Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Some empirical evidence on the relationship between inventory management and social responsibility

Despite the crucial role that inventory plays in supply chain management (SCM), research that examines the relationship between inventory and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is rare. This is surprising given the evidence that inventory represents a huge source of cost, a matter that is often reported as a major impediment in practicing social responsibility in SCM. As such, this paper fills this gape in literature by examining directly the effect of inventory management on CSR. Maximumlikelihood ordered logistic regression was performed on a sample of 38 Egyptian listed firms during the period from 2007 to 2010. The results demonstrate that inventory management exerts a positive and significant coefficient on CSR. Further analysis shows that inventory management cannot be safely dropped from model of analysis. Rather, inventory management does add something unique in explaining differences in CSR. For practitioners interested in optimizing their firms’ values, thinking in managing supply chain imperatives, and specially inventory, in terms of social responsibility may guide them to build up a stock of reputational capital that can be used, in turn, to increase the cost of their rivals. This study, to the best of knowledge, is the first one that offers empirical evidence regarding the effect of inventory management on CSR. Moreover, the paper adds to both SCM and CSR literature by providing empirical evidence from Egypt as an emerging market, where much of the existing evidence reflects experience from developed countries.
Towards a Model for Information Systems Capability in a South African firm

Information Systems (IS) capability can be viewed as one of the firm’s most valuable resources, and if controlled well, can contribute towards deriving value out of IT investments. The use of the term capability seems to carry varied meanings depending on whether it is looked from the enterprise architecture perspective or the business architecture perspective. Ofte n, the confusion escalates when firms try to determine how capabilities are dissimilar, if at all, from their business processes. In this paper, IS capability is seen as the ability of an organization to deliver business value from investments in IT. To date, literature has not discussed IS capability beyond an expression of enabling an organization to derive and leverage business value through IS. To this point, this paper conceptualizes a framework towards IS capability, using a South African firm as a case study. In this paper, IS capability is seen from IT governance and IS management perspectives. In other words, the study was about how governance and management of IS happen in a selected firm. This paper gives a holistic and insightful nature of IS capability through an interpretive research paradigm.
Extreme Value Analysis in dynamical systems: two case studies

We give here a brief summary of classical Extreme Value Theory for random variables, followed by that for deterministic dynamical systems, which is a rapidly developing area of research. Here we would like to contribute to that by conducting a numerical analysis designed to show particular features of extreme value statistics in dynamical systems, and also to explore the validity of the theory. We find that formulae that link the extreme value statistics with geometrical properties of the attractor hold typically for high-dimensional systems – whether a so-called geometric distance observable or a physical observable is concerned. In very low-dimensional settings, however, the fractality of the attractor prevents the system from having an extreme value law, which might well render the evaluation of extreme value statistics meaningless and so ill-suited for application.
Analysis the Effect of Heavy and Toxic Metals in Various Vegetables Grown in Vellore District (South India)

The project will study the effect of heavy and toxic metals present in various vegetables grown in South India (Vellore District). Simultaneously the project will make the use of different standard methodologies and analytical instrumentations for the quantitative analysis of heavy and toxic metals. In next half of the experiment Transfer Factor (TF) and Daily Intake Rate (DIR) will also be calculated. The toxicity of these metals is in part due to the fact that they accumulate in biological tissues, a process known as bioaccumulation. Even the toxicity level and reasons for increasing concentration of toxic metals were also studied for each and every vegetable for that region. This toxicity may lead to various types of paralysis, neurological disorders and cancer. Therefore in conclusion some sort of agricultural management will be suggested for the welfare of environment point of view.
Experimental Study of Stabilized Soil Utilizing Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Desulfurization Ash with Carbide Slag and Desulfurization Gypsum

This paper discusses the feasibility of preparing soil stabilizer which is circulating fluidized bed combustion ash-based, supplemented with carbide slag and desulfurization gypsum, composed entirely of complete industrial wastes. The results show that CFBC ash has better pozzolanic activity than fly ash. When stabilizer total content is 10% and the ratio of CFBC ash : carbide slag : desulfurization gypsum is 7.2 : 1.8 : 1, compressive strength of stabilized soil can reach the maximum of 2.12 MPa at the age of 28 d of curing. Stabilizer can meet the strength requirements of cement-soil mixing pile composite foundation and cement-soil mixing pile waterproof curtain.
Availability and Utilization of Ict Facilities for Teaching and Learning of Vocational and Technical Education in Yobe State Technical Colleges.

