Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The potentially transformative power of theory when put to work in professional practice contexts: observations towards a ‘peda

Diverse contemporary perspectives regarding what education is and what it is for, combined with a general sensibility that change, rather than continuity, is a relentless and irreversible feature of professional life-experience ‘in postmodernity’, can be evidenced through a range of discursive themes and research modalities pertaining to life in higher education institutions currently reverberating across the globe. Collocations such as inclusive education, widening participation, reflective practice, lifelong learning, quality assurance, audit culture, have been constructed or co-opted– as is the way with language – via aspirant agendas of accountability, improvement, excellence, impact and so forth, to keep everyone permanently on their toes; an assumption behind these being that administrators and academics are part of a more general populous characterised as 'the learning society’, with higher education (‘HE’) acting as a vehicle through which substantial portions of this populous will eventually pass. Well-worn metaphors and models of social science research, such as ‘Mode 2’ (Gibbons et al, 1994) ‘Triple Helix’ (Etzkowitz & Leyesdorff, 2000), ‘Third Space’ (Whitchurch, 2008), further reveal and reinforce the notion that former boundaries and divisions have indeed collapsed, HE workers now being juxtaposed variously as administrators, teachers, researchers, policy makers and most recently business folk; conduits for the generation, transferal or mobilization of knowledge ‘in new times’ (Quicke 1998).
Teaching Through Television: Experimental Evidence on Entrepreneurship Education in Tanzania

Can television be used to teach and foster entrepreneurship among youth in developing countries? We report from a randomized control field experiment of an edutainment show on entrepreneurship broadcasted over almost three months on national television in Tanzania. The field experiment involved more than 2,000 secondary school students, where the treatment group was incentivized to watch the edutainment show. We find some suggestive evidence of the edutainment show making the viewers more interested in entrepreneurship and business, particularly among females. However, our main finding is a negative effect: the edutainment show discouraged investment in schooling without convincingly replacing it with some other valuable activity. Administrative data show a strong negative treatment effect on school performance, and long-term survey data show that fewer treated students continue schooling, but we do not find much evidence of the edutainment show causing an increase in business ownership. The fact that an edutainment show for entrepreneurship caused the students to invest less in education carries a general lesson to the field experimental literature by showing the importance of taking a broad view of possible implications of a field intervention. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, behavioral economics.
Controlling Solutions in Polish Enterprises - Chosen Study Results

Stichwörter Controllership Controlling Controllinginstrumente Polen The aim of the paper is to present the chosen results of the study on most essential functional and organizational solutions and tools of controlling applied in medium-size and large enterprises in Poland. The functional solutions are presented in relation to the concept and the types of controlling, the organizational – cover the issue of organizing controlling and identifying responsibility centers, the tools include i.a. cost and profit accounting and budgeting as well.
A review of non-stationary spatial methods for geodetic least-squares collocation

This paper reviews a field that is herein termed spatial ‘non-stationarity’, which is specifically concerned with non-stationarity in the geodetic theory of least-squares collocation (LSC). In practice, many geodesists rely on stationary assumptions in LSC, i.e. using a constant mean and isotropic and spatially invariant covariance for estimation and prediction of geodetic quantities. However, new theories in spatial statistics and geostatistics allow for better statistical methodologies to be used in geodesy. The aim of this paper is to introduce these methodologies and adapt them for dealing with non-stationarity in LSC.
Development of a Miniature, Semi-Distributed Sapphire Fiber Optic Thermometer for Harsh and High Temperature Environments

