Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The CHAmeleon Surface Model : description and use with the PILPS phase 2 ( e ) forcing data

The CHAmeleon Surface Model (CHASM) is used with the Project for the Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase 2(e) experimental design. The model, with five levels of surface energy complexity, is shown to simulate the observed runoff for two sub-basins within the PILPS 2e domain with some degree of skill. This skill is shown to be largely insensitive to the complexity of the surface energy balance (SEB) parameterization, provided that a spatially and temporally constant surface resistance is used. While all bar the least complex mode of CHASM works reasonably (within 5% of the observed runoff at Ovre Abiskojokk and within 15–20% at Ovre Lansjarv), there are weaknesses in the simulations, particularly at a seasonal time scale. It is shown that these deficiencies are unlikely be caused by the complexity of the surface energy balance formulation. At the scale of the PILPS 2(e) domain, it is shown that the addition of a constant surface resistance into the simplest mode of CHASM has a large impact on runoff by reducing the latent heat flux. It is shown that adding further complexity by including explicit interception and explicit bare soil evaporation has little effect on runoff or the latent heat flux, but the addition of a spatially and temporally variable surface resistance leads to an increase in the spatial variability of runoff across the domain. The differences between the modes of CHASM are then compared against the range of simulations of other models in PILPS Phase 2(e). The difference between the modes of CHASM (excluding the simplest mode, which omits the surface resistance term) is approximately 10–15% of the range in results from the other PILPS schemes. This is argued to be too small to explain the differences found in the results from PILPS Phase 2(e). Given that differences cannot be explained by variations in the SEB complexity, they are most likely to be caused by differences in the hydrology formulation (including snowmelt and snowmelt infiltration). D 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Live linked data: synchronising semantic stores with commutative replicated data types

Linked Data is currently interconnecting information on the web, creating the web of data. It allows data consumers to combine different data sets and perform powerful queries. However, this means either to copy data sets locally or perform distributed querying. Local copies have problems of freshness, distributed queries, of scalability and performance. Linked Data producers are currently going live by providing streams of data updates, opening a third way to query: synchronise and search. Each Linked Data node can follow update streams of others, creating a social network of live updates: the Live Linked Data LLD. Unfortunately, synchronising data among autonomous participants raises issues of concurrency and consistency. In this paper, we propose SU-Set, a Commutative Replicated Data Type CRDT for RDF graph updated with SPARQL Update 1.1. We describe how a semantic store can use SU-Set to ensure eventual consistency in LLD, with a low overhead in time, space and communication.
Areas and Perspectives of the World Wine Market

This paper focuses on offering a synthetic picture of the areas and perspectives of the world wine market as observed in its international dimension. In the last thirty years, important changes have succeeded in quantitative terms as a result of qualitative expectations from the public and market structure. Henceforth, the different actors must restructure their strategies and behaviours. Apparently, the wine sector will be able to see a sensitive concentration process among companies positioned at the lower market segments. There is a situation in which a relatively reduced number of large companies dominates this part of the market. It exploits some key success factors, which is a range of offers based on several brands of international fame, eventually with a strong territorial connotation. It is assigned to specific public segments, economies of scale, and a capillary distribution optimized with respect to costs. Though the different companies categories appear in competition in the wine market, nonetheless, they are allies in the crucial battle for the support and development of wine consumption. This, as we have already seen, competes in a now definitely saturated beverage market. The consumption of wine, in particular, appears threatened by a difficulty in approaching young people for its daily consumption in traditional consumer countries. There is amassive anti-alcohol campaign in many countries in addition to the encourged position of theWorld Health Organization that tends to become increasingly hostile to alcohol and in which wine is put on the same level as all the other alcoholic beverages
BUDAYA ORGANISASI, ORIENTASI ETIKA DAN KINERJA KEUANGAN KOPERASI

