Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research. Extended worked examples from the authors' own studies in health, sexuality, psychological distress and identity illustrate the breadth and depth of IPA research. Each of the chapters also offers a guide to other good exemplars of IPA research in the designated area. The final section of the book considers how IPA connects with other contemporary qualitative approaches like discourse and narrative analysis and how it addresses issues to do with validity. The book is written in an accessible style and will be extremely useful to students and researchers in psychology and related disciplines in the health and social sciences.
Phytoextraction and fractionation of heavy metals in soil after multiple applications of natural chelants

Fitoextracao de metais induzida por quelantes e uma tecnica promissora para despoluicao de solos. Entretanto, os quelantes mais eficientes sao sinteticos e apresentam baixa taxa de biodegradacao, o que aumenta o risco de lixiviacao de metais. Acidos orgânicos tem sido propostos para auxiliar na fitoextracao, mas a sua rapida degradacao pode ser limitante para a eficiencia desta tecnica. O objetivo do trabalho foi comparar a eficiencia de aplicacoes sucessivas dos acidos citrico e galico, na disponibilidade, absorcao e acumulacao de Cd, Pb, Cu e Zn pela mucuna preta (Stizolobium aterrimum). O solo foi contaminado com Cd, Pb, Cu e Zn nas doses 20, 150, 100 e 150 mg kg-1, respectivamente, e cultivados por 35 dias. Os acidos foram aplicados de tres formas: uma aplicacao de 5 mmol kg-1 no 28° dia de cultivo da mucuna; duas aplicacoes de 5 mmol kg-1 no 28° e 31° dia; e tres aplicacoes de 5 mmol kg-1 no 28°, 31° e 34° dia de cultivo. As amostras de solo foram submetidas a extracao e fracionamento quimicos. Os acidos orgânicos testados nao foram eficientes na inducao da fitoextracao. Em geral, a aplicacao dos acidos aumentou as concentracoes de metais tanto nas fracoes soluveis como em agua e tambem na trocavel. Zinco e cobre ficaram retidos principalmente na fracao materia orgânica. O Zn, apos aplicacao dos acidos, foi remobilizado da fracao materia orgânica para as fracoes soluvel em agua e trocavel. Os acidos orgânicos mobilizaram Pb e Cu dos oxidos de ferro, mas este aumento na solubilidade nao foi suficiente para favorecer a fitoextracao.
Enhancing PKM Accuracy by Separating Actuation and Measurement: A 3DOF Case Study

This paper proposes an approach for enhancing parallel kinematics machine accuracy by separating actuation and measurement. We describe the interest of the separation actuation and measurement concept and define the sensor redundancy used for designing the measurement device. Then, we present the design of a parallel machine-tool prototype with an independent measuring system, MoM3, as well as the optimization of its measuring system. Lastly, we present the control schemes used on the prototype, and provide experimental results to show the efficiency of separation actuation and measurement applied to a machine-tool.
A WAVE DISC ENGINE CONCEPT FOR MICRO POWER GENERATION

Wave disc technology is emerging as a possible replacement for compressors and turbines in engines. This paper presents a new engine concept, the Wave Disc Engine with internal combustion. This new engine concept combines the advantages of (a) higher efficiency confined combustion with (b) the high power density and low maintenance of continuous flow but (c) at a much lower unit cost due to its physical simplicity and compactness. Furthermore, the geometry of the Wave Disc Engine is especially suited for microfabrication and micro power generation. Theoretical validation of the engine has been performed using four simulation models. 1. D and 2.D validations were completed with both in.h ouse and commercial software.
Using environmental impact assessment and post‐construction monitoring data to inform wind energy developments

Ecological data are routinely collected for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and post-consent planning requirements to assess potential negative impacts of developments on wildlife. Such data are almost always obtained from a single site and this often prohibits robust statistical analysis due to insufficient replication. Here, we integrate data collected during EIAs and post-construction monitoring from multiple sites to study the impact of wind energy developments on the distribution and abundance of black grouse. We show that the construction of wind turbines at these seven sites had no detectable effect on the abundance of lekking black grouse, but that leks within 500 m of the nearest planned wind turbine moved locally after construction (median distance before construction was 250 m and after was 803 m). This effect was not observed for leks greater than 500 m from a wind turbine. Although not examined within this study, there are several reasons which, individually or in combination, could u.
When Strong Ties are Strong: Networks and Youth Labor Market Entry

