Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Persistence Underperforming Firms

This latest research discusses the need for a better understanding of interest in entrepreneurship in vocational high school students. Financial literacy is the knowledge needed by everyone (including vocational high school students) in everyday life. It consists of studying theory, mastering practical skills, and developing financial thinking, all of which will make each of us financially successful. This study aims to analyze the importance of the school environment and understanding of financial literacy and entrepreneurial characteristics that mediate students' interest in entrepreneurship. The saturated sample in this study consisted of 41 class 11 vocational student respondents, with an age range of 16-18 years who participated in community service activities held by UPI YAI lecturers. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire survey which was carried out at the end of the presentation of the material by the lecturers with 45 question indicators. The structural Equation Model with Partial Least Square is an analytical technique used in this study. Testing path analysis with a measurement model (outer model) is carried out to find out the correctness of the answers given to the questions, namely measurements of internal consistency, convergent validity, and discriminative validity, then proceed with testing the structural model (Inner Model). The results of the study show that the school environment has a direct effect on financial literacy and this financial literacy has an effect on the entrepreneurial characteristics of students. Meanwhile, the school environment and financial literacy do not affect students' interest in entrepreneurship. This study shows that school environment, financial literacy, and business characteristics can be valuable indicators to increase and trigger students' interest in entrepreneurship. These results can be used to guide policymakers on where to place more emphasis on financial education for vocational high school students
Attitude tracking control of a flexible spacecraft under angular velocity constraints

ABSTRACT In this paper, a new technique is proposed for trajectory tracking of a flexible spacecraft subject to angular velocity constraints. The problem is addressed using an output to input saturation transformation (OIST) which converts the prescribed bounds into state-dependent saturations on the control input signals. It is shown that an interval observer can be used in combination with the OIST technique to ensure that the constraints remain satisfied despite unmeasured flexible modes and torque disturbances. Some realistic simulations conclude the paper and validate our approach.
Left atrium remodeling after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. Its association with the occurrence of cardiovascular embolic events and heart failure is high. Structural and functional changes are a fundamental part of the pathophysiological process, leading to left atrial myopathy and progressive left ventricular dysfunction that modifies the prognosis of patients. We present the case of a 75-year-old patient with symptomatic paroxysmal AF with adequate functional class who was referred for pulmonary vein ablation after antiarrhythmic therapy failure. The baseline echocardiogram showed preserved biventricular systolic function, mild diastolic dysfunction, and normal left atrium (LA) volumes. However, functional LA impairment was observed with decreased reservoir phase strain. Pulmonary vein isolation was successfully performed without evidence of new arrhythmic events, in addition to an improvement in LA reservoir strain, left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain, and myocardial work index at three-month follow-up. The patient has remained asymptomatic and is under clinical follow-up. LA and LV strain as new advanced echocardiography techniques are useful in the assessment of reverse remodeling of atrial myopathy and LV structural damage.
Anatomy of the Phillips Curve

We use a unique high-frequency micro-dataset to estimate the slope of the primitive form of the New Keynesian Phillips curve, which features marginal cost as the relevant real activity variable. Our dataset encompasses product-level prices, costs, and output within the Belgian manufacturing sector over twenty years, recorded at a quarterly frequency. Leveraging the richness of the data, we adopt a “bottom-up” approach that identifies the Phillips curve’s slope by estimating the primitive parameters that govern firms’ pricing behavior, including the degrees of price rigidity and strategic complementarities in price setting. Our estimates indicate a high slope for the marginal cost-based Phillips curve, which contrasts with the low estimates of the conventional unemployment or output gap-based formulations in the literature. We reconcile the difference demonstrating that although the pass-through of marginal cost into inflation is substantial, the elasticity of marginal cost in relation to the output gap is low. Furthermore, through an examination of the transmission of oil shocks, we illustrate how the marginal cost-based Phillips curve offers a transparent means of capturing the impact of supply shocks on inflation.
Design of crRNA to Regulate MicroRNAs Related to Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer Using CRISPR-C2c2 (Cas13a) Technique

