Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
STR-968: WAVELET ENTROPY-BASED DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR HYBRID FRP-CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Civil infrastructure, particularly bridges, is designed and built to be safe against failure and to perform satisfactorily during their service life. However, this infrastructure has been deteriorating at an alarming rate due to aging, inadequate maintenance, adverse environmental conditions, and constantly growing transportation demand. Utilization of corrosion-resistant composite materials, particularly fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP), has been an encouraging solution for the durability problems of concrete bridges. However, similar to conventional structures, the performance of hybrid FRP-concrete structures can be affected by various types of damage. Therefore, in order to ensure both safety and serviceability of these structures, it is essential to identify damage at the earliest possible time. In this paper, a damage identification technique (DIT) capable of detecting and localizing structural damage, and estimating its severity is presented. The DIT is based on the following: (1) structural damage changes the energy distribution of the acceleration signals of structural components under ambient vibrations; (2) these changes are detectable by means of discrete wavelet transforms (DWTs); and (3) the detected changes can be quantified using spectral entropy. The efficiency of the DIT is illustrated experimentally on a hybrid FRP-concrete bridge truss girder tested under static loading up to failure. The truss girder consists of pretensioned top and bottom concrete chords connected by precast web elements made of glass-FRP (GFRP) tubes filled with concrete. The results have demonstrated that the wavelet entropy-based DIT is able to detect damage in hybrid structural elements and is capable of localizing the damage and estimating its severity.
The genus Crocus, series Crocus (Iridaceae) in Turkey and 2 East Aegean islands: a genetic approach

In this study, a total of 26 Crocus specimens from different locations across Turkey and 2 East Aegean islands (Chios and Samos) were analyzed using 12 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) primer combinations to obtain information on genetic diversity, population structure, and genetic relationships. A total of 369 polymorphic AFLP bands were generated and scored as binary data. Genetic similarities were determined. Cluster analysis revealed 4 major groups among the 26 genotypes examined in this study. The nuclear DNA contents (2C) of the 26 Crocus specimens were found to range from 5.08 pg in C. asumaniae to 9.75 pg in C. sativus. Polymorphic information content (PIC) values were used to examine the capacity of the various primer pairs to amplify polymorphisms in the Crocus specimens. The PIC values ranged from 0.218 (M-CAA/E-AGC) to 0.512 (M-CAT/E-AAG) and showed an average of 0.34. In sum, we herein used AFLP analysis to identify a high level of polymorphism among Crocus specimens collected from various locations in Turkey and Greece, and our structural analysis yielded 2 reconstructed populations. These findings provide new insight into the relationships among different Crocus genotypes and show that AFLP analysis can be useful for Crocus diversity studies.
English Teaching Speaking Main Activities toward Puppet Artisans and Their Response: English for Tourism in Kepuhsari Village

This study investigates substance of English teaching procedure toward artisans of shadow puppets in Kepuhsari village, Wonogiri, Indonesia so that they could guide foreigners, who are visiting the village. The method of the study is a descriptive qualitative in which we collect data in terms of English teaching toward the three groups. Pre-test and post-test were conducted to know English score; therefore we could use it to determine our steps in English teaching. Four treatments for each group were carried out to teach English according to the group’s needs. The results are the artisans in the village could speak in basic English in terms of telling the tourists about the process of making a puppet while they are practicing producing the puppet and making a simple English conversation with them; able to guide the tourists by speaking in basic English about the tourism objects in the village; and able to speak with the tourists telling about history of puppet and gallery of puppet in Kepuhsari.
The Influence Of Diabetes Self Management Education On Stress Level Of Diabetes Mellitus Patient In Area Puskesmas Cempaka Banjarmasin

Objective : To analyze the effect of DSME (Diabetes Self Management Education) on stress level of Diabetes Mellitus patient in area of Cempaka Public Health Center (Puskesmas) Banjarmasin. Method : This study used pre-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest design. The sample used 15 people who live in area of Cempaka Public Health Center Banjarmasin. Data was analyzed using Wilcoxon test with a confidence level of 95%. Results : Result showed a difference stress level in Diabetes Mellitus patients before and after treated by DSME. Therefore it means that there was significant effect of DSME on stress in Diabetes Mellitus patients (p=0,001 < α 0,005). Conclusion : Selfmanagement education affected to stress level of Diabetes Mellitus patients after treated four weeks.
GIDI NY ABOKE MECHA A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

