Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Learning lives with/in digital media: Emergence of online economy disputants in the midst of economic crisis in South Korea

This study aims to understand adult online informal learning illuminating a way of becoming an influential social figure. We interviewed five famous online economy disputants whose postings were very popular in Korea during the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. We explored how they learned and found that their self-directedness interplayed with the context of otherdirectedness, a sense of being stimulated and indebted enhanced their learning process, and dynamics of anonymity and social recognition were keys to their emergence. During the world economic crisis in 2008-2009 there was an interesting phenomenon in Korean online space. An anonymous online disputant, whose pen name was Minerva, obtained his fame as “Online Economy President,” by predicting the collapse of Lehman Brothers and fluctuating Won(Korean currency)-Dollar exchange rate. Minerva wrote his opinions in the anonymous discussion board (entitled Agora) of Daum, one of leading Korean portal sites like Yahoo. He became more famous after being prosecuted for spreading false information, but he was later acquitted. Along with Minerva, there were several other people in Agora who were collectively referred as Gosu (Master Hand). In the Agora context, Gosu means a person who can analyze and explain economic phenomena to those who cannot understand economic behavior when explained by the dominant media coverage. Gosu’s postings became a gateway for many Agora visitors to understand the economic uncertain and, risks of the time. Interestingly, most of the Gosu did not have a strong formal education training. For instance, Minerva studied engineering in a technical college. The others majored in philosophy, forest science, and biology in university and one had only a high school diploma. Most of them, however, eventually published books on the economy. Learning can be best understood as a lifelong activity that is both withinand outside of various social institutions. The cases of Gosu indicate that formal education is not the only way to acquire expertise on certain area. For them, the gateway to learning and the outlet for ideas on the economy was through an online discussion board, which neither can be classified as formal nor non-formal education. Also their learning happened within the context of globalization and political life of South Korea. Learning is always situated in our everyday lives. So learning is amorphous since adult learners’ prior experiences and socio-cultural contexts are complex (Kang, 2007). Though explaining this complex entanglement of learning lives may appear to be an unsurmountable challenge, learning is, nonetheless an important contributor of one’s life changes. We become different beings because of our learning. Gosu are not exception. How people reconstruct their learning lives through digital media and technology becomes important issue in Adult and Lifelong learning practice. Although many studies on online learning were carried out in formally designed contexts, recent research highlights the
Explaining the Growth in Municipal Recycling Programs

The implementation of thousands of municipal recycling programs in the United States has increased recycling’s portion of solid waste from 10% to 30% over the past decade. But the lack of accurate data has spurred a debate over whether the growth in recycling can be attributed to market or nonmarket factors. To address this issue, this article conducts a benefit-cost analysis of a municipal recycling program. Results suggest recycling is costly. So why, then, does it remain popular? This article suggests that local governments could be responding to households that perceive a benefit from recycling services. These benefits are estimated with a contingent valuation survey.
An Empirical Study of Observational Learning

This article provides an empirical examination of observational learning. Using data from an online market for music, I find that observational learning benefits consumers, producers of high-quality music, and the online platform. I also study the role of pricing as a friction to the learning process by comparing outcomes under demand-based pricing to counterfactual pricing schemes. I find that employing a fixed price (the industry standard) can hamper learning by reducing the incentive to experiment, resulting in less consumer surplus, but more expected revenue for the platform.
Numerical solution of Rosenau-KdV equation using subdomain finite element method

In this paper, a numerical solution of the Rosenau-Korteweg-de Vries (Rosenau-KdV) equation, based on subdomain method using sextic B-spline is utilized to simulate the motion of single solitary wave. The two invariants of the motion are worked out to define the conservation properties. L2 and L¥ error norms are used to measure differences between the analytical and numerical solutions. Applying the von-Neumann stability analysis, the proposed method is illustrated to be unconditionally stable. The method is applied on three test examples, and the computed numerical solutions are in good agreement with the result available in literature as well as with exact solutions. The numerical results depict that the scheme is efficient and feasible.
Magnetization textures in NiPd nanostructures

