Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Personality Traits and Occupational Interest: Basis for Career Guidance Program

The current study devised an empirically-based career guidance program using standardized measures among 236 puposively sampled Filipino college freshmen (n=78 male, n=158 female). Bivariate analyses between 16 PF’s Global Factor Scales (GFS) and Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule (OASIS-2 IS) reveal the association of students’ GFS dimensions on their Occupational Interests (OI): anxiety and accommodating; tough-mindedness and mechanical; and independence and leading-influencing. Multivariate analyses found some demographics which influenced students’ GFS and OI: self-control is affected by age; tough-mindedness is affected by sex; independence is affected by course; sex and course affects various OI dimensions (nature, protective, mechanical, industrial, business detail, accommodating, humanitarian, artistic, and selling). Expectantly, coefficient determination (R 2 mean = 0.031 or 31%) arrived at a significant level for all GFS except extraversion as valid predictors of some dimensions of the OI. Theoretical and practical applications are discussed. Keywords: personality traits, occupational interest, career guidance program
Understanding the food water nexus: Characterizing the impact of climatological anomalies on agrosystems

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The End of Third Italy As We Knew It

Italian industrial districts of ‘‘Third Italy’’ stand as landmarks and standard points of reference in Anglophone economic geography and planning studies. A whole series of analytical and policyoriented concepts have been born, inspired in part or totally from Third Italy, summarized in what is known as ‘‘New Regionalism’’. There are, however, many partial truths and important missing issues in the discourse on Italian industrial districts and some important post-2000 developments seem to contradict the dominant mythology around them. Among these developments mergers and acquisitions, de-localization and the work on non-EU immigrants seem to mark a new phase in their history, questioning the celebrated characteristics of the past.
Career Concerns, Long-Term Contracts and Short-Maturity Investments in Mutual Funds

An important puzzle in …nancial economics is why fund's managers invest in short-maturity assets when they could obtain larger pro…ts in assets with longer maturity. This work provides an explanation for this fact based on the labor contracts signed between institutional investors and fund's managers. Using the career concerns setup, we examine how the optimal contract design, in the presence of both explicit and implicit incentives, aects the fund manager's decisions on investment horizons. Conditions under which young (old) managers prefer short-maturity (long-maturity) positions are stated and the robustness of these results to some extensions is evaluated. Our main …ndings suggest that the framework considered in this work may be a good starting point for explaining episodes of overreaction in stock prices.
A systems and treatment perspective of models of influenza virus-induced host responses

Severe influenza infections are often characterized as having unique host responses (e.g. early, severe hypercytokinemia). Neuraminidase inhibitors can be effective in controlling the severe symptoms of influenza but are often not administered until late in the infection. Several studies suggest that immune modulation may offer protection to high risk groups. Here, we review the current state of mathematical models of influenza-induced host responses. Selecting three models with conserved immune response components, we determine if the immune system components which most affect virus replication when perturbed are conserved across the models. We also test each model’s response to a pre-induction of interferon before the virus is administered. We find that each model emphasizes the importance of controlling the infected cell population to control viral replication. Moreover, our work shows that the structure of current models does not allow for significant responses to increased interferon concentrations. These results suggest that the current library of available published models of influenza infection does not adequately represent the complex interactions of the virus, interferon, and other aspects of the immune response. Specifically, the method used to model virus-resistant cells may need to be adapted in future work to more realistically represent the immune response to viral infection.
Validation of VRRM process model

Value Based Requirements' Risk Management (VRRM) Process Model is first of its kind that provides a risk management process for requirements based upon the concept of value. VRRM is never been implemented in commercial environment. This case study aims to validate the VRRM Process Model by implementing it on two separate commercial projects. The first project was executed by a CMMI Level-2 company and other by the company having no standard practices. The implementation of VRRM on two different projects is done in order to validate its compliance with the CMMI and highlight the differences in its execution for both projects. The case study validates the claims possessed by the VRRM Process Model and highlights some problems faced by practitioners during its implementation. Its practicalities are presented in discrete manners to help generalize its use to treat the software requirements in value manners during the risk management process and outcomes are documented to provide a feedback that may be used for making necessary improvements in the process model.
Assessment of Kapton-based flexible antenna for near field wireless energy transfer