ABSTRACT The aim of research to examine the influence of organizational culture and ethical orientation on the Cooperative's financial performance. The study was conducted on cooperative members Cooperative Center (Puskop) Bali. Total population there were 36 cooperatives. The sampling method is nonprobability sampling with saturated or census sampling technique. Respondents are managers, the Management and Supervisory cooperative obtained 72 respondents. Primary and secondary data analyzed by Partial Least Square (PLS). The analysis showed that organizational culture positive effect on the financial performance of cooperatives. Ethical orientation positive effect on the financial performance of cooperatives. But the ethical orientation correlates with financial performance is smaller than the culture of the organization. Basically, the organization is a multicultural, therefore, needs the participation of human resources that provides value to the organization. Personal ethics and business ethics are inseparable and complementary presence in influencing the behavior of executives / managers or supervisors cooperative internalized into organizational behavior and corporate culture. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Orientation Ethics, Cooperative Financial Performance ABSTRAK Tujuan penelitian untuk menguji pengaruh budaya organisasi dan orientasi etika pada kinerja keuangan Koperasi. Penelitian dilakukan pada koperasi anggota Pusat Koperasi (Puskop) Bali. Jumlah populasi yang ada sebanyak 36 koperasi. Metode penentuan sampel adalah nonprobability sampling dengan teknik sampling jenuh atau sensus. Responden penelitian ini adalah Manajer, Pengurus dan Pengawas koperasi diperoleh 72 orang responden. Data primer dan sekunder dianalisis dengan Partial Least Square (PLS). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa budaya organisasi berpengaruh pada positif pada kinerja keuangan koperasi. Orientasi etika berpengaruh positif pada kinerja keuangan koperasi. Akan tetapi orientasi etika memiliki korelasi dengan kinerja keuangan lebih kecil dibandingkan dengan budaya organisasi. Pada dasarnya organisasi merupakan multikultur, oleh karena itu diperlukan partisipasi sumber daya manusia yang memberi nilai pada organisasi. Etika personal dan etika bisnis merupakan kesatuan yang tidak terpisahkan dan keberadaannya saling melengkapi dalam memengaruhi perilaku pengurus/manajer atau pengawas koperasi yang terinternalisasi menjadi perilaku organisasi dan budaya perusahaan. Kata kunci: Budaya Organisasi, Orientasi Etika, Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi
PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK PENGAWASANDEWAN KOMISARIS TERHADAPAGRESIVITAS PAJAK PERUSAHAAN

This study aims to analyze the influence of the board of commissioners against corporate tax aggressiveness. Characteristics of the board of commissioner's oversight affecting tough tax aggressiveness. The characteristics of the board of commissioner's oversight affecting tax aggressiveness are presented by the effectiveness of the internal control system, the use of the Big Four audit, the size of the audit committee, and the frequency of meetings of the board of commissioners. This research refers to research conducted by Richardson et al (2013). This study uses secondary data obtained from the financial statements of manufacturing companies listed on the stock exchanges of Indonesia in 2012- 2015. This study used as many as 188 samples with purposive sampling method. Data analysis with the classical model of multiple regression. The results obtained from this research is the effectiveness of internal control system and the frequency of meetings of the board of commissioners has no effect on corporate tax aggressiveness. The type of external auditor and the size of the audit committee influenced the corporate tax aggressiveness.
Investigation into the effect of infrastructure on fly-in fly-out mining workers.

