Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Some Antecedents of Organisational Commitment: Results from an Information Systems Public Sector Organisation

The primary objective of this research is to be able to understand some of the major antecedents that contribute in making employees committed to an organisation (OC). Once the relationship between the antecedents and OC is established, it is appropriate to ascertain whether all the dimensions of OC are desirable, and which and how the dimensions of OC may be strengthened. The analysis of the data was checked for reliability and validity using Cronbach alpha and factor analysis. Multivariate analysis using the regression method and analysis of variance were utilised to establish whether there was a significant relationship between the selected antecedents and the three dimensions of OC. The study concludes by identifying the organisational implications of the research, and recommending appropriate human resource management policies and practices to develop the right type and level of OC. The recommendations also include appropriate man- agement policies aimed at maintaining and possibly increasing the right type of OC.
On Maximizing the Secrecy Rate in a Cooperative Wireless Network using Friendly Jammers

In this paper, the security of two-phase relaying system with multiple intermediate nodes in the presence of a malicious eavesdropper is investigated. To enhance the secrecy, a joint cooperative beamforming and jamming combined with relay and jammer selection is proposed. First, the source broadcasts its signal to the relays that are located close to source in a cluster, i.e., the source node uses a small amount of power to broadcast its message locally to other nodes of the cluster, while destination and the eavesdropper are located outside this cluster. In the second phase, two relays transmit re-encoded signal with optimal beamforming such that the secrecy rate is maximized. Simultaneously, two other intermediate nodes (which act as friendly jammers) transmit random jamming signals to degrade the eavesdropper’s channel. Our goal in this paper is to maximize the secrecy rate by applying different methods such as cooperative beamforming, cooperative jamming and relay and jammer selection. To avoid operational complexity, we consider the minimum number of intermediate nodes needed for relaying and jamming without losing the performance, i.e., achieving a non-zero secrecy rate. Cooperative beamforming with multiple relays demands high amount of information exchange and therefore increases the operational complexity. Thus, we aim to reduce the number of relays which take part in cooperative beamforming. Limiting the number of relays may have a bad effect on the coding gain which we compensate it with a proposed selection gain scheme. Numerical results demonstrate the advantage of our proposed scheme compared to the scheme with no cooperative jamming. The main contribution of this work is combining cooperative beamforming and jamming with relay and jammer selection to enhance the physical layer security.
Meat Traits of Muscovy Ducks Fed on Phytonutrition Meal

Animal products with high fat content are generally correlated with several human diseases including coronary heart disease, hypertension and arteriosclerosis. However, some unsaturated fatty acids are considered to have pivotal role in human health. As a consequence, many studies were conducted to reduce fat and increase some unsaturated fatty acid content in animal products. This study investigated the use of phytonutrition (duckweed) as feed ingredient on fat and fatty acids composition of Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica L.) meat. Results showed that the use of 1% duckweed significantly increased the linoleic acid content of carcass while reducing the fat level. This result might suggest that duckweed can be used as an alternative feed ingredient to produce a healthy poultry meat.
On distance-irregular labelings of cycles and wheels

Distance-irregular labeling was introduced by Slamin, and in his paper he determined the distance-irregular labeling for cycles and wheels of length { 0 , 1 , 2 , 5 } mod 8. In this paper, we complete his results for cycles and wheels in general and prove the conjecture regarding the distance irregularity strength on wheels. We also show the general relation of the distance irregularity strength between a distance-irregular graph G and the graph G + K 1 . Finally, we determine the distance irregularity strength of m -book graphs B m .
SMALL IN A BIG WORLD: ECOLOGY OF LEAF-LITTER GECKOS IN NEW WORLD TROPICAL FORESTS

