Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure and Dividend Smoothing: The Mediating Role of Family Ownership and Board Diversity in Emerging Markets

Purpose: The study attempts to explore the determinants of dividend smoothing behavior of firms by using firm’s specific characteristics, corporate governance and ownership structure variables as determinants of dividend smoothing in emerging markets due to their unique features from Western markets. The current study is undertaken to fill this gap in the literature. Design/methodology/approach: In order to achieve the research objectives penal data (2009-2018) of more than 1000 Asian firms were analyzed by using Statistical techniques such as pool, fixed and random models. Findings: Based on gender critical mass theory, the study finds that the presence of gender critical mass is positive and significantly associated with firm dividend smoothing behavior; whereas, presence of fewer women depicts negative or insignificant association with dividend smoothing behavior. Importantly, the study also finds moderating role of gender diversity between family ownership and firm’s dividend smoothing behavior. Furthermore, contrary to the agency theory based on explanations of dividend smoothing, firms with family ownership smooth dividend more in emerging markets. Practical implications: This paper helps out to the current as well as future potential investors to make better decision in such a changing economy as well as to help investors in selecting better investment opportunity to make their investment more profitable. Originality/value: The current study is the first of its kind to investigate dividend-smoothing behavior for more than 1000 firms of emerging Asian countries based on cross country analysis.
Novel investigations on ageing behaviour of thermally upgraded papers for power transformers

In this paper, two studies are presented whose main objective is to go further on the comprehension of thermally upgraded paper ageing. The first one is about the accelerated ageing of standard (STD) and thermally upgraded (TU) Kraft paper in mineral oil. After plotting the viscometric degree of polymerization (DPv) according to the kinetic model proposed by Calvini in 2005 [1], the model is validated for STD paper but not for T U paper. A modification of this model for T U paper is suggested to improve the correlation with experimental data. In the second part, a study is presented on the investigation of the effect of a nitrogen-based additive (DICY) concentration on the paper ageing in oil. The DPv results confirm the protective effect of the DICY on the cellulose chains and show that this effect depends on the nitrogen content, but not linearly. The pH of aqueous extracts and surface FTIR analysis brought new support for a hypothesis regarding the functioning mechanisms of the DICY that are reported in the literature.
Genome-wide identification of AP2/ERF transcription factors in mungbean (Vigna radiata) and expression profiling of the VrDREB subfamily under drought stress

Abstract. Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) is a valuable legume crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas of Asia. Drought is one of the major factors hindering its growth globally. APETALA2/ethylene-responsive element factor binding proteins (AP2/ERF) are an important family of plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) involved in drought-stress tolerance. We identified 71 AP2/ERF TFs in the mungbean genome by using bioinformatics tools and classified them into subfamilies: AP2 (16 members), ERF (22), RAV (2), DREB (30) and soloist (other proteins with no domain, 1). Members of DREB play a critical role in drought-stress tolerance. Ten-day-old mungbean plants cv. AZRI-06 were exposed to drought stress by complete withholding of water for 7 days. Root samples were collected from control and drought-stressed plants, and the expression pattern of 30 identified VrDREB genes was determined by qPCR. Most VrDREB genes exhibited differential expression in response to drought. Five genes (VrDREB5, VrDREB12, VrDREB13, VrDREB22, VrDREB30) were highly expressed under drought stress and might be considered excellent candidates for further functional analysis and for improvement of mungbean drought tolerance.
Handling of Man-In-The-Middle Attack in WSN Through Intrusion Detection System

The wireless sensor network (WSN) is one the most convenient and easily adoptable ad-hoc technique for data transmission. With many flexibilities of WSN there are many loop holes. The decentralized architecture of WSN invites many types of attacks like man-in-the-middle (MITM) and black holes etc. In this paper, we propose a MITM-Intrusion Detection System (MITM-IDS) model for detection, isolation of attack and reconfiguration for attacked nodes. The IDS technique helps to train the nodes with the possible attacks. The simulation shows the rate of 89.147\%, of productivity in way to perform MITM attacks. This work aims to develop an attack tolerant IDS.
THE EFFECTS OF DARK TRIAD (MACHIAVELLIANISM, NARCISSISM, PSYCHOPATHY) ON THE USE OF POWER SOURCES