This letter presents the design of a flexible highly efficient antenna for Wireless Energy Transfer (WET) at 13.56 MHz. The proposed antenna uses very thin kapton, with a thickness of 25 μm as a substrate, and an 18 μm layer of copper as the conductive material. The 40 mm x 40 mm 6 loop antenna produces almost 90% ETE (energy transfer efficiency) and a bandwidth (BW) of almost 4 MHz for inductive wireless communications. This flexible antenna is suitable for use in small mobile devices, for wireless charging and communication purposes at the NFC operating frequency. In addition, kapton offers very high durability, high mechanical strength, and unique distortional resistance to harsh environments and corrosive aqueous etchants, in this way increasing the reliability of the antenna.
Ferromagnetic layer thickness dependence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and spin-orbit torques in Pt\Co\AlOx

We report the thickness dependence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) and spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in Pt\Co(t)\AlOx, studied by current-induced domain wall (DW) motion and second-harmonic experiments. From the DW motion study, a monotonous decay of the effective DMI strength with increasing Co thickness is observed, in agreement with a DMI originating from the Pt\Co interface. The study of the ferromagnetic layer thickness dependence of spin-orbit torques reveals a more complex behavior. The observed thickness dependence suggests the spin-Hall effect in Pt as the main origin of the SOTs, with the measured SOT-fields amplitudes resulting from the interplay between the varying thickness and the transverse spin diffusion length in the Co layer.
International linkage of real interest rates: the case of East Asian countries

This paper examines linkage of real interest rates for a group of selected countries in East Asia. The countries under study include Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The long run relationship is tested and estimated using the conitegration analysis. We also have conducted the impulse response analysis based on unrestricted vector autoregression, using the bias-corrected wild bootstrap for statistical inference. Our results show that (1) there exists a long run equilibrium relationship, (2) there are interesting short run dynamic interactions, in which Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand play the role of equilibrating factor
Investigation of the Effect of EMLA Cream, Lidocaine Spray, and Ice Pack on the Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation Pain Intensity in Hemodialysis Patients

Introduction: Arteriovenous fistula cannulation is one of the problems in hemodialysis patients. Reducing this pain improves their dialysis acceptance and life quality. This study investigated the effect of EMLA cream, Lidocaine spray, and ice pack on arteriovenous cannulation pain intensity in hemodialysis patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistula participated in this quasi-experimental study in Shahid Rahnemoon Hospital in Yazd in 2015. In this study, pain intensity was measured in one group in four states of before intervention and after application of lidocaine spray, EMLA cream, and ice pack using pain intensity numerical scale. The data were analyzed with SPSS16 using ANOVA. Results: Our findings suggested that the mean pain score in the four stages of before intervention, and after application of lidocaine spray, ice pack, and EMLA cream were 7.45 ± 0.88, 4.22 ± 1.33, 5.38 ± 0.83, and 2.80 ± 0.70, respectively. The reduction in mean pain intensity was significantly greater with EMLA cream compared to lidocaine spray and ice pack (P<0.001). The pain score was also significantly different before intervention and after application of the three interventions (P<0.001). Conclusion: The results showed that all three methods of intervention were effective in reducing pain intensity, with EMLA cream exerting the greatest effect in decreasing the puncture-related mean pain intensity of arteriovenous fistula cannulation. So, it is recommended that all three methods be used to diminish this type of pain.
Capture in Financial Regulation: Can We Channel it Toward the Common Good?

“Regulatory capture” is central to regulatory analysis yet is a troublesome concept. It is difficult to prove and sometimes seems refuted by outcomes unfavorable to powerful interests. Nevertheless, the process of bank regulation and supervision fosters a closeness between regulator and regulated that would seem to be conducive to “capture” or at least to fostering undue sympathy by regulators for the companies they oversee. The influence of very large financial institutions has also become so great that financial regulation appears to have become excessively distorted in favor of these entities and to the detriment of many other legitimate interests, including those of taxpayers, smaller financial institutions, and the promotion of general economic growth. So “deep capture” by the larger elements of the financial industry of the regulatory process might well have become a very significant problem. At the same time, it is unrealistic to assume that participants in the policy making and policy implementation process will not be trying to exert influence on the outcome of any regulation that impacts them. Attempts to maximize influence are surely an inevitable element of the ongoing regulatory process. And it is unrealistic to try to avoid extensive industry input altogether. Regulators and regulations depend on frequent and sometimes intense interaction with various sectors of the industry. To promote sound regulatory policy, we should renew efforts to shape the environmental conditions in which the competition for regulatory outcomes takes place, so that policy more favorable to the general public interest becomes more likely. This involves a combination of measures, many of which are quite traditional but some of which are too often neglected. Such measures might include: strengthening “tripartism,” advocated by Ayres and Braithwaite, by facilitating broader interest group participation in the regulatory process; limiting the influence of dominant participants by reducing their scale; properly structuring, resourcing and supporting regulatory agencies and regulators; “rotating” regulators so that they are less likely to develop unduly empathic relationships with the institutions they regulate; tightening the rules governing the “revolving door;” and making greater use of independent consultative and review bodies.
Evaluation of in vitro Thrombolytic, in vitro Anti-Inflammatory and Stroke Protective Effect of Dalechampia indica Wight Extract Fractions

