Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Centralized Database: A Prerequisite for Security and Sustainable Development in Nigeria

-The volume of data organizations and government agencies usually collect and store are increasing rapidly. Centralized database according to Elmasri and Navathe [1] stores data or information in a particular location within a network. It allows data from existing database to be collected and stored in a single database for sharing, analysis or updating in an organisation. In Nigeria, organizations and government agencies usually operates distributed databases and do not have a centralised database in a central location for sharing and other policy making. Therefore, this paper highlights the need for centralised database that can be adopted by government to control data redundancy and inconsistency for security and sustainable development. The paper is a survey paper that explored the use of research schedules for data collection. Enumeratorwas picked from each of the four agencies that constitutes the population and samples of the study. The data collected were categorised and presented based on the research schedules retrieved. The results show the common fields used on personal information of individuals as ID, names, Date of Birth, Gender, address, phone no, finger print, and photograph. The results also show that data sharing among agencies are rarely done using the distributed databases, but plans are on the way to actualize that especially with the yet-to-be implemented model of National Identity Management Commission known as National Identity Management System (NIMS). Finally, the paper recommends that government should explore the possibility of adopting centralised database that can harmonise records of organisations and agencieswhich will help in ensuring security and sustainable development in the country; a model of centralised database should be designed to ascertain the feasibility of implementing a centralised database in Nigeria; thorough research should also be made to ensure the compatibility between organisations and agencies with the centralised database for data sharing and other accessibility issues.
MERCURY IN THE CORE SEDIMENT OF VEMBANAD BACKWATER - AN IMPLICATION TOWARDS ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMIANTION

Mercury, a global pollutant (Li et al., 2009), is an extremely toxic trace metal, naturally occurring in air, water and soil (Lin et al., 2007) and is one of the most studied pollutants (Ruiz et al., 2005). Because of its transboundary nature, mercury popping up in places where it was never expected before and it burdens in sediments and other non-biological materials are estimated to have increased up to five times pre-human level; primarily as a result of man’s activities (Brim et al., 1994). Earlier studies estimated a global natural mercury emission of 18005800 tons/year (Li et al., 2009). The global anthropogenic mercury emission to atmosphere in 2000 was 2190 tons (Pacyna et al., 2006) and 54% of that was contributed by Asian countries (Li et al., 2009). Therefore a lot of studies have been undertaken on mercury contamination in various ecosystems (Mason et al., 2006; Subramanian, 2003; Cizdziel et al., 2003), speciation (Gabriel and Williamson, 2004), bioavailability (Boszke et al., 2007; Bower et al., 2008) and bioaccumulation (Sunderland, 2007).
Analyzing the Link Between Agency Problems, Governance and Control Attributes for Pakistan

Abstract This research attempts to analyze the relationship between agency, control and corporate governance attributes for a sample of 267 firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) from 2005 to 2008. The results show that a) Pakistani listed firms are facing high agency costs problems in contrast to established markets. b) Factors are observed important to having strong effect on mitigating agency costs levels: corporate dividend policy, degree of board independence, and institutional ownership. c) Corporate governance factors reduce discretionary expenditure ratio, increase assets utilization ratio and free cash flow ratio. d) Control variables increases the asset utilization ratio and decreases the free cash flow and increases the managers’ performance (Tobin’s Q ratio). e) Ownership attributes regulate free cash flow and decrease the discretionary expenditure ratio. The outcomes of this research lead to the proposed use of recommended governance, control and ownership attributes to overcome agency problems and a sound policy for better corporate governance (better management of agency cost issues) for listed firms.
AESTHETIC PRODUCT INTERACTION: THE NECESSITY OF CONSISTENCY BETWEEN FUNCTION & EMOTION

