Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance Management in Government Internal Audits: Critical Success Factors

This study investigates the factors that impact successful performance management in government internal audit units. Studies show that besides formal compliance with statutory and administrative mandates such as compilation and reporting, public sector performance measures are not utilized for managerial decision making, budgetary allocation and accountability. The National Performance Management Advisory Commission has identified in the Performance Management Framework for State and Local Government, activities that constitute key factors for sustaining performance management. Using 2012 benchmarking data from the Association of Local Government Auditors, this study analyzed the extent to which the uses of government internal audit performance reports, as well as audit performance of the activities identified as key factors in the above-mentioned framework, impact successful audit performance management. Results show that successful performance management is a function of audit oversight body's commitment, audit staff accountability, availability of adequate resources, as well as the use of audit performance report to monitor achievement against performance objectives, and to coordinate efforts within government. The results also generally confirm both the literature on the low utilization of performance measures and many key factors outlined in the performance management framework.
Business models for software-based services in complex systems

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master’s Degree Programme in Business and Technology OCAÑA FLORES, MORAMAY: Business models for software-based services in complex systems Master of Science Thesis, 66 pages, 2 appendices (4 pages) August 2015 Major: International Sales and Sourcing Examiner(s): Professor Miia Martinsuo
Ultrafast magnetic switching of GdFeCo with electronic heat currents

Author(s): Wilson, RB; Gorchon, J; Yang, Y; Lambert, CH; Salahuddin, S; Bokor, J | Abstract: © 2017 American Physical Society. We report the magnetic response of Pt/Au/GdFeCo trilayers to optical irradiation of the Pt surface. For trilayers with Au thickness greater than 50 nm, the great majority of energy is absorbed by the Pt layer, creating an initial temperature differential of thousands of kelvin between the Pt/Au layers and the GdFeCo layer. The resulting electronic heat current across the metal multilayer lasts for several picoseconds with energy flux in excess of 2TWm-2 and provides sufficient heating to the GdFeCo electrons to induce deterministic reversal of the magnetic moment.
3D cross-hole wave scattering via the BEM

This paper examines the propagation of elastic waves between two fluid-filled boreholes placed inside an elastic formation. Monopole sources are located inside one of the boreholes, while the response is calculated at receivers placed in the other. The dependence of wave propagation patterns on the distance between the source and the receiver, the placing of the source and receiver and their orientation relative to the axis of a cylindrical borehole are studied here. The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is used to model the dynamic system. Both spectra responses and time-domain responses are computed to elucidate the main physical features of the problem solved.
EFFECT OF COMPOST, SALICYLIC AND ASCORBIC ACIDS TREATMENTS ON CORM PRODUCTION AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS CV. WHITE PROSPERITY

Prof. Dr. S.M. Shahin, Hort. Res. Inst. , ARC. ABSTRACT: A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of plant compost (0, 7.5, 10.0 and 12.5 ton/fed) and salicylic and/or ascorbic acids (each at 0, 100 or 200 ppm) on corm production and chemical constituents of Gladiolus grandiflorus cv. White Prosperity. The obtained results indicated that corm diameter, number of cormels/plant, dry weight of corm and cormels, as well as, chemical constituents including chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids and percentages of N, P and K in the corms were gradually increased by increasing the level of compost. Significant differences were detected among four used treatments. So, the high level of compost resulted the highest values. All six treatments of salicylic acid and/or ascorbic acid significantly increased corm and cormels production and their content of chemical constituents in comparison of the control plants. The treatments of salicylic acid (100 ppm) plus ascorbic acid (100 ppm) followed by ascorbic acid (200 ppm), then salicylic acid (200 ppm) were more effective than other treatments for corm and cormels production, as well as, the percentage of nitrogen and potassium without significant differences were detected between the first and second treatments in most cases. While the treatments of salicylic plus ascorbic acids, each at 100 ppm followed by salicylic acid at 200 ppm were more effective for the pigments content (mg/g f.w.) and phosphorus percentage without significant differences between them. The interaction between compost, salicylic acid and/or ascorbic acid was significant for all previous characters, except K %. The highest values of corm and cormels production were achieved by 12.5 ton/fed compost treatment in combination with salicylic acid (100 ppm) + ascorbic acid (100 ppm) or ascorbic acid (200 ppm), while the interaction treatments of compost (12.5 ton/fed) × salicylic plus ascorbic acids, each at 100 ppm or compost (12.5 ton/fed) × salicylic acid at 200 ppm recorded the highest contents of pigments and elements of N and P.
High Pressure Band Structure, Density of States, Structural Phase Transition and Metallization in CdS

