Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Main Role of Locus of Control and Professional Ethics on Lecturer’s Performance (Indonesian Lecturer Empirical Study)

As the professional staff of higher education institution, a lecturer is not only required to have competence but also to have proficiency in socialization in surrounding environment. Besides considered to be able to teach, a lecturer is literally required to learn and keep his professional ethics both inside and outside the campus. In order to fulfill them, the control of locus of control and professional ethics play the role. This research aims at analyzing the relationship of locus of control and professional ethics with lecturer’s performance. The object of this research is 42 management department lecturers of private campuses with religious ideology in Makassar and this research employs a multiple linear regression as its analysis method. The results of this research state that internal locus of control has significant influence (0.018), external locus of control has no significant influence (0.584) and professional ethics has significant influence (
Psychopathy as a risk marker for violence: Development and validation of a screening version of the revised Psychopathy Checklist.

The midterm project for the Fall of 2010 involved the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised. (This was handed out earlier.) This year we have data on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version; this is a shortened 12-item inventory (mostly a subset of the original 20-item Checklist). The item descriptions for the checklist version follows, along with the Front Page of the PCL:SV Quick Score Form. According to Hare’s analysis, there are two “factors” underlying the PCL:SV — Factor 1 (Interpersonal/Affective) for items 1 to 6; Factor 2 (Social Deviance) for items 7 to 12. I’ve also attached an article from Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment (Edited by John Monahan and Henry Steadman): Psychopathy as a Risk Marker for Violence: Development and Validation of a Screening Version of the Revised Psychopathy Checklist by Stephen Hart, Robert Hare, and Adelle Forth.
Diseño cross-layer para transmisión de datos escalares y/o contenidos multimedia en tiempo real en redes inalámbricas de sensores

espanolEn aplicaciones de redes inalambricas de sensores los eventos ocurren con baja frecuencia, debido a esto el diseno de los protocolos se ha enfocado principalmente en ahorrar energia. En consecuencia, aunque estos protocolos son energeticamente eficientes, limitan el uso de las redes inalambricas de sensores a aplicaciones donde el tiempo de respuesta y el ancho de banda no son importantes. En este articulo se propone el protocolo LEMR-multichannel (Latency, Energy, MAC and Routing, por sus siglas en ingles). LEMR-multichannel es un protocolo de comunicacion basado en un diseno multicapa (cross-layer design), el cual involucra las capas fisica, de acceso al medio y de red, y que no solamente preserva la eficiencia energetica de los protocolos actuales sino que tambien coordina la transferencia de paquetes desde la fuente hasta el destino de forma tal, que el desempeno de la red en terminos de ancho de banda, retardo y variabilidad del retardo es mejorado considerablemente. La superioridad de LEMR en terminos de estas variables es demostrada al ser comparado con otros protocolos bien conocidos (TMAC y YMAC), a traves de varios experimentos de simulacion. EnglishIn wireless sensor networks applications, events occur occasionally; therefore, the design ofprotocols has been focused on saving energy mainly. As consequence of this protocol design strategy most of these energy-efficient protocols limit the use of wireless sensor networks to those applications where a fast response time and the bandwidth are not important. This paper proposes the LEMR-multichannel protocol (Latency, Energy, MAC and Routing, for its acronym in English). LEMR-multichannel is a communication protocol based on a multilayer design which involves the physical, medium access and network layer, which not only preserves the energy efficiency of current protocols but also coordinates the transfer of packets from source to destination in such a way that the network performance in terms of bandwidth, delay and jitter is improved significantly. The LEMR-multichannel superiority in terms of these variables is shown when it is compared with other well-known protocols (TMAC and YMAC), through several simulation experiments.
Influence of L1 Background on Categorical Perception of Mandarin Tones by Russian and Vietnamese Listeners

This study investigated the influence of L1 background on categorical perception of lexical tones by three language groups, namely native Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese listeners. Tone identification and discrimination scores of two tone continua (T1-T2 and T1-T4) were measured for each participant. Results showed that the two tone language groups, i.e., Mandarin and Vietnamese listeners, perceived both tone continua categorically whereas the non-tone language group, i.e., Russian listeners, did not. More specifically, while the Russian group exhibited significantly broader identification boundaries and performed near chance level in discrimination tasks, the Mandarin and Vietnamese groups presented sharp slopes in identification curves and corresponding discrimination peaks at the cross-boundary positions. Moreover, Mandarin and Vietnamese listeners showed slightly different discrimination curves, which could be attributed to the effect of their different tone inventories. The current findings suggest that native tone language background, to some extent, can facilitate non-native tone perception.
The Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Rewards on Teachers Creativity