The conditions under which young workers find their first real post-graduation jobs are important for their future careers and insufficiently documented given their potential importance for young workers welfare. To study these conditions, and in particular the role played by social ties, we use a Swedish population-wide linked employer–employee data set of graduates from all levels of schooling that includes detailed information on family ties, neighbourhoods, schools, class composition, and parents' and children's employers over a period covering years with both high and low unemployment, together with measures of firm performance. We find that strong social ties (parents) are an important determinant for where young workers find their first job. The effects are larger if the graduate's position is “weak” (low education, bad grades), during high unemployment years, and when information on potential openings are likely to be scarce. On the hiring side, by contrast, the effects are larger if the parent's position is “strong” (long tenure, high wage) and if the parent's plant is more productive. The youths appear to benefit from the use of strong social ties through faster access to jobs and by better labour market outcomes as measured a few years after entry. In particular, workers finding their entry jobs through strong social ties are considerably more likely to remain in this job, while experiencing better wage growth than other entrants in the same plant. Firms also appear to benefit from these wage costs (relative to comparable entrants) starting at a lower base. They also benefit on the parents' side; parents' wage growth drops dramatically exactly at the entry of one of their children in the plant, although this is a moment when firm profits tend to be growing. Indeed, the firm-side benefits appear large enough for (at least small) firms to increase job creation at the entry level in years when a child of one of their employees graduates.
A framework to better understand emotional experiences with portable interactive devices: preliminary trial

Two longitudinal experiments were conducted exploring emotional experiences with PIDs over six months including media and medial Portable Interactive Devices (PIDs). Results identifying the impact of negative social and personal interactions on the overall emotional experience as well as different task categories (Features, Functional, Mediation and Auxiliary) and their corresponding emotional responses have previously been reported [2,3,4,5]. This paper builds on these findings and presents the Designing for Evolving Emotional Experience (DE3) framework promoting positive (and deals with negative) emotional experiences with PIDs including a set of principles to better understand emotional experiences. To validate the DE3 framework a preliminary trial was conducted with five practicing industrial designers. The trial required them to consider initial design concepts using the DE3 framework followed by a questionnaire asking about their use of the framework for concept development. The trial aimed to analyse the effectiveness, efficiency and usefulness of the framework in assisting in the development of initial concepts for PIDs taking into account emotional experiences. Common themes regarding the framework are outlined including the ease of use, the effectiveness in focusing on the personal and social contexts and positive ratings regarding its use. Overall the feedback from the preliminary trial was encouraging with responses suggesting that the framework was accessible, rated highly and most importantly permitted designers to consider emotional experiences during concept development. The paper concludes with a discussion regarding the future development of the DE3 framework and the potential implications to design theory and the design discipline.
AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY AS INDUSTRY INTENSIVELY BASED ON KNOWLEDGE - CASE STUDY OF VOJVODINA

During three-hundred-year history of the market economy, the main sources of wealth creation have changed from the natural resources (mainly land and relatively unskilled labor with the exception of the master craftsman), tangible material assets (buildings, machinery and equipment, funds) to intangible assets (knowledge and information of all types) that may be contained in the people, organizations, or physical resources. In the later period of the twentieth century, science has acquired the features of direct production force. The term direct implies that unlike the relationship which existed between science and production in the IXX century, where scientific advances was incorporated through the physical labor in the tools, which, in turn, created new value through the physical labor, the relationship between science and production has become all direct, immediate, because the scientific advances allowed the funds to be produced with less labor and allowed funds itself to become "smarter" and as such to require less human intervention and human physical labor in the final production process. As a result, the need for physical labor continuously declined with time, and the application of labor is moved from direct production to processes of preparing and organizing production. Also, a large part of today's knowledge that is used in production is not embodied in machinery, and the effects of this are immense.
Optimization of the E-plane loaded rectangular waveguide for low-loss propagation

The insertion of vertical slabs in a metallic rectangular waveguide distorts the power distribution of the waveguide, producing new modes and modifying the existing ones. The resulting waveguide, known as E-plane loaded rectangular waveguide, is studied in this paper, focusing the attention on the TE-type modes in a symmetrical case. A quasi-TE10 is found which may conflne the energy in the central air region by suitably choosing the dielectric slabs' dimensions. An algorithm to optimize these dimensions is proposed in order to maximize the conflnement of power in the air region and minimize the attenuation of the mode. This minimization is specially important at high frequencies, where the ohmic losses and the dielectric absorption become extremely high. This paper includes an example at THz frequencies and presents the design of several devices using the E-plane loaded rectangular waveguide.
How Can Recessions Be Brought to an End? Effects of Macroeconomic Policy Actions on Durations of Recessions