Bu calismanin amaci, karanlik uclu kisilik ozelliklerinin (narsisizm, psikopati, makyavelizm) yoneticilerin guc kaynaklari kullanimina etkilerinin incelenmesidir. Arastirma verisi Turkiye’de farkli sektorlerde calismakta olan kisilere kolayda ornekleme yontemi kullanilarak anket uygulanmasi ile toplanmistir. Karanlik uclu icin Jonason ve Webster tarafindan 2010 yilinda gelistirilmis olan Karanlik Uclu Olcegi, guc kaynaklarini olcmek icin ise Raven ve digerleri tarafindn 1998 yilinda gelistirilen IPI olcegi kullanilmistir. Olceklere kesfedici faktor analizi uygulanmis, sirasiyla uc ve on boyut elde edilmistir. Akabinde korelasyon ve coklu dogrusal regresyon analizleri yapilarak arastirmanin hipotezi sinanmistir. Arastirma sonuclari, karanlik uclu yapilari arasinda ortalama duzeyde bir korelasyon bulunduguna, uclu ile kisisel cezalandirici, kisisel olmayan cezalandirici, yasal-pozisyon guc kaynaklari arasinda pozitif korelasyon bulunduguna, bilgi ve yasal-bagimlilik kaynaklari arasinda ise negatif korelasyon bulunduguna isaret etmektedir. Ayrica regresyon analizleri psikopati ve makyavelizmin bilgi ve yasal-bagimlilik guc kaynaklari uzerinde negatif etkisinin, kisisel olmayan cezalandirici guc kaynagi uzerinde ise pozitif etkisinin bulundugunu gostermektedir. Ote yandan bulgular narsisismin uzmanlik gucu uzeride pozitif, psikopatinin ise negatif etkisi oldugunu gostermektedir. Karanlik uclunun tum alt boyutlarinin kisisel cezalandirici guc uzerinde pozitif etkiye sahip oldugu, kisisel odullendirici, kisisel olmayan odullendirici, yasal-esitlik ve yasal-karsiliklilik kaynaklari uzerinde ise istatistiksel olarak anlamli bir etkisinin bulunmadigi tespit edilmistir. Arastirma bulgulari sonuc bolumunde tartisilmistir.
Antimicrobial properties of medicinal plants; The new therapeutic aspect of Valeriana officinalis

The increased use of antibiotics and chemicals with various side effects is now persuading scientists to develop natural substitutes with appropriate effectiveness and protection for humans. V. officinalis rhizomes contain two major constituent groups, including volatile oil sesquiterpens and valpotriates. Valerenic acid can be used to in different disorders such as depression, chronic anxiety, and sleep disorders on the basis of previous studies4. Based on previous literatures, the valerenic acid component had antimicrobial effects on different microorganisms such as Helicobacter pylori, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans and its methanolic extract functions were dose-dependent. Since the antimicrobial activity of V. officinalis in the total extract was correlated with abundant monoterpenoids and sesquiterpenoids, more research on various aspects of pharmaceutical effects is suggested. *Correspondence to: Dr. Zohre Eftekhari z_eftekhari@pasteur.ac. ir Received: 22 March 2020 Accepted: 15 April 2020 ePublished: 16 June 2020
Morphological and SSR Marker Based Diversity Analysis of Lentil (Lens esculenta) Genotypes using Yield and Yield Contributing Characters