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer with the second-highest mortality rate worldwide. microRNAs (miRNAs) of cancer-derived exosomes have shown promising diagnosis potential. Recent studies have shown the metastatic potential of a specific group of microRNAs called metastasis. Therefore, down-regulation of miRNAs at the transcriptional level can reduce metastasis probability. The aim of this bioinformatics research is targeting of miRNAs precursors using CRISPR-C2c2 (Cas13a) technique. The C2c2 (Cas13a) enzyme structure was downloaded from the RCSB database, the sequence miRNAs and their precursors were collected from miRbase. The crRNAs were designed and evaluated for their specificity by using CRISPR-RT server. The modeling 3D structure of the designed crRNA was performed by RNAComposer server. Finally, HDOCK server was used to perform molecular docking to evaluate docked molecules' energy level and position. The crRNAs designed for miR-1280, miR-206, miR-195, miR- 371a, miR-34a, miR-27a, miR-224, miR-99b, miR-877, miR-495 and miR-384 that showed high structural similarity with the situation observed in normal and appropriate orientation was obtained. Despite high specificity, the correct orientation was not established in the case of crRNAs that designed to target miR-145, miR-378a, miR-199a, miR- 320a and miR-543. The predicted interactions between crRNAs and Cas13a enzyme showed that crRNAs have a strong potential to inhibit metastasis. Therefore, crRNAs may be considered as an effective anticancer agent for further research in drug development.
Electromechanical Design of a Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) for the Upper Limb Rehabilitation of Children with Complex Neuromotor Disorders

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common pediatric neurodevelopmental disability, affecting 1 in 500 live births in the US and nearly 17 million people globally [1]–[4]. Other pediatric neuromotor disorders include muscular dystrophy and spina bifida, at 19.8 to 25.1 per 100,000 people worldwide [5] and 1 per 2,758 births in the US per year [6], respectively. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and childhood stroke are other common factors leading to neuromotor rehabilitation [7]. Many of these patients experience upper limb (UL) impairments, such as reduced muscle strength, movement speed, dexterity, and coordination [7]. Due to the requirements of activities of daily living (ADLs), UL impairment is considered the main factor contributing to decreased activity and participation [8], [9].
An improved SRC method based on virtual samples for face recognition

Abstract The sparse representation classifier (SRC) performs classification by evaluating which class leads to the minimum representation error. However, in real world, the number of available training samples is limited due to noise interference, training samples cannot accurately represent the test sample linearly. Therefore, in this paper, we first produce virtual samples by exploiting original training samples at the aim of increasing the number of training samples. Then, we take the intra-class difference as data representation of partial noise, and utilize the intra-class differences and training samples simultaneously to represent the test sample in a linear way according to the theory of SRC algorithm. Using weighted score level fusion, the respective representation scores of the virtual samples and the original training samples are fused together to obtain the final classification results. The experimental results on multiple face databases show that our proposed method has a very satisfactory classification performance.
Fractal frequency spectrum in laser resonators and three-dimensional geometric topology of optical coherent waves

We theoretically verify that the symmetry breaking in spherical resonators can result in a fractal frequency spectrum that is full of numerous new accidental degeneracies to cluster around the unperturbed degenerate cavity. We further experimentally discover that the fractal frequency spectrum excellently reflects the intimate connection between the emission power and the degenerate mode numbers. It is observed that the wave distributions of lasing modes at the accidental degeneracies are strongly concentrated on three-dimensional (3D) geometric topology. Considering the overlapping effect, the wave representation of the coherent states is analytically derived to manifest the observed 3D geometric surfaces.
Numerical Investigation of Anti-Diffusion Source Term for Free-Surface Wave Flow

Accurate simulation of free-surface wave flows around a ship is very important for better hull-form design. In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code which is based on the open source libraries, OpenFOAM, was developed to predict the wave patterns around a ship. Additional anti-diffusion source term for minimizing a numerical diffusion, which was caused by convection differencing scheme, was considered in the volume-fraction transport equation. The influence of the anti-diffusion source term was tested by applying it to free-surface wave flow around the Wigley and KCS model ships. In results, the wave patterns and hull wave profiles of the Wigley and KCS model ships for various anti-diffusion coefficients showed quite close patterns. While, the band width of the water volume-fraction values between 0.1 to 0.9 at the Wigley and KCS model hull surfaces was narrowed by considering the anti-diffusion term. From the results, anti-diffusion source term decreased free-surface smearing.
Oxytocin, individual differences, and trust game

We have incorporated a power spectrum analysis for our second and third hypotheses as suggested, and uploaded an R script of the power simulations to OSF. We have further clarified how we plan to deal with potential ceiling effects. Moreover, we explain why we chose the p-value thresholds for our replication hypotheses as stated in the manuscript, and why, based on those strict thresholds, we deem additional multiple hypothesis correction as not necessary. We have further slightly adjusted the abstract of our manuscript. In addition, we have dealt with all other comments as described in our point-by-point responses.
Advances in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism The Critical Functions of Nicotine and Cotinine in Panmasala Consumers Contribute to the Oxidative Stress in Saliva and Urine