Change can be dictated by business trends, environmental factors and shifts in the global, social and political sphere. It can com about because of the expectations of stakeholders. It can be embarked upon in a proa ·ti t: and strategic way, or it can be a reactive process in response to a crisis. ith r \ ithin the organization or outside it. The purpose of this study was to ~stahlish th change management strategies that are adopted by Chase Bank Limited in K 'nya . The tudy had two objectives: to establish the change management strategic· that are adopted by Chase Bank Limited and to determine the challenges faced by ha e Bank Limited in managing change. The study took the form of a case study design ince it focused on a single entity. Qualitative data was collected from 5 managers in the bank who are involved in various departments. The findings reveal that the drivers of change in Chase bank limited are the environmental changes that occur in the business environment. The environment presents opportunities that the bank may want to exploit hence the need to change. The bank may also adopt change as one way of addressing some of the threats that exist in the environment. The main challenges include resistance from some individuals who are not willing to change; lack of support from top management: lack of enough resources both financial and human res urc that may be required for specific change initiati e in th bank.
Diel periodicity in the photosynthetic capacity of coastal and offshore phytoplankton assemblages

Diel changes in the photosynthetic-irradiance response of phytoplankton were measured in coastal, neritic and oceanic waters. At each site, maximum daily light-saturated photosynthesis rates were 2 to 3 times higher than rates recorded either at dawn or dusk. Time of day that maximum occurred varied with site and depth. Diel measurements in coastal water indicated that minimum photosynthetic capacity occurred in the middle of the night, that up to one-half of the total diel change occurred at night, and that times of most rapid change occurred around dawn and dusk. Independent measurements of nitrogen nutritional status on the neritic and oceanic assemblages indicated that there was no nitrogen limitation for phytoplankton growth.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER Nov . ) . ON THE WELFARE CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY

When economic actors are also allowed to become politically active, perhaps to influence a government price policy, they face decision problems with essentially simultaneous political and economic features. If, in addition, two groups struggle to pull the administered price level in opposite directions, an important strategic component is introduced. On two levels, then, such situations depart from the competitive economy framework of Arrow and Debreu. The model of this paper is designed to reconcile the general equilibrium model with politically active interest groups. This model is then used to assess the welfare consequences of such lobbying activity. We find that very often a lobbying program with price distortions is not the best means for regulating these economies. However, there may be cases in which no alternative policy could achieve the outcome resulting from the lobbying program.
Export Diversification, Externalities and Growth: Evidence for Chile

It is frequently suggested that export diversification contributes to an acceleration of growth in developing countries. Horizontal export diversification into completely new export sectors may generate positive externalities on the rest of the economy as export oriented sectors gain from dynamic learning activities due to contacts to foreign purchasers and exposure to international competition. Vertical diversification out of primary into manufactured exports is also associated with growth since primary export sectors frequently do not exhibit strong spillovers. Thus, it is to be expected that both horizontal and vertical export diversification are positively correlated with economic growth. However, there have been remarkably few empirical investigations into the link between export diversification and growth. This paper attempts to examine the hypothesis that export diversification is linked to economic growth via externalities of learning-by-doing and learning-by-exporting fostered by competition in world markets. The diversification-led growth hypothesis is tested by estimating an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function on the basis of annual time series data from Chile. Based on the theory of cointegration three types of statistical methodologies are used: the Johansen trace-test, a multivariate error-correction model and the dynamic OLS procedure. The estimation results suggest that export diversification plays an important role in economic growth.
Adaptation of Online Learning Motivation Scale into Turkish : Validity and Reliability

The aim of the research is to translate an online motivation scale developed in English by Chen and Jang (2010) into Turkish. The research was designed using a correlational survey model. In the adaptation process, the scale was first translated from English into Turkish and the compatibility of the translation on both sides was checked by five experts. Later, the English (original) and Turkish forms of the scale were applied to the third-grade students in English teaching department with 20 days intervals. These students dominated both Turkish and English language. The correlations obtained from Turkish and English forms of the scale were calculated between 0.43-0.68 for seven subscales. According to the confirmatory factor analysis tests conducted to test the validity of the scale, 1 Bu araştırma XIII. Uluslararası Avrupa Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırmaları kongresinde bildiri olarak sunulmuştur 19-22 Mayıs, 2017 2 Dr. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, e-mail: dozbasi@comu.edu. tr 3 Öğretmen, Çanakkale Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi, e-mail: hakancevahir@hotmail.com 4 Dr. Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Bilgisayar ve Öğretim Teknolojileri Eğitimi, e-mail: mozdemir@comu.edu. tr Trakya Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2018, Cilt 8, Sayı 2, Ocak 2018 Trakya University, Journal of Education Faculty 2018, Vol.8 Issue 2, January 2018 353 the RMSEA value was calculated as 0.08 and the chi-square/sd value was calculated as 5.64. Other compliance index values were obtained between 0.82 and 0.91. Also, as evidence of the reliability of the study, we can say that the cronbach’s alpha coefficients calculated at each sub-dimension level are between 0.60 and 0.90. According to the findings obtained, it was seen that the original version of the online motivation scale adapted to Turkish showed similarity in Turkish culture and could be used with this adapted form.
How do mean division shares affect growth and development