Fiber optic temperature sensing has become a well-defined field in the past few decades [1] through the use of Fiber Bragg Gratings, Fabry-Perot interferometry, and pyrometry, to list several techniques in use today. The use of fiber optics offers significant advantages over electronic sensing in terms of size and insensitivity to harsh conditions such as extreme temperatures and corrosive environments. The availability of optical sapphire materials, including fibers, has allowed the creation of fiber optic sensing elements able to continuously operate at temperatures of 1600°C [2] or more, thus outstripping the abilities of many commonly used thermocouples (excluding platinum types R, S, and B) [3] which will also exhibit a sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. In addition to the aforementioned benefits, fiber optic sensing techniques provide a great deal of accuracy in temperature measurement over the entire working range of the sensor. The work documented in this thesis consists of efforts to minimize the overall footprint of a sapphire based extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometry (EFPI) temperature sensing element, as well as strides made in multiplexing the same element and reducing the error potential from cross sensitivity of the thermometer with applied strain. This work has been variously funded by Pratt & Whitney and the Department of Energy.
Aalborg Universitet Complex Wavelet Modulation Sub-Bands and Speech

A new class of signal transforms called Modulation Transforms has recently been introduced. They add a new dimension to the classical time/frequency representations, namely the modulation spectrum. Although very efficient to deal with different applications like feature extraction, speech recognition and also analysis for audio coding, these transforms show their limits e.g. when used to remove non-trivial noise from speech signals. Modulation sub-band decompositions based on the computation of the Hilbert envelope have been proved to create disturbing artifacts. We detail a new method to deal properly with the phase and the magnitude of the modulation spectrum in a linear and analytic framework based on a complex wavelet transform. This Complex Wavelet Modulation Sub-Band transform gives some interesting results in speech denoising and proposes a new approach for analytic signal processing in general.
The eect of misspeci…cation in models for extracting trends and cycles

This article …rst reviews the issues involved in specifying the trend component in an unobserved components (UC) model. The conditions under which the maximum likelihood (ML) estimators in a misspeci…ed model converge to …xed values are obtained and these values are computed for a range of models, with attention focussed on the case where the true trend is a random walk plus drift but a model with a stochastic slope is …tted. The robustness of various speci…cations is assessed by comparing MSEs of …ltered and smoothed estimators of the trend using the algorithm developed by Harvey and Delle Monache (JEDC, 2009). Cycles are then brought into the analysis and e¢ ciency and robustness with respect to smoothing and …ltering are assessed. The article concludes by examining various measures of the output gap and the experience of recent years.
Monitoring treatment of vocal fold paralysis by biomechanical analysis of voice

A case study of vocal fold paralysis treatment is described with the help of the voice quality analysis application BioMet®Phon. The case corresponds to a description of a 40 - year old female patient who was diagnosed of vocal fold paralysis following a cardio - pulmonar intervention which required intubation for 8 days and posterior tracheotomy for 15 days. The patient presented breathy and asthenic phon ation, and dysphagia. Six main examinations were conducted during a full year period that the treatment lasted consisting in periodic reviews including video - endostroboscopy, voice analysis and breathing function monitoring. The phoniatrician treatment inc luded 20 sessions of vocal rehabilitation, followed by an intracordal infiltration with Radiesse 8 months after the rehabilitation treatment started followed by 6 sessions of rehabilitation more. The videondoscopy and the voicing quality analysis refer a s ubstantial improvement in the vocal function with recovery in all the measures estimated (jitter, shimmer, mucosal wave contents, glottal closure, harmonic contents and biomechanical function analysis). The paper refers the procedure followed and the results obtained by comparing the longitudinal progression of the treatment, illustrating the utility of voice quality analysis tools in speech therapy.
Effects of a Macro-Roughness Element on Tsunami Wave Amplification, Pressures, and Loads: Physical Model and Comparison to Japanese and US Design Equations

Experiments were conducted at a 1:20 length scale in a large tsunami flume to measure wave evolution and pressures on and around structural elements. The water surface profiles of waves propagating across a bare beach were compared with those recorded in front of an onshore obstacle representing an urban macro-roughness element. The addition of a structure significantly changed the water surface profile for broken waves: the water surface amplification in the presence of a macro-roughness element reached seven times the bare-earth water surface elevation. Estimated pressures from design equations were calculated using recommended inputs and compared with pressures recorded by gauges installed on the structural elements. Design equations showed good agreement for non-breaking wave pressures but underestimated peak pressures for breaking waves. Likewise, force integrations of measured pressures on the experimental specimen indicated that design equations may underestimate loads due to waves that break offshore and propagate across a beach as a turbulent bore. The time-integrated pressure impulse was shown to be less sensitive to wave characteristics than the peak recorded pressures. Time-averaged loading curves were also developed for different average periods.
The influence of uncertainty on investment in the UK: A macro or micro phenomenon?