The electronic band structure, density of states, metallization and structural phase transition of cubic zinc blende type cadmium sulphide (CdS) is investigated using the full potential linear muffin-tin orbital (FP-LMTO) method. The ground state properties and band gap values are compared with the experimental results. The equilibrium lattice constant, bulk modulus and its pressure derivative and the phase transition pressure at which the compounds undergo structural phase transition from ZnS to NaCl are predicted from the total energy calculations. The density of states at the Fermi level (N(E F )) gets enhanced under pressure, which leads to metallization in CdS. The pressure corresponding to structural phase transition from ZnS structure (B3) to the NaCl structure (B1) is 0.0168 Mbar in CdS. The metallization pressure PM is 6.9133 Mbar.
Ethanolic extract of Jatropha gossypifolia exacerbates Potassium Bromate-induced clastogenicity, hepatotoxicity, and lipid peroxidation in rats

Extracts of J. gossypifolia L. have been reported to have several medicinal values, including potential anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we investigated the anti-clastogenic and hepatoprotective, effects of the ethanolic leaf extract of J. gossypifolia L. in potassium bromate (KBrO 3 )-induced toxicity in rats. The general trend of the results indicates significant increases (p 0.05). Also, there was a further reduction in the activity of catalase by J. gossypifolia treatment, and was also not significant (p > 0.05). We therefore concluded that the ethanolic leaf extract of J. gossypifolia may not have a protective role against chromosomal and liver damage in KBrO 3­ -induced toxicity, but complicating effects.
Spokes - a search and exploration service for conversational corpus data

Spokes is an online service for conversational corpus data search and exploration, currently developed as part of CLARIN-PL – the Polish CLARIN infrastructure. This paper describes the data sets currently available through Spokes, the architecture of the service and the data and metadata search functionality it provides to its users. We also introduce some of the more experimental features which have been developed to facilitate more advanced research on multimodal conversational corpora.
Investigating the structure of the accretion disc in WZ Sge from multiwaveband time-resolved spectroscopic observations – II

We present our second paper describing multiwaveband time-resolved spectroscopy of WZ Sge. We analyse the evolution of both optical and IR emission lines throughout the orbital period and find evidence, in the Balmer lines, for an optically thin accretion disc and an optically thick hotspot. Optical and IR emission lines are used to compute radial velocity curves. Fits to our radial velocity measurements give an internally inconsistent set of values for K1, γ and the phase of red-to-blue crossing. We present a probable explanation for these discrepancies, and provide evidence for similar behaviour in other short orbital period dwarf novae. Selected optical and IR spectra are measured to determine the accretion disc radii. Values for the disc radii are found to be strongly dependent on the assumed WD mass and binary orbital inclination. However, the separation of the peaks in the optical emission line (i.e., an indication of the outer disc radius) has been found to be constant during all phases of the supercycle period over the last 40 years.
Comments on string theory on AdS(3)

We study string propagation on $AdS_3$ times a compact space from an ``old fashioned'' worldsheet point of view of perturbative string theory. We derive the spacetime CFT and its Virasoro and current algebras, thus establishing the conjectured $AdS$/CFT correspondence for this case in the full string theory. Our results have implications for the extreme IR limit of the $D1-D5$ system, as well as to 2+1 dimensional BTZ black holes and their Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
Kesuksesan Knowledge Transfer Di Laboratorium Perguruan Tinggi Melalui Pengelompokan Rekan Kerja Menggunakan Agent-Based Modeling And Simulation

One of aspect that contributes to improving organizations performance is knowledge transfer effectiveness. On the other hand, knowledge transfer is a dynamic interaction between people, process, and environment so that activity related to knowledge transfer categorized as a complex and adaptive process. The use of agent-based modeling and simulation approach is very appropriate in modeling knowledge transfer due to its ability to deal with the dynamic, complex, and adaptive process. Moreover, the agentbased approach has the ability in describing the interaction between the social agent that possess particular behavior. The purposes of this study are to identify the factors that influence the success of knowledge transfer in the university laboratory. In addition, the results show that agent-based modeling and simulation approach can determine the best scenario that can increase the success of knowledge transfer based on grouping of colleagues.
The New Neoclassical Synthesis and the Role of Monetary Policy

Macroeconomics is moving toward a New Neoclassical Synthesis, which like the synthesis of the 1960s melds classical with Keynesian ideas. This paper describes the key features of the new synthesis and its implications for the role of monetary policy. We find that the New Neoclassical Synthesis rationalizes an activist monetary policy, which is a simple system of inflation targets. Under this "neutral" monetary policy, real quantities evolve as suggested in the literature on real business cycles. Going beyond broad principles, we use the new synthesis to address several operational aspects of inflation targeting. These include its practicality, the response to oil shocks, the choice of price index, the design of a mandate, and the tactics of interest rate policy.
The Relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) Practices and Employee Selected Outcomes within the Organization: Empirical Evidence from Cement Manufacturing Company Limited in Bangladesh perspective