OBJECTIVE To explore fly-in fly-out (FIFO) mining workers' attitudes towards the leisure time they spend in mining camps, the recreational and social aspects of mining camp culture, the camps' communal and recreational infrastructure and activities, and implications for health. DESIGN In-depth semistructured interviews. SETTING Individual interviews at locations convenient for each participant. PARTICIPANTS A total of seven participants, one female and six males. The age group varied within 20-59 years. Marital status varied across participants. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A qualitative approach was used to interview participants, with responses thematically analysed. Findings highlight how the recreational infrastructure and activities at mining camps impact participants' enjoyment of the camps and their feelings of community and social inclusion. RESULTS Three main areas of need were identified in the interviews, as follows: (i) on-site facilities and activities; (ii) the role of infrastructure in facilitating a sense of community; and (iii) barriers to social interaction. CONCLUSION Recreational infrastructure and activities enhance the experience of FIFO workers at mining camps. The availability of quality recreational facilities helps promote social interaction, provides for greater social inclusion and improves the experience of mining camps for their temporary FIFO residents. The infrastructure also needs to allow for privacy and individual recreational activities, which participants identified as important emotional needs. Developing appropriate recreational infrastructure at mining camps would enhance social interactions among FIFO workers, improve their well-being and foster a sense of community. Introducing infrastructure to promote social and recreational activities could also reduce alcohol-related social exclusion.
The Effect of Internal and External Lean Practices on Performance: A Firm-Centered Approach

The aim of this paper is to enhance the understanding of the relationship between lean practices and both operational and financial performance. A sample of 171 French manufacturing firms shows a direct effect of external lean practices on financial performance. A firm-centered approach identified three profiles. “Full achievers” present significant differences in both operational and financial performance compare to “weak achievers”. Even if the difference in operational performance is significant between “full achievers” and “internal lean dominant”, there is not a significant difference in financial performance.
Bidirectional Modulation of Scopolamine-Induced Working Memory Impairments by Muscarinic Activation of the Medial Septal Area

The hypotheses that the medial septal area (MSA) is critical for working memory and that MSA neural activity is positively regulated by cholinergic inputs leads to two testable predictions: (1) working memory can be bidirectionally modulated by muscarinic manipulations of the MSA and (2) muscarinic activation of the MSA can enhance memory under conditions of mnemonic impairment. Memory was assessed by T-maze spatial alternation following intraseptal infusion of muscarinic drugs in rats pretreated with intraperitoneal (IP-) injections of scopolamine. Scopolamine dose-dependently impaired working memory and shifted the hippocampal theta activity to a higher peak frequency. Intraseptal scopolamine mimicked the behavioral effects of IP-scopolamine, and intraseptal carbachol appeared to reverse both the behavioral and physiological effects of IP-scopolamine. The results indicate that the amnestic effect of antimuscarinic drugs may be due to an interaction in the MSA and that conditions of memory impairment may be alleviated by selective muscarinic activation of the MSA.
PRIMARY PRODUCTS OF SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION

I. By supplying serradella nodules with a pulse of tracer 15N 2, and observing the rate of displacement of excess ~N from certain nitrogen compounds, the role of these compounds in symbiotic nitrogen fixation has been examined. 2. The labelling patterns obtained support the primary position of ammonia as a stable intermediate, and indicate that glutamic acid plus glutamine are the primary amino compounds. Other amino acids appear to be of secondary origin.
Developing-Economy preferences for imported organic food products

Abstract Preference for imported products are often found in developing countries. A mixed method case study is employed to investigate why and when, using Thailand and organic food as the case. In-store interviews (N = 67), two focus groups (N = 16) and an online survey with consumers screened for knowledge of organic food (N = 965) are reported. A domestic country bias is revealed, but co-existing with a higher trust in the standards and certifications of developed countries. Hence, developed countries' credible institutions are a competitive advantage that allows them to compete with similar but cheaper products from developing countries.
Recommendations for nomenclature on fibrinogen and fibrin

Many different terms related to fibrinogen and fibrin have come into general use in the fibrin(ogen) field, but there is much confusion and controversy over some of the terminology. The existing terminology related to fibrinogen structure and fibrin polymerization and recommendations on the standardization of commonly used nomenclature have been discussed at the 52nd and 53rd annual meetings of the ISTH Scientific and Standardization Committee (SSC), Subcommittee on Fibrinogen and Factor XIII. The recommendations on nomenclature of fibrinogen and fibrin presented here are based on numerous comments and suggestions made by the Subcommittee members and leading scientists from the fibrin(ogen) field. They have been approved by the Subcommittee at the 54th ISTH SSC meeting in Vienna in 2008.
Suffix tree-based approach to detecting duplications in sequence diagrams

