Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Academic Success and Conscientiousness on Identification with School as an Organizational Form

Oz Bu calisma, ogrencilerin okullari ile ozdeslesmeleri ile akademik basari ve kisilikleri arasindaki iliskileri ortaya koymayi hedeflemektedir. Kisilik degiskeni olarak Bes Faktor Kisilik ozelliklerinden ozdisiplin ele alinmistir. Ozdisiplin kisilik ozelligi, itaatkârlik, duzenlilik, disiplin, sorumluluk, basari yonelimlilik gibi ozellikleri bunyesinde barindirmakta, bu ozelliklerin yaninda ogrenme ve sosyallesmenin sonucu olmakta ve degerlendirici bir yonu de bulunmaktadir. Arastirmanin diger degiskeni olan ozdeslesme, bireyin kendi benligiyle orgutunu tanimlamasi arasindaki bilissel bag olarak ifade edilmektedir. Okullar degerlendirildiginde ogrencilerin akademik basarilarinin okullar icin onemi on plana cikmaktadir. Bu baglamda, akademik basarisi yuksek ve bireysel hedeflerini gerceklestirmeye calisan ogrenciler ayni zamanda okulun hedeflerine de katkida bulunmaktadir. Akademik basari seviyesi yuksek ve ozdisiplinli ogrencilerin kendilerini okullariyla tanimlama duzeylerinin yuksek olacagi degerlendirilerek hipotezler gelistirilmis ve gelistirilen hipotezler 506 universite ogrencisinden toplanan veri ile analiz yapilarak test edilmistir. Veriler anket yontemi ile toplanmis, bu maksatla ozdeslesme ve ozdisiplin olcekleri kullanilmistir. Arastirma sonuclari, ogrencilerin okulda bulunduklari sure ile ozdisiplinli olmalarinin okullari ile ozdeslesmede etkili faktorler olduguna, ancak akademik basarinin etkili bir faktor olmadigina isaret etmektedir. Anahtar Sozcukler: Ozdeslesme, okul, ogrenci, akademik basari, ozdisiplin. Abstract This study aims to identify the relationship between students’ organizational identification with their personality and academic success. Conscientiousness, one of the most important five personality traits, has been taken as a personality trait involving submissiveness, orderliness, discipline, responsibility, and achievement orientation. Furthermore, it is a result of learning and socialization while functioning as an evaluator. Considering schools, students’ academic success is an important factor since students who have a high level of academic success try to achieve their personal goals that contribute to schools’ overall goals. Organizational identification as the other variable of the study is defined as a cognitive linking between the definition of the organization and the definition of the self. Considering the students who have high level of academic success and have self-discipline, they would identify themselves with their school. Taking this as the hypothesis of the study, data have been gathered from 506 collage students. Research results showed that individuals’ time spent at school and their conscientiousness were effective while academic success was not effective on their organizational identification.
Socially relevant and socially responsible higher education : a disputed goal

Higher education is expected to be socially relevant. However, there is a controversial discourse in both higher education policy and in higher education research, how striving for 'quality' according to theoretical and methodological criteria can co-exist with efforts of ensuring the relevance of academic work. Academics are frequently accused of harbouring 'ivory tower' objectives without sufficiently paying attention to social expectations. In reverse, many academics view public calls for relevance as aimed at subordinating higher education under presumed needs of society instead of encouraging innovative contributions to society. In recent years, terms such as the 'service function' or 'third function' are employed on an increasing basis. They suggest that higher education should serve society not only through its core functions of teaching and research but also through various kinds of direct involvement in societal actions. This requires universities to clarify their understanding of 'social responsibility': They have to examine how direct involvement in social action can be justified as being based on academic expertise.
Diffusion of Magnetic Nanoparticles Within a Biological Tissue During Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia

© 2013 Lahonian, licensee InTech. This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Diffusion of Magnetic Nanoparticles Within a Biological Tissue During Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia
Response to water stress in transgenic (p5cs gene) wheat plants (Triticum aestivum L.)

