Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Institutions versus market forces: Explaining the employment insecurity of European individuals during (the beginning of) the financial crisis

In reaction to the recent financial crisis, the European Commission re-stated its view that the balance between flexibility and security is the key to success for the future of the European social economy, as well as its belief in the power of institutional arrangements it deems necessary for this balance. However, do powerful institutions actually counter market forces where flexicurity is concerned? In this paper we address this question by analysing the impact of institutional configurations and market factors on perceived employment insecurity among workers in Europe. We use the 4th wave of the European Social Survey for 2008/2009, which covers 22 countries, and implement a multi-level approach where contextual effects are taken into account and individuals are considered to be embedded within a country. We find that policies that secure one’s income and employability skills, such as passive and active labour market policies, are more important for providing employment security for individuals than institutions that secure one’s current job, such as employment protection. Of the economic and labour market factors, general market conditions (measured as employment rate average) and the strength of the financial crisis (measured as gross domestic product growth rate from 2008 to 2009) are both similarly influential in explaining cross-national variance in the employment insecurity perception of individuals. More generally, and most interestingly, we find that institutional factors lose their significance when market factors are taken into account. Thus, it seems that differences in economic and labour market conditions between countries better explain why workers feel insecure about their employment, than the differences in employment and income policies. Although this result could be influenced by the time period under investigation, which is characterized by a financial crisis, results from previous studies using data from different periods suggest that it is not period-specific.
The pattern of on-admission hematological cellular response in patients with ST segment elevated myocardial infarction

Background According to current understanding, atherosclerosis is believed to be inflammatory in origin. Haematological parameters, as markers of inflammation, have been shown to be linked to various outcomes among patients with ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI). Objectives To identify the pattern of haematological cellular response in patients with STEMI and to compare the results among patients with different sub-groups of STEMIs. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Cardiology Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy in 2016 and 2017. Full blood counts of all eligible patients who had acute STEMI were obtained on admission. Patients with clinical evidence of inflammatory or infectious conditions preceding STEMI were excluded. Controls were defined as patients who had STEMI six months previously and were treated with medical thrombolysis with no further events of acute coronary syndrome. Haematological parameters of white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were evaluated. Diabetic sub group was compared with age and sex matched non-diabetic group. Comparison also made among groups with different extensions of the anterior and inferior STEMI. Results There were 350 patients with acute STEMI and 250 age and sex matched controls in the study. Of the patients, 259(74.00%) were males. The mean age of the patients was 61.27±11.64 years. There was a significant higher value noted in absolute NLR (7.00±5.86 vs. 5.55±4.32, p=0.00), PDW (16.61±2.32 vs. 14.58±2.51, p=0.00) and PLR (164.42±111.21 vs. 122.79±64.46, p=0.00) in acute STEMI patients compared to controls. Out of the STEMI patients 20.86% (n=73) were diabetics. There was a significant higher value noted in NLR (9.43±6.66 vs. 6.62±7.14, p=0.00), PDW (17.62±3.31 vs. 13.61±1.52, p=0.00) and PLR (178.32±121.24 vs. 146.50±102.34) among diabetic vs. non-diabetic patients. In relation to territory of the infarct, there was a significantly higher NLR (8.88±6.32 vs. 7.21±6.12, p=0.00) and PLR (176.62±135.62 vs142.58±112.89, p=0.00) in the anterior STEMI group compared to the inferior STEMI patients. Conclusion Leucocytes, platelets and their cell distribution characteristics have their own unique patterns of behaviour in patients with acute STEMI. These observations need further elaboration with respect to cell biology and cytochemical aspects, since they may have the potential to predict plaque instability and determine prognosis.
Analysis of Microstructural Evolution During Directional Solidification of Ni-Base Superalloy CM247LC

The Ni-base superalloy CM247LC was directionally solidified (DS) using the Bridgman-type furnace to understand the effect of the chill plate on the microstructural evolution, such as dendrite arm spacing, microporosity, and MC-type carbide. The DS process was also modeled by the PROCAST to predict the solidification rate, thermal gradient, and resultant cooling rate in the entire length of the DS specimen. Due to the quenching effects of chill plate, four distinct areas were found to form in the specimen, in which the solidification rate was changed, during DS at a given withdrawal rate of 0.083 mm/s. Among the microstructural features investigated, the dendrite arm spacings and average size of the MC-type carbide near the chill plate were found to be influenced by the quenching effect of the chill plate. However, no significant influence was found on the size and volume fraction of microporosity, and the volume fraction of the MC-type carbide. The relationship between the microstructural features and the solidification variables was also analyzed and discussed on the basis of a combination of experimental and modeling results.
Integrating Centralized and P 2 P Architectures to Support Interest Management in Massively Multiplayer On-line Games