Abstract We studied the ecology of four species of closely related leaf litter geckos, Coleodactylus amazonicus, C. septentrionalis, Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma, and Pseudogonatodes guianensis in tropical rainforests of Brazil and Nicaragua. All are found in leaf litter of undisturbed tropical forest where mean hourly surface temperatures vary from 23.5–29.1 C. Surface temperatures, where individual C. amazonicus were found, averaged 27.4 C and air averaged 29.9 C. Coleodactylus amazonicus was the smallest species and L. xanthostigma was the largest. The latter was the most different morphologically as well. Tail loss rates varied from 45.5–81.8% among species. All four species ate very small prey items, largely springtails, homopterans, termites, small insect larvae, and spiders. Nevertheless, considerable differences existed among species. Some variation existed among populations of C. amazonicus. Prey size was correlated with lizard SVL within and among species. All four species are typically the smallest species in their respective lizard assemblages. Small body size may have consequences for predation. Partially due to small body size, these lizards are vulnerable to extirpation resulting from effects of tree removal on thermal attributes of their leaf litter environment.
CORPORATE PRODUCTION AND FINANCING CHOICES IN HUNGARY

The objective of this study is to investigate how Hungarian firms could finance their production in the circumstances of the Hungarian financial market, including economic policy and credit supply in the last two decades. We put the question whether the companies could effectively use the sources which owners and creditors provided for them. The growing proportion of the debt in firms’ capital may have positive – not only negative – effects on companies at the same time, which forces the owners and managers to replace the shareholders’ equity with credits. However, the availability of credits depends on the solvency of firms on the one hand and the development of the financial market on the other hand. The study analyses the capital structure of firms in Hungary by financial indicators and their productivity in a regression model. We review the effects of the Hungarian economic policy and credit supply on financing choices and the performance of the corporates. The database of Hungarian enterprises represents nearly 90% of firms in the country. We differentiate among the companies according to their ownership and size. The period includes 18 years between 1992 and 2009. The records contain all relevant information from annual reports, e.g., balance sheets, profit and loss figures.
Development of Registration methodology to 3-D Point Clouds in Robot Scanning

The problem of multi-view 3-D point clouds registration is investigated and effectively resolved by the developed methodology. A registration method is proposed to register two series of scans into an object model by using the proposed oriented-bounding-box (OBB) regional area-based descriptor. Robot 3-D scanning is often employed to generate set of point clouds of physical objects. The automated operation has to successively digitize view-dependent area-scanned point clouds from complex shaped objects by multi-view point clouds registration. To achieve this, the OBB regional area-based descriptor is employed to determine an initial transformation matrix and is then refined employing iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm. The developed method can be used to resolve the commonly encountered difficulty in accurately merging two neighbouring area-scanned images when no coordinate reference exists. The developed method has been verified through some experimental tests for its registration accuracy. Experimental results have preliminarily demonstrated the feasibility of the developed method.
Vanillin reduces intestinal smooth muscle contractility

Vanillin consumption is common within the global population, often as a flavoring agent. Many vanillin-containing drinks claim a soothing effect on the body as a whole with some reports on their benefit in reducing gastrointestinal (GI) upset. In this study, vanillin was investigated for its ability to reduce rat ileal smooth muscle contractility induced by acetylcholine (Ach) and potassium chloride (KCl). A section of rat ileum was suspended in an organ bath containing Tyrode’s solution. The tissue was stimulated using Ach or KCl and kept under 1 g tension at 37°C while continuously gassing with oxygen. Ileal smooth muscle contractility was studied in the absence and presence of vanillin. The results illustrated that vanillin (1.4e-6 and 2.2e-6 M) hindered ileal smooth muscle contractility induced by both Ach and KCl. Vanillin (1.4e-6 and 2.2e-6 M) also caused a rightward shift of the Ach concentration response curve and brought about a decrease (21.6 and 38.3%, respectively) in the maximum response. It also produced a rightward shift in the KCl dose response curve but without affecting the maximum response. These results indicate that vanillin counteracts Ach and KCl induced smooth muscle contractility in rat ileum. The results also suggest that vanillin prevented Ach induced contractility via non competitive inhibition kinetics. The reduction in KCl induced contractility also indicates that vanillin, at least partially, conveyed its effect through acting on ileal smooth muscle calcium channels. Key words: Vanillin, acetylcholine, KCl, rat Ileum, smooth muscle contraction.
MARKETING STRATEGY CHOICE OF MEMBERS OF A FRANCHISE NETWORK: THE CASE OF SIMIT SARAYI