We investigate the application of aesthetic stimuli's influence on emotional response during product interaction; implications for novel yet acceptable product experiences. Adopting a research-through-design approach, three tape-dispenser products were designed. Together with a control, the dispensers offered visual and auditory stimulation during product use. Results indicate the importance of consistency between function and stimulus for elicitation of positive response towards novel aesthetic interventions. User profiles also appeared to implicate response to aesthetic stimuli.
RECONSIDERING ‘DOUBLING’: THE CASE OF GLOBE ON TOUR’S COMEDY OF ERRORS (2009-2011)

Doubling, originally devised out of necessity in scaled-down productions with limited resources, had not yet been fully cultivated on modern stage, though its theatrical potential had been the subject of some papers. Here comes Globe on Tour’s production of The Comedy of Errors (director: Rebecca Gatward), first performed in 2009 and revived subsequently in 2010 and 2011. This paper examines how doubling is employed in this production, focusing in particular on two crucial scenes, the ‘lock-out scene’ and the ‘reunion scene’. Although both scenes are difficult to perform with doublings, the subject of mixed up identities dovetails with the intricate doubling strategy of this production . In addition, multiple doublings in this production provide more physical comedy and therefore enhance the comic essence in the text . Finally, Globe’s touring production demonstrates how the embodied characters co-create the situation of ultimate confusions with the spectators. Doubling can help to establish ultimate intimacy between the audience and the performer with all the tricks and the errors they share and therefore functions as an alternative method of breaking the fourth wall.
A Study on the Predictive Power of the Health Belief Model Constructs in Self-Care Behaviors of Patients with Hypertension

Aim: Hypertension is a chronic and asymptomatic disease leading to death of at least 45% of patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Self-care is important to minimize the risks and complications caused by hypertension. This aim of the present study was to determine the predictive power of constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM) in self-care behaviors of patients with hypertension . Methods: This was a descriptive-analytic study of cross-sectional type carried out on 125 patients over 30 years old with hypertension who referred to the rural health centers in Rasht city. Sampling was done in multi-stage form, and the patients were selected randomly. To collect data, a valid and reliable questionnaire containing demographic information and questions of constructs of the HBM and self-care behaviors was used. Findings: Based on Pearson’s correlation analysis, a significant and negative relationship was observed between self-care behaviors and construct of perceived barriers. Also there was a significant and positive relationship between self-care behaviors and the construct of cues to action. Based on linear regression analysis, the HBM could predict 19% of variance of self-care behaviors by two constructs of perceived barriers (B=0.22, SE=0.04, P=0.01) and cues to action (B=0.19, SE=0.06, P=0.02). Conclusion: According to the predictive power of the HBM and the role of constructs of perceived barriers and cues to action in self-care behaviors of patients with hypertension, it is needed to focus on educational interventions based on this model to reduce the perceived barriers and influencing the cues to action.
IDENTIFYING MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF RUSSIAN WORDS WITH THE ONTOLOGY-BASED TEXT ANALYSER

This article presents the first stage of an ongoing effort of creating the application Ontology-Based Text Analyser (OTA) aimed at automatically identifying semantics and grammatical properties of widely used Russian words in connected texts. At present this application identifies only morphological properties of Russian words. In this application all morphological properties of content words and grammatical function words are revealed on the basis of a query to the Ontology of Russian Grammatical Forms (OntoRuGrammaForm) that we set up earlier. In OntoRuGrammaForm we used LexInfo which represents morphological properties of words in the ontological format as a scheme for data organising. To set up OntoRuGrammaForm the existing LexInfo ontology was extended with missing and refined grammatical categories. In OntoRuGrammaForm the linkage of semantics with morphological properties is implemented with OntoLex which makes it possible to link grammatical word forms with lemmas and lemmas with concepts in knowledge area ontologies. The automatic process of word morphology identification is illustrated with a connected text of the informative type taken from the open news online-portal. In this news text the system of morphological properties of words is identified with OntoRuGrammaForm. This application also displays lemmas and transcription of separate words in a connected text. The created application (OTA) can be used as an innovative methodical tool in teaching Russian to foreign students to develop skills of identifying morphological characteristics of words in texts. At present this application is available on the Web in open access and can be used for analysing morphological properties of widely used Russian words in a connected text.
Would Industrial Ecology Exist without Sustainability in the Background?

