Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Development formulation of crafts weaving batik ikat East Java: Strategic block and interconnection

Batik tenun ikat has been the traditional legacy in some areas of East Java. This research is based on the findings and analysis on batik tenun ikat in Kediri and Lamongan. The data were collected from observation, in depth-interview, and printed documentations. The SWOT analysis showed that batik tenun ikat in Kediri and Lamongan got the position number two (2). Thus, the priority strategies are 1) extending partnership, 2) diversification of products and 3) e-marketing and integrated one-web destination. In applying those strategies the need of implementation of strategic block and interconnection is inevitable. Strategic blocs and interconnection would deeply increased the connectivity among the actors and hence between the economic elements.
Modelling Relationships between Students' Academic Achievement and Community of Inquiry in an Online Learning Environment for a Blended Course.

With the advancement in technology, learners are spending a substantial amount of time on online learning. Guided by the community of inquiry (CoI) framework (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 1999), this study examined the relationships among students’ perceived teaching element, social element, cognitive element, satisfaction, continuous academic-related online performance, and academic achievement. A revised form of the CoI survey instrument was administered to 167 polytechnic students (aged between 17 and 24) enrolled in a nutrition course in a polytechnic in Singapore. Results from path analysis confirmed the hypothesised relationships among the three elements of the CoI framework (i.e., social, teaching, and cognitive) and students’ learning-related outcomes (i.e., satisfaction, continuous academic-related online performance, and academic achievement). However, only the cognitive element had a direct relationship with continuous academic-related online performance and satisfaction. In addition, the continuous academic-related online performance mediated the relationships between the cognitive element and academic achievement. Generally, the hypothesized model was able to explain 46% of the variance in students’ online course satisfaction and 62% of the variance in students’ academic achievements.
Does Ownership Structure Matter? Evidence from Malaysian Equity Market

The nature of the firm theory framework (Putterman,1993): - asymmetric information, agency conflicts and risk are applied as explanatory variables in this study of 147 Malaysian main board firms. Two aspects of ownership structure-concentration and identities are discussed. The notion that ownership structures are able to extract cost and benefits of governance notions are partially proven in this small economy. However, ownership identities play a role in aligning asymmetric information problem and risk perceived. Contrasting to the hypotheses, dispersed structure does not seem to conform to maximization of sales, and maximization of shareholders value hypotheses vis a vis the objectives of family controlled firms which enhancing firm sales and value. Finally, conglomerate firms are found to exploit firm's value but declare high dividend for personal benefits.
Benefits of co‐operation on innovative performance: evidence from integrated circuits and biotechnology firms in the UK and Taiwan

The increase of strategic alliance and national or pan-national government collaborative programmes has highlighted the shifting management and policy focus from inducing in-house R&D to promoting a joint partnership between firms and knowledge-generating organisations in the increasingly complex and costly innovation process. Both the ‘dynamic capability’ school and the ‘innovation network’ theorists demonstrate that inter-organisational co-operation has become a crucial mechanism for ‘collective innovation’. However, little attempt has been undertaken to examine the relationship between inter-organisational co-operation and innovative performance at the firm level. The innovative activities and inter-organisational co-operation of integrated circuits and biotechnology sectors across Taiwan and the UK are investigated via a postal questionnaire survey. Multiple logistic regression models are deployed. The result reveals that the types of inter-organisational co-operation enhancing a firm's innovative performance vary across sectors and countries. Despite the variation, this paper argues that a firm's networking ability to co-operate with buyer firms, supplier firms and external organisations is becoming imperative for enhancing innovation in the increasingly distributed innovation process.
Selecting the Honeywords from Existing User’s Passwords Using Improved Hashing and Salting Algorithm

Nowadays, hashing passwords become the most essential tool for various web applications for making login process. However, password hashing takes many times for processing and it has become easier for attackers to crack hashing passwords from legitimate users by using brute force attack. Brute force attack is one of the dangerous attacks for password hashing techniques. Therefore, the legitimate user accounts are stored the passwords with honeywords using honeywords generation algorithm in order to prevent from brute force attack. Honeywords generation method is to produce the fake or decoy password for deceiving the attackers. However, the existing honeywords generation algorithm meets the storage overhead problem. So, we are implementing the improved honeywords generation method which decreases the storage overhead problem and also it addresses the majority of the drawbacks of existing honeywords generation methods. Moreover, we store the password and honeywords into the database using a unique hashing algorithm with very low time complexity as most of the steps involved simple binary operations.
Creating knowledge and considering power