In this paper, the exceptional story of "Simit Sarayi", transformation from a national cafe into an brand name manufacturer and retailer, is discussed with respect to network modalities and strategic management processes. How a manufacturing firm has managed to achieve a high value added competitive advantage? Does being a partner of network (taking franchising licence) and getting the advantage of retailing network satisfies only the necessary conditions to be a global retailer or both necessary and sufficient conditions? This paper contains the interesting idea that marketing strategy choice of members of a franchise network may be related to their structural position in that network. It develops a potentially valuable metric of proximity to network resources and deploys the somewhat novel CRT technique to test some propositions. Within this research firm's achievement of a high value added competitive advantage is expressed with network modalities. The research design would benefit from clearer focus on the strategic options open to the individual franchiser.
Una Nueva Alternativa para la Creación de Papilas en Implantes de Carga inmediata: Reporte de Caso

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the clinical success of a new alternative to create papillae in immediate load implants, which was performed in a 26-yearold female patient. The treatment was started with the preparation of a surgical guide, prior to the manipulation of tissues to create the peri-implant papillae. In the surgery, two semilunar incisions are made, joined by a perpendicular incision, which when sutured on them allowed to create the papillae. An implant with good primary stability is installed and the impression is taken for rehabilitation. At 24 h a screwed crown is installed, showing the presence of the papillae immediately. Controls are performed up to 20 months of function, demonstrating good stability of the mesial and distal papillae without presenting any type of complication.
Sabías que existen ambientes hipersalinos

Los ambientes hipersalinos son totalmente desconocidos para la sociedad. La salinidad del agua de mar es en promedio 3.5%, siendo el cloruro de sodio el componente principal. Como su nombre lo indica, los ambientes hipersalinos son aquellos lugares con concentraciones de sales elevadas superiores al 10%. Pueden encontrarse en lagunas costeras donde la inclinación de la costa no es muy pronunciada y el agua queda estancada cuando sube la marea, así con la evaporación originada por el sol, los cristales de sal se depositan y concentran sobre la arena (Ventosa 2006).
Barriers of HIV testing among mentally ill persons in mental healthcare settings

Due to certain risky behaviors, persons with severe mental illnesses are potentially prone to develop human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection more than people in general. Therefore, it is often argued that mentally ill persons should be considered as high risk groups, and so, they should go for HIV testing. For combating dual illnesses of HIV and mental illness together, there are several barriers that appear. Studies have been conducted to explore risk factors of HIV infection and HIV prevalence among mentally ill persons, and also on the probability that a mentally ill person get HIV tested compared with general population. However, hardly ever, studies have looked into barriers of HIV testing among mentally ill persons in mental healthcare settings. On this background, we have reviewed literature to explore barriers in performing HIV testing of a mentally ill person in mental healthcare settings. An important areas were found to act as barriers that added stigma due to dual illness of mental health and HIV, gender, type of facility, and its preparedness. Another barrier is the validity of the informed consent of a mentally ill person, which is required for a test. There are several conflicting situations on how to deal with this dual illness. The study recommends further exploratory researches on the matter and developing standard HIV testing protocol in mental healthcare settings. HIV AIDS Rev 2017; 16, 2: 65-69 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2017. 68832
Structural Model of Strengths and Virtues on Basis of Positive Psychology

Positive psychology is established by Seligman in the 1990s. It is related to a series of new concepts such as positive virtues or strengths. A variety of influential factors in positive psychology have been explored in this article. Ninety-six positive strengths and virtues have been confirmed on the basis of a survey which involves 7,059 participants. Subsequently, a structural equational model with 13 latent variables has been established according to various personality theories and results of above survey. Moreover, this model has been confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis as a nice one with good absolute fit indices and good comparative fit indices.
Özel Eğitimde ve Genel Eğitimde Ödül Kullanımı: Odak Grup Görüşmeleri