Industrial ecology rests historically—even in a short lifetime of 15 years or so—on the metaphorical power of natural ecosystems. Its evolution parallels the rise of concerns over unsustainability, that is, the threats to our world's ability to support human life the emergence of sustainability as a normative goal on a global scale. This article examines the relationships between industrial ecology and sustainability and argues that, in its historical relationship to classical ecology models, the field lacks power to address the full range of goals of sustainability, however defined. The classical ecosystem analogy omits aspects of human social and cultural life central to sustainability. But by moving beyond this model to more recent ecosystem models based on complexity theory, the field can expand its purview to address sustainability more broadly and powerfully. Complexity models of living systems can also ground alternative normative models for sustainability as an emergent property rather than the output of a mechanistic economic model for society's workings.
COMMUNICATION MEDIA IN DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATION – ANALYSIS OF DESIGN EXPERIMENTS

Increasing globalization affects design processes, as e.g. in global companies more and more design teams are working locally distributed. Since face to face meetings are usually time and cost consuming, members of distributed teams are at least partially obliged to communicate via electronic media. The communication in these teams has been observed less efficient compared to collocated teams. Ruiz-Dominguez states that communication media in distributed teams slow down cognitive synchronization and shared understanding. On the one hand the usage of electronic communication media in non collocated teams bears problems, on the other hand the communication in these teams is important for the success. That leads to the conclusion that the communication media and the use of these media should be paid attention to. The objective of the experiments that are presented in this paper is to get a deeper understanding of the role of communication media in distributed design teams. The experiments were designed to look at the question: “Which communication media are used in what combination depending on the design process? ” A minor question was: “Can the application of desktop virtual reality improve the communication? ” This paper covers the setup of the experiments, the capture and analysis of the data and the presentation and discussion of the results.
SVD-Based Color Image Watermarking Using Discrete Wavelet Transform

For invisibility and robustness are difficult to reconcile, a combination of singular value decomposition (SVD) and the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) of the color image adaptive watermarking algorithm is proposed. In the embedding process, modification of the singular value of LL band and LH band exploited to the watermarking scheme which excellent preserves the quality. The additional advantage of the proposed technique is taking advantage of HVS which can adaptively regulate the watermark embedding strength. Experimental results show that the algorithm not only has better transparency, but also has good robustness such as noise, compression, filtering, cropping.
Differences between the songs of rural and urban Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) and the potential consequences for territorial

A number of studies have found that birds in urban areas alter singing behaviour, possibly to increase signal transmission and avoid masking by high levels of anthropogenic background noise. However, few studies have focused on how these song differences might be interpreted by receivers. We investigated differences in song between populations of urban and rural Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), an Australian species abundant in both habitats. First, we compared urban and rural magpie songs to determine if magpies shift the frequency, duration and output of songs in response to anthropogenic noise. Unlike some songbirds, urban magpies did not shift minimum frequencies to avoid masking, however they did sing shorter songs. We then played back unfamiliar urban and rural songs to groups of both urban and rural magpies, and monitored their territorial responses. Results showed that differences in song across both habitats do not affect receiver responses, indicating that magpies from both urban and rural habitats can readily communicate with each other. Interestingly, rural magpies responded with more aggression to rural songs than to either urban songs or to control songs. We propose that the flexibility of Australian magpie songs aids this species in its ability to adapt successfully to urban environments.
Impacts of Western Popular Culture on Youths in Hawassa City, South Ethiopia