nanostructures using three diﬀerentimaging techniques: magnetic force microscopy, photoemission electron microscopy under polarizedX-ray absorption, and scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis. The appearances ofdiamond-like domains with strong lateral charges and of weak stripe structures bring into evidencethe presence of both a transverse and a perpendicular anisotropy in these nanostrips. This anisotropyis seen to reinforce as temperature decreases, as testiﬁed by a simpliﬁed domain structure at 150 K.A thermal stress relaxation model is proposed to account for these observations. Elastic calculationscoupled to micromagnetic simulations support qualitatively this model.I. INTRODUCTION
Dual-data Filtering for Robust Position and Angular Tracking of the Oculus Rift

We present a system to perform long-range, robust positional and angular tracking of the Oculus Rift head-mounted-display (HMD). In this case, Marker Tracking with overhead camera (pointed downwards) is used to achieve both positional and angular tracking of the Oculus Rift. Here, our contribution is to combine the resulting estimates of pose (from Marker Tracking) with low-latency inertial sensor data from the Oculus. This is motivated by our key observation that inertial sensors in the Rift suffer from low-frequency drift which accrues over time, while Marker Tracking systems suffer from high-frequency error when estimating angles. In addition the latter also suffers from glitches when tracking fails or the marker is not visible in the image frames. However, although tracking can lead to a few frames with unreliable data, they do not accrue error when tracking does resume. We combine robustly data from the Rift using computer vision based tracking methods, by using a Kalman filtering approach. Our experiments shows that this approach can deal wiht drift in yaw angle. The positional tracking enables crouching, jumping and small positional movements in games. Finally, we show acceptable delays in both the marker tracking by using color blob detection and network communication neccesary for this solution. CR Categories: I.3. 3 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism—Display Algorithms I.3. 7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism—Radiosity;
Investigations on the levels of oxidative stress biomarkers and organs biodistribution of Psoralea corylifolla Linn.

Psoralea corylifolia Linn. , an Indian medicinal plant exhibited good antioxidant, antitumoral and immunomodulatory activities and excellent ex vivo radical scavenging capacity, which are relevant to radioprotection and uses in medicine. By the present research for the first time using EPR spectroscopy we report our investigations on “real time” levels of Ascorbate radicals (Asc . ) and ROS production in organs of mice treated by Psoralea corylifolia Linn. and its biodistribution in the same organs. For the present study BALB/c mice were injected i.p. with compound (40 mg/kg), dissolved in saline. Mice were dissected at the different time intervals post injection and tissues from liver, kidneys and pancreas were homogenates in cold PBS solution and tested for organ allocation of the drug. Tissue homogenates in DMSO and DMSO solution of the spin trap N-tert-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (PBN) were prepared for determination of the ascorbate radicals level and for ROS products level, correspondingly. At the 4 th h after treatment almost no drug concentration, was found in any of the studied organs. Maximum concentrations in livers, kidneys and pancreas were established at 90 th min after drug administration. Statistical significant increased level of ROS production was found in kidneys homogenates of mice comparing to those in the livers and pancreas. The levels of ascorbate radicals in the livers and pancreas were higher than that calculated for the kidneys. In conclusion, these first EPR results characterize Psoralea corylifolia Linn. as a promising natural hepatoprotector.
Shadowing Issues in Research in Foreign Culture:A Lyon Case

Abstract This paper contains a review of theoretical assumptions and practical application of the qualitative research technique called shadowing. Paper includes also example of shadowing technique used in researches undertaken in foreign country – France designed as following the educational consultant from French Academie de Lyon, Louis La Roch ( all personal data was anonymised). I followed after this consultant for one week in May 2012 collecting the observational data, field notes, casual conversation and interviews. I researched everyday routines and professional rituals of educational consultant who daily travelled or walked from home to his office and from office to inclusive units for children and youth with intellectual disabilities in mainstream schools. I spent in shadowing entire week visiting since morning, Academie de Lyon, schools with inclusive units and for the first time I publish now the results of such methodological and research experience of shadowing. Educational consultant, in Lyon visited daily inclusive units called CLIS, for children with mild disabilities and ULIS for youth with mild disabilities in Lyon and nearby area.
Changes in the total protein, carbohydtate and lipid contents in selected tissues of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. under the influence of a juvenoid R394