Lentil is an important pulse crop with high nutritional value and high market price worldwide. Molecular markers have emerged as useful tools to assess the genetic diversity across crops. The study was conducted to explore genetic diversity of twenty lentil genotypes considering yield and yield attributing traits. Among all genotypes, BARI Masur-6, BARI Masur-7 followed by genotypes BD-3806 and BD-4090 showed the highest value of yield attributing traits therefore, these genotypes are considered as best performer. The results of cluster analysis based on the Ward’s method grouped the genotypes into three clusters and the genotypes of cluster III revealed the maximum value for yield per plants which indicated their importance in the selection for yield improvement program of lentil. Afterwards, 20 genotypes were evaluated through 7 sets of SSR primers to assess genetic diversity among the genotypes. Among them, four sets of primers viz., SSR 19, SSR 33, SSR 90 and SSR 213 showed high polymorphism which suggesting the greater genetic diversity in the genotypes. The unweighted pair group method of arithmetic mean (UPGMA) dendrogram based on Nei’s (1973) genetic distance led the genotypes into four major clusters which showed a bit deviation with the morphological cluster. The findings of this study will be very useful for selection of appropriate parents and the genetic understanding for the set up for future systematic lentil breeding programs.
Professional Development An Important Part of Teacher's Behaviour and Beliefs

With the changing world Education system has also changed which in turn has changed teacher’s role in society. Teacher are not a only considered as pivot of society but has brought many challenges of teaching students of 21 centaury in front of them which has made Professional development an important part of teacher’s behaviour and beliefs. Professional development of teachers requires to get knowledge in pedagogy, subject matter , pedagogical content, student disposition and context and knowledge of techniques, tools and strategies for creating conducive learning environment. Various steps are followed in Professional development but the initial step of professional preparation begins at professional colleges. Success of professional development at this initial stage depends on the culture of support which is experienced over there
Tourism Internship Programs Feedback: A Students’ Perspective

The three stakeholders of internship are the academic Scholars, the students, and the industry (Chen and Shen, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to examine students’ internship experience and assess how the internship programs affect their overall satisfaction, if it in turn affects their employment in the future and whether it differs from a faculty to another. This research seeks to examine the factors that can lead to a good internship experience and how such experience would influence students’ desire to join the tourism and hospitality industry after their graduation. To achieve the objective of the study the researcher experimented a model to measure the effect of internship program planning, industry involvement and students’ self-commitment on the overall satisfaction of the students with their internship experience. A questionnaire is used as a research method and it targets students from various tourism and hotels faculties in Egypt. The respondents perceived that internship program planning and industry involvement are the most important factor affecting their internship experience. Moreover, the students’ overall satisfaction within the internship experience do not affect their willingness to pursue a career in the tourism and hospitality industry after graduation.
Leaching pyrite from coal waste: Results of diagnostic study. Report of investigations/1995

A methodology for studying coupled chemical kinetic and mass transport processes during leaching of solids is described, with particular emphasis given to the leaching of pyrite from coal in a counterflow `trickle-bed` column reactor. Spatial and temporal data on reactant and product concentrations are used as solutions to appropriate continuity equations which in turn are to define chemical kinetic reaction rates. Data from four 180 x 30-cm column leaching experiments using coal and coal waste, air/water and air/FeCL3 lixiviants have been analyzed. The overall rate of leaching was found to be diffusion limited (probably by ferric ion) and not controlled by bacterial action. An absorption/description model of solids leaching, which considers the role of heterogeneous porosity in solids leaching, was used to describe the time dependent leaching rates.
Kekistanis and the Meme War on Social Media

This study examines public discourse, on Instagram and Twitter, related to the alt-right group which call themselves: Kekistanis. It offers an empirical understanding of this community, which uses highly-divisive language in promoting white supremacy through targeted memes. After tracing the origins and nature of the Kekistanis’ coded language, I present a mixed method analysis of tweets and Instagram posts that reference Kekistan and Kek, in order to understand their main themes, messages, and communication strategies.
Per capita income as a determinant of meat consumption in three cities in China