This paper analyzes how effective macroeconomic policy actions are in ending recessions. We also investigate which structural factors help the country to experience shorter recessions. We implement survival regression analysis and conclude that expansionary monetary policy significantly decreases durations of recessions whereas fixing the exchange rate does not have an effect on the durations of recessions. Expansionary fiscal policy has undesired effects and decreases the probability that recession will end, thus increasing the durations of recessions. The analysis of country specific factors indicates that emerging countries experience shorter recessions. Recessions in countries with higher trade openness last significantly longer. Financial openness and institutional quality do not have significant effects of recession durations. The empirical analysis takes into account alternative probability distributions and endogeneity of policy actions.
RESEARCH IN THE INTERPOLATION REPRESENTATIONS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES IN THE TWO TYPES OF INTERPOLATION KNOTS

The article deals with some interpolation representations of stochastic processes with non-equidistance interpolation knots. Research is based on observations of the process and its derivatives of the first and second orders at some types of knots and observations of the process and its derivatives of the first orders at other types of knots. The necessary results from the theory of entire functions of complex variable are formulated. The function bounded on any bounded region of the complex plane is considered. The estimate of the residual of the interpolation series is obtained. The interpolation formula that uses the value of the process and its derivatives at the knots of interpolation is proved. Considering the separability of the process and the convergence of a row that the interpolation row converges to the stochastic process uniformly over in any bounded area of changing of parameter is obtained. The main purpose of this article is the obtained convergence with probability 1 of the corresponding interpolation series to a stochastic process in any bounded domain of changes of parameter. Obtained results may be applied in the modern theory of information transmission.
REPUTATION AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCES

As a kind of intangible asset, reputation allows the company to manage the expectations and needs of its stakeholders. It is just another tool in the efforts of each company to survive and improve its competitive position. This asset is difficult to acquire, and its formation usually requires high quality products over several years, solid financial results, constant innovation activity, responsiveness to the stakeholder demands, permanent technological advancement, high business success, etc. Reputation is a resource which cannot be imitated, and its strategic relevance in the resource portfolio is growing, because it can create differentiation and barriers in relation to competitors. The purpose of this paper is to examine the interdependence of reputation, as intangible resource of the company, and its financial performances. Two research questions are highlighted in this paper: whether actual financial performances affect the company's reputation and whether created reputation affects the financial performances of the company. The answers to these questions are given on the basis of empirical evidences of many studies realized in the previous period. The results of this paper will inevitably reveal significant interdependence, more precisely, the interplay of reputation and financial performances of the company. The contributions of the study are useful to managers in order not to forget the importance of a good reputation for superior financial performances, and also to direct more resources, time and efforts to the process of making a good reputation of their companies.
Analysis of Relationships among Diverse Types of Software Attributes for Assessing Quality Factors of Gaming Software

Summary The goal of this paper is to present a novel approach for assessment of the quality of Gaming software in terms of factors formulated by correlating its diversified attributes. All possible descriptive properties of customers, users and software products of the class Games were gathered under the three categories of ‘customer attributes’, ‘user attributes’ and ‘engineering attributes’. The attributes were then put into category to category correlation and reduced. Some feed backs from the environment of functioning of the system were also considered to verify the reduction procedure and use the attributes for the purpose.
Actas del WSRFAI 2013

Recording enough videos for training robust human action recognition systems is highly time consuming. However, it is possible to reduce this time by using the large amount of videos recorded in a wide range of scenarios available on the internet. In a modified version of the discrete Hidden Markov Model, designed in order to overcome the constraints of the classical approach when dealing with scarce training data, we introduce an initial transfer learning stage in the codebook creation. The human silhouettes are the input of our system, and as some human poses are shared among actions, actors or scenarios, we combine old shots with the current scenario shots so as to create a robust codebook. We have tested this framework in the IXMAS dataset and confirmed its usefulness.
The impact of population potential on population redistribution in the long-term historical context: Case study of region Stredné Považie, Slovak Republic

Interaction potential represents a significant phenomenon affecting economic, political and social sphere to a large extent. One of the possible interaction potential is population potential which is the object of our study. The purpose of this article is to analyse population potential and its impact on population redistribution in the long-term historical context. We point out some implications in the changing nature of population potential in the last 50 years as well as insight into its future trajectory. Research focuses on Stredné Považie, one of the traditional industrial regions in Slovakia, where population potential is molded by this historical orientation.
Identifying Overlapping Phylogenetic and Geographic Roots of HIV – 1 Evolution through Computational Analyses