Transgenic technology in plants has been used to introduce genes that perform as osmoprotection to obtain tolerant to abiotic stresses genotypes. Proline is considered as one of these osmoprotectors. Therefore, Δ1-pirrolyne-5-carboxylate synthesize (P5CS) enzyme, coded by p5cs gene is important and also a limiting factor in its pathway synthesis. This work aimed to evaluate proline accumulation in p5cs gene-transformed wheat plants. Experiment was conducted in randomized entirely design with 18 treatments (seven second generation (T2) transgenic plants, nine first generation (T1) transgenic plants and two checks with and without irrigation) and ten replications. Leaves were collected for conducting analyses of proline content, lipid peroxidation and water relative content every four days. The data were subjected to analyses of variance, using F-test at 1% and 5% probability levels and means grouped by Scott and Knott test at 5% probability level. The results showed that both transgenic and non-transgenic irrigated plants suffered reduction of water accumulation in relation to non-transgenic and plants without irrigation. However, they resisted eight days without water supply and with turgidity. Transgenic plants with constituted promoter (Ubi) and induced stress promoter (aipc) did not present significant differences in relation to proline levels. Lipid peroxidation values did not show any difference between transgenic plants and non-transgenic plants under no irrigation treatments during the evaluation period. The results indicated that transgenic plants produced approximately 1.85 more proline content than normal, demonstrating the p5cs gene expression.
A comparison of the Austrian and US insolvency codes

Die folgende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Vergleich der Gestaltung der Osterreichischen und Amerikanischen Insolvenzsysteme. Insolvenz kann nur dann effizient und erfolgreich gelost werden, wenn das Gesetz ein geeignetes Konkursverfahren anbietet. Der erste Teil dieser Arbeit ist eine Erklarung der Begriffe, die zusammen mit dem Thema der Insolvenz vorkommen. Anschliesend, werden die Ziele eines Insolvenzverfahrens erlautert. Diese Ziele sind entweder durch Auflosung oder Sanierung von einem insolventen Unternehmen zu erreichen. Im Laufe der Zeit haben die kulturelle Veranderungen und die nationale Wirtschaftsentwicklungen die Gestaltung der Insolvenzsysteme wesentlich beeinflusst. Die Abweichungen unter den nationalen Gesetzen des Insolvenzrechts verursachen, dass der Grad vom Schuldnerschutz betrachtliche Unterschiede aufweist. Die Arbeit untersucht auch gewisse kulturspezifische Eigenschaften, die zu Unterschieden im gesetzlichen Schutz der Rechte von Glaubigern und Aktionaren fuhren sollen. Es werden die wichtigsten Merkmale der Osterreichischen und Amerikanischen Insolvenzgesetze miteinander verglichen. Das in den Vereinigten Staaten bevorzugte Insolvenzverfahren nach Chapter 11 ist mehr zugunsten des Schuldners und der Sanierung gestaltet. Demgegenuber steht das nach den Glaubigern orientierte Osterreichische Insolvenzgesetz, das die Liquidation eines insolventen Betriebs vorzieht. Dementsprechend gelten in beiden Landern unterschiedliche recht wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen, die es einem Unternehmen in Insolvenz mehr oder weniger ermoglichen, das Problem effizient aufzulosen.
SIMULTANEOUS COMPLIANCE OF TOC AND TURBIDITY RELATED TO PATHOGEN BREAKTHROUGH AND THMs CONTROL BY ENHANCED COAGULATION