The per capita income of Chinese people has been increasing since the introduction of the economic and political Reforms in the 1980s; and at the same time, a transition in the dietary patterns has been occurring, from a diet mainly based on food grains and vegetables to more meat products. There are several causes attributed to this change including urbanisation, modernisation, availability, and income. However, it is unclear whether solely changes in income have contributed to more meat consumption. Therefore, this study investigates whether income is a determinant of meat consumption in three heterogeneous cities of China and the different meat consumption patterns across low, middle and high income strata. Drawing on the data collected by surveying 358 meat and non-meat consumers from Shanghai, Xi’an and Yichang, findings of the study suggest that income has a direct influence over meat consumption; pork is more consumed than beef.
Modelling the elements of flash flood hydrograph using genetic programming

A novel approach is proposed in this work on constructing the flash flood hydrograph by modelling the elements of the hydrograph namely the time to start of the initial flood (t i ), the time to peak discharge (t p ), the peak discharge (Q p ) and the base time (t b ) using Genetic Programming (GP). The proposed method is applied to the Kickapoo River catchment in Wisconsin, USA. It is demonstrated that even under limited data scenario, for a poorly gauged station, GP is able to model the elements of hydrograph with reasonably high accuracy thereby offering considerable lead time to predict the flash flood. The mathematical models developed by GP also offer some understanding of the influence of rainfall events and the stream discharge in producing the flash floods.
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Alsophila spinulosa, an endangered species endemic to China

Abstract Tree fern Alsophila spinulosa is an endangered relic plant in the world. It is currently on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species. In this study, we first assembled the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. spinulosa by Illumina paired-end reads data. The whole genome was 156,661 bp, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats of 24,364 bp, large single copy region and a small single copy region (70,352 and 21,624 bp in length, respectively). The cp genome contained 133 genes, including 92 protein-coding genes, 33 trRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The overall GC content of the whole genome was 40.4%. A neighbour-joining phylogenetic analysis demonstrated a close relationship between A. spinulosa and Cystoathyrium chinense Ching.
A Novel Indoor Localization Method Based on Image Retrieval and Dead Reckoning

Indoor pedestrian localization measurement is a hot topic and is widely used in indoor navigation and unmanned devices. PDR (Pedestrian Dead Reckoning) is a low-cost and independent indoor localization method, estimating position of pedestrians independently and continuously. PDR fuses the accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer to calculate relative distance from starting point, which is mainly composed of three modules: step detection, stride length estimation and heading calculation. However, PDR is affected by cumulative error and can only work in two-dimensional planes, which makes it limited in practical applications. In this paper, a novel localization method V-PDR is presented, which combines VPR (Visual Place Recognition) and PDR in a loosely coupled way. When there is error between the localization result of PDR and VPR, the algorithm will correct the localization of PDR, which significantly reduces the cumulative error. In addition, VPR recognizes scenes on different floors to correct floor localization due to vertical movement, which extends application scene of PDR from two-dimensional planes to three-dimensional spaces. Extensive experiments were conducted in our laboratory building to verify the performance of the proposed method. The results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms general PDR method in accuracy and can work in three-dimensional space.
Bat dispersal of fern spores in New Zealand

Fern dispersal is generally considered to be anemochorous. In New Zealand, short-tailed bats Mystacina tuberculata consume fern spores. We conducted a germination experiment of bat faecal pellets collected from three roost locations in Pureora Forest Park (North Island) to estimate the viability of fern spores that had survived bat gut passage. Spores of Cyathea, Dicksonia, Hymenophyllum, and Microsorum were recorded in the faecal pellets. Of 31 spores in 120 faecal pellets (c. 1 in 4 faecal pellets contained spores), 13 germinated, with a mean abundance of viable spores per faecal pellet of 0.2 ± 0.3. Short-tailed bats should therefore be considered as potential dispersal vectors of ferns in New Zealand forests.
Marine gelatinous zooplankton of the Egyptian waters: a review