This study examines the availability and utilization, the benefits and challenges of ICT facilities in teaching and learning vocational and technical education in Yobe state technical college. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The study revealed that ICT facilities were lacking in technical colleges. Teachers and Students exposure to ICT facilities was low. The study revealed that some of the benefits of using ICT in technical college include making teaching and learning interesting; helping teacher to be up to date in enhancing the quality of work of both teachers and students. Despite these benefits, the study revealed some of the challenges facing ICT as: irregular power supply; inadequate computer literate teachers; inadequate ICT facilities. It was therefore, recommended that Yobe state government should increase the funding of education sector to cater for ICT programme in technical colleges and there should be periodic training for teachers on ICT computer skills acquisition.
The Search for the Best Live Recommender System

plista is a data-driven contentand ad distribution network, mainly active in the German speaking world. Its technology is used on thousands of premium websites for recommending millions of news articles and ads to even more users. Currently, over 5,000 requests are processed per second. In this talk, I will present challenges and opportunities that arise from handling such vast amounts of data in real-time. In particular, I will illustrate why users’ context (e.g., category, geo-location, day of the week) plays a key role in the provision of successful recommender algorithms and will outline the importance of a thorough evaluation of our techniques. Besides, I will talk about our experience in organizing a realtime news recommender contest which provides researchers the chance to run their algorithms in our production system, thus benefiting from real feedback from real users.
An Exploratory Study of Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia: Motivation and Problems

Entrepreneurial activity relating to women entrepreneurs has been the interest of many researchers, as they have become the main contributors to today’s economy. However, not much is known about what motivates and hinders ‘ womenpreneurs ’ in their entrepreneurial process. This paper examines the motivational factors and barriers of 194 Malaysian womenpreneurs who were randomly selected from a list of Federation of Women Entrepreneur Associations in Malaysia. The research design in this study focused on the primary data collected using a self administered questionnaire that was distributed through mail survey. The instruments assessed relevant areas, such as demographic and business information, motivations, entrepreneurial characteristics, and business problems. Result of the survey shows that women entrepreneurs do have problems when they enter into the business. The implications of this study are discussed along with some recommendations.
ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING IN PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIVE PRACTICE: A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE

ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ethical understanding of school psychologists and, more particularly, their ability to identify ethical issues within their consultative practice. The researchers also sought to determine whether the differences between consultative orientations (e.g., psychometrician versus problem-solver) would influence the ability to identify ethical issues. The results of the study indicated that the ability to identify ethical issues varies between individuals and across situations and that the ethical dilemmas themselves appear to influence the identification of issues. Further, the researchers determined that there were no substantial differences between school psychologists' consultative orientations in their ability to identify ethical issues. Based upon the results of the study, the term "ethical" was categorized according to three ethical decision-making orientations: value-oriented, rule-oriented, and intuitive. Finally, the implications regarding the measurement of ethical understanding and the development of guidelines for school psychological consultation are discussed in the paper. RESUME. Cette etude visait a etudier la comprehension que les psychologues scolaires ont des questions d'ethique et, plus particulierement, leur capacite a discerner les questions d'ethique qui surgissent dans leur pratique de consultation. Les chercheurs ont egalement tente de detetminer si les differentes orientations des intervenants (p. ex., psychometrie par opposition a resolution de problemes) ont un effet sur la capacite de discerner les questions d'ethique. Les resultats revelent que la capacite a discerner les questions d'ethique varie selon les individus et les situations et que les delemmes ethiques eux-memes semblent affecter l'identification des questions. De plus, les chercheurs ont etabli qu'il n'y a aucune difference importante entre les psychologues scolaires d'orientations diverses quant a leur capacite a identifier les questions d'ethique. En se fondant sur les resultats de l'etude, les auteurs ont categorise le tetme "ethique" en fonction de trois orientations regissant la prise de decision en ce domaine: orientation axee sur les valeurs, orientation axee sur les regles et orientation intuitive. Enfin, les auteurs traitent des repercussions de la mesure de la comprehension des questions d'ethique et de la formulation de lignes directrices a l'intention des psychologues scolaires.
Yield, quality and irrigation water use efficiency of sweet sorghum ['Sorghum bicolor' (Linn.) Moench] under different land types in arid regions

