Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Application of life cycle assessment in service industries: a review

The introduction of services in the economy adds va lue in an intangible way while promotes dematerialization. As products, services are developed to fulfill customers’ needs, being representative also in economic and social concerns. But, despite of their non-physical attrib utes, they may also give rise to, direct and indirect, environmental impacts. The int angibility of services added with the fact that, in most cases, the environmenta l loads of service companies are not produced at the site of activity, difficults th e assessment of environmental contribution of this sector. Thus, this paper aims to understand how services are being studied using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), to present an overview of the case studies obtained during the literature review and to start a discussion about the methodological issues which difficult the appl ication of LCA methodology in this sector.
WORKING PAPER SERIES SEASONAL LIQUIDITY , RURAL LABOR MARKETS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Many rural households in low and middle income countries continue to rely on small-scale agriculture as their primary source of income. In the absence of irrigation, income arrives only once or twice per year, and has to cover consumption and input needs until the subsequent harvest. We develop a model to show that seasonal liquidity constraints not only undermine households’ ability to smooth consumption over the cropping cycle, but also affect labor markets if liquidity-constrained farmers sell family labor off-farm to meet short-run cash needs. To identify the impact of seasonal constraints on labor allocation and agricultural production, we conducted a two-year randomized controlled trial with small-scale farmers in rural Zambia. Our results indicate that lowering the cost of accessing liquidity at the time of the year when farmers are most constrained (the lean season) reduces aggregate labor supply, drives up wages and leads to a reallocation of labor from less to more liquidity-constrained farms. This reallocation reduces consumption and income inequality among treated farmers and increases average agricultural output. Günther Fink Harvard School of Public Health Department of Global Health and Population 665 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 guenther.fink@swisstph.ch B. Kelsey Jack Department of Economics Tufts University 314 Braker Hall Medford, MA 02155 and NBER kelsey.jack@tufts.edu Felix Masiye Department of Economics University of Zambia Lusaka, Zambia fmasiye@yahoo.com A appendix is available at http://www.nber. org/data-appendix/w24564 A randomized controlled trials registry entry is available at https://www.socialscienceregistry. org/trials/130/
CMAR_A_211524 7697..7705

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Affiliated Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University of Medical College, Shanghai 200000, People’s Republic of China Objective: To evaluate the significance of fibrinogenand albumin (FA) score based on preoperative peripheral blood plasma fibrinogen and serum albumin in the prognosis of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods: Patients’ clinicopathological data of 186 cases of EOC were retrospectively collected, and these patients were divided into three groups according to their FA scores (both plasma fibrinogen and serum albumin abnormal were allocated a score of 2; one of them abnormal were allocated a score of 1; neither of them abnormal were allocated a score of 0; optimal cut-off point is taken as the critical point whether the value is abnormal or not). Correlation between FA score in patients with EOC as well as clinicopathological features and overall survival (OS) was analyzed. Results: (1) Receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the optimal cut-off point of plasma fibrinogen in the preoperative peripheral blood of patients with EOC was 3.63 g/L. The optimal cut-off point for serum albumin level was 42.45 g/L. (2) There was no significant difference in age, tumor size, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, C reactive protein and preoperative tumor marker CA125 between the three groups (FA score=0, FA score=1, FA score=2) (P>0.05). However, there was statistically significant difference in tumor grade, tumor stage and the presence of lymph node metastasis between different FA scoring groups (P<0.05). (3) Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that tumor size, tumor grade, tumor stage, plasma fibrinogen, serum albumin, FA score and tumor marker CA125 were statistically correlated with OS of EOC patients after surgery (P<0.05). The complex index FA score is superior to the single plasma fibrinogen and serum albumin when it comes to predicting prognosis. (4) FA score can better predict the prognosis of postoperative patients with EOC whose tumor size is ≥6 cm, whose EOC is advanced (stages III–IV) (P=0.0138) and whose tumor stage is medium or high grade (P=0.0005). Conclusion: FA score is closely related to the clinicopathological characteristics and OS of patients with EOC and is an independent risk factor indicating the prognosis of EOC patients.
CONSIDERATION OF FOCAL LANDMARK POINTS IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF NOVI SAD