Gelatinous plankton is formed by representatives of cnidarians (true jellyfish), ctenophores (comb jellies) and tunicates (salps). Gelatinous groups are a conspicuous, but relatively little studied component of marine ecosystems; in recent years its importance in pelagic food webs has gained increased awareness. They are essential components of the marine food web, relaying primary production from microbial algae to fish and seabirds. Gelatinous zooplankton may cause substantial mortality of fish eggs and larvae. This may play an important role in decreasing fishing stock of commercial fisheries, and they are an important variable in fisheries science and that it cannot be overlooked. The objective of this paper is to review a current knowledge on gelatinous zooplankton in the Egyptian waters of Mediterranean and Red Seas.
SIMULATION OF FLOW FIELD IN THEORETICAL WATER LIFTING SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE IN VERTICAL TUBES ON LARGE SCALES

Lifting water artificially to form an upwelling is considered as a promising way to recover the ocean fishery environment. In order to discuss the feasibility of practical application in theory, the theoretical water lifting system with temperature difference in vertical tubes on large scales was studied by numerical simulation in this paper. Results show that an effective upwelling can be observed in the vertical tube on modeling scales. The characteristic ascending speed varies quite differently for different range of ambient temperature. It is very hard to form an effective upwelling inside the long vertical tube with a big diameter under a very low power and a relative high ambient temperature. In certain cases with fixed tube diameter, the increases of the ambient temperature and the heating power are both favorable for lifting more water from subsurface to the surface. The upwelling in vertical tube benefits from smaller tube diameter under low heating power. But for high heating power, the tube with larger diameter will have better ability to lift more water. In studied cases, a theoretical maximum flow rate of 8.8m/s could be got for water lifting from the depth of 115m. Therefore the technology of artificial water lifting via temperature difference is promising for future application.
Vehicle and Driver Detection on Highway Based on Cascade R-CNN

Vehicle and driver detection in the highway scene has been a research hotspot in the field of object detection in recent years, and it is still a challenging problem in the research of traffic order and road safety. In this paper, we propose a novel end-to-end vehicle and driver detection method named VDDNet which is based on Cascade R-CNN and SENet. By introducing FPN structure and SENet attention mechanism in the backbone, the ability of the model to learn effective features is enhanced. It can improve the accuracy of detection in difficult scenes such as weak light, partial occlusion, and low picture resolution. The test results based on the database of highway traffic vehicle and drivers constructed by the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department. It shows that the detection method has the AP rate of 91.3% and the Recall rate of 92.4%, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method in complex highway environments.
Characterization and Application of a Novel Permanent Bonding Material

Microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems platforms maintain a variety of industry standards for permanently bonding one substrate or component to another. Examples include: direct, anodic, solder, eutectic, thermocompression, direct metal-to-metal, ultrasonic, and adhesive bonding techniques. This paper focuses on bonding improvements for polymeric adhesives that enable new possibilities for device packaging.Adhesive bonding is a powerful technique that uses a polymeric intermediate layer to create a bond between two surfaces or wafers. Four main markets that use the adhesive bonding approach are: three-dimensional integrated circuits (3-D ICs), microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and IC integration, wafer-level packaging (WLP), and biomedical microelectromechanical systems/micro total analysis systems (BioMEMS/μTAS). The main advantages of adhesive bonding include greater design flexibility, surface planarization, low bonding temperature, and tolerance to particles. Various polymeric materials have been developed to satisfy the need for permanent adhesive bonding applications, but moisture absorption, limited thermal stability, and the long-term reliability of many of these polymers still cause manufacturers to withhold the processes from high-volume production. Benzocyclobutene (BCB), a widely used bonding adhesive, suffers from high bond temperature, long curing process, and high cost of ownership, and presents challenges to achieve void-free adhesive bonding with simultaneous high post-bonding alignment accuracy.This paper introduces a novel permanent bonding material with low moisture absorption and high thermal stability. Developmental efforts include details of material and process optimization along with reliability and performance results. Attributes of these materials include improved rheological properties that result in better planarization and improved bond quality and low temperature bonding process requirements that enable high throughput. In addition, void-free bonding with high post-bonding alignment accuracy can be achieved using this permanent bonding material. The reliability performance will be presented in detail.