In order to evaluate changes in biomass, sugar content, ethanol yield as well as water use status of sweet sorghum [Sorghum biocolor (L.) Moench] a number of experiments conducted in marginal land arid region of Hexi Corridor in northwestern China, with the average rainfall of 116.8 mm, in three land types including loam land, saline-alkaline land and sandy land. The saline-alkaline land and sandy land possessed low total aboveground dry weights of 22.1 and 26.8 t ha-1 in 2009, respectively. In 2010, total soluble sugar yields for saline-alkaline land and sandy land varied from 11.00 to11.28 t ha-1, which were significantly higher than loam land‟s total soluble sugar yield. Similarly, ethanol yield originated from sugar ranged from 6032.57 to 6193.02 L ha-1 for saline-alkaline land and sandy land, respectively, indicating a significant difference in comparison with ethanol yield in loam land. However, irrigation water use efficiency of aboveground biomass in 2009 were 3.93, 3.62 and 2.36 kg m-3 for loam land, saline-alkaline land and sandy land, respectively. The same trend was found in 2010. It is concluded that although loam land produced more biomass yield and irrigation water use efficiency, the higher sugar and ethanol yield of sweet sorghum was acquired in saline-alkaline land and sandy land. Considering the competition of production between food and energy crops, it is pragmatic and meaningful to develop sweet sorghum in saline-alkaline and sandy land. Meanwhile, the soil condition can be improved to adapt different cultivation modes in order to increase biomass yield or water use efficiency in saline-alkaline and sandy lands.
Local adaptation of two cryptic species, Lasthenia californica and Lasthenia gracilis, to distinct regions within a serpentine outcrop

LOCAL ADAPTATION OF TWO CRYPTIC SPECIES LASTHENIA CALIFORNICA AND LASTHENIA GRACILIS TO DISTINCT REGIONS WITHIN A SERPENTINE OUTCROP by Teri Barry Intraspecific variation providing tolerance to specific edaphic conditions may contribute to population differentiation, speciation, and species coexistence. This process is often examined using reciprocal transplant experiments of closely related species in contrasting edaphic conditions. The two cryptic species Lasthenia californica and L. gracilis occur on a serpentine outcrop in parapatry at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. I hypothesized that each species would demonstrate greater fitness in its home range. A reciprocal transplant experiment was conducted in the field to determine home site advantage. Seedlings from each species were planted in both home ranges and in the transition zone where both species occur. Soil was found to vary significantly by outcrop region, particularly with respect to the calcium-to-magnesium ratio. Lasthenia californica performed best in its home range, but L. gracilis demonstrated greater survival and fitness in the transition zone. These findings provided evidence of local adaptation of L. californica to the bottom of the slope where the soil calcium concentration is lower and magnesium concentration is higher, and local adaptation of L. gracilis to the transition zone and the drier top of the slope. Studies on local adaptation using reciprocal transplants are ideal tools for understanding plant evolution and provide valuable information for habitat restoration.
The use of functional tests to assess risk of injuries in judokas

Background & Study Aim: High physical fitness requirements towards judokas, as well as the combat specificity may foster bodily injuries. The research objective was to identify the spinal joints, hip joints and shoulder joints mobility in relation to bodily injuries sustained by men practising judo (as professional or amateur sportsmen). Material & Methods. Forty one men practising judo divided into two groups according to the level of sport advancement were considered for participation in this study. Group 1 (G1 – the study group) were 15 professional sportsmen. Group 2 (G2 – the control group) were recreational, amateur sportsmen (n = 26). The research tool consisted of a series of functional tests: (the Dega wall test, Thomas test, Thomayer test and Zipper – Back Scratch Test), as well as a custom survey on training methods, the number, type and circumstances of contracted injuries, as well as their treatment methods. Results: Iliopsoas contracture was observed in 14 judokas (93%) in G1 and 15 judokas (58%) in G2. Thirteen practitioners in G1 and 11 in G2 scored negative in the Dega test, compared to 14 judokas in G1 and 7 judokas in G2 scored negative in the Back Scratch Test. Significant asymmetry was also observed in both groups: the discrepancy between the left and the right side amounted to p = 0.002 for G1 and p<0.001 for G2. A notably higher number of bodily injuries (p = 0.022) was noted among professional judo athletes. Conclusions: The degree of functional limitations may be the effect, yet also the cause of bodily injuries. The majority of professional practitioners had limited joint flexibility (which may increase the risk of injury to this body part). This demonstrates an insufficient amount of stretching exercises during training.
Biometric Recognition Techniques

Information Security has also made by advances in the field of Information Technology. Verification plays an important role in the process of Information security. The password method is the cheapest and simplest technology, because it only requires simple software resources. In the case of traditional password based verification systems if a password is discovered by an unauthorized user it can be easily hacked. Hence biometric recognition system is used. Various researchers have proposed a number of biometric techniques for personal verification. Biometric techniques include such type of software which one does not need to remember or carry a token. For recognition purpose Biometric based personal authentication systems use physiological or behavioural factors of a person. This paper is review on the biometric authentication techniques and some future possibilities in this field.
SESIÓN : Metabolismo y aplicaciones biotecnológicas TIPO : ( ) Oral ( X ) Póster Studying the role of the strawberry Fra protein fam ily in the flavonoid metabolism during fruit ripening