Η νeανική ορμόνη R394 (ethyl 9-cyclohexyl-3,7-dimethyl-2,4-nonadienoate) eφαρμόστηκe τοπικά σe προνύμφeς 5Π" σταδίου του μeταξοσκώληκα Bombyx mori L. (υβρίδιο: ΚΑ χ NB4D2) σe δόση 0,039η1/προνύμφη vta 24, 48, 72 και 96 ώρeς, για την βeλτίωση της παραγωγής μeταξιού. Eπιλέχθηκαν τρeις κύριοι ιστοί, ο οπίσθιος μeταξογόνος αδένας (PSG). η αιμολέμφος και το λιπώδeς σώμα, οι οποίοι συλλέχθηκαν από πλήρως αναπτυγμένeς προ νύμφeς και υπολογίστηκe η πeριeκτικότητα τους σe ολικές πρωτeΐνeς, ολίκούς υδατάνθρακeς Kar ολικά λιπίδια. Το αποτέλeσμα έδeιξe ότι η πeριeκτικότητα των κύριων μeταβολιτών διέφeρe σημαντικά στους παραπάνω ιστούς, ανάλογα μe τον χρόνο eφαρμογής της νeανικής ορμόνης. Η υψηλότeρη πeριeκτικότητα σe πρωτeΐνeς παρατηρήθηκe στην αιμολeμφο και το μeταξογόνο αδένα των προνυμφών που δέχτηκαν την eπέμβαση για 72 ώρeς, eνώ η πeριeκτικότητα σe πρωτeΐνeς του λιπώδους σώματος ήταν η μικρότeρη στην ίδια μeταχeίριση. Η χαμηλότeρη ολική πeριeκτικότητα σe υδατάνθρακeς καταγράφηκe στις προνύμφeς ποι> δέχτηκαν την eπέμβαση για 72 ώρeς, eνώ η υψηλότeρη στον μάρτυρα τόσο στην αιμολeμφο όσο και στο λιπώδeς σώμα, χωρίς να παρατηρeίται σημαντική μeταβολή στον μeταξογόνο αδένα. Η ολική πeριeκτικότητα σe λιπίδια δeν eμφάνισe αξιοσημeίωτη παραλλακτικότητα κατά την eφαρμογή της νeανικής ορμόνης, μe eξαίρeση τον μeταξογόνο αδένα σe προνύμφeς που δέχτηκαν την eπέμβαση για μέχρι 72 ώρeς, όπου παρατηρήθηκe μeίωση. Το αποτέλeσμα υποδηλώνeι ότι η νeανική ορμόνη προκαλeί eξeιδικeυμένeς για κάθe ιστό αντιδράσeις από άποψη μeταβολής της πeριeκτικότητας σe κύριους μeταβολίτeς, η οποία eίναι ανάλογη μe τις αντίστοιχeς μeταβολές που παρατηρήθηκαν στο βάρος του βομβυκίου και το βάρος του κeλύφους του βομβυκίου.
Corporate Governance and Transparency Scenario: An Empirical Study Of Asia

CG in Asia has assumed greater limelight with the series of corporate failings and scandals, following which the markets, investors and society at large have begun to loose faith in the infallibility of these systems. This article seeks to portray an overview of the CG practices and transparency scenario prevalent in the Asia region, duly supported by empirical data. No doubt, several initiatives have been undertaken by various national and international agencies and CG scenario have considerably improved, but much work still remains to be done and the ethos of CG culture has yet to sink in fully. Most of the Asian countries should be proud of what they have achieved so far in CG practices but, of course, much more still needs to be done. To conclude, CG in Asia remains a work-in-progress requiring some rethinking and effective implementation of their rules and regulations.
Large internal waves in Massachusetts Bay transport sediments offshore

