Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
18 Years of Decentralization Experiment in Indonesia: Institutional and Democratic Evaluation

Big Bang decentralization in Indonesia had been begun since 1999 as the appeasement of many problems facing Indonesia after the fall of authoritarian rezim in 1998. This path had been suggested as all solution on local development by international donors such as World Bank and supported by many experts. Within the context, this paper evaluates the experiment of decentralization in Indonesia within the perspective of good governance and democracy. Using institutional design analysis coupled with empirical observation, this paper examines the problem within the legal institutional instrument and democratization in the local level.
Surgery for displaced three- and four-part proximal humeral fractures: The rationale for our approach

There are a multitude of different surgical techniques described, practised and reported to have similar outcomes for displaced proximal humeral fractures. This paper reviews the outcomes of these techniques and the reason for using the different options; it also reviews the factors which affect outcomes. It will outline our decisionmaking process to justify the management of these fractures at the University of Cape Town.
Domain-generality of Parietal Attentional Processes and their Implications for Old Age

The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) has been reliably implicated in visuospatial attention, such that the dorsal regions (dPPC) are associated with voluntary ‘top-down’ attention, whereas the ventral regions (vPPC) are associated with automatic ‘bottom-up’ attentional processes. The Attention-to-Memory model (AtoM: Ciaramelli, Grady, & Moscovitch, 2008) has suggested that it also plays a similar role in memory retrieval, suggesting that the PPC mediates a domaingeneral attentional process. Furthermore, domain-generality of attentional processes may account for differences in perception and memory function accompanying old age. This study examined domain-generality by determining the shared variance in performance of tasks thought to recruit top-down and bottom-up attentional processes mediated across both domains. Results clearly suggested generality across domains in top-down processing; and in bottom-up processing, depending on its operationalization. Ageing was characterized by an absence of shared variance across domains and slower reaction times during bottom-up attentional reorienting only in
SRTTU Simulation of IR Detector at Communications Window of 1550 nm based on Graphene

ARTICLE HISTORY: Received 10 June 2017 Revised 17 October 2017 Accepted 17 October 2017 In this paper, photodetection properties of a Graphene-based device at the third telecommunication window have been reported. The structure of the device is a Graphene-silicon Schottky junction which has been simulated in the form of an infrared photodetector. Graphene has specific electrical and optical properties which makes this material a good candidate for optoelectronic applications. Photodetection characteristic of Graphene-silicon Schottky junction is investigated by measuring the (current-voltage) curve at the third telecommunication window under 1550nm radiations. The DC electrical characteristic of the device is calculated. The simulated rectifier junction has a potential barrier of 0.31eV, the ideality factor of 2.7 and the saturation current of 10-11A. The detector responsivity under 1550nm radiations is measured about 20mA/W which is an order of magnitude larger than other Si-based detectors in this wavelength. The internal quantum efficiency (QEin) is calculated about 60% while the external quantum efficiency (QEex) is measured to be 1.6%. A comprehensive theoretical justification is presented based on Fowler theory which allows comparison between the simulation results and the theoretical predictions. For simulating Graphene, a user-defined material is introduced to TCAD-SILVACO software which includes all electrical and optical properties of this novel 2D material. Graphene optical properties, specifically at near-IR region (up to 2um wavelength), have been extracted from the real measurement results. Graphene is a Si-compatible material which can provide a sensitive IR detector integrated with other Si-based devices.
Extending the UTAUT to measure the adoption of web-based knowledge sharing systems in Saudi universities

Knowledge management has emerged as an important practice for achieving competitive advantage among global corporations, including higher education institutions. Knowledge sharing is a significant source of success in knowledge management, however, in Saudi Arabian universities, knowledge management is often lacking when it comes to web - based knowledge sharing amongst academics. To ensure that a knowledge sharing system can be well implemented and used when communicating internally in an academic context, there is a need to know why academics accept or reject the use of web - based knowledge sharing systems. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate the important factors that would influence academics’ behaviour towards accepting and adopting the use of web - based knowledge sharing systems in Saudi Arabian universities. A conceptual model is proposed based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Task - technology Fit (TTF) models, as well as other factors which are explored in knowledge sharing literature reviews to enrich the proposed model. Then, the model will be edited and refined using a mixed method approach. Future work will expand the model and evaluate it to ensure that it fits the academics’ needs
Effect of Dietary Inulin Source on Piglet Performance, Immunoglobulin Concentration, and Plasma Lipid Profile

Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of an inulin source (aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic extract, dried chicory root, or dried Jerusalem artichoke tubers) on piglet performance, plasma lipid profile, and immunoglobulin concentration. The study was conducted on 534 piglets (44 litters) allocated to five nutritional groups: group I (control) - fed basal diet, groups II and III receiving basal diet supplemented with 2% of inulin (aqueous and aqueous-alcoholic extract respectively), and groups IV and V -4% additive of dried artichoke or dried chicory respectively. During the trial, piglets’ body weight, feed intake, diarrhoea incidence, and mortality were controlled. Blood samples were collected twice from six animals of each group. In blood plasma, indices of lipid profile and concentrations of IgA, IgG and IgM were measured. The addition of inulin, regardless of its form (extracts or dried plants), significantly improved the rearing indices. In piglets of groups III, IV and V a significant improvement of daily weight gains and feed efficiency was noted. Inulin showed hypolipidemic activity (lowered total cholesterol level) and stimulated piglet immune system manifested by elevated IgA and IgG concentrations. Irrespective of the inulin source, a lower mortality rate resulting from the improvement of animal health was noted in all experimental groups.
Sleep, work and mental health

Symptoms of insomnia are frequent among the working population. Insufficient sleep hampers daily performance by inducing feelings of tiredness, lower vigilance and impairments of memory. It also increases risk for occupational injuries, somatic and psychiatric disorders, and work disability. Finding sustainable solutions to improve sleep quality, by measures related to lifestyle, working environments and by implementing early therapeutic intervention with emerging symptoms, would be highly beneficial considering the burden sleep disturbances cause for individuals and society.
A short-term comparison of organic v. conventional agriculture in a silty loam soil using two organic amendments

SUMMARY The transition from conventional to organic farming is accompanied by changes in soil chemical properties and processes that could affect soil fertility. The organic system is very complex and the present work carries out a short-term comparison of the effects of organic and conventional agriculture on the chemical properties of a silty loam soil (Xerofluvent) located in the Guadalquivir River Valley, Seville, Spain, through a succession of five crop cycles over a 3-year period. Crop rotation and varieties were compared in a conventional system using inorganic fertilizer and two organic systems using either plant compost or manure. At the end of the study, organic farming management resulted in higher soil organic carbon (OC), N and available P, K, Fe and Zn. The available Mn and especially Cu values did not show significant differences. In general, treatment with manure resulted in more rapid increases in soil nutrient values than did plant compost, which had an effect on several crop cycles later. The present study demonstrated that the use of organic composts results in an increase in OC and the storage of nutrients, which can provide long-term fertility benefits. Nevertheless, at least 2–3 years of organic management are necessary, depending on compost characteristics, to observe significant differences. Average crop yields were 23% lower in organic crops. Nevertheless, only two crops showed statistically significant differences.
Perceived risk attitudes: relating risk perception to risky choice

This paper provides empirical evidence that distinguishes between alternative conceptualizations of the risky decision making process. Two studies investigate whether cross-situational differences in choice behavior should be interpreted in the expected utility framework as differences in risk attitude (as measured by risk-averse vs. risk-seeking utility functions) or as differences in the perception of the relative riskiness of choice alternatives as permitted by risk-return interpretations of utility functions, leaving open the possibility of stable cross-situational risk preference as a personality trait. To this end, we propose a way of assessing a person's inherent risk preference that factors out individual and situational differences in risk perception. We document that a definition of risk aversion and risk seeking as the preference for options perceived to be more risky or less risky, respectively, provides the cross-situational stability to a person's risk preference that has eluded more traditional definitions. In Experiment 1, commuters changed their preferences for trains with risky arrival times when the alternatives involved gains in commuting time rather than losses. However, changes in preference coincided with changes in the perception of the riskiness of the choice alternatives, leaving the perceived risk attitudes of a majority of commuters unchanged. Experiment 2, a stockmarket investment task, investigated changes in risk perception, information acquisition, and stock selection as a function of outcome feedback. Investors' stock selections and their perception of the risk of the same stocks were different in a series of decisions in which they lost money than in a series in which they made money. As in Experiment 1, differences in choice and in risk perception were systematically related, such that the majority of investors had the same preference for perceived risk in both series of decisions. Our results provide empirical support for the usefulness of recent risk-return conceptualizations of risky choice (Bell [Bell, D. E. 1995. Risk, return, and utility. Management Sci. 41 23--30.], Jia and Dyer [Jia, J., J. S. Dyer. 1994. A standard measure of risk and risk-value models. Working paper, University of Texas at Austin.], M. Weber and Sarin 1993).
Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility: The role of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines

BACKGROUND While women’s participation in higher education has caught up with and surpassed that of men, large gender differences persist in the choice of field of study. To date, we know little about the mechanisms that explain the link between fertility and study disciplines for both men and women. OBJECTIVE To study gender differences in the effect on fertility of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines. METHODS We used European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS) data and OLS models to estimate earnings potential. Next, we linked these estimates to the Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS) of six countries and applied piecewise linear hazard models to analyze the transition to first and second births jointly. RESULTS We found heterogeneity across countries, but within countries the mechanisms tend to be similar for both men and women. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that the drivers of men’s and women’s family behavior may be more similar than is often expected. Societal changes that have occurred in the last three decades may lead to a stronger role for men in fertility decision-making, which may remain unnoticed if we continue to focus only on women. 1 Institut National d’Études Démographiques (INED), Paris, France. Email: alessandra.trimarchi@ined.fr. 2 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Email: Jan.VanBavel@kuleuven.be. Trimarchi & Van Bavel: Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility 382 http://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTION This study expands our knowledge of the relationship between men’s education and fertility. It also broadens our understanding of the effect of the field of study on the fertility of both men and women by considering two characteristics of the study discipline: earnings potential and gender composition.
Time Series Outlier Detection Based on Sliding Window Prediction

In order to detect outliers in hydrological time series data for improving data quality and decision-making quality related to design, operation, and management of water resources, this research develops a time series outlier detection method for hydrologic data that can be used to identify data that deviate from historical patterns. The method first built a forecasting model on the history data and then used it to predict future values. Anomalies are assumed to take place if the observed values fall outside a given prediction confidence interval (PCI), which can be calculated by the predicted value and confidence coefficient. The use of PCI as threshold is mainly on the fact that it considers the uncertainty in the data series parameters in the forecasting model to address the suitable threshold selection problem. The method performs fast, incremental evaluation of data as it becomes available, scales to large quantities of data, and requires no preclassification of anomalies. Experiments with different hydrologic real-world time series showed that the proposed methods are fast and correctly identify abnormal data and can be used for hydrologic time series analysis.
Analyzing the cost of harvesting and the economic structure of Florida grouper fishery

This study uses a translog cost function to investigate the technical and economic relationships present among a sample of Florida grouper longline vessels. The existence of jointness-in-inputs and non-separability between inputs and outputs suggests that resource management should be based on multiproduct production theory, and that explicit recognition of the economic interactions among species should be incorporated in any regulatory process. The cross-price elasticities of input demands showed substitution relationships between input pairs, implying that imposed regulation on the single input will be compensated for by increases in the other inputs. Furthermore, model results showed apparently substantial economies of scope, especially between red grouper and most of the other species in the grouper fishery, product specific economies of scale and multiproduct economies of scale. The technical and economic interrelationships inferred from this study suggest that individual species regulation can generate economic inefficiency by inducing nonoptimal input and output mixes.
An evidence based approach to the management of cervical cancer in unani system of medicine: A review

Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy worldwide. It is the leading cause of death among females, accounts for 8.5% deaths per year. Human papilloma virus is the major risk factor. In classical Unani text, cervical cancer (sartan alrahim) is caused by warame har or warame sulb of rahim and also due to dominance of khilte sawda (black bile), which is formed due to ehtiraq (detonation) of khilte safra (yellow bile). Clinical features are excessive tiredness, loss of appetite, foul smelling discharge per vaginum, pelvic pain, urinary symptoms, etc. Treatment options in conventional medicine include radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymph nodes dissection and concurrent chemo or radio therapy which have their own side effects like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and hair, early bruising and bleeding, anemia, renal problems, etc. Nowadays in spite of a number of interventions available, large number of patients suffers from poor prognosis. Therefore, the effort for finding new anticancer agents as an alternative with better efficacy and minimum side effects has been continued. Hence, there is a need for newer treatment which is to be safe, cost effective, easily available and free from side effects. The aim of this review paper is to provide evidence based analysis to Unani drugs having anti cancerous, activities in the treatment of cervical cancer. Moreover, this review article is focused to discuss how unani drugs and various food items act as anticancerous from scientific and medical point of view and how they are considered to be safe, effective and less expensive with virtually no side effects in the management of cervical cancer.
Effect of Metal (Mn, Ti) Doping on NCA Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