Aleksandra Milinković1 Dijana Brkljač 2 Ljiljana Vukajlov3 UDK: 711.523 DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS2018.057 Summary: The design of areas important for orientation in a city, the formation of the city image and collective identity, which at the same time become gathering places, depends on overlapping of numerous parameters and complex influances. Focal Landmark points can be either built or undeveloped structures that, with their program, content, morphological and ambient characteristics have a strong attraction power. They are a specific category, which, apart from the fact that they stand out in visual terms, have a social character, thus social interaction in the city takes place in them. The position of these focal points in the physical structure of the settlement, as well as their shape and size, influence the possibility and quality of their notion and perception. The research deals with parameters that influence the comprehensiveness of the -focal landmark points in the central area of Novi Sad. It is seen as an area in which numerous complex architectural and urban elements that make up this category are concentrated. The position within the wider context contributes to the highlighting or merging of these important places in the city tissue. This helps to unambiguously define whether a particular structure is a landmark or not. Different factors influence the way of highlighting the focal landmark points, among which are: height, shape, size, materials, color, position, as well as the existence of visual points, which allow them to be perceived. Detected areas will be classified and valued according to the way they stand out, how they are spotted and perceived in the urban tissue, and the influence they have on socializing within the analyzed areas, from the perspective of the users, their number, the time of stay and the frequency of gathering in them. The connection between the quality of the comprehensiveness of the important elements of space and their development into the focal landmark points within the microunit, the historical and cultural center of the sity will also be investigated.
Diversity of Incentive Structures in Indian Manufacturing Firms

Under the pressure of liberalization, over the past few decades Indian fi rms have sought to forge appropriate incentive structures to effectively elicit work effort. However, existing incentive structures considerably vary across fi rms. Using data collected from 1454 blue-collar production employees from fi ve Indian manufacturing fi rms, this article examines three factors that control diversity: ownership structure (public vs. private), union movement, and a feature of dominant tasks in manufacturing sections. Our results indicate that considering their specifi c task features, private fi rms have tailored an appropriate mix of incentive devices. In contrast, a public fi rm and a fi rm with an antagonistic labor union failed to forge appropriate incentive structures. These different fi rm behaviors address the diversity of incentive structures.
DARK FACTOR OF PERSONALITY

The Dark Factor of Personality (D) is the basic disposition that gives rise to specific personality traits related to antagonistic, malevolent, or socially aversive behavior, thereby representing the common core of dark personality. Whereas existing evidence clearly supports the conceptualization and utility of D, the assessment of D was possible only indirectly and with extensive effort, so far. Applying rational item selection techniques to seven large and highly heterogeneous samples (total N > 165,000), we herein identified sets of items (comprising 70, 35, and 16 items, respectively) that allow for a psychometrically sound and more concise assessment of D. Results indicate that all identified item sets are characterized by high internal consistencies and high retest-reliabilities, clearly map on a single factor in line with the definition of D, and exhibit substantial associations to various relevant criteria, including three assessments of actual behavior. In particular, the item sets showed substantial associations with behavioral measures of individual utility maximization disregarding, accepting, or malevolently provoking disutility on others, and were also related to various justifying beliefs, thereby mirroring the defining features of D. In sum, the identified item sets allow for a concise, reliable, and valid assessment of D.
Virginity and Virginity Testing: Then and Now

Background : Despite the increasing progresses in medicine and health in the 21st century especially in the area of reproductive health, myths related to “virginity” and “virginity testing” still figure out life and death in some communities after centuries. Overall, aim of this study was to investigate the myths and objective facts associated with virginity and virginity testing. Methods: This review conducted by SID, Ovid, Science Direct, Pub Med, Pro Quest, Iran Medex, Google Scholar, Cochrane library, EBSCO, and United Nations Population Fund, WHO from 1980 to 2015. Keywords for search included virginity, virginity testing, hymen, sexual abstinence. Results: The undeniable value of virginity, female virginity worth versus the shame of virginity for male, the idea to preserve virginity despite oral and anal sex and indicators to assess the intact hymen and wedding night bleeding to prove virginity are misconceptions that besides perceived premarital sex as signs of civilization and conflicts of gender inequality and violence against women lead to fail most of approaches against increasing of premarital sex. Conclusion: Although programs such as "virginity pledge", "Silver Ring" and "Sexual abstinence education" are running in some countries, in order to expand virginity as a practical approach in controlling sexual transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy, the role of undeniable myths in advance to such approaches, the use of cultural, social and religious potentials of different societies to cope with the misconceptions and teaching of related objective facts seems necessary.
Optoelectronic properties of ZnO/PS/n-Si Heterojunctions

: In this work a colloid of nanocrystalline ZnO particles is prepared by chemical method, and then sprayed on porous silicon substrate which is prepared by electrochemical etching under a current density of 15mA/cm 2 for 10 min. The initial radius of the ZnO particles is found to be (2.2 nm). FTIR spectra exhibit the presence of Zn – O bond which indicates the formation of ZnO particles. Also spectra reveals the formation of SiH x (x=1-2) and Si-O bond which indicates the presence of porous layer. High performance rectifying was obtained, with high photoresponsivety of 0.54 A/W at 400 nm. The corresponding quantum efficiency was 166.7%. The results show that ZnO on porous silicon (PS) structures will act as good candidates for making highly efficient photodiodes.
Prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminthes among Primary School Pupils in Owerri West Local Government Area in Imo State, Nigeria