The Gini coefficient is widely used in academia to discuss how income inequality affects development and growth. However, different Lorenz curves may provide different development and growth outcomes while still leading to the same Gini coefficient. This paper studies the development effects of “mean division shares”, i.e., the share of income (mean income share) held by people whose household disposable income per capita is below the mean income and the share of the population (mean population share) with this income, using panel data. Our analysis explores how this income share and population share impact development and growth. It shows that the income and population shares affect growth in significantly different ways and that an analysis of these metrics provides substantial value compared to that of the Gini coefficient.
Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine : Correspondance entre charles Darwin et Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne

L'impression des emotions sur les traits d'un visage est une question ancestrale, pluridisciplinaire de nature. En 1862, Duchenne a publie une recherche totalement nouvelle dans le Mecanisme de la physionomie humaine. Pour la premiere fois, la stimulation de chaque muscle de la face pouvait etre enregistree par sa representation photographique a visee medicale. En 1872, Darwin a publie pour sa part L'expression des emotions pour completer sa theorie de l'evolution a travers l'etude des mimiques. L'objet de cet article est de demontrer, en utilisant la correspondance tres peu connue entre ces deux chercheurs et les notes marginales laissees par Darwin, que sans les recherches de Duchenne, l'objectif de Darwin aurait ete irrealisable. La creativite scientifique manifestee par les experiences de Duchenne reste exemplaire en raison de son objectivite pour le malade, encore pour notre medecine actuelle.
Surface Structures and Stability of Arsenic(III) on Goethite: Spectroscopic Evidence for Inner-Sphere Complexes

The adsorption and stability of arsenite [As(III)] on goethite (α-FeOOH) was investigated using a combination of standard batch techniques and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The reactivity of As(III) with α-FeOOH at varying pH and As(III) concentration provided macroscopic evidence for strong complexation on the α-FeOOH surface. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy gave an average As(III)−Fe interatomic distance of 3.378 ± 0.014 A, which is indicative of bidentate binuclear bridging As(III) complexes on the α-FeOOH surface and which is similar to other oxyanions which adsorb on α-FeOOH by an inner-sphere mechanism. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) analysis indicated that the As(III)−α-FeOOH surface complex is stable toward heterogeneous oxidation to As(V), as determined by the energy position of the X-ray absorption edge. The structural information from EXAFS was included in the description of As(III) adsorption on the α-FeOOH surface using a surface complexation.
CEO’S EXPERIENCE, FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CASE OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

How to cite this paper: Meutia, I. , Mukhtaruddin, Saftiana, Y. and Faisal, M. (2017). CEO ’s experience, foreign ownership and corporate social responsibility: A case of manufacturing companies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 14(3-2), 377-392. http://dx.doi. org/10.22495/cocv14i3c2a
Recreation Embedded State Tuning for Optimal Readiness and Effectiveness (RESTORE)

