Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM DIVERSITY AND COMPANY PERFORMANCE : THE MODERATING EFFECT OF ORGANISATION LIFE CYCLE

The research paper examines the moderating impact of Organizational Life Cycle on the relationship between Top Management Team Diversity and Company Performance. The study first elaborates and establishes the theoretical link between organization lifecycle and composition of management elites. Second, a quantitative empirical study is conducted to test the OLC stages moderating impact on the upper echelons diversity and firm performance of the top companies in the Czech Republic. A detailed procedure is developed to accurately classify organizations at different lifecycle stages, drawing extensively on existing literature and scales. Paper findings state that more mature the company becomes, more diversified the senior management is regardless the firm performance. Also, the industry dynamism impact has its own role in the relationship between the organization life cycle and senior management diversity which is expressed by the paper findings as well.
Improving Teaching Through Coaching, Mentoring and Feedback: A Review of Literature

This article investigates the literature on mentoring and coaching and the embeddedness of these in wider fields which are referred as 'professional development' and 'teacher learning'. It concentrates on education but also considers selected work from other professions to provide a comparative perspective on the education material. There are clearly identifiable similarities across all of the literature reviewed, despite different lexicons. The review also identifies what appears to be recurrent theoretical and research issues and difficulties in the mentoring and coaching and professional development literatures. These have prima facie relevance for the teacher professional development projects and activities currently being underway by education jurisdictions across the globe. They are summarised at the end of the article.
Anamorphic Cartograms and Environmental Risk Analysis

Both Geography and Statistics use graphical representations. Information Technology has enhanced the visualization of data, beyond the traditional aspects, to such an extent that we can nowadays speak of an "image society". Traditional thematic mapping also shows transformations of a variable over time, linking the geographical datum to the time variable. For some decades now a number of cartograms have been in use, for which the base area is displaced as a function of a particular factor, these are known as anamorphic cartograms. An anamorphic map is easier to read and may give an overview of a geographic whole.
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED Ni-Ti MULTILAYER THIN FILMS

A functionally graded multilayer Ni–Ti thin film was deposited on a SiO2/Si substrate by d.c. sputtering using a ramped heated Ni–Ti alloy target. The stand-alone films were crystallized at 500°C in vacuum better than 10-7 Torr. Transmission electron microscopy micrographs taken along the film cross section show two distinct regions, thin and thick, with weak R and B2 phases, respectively. The film compositions along the thickness were measured and quantified using the standard-less EELSMODEL method. The film deposited during the initial thermal ramp (thin regions) displays an average of 54 at. % Ni while the film deposited at a more elevated target temperature (thick regions) shows about 51 at. % Ni.
Homogenization of Evolution Problems in a Fiber Reinforced Structure

In the usual setting of homogenization, the e-periodic functions ae are assumed to satisfy conditions of uniform ellipticity and boundedness like 0 < δ < ae(x) < β < +∞. The homogenized equation has then the same form as the initial equation. In the case of elliptic equations (ρe = 0), the precise conditions on the sequence (ae) under which the asymptotic behaviour of (1) is still a classical one are established in [7], [8]. However when highly inhomogeneous media take place, like for instance in the theory of temperature superconductivity, these assumptions may not be satisfied anymore and the homogenization can lead to unusual models like non-local ones, as pointed out in [14]. This is well known in the case of scalar linear elliptic equations where the appearance of a non local term in the limit energy can be interpreted in the general context of Dirichlet forms (see [17]). In [4], [9], [12] explicit computations are performed for a fiber reinforced structure. Some extensions of those kinds of results to the framework of elasticity, where the theory of Dirichlet forms breaks down, are given in [5], [13]. However very few results of this type are known when evolution problems are considered.
Impacts of the Last Glacial Cycle on ground surface temperature reconstructions over the last millennium

Borehole temperature profiles provide robust estimates of past ground surface temperature changes, in agreement with meteorological data. Nevertheless, past climatic changes such as the Last Glacial Cycle (LGC) generated thermal effects in the subsurface that affect estimates of recent climatic change from geothermal data. We use an ensemble of ice sheet simulations spanning the last 120 ka to assess the impact of the Laurentide Ice Sheet on recent ground surface temperature histories reconstructed from borehole temperature profiles over North America. When the thermal remnants of the LGC are removed, we find larger amounts of subsurface heat storage (2.8 times) and an increased warming of the ground surface over North America by 0.75 K, both relative to uncorrected borehole estimates.
Fiscal Consolidation: An Exercise in the Methodology of Coordination