The principal objective of the study is to investigate the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on teachers’ creativity. Teachers’ creativity is used as dependent variable while intrinsic and extrinsic rewards are used as independent variables. The data are collected from 150 respondents through questionnaires. The principal component analysis (PCA) is applied to check the data validity. The reliability analysis is also performed to make the data reliable. Ordinary least square regression method is used to analyze the impact. The study reveals a positive impact of intrinsic rewards on teachers’ creativity. The extrinsic rewards also have positive impact on teachers’ creativity. It is concluded that rewards enhances creativity behavior of employees. The study recommends increasing intrinsic and extrinsic rewards to enhance teachers’ creativity. Keywords: Intrinsic Rewards, Extrinsic Rewards, Teachers Creativity DOI : 10.7176/JRDM/56-03 Publication date :June 30 th 2019
The Intricacies of Female Successors in Family Owned Businesses

As a result of shortage of female successor due in part to gender bias succession practices, this study was necessitated to look at encumbrances against women successors of Family Owned Businesses (FOBs) in Anambra State. The broad objective of this study was to examine female successors and sustainability of family owned businesses. The work adopted a survey research design. The population of the study was 415 FOBs in Anambra State. Complete enumeration method was adopted so as to get the full opinion of all firms on gender issues and female succession. The data for the study was collected through structured questionnaire. A combination of descriptive (mean) and inferential statistics (chi-square) were deployed in the data analysis. The result showed that there are obstacles that have substantial effect on women becoming successors of FOBs in Anambra State and that sexism play a statistically significant role in determining successors in Anambra State. Sequel to this, it was concluded that women and men in Anambra State do not have a level playing ground in determining who becomes a successors of FOBs in Anambra state as there are hurdles women face and these obstacles have significant effect on who becomes a successors. Hence, the recommendation was that successors of FOBs should not be based on gender but on capability and the provision of level playing ground for both the female and male genders in the succession dynamics.
Virtualization Components of the Modern Hypervisor

ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: On Hypervisors and Virtualization 5 2.1: Type 1 Hypervisor 5 2.2: Type 2 Hypervisor 6 2.3: Virtualization Types 8 2.4: Container-Based Virtualization 11 Chapter 3: Core components of the Modern Hypervisor 13 3.1: Paravirtual Block (Disk) Drivers 15 3.2: Paravirtual Network Drivers 17 3.3: Paravirtual Memory Drivers 19 3.4: Huge Pages/LargePages 20 3.5: Hypervisor Enabled Components 21 3.5. 1: Network Bridging vs. Network Address Translation 21 3.5. 2: Memory Compression 21 3.5. 3: Hypervisor Disk Swapping 21 3.5. 4: Resource Overcommitting 22 3.5. 5: Kernel Samepage Merging / Transparent Page Sharing 22
Access Control Model for Data Stored on Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing (CC) is a internet based computing technology having shared scalable infrastructure that can be used as service by users. Simply CC can be referred as hardware and software deliverable using internet that is also as a service. An outstanding innovation and technology getting popular due to lower-cost, flexibility and scalability as per user's requirement. Regardless of its popularity large organizations, enterprises are reluctant to move on cloud computing due to its security issues, especially user's data security. Organizations have expressed concern over data security as their confidential and sensitive data needs to be stored by service provider at any location globally, that's why security can't be compromised at all. CC has different security issues at different levels like software security, platform security, infrastructure security etc. This research shall take a review and to focus on user's data security i.e. data storage security issues and how to minimize unauthorized access to data, then available solutions will be presented and an access control model will be suggested. It'll help the reluctant users to easily decide to shift on cloud while understanding the risks associated with CC.
Improvement of Technical Preparedness of Elite Female Weightlifters with Different Types of Body Build

Types of body build of elite female weightlifters according to weight categories have been defined. Digital video filming and computer video-analysis using applied “Weightlifting analyzer 3.0” software have been used to define typologically-specified techniques of competition exercises for elite female weightlifter with various build. Data analysis showed true differences of biomechanical structure of technique for competition exercises for elite female weight-lifters with different build and weight category. Biomechanical model indices of technique of competition exercises for female weight-lifters with different types of build and weight categories have been defined. Methods of improving general exercises due to directed influence on optimization of individual elements of motion actions of elite female weight-lifters with different build and weight categories have been developed and proven.
"Slang is for Thugs": Stereotypes of Francanglais among Cameroonian immigrants in Paris