This is a compendium of the entire object which seeks to examine the association between human resource management practices and employee selected outcomes within the organizations. Data were collected through questionnaire from 100 employees. SPSS-16 was used to analyze the collected data. In this study, descriptive statistics, correlations, and multiple regression analysis have been applied to determine the contribution of each independent variable in human resource management practices within the organizations. The study shows that there is a significant relationship between independent and dependent variables. The result of the analysis revealed that HRM practices have a significant influence on employee selected outcomes like perceived organizational support, employee attitudes and behavior, affective and normative commitment and discretionary behavior within the organization. Furthermore, findings of this research paper emphasis on the presence and appearance of HR internal experts in the organizations which helps to achieve competitive advantage and improving organizational performance. Keywords: HR Practices, Employee Attitudes, Employee Commitment, Discretionary Behavior.
CONSISTENCY OF ONLINE CONSUMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF POSTED COMMENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS

Ratings and comments play a dominant role in online reviews. The question, thus, arises as to whether or not there is any consistency in consumer perception of the reviews, and how future choices might be influenced. We analysed 2000 comments of 20 different hotels posted on TripAdvisor to determine if the comments posted by previous guests of a hotel influence the decisions of potential guests. Two hundred human raters were asked to consider 20 reviews and to rate a hotel based on the reviews. The Cohen Kappa coefficient was used to evaluate the degree of agreement on the hotel quality as determined by the human raters and the star rating given by the original reviewer. The results showed a high consistency between the human raters’ evaluation and the reviewers’ star rating. This research reveals the importance of website feedback such as TripAdvisor in influencing consumer choice.
Smart Charging of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in Residential Areas: Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Concepts

The share of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) will greatly increase in the coming years. This vast deployment will create challenges of integration in the power system. Especially in the residential areas where mostly charging will take place. It’s imperative to propose solutions to minimize the future impacts caused by the PEVs. In this paper we use Dynamic Programming (DP) algorithm for optimal charged the PEV. The strategy works under constraints that the vehicle should reach the full State-of-Charge (SOC) at the departure time and the charge power should be constant during all time when the PEV is at home. The application of the DP algorithm on 10,000 real case studies shows that the approach proposed is a Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) concept because it allows cost savings at users. The financial gains obtained by a French PEV user can reach 22.9%. In addition, it is shown that the strategy proposed is also a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) concept because it allows at the distribution electric grid manager to preserve the grid elements such as the life duration of a low voltage transformer.
WEED CONTROL IN SWEETPOTATOES

The sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) crop, once established, requires little field management apart from weed control. Currently, weeds are minimised by a combination of hand-weeding, inter-row cultivation and the application of paraquat (100 g ai/ha) over the crop. In this study, alternative herbicide treatments were examined in a field trial. Hand-weeding produced the highest marketable yield (26.7 t/ha), significantly more than all other treatments apart from acetochlor (2.4 kg ai/ha), which produced 21.8 t/ha (P< 0.001). Weed numbers were significantly reduced to 3.5% (acetochlor) and 16.2% (paraquat) of the unweeded plots (P< 0.001). There was a strong negative relationship between early weed count and final total root yield (R 2 = 84.0%).
S.1.6 Recurrent Self-Organizing Map for Lightning Density Patterns Recognition

Recurrent Self-Organizing Map for Lightning Density Patterns Recognition Sa, J. A. S. ; Silva Junior, C. H. L. ; Sollim, I. G. ; Ferreira, L. P.; Moreira, C. R. M. ; Veloso, R. M. ; Duarte, L. S. and Oliveira, R. G. D. Para State University Brazil josealbertosa@uepa.br Rocha, B. R. P. and Santos, D. G. Amazon Protection System Brazil brigida.rocha@sipam.gov. br Abstract— This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Recurrent Self-Organizing Map for Lightning Density Patterns Recognition over the Brazilian Amazon, which may be used in monitoring control and mitigation of the lightning risks and damages associated. In this context, the lightning density patterns recognition for the Amazon region may be used with subsidiary element in decision-making regarding preventive actions to avoid further damage to the electrical system. The outages lead to productivity and information losses in the industrial production processes, which contribute negatively to the composition of the electric power quality indices. This work analyzed the capacity of the Recurrent Self-Organizing Map (RSOM) for clustering and classification of lightning density in order to contribute with the monitoring
Service broker for cloud service description language

Cloud Service Description Language (CSDL), initiative and discourse, is concentrated to deploy applications on various cloud platforms without modifying source-code. Semantic topology and orchestration of applications provides practical advantage for service providers with ability of interoperability, portability and unified interfaces. However, this has also resulted problems for consumers to identify the appropriate services spread over swarm platforms. The advantage, with common CSDL such as Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA), becomes problematic for consumers. Service providers will have different technical and business details such as: discovery, pricing, licensing or composition depending upon deployed platform; therefore, selection of service becomes challenging and requires human effort. Service Broker design is presented for TOSCA framework only; however, the suggested scheme is generic and adaptable to accommodate similar standards of CSDL.
Investigation on accelerated impedance spectrum measurement method with multisine signal stimulation