Since discovery of harmful disinfection by products (DBPs) like trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) in chlorinated waters the removal of organic DBPs precursors gained priority in drinking water treatment. Historically, coagulation process was arranged to remove turbidity, typically related to pathogens occurrence, but nowadays it is usually optimized/enhanced for total organic carbon (TOC) reduction. This work dealt with the removal of TOC and turbidity by means of enhanced coagulation process using Al2(SO4)3⋅18 H2O and FeCl3⋅6H2O as coagulants for jar test without pH adjustment according to USEPA procedure. 15% of TOC removal required by USEPA D/DBPs rule (1998) was achieved using 30-50 mg l -1 of both coagulants. On the other hand, for compliance with more stringent MCL for total THMs in Italy (30 µg l -1 ) higher TOC removal (>30%) which needed of higher coagulants doses (80 mg l -1 ), was obviously required. Those high coagulant doses were also to be used for the compliance with the turbidity standard (<1NTU).
Compressive and rarefactive dust-ion acoustic solitary waves in four components quantum plasma with dust-charge variation

Based on quantum hydrodynamics theory (QHD), the propagation of nonlinear quantum dust-ion acoustic (QDIA) solitary waves in a ‎collision-less, unmagnetized four component quantum plasma consisting of electrons, positrons, ions and stationary negatively charged ‎dust grains with dust charge variation is investigated using reductive perturbation method. The charging current to the dust grains carried ‎by the plasma particle, has been calculated with the orbit-limited motion approach. The quantum current of electrons and positrons is ‎obtained by using Fermi-distribution functions. The basic features of QDIA solitary waves are studied by deriving the Korteweg-de Vries ‎‎(KdV) Equation. It is found that both rarefactive and compressive type of solitons can exist in the model plasma. Further, the nonlinear ‎and dispersive coefficients in KdV equation are modified by consideration dust charge variation effect and Fermi-Dirac distribution ‎function. The present investigations should be useful for researches on astrophysical plasmas as well as for ultra small micro- and nano- ‎electronic devices. ‎
Employing Orphan Nodes to Avoid Energy Holes in Wireless Sensor Networks

When energy consumption by wireless sensor nodes gets off balance, partitions in the network appear because several of the nodes stop functioning. The respective network’s lifetime also diminishes. This problem is commonly known as the “hot spot” or “energy hole” phenomenon. To resolve this issue, a Multi-Hop Decentralized Cluster-Based Routing (MDCR) protocol is proposed. This algorithm uses orphan nodes as intermediate nodes to form inter-cluster multi-hop routing and balance the energy consumption among sensor nodes. Simulation experiments have shown that MDCR is significantly better at prolonging network lifetime compared to the Adaptive Decentralized Re-Clustering Protocol.
Isolation of Campylobacter lari from seabirds in Hope Bay, Antarctica

Campylobacter is one of the most common bacterial causes of diarrheal illness in humans. This study describes the isolation of Campylobacter lari from seabirds during 4 consecutive summers (2000-2003) in Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. One hundred and twenty−two spontaneously dead Antarctic seabirds were studied. Ten Campylobacter lari isolates from 7 skuas (Stercorarius spp.), 2 kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus), and 1 Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) were identified by phenotypical characteristics. Human activ− ity in Antarctica was identified as a possible source of infectious agents, and migratory birds could be carriers of infectious diseases. However, nothing is known about zoonotic entero− pathogens causing diseases in humans living in the Antarctic region. We demonstrated that seabirds carried C. lari in their intestines, and that they were settled around the lakes where humans are supplied with fresh water. Consumption of fresh water from Antarctic lakes contaminated with feces of seabirds could be a risk of human campylobacteriosis. This is the first report of C. lari isolated from seabirds in Hope Bay, Antarctica. Key wor ds: Antarctica, Campylobacter lari, skua, kelp gull, Adelie penguin.
Title Morphological change induced with NaOH‒water solution for ramie fiber: change mechanism and effects of concentration and temperature

Morphological change induced with NaOH‒water solution for ramie fiber: change mechanism and effects of concentration and temperature Author(s) Nakano, Takato; Tanimoto, Takashi; Hashimoto, Tsuginosuke Citation Journal of Materials Science (2013), 48(21): 7510-7517 Issue Date 2013-11 URL http://hdl.handle. net/2433/192983 Right The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi. org/10.1007/s10853-013-7565-5. Type Journal Article Textversion author
Relationship Between Hard Total Quality Management Practices and Organizational Performance in Municipalities