While the theory examining the relationship between uncertainty and investment has suggested new research avenues, it has not had strong predictive power. Nevertheless, at the policy level the benefits for investment of a more stable economic climate are being emphasised. These considerations point to the need for empirical work. Accordingly, this paper draws on industry level panel data, obtained by marrying the UK Census of Production with the CBI Industrial Trends Survey, and applies dynamic panel data methods to distinguish between macro and micro sources of uncertainty and to consider the role of financial factors. It is found that both sources of uncertainty exert a considerable negative impact on investment, while financial factors may be important in some industries. Copyright 2001 by Scottish Economic Society.
SMASH 1: A VERY FAINT GLOBULAR CLUSTER DISRUPTING IN THE OUTER REACHES OF THE LMC?

We present the discovery of a very faint stellar system, SMASH 1, that is potentially a satellite of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Found within the Survey of the Magellanic Stellar History (SMASH), SMASH 1 is a compact ( ) and very low luminosity ( , ) stellar system that is revealed by its sparsely populated main sequence and a handful of red giant branch candidate member stars. The photometric properties of these stars are compatible with a metal-poor ( ) and old (13 Gyr) isochrone located at a distance modulus of ∼18.8, i.e., a distance of . Situated at 11. °3 from the LMC in projection, its three-dimensional distance from the Cloud is , consistent with a connection to the LMC, whose tidal radius is at least . Although the nature of SMASH 1 remains uncertain, its compactness favors it being a stellar cluster and hence dark-matter free. If this is the case, its dynamical tidal radius is only at this distance from the LMC, and smaller than the system’s extent on the sky. Its low luminosity and apparent high ellipticity ( ) with its major axis pointing toward the LMC may well be the tell-tale sign of its imminent tidal demise.
H.E.S.S. OBSERVATIONS OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTERS NGC 6388 AND M15 AND SEARCH FOR A DARK MATTER SIGNAL

Observations of the globular clusters (GCs) NGC 6388 and M15 were carried out by the High Energy Stereoscopic System array of Cherenkov telescopes for a live time of 27.2 and 15.2 hr, respectively. No gamma-ray signal is found at the nominal target position of NGC 6388 and M15. In the primordial formation scenario, GCs are formed in a dark matter (DM) halo and DM could still be present in the baryon-dominated environment of GCs. This opens the possibility of observing a DM self-annihilation signal. The DM content of the GCs NGC 6388 and M15 is modeled taking into account the astrophysical processes that can be expected to influence the DM distribution during the evolution of the GC: the adiabatic contraction of DM by baryons, the adiabatic growth of a black hole in the DM halo, and the kinetic heating of DM by stars. Ninety-five percent confidence level exclusion limits on the DM particle velocity-weighted annihilation cross section are derived for these DM halos. In the TeV range, the limits on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross section are derived at the 10−25 cm3 s−1 level and a few 10−24 cm3 s−1 for NGC 6388 and M15, respectively.
Syntheses and Antibacterial Studies of Some 1-Phenyl-3-(4-(2-ethanoloxy) phenyl)-5-aryl-1H-pyrazoles

A series of 1-phenyl-3-(4-(2-ethanoloxy) phenyl)-5-aryl-1H-pyrazoles were synthesized from chalcones, that is, 3-aryl-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl) prop-2-en-1-ones and studied for their in vitro antibacterial activity. Chalcones 1 on reaction with phenyl hydrazine in the presence of acetic acid and few drops of hydrochloric acid yielded the corresponding 1-phenyl-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-aryl-1H-pyrazoles 2 which on further reaction with 2-chloroethanol furnished the title compounds 3. These compounds were characterized by CHN analyses, IR, mass and 1H NMR spectral data. All the compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activity against two Gram positive strains (Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus) and two Gram negative strains (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), and their minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined.
The effect of Investor Protection and IFRS Adoption on Earnings Quality around the World