Background: With the expansion of technological progress in mass communication, consuming western popular culture has come to be a valuable activity for youths. The objective of this study was to examine youth's exposure to the western media and cultural products and the potential consequence of this exposure. Methods: School-based “sample survey design” were employed in Hawassa city from 1 April to 1 May, 2012. A total of 125 sample were included in the study. Pre tested self administered structured Amharic questionnaire and in-depth interview techniques were used to collect the data. Simple statistical methods were used to analyze the quantitative data. A framework of analysis technique which is developed along with the interview guides were used to analyze the qualitative data. Results: usage of western media by the youth now seems to reach a stage that could affect young people's perception and feelings toward westerns and their products in a substantial way. As far as the behavioral impact of the usage of western media and popular cultural products is concerned, this study only examined the likelihood of the youngsters to model after the westerns. Moreover, results of this study showed that western media is more likely to exert modeling effect on the youngsters, making it more likely for them to dress and have a hair-do like the different idols portrayed in movies and music clips. Conclusion: While further research is needed to draw definitive conclusions about the impacts on young people of exposure to pornography, the little evidence available provides grounds for serious concern about exposure of young people to different types of pornography.
Bildung für alle – eine Neuauflage? Offenheit und Teilen in der Open Educational Resources (OER) Bewegung

Fragen nach der Bedeutung privater und offentlicher Dimensionen in Bildungsprozessen und Forderungen nach Bildung fur alle werden in der Padagogik seit Jahrhunderten diskutiert. Die Rolle von Medien und Mediendynamiken wurde dabei weithin unterschatzt. In den letzten Jahren wurden allerdings vielfaltige Initiativen entwickelt mit dem Ziel der Offnung von Bildung mittels digitaler Kommunikationstechnologien und Creative Commons-Lizenzen sowie massive open online courses (moocs). Heute findet die Bezeichnung Open Educational Resources (OER) breite Verwendung als Uberbegriff fur Initiativen zur Schaffung von frei verfugbaren Inhalten, OER Commons, Open Courseware (OCW), OER-Archiven, OCW-Suchhilfen sowie universitaren OCW-Initiativen und ahnlichen Aktivitaten. Auf der einen Seite werden in den einschlagigen Debatten und Praktiken alte Motive der Bildung fur alle wieder aufgegriffen. Auf der anderen Seite spielen spezifische Auffassungen der gemeinsamen Nutzung eine zentrale Rolle bei Strategien bezuglich frei zuganglicher Inhalte und offener Bildungsmedien. Der Beitrag beginnt (1) mit einem Abriss uber ausgewahlte Auffassungen von Offenheit und Teilen in bildungsbezogenen Zusammenhangen, gefolgt (2) von einer Erorterung ihrer Relevanz fur OER-Entwicklungen mittels der Gegenuberstellung und Relationierung von konzeptuellen Dimensionen. Abschliesend (3) zielt der Beitrag auf eine Interpretation der Formen des Teiles als mediale Formen sowie die Unterscheidung von starken und schwachen Formen des Teilens und deren Relevanz fur Bildungsprozesse.
Cytological Evaluation of Lymphadenopathy in HIV Patients

Cytological study was carried out in 44 HIV positive lymphadenopathy cases by FNAC technique using 23 or 24 gauge needle. Cytological findings were co related with the CD4 counts done by the BD FACSCount system (31) . out of the total 44 cases 28 (63.6%) were males and 16 (36.3%) were females. Most of the males were affected in the 4 th decade and females in 3 rd decade of life. Male to female ratio was 1.7:1. Predominantly cervical group of lymph nodes 36 (81.8%) were enlarged followed by supraclavicular 4 (9%) and axillary 3 (6.8%) group of lymph nodes.Commonest cytodiagnosis offered was tuberculous lymphadenitis 20 (45.4%), followed by reactive lymphadenitis 13 (29.5%). The cytodiagnosis of chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis was give given in 8 (18.1%) and acute suppurative lymphadenitis in 3 (6.8%) cases.
Nature's Spokesman: M. Krishnan and Indian Wildlife