Models are core artefacts in software development and maintenance. Consequently, quality of models, especially maintainability and extensibility, becomes a big concern for most non-trivial applications. For some reasons, software models usually contain some duplications. These duplications had better be detected and removed because the duplications may reduce maintainability, extensibility and reusability of models. As an initial attempt to address the issue, the author propose an approach in this study to detecting duplications in sequence diagrams. With special preprocessing, the author convert 2-dimensional (2-D) sequence diagrams into an 1-D array. Then the author construct a suffix tree for the array. With the suffix tree, duplications are detected and reported. To ensure that every duplication detected with the suffix tree can be extracted as a separate reusable sequence diagram, the author revise the traditional construction algorithm of suffix trees by proposing a special algorithm to detect the longest common prefixes of suffixes. The author also probe approaches to removing duplications. The proposed approach has been implemented in DuplicationDetector. With the implementation, the author evaluated the proposed approach on six industrial applications. Evaluation results suggest that the approach is effective in detecting duplications in sequence diagrams. The main contribution of the study is an approach to detecting duplications in sequence diagrams, a prototype implementation and an initial evaluation.
Changes in endolymphatic hydrops in patients with Ménière’s disease treated conservatively for more than 1 year

Abstract Conclusion: This study revealed that endolymphatic hydrops (EH) reduced in some cases with Ménière’s disease (MD) treated conservatively. It appears that the EH reduction was associated with improvement of the clinical symptoms. Objectives: The relationship between the degree of EH and clinical symptoms is not clear at present. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the time course of the relationship in patients with MD treated conservatively. Patients: Twelve patients with MD treated conservatively for more than 1 year in a university hospital. Methods: Twenty ears of 12 patients with MD treated conservatively were evaluated. The presence or absence of vertigo, tinnitus and ear fullness was confirmed when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. Using a 3 T MRI scanner, three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (3D-FLAIR) MRI was performed 2 or 3 times 24 hours after intra-tympanic gadolinium injection or 4 hours after intravenous gadolinium injection. Results: In the three ears in which the symptoms alleviated, EH was reduced in two ears, but EH was reduced in only one of 17 ears in which the symptoms did not alleviate. The Fisher exact test revealed that EH reduction occurred more frequently in ears with alleviation of the symptoms (p < 0.05).
Business cycles and earnings management.

This study investigates the impact of business cycles on earnings management in the United States. Using a large cohort of firms in the United States from the S&P 1500 index and the period of 2000-2010, we employ estimates based on a pooled least squares model, a fixed effects model, and a random effects model. Our findings show that firm discretionary accruals increase during expansionary economic periods and decrease during contractionary periods. We also find that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had no effect on mitigating discretionary accruals. Our primary contribution to the existing literature is a thorough econometric analysis of discretionary accruals and their relationship to economic cycles and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act using a large and comprehensive data set. TABLE OF CONTENTS Approval ii Abstract iii Table of
Robust H ∞ consensus control concerning second-order multi-agent systems with time-varying delays on dynamic topologies

Robust H ∞ consensus control for second-order multi-agent systems is addressed. Considering the delayed directed networks with disturbances and uncertainty parameters on dynamic topologies, the consensus protocols are proposed and analysed. By constructing the common Lyapunov–Krasovkii functional, applying the Lyapunov–Krasovkii theory and integral inequality approach, the sufficient condition of consensus protocol convergence is derived, guaranteeing robust H ∞ consensus for given second-order multi-agent systems. Finally, numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.
Epidemiological analysis of 210 cases of surgically treated traumatic extradural hematoma.