This paper outlines a new methodology for the study of international policy coordination, which builds on two separate approaches previously used in the literature: optimal simple rules, and game-theoretic analysis. The new approach is illustrated by using the example of a changed target for the debt-income ratio in the G-3. The results suggest that there are few policy externalities when only fiscal policy is coordinated, whilst coordination of both fiscal and monetary policy results in substantial externalities and welfare improvements. Our findings reflect the fact that, unlike earlier studies, we focus on the strategic interaction between (domestic) policy makers, as well as the standard exchange rate and interest rate transmission mechanisms.
The effect of mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) bark extract ethanol on histopathology pancreas of male white rats Sprague Dawley strain exposed to cigarette smoke

Background: Cigarette smoke is free radical that causing some pathological conditions such as inflammation, proteolysis, and oxidative stress. In previous studies, mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) bark extract showed the potential effect as an antioxidant. Mangrove and mangrove associates are abundant plants that grow throughout Indonesian shorelines that have high pharmaceutical and food values. Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of Rhizophora apiculata bark extract in protecting pancreas of male white rat (Rattus novergicus) Sprague Dawley strain exposed to cigarette smoke. Methods: This research was an experimental study using a posttest-only control group design. Mangrove bark was extracted by using the maceration method. Cigarette smoke exposure was performed using an electric cigarette. Liver inflammation is assessed histopathologically. Results: Significant results (p <0.05) were found between the control and cigarette groups as well as the cigarette and bark extract + control groups. The results were not significant (p> 0.05) between the control and the bark extract + cigarette. Conclusion : The administration of mangrove bark extract has a potential to protect the damage of pancreatic male white rats (Rattus norvegicus) Sprague Dawley strains exposed to cigarette smoke
History of Snake River Canyon Indicated by Revised Stratigraphy of Snake River Group Near Hagerman and King Hill, Idaho: With a Section on Paleomagnetism

__________________________________________ Introduction. ______________________________________ Acknowledgments --. ______-__-____--__-_---__-_____ Age of the McKinney and Wendell Grade Basalts. _____ Correlation of lava previously called Bancroft Springs Basalt_________________________________________ Equivalence of pillow lava near Bliss to McKinney Basalt. _________________________ Page Fl 2 2 2 Late Pleistocene history of Snake River_ _ Predecessors of Sand Springs Basalt. Wendell Grade Basalt-________ McKinney Basalt. ____---__---__ Bonneville Flood. ________________ Conclusion___________________________ Paleomagnetism, by Allan Cox_________ References cited. _____________________ page F9 13 14 16 18 19 19 20
Entrepreneurial and innovative marketing: a systematic review of the literature

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the concepts of entrepreneurial and innovative marketing and how these concepts may be identified in the singular and/or plural context. No comprehensive theory exists in the domain of the integration of entrepreneurship and marketing. This paper proposes a conceptual entrepreneurial and innovative marketing approach from the literature, integrating academic and practice theory. Based upon abstract, generalized and explicit theoretical concepts, this paper is the first to integrate an implicit, intuitive and tacit resource of practice within a single conceptual model. Theoretical underpinnings are developed from a newly conceptualized definition of entrepreneurial and innovative marketing, perspectives on the emerging nature of entrepreneurial and innovative marketing, and models of application of entrepreneurial and innovative marketing. The proposed model facilitates entrepreneurs, innovators and corporate venturers toward establishing high growth ventures. Opportunities for further research are identified from a conceptual and empirical approach.
Factors influencing the success of decentralised solar power systems in remote villages

This study investigates organisation and design factors of decentralised rural electrification through solar power in light of views from the World Bank, the Millennium Development Goals, Indian Governmental Policy and some additional complementary views. Choice and design of the technology as well as organisation of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) are crucial factors, but illiteracy, poverty and remoteness add to the difficulties. In the state of Chhattisgarh, India, some interesting ways of O&M have been developed and are investigated in this study. Solar Home Systems (SHS) and photovoltaic micro-grids (SPVPP) are also compared. As basis for the investigations and assessments a field survey in eleven villages with 168 respondents was conducted. For SPVPPs, the O&M structure was found to work regarding the upkeep of batteries as the plants generally did not degrade over time. However, as florescent lights (CFLs) were normally replaced by incandescent lights, the hours of light and reliability decreased and users were found to no longer be able to rely on the supply. Provision of CFLs is therefore proposed to be included in the sphere of responsibilities of the implementing agency. Quality of installation for SPVPPs has been found to make a very large difference for the output, and an investment in better inverters is advised on both social and economical grounds. Technical problems were found to create social conflicts especially for the operators in the villages, and maintenance costs were large due to failed inverters. Efficiency of the SPVPPs was found to have been overestimated, and thus too little capacity installed, which contributed to the social problems. SHSs are cheaper per kWh, and a more suitable solution for villages with low homogeneity and social cohesion as no cooperation is required. The level of trust within the village and whether there is a presence of minorities is proposed to be investigated when choosing which type of system to install.
A Case Study of On-the-fly Wide-field Radio Imaging Applied to the Gravitational Wave Event GW151226