M. Krishnan (1913-86) was a naturalist known for his prose style, his learning, and his astonishingly wide range of interests. For nearly 60 years he wrote columns, essays, sketches, and jeremiads on the ecology and culture of the subcontinent. As a chronicler of the natural world Krishnan was unequalled, yet his work is to be found, for the most part, only in old and inaccessible newspapers and magazines. This collection showcases some of his finest essays, on large mammals, little creatures, nature in temples and folklore, nature's desecration and its conservation. It also contains a lovely cricket story and some essays on the history of Tamil poetry, and the editor provides a biographical introduction.
Spherical polyelectrolyte brushes as carrier particles for proteins: An investigation of the structure of adsorbed and desorbed bovine serum albumin

The change in the secondary and tertiary structure of bovine serum albumin (BSA) induced by the interaction with spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPB) has been investigated using fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The SPB consist of poly(acrylic acid) chains grafted to a poly(styrene) core. The colloidal SPB represent a new substrate for protein immobilization because their protein binding capacity can be controlled by the ionic strength of the solution: SPB bind large amounts of BSA at low ionic strength (pH=6.1), but they are largely protein resistant at moderate salt concentrations of 500 mM. The conformation of BSA which was labeled with the environmentally sensitive dansyl fluorophore was studied before adsorption to the SPB, in the adsorbed state, and after desorption from the SPB. In the adsorbed state the obtained fluorescence spectrum is red-shifted which indicates a hydration of the dansyl fluorophores due to a distortion of the tertiary structure of BSA. Fluorescence and CD spectroscopic analysis of BSA that was desorbed from the SPB shows that the adsorption-induced conformational changes are largely reversible. Convex constraint analysis of the observed CD spectra of BSA yield α-helix fractions of 68% and 57% before adsorption to and after desorption from the SPB, respectively. In a general view, the results of this study demonstrate that spherical polyelectrolyte brushes are suitable for a controlled immobilization and release of proteins without major conformational changes.
Diet preferences of the Aglajidae: a family of cephalaspidean gastropod predators on tropical and temperate shores

Aglajidae is a family of tropical and temperate marine Cephalaspidea gastropod slugs regarded as active predators. In order to better understand their food habits and trophic interactions, we have studied the diet of all genera through the examination of gut contents. Specimens were dissected for the digestive tract and gut contents were removed and identified by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Our results confirmed that carnivory is the only feeding mode in aglajids and showed a sharp preference for vagile prey (94% of food items). We suggest that the interaction between crawling speed, presence of sensorial structures capable of detecting chemical signals from prey, and unique features of the digestive system (e.g. lack of radula, eversion of the buccal bulb, thickening of gizzard walls) led aglajid slugs to occupy a unique trophic niche among cephalaspideans, supporting the hypothesis that dietary specialization played a major role in the adaptive radiation of Cephalaspidea gastropods.
COMBINATORIAL CLUSTERING AND ITS APPLICATION TO 3D POLYGONAL TRAFFIC SIGN RECONSTRUCTION FROM MULTIPLE IMAGES

The 3D reconstruction of similar 3D objects detected in 2D faces a major issue when it comes to grouping the 2D detections into clusters to be used to reconstruct the individual 3D objects. Simple clustering heuristics fail as soon as similar objects are close. This paper formulates a framework to use the geometric quality of the reconstruction as a hint to do a proper clustering. We present a methodology to solve the resulting combinatorial optimization problem with some simplifications and approximations in order to make it tractable. The proposed method is applied to the reconstruction of 3D traffic signs from their 2D detections to demonstrate its capacity to solve ambiguities.
Proper monogamy inequality for arbitrary pure quantum states

We provide a detailed proof of an analytical lower bound of entanglement quantified by concurrence for arbitrary bipartite quantum states. It is shown that though the bound does not allow one to detect bound entanglement, it is tight for some mixed states and can detect most of the free entanglement. On the other hand, it is known that the entanglement monogamy inequality proposed by Coffman, Kundu, and Wootters is, in general, not true for higher-dimensional quantum states. Inducing from the lower bound of concurrence, we find a proper form of entanglement monogamy inequality for arbitrary pure quantum states.