Physiological self-regulation training is a behavioral medicine intervention that has demonstrated capability to improve psychophysiological coping responses to stressful experiences and to foster optimal behavioral and cognitive performance. Once developed, these psychophysiological skills require regular practice for maintenance. A concomitant benefit of these physiologically monitored practice sessions is the opportunity to track crew psychophysiological responses to the challenges of the practice task in order to detect shifts in adaptability that may foretell performance degradation. Long-duration missions will include crew recreation periods that will afford physiological self-regulation training opportunities. However, to promote adherence to the regimen, the practice experience that occupies their recreation time must be perceived by the crew as engaging and entertaining throughout repeated reinforcement sessions on long-duration missions. NASA biocybernetic technologies and publications have developed a closed-loop concept that involves adjusting or modulating (cybernetic, for governing) a person's task environment based upon a comparison of that person's physiological responses (bio-) with a training or performance criterion. This approach affords the opportunity to deliver physiological self-regulation training in an entertaining and motivating fashion and can also be employed to create a conditioned association between effective performance state and task execution behaviors, while enabling tracking of individuals psychophysiological status over time in the context of an interactive task challenge. This paper describes the aerospace spin-off technologies in this training application area as well as the current spin-back application of the technologies to long-duration missions - the Recreation Embedded State Tuning for Optimal Readiness and Effectiveness (RESTORE) concept. The RESTORE technology is designed to provide a physiological self-regulation training countermeasure for maintaining and reinforcing cognitive readiness, resilience under psychological stress, and effective mood states in long-duration crews. The technology consists of a system for delivering physiological self-regulation training and for tracking crew central and autonomic nervous system function; the system interface is designed to be experienced as engaging and entertaining throughout repeated training sessions on long-duration missions. Consequently, this self-management technology has threefold capability for recreation, behavioral health problem prophylaxis and remediation, and psychophysiological assay. The RESTORE concept aims to reduce the risk of future manned exploration missions by enhancing the capability of individual crewmembers to self-regulate cognitive states through recreation-embedded training protocols to effectively deal with the psychological toll of long-duration space flight.
Groundwater pollution by longstanding cemetery and solutions for urban cemetery planning in Ho Chi Minh City – from reality to solutions

The fast speed of urbanization in Vietnamese big city like Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has pushed a large number of longstanding cemeteries deep into the inner city. It consequently leads to the gradual loss of urban aesthetics and negative impacts on urban environment. Choosing location for cemetery in modernized city is currently realized as one of serious and difficult issues in terms of urban space planning. Also, it is an urgent concern of environmental problem. The result of traditional inhumation, for example, has led to an uncontrollable wide underground spread of polluted leachates exuding from human body corpses in longstanding cemetery and surrounding areas. In order to improve the effectiveness of urban planning, together with environmental and cemetery management and groundwater conservation responsibilities on site and surroundings of a cemetery, assessment of the groundwater pollution and simulation of the contaminant transport potential are compulsory. This study aims to conduct both tasks into Binh Hung Hoa (Tan Phu district) and Vinh Nghiem (district 12) cemeteries, the two typical longstanding cemeteries in HCMC.
ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF CASSIA TORA AND ACONITUM NAPELLUS Research Article

Pet ether, benzene, chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol and distilled water extracts of two Indian Medicinal plants Cassia tora and Aconitum napellus were examined for their antimicrobial potential against the bacteria, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Trichophyton rubrum, Streptococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella sonnei and fungi Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus. All the plant extracts exhibited antibacterial and antifungal activities against almost all the microorganisms tested which explains that their use in daily life will generate a resistance or immunity to fight against microorganisms. The preset results therefore offer a scientific basis for traditional use of the various extracts of Cassia tora and Aconitum napellus.
Application of Monooxygenases in Dehalogenation, Desulphurization, Denitrification and Hydroxylation of Aromatic Compounds

Monooxygenases act as biocatalysts in bioremediation process and synthetic chemistry due to their highly regioselectivity and sterioselectivity on wide range of substrates. They are involved in the process of desulfurization, dehalogenation, denitrification, ammonification, hydroxylation, biotransformation and biodegradation of various aromatic and aliphatic compounds. In the recent years, the practical applications of monooxygenases have been improved using the approaches of directed evolution, meta-genomics and bioinformatics. This review is focused on current applications of monooxygenses especially in biodegradation and biotransformation of aromatic compounds.
SELECTED PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DROPOUTS AND PERSISTERS

Identifiers-California, *Omnibus Personality. Inventory In an effort to identify characteristics that relate to student dropout, 259 entering freshmen at a large community college were . studied with personality, ability, and demographic measures, and it was hypothesized that a group of highly efficient predictor variables would become evident. Instruments used were the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPD, the Adaptive-Flexibility Inventory, a 34-item demographic questionnaire, the Henmon-Nelson Tests of Mental Ability, and the Cooperative English Test: Reading Comprehension. Although none of the findings was of major significance, the authors felt that the differences found between dropouts and persisters in the (1) scores on the Complexity Scale of the OPL (2) number of units attempted, (3) number of schools attended prior to the tenth grade, and (4) amount of mother's education corroborate other research in this area and suggest further investigation. It was also found that the higher an instructor tended to grade his students, the less students tended to drop his class, and that present English placement procedures tend to differentiate between cognitive and practical orientation. They conclude that measures of goal orientation. and personality May be more appropriate instruments for placement and prediction than an English-usage test that does not yield as much