We apply a newly developed on-the-fly mosaicing technique on the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) at 3 GHz in order to carry out a sensitive search for an afterglow from the Advanced LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226. In three epochs between 1.5 and 6 months post-merger, we observed a 100 deg2 region, with more than 80% of the survey region having an rms sensitivity of better than 150 μJy/beam, in the northern hemisphere with a merger containment probability of 10%. The data were processed in near real time and analyzed to search for transients and variables. No transients were found but we have demonstrated the ability to conduct blind searches in a time-frequency phase space where the predicted afterglow signals are strongest. If the gravitational wave event is contained within our survey region, the upper limit on any late-time radio afterglow from the merger event at an assumed mean distance of 440 Mpc is about 1029 erg s−1 Hz−1. Approximately 1.5% of the radio sources in the field showed variability at a level of 30%, and can be attributed to normal activity from active galactic nuclei. The low rate of false positives in the radio sky suggests that wide-field imaging searches at a few Gigahertz can be an efficient and competitive search strategy. We discuss our search method in the context of the recent afterglow detection from GW170817 and radio follow-up in future gravitational wave observing runs.
A Critical Appraisal

ABSTRACT The dominant instructionaemodel within special education, Differential DiagnosisAprescriptive Teaching, involves the assessment of psycholinguistic and perceptual motor abilities that -are presumed necessary fQr learning basic academic' skills. Based on the differential pattern of ability strengths and weaknesses resulting from this assessment, individual remedial prescriptions are prescribed. In this article five assumptiOns underlying ,this model are identified. Also presented is a comprehensive review of research related to each assumption. The findings seriously challenge the model's validity and suggest that continued advocacy-of the model cannot be justified. Children do not appear to profit from current' . ,;t-applications of Differential Diagnosis-Prescriptive Teaching. (Author)
Effects of Bt transgenes on herbivorous insect-parasitoid interactions

Insect-resistant transgenic plants have been a concern of public discussion with regard to impacts on agro-ecosystems and food webs. Specifically, adverse effects on natural enemies, important insect pest control agents, are addressed. In this study, potential effects of genetic modified crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins were investigated with regard to herbivorous insect-parasitoid interactions.Three different Bt crop species (Bt maize, Bt canola, Bt eggplants) were tested on their influence on five herbivorous insect-parasitoid interactions. Potential effects of Bt transgenes were evaluated on the third trophic level, specifically on parasitoids, using behavioural and performance experiments under laboratory and semi-field conditions. The tritrophic experiments were established with non-target herbivores and one susceptible herbivorous species and their respective parasitoids.The results of the study revealed no behavioural changes of aphid parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi towards a Bt or non-Bt maize-herbivore insect system. The female parasitoids were not influenced in their foraging and oviposition behaviour by expression of Bt-toxin Cry1Ab in maize.The aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae did not discriminate between a Bt and non-Bt canola-herbivore insect system. The foraging and oviposition behaviour of the parasitoids was not significantly influenced by the expression of the Bt-toxin Cry1Ac in canola. Cues emitted by the host plants were of more importance for the searching females than specific cues related to the transgenic event. The development of the parasitoid was not influenced by the Bt canola.No adverse effects were found for the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi developing on aphid hosts feeding on Bt eggplants as compared to the isogenic control line. Mortality and longevity of parasitoids from Bt eggplants expressing Cry3B was not different when compared to parasitoids from isogenic eggplants.Bt eggplants did not cause any adverse effects on Encarsia formosa when parasitizing the whitefly nymphs as compared to isogenic eggplants. The development of Encarsia was not influenced by the Bt eggplants.Helicoverpa armigera was sublethally affected when feeding on Bt-maize resulting in a mortality of 79% to late instars. Mortality of larvae was dependent to a large portion on variation of Bt toxin expression and nutritional value of these plants. Helicoverpa eggs from a moth reared on Bt maize were of poor quality for the egg parasitoid Trichogramma brassicae resulting in a low performance of F1 females.The results of this study contribute to the evaluation of potential effects of Bt crops on higher trophic levels and point to bottlenecks and lack of knowledge in this research issue.
MINIATURIZED MULTILAYER DUAL-MODE SUBSTRA- TE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE FILTER WITH MULTI- PLE TRANSMISSION ZEROS

