Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dynamics of Output Growth , Consumption and Physical Capital in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth

This paper investigates the relationship between financing constraints and investment-cash flow sensitivities by focusing on cash holdings of firms as the basic classification scheme to separate firms into financially constrained and unconstrained categories. The idea is that high cash reserves increase the ability of firms to undertake profitable investment opportunities. Our classification scheme is based on an optimal cash model, which helps us identify the firms that deviate significantly from their target cash ratio. We conduct the analysis for an emerging market, just before and during a financial crisis to test the hypothesis that the hedging role of cash is more critical in states of the world characterized by high asymmetric information and excessive costs of external finance. The results are in line with our expectations and show that constrained firms exhibit greater investment to cash flow sensitivities than unconstrained firms. Also, there is strong evidence that cash stands as an effective device for firms mainly, during the crisis period. JEL classification: G31; G32
An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals ’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ

A growing literature seeks to explain differences in individuals’ self-reported satisfaction with their jobs. Most of the accumulated evidence so far has, however, been based on cross-sectional data and when panel data have been used, individual unobserved heterogeneity has been modelled following the random effects approach, namely using the ordered probit model with random effects. This paper makes use of longitudinal data for Denmark, taken from the waves 1995-1999 of the European Community Household Panel, and estimates fixed effects ordered logit models using the estimation methods proposed by Ferrer-i-Carbonel and Frijters (2004) and Das and Van Soest (1999). For comparison and testing purposes a random effects ordered probit is also estimated. Estimations are carried out separately on the samples of men and women for individuals’ overall satisfaction with the jobs they hold. We find that using the fixed effects approach (that clearly rejects the random effects specification), considerably reduces the number of key explanatory variables. In addition to wages, good health and being a public sector employee are particularly important in explaining individual differences in job satisfaction. Moreover, the impact of being employed on a temporary contracts or working in the public sector differs between the genders. JEL Classification: J28, C23, C25, M54
Personalized Investment Recommendations for Retail Customers

This is a short executive summary of research, development and testing, as well as insights regarding Infinitech Pilot 6. The document aims to provide a high-level overview of what was done, what outcomes were produced and what can be learned moving forward. It is written by the technical team who worked on the pilot at the University of Glasgow (UoG), and is primarilly designed for consumption by staff at the end-user organisation at the National Bank of Greece (NBG).
Forecast Impact of Assimilating Aircraft WVSS-II Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Observations in the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)

AbstractAutomated aircraft observations of wind and temperature have demonstrated positive impact on numerical weather prediction since the mid-1980s. With the advent of the Water Vapor Sensing System (WVSS-II) humidity sensor, the expanding fleet of commercial aircraft with onboard automated sensors is also capable of delivering high quality moisture observations, providing vertical profiles of moisture as aircraft ascend out of and descend into airports across the continental United States. Observations from the WVSS-II have to date only been monitored within the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) without being assimilated. In this study, aircraft moisture observations from the WVSS-II are assimilated into the GDAS, and their impact is assessed in the Global Forecast System (GFS). A two-season study is performed, demonstrating a statistically significant positive impact on both the moisture forecast and the precipitation forecast at short range (12–36 h) during the warm season. No statistically sign.
PENINGKATAN PEMAHAMAN KONSEP DAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA MELALUI SIMULASI PHYSIC EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY (PhET)

Simulation of Physic Education Technology (PhET) is a simulation that contains about learning physics, chemistry and biology. PhET can replace a real lab into a virtual lab for PhET simulations can provide a learning experience at the same time play. This study aims to determine the effect PhET simulations of improving understanding the concept of the material liquid pressure and to determine the effect PhET simulations to increase student motivation to learn the material pressure liquid. Subjects in this study were students VIIIA and VIIIB MTsS Insan Quranic, Aceh Besar, with the number of students are 30 children. The VIIIA Class is the reference class in this study and the VIIIB classis the subject of experimental class. This study used a quasi-experimental. The instrumen research used understanding test of concepts and questionnaires. The conseptual understanding is conducted by pretest and posttest, each of the testconsisting of 15 questions choice. The questionnaire to measure students motivationusing Likert scale.Keywords: PhET Simulation, Conseptual Understanding, Learning Motivation
Hepatoprotective effects of Nigella Sativa oil against acrylamide-induced liver injury in rats