Strawberry fruits are highly appreciated worldwide due to their pleasant flavor and aroma and to the health benefits associated to their consumption. An important part of these properties is due to their content in secondary metabolites, especially phenolic compounds, of which flavonoids are the most abundant in the strawberry fruit. Although the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway is uncovered, little is known about its regulation. The strawberry Fra a (Fra) genes constitute a large family of homologs of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 and for which no equivalents exist in Arabidopsis. Our group has shown that Fra proteins are involved in the formation of colored compounds in strawberries (Muñoz et al., 2010), which mainly depends on the production of certain flavonoids; that they are structurally homologs to the PYR/PYL/RCAR Arabidopsis ABA receptor, and that they are able to bind flavonoids (Casañal et al., 2013). With these previous results, our working hypothesis is that the Fra proteins are involved in the regulation of the flavonoids pathway. They would mechanistically act as the ABA receptor, binding a protein interactor and a ligand to regulate a signaling cascade and/or act as molecular carriers. The main objective of this research is to characterize the Fra family in strawberry and gain insight into their role in the flavonoid metabolism. By RNAseq expression analysis in ripening fruits we have identified transcripts for 10 members of the Fra family. Although expressed in all tissues analyzed, each family member presents a unique pattern of expression, which suggests functional specialization for each Fra protein. Then, our next approach was to identify the proteins that interact with Fras and their ligands to gain knowledge on the role that these proteins play in the flavonoids pathway. To identify the interacting partners of Fras we have performed a yeast two hybrid (Y2H) screening against cDNA libraries of strawberry fruits at the green and red stages. A protein that shares a 95% homology to the Heat stress transcription factor A-4-C like of Fragaria vesca (HSA4C) interacts specifically with Fra1 and not with other family members, which suggests functional diversification of Fra proteins in specific signaling pathways. The Y2H screening is not yet saturated, so characterization of other interacting proteins with other members of the Fra family will shed light on the functional diversity within this gene family. This research will contribute to gain knowledge on how the flavonoid pathway, and hence, the fruit ripening, is regulated in strawberry; an economically important crop but for which basic research is still very limited.
The Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Drug Use Among Geriatric Cases in Ardesen County of Rize Province

Address for Correspondence: Sevilay HİNTİSTAN; Karadeniz Technical University, Institue of Health Sciences, Internal Diseases Nursing, Trabzon, Turkey E-mail: sevilayhindistan@gmail.com Cite this article as: Sarımehmet D, Hintistan S. The Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Drug Use Among Geriatric Cases in Ardesen County of Rize Province. Bezmialem Science 2017; 5: 93-100. Bezmialem Science 2017; 5: 93-100 DOI: 10.14235/bs.2017. 910 Original Article
Resonant optical control of the structural distortions that drive ultrafast demagnetization in Cr 2 O 3

We study how the color and polarization of ultrashort pulses of visible light can be used to control the demagnetization processes of the antiferromagnetic insulator Cr$_2$O$_3$. We utilize time-resolved second harmonic generation (SHG) to probe how changes in the magnetic and structural state evolve in time. We show that, varying the pump photon-energy to excite either localized transitions within the Cr or charge transfer states, leads to markedly different dynamics. Through a full polarization analysis of the SHG signal, symmetry considerations and density functional theory calculations, we show that, in the non-equilibrium state, SHG is sensitive to {\em both} lattice displacements and changes to the magnetic order, which allows us to conclude that different excited states couple to phonon modes of different symmetries. Furthermore, the spin-scattering rate depends on the induced distortion, enabling us to control the timescale for the demagnetization process. Our results suggest that selective photoexcitation of antiferromagnetic insulators allows fast and efficient manipulation of their magnetic state.
Metamaterials with Tunable Negative Refractive Index Fabricated from Amorphous Ferromagnetic Microwires: Magnetostatic Interaction between Microwires

For inhomogeneous mediums the optical Magnus efiect has been derived. The metamaterials fabricated from amorphous ferromagnet Co-Fe-Cr-B-Si microwires are shown to exhibit a negative refractive index for electromagnetic waves over wide scale of GHz frequencies. Optical properties and optical Magnus efiect of such metamaterials are tunable by an external magnetic fleld, magnetic fleld from neighbourhood microwires and mechanical stress.