Panmasala is one of the form of Smokeless Tobacco product (SLT) and is available in different brands like Rajnignadha, Vimal, Hira, and RMD (Rasikala Manikchand Dhariwal) manufactured by various smokeless tobacco industries. Aim: Smokeless is a type of tobacco and acts as inducer for the formation of oxidative stress in saliva and urine. Materials and methods: People consumed specifically rajnigandha panmasala with BABA 120 chewing tobacco for the period of 4 years. The concentrations of nicotine and cotinine are evaluated by HPLC technique, levels of nitric oxide, lipid peroxidation, creatinine, and status of antioxidant enzymes were measured by spectrophotometric method. The urea, uric acid, albumins, and total proteins were determined by kit methods and remaining variables were calculated by respective formula. Results: Our results reported that significantly increased concentrations of nicotine and cotinine in saliva and urine of smokeless tobacco users. The nitroxdative stress includes higher levels of nitric oxide (Nitrites and nitrates) and lipid peroxidation was exhibited in the saliva and urine of panmasala users. The significant decrease in concentrations of glutathione, uric acid, and antioxidant enzymes was observed in the saliva of experimental subjects. The smokeless tobacco users have shown significantly decreased levels of uric acid and creatinine in the urine. Conclusion: Panmasala is more toxic and harmful than any smokeless tobacco product and acts as greater risk of inducer of oxidative stress in saliva and urine of SLT users for prolonged consumption.
Spacecraft Anti‐Unwinding Attitude Control Using Second‐Order Sliding Mode

This paper presents an anti‐unwinding control method for the attitude stabilization of a rigid spacecraft. Quaternion has double stable equilibrium and this may cause unwinding problems in spacecraft attitude control if both the equilibria are not considered in control design. Here, the initial condition of scalar quaternion is included in sliding surface and an anti‐unwinding control method is formulated in second‐order sliding mode. The presented second‐order sliding mode controller can alleviate chattering and ensure a smooth control for actuator. Further, to eliminate the need of advance information about bounds of uncertainty and external disturbance, adaptive laws are applied to estimate the controller gains. The closed‐loop stability is proved using the Lyapunov stability theory. In conclusion, a simulation is conducted in the presence of inertia uncertainty and external disturbances and it is found that the presented control method is efficient to negate the effect of inertia uncertainty and external disturbances, alleviate chattering, eliminate unwinding, and ensure high accuracy and steady state precision.
[Kareli district]) – a Lead Isotope Investigation

Seven silver objects from antique Georgia, e. g. a raven and a goddess Diana sculpture, have been archaeometallurgically investigated. Six are dated into the 1st century AD and have been found in a burnt down palace at “Dedoplis Gora”. They are all strongly affected by a fire which was caused by an earthquake in 80 AD. Another object of study is a fragmented silver box of the 3rd century AD, excavated at Mtskheta, the old capital of the Kingdom of Kartli. All objects come from a time of great political influence from Rome. The provenance investigation by lead isotope analysis points not only to three different sources in the Roman Empire, the Central Balkans, the Cévennes (Massif Central) in France and the Pangeon Mountains in northern Greece, but also to lead-silver mines in Iran. Historical Introduction: Rome and the Kingdom of Kartli (Caucasian Iberia) In antique historiography of the Near East and particularly the Caucasus, the character of Roman policy and influence is still an open topic of investigation. Here, with the Parthian state in the territory of modern Iran, Rome had to face another expanding civilization, which resulted in a long lasting political rivalry, in which the Kartlian Kingdom was drawn (overview: Gagoshidze, 2008; Lordkipanidze, 2001, pp.20-23). With this in mind, cultural-religious connections between Rome and Kartli must be examined closely. In the first centuries of our era, Caucasian Iberia was a small but highly centralized state, which played an important role in the complex and lengthy formation process of the united Georgian nation. Rulers of Kartli of this period made a decisive political choice between Rome Teimuraz Parjanadze and Michael Bode
Bright, dark and dark-singular soliton solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger's equation with spatio-temporal dispersion

ABSTRACT This article presents an analytical study of the propagation of solitons through optical fibres. We consider a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with spatio-temporal dispersion and quadratic–cubic nonlinearity. Jacobi elliptic functions are used as an ansatz to extract optical dark and bright solitons as well as Jacobi elliptic solutions. The extended direct algebraic method gives dark and dark-singular soliton solutions. The constraint conditions which guarantee the existence of soliton solutions are listed.
Dynamic Facial Expression Recognition based on the Fusion of Handcraft Features