OBJECTIVE To assess the epidemiology, clinical and radiological presentation of patients with traumatic extradural hematoma (EDH) undergoing neurosurgical procedures. METHODS We performed a chart review of 210 patients admitted to the emergency department with EDH diagnosed by CT scan and surgically treated between August 1998 and January 2008. Variables analyzed were: age, gender, clinical and radiological presentation, mechanism of injury and neurological status at discharge from hospital. RESULTS In 49.2% trauma mechanism was fall; 89.2% of patients were male, 49.7% of cases had a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) between 13 and 15; 61% of patients had age between 20 and 49 years; the location of EDH was the temporo-parietal and temporal in 26.5% and 19.6% of the cases, respectively; 32.8% had associated intracranial lesions, with skull fractures seen in around 45% of cases; 76.2% of surgically treated patients were discharged with minimal or no neurologic deficit. CONCLUSION We observed that, in the study population, EDH appears more often in males, in the fourth decade of life, and is more related to falls. On admission, GCS was observed between 13 and 15 and it is appropriate to mention the involvement of the temporo-parietal region in most cases. We believe that knowledge of the epidemiology of traumatic epidural hematoma can assist in developing public health measures aimed at prevention and early identification of this disease in the population.
Predicting Outcome in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

This study explored predictors of treatment response and attrition in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Participants were 99 families of 3- to 6-year-old children with disruptive behavior disorders. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify those pretreatment child, family, and accessibility factors that were predictive of success or attrition. For all study participants, waitlist group assignment and maternal age were the significant predictors of outcome. For treatment participants (study participants excluding those who dropped out after the initial evaluation but before treatment began), only maternal ratings of parenting stress and maternal inappropriate behavior during parent-child interactions were significant predictors of treatment outcome. These results suggest that for treatment studies of disruptive preschoolers, the benefits of using a waitlist control group may be outweighed by the disproportionate number of dropouts from this group. Once families begin PCIT, however, parent-related variables become salient in predicting treatment outcome.
Effects of Tillage and Crop Residue Application on Soybean Nitrogen Fixation in a Tropical Ferralsol

This study was aimed at quantifying soybean ( Glycine max ) nitrogen fixation under reduced tillage (RT) and conventional tillage (CT) in a tropical Ferralsol of the sub-humid zone of western Kenya, using the isotope 15 N dilution method. Crop residue (CR) management was a superimposed treatment in soybean-maize rotation and intercropping systems. This study quantified N in abscised soybean leaves. Soybean-N derived from the atmosphere (%NDfA) ranged between 41–65%; it was higher ( P −1 with intercropping and 53–82 kg N ha −1 with rotation. Seasonal litter fall contained about 15 kg N ha −1 , with 54% NDfA. Annual nitrogen balances with soybean and maize grain removed were better in RT (−9 to −32 kg N ha −1 ) than in CT (−40 to −60 kg N ha −1 ). Application of P increased nodule weight ( P
Simulation rapide de l'éclairage global

Pouvoir calculer rapidement une solution d'eclairage global, en prenant en compte les types de reflexions, est une grand defis. Si les approches par elements finis ou de radiosite peuvent permettre une simulation interactive pour certains types de scenes, les methodes probabilistes sont actuellement trop lentes ou trop bruitees pour ce genre d'utilisation. Nous presentons ici une nouvelle methode, qui, en integrant un trace de particules (pour les reflexions non diffuses) a l etape de transfert d energie d un algorithme de radiosite hierarchique (pour les reflexions diffuses), permet de traiter efficacement tous types de propagation lumineuse. Cette ap-proche permet un calcul rapide et une simulation de bonne qualite visuelle. Les transferts diffus sont ainsi non bruites, grâce a la radiosite hierarchique, mais l on peut aussi obtenir rapidement des effets non diffus comme des caustiques. Grâce a un tel systeme, un utilisateur peut visualiser et manipuler interactivement des scenes de petite taille en tenant compte de tous les effets lumineux. Mais cette simulation globale et generale est applicable aussi a des scenes plus complexes, avec bien sAE ur un temps de calcul plus long. Ce systeme peut aussi efficacement traiter le probleme de l eclairage indirect. Enfin, il permet une transition douce d une solution rapide mais de faible qualite vers une solution de grande qualite mais plus lente.