A field experiment was carried out in Massachusetts Bay in August 1998 to assess the role of large-amplitude internal waves (LIWs) in resuspending bottom sediments. The field experiment consisted of a four-element moored array extending from just west of Stellwagen Bank (90-m water depth) across Stellwagen Basin (85and 50-m water depth) to the coast (24-m water depth). The LIWs were observed in packets of 5–10 waves, had periods of 5–10min and wavelengths of 200–400m, and caused downward excursions of the thermocline of as much as 30m. At the 85-m site, the current measured 1m above bottom (mab) typically increased from near 0 to 0.2m/s offshore in a few minutes upon arrival of the LIWs. At the 50-m site, the near-bottom offshore flow measured 6mab increased from about 0.1 to 0.4–0.6m/s upon arrival of the LIWs and remained offshore in the bottom layer for 1–2 h. The near-bottom currents associated with the LIWs, in concert with the tidal currents, were directed offshore and sufficient to resuspend the bottom sediments at both the 50and 85-m sites. When LIWs are present, they may resuspend sediments for as long as 5 hours each tidal cycle as they travel westward across Stellwagen Basin. At 85-m water depth, resuspension associated with LIWs is estimated to occur for about 0.4 days each summer, about the same amount of time as caused by surface waves. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Ostracode-based aminostratigraphy and aminochronologyof a tufa system in central Spain

In the Priego area, central Spain, extensive tufa deposits are located in three small tributaries located at the head of the 1000 kmlong Tagus River. The deposits are originated after karst-origin running waters emerged from the confines of the canyons and expanded outward. Old tufa deposits of Priego are mainly present as terraced alluvial plain deposits where different autochthonous and allochthonous facies appear. Extraclastic deposits of quartzite and limestone clasts derived from Mesozoic rocks are interbedded with the tufa marking pulsatory high-flow periods. Using the geomorphologic analysis six terraced levels were differentiated and sampled for ostracode amino acid racemization analysis. D/L ratios of aspartic acid and glutamic acid were used for dating purposes. Cluster analysis defined six aminozones (AMI-AM7) which were dated as follows: AMI: 407 ± 12 ka oxygen isotope stages (OIS 11); AM2: 263 ± 14 ka (OIS 7e); AM3: 181 ± 17 ka (OIS 7a); AM4: 136± 13 ka (OIS 5-6); AM5: 108 ± 14 ka (OIS 5); AM7: 11 ± 4 ka (OIS 1), indicating that tufa deposition took place during warm periods. Models of riverine and riverinebarrage tufa accumulation indicate that their maximum build-up took place between the canyon mouth and the point of depletion of dissolved CO2, and this affected the elevation of the top of the deposits and their relative chronology.
In-situ airborne observations of the microphysical properties of the Arctic tropospheric aerosol during late spring and summer

In-situ aerosol data collected in the Arctic troposphere during a three-week period in 2004 were analysed. The measurements took place during late spring, i.e., at the time of the year when the characteristics of the aerosol distribution change from being accumulation-mode dominated to being primarily of the Aitken-mode type, a process that previously has been observed in the boundary layer. To address the question whether this transition is also detectable in the free troposphere of an aircraft-measured data from the ASTAR 2004 campaign were analysed. In this study, we present vertically as well as temporally results from both ground-based and airborne measurements of the total number concentrations of particles larger than 10 and 260 nm. Aircraft-measured size distributions of the aerosol ranging from 20 to 2200 nm have been evaluated with regard to conditions in the boundary layer as well as in the free troposphere. Furthermore an analysis of the volatile fraction of the aerosol population has been performed both for the integrated and size-distributed results. From these investigations we find that the transition takes place in the entire troposphere.
Evolution of Egalitarian Punishment

Punishment has been deemed as a key to solve the puzzle of the evolution of cooperation. Recent studies have suggested that altruistic punishment may be motivated by preference for social equality (egalitarian punishment). Here we construct individual-based models to investigate the effectiveness of egalitarian punishment in promoting cooperation. Based on computational experiments, we first show that egalitarian punishment is as effective as classic punishment, which directly observes others' strategies, in a meta-population model. We then use a scale-free network model to show that egalitarian punishment can be effective even when heterogeneity in the number of interactions among individuals is incorporated. Finally, we show that generosity in punishment can affect co-evolution of egalitarian punishment and cooperation.
Asset Price and Monetary Policy: The Japanese Case