The environmental science and policy literature understands science-policy communication mainly as the communication between scientists and political decision-makers. Most of the literature points out that decision-making is not science-based enough due to problems in the communication between scientists and politicians, such as scientific results not being understandable for policy-makers. The literature suggests that to solve these communication problems, scientists and political decision-makers should co-create knowledge, for example, through working together on reports. Being part of the field of environmental communication, I take a constructivist approach to studying science-policy communication. A constructivist worldview implies that, depending on a person’s background, experiences, and context, there can be different understandings of science-policy communication. Through my research, I aim to address the question: What can a constructivist approach contribute to the understanding of science-policy communication? To do so, I use frame analysis to gain access to different understandings of science-policy communication. Frames highlight certain aspects of science-policy communication and downplay others. That means, depending on which aspects the frame emphasizes, science-policy communication is understood differently. The analysis focuses on a narrative of a science-policy communication practitioner and on scholarly literature that conceptualizes knowledge co-creation between science and policy-making and between science and society. The results depict different science-policy communication frames and the discussion illustrates that these frames are based on different assumptions. Some frames include the assumption that knowledge creates change, whereas, another frame challenges the basic idea that knowledge alone leads to change by emphasizing that science-policy communication takes place in a power context. These differing assumptions are the basis for diverse understandings of science-policy communication. Differing understandings have implications for when science-policy communication takes place. For example, depending on the understanding, actors will act in different ways in the science-policy communication process and they will consider differently who is a science-policy communication participant. Also, when actors draw on diverse understandings of science-policy communication, communicating about it will prove to be difficult. In sum, this thesis shows that there are different science-policy communication frames and discusses the implications that different understandings have for when science-policy communication takes place. Thus, it contributes through a constructivist approach to a more comprehensive understanding of science-policy communication.
Can cash transfers reduce child labor?

Cash transfers are a popular and successful means of tackling household vulnerability and promoting human capital investment. They can also reduce child labor, especially when it is a response to household vulnerability. But if not properly designed, cash transfers that promote childrenâ€™s education can increase their economic activities in order to pay the additional costs of schooling. The efficacy of cash transfers may also be reduced if the transfers enable investment in productive assets that boost the returns to child labor. The impact of cash transfers must thus be assessed as part of the entire social protection system.
Demographic status of married females with suicide attempts referred to the emergency department of Sina Hospital in Tabriz-Iran

Objective: According to the definition of World Health Organization (WHO), attempting suicide is an act that a person intentionally and without others’ interference shows an abnormal behavior (such as harming themselves or eating a drug higher than treatment dose) and his objective is realizing his expected changes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics of married women with suicidal attempt and a variety of methods used to suicide among them who referred to the emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz. Methods: In a cross-sectional study 472 married female patients with suicide attempt who referred to the emergency department of Sina hospital in Tabriz in 2014 entered the study and relevant information was collected. Obtained information was analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. Results: Findings showed that the most frequent method of suicide was drug use (99.8%). A significant relationship was found between the type of drug used and seasons of the year. The majority of the population (90.5%) lived in urban areas and based on statistical analyses, a significant relationship was found between residency and type of drug used. Conclusion: According to the results of this study it can be concluded that drug use is the most frequent method of suicide that is done with a higher frequency in summer. Thus, rational prescription of drugs by physicians can be considered as one of the factors that can prevent suicide.
A new turbulence model for Large Eddy Simulation

The present day Large Eddy Simulation models based on the Smagorinsky assumption and the drawbacks of the dynamic calculation of the closure coefficient for the generalised subgrid scale turbulent stress tensor are presented. The relations between numerical scheme conservation property of mass, momentum and kinetic energy and the drawbacks of the dynamic Smagorinsky type turbulence models are shown. A new turbulence model is proposed. The proposed model: a) is able to take into account the anisotropy of the turbulence; b) remove any balance assumption between the production and dissipation of subgrid scale turbulent kinetic energy; c) is able to eliminate the numerical effects produced by the non conservation a priori of the resolved kinetic energy. New closure relations for the unknown terms of the subgrid scale viscous dissipation balance equation are proposed. The filtered momentum equations are solved by using a sixth order finite difference scheme. The proposed model is tested for a turbulent channel flow at Reynolds numbers (based on friction velocity and channel half-width) ranging from 395 to 2340.
Robotic Finger Rehabilitation Support Device for Home Use - An Analysis of the Effect of Finger Rehabilitation for the Upper Limb Function Recovery