Hard total quality management has now become the major business strategy in current management and has currently been taken up by companies around the globe. The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between hard total quality management practices and performance in municipalities. A quantitative research design was adopted to collect data. Multiple regression analysis method was used to conduct this study. The findings of the study will contribute to both theory and practice. The results of this study have important contributions and implications for practitioners and policy-makers in these five developing countries. Empirical evidence revealed that hard total quality management has relationship with performance. The findings also implied that hard total quality management has positively relation with performance and there is difference in organizational performance mean between all these countries.
The Visualization of Software Quality Metrics - A Systematic Literature Review

Researchers and practitioners have put a lot of attention in the visualization of software quality metrics. However, there is little attempt to systematically review and classify the different approaches of the quality metrics. Our objective in this study is to conduct a systematic literature review to identify the types and purposes for visualizing software quality metrics, including an analysis of existing visual attributes, interaction mechanisms and the different types of evaluations that are performed on the visualizations. We use a thematic analysis on 18 studies that met our inclusion criteria and found out that graph-based visualization is the most commonly used to visualize quality metrics such as lines of code, McCabe’s complexity and the number of methods. These metrics are mapped to the visual aspect of dimension, such as length, width, height and depth of the visual data, for instance, 3D boxes. In addition, we found out that the main purpose of employing visualization techniques is to improve the understanding of the structural characteristics of a software entity.
Localisation et cartographie visuelles simultanées en milieu intérieur et en temps réel

La these s'inscrit dans le domaine de la vision par ordinateur. Il s'agit, dans un environnement interieur inconnu, partiellement connu ou connu de trouver la position et l'orientation d'une camera mobile en temps reel a partir d'une sequence video prise par cette meme camera. Le sujet implique egalement la reconstruction 3D de l'environnement. Les algorithmes de vision seront implementes et testes sur des plateformes massivement paralleles. Processing the video sequence of a indoor camera in motion we have to find the position and angle of the camera in real time. We will use a single prime lens camera. It may involve an unknown, partially known or well known environment. A big part of the computation is the 3D reconstruction of the scene. The algorithms used to locate the camera will be implemented and tested on GPU.
Characteristics of the continuum variability of the nucleus of NGC 4151 in the optical from 1989-1996

The Structure Function (SF) analysis of variable fluxes of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151 obtained during its extraordinary brightening in 1989{1996 in the UBVRI bands is reported. More than 1500 measurements were made in each spectral band. The logarithmic slopes of SFs for all samples of flux observations are found to be dierent for intranight and extranight flux variations: 0.81{0.96 and 0.44{0.60, respectively. The dependence of the SF slopes on the phase of nucleus activity was revealed. The SF slopes increased for intranight variations in accordance with the nucleus brightening and decreased for yearly variations. The processes causing the flux variations evolved during the nucleus brightening in dierent directions: for intranight variations the process evolved from flicker{noise to extreme shot{noise; for yearly variations { vice versa. The obtained data provide evidence in favor of the supposition that intranight and extranight variations are caused by dierent sources. As a result, the variable source of the NGC 4151 nucleus during the active phase in the UBVRI bands exhibited characteristics of radio loud AGNs. The highest values of logarithmic slopes of SF for variations on a time scale of years were in the range 0:8 b 1:1, and for 10{150 day flares they were as high as 2.2. There was flattening of the optical spectrum with increasing nucleus brightness. The brightness amplitude of the nucleus in the U band reduced to an aperture D =5 00 over 7.3 years increased by a factor of more than 50. The brightness in the U band varied by a factor of more than 10 per year. The obtained characteristics of the variable source acting in the NGC 4151 nucleus from 1990{1996 do not contradict the model where the increasing nucleus brightening is caused by clouds of synchrotron radiation ejected from the nucleus during its active period.
Ecological modernization — origins, dilemmas and future directions