A fundamental problem for the development of P2P Distributed Virtual Environments, like Massively Multiplayer On-line Games, is the definition of an overlay supporting interest management, i.e. determining all the entities of the virtual world that are relevant for a given player. To this end, this paper proposes a gossip-based approach that considers the coverage of the Area Of Interest of peers as the guiding principle for the definition of the P2P overlay and its maintenance. The resulting overlay provides a support for a besteffort resolution of interest management, mostly supported through communications on the P2P overlay, with minimal intervention of a centralized entity. The paper presents a set of extensive simulations based on realistic mobility traces. The experimental results show the effectiveness of gossiping for the construction and maintenance of a best-effort overlay for interest management. Copyright c © 0000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Impact of Global Warming on U.S. Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis of Optimal Growing Conditions

We link farmland values to climatic, soil, and socioeconomic variables for U.S. counties east of the 100th meridian, the historical boundary of agriculture not primarily dependent on irrigation. Degree days, a nonlinear transformation of the climatic variables suggested by agronomic experiments as more relevant to crop yield, gives an improved fit and increased robustness. Estimated coefficients are consistent with the experimental results. The model is employed to estimate the potential impacts on farmland values for a range of recent warming scenarios. The predictions are very robust, and more than 75 of the counties in our sample show a statistically significant effect, ranging from moderate gains to large losses, with losses in the aggregate that can become quite large under scenarios involving sustained heavy use of fossil fuels.
Antifungal Potentiality of Leaf Extracts of Saraca indica Against Fusarium Species , An Approach towards Eco-friendly Management

Fusarium species are the most frequently soil borne fungal pathogen on vegetable crops, causing significant yield losses and made economical problems for growers. Fusarium control through chemical fungicides causes serious environmental problems and are toxic to non-target organisms as well. Plant based pesticides appear to be one of the better alternatives as they are known to have minimal environmental impact and danger to consumer. In our study, in-vitro antifungal potentiality of leaf extract (aqueous and ethanolic) of Saraca indica was tested against Fusarium solani and Fusarium moniliforme through poisoned food technique and was compared with leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica for five different concentrations(10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%). Ethanolic ex tract of Saraca indica was found to be more efficient showing excellent inhibitory effect, 77.22% for Fusarium solani and 80% for Fusarium moniliforme at 50% concentration, in comparison to that of Azadirachta indica,70.83% and 72.77% respectively. The results ind icate that some common plants could be exploited in developing a potent plant based fungicides which can be used in organic farming for the eco-friendly management of fusarium species.
Feeding habits of the ichthyofauna in a protected area in the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil

The trophic relationships of a fish community were studied in two basins subjected to a strong human pressure in the interior of the State of Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. A total of 211 stomachs of 14 species were analyzed. Diets varied greatly, with the occurrence of piscivory, benthophagy, insectivory, herbivory, and illiophagy. Food items were described for each species and a great amount of insects was registered. Allochthonous and autochthonous food items showed different importance degrees according to the species analyzed. Stomach fullness was high in spring and summer in both basins; these areas were used as reproduction and foraging sites for the studied species.
Beliefs attitudes and motivation that affect marketing of forest honey case study of honey marketing in West Bengal

This book written in very lucid style will give all types of readers real thrill in the arena of consumer research.The various value-added features are exhaustive research questions in consumer and industrial markets,utilization of Thurstone Scale for capturing consumer motivation,Chi-Square Test,phi-coefficient for estimation of strength of association,a new model of consumer behaviour combining B2C and B2B,proper utilization of discriminant scores for every respondent to perform correlation and regression,thorough overview of honey market and consumer behaviour etc.Teachers,Research Scholars,Students,Companies,Government at various levels,casual readers will always find some food for thought while reading this book.Happy reading.
Cosmogenic nuclide‐derived rates of diffusive and episodic erosion in the glacially sculpted upper Rhone Valley, Swiss Alps