As the number of patients suffering from cerebrovascular disease (CVD) increases, it is desired that the patients will be able to receive proper rehabilitation at home without specialists' help. For this, we have developed a finger-dedicated robotic rehabilitation support device that is compact enough to be used at home. The device induces voluntary muscular contraction at a finger by the help of power assisted finger lifter. The lifter is a simple lever on which the patient places his/her finger. Although the mechanism is simple to be used at home, there is a question whether applying only a finger-dedicated rehabilitation is sufficient to improve the quality of life of a patient including recovery of upper limb functions. To answer this question, we conducted experiments that show skill transfer from finger to elbow. In the experiments, subjects are asked to train to produce a specified force at their fingers. After training, it was shown that the subjects are able to perform the same skill by using elbow, where no training was performed. The results support that the finger-dedicated rehabilitation would be appropriate as a target for a robotic home rehabilitation device.
Context Effects of Erotic Television Advertising

Univ.-Doz. Dr. Claus Ebster is Associate Professor of Marketing at University of Vienna, Department of Marketing, Brünner Straße 72, A-1210 Vienna, Austria, Phone: +43 (0)1 4277-38017, Fax: +43 (0)1 4277-38014, E-Mail: claus.ebster@univie.ac. at. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Udo Wagner is Professor of Marketing at University of Vienna, Department of Marketing, Brünner Straße 72, A-1210 Vienna, Austria, Phone: +43 (0)1 4277-38011, Fax: +43 (0)1 4277-38014, E-Mail: udo.wagner@univie.ac. at. Verena Richter is Research Assistant at University of Vienna, Department of Marketing, Brünner Straße 72, A-1210 Vienna, Austria, Phone: +43 (0)1 4277-38025, Fax: +43 (0)1 4277-38014, E-Mail: verena.richter@univie.ac. at. Madeleine Prenner is Research Assistant at University of Vienna, Department of Marketing, Brünner Straße 72, A-1210 Vienna, Austria, Phone: +43 (0)1 4277-38025, Fax: +43 (0)1 4277-38014, E-Mail: madeleine. prenner@univie.ac. at. Context Effects of Erotic Television Advertising
Realistic Expectations with Brain Computer Interfaces

Purpose – This paper describes the research underpinning the development and evaluation of a brain computer interface (BCI) system designed to be suitable for domestic use by people with acquired brain injury in order to facilitate control of their home environment. The purpose of the research is to develop a robust and user‐friendly BCI system which was customisable in terms of user ability, preferences and functionality. Specifically the human interface was designed to provide consistent visual metaphors in usage, while applications change, for example, from environmental control to entertainment and communications.Design/methodology/approach – The research took a user centred design approach involving representative end‐users throughout the design and evaluation process. A qualitative study adopting user interviews alongside interactive workshops highlighted the issues that needed to be addressed in the development of a user interface for such a system. User validation then underpinned prototype develo.
Effective educators are culturally competent communicators

Effective formal education or schooling is not simply a matter of teaching and learning curriculum content. It is also about values, assumptions, feelings, perceptions and relationships. No education can take place without interpersonal communication. Effective teaching can thus be qualie ed in terms of relating effectively in the classroom. Effective education thus also presupposes effective communication skills. Communication as the means and indeed the medium of education is therefore crucial to school success in culturally diverse education. Teachers should therefore be sensitive to the potentially problematic outcomes of intercultural communication in the culturally diverse class. Communication may be a useful source of intercultural knowledge and mutual enrichment between culturally diverse students if managed proactively by the teacher. Otherwise, it could be a source of frustration, misapprehensions, intercultural cone ict and ultimately school failure. Effective and successful communication is dife cult to realise even in the most favourable circum- stances. Intercultural factors, therefore, create the potential for numerous communication problems and intercultural cone ict. Communication, both verbal as well as non-verbal, is critically important in cross-cultural competence. As language and culture are inextricably bound, cross-cultural communication is complex and potentially problematic. In this paper, it is argued that effective educators are effective communicators and thus culturally competent in cross-cultural encounters.
Link Aware Data Aggregation Mechanism based on Passive Clustering in Wireless Sensor Network

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) each node must report to the Base Station (BS) with the frequency that the BS demands (Nre). The paper proposes Enhanced Link aware Data Aggregation Mechanism (LDAM), an energy efficient data gathering algorithm that elects the Cluster Head (CH) and Gateway (GW) nodes based on the Predicted Transmission Count (PTC) that depends on the residual energy, forward and reverse delivery ratio. Once the clusters are formed, nodes calculate their distance(d) from CH based on which the nodes take-in varied transmission power. Based on the nodes weight, CH and GW are re-elected periodically and this enhances the nodes lifetime. Algorithm is simulated with varied number of nodes in the network, results prove to be efficient than LCM algorithm with respect to delivery ratio, energy consumed and average delay.
Autonomic nervous system activity assessment in recreational half marathon runners