Acrylamide (AA) is a heat-induced carcinogen founds in some foods due to cooking or other thermal processes. This study was designed to investigate the possible protective efficacy of Nigella sativa essential oil against acrylamide-induced liver toxicity. Four groups of 32 male Wistar albino rats were formed. The control group was fed ad libitum. Acrylamide was administered to the rats in Group AA at a daily dose of 40 mg/kg by gavage. Nigella sativa essential oil was administered intraperitoneally at a dose of 10mg/kg to the rats in Group NS. In Group AA+NS, daily applications of acrylamide and Nigella sativa essential oil were applied simultaneously as mentioned above. The trial period lasted 15 days. While acrylamide statistically increased MDA levels in liver tissue (P<0.05), (146.13 %) and decreased GSH and SOD activity statistically (P<0.05), (55.28% and 40.46%). In addition, liver proinflammatory cytokine levels increased due to acrylamide administration (P<0.05), [TNF-α (78.17%), IL-6 (76.08%)], anti-inflammatory cytokine levels (P<0.05), [IL-10 (61.16%)] decreased. Co-administration of Nigella sativa essential oil with acrylamide significantly reduced oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in liver tissues (P<0.05). In conclusion, our findings highlighted the potential therapeutic role of Nigella sativa essential oil in preventing acrylamide-induced hepatotoxicity.
Predicting Links from Education Network of Employees

—The advances in technology and data science affect many fields positively. One of these fields is education. Learning analytics have the potential to develop new ways of achieving excellence in teaching and learning. The companies try to use learning analytics techniques for their employees’ education and aim to improve employee performance. The education data sets of Softtech employees are used in this study. Softtech is a software company in Turkey, and those data sets include different types of technical, non-technical, online, and offline education. All data sets are combined, and an employee network is created by connecting employees via education. In this study, complex network analysis, link prediction
The Mechanisms Leading to a Stratospheric Hydration by Overshooting Convection

Overshoots are convective air parcels that rise beyond their level of neutral buoyancy. A giga-large-eddy simulation (100-m cubic resolution) of “Hector the Convector,” a deep convective system that regularly forms in northern Australia, is analyzed to identify overshoots and quantify the effect of hydration of the stratosphere. In the simulation, 1507 individual overshoots were identified, and 46 of them were tracked over more than 10 min. Hydration of the stratosphere occurs through a sequence of mechanisms: overshoot penetration into the stratosphere, followed by entrainment of stratospheric air and then by efficient turbulent mixing between the air in the overshoot and the entrained warmer air, leaving the subsequent mixed air at about the maximum overshooting altitude. The time scale of these mechanisms is about 1 min. Two categories of overshoots are distinguished: those that significantly hydrate the stratosphere and those that have little direct hydration effect. The former reach higher altitudes and hence entrain and mix with air that has higher potential temperatures. The resulting mixed air has higher temperatures and higher saturation mixing ratios. Therefore, a greater amount of the hydrometeors carried by the original overshoot sublimates to form a persistent vapor-enriched layer. This makes the maximum overshooting altitude the key prognostic for the parameterization of deep convection to represent the correct overshoot transport. One common convection parameterization is tested, and the results suggest that the overshoot downward acceleration due to negative buoyancy is too large relative to that predicted by the numerical simulations and needs to be reduced.
Hybrid integration of laser source on silicon photonic integrated circuit for low-cost interferometry medical device

The cost-effective integration of laser sources on Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits (Si-PICs) is a key challenge to realizing the full potential of on-chip photonic solutions for telecommunication and medical applications. Hybrid integration can offer a route to high-yield solutions, using only known-good laser-chips, and simple freespace micro-optics to transport light from a discrete laser-diode to a grating-coupler on the Si-PIC. In this work, we describe a passively assembled micro-optical bench (MOB) for the hybrid integration of a 1550nm 20MHz linewidth laser-diode on a Si-PIC, developed for an on-chip interferometer based medical device. A dual-lens MOB design minimizes aberrations in the laser spot transported to the standard grating-coupler (15 μm x 12 μm) on the Si-PIC, and facilitates the inclusion of a sub-millimeter latched-garnet optical-isolator. The 20dB suppression from the isolator helps ensure the high-frequency stability of the laser-diode, while the high thermal conductivity of the AlN submount (300/W=m.°C), and the close integration of a micro-bead thermistor, ensure the stable and efficient thermo-electric cooling of the laser-diode, which helps minimise low-frequency drift during the approximately ~ 15s of operation needed for the point-of-care measurement. The dual-lens MOB is compatible with cost-effective passively-aligned mass-production, and can be optimised for alternative PIC-based applications.
Controlling optical field collapse by elliptical symmetry hybrid polarization structure