A study on the prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes in primary school pupils in relation to the type of toilet facilities, source of water, sex, age group as well as parental occupation was carried out in Owerri west local government area of Imo state between April 2008 and August 2009. A total of 745 stool samples collected from twelve schools were examined using standard parasitological procedures as well as structured questionnaire for collection of other relevant data. Out of the 745 stool sample collected, 35.43% were infected with either one or two of soil transmitted helminthes represented thus:79.17% Ascaris lumbricoides, 32.95% Hookworm and 4.55% Trichuris trichuria. There were prevalence variations among schools and mixed infections involving Ascaris and Hookworm, 15.15%, Ascaris and Trichuris ,1.89% and that between Hookworm and Trichuris, 0.39%. Male were slightly more infected than the female pupils (P<0.05) while age group 10-12 had highest infection of 37.5%. Those who defecate in the bush had the highest infection rate of 37.89%, those that use water closet had the least infection of 33.12% while 85% of those who use stream as their main source of water were infected. Those whose parents are artesian were more infected,40%)than the others. Generally, poor personal, environmental hygiene and lack of essential amenities had been attributed to the prevalence of the parasites, transmission and spread in the area. The prevalence level of 35.43% is worrisome; hence morbidity and or mortality rate could be reduced by improving on personal and environmental hygiene, provision of essential amenities and massive education of the people on the danger of the disease. Keywords: soil transmitted helminthes, pupils and poor hygiene Nigerian Journal of Parasitology , Vol. 33 [1] March 2012, pp. 37-43
: Motion Prediction in Static Images

This paper proposes motion prediction in single still images by learning it from a set of videos. The building assumption is that similar motion is characterized by similar appearance. The proposed method learns local motion patterns given a speciﬁc appearance and adds the predicted motion in a number of applications. This work (i) introduces a novel method to predict motion from appearance in a single static image, (ii) to that end, extends of the Structured Random Forest with regression derived from ﬁrst principles, and (iii) shows the value of adding motion predictions in diﬀerent tasks such as: weak frame-proposals containing unexpected events, action recognition, motion saliency. Illustra-tive results indicate that motion prediction is not only feasible, but also provides valuable information for a number of applications.
MiniMizing Particle and Metal ion contaMination on Fluid control coMPonents

months. ” Development of new materials and processes at the atomic level, feature size reduction, increased chip size, increased wafer diameter, and ultra-clean processing all have a direct bearing on the quality and cost of semiconductor products. However, the greatest challenge in every semiconductor facility is the avoidance of Moore’s second law, which states that “facilities costs increase in semi-log scale” (1) In June 2008, it was determined that pressure regulators and other fluid control components contributed to significant levels of metal ion contamination and particle shedding, all negatively affecting chip yields in major semiconductor fabs in North America. It was determined that the primary contributors to this elemental contamination varied by manufacturer, but included particularly high elevated levels of metallic ions: iron (Fe), lead (Pb), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), potassium (K), and zinc (Zn). Particle contamination was also measured; however, deionized (DI) water cleanliness and existing microfiltration methods had already been reduced to a level where they were less influencing to yields, than the metal ion contamination. The level of metal ion contamination was being measured at the surface of the wafer at a molecular level, which had not been done before and was not feasible by most industrial, fluid control standard measurement methods (i.e., titration column isolation, and spectroscopy, among others). This is accomplished using mass spectroscopy and prolonged static leach-out tests. Consequently, the effects of SEMI F-57 (2) were ubiquitous within the fluid controls community and the need to have contaminant levels reduced to SEMI F-57 levels was clearly pressing. The SEMI F-57 Standard addresses 5 separate categories of contaminants: total organic carbon (TOC), 7 ionic contaminants, 16 metallic contaminants, plus particles, and surface roughness. The maximum acceptable levels of these contaminants are expressed in micrograms per square meter (μg/m2). It is important to remember in comparing the test values obtained for fluid control components with the markedly lower limits in SEMI F-57, that this standard is in actuality best applied to materials such as perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) and TFMTM-grade polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and that very few (if any), fluid-control-regulating components are
The Australian gender wage gap: how much can be explained with fixed effects?