Denudation rates of small tributary valleys in the upper Rhone valley of the Swiss Central Alps vary by more than an order of magnitude within a very small distance (tens of kilometers). Morphometric data indicate two distinct erosion processes operate in these steep mountain valleys. We determined the rates of these processes using cosmogenic beryllium‐10 (10Be) in pooled soil and stream sediment samples. Denudation in deep, glacially scoured valleys is characterized by rapid, non‐uniform processes, such as debris flows and rock falls. In these steep valleys denudation rates are 760–2100 mm kyr−1. In those basins which show minimal previous glacial modification denudation rates are low with 60–560 mm kyr−1. The denudation rate in each basin represents a binary mixture between the rapid, non‐uniform processes, and soil creep. The soil production rate measured with cosmogenic 10Be in soil samples averages at 60 mm kyr−1. Mixing calculations suggest that the debris flows and rock falls are occurring at rates up to 3000–7000 mm kyr−1. These very high rates occur in the absence of baselevel lowering, since the tributaries drain into the Rhone trunk stream up‐stream of a knickzone. The flux‐weighted spatial average of denudation rates for the upper Rhone valley is 1400 mm kyr−1, which is similar to rock uplift rates determined in this area from leveling. The pace and location of erosion processes are determined by the oscillation between a glacial and a non‐glacial state, preventing the landscape from reaching equilibrium. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DEGENDERING THE PROBLEM AND GENDERING THE BLAME

This article describes political discourse on domestic violence that obscures men's violence while placing the burden of responsibility on women. This perspective, which the author calls patriarchal resistance, challenges a feminist construction of the problem. Using a qualitative analysis of men's and political magazines, the author describes two main discursive strategies used in the resistance discourse: degendering the problem and gendering the blame. These strategies play a central role in resisting any attempts to situate social problems within a partiarchal framework. It is argued that this is a political countermovement to the feminist constructions of domestic violence as opposed to a serious concern about women's violence and male victims. Three major implications this resistance discourse has are the normalization of intimate violence, the diversion of attention from men's responsibility and cultural and structural factors that foster violence, and the distortion of women's violence.
Two stage spectrum sensing FOR cognitive radio

II CONTENTS . IV NOMENCLATURE. VI ABBREVIATIONS . VII LIST OF FIGURES . IX LIST OF TABLES . X 1 COGNITIVE RADIO: AN INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Cognitive Radio Concept . 2 1.2 Cognitive Radio Cycle . 2 1.2.1 Characteristics of Cognitive Radio (CR) . 4 1.2. 2 Terms related to Cognitive Radio Network . 4 1.3 IEEE 802.22an exclusive standard for Cognitive Radio [6] . 5 1.3. 1 The Wireless Microphone Signal . 6 1.4 Motivation . 8 1.5 Objective of the Work . 9 1.6 Thesis Organization . 9 2 SPECTRUM SENSING IN COGNITIVE RADIO . 11 2.1 Types of Spectrum Sensing . 11 2.1.1 Primary Transmitter Detection . 11
Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges : implications for the Atlantic invasion

Lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) have become a major concern in the western Atlantic and Caribbean since their introduction in the 1980s. Invasive lionfish can reach very high population densities on coral reefs in their invaded range, yet there are few data from their native range in the Indo-Pacific for comparison. We compiled data on the geographical distribution and density of Indo-Pacific lionfishes in their native ranges from published and unpublished under - water visual censuses and field collections. We found that lionfish in their native Indo-Pacific range are unevenly distributed, with higher densities in the Indian Ocean than in the Pacific. Lionfish densities increase significantly with increasing latitude, and are significantly higher in continental areas than around islands. In the Indo-Pacific, lionfishes are found not only on reefs but also on soft bottoms and in nearshore habitats such as seagrass beds and mangroves, and near estuaries. Native lionfish can be found at depths greater than 75 m. Because lionfish can be cryptic and secretive, we estimate that only ~1/8 of Indo-Pacific lionfishes are detected during general underwater visual censuses. In the Pacific Ocean, the relative abundance of lionfish in the catch of reef-fish larvae is of the same order of magnitude as the relative abundance of adult lionfish within reef fish assemblages. Overall the observed densities of lionfishes in the Indo-Pacific are much lower (max. 26.3 fish ha -1 ) than the densities reported in their invaded Atlantic range (max. 400 fish ha -1 ). We found no effects of fishing or pollution on the densities of lionfishes.
Discrete Event Models for Flexible Manufacturing Cells