This study examines the effect of investor protection and IFRS on the quality of accounting earnings for forty-six countries around the globe. Two attributes of accounting earnings are studied: the magnitude of discretionary accruals, and the avoidance of loss reporting. The results suggest that IFRS adoption per se doest not lead to increased earnings quality, at least based on the earnings attributes studied in our study. Specifically, accounting earnings quality improves as investor protection regimes become stronger, but only for IFRS adopting countries, that is, the effect of investor protection is mediated through the adoption of IFRS. The results highlight the importance of accounting enforcement to financial reporting quality and the need for standard setters and policy makers to design mechanisms that will limit managers’ earnings management practices.
Development of a new HPLC method for in vitro and in vivo studies of haloperidol in solid lipid nanoparticles

A simple and sensitive HPLC method was developed and validated for the quantification of haloperidol in solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The developed method was used for detection of shelf life of haloperidol in SLNs. Calibration curve of haloperidol was also constructed in rat plasma using loratidine as internal standard. In vivo studies were performed on rats and concentration of haloperidol in brain and blood was measured for the determination of various pharmacokinetic and hence brain targeting parameters. Chromatogram separation was achieved using C18 column as stationary phase. The mobile phase consisted of 100 mM/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate-acetonitrile-TEA (10:90:0.1, v/v/v) and the pH was adjusted with o-phosphoric acid to 3.5. Flow rate of mobile phase was 2 mL/minute and eluents were monitored at 230 nm using UV/VIS detector. The method was validated for linearity, precision, accuracy, reproducibility, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ). Linearity for haloperidol was in the range of 1-16 µg/mL. The value of LOD and LOQ was found to be 0.045 and 0.135 μg/mL respectively. The shelf life of SLNs formulation was found to be 2.31 years at 4 oC. Various parameters like drug targeting index (DTI), drug targeting efficiency (DTE) and nose-to-brain direct transport (DTP) were determined for HP-SLNs & HP-Sol administered intranasally to evaluate the extent of nose-to-brain delivery. The value of DTI, DTE and DTP for HP-SLNs was found to be 23.62, 2362.43 % and 95.77% while for HP-Sol, values were 11.28, 1128.61 % and 91.14 % respectively.
Reviewing Classical and Molecular Techniques Regarding Profiling of Probiotic Character of Microorganisms

In recent years the roles of probiotics as functional ingredients in food has been highly adopted by the consumers and are under constant investigation by the scientific community. As a result, several probiotic-containing foods have been introduced in the market with an annual share of several billion dollars. Of particular interest in the probiotics research is the profiling of probiotic character of the microbes involving both in vitro and in vivo approaches. Initially traditional microbiological techniques were used; however they suffer by many limitations and therefore the development of new techniques, which are primarily based on the analysis of nucleic acids have been introduced. The scope of this review is to present current knowledge about the methodological approaches that are used to quantify and characterize the potential probiotic character of microorganisms. Moreover, it will focus on molecular and non-molecular tools and finally will report some new perspectives in the study of probiotics using ‘’omics’’ techniques.
Title Optimum sub-packet transmission for turbo-coded hybrid ARQsystems

Turbo codes are popular for their near-shannon capacity of bit-error-rate (BER) at low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) with long packet lengths. They have been proposed in automatic-repeat-request (ARQ) systems as the forward-error correction (FEC) codes. Although sub-packet schemes were proposed in ARQ systems, optimum sub-packet transmission is more effective to maximize throughput in a dynamic channel. Sub-packet schemes can provide additional error correction capability with iterative turbo decoding algorithms. An efficient method is proposed to estimate the optimum number of sub-packets, and adaptive sub-packet schemes, i.e., schemes that enable a system to employ different optimum numbers of sub-packets under variable conditions, are suggested to achieve the maximum throughput of the system. Simulations show that the adaptive sub-packet scheme is effective at moderate SNR, e.g. from 2.6dB to 5.0dB, and can provide higher throughput than conventional packet schemes.
Not If, But when: A Communication-Based Intervention for Driving Cessation