 Abstract — Facial expression recognition becomes an attractive research area in the field of biological recognition, which plays a vital role in a wide range of the application of the medical treatment, security systems, education, and so on. Extracting discriminative facial expression features has been an essential solution to improve the performance in dynamic facial expression recognition tasks. In this paper, we present a novel dynamic facial expression recognition framework that fusing geometric features with semantic features to effectively extract robust features. First, the proposed distance difference method is used to identify the peak frame in an image sequence, and the geometric features are calculated by the proposed geometric feature-based method. Then the geometric features are described semantically to construct a semantic feature set. Finally, we conduct an assessment on these geometric features according to the feature intensity standards and semantic rules to obtain the final fused features. Our method is carried out on two benchmark datasets: CK + (Extended Cohn-Kanade) and MMI (M & M Initiative). Its efficiency is demonstrated by extensive experiments. The best result achieves 98.73% recognition rate as classifying the 6 classes on CK+ and 87.36% on MMI, outperforming the results of state-of-the-arts.
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL MATHEMATICS EDUCATION PERSPECTIVAS

Theoretically, critical mathematics education (CME) differs markedly from traditional, teacher-centered mathematics teaching approaches. In addition to meeting mathematical goals, a main focus of CME lies on fostering students’ critical consciousness and positioning them as active and informed actors in the classroom and beyond. However, only few empirical studies explicitly focus on how students experience CME instruction and curriculum. In this contribution, we draw on interview data to examine how K-12 students in one Austrian and one American school setting respond to and perceive CME lessons. The analysis revealed that, within both classroom settings, students’ perceptions vary greatly, with some perceiving CME lessons as being completely different from prior experiences in school mathematics to some seeing little-to-no difference. Additionally features of CME instruction that mathematics teachers and researchers might consider to be the most salient are not necessarily the ones that students report attending to. Reasons for that might be manifold, and students might need more time with CME instruction and especially with reflecting on such lessons to identify the rationale behind the instructional approach. Moreover, researchers should be aware that students might not share their understanding of critical instructional reforms and might have diverse or even divergent perceptions.
Isolation and molecular characterization of some plant growth promoting actinomycetes from cultivated soil for management of some pathogenic microbes

were screened for Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) production which is important in promotion of plant growth. The detected quantities were ranged from 1.2-3.1 mg/l. The most active isolate was isolate SHR13, thus it was selected for further investigation. The antagonism activity of this isolate against some bacterial and fungal pathogens was evaluated. Efficient antagonism activities were recorded against F. oxysporum and Aspergillus niger while the highest antibacterial activity in vitro was evaluated against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas , Acinetobacter and E. coli . The obtained inhibition zone diameter was ranged from 151-25 mm. The percentage of fungal growth inhibition by the selected isolate SHRS13 in the broth medium ( in vitro inhibition) was up to 94% which cause hyphal segregation which may due to secondary compounds with fungicidal properties. In conclusion, the results obtained highlight the efficacy of the selected bacteria strain SHR13 as biocontrol agents for broad range of plant pathogens and can be utilized as biocontrol agent for some fungal pathogens in plant experiments.
Trust and the law in international child abduction cases

This article seeks to grasp the legal category of international child abduction through the conceptual lens of trust, from the standpoint of judges. In a more ambitious way, we delve into the relationship between law and trust in the context of the transnationalisation of family law. Going beyond the legal principle of mutual trust, we propose a concept of trust drawn from sociological theory and we analyse the issues that arises for judges both at the institutional and interactional levels. At the institutional level, we show how trust operates as a procedural mechanism that allows cooperation in the absence of explicit moral consensus, whilst at the interactional level, we demonstrate that trust is imbued with ethical value and pushes judges to be more open to foreign laws and culture
NKS-405, Safety Culture Assurance and Improvement Methods in Complex Projects – Final Report from the NKS-R SC_AIM

A good safety culture is an essential ingredient for ensuring nuclear safety. The predominant approaches for safety culture improvement are based on the assumption of stable and relatively homogeneous organizations, which often does not apply to contemporary project-oriented and turbulent environments. This research activity aims to provide guidance for methodical safety culture change in complex nuclear industry projects, and how to utilize existing safety culture tools or create new ones to support this effort. A set of twelve principles of safety culture change were developed that summarize the essential good practices of leading safety culture change. The principles are based on up-to-date practical experience and theories in the fields of systems thinking, organizational management and safety science. The principles are related to the generic characteristics of safetycritical project environments to illustrate their relevance in the context of complex projects. We propose that these principles are instrumental in leading safety culture activities in an informed manner, and to avoid mechanistic or superficial methods. Guidelines for the implementation of safety culture ambassadors were developed on the basis of the empirical work carried out in the Nordic nuclear power industry. Safety culture ambassadors group is novel method for safety culture improvement which aims to support the development of good safety culture by involving safety-conscious individuals from different parts of the company in safety culture activities. The guidelines can be utilized as a reference for practitioners in the nuclear power industry aiming to implement the method.