The paper presents an investigation on the accelerated impedance spectrum measurement method, oriented at parameter identification of technical objects modelled by a linear equivalent circuit, e.g. anticorrosion coatings. The method is based on multisine signal stimulation of an object and response analysis by triangle window filter banks. It has several advantages, as compared with conventional point-by- point spectrum measurement. The method was implemented in an experimental measurement system based on a DAQ card. The achieved experimental results are discussed and compared with simulation results, in term s of measurement time reduction and accuracy.
Application of control methods for modelling the flow of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

Abstract The distribution of basal traction on a transect along Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, is estimated by inverting observed surface velocities using a control method and a simple numerical stream-flow model. This model calculates the horizontal flow along a transect, based on the assumptions that the horizontal flow is independent of ice depth and that the driving stresses are balanced by resistive forces at the glacier bed and margin and by gradients in longitudinal stress. Basal traction is assumed to be linearly related to the basal velocity. For the lateral shear traction a parameterization based on an inversion of Glen’s flow law is used. The application of the control method allows us to calculate the set of model parameters (e.g. the basal friction coefficient) that gives the best fit between modelled andobserved surface velocities. The model is used to investigate the stress regime of Pine Island Glacier, in particular to estimate the importance of basal, lateral and longitudinal stresses relative to each other. In the flat region just behind the grounding line, basal drag, lateral drag and the longitudinal stress gradient are the same order of magnitude. In the steep region up-glacier from the grounding line, the driving stresses are highest and balanced predominantly by basal resistive stresses. Further upstream, in the trunk of the glacier, lateral and basal drag predominate.
A Novel Approach to Improve Quality Control by Comparing the Tagged Sequences of Product Traceability

Quality control is an essential issue for manufacture, especially when the manufacture is towards intelligent manufacturing that is associated with "Internet of thing"(IOT) and "Artificial Intelligence"(AI) to speed up the rate of product line automatically nowadays. To monitor product quality automatically, it is necessary to collect and monitor the data generated by sensors, or to record parameters by machine operators, or to save the types (brands) of materials used when producing products. In this study, it is assumed that the sequences of the traceability of unqualified products are different from that of qualified ones, and these different values (or points) within the sequences result in these products qualified or unqualified. This approach extracts maximal repeats from the tagged sequences of product traceability, and meanwhile computes the class frequency distribution of these repeats, where the classes, e.g. "qualified" or "unqualified", are derived from the tags. Instead of inspecting all of the sequences of product traceability aimlessly, quality control engineers can filter out those maximal repeats whose frequency distributions are unique to specific classes and then just check the corresponding processes of these repeats. However, from the practical point of view, it should be estimated as a big-data problem to extract these maximal repeats and meanwhile compute their corresponding class frequency distribution from a huge amount of tagged sequential data. To have this work practical, this study uses one previous work that is based on Hadoop MapReduce programming model. and has been applied for an U.S.A patent (US Patent App. 15/208,994). Therefore, it is expected to be able to handle a huge amount of sequences of product traceability. With this approach that can narrow down the range for identifying false points (processes) within product line, it is expected to improve quality control by comparing tagged sequences of product traceability in the future.
On the zeta function of a complete intersection

In this article, we compute the p-adic Dwork cohomology of a smooth complete intersection in T^ x A" or P over a finite field (where T^ is the m-torus). As an application, we prove the "Katz Conjecture" (i.e., the assertion that the Newton polygon lies over the Hodge polygon) for such varieties. This result is new in the case of T x A". (The case of P is due to Mazur [14].)
Application of filtration rate models to field populations of bivalves: an assessment using experimental mesocosms

Gross sedimentation of l4C labelled carbon was 58 % greater in mesocosms (13 m3) containing the bivalve Mercenaria mercenana (16 ind m-2) relative to controls without this filter feeder. This difference was attributable to the activities of M. mercenaria and presumably due to filtration of particles from the water column. Of this increase, 32 % and 47 % were attributable to assimilation into clam tissue and respiration by the benthc community respectively. Permanent biodeposition by the clams contributed the least (21 O h ) . The ability of 8 filtration rate models to predict the increase in gross sedimentation was examined. Those models (4) which were based on data for bivalves filtering natural suspensions of particulate matter gave estimates which agreed well with observed differences. Those models (4) which yielded poor predictions used dyes or algal monocultures to generate data and overestimated gross sedimentation due to bivalves by up to an order of magnitude. Such overestimation may exaggerate the role of bivalves in enhancing sedimentation and controlling phytoplankton biomass in shallow waters