Background: Within 5 years of diagnosis, approximately 50% of those with dementia will be involved in a motor vehicle collision (MVC). Caregivers play a major role in the driving cessation process however, there is often a delay between the recognition of driving deficits and the initiation of the driving cessation process. Methods: Quantitative before and after study of a knowledge translation strategy that included a public service announcement (PSA) and website. Results: Approximately half of follow-up respondents viewed the PSA and 32% were aware of the www. notifbutwhen.ca website. Caregiver self-report of taking steps to promote driving cessation did not change between baseline and follow-up, however, at follow-up there was a trend towards rural caregivers being more likely to have concerns about driving (x2=3.2, P=0.08) and to have spoken with a doctor about their concerns (x2=2.8, P=0.09). Conclusion: There is a persistent knowledge need on the part of caregivers for more information and dialogue with health care providers regarding the dangers of driving and dementia.
Title Extracorporeal blood purification for sepsis

It has been speculated that extracorporeal blood purification therapies might improve the clinical outcome for patients with severe sepsis, with or without acute kidney injury, since the removal of inflammatory mediators and/or bacterial toxins from circulation could modulate the inflammatory responses that result in organ damage. Despite initial enthusiasm based on promising preliminary results, subsequent investigations did not show sustainable survival benefit. We review the principles and development of blood purification techniques for sepsis and septic acute kidney injury. Extracorporeal blood purification for sepsis
Automatization of Transport Logistics Company

There is an observation of the transport logistics field of companies in Russia especially the automatization of business processes in this area in this article. There is a discussion of development of the system that provides communication between the Manager of the company and cars which deliver the goods. Integration of my solution can provide solution to major problems faced by companies engaged in transportation: a few information about order status, current location of the car.
The impact of stellar feedback on the density and velocity structure of the interstellar medium

We study the impact of stellar feedback in shaping the density and velocity structure of neutral hydrogen (H I) in disc galaxies. For our analysis, we carry out ∼4.6 pc resolution N-body+adaptive mesh refinement hydrodynamic simulations of isolated galaxies, set up to mimic a Milky Way and a Large and Small Magellanic Cloud. We quantify the density and velocity structure of the interstellar medium using power spectra and compare the simulated galaxies to observed H I in local spiral galaxies from THINGS (The H I Nearby Galaxy Survey). Our models with stellar feedback give an excellent match to the observed THINGS H I density power spectra. We find that kinetic energy power spectra in feedback-regulated galaxies, regardless of galaxy mass and size, show scalings in excellent agreement with supersonic turbulence (E(k) ∝ k−2) on scales below the thickness of the H I layer. We show that feedback influences the gas density field, and drives gas turbulence, up to large (kpc) scales. This is in stark contrast to density fields generated by large-scale gravity-only driven turbulence. We conclude that the neutral gas content of galaxies carries signatures of stellar feedback on all scales.
Box splines and the equivariant index theorem

Abstract In this article, we begin by recalling the inversion formula for the convolution with the box spline. The equivariant cohomology and the equivariant $K$-theory with respect to a compact torus $G$ of various spaces associated to a linear action of $G$ in a vector space $M$ can both be described using some vector spaces of distributions, on the dual of the group $G$ or on the dual of its Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. The morphism from $K$-theory to cohomology is analyzed, and multiplication by the Todd class is shown to correspond to the operator (deconvolution) inverting the semi-discrete convolution with a box spline. Finally, the multiplicities of the index of a $G$-transversally elliptic operator on $M$ are determined using the infinitesimal index of the symbol.