Background: Spectral analysis (SA) of heart rate variability (HRV) is considered to be a non invasive method for the quantification of autonomic cardiac activity in relationship to the sinoatrial node. It is well known that autonomic regulation is affected by various stress factors such as anxiety and/or physical activity. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of pre-competitive anxiety on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity and, further, to monitor the time course of ANS recovery as well as perceived fatigue during 24 hours of a post-half marathon period in amateur runners. Methods: The SA HRV method was used for the evaluation of autonomic cardiac regulation. ANS activity was assessed one week before a competition and on the day of the competition. During the post-competition period ANS activity was measured at the 1st, the 12th, and the 24th hour. ANS activity was represented by the standard spectral parameters and complex indexes of SA HRV. Precompetition anxiety was evaluated by means of a modified Likert 10 point scale. The competitors' subjective feelings of fatigue were scored on a 6 point scale. Results: Perception of anxiety was significantly higher on the day of the competition than one week before the competition. The significant decrease in the complex index of sympathovagal balance on day of the competition implies l for and testifies to an increase in sympathetic activity. No significant differences between any selected HRV variables at the 12th hour as well as at the 24th hour of recovery compared to both pre-competition levels were found. Perceived fatigue remained significantly elevated up to the 24th hour of recovery. Conclusions: Our study shows that elevated pre-competitive anxiety induced sympathetic predominance in autonomic regulation particularly during the period of orthostatic stimulation. ANS activity returned to its pre-competition level during the 12th hour after the finish of the competition. It is evident that the causes of soreness or fatigue do not markedly affect ANS activity during a later phase of recovery.
Greenland glacial history and local geodynamic consequences

SUMMARY Space‐time reconstructions of the continental ice-sheets that existed at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) have previously been produced using two entirely independent methodologies. One based upon the use of theoretical models of ice-sheet accumulation and flow and one based upon the geophysical inversion of relative sea level (RSL) histories from previously ice-covered regions. The analyses described in this paper demonstrate the significant advantages that derive from the simultaneous application of both methods to the particular case of Greenland. We thereby show that the ICE-4G reconstruction of the glaciation history of this region from LGM to present, which was based upon the geophysical inversion of RSL data alone, was reasonably accurate in the peripheral regions where RSL data were available but inaccurate in the interior of the ice-sheet, which was unconstrained by such information. We test the new model of Greenland glacial history determined by the simultaneous application of the constraints that derive from ice-sheet modelling and the geophysical inversion of RSL data by employing recently published geodetic inferences of mass-balance over the entire interior region of the ice sheet and of GPS measurements of vertical crustal motion. These observations, which were not employed to constrain the ice-sheet reconstruction, provide significant support for the new glacial history for Greenland that our analyses have led us to infer.
Western Image of the Orient and Oriental in Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile: A Postcolonial Reading

Bu calisma Agatha Christie’nin bir Hercule Poirot dedektif romani olan Nil’de Olum(1937) baslikli eserini genelde postkolonyal elestiri dogrultusunda okumayi hedeflerken ozde romandaki oryantalist izleri arastirmaktadir. Calismada ustaca kurgulanan ve egzotik arka plan olarak Misir’i alan Nil’de Olum, Edward W. Said’in Oryantalizm elestirisi baglaminda romandaki Dogu ve doguya ait imgeleri yansitma bicimini belirlemek uzere analiz edilecektir. Oryantalizm, Edward Said’in cigir acan kitabi Orientalism’de (Oryantalizm/Şarkiyatcilik) Dogu ve dogu insaninin, degerlerinin ve kulturunun olumsuz bir tasvirini iceren bir calisma alani olarak tanimlanir. Said’e gore Dogu Batinin kendi perspektifi ile bati soylemlerindeki uretimidir. Iki bolumden olusan bu makale postkolonyal elestiri ve dunyayi Bati ve Dogu olarak ikiye ayiran Avrupa merkezci bir gorus olan Oryantalizmin elestirisine kisa bir giris ile baslamaktadir. Daha sonra ikinci bolumde Nil’de Olum Oryantalizm elestirisi isiginda analiz edilmektedir. Bu bolumun iki alt bolumunde Dogu ve Dogu insani, Doguya ait yerler, degerler, kavramlar vb.nin romandaki yansimasi calisilmaktadir. Calisma bir dedektif romani Nil’de Olum baslikli eserin Dogu ve doguluyu yansitma soz konusu oldugunda, Christie’nin romanin bu ozelliklerini on plana cikarmamasina ragmen oryantalist bir tavir sergiledigi gorusuyle son bulmaktadir. Calismada ortaya konan diger bir sonuc ise dedektif romaninin kralicesi Christie’nin tum zamanlarin en cok satan romancisi olmasindan dolayi romani Nil’de Olum’un dogu ve doguluya karsi oryantalist tavriyla, Batili zihinlerde ve soylemlerde negatif ve yanlis bir Dogu imgesi olusturmaya katkida bulunmus oldugudur