A compact multilayer substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) dual-mode fllter with multiple transmission zeros for high- selectivity application is presented. By introducing mixed coupling between source and load, the proposed fllter could have four transmission zeros which can be controlled ∞exibly. Owing to the multilayer structure, the proposed fllter occupies similar area in comparison with conventional dual-cavity dual mode SIW fllters, but exhibits better frequency selectivity. An experimental fllter with a center frequency of 10GHz is designed using low temperature co-flred ceramic (LTCC) technology to validate the proposed structure, and measured results agree well with simulated ones.
Cohesion, Polycentricity, Missing Links and Bottlenecks: Conflicting Spatial Storylines for Pan-European Transport Investments

This article undertakes a discourse-centred investigation of the underlying rationales of European Union (EU) transport-sector investments. Its central contribution is the 'Conflicting-Storylines Proposition', stating that EU transport investments lack consistence and sustainability due to the existence of partially complementary, partially competing EU development objectives which are in turn expressed through four key storylines: 'cohesion', 'polycentricity', 'missing links' and, most recently, 'bottlenecks'. EU decision-making remains deeply conflicted and contested. Transport sector investments have to satisfy different aims related to growth, competitiveness, cohesion and sustainability. The Trans-European Network priority projects violate cohesion and sustainable development goals by concentrating investments in already privileged areas.
Factors affecting the milk production of dairy cattle in northern rural areas of Bangladesh

A cross sectional study was conducted to observe the factors affecting the productive performance of dairy cattle from northern rural areas of Bangladesh during July and September 2013. Data of 105 cows, 85 (80.95%) from local and 20 (19.05%) cows from cross breed, were randomly selected for the study. A binary logistic regression, expressed by odds ratio with 95% confidence interval, was done to determine the association of daily milk production categorized into ? 2 and > 2 liters (L), based on median, with the significant explanatory variables of body weight, age at first calving, lactation period, vitamin use, type of floor and milking person. The result demonstrated that the probability of milk production of >2 L was 6.16, 4.5, 20.65 and 5.7 times higher from the with animal body weight of >140 kg, age at first calving of >36 m, lactation period of >8 m and vitamin use than that of body weight of 140 kg, age at first calving of ? 36 m, lactation period of ? 8 m, and not vitamin used respectively. The chance of milk production of > 2 L was 0.25 and 0.22 times lower for mud floor, and owner milking than that of brick floor and gowala (professional milking person) respectively. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/ijarit.v4i2. 22646 Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 4 (2): 41-45, December, 2014
Tissue Optics and Photonics: Light-Tissue Interaction

This is the second section of the review-tutorial paper describing fundamentals of tissue optics and photonics. As the first section of the paper was mostly devoted to description of biological tissue structures and their specificity related to interactions with light [1], this section 3 describes light-tissue interactions themselves that caused by tissue dispersion, scattering, and absorption properties, including light reflection and refraction, absorption, elastic, and quasi-elastic scattering. The major tissue absorbers and modes of elastic scattering, including Rayleigh and Mie scattering, will be presented.
Modeling the Diversity of User Behavior in Online Communities

Online communities are becoming ubiquitous and allow exploiting “wisdom of crowds” (Surowiecki, 2004) to create and rate content. Examples include identifying interesting current news stories (Digg), creating encyclopedia articles (Wikipedia), sharing photos and videos (Flickr and YouTube) and fixing bugs in open source software (Bugzilla). Online communities often allow users to form explicit links with other users whose contributions they find interesting and many times they highlight the activity of a user’s designated friends (Lerman and Galstyan, 2008) to help users find relevant content. The key aspects of the communities are the users, their links to other users, and the content they create and act on. User behaviors in these communities are often extremely diverse, with long-tailed distributions among participants. These behaviors include a concentration of activity among a few top users, a focus of community attention on a small fraction of the submitted content, and a few active users forming most of the links in the community networks. Thus diversity plays a dominant role in community behavior. Identifying the nature of this diversity can aid in designing online communities, particularly in identifying aspects of the web site design that ABSTRACT
A Multi-class Support Vector Machine Approach for Students Academic Performance Prediction

To date, students’ educational data is still one of the most importance resources in institutions of higher learning. One way to achieving qualitative education standard by institutions of higher learning is to properly evaluate and predict the performance of entrant students and suggest appropriate faculty programmes for them based on their educational data. Several attempts have been made to predict the performance of students and placement into appropriate faculty programmes prior to admission without much success. In an attempt to correctly predict students’ performance in order to admit them into appropriate faculty programmes, a multi-class support vector machine (MSVM) predictor was built in this study. The performance of the MSVM predictor was examined using educational dataset of students from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Findings from our experiment show that the MSVM with K-fold (K=7) cross validation adequately predicted the performances of students across all categories.