The present study is to investigate the in-vitro thrombolytic, anti-inflammatory and protective effect of extract fractions of Dalechampia indica Wight whole plant against thrombotic ischemia reperfusion (TIR) injury in rats. Firstly extract fractions EDI and CDI were prepared from crude extract by partition method. To observe the thrombolytic potential of extract fractions, clot lysis method with streptokinase as standard was used whereas HRBC membrane stabilization was used to study in-vitro anti-inflammatory activity. For stroke activity, rats were pretreated with different doses (200 & 400 mg/kg) of EDI and CDI for a month and stroke was induced by Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO) for 30 mins followed by reperfusion for 45 mins along with ferric chloride induced thrombosis in one of the common carotid arteries. We measured infarct size, brain water content, glutamate, and acetylcholine esterase levels. Pre-treatment with EDI and CDI significantly reduced the brain edema, infarct size, glutamate and acetyl cholinesterase levels this may be attributed to the anti-inflammatory and thrombolytic activity of Dalechampia indica. The extract fractions (EDI & CDI) showed dose dependent percentage protection (67.39 ± 2.11 & 52.14 ± 2.31) in HRBC Stabilization method compared with diclofenac which showed 90.18 ± 1.42% protection. EDI and CDI showed a significant percentage of clot lysis (23.96 ± 1.67 & 18.64 ± 2.09) compared to standard streptokinase (72.86 ± 1.29) while the negative control water revealed 3.34 ± 0.69% lysis of the clot. From our findings, it is observed that EDI revealed remarkable stroke protective activity. Further studies to observe in vivo clot dissolving potential and to isolate active component(s) of extract will be fruitful.
Asymptotic shape and the speed of propagation of continuous-time continuous-space birth processes

Abstract We formulate and prove a shape theorem for a continuous-time continuous-space stochastic growth model under certain general conditions. Similar to the classical lattice growth models, the proof makes use of the subadditive ergodic theorem. A precise expression for the speed of propagation is given in the case of a truncated free-branching birth rate.
Improved Data Sharing Security with Dual-MAC Address Verification and SHCS

For the easy and secure sharing of an unknown private data, an algorithm is developed. The proposed algorithm has improved the data sharing security with MAC address and SHCS verifications. This technique enables the sender to effectively assign a value for the commit phase.MAC address verification improved the security of authorized users at both the sender and receiver side. At the receiver side, the commit value verification is done. These features have provided an increased privacy preservation of the shared data. The usage of SHCS and MAC address in this new technique prevents hackers during the passage of private data. It is only possible in this new algorithm that more complex data can be shared with maximum security. My thesis examines the latest scheme in the literature, AIDA algorithm and proposes a new algorithm for improving the data sharing security. The new algorithm is created on top of SHCS algorithm with the help of MAC address verification. XOR encryption and decryption technique is used in my work. A Base64 encoder and decoder mechanism is added along with the encryption and decryption technique.
Low Energy Asymptotics of the Spectral Shift Function for Pauli Operators with Nonconstant Magnetic Fields

We consider the 3D Pauli operator with nonconstant magnetic field B of constant direction, perturbed by a symmetric matrix-valued electric potential V whose coefficients decay fast enough at infinity. We investigate the low-energy asymptotics of the corresponding spectral shift function. As a corollary, for generic negative V, we obtain a generalized Levinson formula, relating the low-energy asymptotics of the eigenvalue counting function and of the scattering phase of the perturbed operator.
Entanglement purification of any stabilizer state