NCA (LiNi0.85Co0.10Al0.05-x MxO2, M=Mn or Ti, < 0.01) cathode materials are prepared by a hydrothermal reaction at 170°C and doped with Mn and Ti to improve their electrochemical properties. The crystalline phases and morphologies of various NCA cathode materials are characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, and particle size distribution analysis. The CV, EIS, and galvanostatic charge/discharge test are employed to determine the electrochemical properties of the cathode materials. Mn and Ti doping resulted in cell volume expansion. This larger volume also improved the electrochemical properties of the cathode materials because Mn4+ and Ti4+ were introduced into the octahedral lattice space occupied by the Li-ions to expand the Li layer spacing and, thereby, improved the lithium diffusion kinetics. As a result, the NCA-Ti electrode exhibited superior performance with a high discharge capacity of 179.6 mAh g−1 after the first cycle, almost 23 mAh g−1 higher than that obtained with the undoped NCA electrode, and 166.7 mAh g−1 after 30 cycles. A good coulombic efficiency of 88.6% for the NCA-Ti electrode is observed based on calculations in the first charge and discharge capacities. In addition, the NCA-Ti cathode material exhibited the best cycling stability of 93% up to 30 cycles.
Monte Carlo studies of the mechanical properties of biopolymers

Biopolymers are one of the main components of living systems. Their sequence dictates their structure that ultimately determines their function. Many factors play key mechanical roles in the cell and one of the most abundant biopolymers that is involved in such tasks is the class of coiled-coil proteins. Various theoretical and experimental studies have been done to explore the mechanical properties of these proteins and there are now a number of single molecule measurements that measure their force response characteristics, making coiled-coils an excellent model system to test folding models connecting sequence to structure to function. In this thesis we have developed a coarse-grained atomistic model to study coiled-coil formation and explore both mechanical and thermal properties. Our model is able to reproduce known coiled-coil structures using only a simple hydrophobic-polar (HP) representation of their sequence and is able to explain the observed mechanical response measured in single molecule experiments. To address how common coiled-coil formation is with respect to all possible helix packs, we have evaluated the designability of the space of possible helical folds, defined as the number of sequences that can fold into a particular structure. We find that left-handed coils emerge as one of the most highly designable structures. From the designability calculation we can identify sequence patterns that design particular coiled-coil folds and mutations that lead to their instability. We also predict that designable coiled-coil structures are more mechanically stable than less designable helical packs.
Assessing the Ways of Improving the Power Saving Modes in the Ore-Grinding Technological Process

Abstract—Monitoring the distribution of electric power consumption in the technological process of ore grinding is conducted. As a result, the impacts of the mill filling rate, the productivity of the ore supply, the volumetric density of the grinding balls, the specific density of the ground ore, and the relative speed of the mill rotation on the specific consumption of electric power have been studied. The power and technological factors affecting the reactive power generated by the synchronous motors, operating within the technological scheme are studied. A block diagram for evaluating the power consumption modes of the technological process is presented, which includes the analysis of the technological scheme, the determination of the place and volumetric density of the ore-grinding mill, the evaluation of the technological and power factors affecting the energy saving process, as well as the assessment of the electric power standards.
The Dynamics of Entry and Exit

The relation between profits and the number of firms in a market is one of the essential topics in the field of industrial organization. Usually, the relation is modeled in an error-correction framework where profits and/or the number of firms respond to out-of-equilibrium situations. In an out-of-equilibrium situation one or both of these variables deviate from some long-term sustainable level. These models predict that in situations of equilibrium, the number of firms does not change and hence, entry equals exit. Moreover, in equilibrium entry and exit are expected to be equal to zero. These predictions are at odds with real life observations showing that entry and exit levels are significantly positive in all markets of substantial size and that entry and exit levels often differ drastically. In this paper we develop a new model for the relation between profit levels and the number of firms by specifying not only an equation for the equilibrium level of profits in a market but also equations for the equilibrium levels of entry and exit. In our empirical application we show that our entry and exit equations satisfy the usual errorcorrection conditions. We also find that a one-time positive shock to entry or profits has a small but permanent positive effect on both the number of firms and total industry profits.