Engineering the diversity of the spatial structure of polarization states offers a new approach to produce controllable and designable filament patterns. Here we predict theoretically and demonstrate experimentally the novel collapsing behaviors of the optical fields by using the elliptical symmetry hybrid polarization structure in a self-focusing Kerr medium. The results reveal that the distribution of the hybrid polarization states, the spin angular momentum (SAM) gradient, and the collapsing patterns could be manipulated by changing the eccentricity, the topological charge, and the initial phase of the optical field. Owing to the synergy of the hybrid polarization states and its spatial symmetry, the collapsing behaviors are controllable, and have the robust feature insensitive to the random noise. Our idea may offer an alternative route to produce the controllable and robust multiple filamentation in other nonlinear systems, thereby facilitating the development of additional surprising applications.
Asteroseismology for Galactic archaeology: bridging two fields

Abstract Asteroseismology has the capability of precisely determining stellar properties that would otherwise be inaccessible, such as radii, masses, and thus ages of field stars. When coupling this information with classical determinations of stellar parameters, such as metallicities, effective temperatures, and angular diameters, powerful new diagnostics for Galactic studies can be obtained. An overview of the ongoing Strömgren survey for Asteroseismology and Galactic Archaeology (SAGA) is presented, along with recent results using asteroseismology to investigate the vertical age structure of the Milky Way disc.
Working Paper Series BEAUTY CONTESTS AND IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE : A NEOCLASSICAL APPROACH

The arrival of new, unfamiliar, investment opportunities is often associated with "exuberant" movements in asset prices and real economic activity. During these episodes of high uncertainty, financial markets look at the real sector for signals about the profitability of the new investment opportunities, and vice versa. In this paper, we study how such information spillovers impact the incentives that agents face when making their real economic decisions. On the positive front, we find that the sensitivity of equilibrium outcomes to noise and to higher-order uncertainty is amplified, exacerbating the disconnect from fundamentals. On the normative front, we find that these effects are symptoms of constrained inefficiency; we then identify policies that can improve welfare without requiring the government to have any informational advantage vis-a-vis the market. At the heart of these results is a distortion that induces a conventional neoclassical economy to behave as a Keynesian "beauty contest" and to exhibit fluctuations that may look like "irrational exuberance" to an outside observer.
Formulation and characterization of orodispersible tablet of glimepiride

The present study is regarding, Glimepiride is one derivatives of sulfonyl urea used in the treatment of Type II DM which classified as class-II (BCS) of high permeability and low degree of solubility. The endeavor is to improve its solubility by solvent vaporization method to enhance the rate of dissolution of glimepiride. Soluplus (Polyvinyl caprolactampolyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft co-polymer) , PVP k40 (Polyvinylpyrrolidone) and PEG k5 are blended with the drug in various proportions (1:1,1:3) and prepared Soluplus1, Soluplus2, PEG1, PEG2, PVP1 and PVP2 as solid dispersion. The optimized formula of solid dispersion PVP1 is added to sodium starch glycolate and cross-carmellose. The disintegration profile will appear diminished in the drug release from the dosage form at a determined period of time. Differential scanning calorimetry appeared to a reduction in its crystallinity in solid dispersions. Scanning electron microscope and particle size analysis show a reduction in the drug particle size as solid dispersions. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy does not show an interaction between them. Hence, that PVP1 batch will be considered from nine oral dissolving tablets dosage form. Finally, orally disintegrating tablets are estimated for various parameters; for instance, disintegration time, the content of the drug, wetting time, and in vitro release profile show a conventional result. The selected formula F6 shows a good result in disintegration time during 13-second and in-vitro drug release profile achieves 96% at the end of 40 minutes.
Tractography of the optic radiation with diffusion compartment imaging and multi-fascicle modeling

Temporal lobe resection is a potentially curative intervention for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Visual field defects may arise if a resection transects the optic radiation. The anatomic course of the optic radiation is known to have substantial inter-individual variability. Noninvasive localization of the precise course of the visual pathways in individual patients offers the possibility of improved assessments of the risks and benefits of a temporal lobe resection.
Sufficient conditions for convergence of positive solutions to linearized two-dimensional sediment transport problem

problems chain on a uniform time grid is constructed, and thus, the linearization for the initial 2D nonlinear model is carried out in large. Earlier, the authors have proved the existence and uniqueness of the solution to a linear tasks chain. Prior estimate of the proximity of the linearized problem chain solution to the initial non-linear task solution has been also obtained. The conditions of its solution positivity and their convergence to the nonlinear sediment transport problem are defined in the norm of the Hilbert space L 1 with the rate O( τ ) where τ is a time step. Discussion and Conclusions. The obtained research results of the spatially two-dimensional nonlinear sediment transport model can be used for predicting the nonlinear hydrodynamic processes, improving their accuracy and reliability due to the availability of new accounting functionality of physically important factors, in-cluding the specification of the boundary conditions.
Fundamental Cosmology with the E-ELT

