (PSG); Molecular tagging; EST-SSR; STS
A pan‐arctic evaluation of changes in river discharge during the latter half of the 20th century

Several recent publications have documented changes in river discharge from arctic and subarctic watersheds. Comparison of these findings, however, has been hampered by differences in time periods and methods of analysis. Here we compare changes in discharge from different regions of the pan‐arctic watershed using identical time periods and analytical methods. Discharge to the Arctic Ocean increased by 5.6 km3/y/y during 1964–2000, the net result of a large increase from Eurasia moderated by a small decrease from North America. In contrast, discharge to Hudson/James/Ungava Bays decreased by 2.5 km3/y/y during 1964–2000. While this evaluation identifies an overall increase in discharge (∼120 km3/y greater discharge at the end of the time period as compared to the beginning for Hudson/James/Unvaga Bays and the Arctic Ocean combined), the contrasting regional trends also highlight the need to understand the consequences of adding/removing freshwater from particular regions of the arctic and subarctic oceans.
Radon‐222 as a Tracer for Nonaqueous Phase Liquid in the Vadose Zone: Experiments and Analytical Model

The potential use of the naturally occurring noble gas 222Rn as a tracer for vadose zone contamination by nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) is studied experimentally and theoretically. n‐Dodecane was chosen as the model NAPL. In batch experiments containing unsaturated alluvial sand, a 2.9‐fold decrease of the steady‐state 222Rn activity in soil gas was measured as a consequence of the increase in the volumetric NAPL content from 0 to 0.074. A one‐dimensional analytical reactive transport model was developed that includes 222Rn production, gas‐phase diffusion, partitioning, and radioactive decay. Radon‐222 soil gas profiles were predicted for homogeneous and heterogeneous sandy profiles where NAPL contamination was restricted to selected depth layers. The resulting depth profiles document that the position of the NAPL has great influence on the 222Rn activity depth profile. An outdoor lysimeter experiment was performed using unsaturated alluvial sand contaminated by NAPL at depths from 1 to 1.2 m. In the lysimeter experiment, a spill of 2 L m−2 NAPL did not alter significantly the 222Rn profile, as predicted also by model calculations. We concluded that 222Rn can be used as a NAPL tracer in the vadose zone only at heavily polluted sites with uniform spatial 222Rn production.