Bu calisma, ozel egitim ogretmenleri ve sinif ogretmenlerinin ogretim surecinde odul kullanimi ile ilgili dusunceleri ve uygulamalarini incelemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Nitel bir arastirma olarak desenlenen calismada biri 13 ozel egitim ogretmeni, digeri 13 sinif ogretmeni ile olmak uzere iki ayri odak grup gorusmesi yapilmistir. Iki grup ogretmene, ogrencilerin istendik davranislarini arttirmada ve istenmeyen davranislarini azaltmada kullandiklari yontemler, ozel gereksinimli ogrenciler icin kullanilan yontemlerin farklilasip farklilasmadigi, ne siklikta odul kullandiklari, ogretmenlerin odul kullanimi ile ilgili farkliliklarinin olasi nedenleri ve universite/stajyerlik/formasyon egitimleri sirasinda odul kullaniminin nasil ele alindigi ile ilgili sorular yoneltilmistir. Veriler, icerik analizi teknigi kullanilarak analiz edilmistir. Sonuclar, odul kullanimi konusunda iki grup ogretmen arasinda farkliliklar oldugunu ve bu farkliliklarin kaynagi olarak iki grup ogretmenin aldiklari egitimin on plana ciktigini ortaya koymaktadir.
Synthèse et études de l'auto-assemblage en solution de diblocs amphiphiles à base de xyloglucanes et application pour la stabilisation de protéines

Ce travail decrit une nouvelle route synthetique qui a pour objectif l'obtention de diblocs amphiphiles constitues uniquement d'oligosaccharides issus de xyloglucanes des graines de Tamarin. Les xylogluco-oligosaccharides (XGOs, DP7, 8, 9) de tailles parfaitement definies ont ete obtenus par une digestion enzymatique controlee (cellulase) de xyloglucanes. Dans la perspective de lier les deux blocs par cycloaddition 1,3-dipolaire de Huisgen catalysee par le Cuivre I, dite aussi chimie « click », les XGOs ont subit une reaction d'amination reductrice assistee par micro-ondes. L'action de la propargylamine a permis d'integrer en position reductrice du XGO la fonction alcyne et une peracetylation des focntions hydroxyles du sucre ont rendu ce bloc hydrophobe. D'un autre cote, l'azidoethylamine a permis d'inserer la fonction azoture et constitue le bloc hydrophile. Cette strategie de synthese a egalement ete transposee a un oligosaccharide monodisperse (XGO, DP7) provenant de la degalactosylation enzymatique du xyloglucane par l'action supplementaire de la galactosidase d'Aspergillus Niger. Finalement, les diblocs amphiphilies ont ete synthetise aussi bien a partir des XGOs de DP7, 8, 9 (XGO-b-XGO,Ac), que du XGO DP7 (DP7-b-DP7,Ac). Leurs proprietes d'auto-assemblages dans l'eau ont ete realisees ainsi que leur caracterisation physico-chimique. Suite a des mesures de concentration micellaire critique (CMC) obtenus par spectroscopie de fluorescence du pyrene, nous avons observe que l'elimination des unites de galactose provoque une augmentation de la CMC. La determination du diametre des micelles en solution aqueuse a ete realisee grâce a la technique de diffusion de la lumiere (DLS) et a ete confirmee par microscopie electronique a transmission (MET). Des micelles spheriques d'une taille moyenne de 25 nm (XGO-b-XGO,Ac) et de 6 nm (DP7-b-DP7,Ac) ont ete observees au MET. La digestion enzymatique partielle des micelles formes a partir du dibloc XGO-b-XGO,Ac dans l'eau, conduisant a la formation des micelles DP7-b-XGO,Ac a conduit a un systeme moins polydisperse et a une diminution de la taille moyenne du diametre micellaire de l'ordre de 50% (determinee par DLS). Des nanoparticules de gliadine et de zeine ont ete preparees par desolvatation en utilisant le dibloc XGO-b-XGO,Ac comme surfactant en comparaison au surfactant commercial non-ionique, le Pluronic F68. Les resultats suggerent la capacite du dibloc a stabiliser la proteine de zeine sous forme de nanoparticules spheriques et de facon relativement monodisperses. Les particules formees et stabilisees grâce a l'association de proteines d'origine vegetale et d'un surfactant « biopolymerique » synthetise uniquement par des oligosaccharides, apparaissent comme des systemes ideaux, associant biocompatibilite, biodegradabilite et des origines naturelles et renouvelables. Ces systemes peuvent tout a fait etre valorises pour la liberation controlee de substances actives.
Privacy Preservation for Preventing Data Over-Collection in Smart Phones using Mobile-Cloud Framework