After the Bank of Japan (Japanese central bank) introduced unprecedented monetary policy in March 2011, it continuously conducted aggressive monetary policy to boost the economy. Moreover, it started to conduct stronger monetary policy in January 2013. It planned to double the monetary base to combat deflation and promote economic growth. The effectiveness of this large and unprecedented monetary base rule, which is not interest rate as used in traditional monetary policies targeted to boost the economy, has received much attention not only in Japan but also all over the world. This article empirically examines whether or not this monetary base rule would have achieved stock price rising in Japan. The results show no relationship between stock prices and monetary policy. The effect of monetary base expansion on Japanese stock prices was not found. Stock prices and exchange rates in the United States, on the other hand, have had significant effects on Japanese stock prices.
A Surface Energy Perspective on Climate Change

Abstract A surface forcing response framework is developed that enables an understanding of time-dependent climate change from a surface energy perspective. The framework allows the separation of fast responses that are unassociated with global-mean surface air temperature change (ΔT), which is included in the forcing, and slow feedbacks that scale with ΔT. The framework is illustrated primarily using 2 × CO2 climate model experiments and is robust across the models. For CO2 increases, the positive downward radiative component of forcing is smaller at the surface than at the tropopause, and so a rapid reduction in the upward surface latent heat (LH) flux is induced to conserve the tropospheric heat budget; this reduces the precipitation rate. Analysis of the time-dependent surface energy balance over sea and land separately reveals that land areas rapidly regain energy balance, and significant land surface warming occurs before global sea temperatures respond. The 2 × CO2 results are compared to a solar i.
Marketing Portfolio Management in a Spectrum of Marketing Assets Interaction to Maximize Holder’s Utility

A whole set of problems rises as Marketing portfolio stratum (cluster) forms: measuring the impact of marketing on business development, identifying the assets of marketing portfolio, structuring the interaction of marketing assets, selecting the quantitative models of mentioned interactions, generating the information required quantitative description by expert or other means. Finally, finding the optimal solution conditioned by marketing as complex media opportunities, what is usually done by formulating particularly complex task of stochastic programming and creating as often as not quite complex decision methods. The article deals with the situation which can be described in the following way. It is assumed that in order to increase marketing contribution, a certain amount of capital is additionally distributed in between 4P elements seeking to achieve optimal additional increase of business results triggered by such investment. Herewith it is aimed to combine for investment the efforts with the possibility in order to spread the obtained increase realization between two segments of customers, with different profit possibilities. Additionally, one more problem appears – how to make the choice between the two creditors when it is possible to evaluate debt service imposed the present value probability distribution of possibilities to each of them. The purpose of situation content is - to find such investment in the 4P mix, sales in A and B segments and loan between the creditor number 1 and 2 proportions which would allow to find the optimum solution, according to a certain composition of the possibility’s effectiveness, reliability and subject risk. To find the solutions, Markowitz random field technique proposed by the authors was used. http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.ee. 22.5. 967
Examination of Anxiety Levels and Anger Expression Manners of Undergraduate Table Tennis Players.

This research was done for the determination of how their anxiety levels' and anger expressions' get shaped according to some variances. For this reason there were 76 female 125 male totally 201 sportsmen, who participated to the table tennis championship between universities in 2016 and ages differ from 18 to 28, were included the research group. According to research findings it was found that there was not a statistically meaningful difference between permanent anxiety levels and anger expressing types of the sample group according to gender variance (p>0.05), but there were statistically meaningful differences found according to table tennis sports past, being consulted himself for decisions that is going to be made in the family, friendship relations variances (p<0.05). It was also determined that between permanent anxiety levels and permanent anger, anger inward and anger outward point averages there was a positive and linear correlation found, in the anger control point averages there was a negative and linear correlation found. Consequently taking a look to pasts of the table tennis sports which is existed in the normal bounds of the research group's permanent anxiety levels there was a result reached that from anger expression types; anger control point averages' resulted higher than other expression types and when the required attention and concentration were considered for the sports branch that they do it is a good feature.