Abstract The evidence for the acceleration of the universe shows that canonical theories of cosmology and particle physics are incomplete, and that new physics is out there, waiting to be discovered. Forthcoming high-resolution ultra-stable spectrographs will play a key role in this quest for new physics. Here we focus on astrophysical tests of the stability of nature's fundamental couplings, and by taking existing VLT data as a starting point we discuss how forthcoming improvements (in particular with the E-ELT) will impact on fundamental cosmology.
of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER) Elementary Teachers’ Positive and Practical Risk-Taking When Elementary Teachers’ Positive and Practical Risk-Taking When Teaching Science Through Engineering Design Teaching Science

Abstract This study examines the perspectives of three generations of elementary teachers learning to teach science using engineering design and the risks associated with implementing this innovative type of reform-based science instruction. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and teacher reflections. Data analysis entailed open coding and document analysis. The findings indicated that there were four types of perceived risks: practical, pedagogical, conceptual, and personal. First-generation teachers exhibited conceptual risk-taking behavior, while second- and third-generation teachers reported practical, pedagogical, and personal risks. Benefits of risk-taking included increased student engagement in science, improved self-confidence in teaching science, and greater teacher collaboration across generations. By exploring the experiences of these three generations of teachers, we aim to make transparent the uneven shifts in thinking and practice, and the associated risks elementary school teachers took as they enacted engineering design-based science instruction. Abstract This study examines the perspectives of three generations of elementary teachers learning to teach science using engineering design and the risks associated with implementing this innovative type of reform-based science instruction. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and teacher reflections. Data analysis entailed open coding and document analysis. The findings indicated that there were four types of perceived risks: practical, pedagogical, conceptual, and personal. First-generation teachers exhibited conceptual risk-taking behavior, while second- and third-generation teachers reported practical, pedagogical, and personal risks. Benefits of risk-taking included increased student engagement in science, improved self-confidence in teaching science, and greater teacher collaboration across generations. By exploring the experiences of these three generations of teachers, we aim to make transparent the uneven shifts in thinking and practice, and the associated risks elementary school teachers took as they enacted engineering design-based science instruction.
3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzohydrazidium chloride

The title compound, C10H15N2O4 +·Cl−, was obtained as an unexpected by-product during the synthesis of 1-[2-(substituted aryl)]-3-methylpyrazol-5-ones. The hydrazide group is essentially planar, with an r.s. m. deviation of 0.020 (2) Å, and is oriented at a dihedral angle of 30.52 (3)° with respect to the benzene ring. In the crystal structure, the cations and anions are linked through N—H⋯O and N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a molecular tape running along the b axis.
Recurrent

Reference Study Type Patients/ Events Study Objective (Purpose of Study) Study Results Study Quality 1. Asoglu O, Karanlik H, Muslumanoglu M, et al. Prognostic and predictive factors after surgical treatment for locally recurrent rectal cancer: a single institute experience. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2007;33(10):1199-1206. ObservationalTx 50 patients To retrospectively evaluate the results of resecting the local recurrence of rectal cancer and to analyze factors that might predict curative resection and those that affect survival. Median time from original surgery to recurrence was 24 (4–113) months. 48% R0 resection with median survival of 28 months compared to 12 months in R1 or R2 resections. Type of primary surgery, symptoms, location, and fixity of recurrent tumor associated with increased possibility of curative resection. Previous surgery and curative surgery are significant predictors of disease-specific and OS. 2
ANNALES DE L’INSTITUT FOURIER

— Let E/F be a quadratic extension of non archimedean local ﬁelds of odd residual characteristic. We prove a conjecture of Prasad and Takloo-Bighash, in the case of cuspidal representations of depth zero of GL 2 m ( F ). This conjecture characterizes distinction for the pair (GL 2 m ( F ) , GL m ( E )) with respect to a character µ ◦ det of GL m ( E ), in terms of certain conditions on Langlands paremeters, including an epsilon value. We also compute the multiplicity of the involved equi-variant linear forms when E/F is unramiﬁed, and also when µ is tame. In both cases this multiplicity is at most one. Résumé. — Soit E/F une extension quadratique de corps locaux nonarchimé- diens de caractéristique résiduelle impaire. On prouve une conjecture de Prasad et Takloo-Bighash dans le cas des représentations cuspidales de niveau zéro de GL 2 m ( F ). Cette conjecture caractérise la distinction pour la paire (GL 2 m ( F ) , GL m ( E )) selon un caractère µ ◦ det de GL m ( E ), en termes de certaines conditions sur le paramètre de Langlands incluant une valeur spéciale de facteur epsilon. On montre aussi que l’espace des formes linéaires équivariantes vaut un lorsque E/F est non ramiﬁée, et aussi lorsque µ est modéré.