We present a method for multipartite entanglement purification of any stabilizer state shared by several parties. In our protocol each party measures the stabilizer operators of a quantum error-correcting code on his or her qubits. The parties exchange their measurement results, detect or correct errors, and decode the desired purified state. We give sufficient conditions on the stabilizer codes that may be used in this procedure and find that Steane's seven-qubit code is the smallest error-correcting code sufficient to purify any stabilizer state. An error-detecting code that encodes two qubits in six can also be used to purify any stabilizer state. We further specify which classes of stabilizer codes can purify which classes of stabilizer states.
Students’ Experience with the Hidden Curriculum in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Purpose: The hidden curriculum has great impact on students’ learning. The present study was conducted on Nursing and Midwifery students to determine their experience with the hidden curriculum. Methods: It was a combined survey achieved in two stages on Nursing and Midwifery students. During the first stage, a free interview was carried out to determine their attitudes towards, experiences with, and references of the hidden curriculum. These interviews were analyzed using Streubert technique. During the second stage, a questionnaire was completed and finally analyzed Results: All students have experienced the hidden curriculum and usually found it to be more effective than their routine learning program. This learning modality was associated with more stable behaviors among them. Meanwhile, most of their learning objectives, including positive and negative or group and individual learning were achieved through the hidden curriculum. They have pointed out that faculty professor, nursing and midwifery staff, other students, patients and mass media were their main source of reference, however, nursing and midwifery staff augmented the training impact. Conclusion: Students believed that the hidden curriculum is an effective modality for learning. Key words: HIDDEN CURRICULUM, STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE, NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
Taxonomic Revision of Therocephalians (Therapsida: Theriodontia) from the Lower Triassic of Antarctica

ABSTRACT We reevaluate the taxonomic status of therocephalian fossils recovered from the lower Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of the central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. The material, which includes mostly fragmentary juvenile specimens, is reidentified using an apomorphy-based approach. We recognize the presence of three higher-level taxa: Eutherocephalia, Akidnognathidae, and Baurioidea. The only genus-level identification is for a partial lower jaw and pterygoid tentatively attributed to the baurioid, Ericiolacerta parva. An indeterminate theriodont partial skull is reassigned to the therocephalian family Akidnognathidae. The holotypes of Pedaeosaurus parvus and Rhigosaurus glacialis are represented by indeterminate juvenile baurioids and, in the absence of clear autapomorphies, are considered nomina dubia. The results of the taxonomic revision indicate that the therocephalian fauna of Antarctica lacks endemic genera and thus corresponds to that of the Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone fauna of South Africa's Karoo Basin. More generally, we consider the southern Gondwanan basins of South Africa and Antarctica to sample a broadly distributed Lower Triassic tetrapod fauna, although the latter basin documents the first occurrence of several taxa (e.g., Kombuisia, Palacrodon). More precise (i.e., species-level) identifications are needed to better constrain the biogeographic signal for therocephalians, but the presence of juveniles strongly suggests that this group of therapsids, like dicynodonts, were year-round high-latitude inhabitants during Early Triassic times.
Wybrane problemy ochrony przyrody na przykładzie motyli (Lepidoptera) jako grupy modelowej

kowaną biologię i powiązania z wieloma innymi organizmami, są np. łąkowe modraszki z rodzaju Maculinea (Phengaris). Ochrona siedlisk gatunków parasolowych skutkuje zachowaniem funkcji ekosystemu, w którym żyją oraz umożliwia przetrwanie wielu innym gatunkom. Motyle Maculinea wymienione są także w Dyrektywie Siedliskowej i zostały objęte programem Natura 2000. Aby przejść cały cykl rozwojowy modraszki wymagają dwóch głównych zasobów pokarmowych: rośliny krwiściągu lekarskiego (Sanquisorba officinalis) lub innej, w zależności od gatunku modraszka, i żywicielskich mrówek z rodzaju Myrmica, w których gniazdach pasożytują (Witek i współaut. 2008, SieleznieW i współaut. 2010). Dla ochrony tych motyli trzeba skupić się na działaniach mających na celu zachowanie w dobrej kondycji całego krajobrazu. Populacje modraszków, jako czuły wskaźnik, natychmiast zareagują na szkodliwe zmiany w ekosystemach łąkowych (thomaS 1995b). Takie informacje są bardzo istotne, gdyż siedliska łąkowe w Europie odznaczają się szczególnie dużą bioróżnorodnością. Stosunkowo duża część gatunków żyjących w nich jest ujęta w Dyrektywie Siedliskowej czy Konwencji Berneńskiej. Wartość łąk jest także uznana przez Radę Europy (Van SWaay 2002). Ochrona bogactwa gatunkowego modraszków w tych siedliskach przyczynia się zatem do zachowania całych układów biologicznych. W niniejszej pracy przedstawiam współczesne zagrożenia dla bioróżnorodności w kontekście ochrony siedlisk motyli. Wskazuję na znaczenie motyli, jako grupy modeloWSTĘP