: Smart city is meant to be the key for next generation urbanization process. In smart city all kinds of user data are stored in electronic devices to make everything intelligent and efficient. A smart phone is the most widely used electronic device in smart city because of its portability and also considered to be pivot of all smart systems. Thus all traditional systems in smart city, transform into smart systems and integrate their functions into smart phones. But, along with improvement of efficiency and reliability we are also facing several challenges with respect to privacy of user’s data. The main challenge is data over-collection problem in smart phone apps. Data over-collection means collecting data more than its original function within permission scope given by user. To overcome this problem we are using a mobile-cloud frame work where user data is stored in cloud and apps work as data requesters and further the encryption/decryption operations also done with in cloud. In this we are using cloud storage service offered by Firebase. With this active approach we can reduce energy and also save storage space on smart phones which is very essential in today's mobile devices. By putting all user's data in cloud the security of data can also be greatly improved.
Evaluation of the sensory attributes along rabbit loin by a trained panel

The aim of this study was to evaluate and quantify variation in sensory attributes along the Longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle in rabbits. A descriptive analysis was performed by a panel of 8 assessors previously trained in the evaluation of rabbit meat. Reference standards used in training for the evaluation of rabbit meat are also described. Sensory attributes rabbit and liver odour, rabbit and liver flavour, toughness, juiciness and fibrousness were assessed in 56 rabbits from a divergent selection experiment for intramuscular fat (28 slaughtered at 9 wk and 28 slaughtered at 13 wk). Immediately after cooking, loins were cut lengthwise into 4 equidistant pieces from caudal to cranial end (LD 1 , LD 2 , LD 3 and LD 4 ). Assessors were able to detect and quantify a longitudinal sensory variation in muscle LD. Caudal extreme LD 1 was tougher and more fibrous than LD 2 , LD 3 and LD 4 , and less juicy than LD 3 and LD 4 . The greatest variation was found between caudal and cranial ends, with LD 1 being 9% tougher (P=0.99), 11% more fibrous (P=1.00) and 12% less juicy (P=0.99) than LD 4 . Assessors found few variations along LD muscle in flavour and odour attributes. Location LD 3 showed 9% greater rabbit odour (P=0.99) and flavour (P=0.97) than LD 4 , and 8% greater rabbit odour than LD 2 (P=0.97). Our results highlight the importance of randomisation within muscle location in sensory studies on rabbit LD muscle, as there is considerable sensory variation along this muscle.
A 85-year-period study of extreme precipitation records in Thessaloniki (Greece)

Precipitation is one of the most important and interesting variables for a country characterized by Mediterranean climate, such as Greece, as it helps to determine the profile of energy balance into the region. For this purpose, the study of distribution of precipitation records is the objective of this work, with annual, monthly and daily rainfall measurements obtained at the Meteorological Station of the Department of Meteorology and Climatology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Taking into consideration the climatic change effect upon precipitation regimes, extreme daily rainfall values are statistically analyzed with extreme value statistical methodologies, in order to define the extreme precipitation probability distributions. The region of this study is Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece located at the northern part of it. In order to define the extreme precipitation probability distributions in Thessaloniki for a statistically acceptable time series, the rainfall values refer to the period 1931-2015. The resulted probability distributions could potentially contribute in the prediction of extreme rainfall events, and be used for future climatic change projections. Moreover, based upon the adopted probability distributions, return periods for different precipitation extreme values have been calculated.