A manufacturing system includes a set of machines performing different operations, linked by a material handling system. A major consideration in designing a manufacturing system is its availability. When a machine or any other hardware component of the system fails, the system reconfiguration is often less than perfect. It is shown that, if these imperfections constitute even a very small percent of all possible system faults, the availability of the system may be considerably reduced. The system availability is computed as the sum of probabilities of the system operational states. A state is operational when its performance is better than a threshold value. In order to calculate the availability of a manufacturing system, its states (each corresponding to an acceptable system level) are determined. A system level is acceptable when its production capacity is satisfied. To analyze the system with failure/repair process, Markov models are often used. As a manufacturing system includes a large number of components with failure/repair processes, the system-level Markov model becomes computationally intractable. In this paper, a decomposition approach for the analysis of manufacturing systems is decomposed in manufacturing cells. A Markov chain is constructed and solved for each cell i to determine the probability of at least Ni operational machines at time t. Ni satisfies the production capacity requirement of machine cell i. The probability is determined so that the material handling carriers provide the service required between Ni operational machines in machine cell i, and Ni+1 operational machines in machine cell i+1. The number i=1,. ,n at time t, where n is the number of machine cells in the decomposed system. Production lines are sets of machines arranged so as to produce a finished product or a component of a product. Machines are typically unreliable and experience random breakdowns, which lead to unscheduled downtime and production losses. Breakdown of a machine affects all other machines in the system, causing blockage of those upstream and starvation of those downstream. To minimize such perturbations, finite buffers separate the machines. The empty space of buffers protects against blockage and the full space against starvation. Thus, production lines may be modeled as sets of machines and buffers connected according to a certain topology. From a system theoretic perspective, production 2
Evaluation of Newly Formulated Antiulcer Drug on Experimental Ulcer Model

The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential gastric protective and therapeutic effects of ranitidine mucoadhesive hydrogel formulae against ethanol induced gastric ulceration in rats. Adult female albino rats weighing between 200-220 g ,75 rats for evaluation of mucoadhesiveness of hydrogel and 70 rats for evaluation of protective and therapeutic effect of ranitidine hydrogel. The seventy rats were randomly divided into two experiments, protective and therapeutic effects of newly developed ranitidine mucoadhesive hydrogel formulae containing polymer mixture of Chitosan and Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) at ratio 9:1 (F1) or mixture of Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC) and HPMC at ratio 9:1 (F2). Each experiment has five groups, seven rats each; group 1 serves as control and group 2 serves as ulcer control since received a single oral dose of absolute ethanol (5ml/kg body weight). Group 3 ulcer group received an oral dose of ranitidine (27mg/kg), while groups 4 and 5 ulcer group received newly formulae of ranitidine F1& F2 respectively. In the present study some gastric parameters as ulcer index, total acidity, gastric volume and pH besides some biochemical parameters as alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total protein (TP) level and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity were carried out at the end of the experimental period.The present study showed that F1 revealed more protective and therapeutic potency than F2 as it was significantly reduced ulcer index, total acidity, gastric volume and pH in comparison to ulcerated group (p<0.05). Also, the biochemical markers ALT, AST and TAC were decreased significantly compared to ulcerated group in both experiments. TP level and ALP activity were altered among different treatments. Moderate improvement in mucus secretion was recorded for F1 & F2 treatments than the reference drug. The present results were confirmed by the histopathology findings. Collectively, the current study confirmed the better therapeutic action of formulae 1 & 2 over the pure drug and that F1 was the most potent formula. Also, it encouraged the use of F2 as a curative agent of ulceration rather than a protective one.
Sentiment Analysis from Utterances

The recognition of emotional states in speech is starting to play an increasingly important role. However, it is a complicated process, which heavily relies on the extraction and selection of utterance features related to the emotional state of the speaker. In the reported research, MPEG-7 low level audio descriptors[10] serve as features for the recognition of emotional categories. To this end, a methodology combining MPEG-7 with several important kinds of classifiers is elaborated.
Radiated seismic energy from coda measurements and no scaling in apparent stress with seismic moment

[1] The seismic coda consists of scattered waves that leave the earthquake source in a variety of directions. The averaging of source radiation that results leads to stable ground motion spectra that we use as the basis for a robust measurement of radiated wave energy. We apply an empirical Green's function (EGF) method to the seismic coda in order to investigate scaling of the radiated seismic energy. We correct for path effects in the spectra of earthquakes by using a stack of closely located, small earthquakes as an EGF. We apply this approach to four earthquake sequences in western North America that span a magnitude range from Mw 3.0–Mw 7.1. Our estimates of scaled energy are consistent with independent measurements, where available. We find no dependence in individual seismic energy estimates on source-station distance, which validates the EGF approximation. We find that a constant scaled energy of 3.5 × 10−5 provides a reasonable fit to the data, with no dependence of the scaled energy on seismic moment.