Several of the preceding contributions to this special issue have raised critical comments and questions on the concept and research agenda of ecological modernization. It is our impression that these comments not only reflect academic ingenuity, but also a broader and growing hesitation about the concept and its usefulness, as similar scepticism was also expressed by participants at the international workshop on ecological modernization in Helsinki. As the term ecological modernization has grown popular among leading politicians and policy-makers, so has the dilution of it. In this paper, we make an attempt to move away from the purely heuristic use of ecological modernization, by clarifying both its origins and meanings. For connoisseurs of the concept, our paper may be seen as a recapitulation, rather than as an innovation; our mission is not to reinvent a concept, but to clarify its origins and connected dilemmas. In essence, ecological modernization refers to a specific type of foresighted and preventive environmental policy, which is closely related to the precautionary principle and, therefore, involves long-term structural change of the patterns of production and consumption. The agenda for ecological modernization, and for an associated ecological tax reform, was promoted by scientists outside of the economics profession, but helped breathe new life into the dormant discipline of environmental economics. In recent years, much of the debate on the opportunities of ecological modernization have been ‘captured’ by economists, who tend to perceive it in the vein of conventional efficiency measures. In view of the serious environmental problems facing the global community in the 21st century, ecological modernization as a concept, in our opinion, only makes sense if reserved for a reference to more radical structural changes that promote ecological consistency rather than ordinary efficiency. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Non-perturbative unitarity constraints on the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density in ultraviolet-complete theories with a gravity dual

We reconsider, from a novel perspective, how unitarity constrains the corrections to the ratio of shear viscosityto entropy density s. We start with higher-derivative extensions of Einstein gravity in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes. It is assumed that these theories are derived from string theory and thus have a unitary UV completion that is dual to a unitary, UV-complete boundary gauge theory. We then propose that the gravitational perturbations about a solution of the UV complete theory are described by an effective theory whose linearized equations of motion have at most two time derivatives. Our proposal leads to a concrete prescription for the cal- culation of �/s for theories of gravity with arbitrary higher-derivative corrections. The resulting ratio can take on values above or below
Flowering phenology of Mediterranean "Quercus" species in different locations (Córdoba, SW Iberian Peninsula)

Flowering phenology of Mediterranean Quercus species in different locations (Cordoba, SW Iberian Peninsula). Periodical qualitative and quantitative checking of flowering phases was carried out over six growing seasons (1997-2002) for the three Mediterranean Quercus species found in Sierra Morena (Cordoba, SW Spain): Q. ilex L. ssp. ballota (Desf.) Samp. , Q. coccifera L. and Q. suber L. A total of 60 individuals were selected. Additionally, 30 Quercus ilex ssp. ballota individuals were selected and studied in Sierras Subbeticas (Priego de Cordoba, SW Spain) in 1999 and 2000. Morphological changes occurring at different points in each phenological phase were charted. Among species differences were found for inflorescences/male and female flowers, in terms of the phenological flowering sequence. Male inflorescences displayed a more homogeneous development. All individuals and populations were proterandrous. Phenological trends and ranges were charted. Although trends varied with species and year, the overall phenological trend seemed to fit a sigmoid curve in all cases, increasing with phenological development. Shorter ranges were obtained in years with warmer springs, and longer ranges in colder years. Moreover, phenological range differed as a function of species and location. In general, Q. ilex ssp. ballota flowered earlier than the rest, Q. suber displaying the latest flowering period. Individuals located at lower altitudes and facing the sun flowered earlier, followed in most years by those located at higher altitudes. Thus, Q. ilex ssp. ballota flowered earlier in Sierra Morena than in the higher-altitude Sierras Subbeticas.
Employing Feedback to Filter Caustic Waves in Underwater Scenes in Motion

A real-time approach for removing sunlight ickers from sub- aquatic scenarios captured in videos is presented. For this end, a de- ickering lter is designed. The start point is a moving landscape scene. Essentially, the ltering approach is based on morphological character- istics of the caustic waves. It constructs an a-priori de-ickered image which is afterwards enhanced. The algorithm employs feedback of opti- cal ow elds and brightness in order to predict a one-step-ahead value of the brightness.