The Australian gender wage gap was measured using a fixed effects model and a panel dataset from 12 waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. The fixed effects method accounts for time-invariant unobserved individual heterogeneity. A comparison of the fixed effects and ordinary least squares estimates of the gender wage gap shows that the Australian gender wage gap has previously been overestimated by 62 per cent.
Handgrip strength as determinant of upper body strength/physical fitness: a comparative study among individuals performing gymnastics (ring athletes) and gymnasium (powerlifters) -

Background: This study was conducted on two different exercising groups, that is, gymnasium (powerlifters) and gymnastics (ring users). Although the type of physical activity is different, but both of the groups require stamina and coordination of central nervous system and skeletal muscles. In the two groups, the muscle strength of the upper body is remarkable and the handgrip has to be effectual for holding rings (gymnastics) and weights (gymnasium). Also, the time for which the grip can be maintained, which determines the endurance of the individual, is vital. Objective: To find the difference in handgrip strength (HGS) and handgrip endurance (HGE) among the two physically active groups. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on a total of 75 subjects, divided into three groups of 25 each, namely, gymnastics, gymnasium, and control, that is, non-exercising group. Anthropometric hand measurements and skinfold thickness, forearm circumference, and forearm muscle were taken with HGS and HGE. Statistical analysis was then done to draw inference. Result: The study revealed statistically significantly high HGS and HGE in exercising group, in comparison to the control group, also the HGS was maximum in the gymnasium group (p < 0.0001). Moreover, the forearm circumference and the forearm muscle area were maximum (p < 0.0001) and the skin fold thickness was found to be the least in the gymnasium group. The study revealed positive correlation among HGS and HGE with forearm muscle mass. Thus, the study concluded the positive effect of physical activities on HGS and the weight training of the muscles increases their efficiency due to more acquisition of strength and development. Conclusion: In view of the fact that our day-to-day activities, right from household work, official work, to sports, require good HGS, a consistent assessment of handgrip forms an integral part of rehabilitation, not only to assess the strength of muscles involved in gripping but also to apply as a tool in rehabilitating patients with variable levels of hand injuries and in many clinical conditions such as diabetes. Also, in the field of sports, it affects the performance and, therefore, can be implemented as a useful parameter by the coach in their fitness and training program.
A literature review of recent empirical research

The book explores which factors and drivers are volatility-increasing and which others are price level-increasing, and whether these two distinctive effects can be identified and measured. It considers the extent to which increasing instability affects agents in the value chain, as well as the actual impacts on the most vulnerable households in the EU and in selected developing countries. It also analyses which policies are more effective to avert and mitigate the effects of instability.
Bone Density, Arch Dimensions and Irregularity Index of Human Maxillary Arch: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this study was to investigate the maxillary arch bone density, arch dimensional changes and little irregularity index at completion of levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment and to assess the influence on bone density instance to orthodontic treatment progression. This pilot study consisted of 5 patients with Class II division 1 malocclusion treated with extraction of two maxillary first premolars. The data source was CBCT high volumetric data. All measurements were obtained through CBCT Planmeca Romexis TM Software 2.3. 1.R (Helsinki, Finland). Variables recorded for each patient included gender, age, bone density at apical, middle and cervical region of maxillary anterior teeth, inter canine width (ICW), inter second premolar width (IPMW2), inter first molar width (IMW1), inter second molar (IMW2), arch length (AL), arch depth (AD) and little irregularity index (LII). The non-parametric Wilcoxon rank test were used for statistical analysis. Generalized reduction was observed with significant difference (P<0.05) for bone density mostly at the apical region upon completion of levelling and alignment stage. Bone density in the apical region of central incisors and cervical region of canine were significantly different between left and right sides (P<0.05). IPMW2 was increased and the LLI was decreased with significant difference (p<0.05) after levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment. Generalized reduction in bone density were observed at the completion of maxillary arch levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment especially in the apical region of central incisors and canine. The progress of orthodontic treatment has a positive impact on the arch dimensions and little irregularity index. Clinical article (J Int Dent Med Res 2019; 12(3): 1055-1062)
Transfer Learning in Biomedical Named Entity Recognition: An Evaluation of BERT in the PharmaCoNER task

To date, a large amount of biomedical content has been published in non-English texts, especially for clinical documents. Therefore, it is of considerable significance to conduct Natural Language Processing (NLP) research in non-English literature. PharmaCoNER is the first Named Entity Recognition (NER) task to recognize chemical and protein entities from Spanish biomedical texts. Since there have been abundant resources in the NLP field, how to exploit these existing resources to a new task to obtain competitive performance is a meaningful study. Inspired by the success of transfer learning with language models, we introduce the BERT benchmark to facilitate the research of PharmaCoNER task. In this paper, we evaluate two baselines based on Multilingual BERT and BioBERT on the PharmaCoNER corpus. Experimental results show that transferring the knowledge learned from source large-scale datasets to the target domain offers an effective solution for the PharmaCoNER task.