This article aims to describe some of the recurrent stereotypic indexical values that a group of young Cameroonian immigrants in Paris assign to Francanglais, a lexical register of French associated with informal and casual interactions, among young people, in urban settings in Cameroon. I analyse their metapragmatic discourses about this register, which were collected through interviews and based on ethnographic fieldwork in a pan-African association during my PhD research. These discourses are imbued by recurrent ideologies of slang, whereby speech repertoires are evaluated as deviant with respect to one or more presupposed standards when brought under slang formulations (see Agha 2015: 308). Therefore, I show that, through the opposition they make between language and slang, and through the recurrent metaphor of the hood, which is associated with the social figure of the thug, speakers tend to depreciate Francanglais by categorising it as a slang and thus by evaluating it as a substandard variety of the French language. They create symbolic boundaries between different and contrastive social types of speakers (young people vs. grown-up people, boys vs. girls, thugs vs. well-mannered people, rude people vs. polite people, competent French speakers vs. incompetent French speakers), and they associate these personae with contrastive social spaces and values.
Influence of inertial resistance squat exercise protocol based on novel exercise intensity determination on physical fitness of older adult women

The aim of the study was to examine practical implications and actual effects of the 8-week progressive resistance exercise protocol with the custom-made inertial device on sit-to-stand, 6MWT, functional reach, up-and-go test results and Rate of Perceived exertion (RPE) among older adult women (age 65-74). Thirty-seven healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to the control group (n = 11) and to two exercise – inertial (n = 12) and traditional (n = 14) – groups. The participants performed hip belt squats on the inertial device and kettlebell squats, respectively. Exercise intensity was relatively adjusted using mass moment of inertia (MMI) of the cylindrical weight and %1RM. Time under tension was equalized between groups by the type of the exercise executed. Tests were performed before and after the intervention. Moreover, RPE was monitored after each exercise set. We used two-way repeated measures ANOVA to assess exercise-related differences in test results and to assess intensityrelated differences in RPE. The Senior Fitness Test results significantly differed in pre and post measurements, regardless of the group. A significant time x group interaction was only found in Sit-to-stand test results. RPE results significantly varied from each other across intensities. Statistically different results among groups were only found at the highest intensity (70%). The results indicate that inertial resistance exercise using the novel exercise intensity determination on the inertial device is a useful and less strenuous alternative to traditional resistance exercise among older adult women while performing squats.
An Empirical Study of Transformational Leadership and Quality of Work Life in Higher Educational Institutions

The effectiveness of educational institutions in this competitive and knowledge-driven environment can be made better if they value and recognize their faculty members by providing them with conducive atmosphere at their workplaces. It can be achieved if educational institutions bring qualitative changes through promotion of sound quality of work life (QWL). QWL is vital not only for improving employee performance, but it also helps in enhancing institutional progress. In this regard, the role of academic leaders can be very effective in promoting sound culture in their institutions, which would foster commitment and satisfaction level of their staff. In the present study, an attempt has been made to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and QWL in sample study institutions. Moreover, the study will also analyse the impact of transformational leadership on QWL. The respondents of the study comprise of 143 faculty members taken from five constituent colleges in Srinagar district. The data whatsoever collected were analysed using SPSS 20.0. Version. The findings of the study revealed that there exists a positive relationship between transformational leadership and QWL. Moreover, the results of the study revealed that transformational leadership positively and significantly influences QWL in sample study institutions. The study suggests that transformational leadership needs to be further strengthened in order to enhance QWL in sample study institutions.
Evidence for The Effective Resolution of Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder Using Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Derived Through Visualization of The Process

Background: The Psychodynamic Pentapointed Cognitive Construct (PPCC) model [1] illustrates visually that schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder may be resolved in patients through the psychological treatment technique of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, utilizing also psychotropic medication as required. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the veracity of how this may be achieved; and then to present the evidence base for this therapeutic process described by visualization so that it may be replicated. Methods: The author studied the illness schizoaffective disorder closely, and then investigated how schizophrenic illness could be treated. She made a careful Case Study of a schizoaffective patient who was recovering through Kleinian psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and benefiting also from psychotropic medication. The findings from this Case Study were then compared with the clinical results of the work of a psychiatrically-trained psychoanalyst in Massachusetts, USA, Dr Michael Robbins MD [2], who has conducted psychoanalytic psychotherapy on his portfolio of 18 paranoid schizophrenic patients. Findings: The PPCC model’s formulation of the specific recovery process when using psychoanalytic psychotherapy, from the patient’s perspective, coincided precisely with the therapist’s perspective of the Stages of recovery observed by Dr Robbins. This indicates a process where the two experiences of the therapy corroborate each other. The factors underpinning this corroboration were then enumerated to present the evidence base for the process. Conclusion: This paper provides evidence on a very small scale that demonstrates that this treatment is clinically effective. Clinical Implications: It can be delivered safely and cost-effectively.
Metode Recovery Data Berbasis Informasi Mutual antar Frame untuk Video Motion JPEG2000

Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP) yang berdasarkan pada User Datagram Protocol (UDP), bukanlah protokol yang handal sehingga beresiko hilangnya data dari sebuah paket data disaat transmisi. Pengiriman data multimedia Video Motion JPEG 2000 (MJP2) dalam bentuk paket data per paket data. Diperlukan suatu sistem yang dapat mengatasi hilangnya paket, terhadap kualitas dari video yang diterima tanpa proses retransmit dan Forward Error Correction (FEC). Video MJP2 tersusun dari serangkaian citra JPEG2000 (JP2) yang dikode dan dapat ditransformasikan ke domain wavelet diskrit untuk menampilkan dekomposisi subband, dimana subband tersebut dapat dihitung nilai entropy dan mutual informasinya (MI). Berdasarkan analisa nilai entropy dan MI masing-masing frame, maka dapat ditentukan frameframe terdekat yang memiliki MI yang tinggi, yang bertujuan merecover hilangnya data (data lost) dari Video MJP2 yang diakibatkan oleh packet lost, kesalahan transmisi, dan lain-lain. Dengan menerapkan metode Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), nilai entropy dan nilai MI yang tinggi dari frame terdekat (frame donor) yang terlebih dahulu diterima, maka data dari frame donor dapat dipakai untuk merecover frame yang mengalami data lost. Semakin dekat nilai entropy dan tinggi nilai MI antara frame donor dengan frame yang mengalami packet lost, maka sangat menentukan tingkat keberhasilan dari hasil rekonstruksi. Hal ini bisa dibuktikan dengan mengamati nilai Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), semakin tinggi nilai PSNR maka tingkat keberhasilan data recovery makin tinggi/bagus. Kata Kunci— Descrete Wavelet Transformation, Entropy, Mutual Informasi, PSNR.
Client pressure in the commercial appraisal industry: how prevalent is it?

Documents evidence of a loss of independence in the commercial appraisal industry in the USA. Utilizes a survey methodology to elicit the reactions of commercial appraisers to controlled scenarios of client pressure. This methodology was borrowed from established behavioural research that tested independent auditors for related independence agency issues. Results indicate significant valuation effects related to the amount of business a client brings to the appraisal firm, but no significant effect related to the size of the client‐requested value adjustment, or to the interaction of the amount of client business and the size of the requested value adjustment. Suggests that changes in fee structures and institutional reforms may be necessary to resolve the loss of independence.
A framework for mixed-language text-to-speech synthesis

The task of text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis usually refers to a single language and to a single speaker, concatenating short parametrically controlled speech segments by means of a rule-based algorithm. The main disadvantage of this solution is its strong language and speaker dependency. We propose a framework designed to overcame this limitation, employing a multi-language text-to-speech synthesis system. The text-to-speech synthesis framework was designed to embed phonetic and prosodic information in a set of rules. Synthesis of more than one language can easily be carried out by switching from one rule set to another. The system does not depend on phone sets recorded from an actual specific human voice. Rather, it relies on a human-like, speech-synthesis model that can generate the units needed to produce the desired utterance for a specific test string in any kind of voice (male, female, child).
A Calculus of Virtual Community Knowledge Intentions: Anonymity and Perceived Network-Structure

ABSTRACT This study investigates the underlying motivational factors of knowledge exchange intentions (intention to obtain and to provide knowledge) within virtual community contexts. Perceived virtual network structures, namely virtual network connectivity (CN) and virtual network closeness (CL), are suggested as the important antecedents of knowledge sharing intentions in the context of virtual knowledge exchange communities. Anonymity (AN), one of the unique characteristics of virtual communities, but controversial due to its multi-faceted effects, is considered in a structural model as a factor having an impact on a virtual network structure. Data collected from participants of virtual communities through online surveys are analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) structural equation modeling (SEM) to empirically test the proposed hypotheses. The results reveal that both CN and CL have a significant impact on both of the knowledge exchange intentions although CL shows an opposite direction of the impact. The results also show that AN has a significant impact on CL as expected but not on CN. Implications of this study may shed some light on better understanding community participants’ intentions to obtain and provide knowledge, along with the impact of anonymity on the perceived network structure.
Visual C++ Implementation of Sinogram-based Adaptive Iterative Reconstruction for Sparse View X-Ray CT

With the availability of more powerful computing processors, iterative reconstruction algorithms have recently been successfully implemented as an approach to achieving significant dose reduction in X-ray CT. In this report, we describe our proposal of an adaptive iterative reconstruction algorithm for X-ray CT, that is shown to provide results comparable to those obtained by proprietary algorithms, both in terms of reconstruction accuracy and execution time. Implementation code in the C language is provided, along with example of user interface.