HIV-1 or Human Immuno Deficiency Virus-1 is the main causative agent of Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Human host infected with HIV - 1 extensively harbours many viral variants but very little is known about the difference in pattern[17] of evolution of phylogenetic lineages of HIV-1 non recombinant, normal inter subtype recombinant and main two specific recombinant forms of HIV-1 i.e., Circulating Recombinant Forms (CRFs) and Unique Recombinant Forms (URFs). This study is mainly concerned with study of the difference in evolutionary lineages of non-recombinant and recombinant sequences of HIV-1 genome sequences and identification of geographically rich areas which has reported high degree of HIV-1 occurrence and variety. Total 1550 HIV-1 genome sequences were obtained from HIV Los Alamos Database. The sequences were aligned using MAFFT (Multiple Alignment using Fast Fourier Transform) web server tool. Alignment was carried out using 10 different set of alignment parameter values. After alignment the aligned file was used for constructing N-J phylogenetic tree using Clustal X2 tool. Phylogenetic analysis was performed keeping in mind the category to which the sequence belongs. Upon analysis it was observed that the clade containing the probable ancestor belongs remained constant in all cases of different alignment values. Non recombinant isolates, inter subtype recombinants, CRFs, URFs all followed different patterns of evolution. Non recombinant sequences were found geographically specific and subtype specific to some extent whereas, normal recombinants were subtype specific and less geographically specific. CRFs showed variation among the pattern of their evolution. At some instances the sequences occurred as sister taxa of non-recombinant or normal inter subtype recombinant sequences, while at some instances as sister taxa of other CRFs where they were geographically specific. Three CRFs existed as completely diverged sequences. URFs were four in number; two of them were Indian isolates of while other two were Japanese isolates. URFs were found to be totally geographically specific. Geography wise high rate of variation was observed in India and Japan as these two countries had sequences belonging to all of the above categories. Cameroon and South Africa have very large number isolates and a considerable amount of genetic variation among isolates but they lack URFs.
User Democracy in Schools? Comparing Norwegian Schools With Nursing Homes

ABSTRACT Democratic user control is a hallmark of Scandinavian schools, but also of other services of the Scandinavian welfare states. This article studies variations in parental control and influences in public and non-public schools. In addition, how the use of different governance tools inspired by markets affects user control is analyzed. The empirical investigation consists of matching public and non-public schools and nursing homes in three Norwegian municipalities. The study concludes that there is important variation between public and non-public schools, while there is little variation between public and non-public nursing homes. The organization of the quasi-market is an important explanation for this.
THE VISUAL SECRET SHARING SCHEME BASED ON THE RGB COLOR SYSTEM

The visual secret sharing (VSS) scheme is a method to maintain the confidentiality of a se-cret image by sharing it to some number participants. A (k, n) VSS divides the secret images into n parts, that are called shadows ; to recover the secret back, k shadows should be stacked. Some methods have been developed to implement VSS for color images. However, the methods are only suitable for images with limited number of colors. When more colors are used, the resulted stacked shadow image becomes unclear. Besides that, the size of the shadows becomes bigger as more colors are used. We develop a new method implementing the VSS using the RGB color system. Using our method, the problem related to the unclear stacked shadow image can be overcome.
Stacking disorder: the hexagonal polymorph of tris(bicyclo[2.1.1]hexeno)benzene and related examples

Abstract X-ray diffractograms of tris(bicyclo[2.1.1]hexeno)benzene, crystallized at the interface between a benzene solution and a layer of acetonitrile, show hexagonal symmetry and streaks of diffuse scattering along c*. The heavily faulted layer stacking is analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively in terms of a systematic protocol. This protocol requires partitioning the crystal structure into layers in such a way that pairs of adjacent layers may be stacked in different, but geometrically equivalent ways, which are dictated by the layer group symmetry. This approach is shown to provide a consistent alternative for analysis of a number of related cases provided the layers are defined on the basis of geometrical criteria rather than chemical intuition.
Stock Market Responses to Macroeconomic Dynamics: Testing for Long-Run Equilibrium in Nepal

This study empirically examines the macro-economic factors of the stock market performance in Nepal. It considers the annual data of four macroeconomic variables; real GDP, inflation, interest rate and broad money supply from 1994 to 2016 and attempts to reveal the relative influence of these variables on stock prices represented by ‘NEPSE Index’ of the Nepalese capital market. Empirical results reveal that the performance of stock market is found to respond positively to real GDP, inflation and money supply, and negatively to interest rate. More importantly, cointegrating evidence cannot be found between macroeconomic variables and stock market index which suggests that stock price movements in Nepal are not explained by the macroeconomic variables. It supports random walk hypothesis in Nepalese stock market.Pravaha Vol. 24, No. 1, 2018, Page: 64-82