Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT , AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE , AND ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICAL CULTURE : EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA

The study evaluates the influence of professional commitment towards auditor independence as well as evaluates moderation effect towards organizational ethical culture. Auditor independence is an interesting topic for research since it gives some description about attitude of auditor when he or she is interacting with his/her clients. The study uses person-situation interactionist model. The sample of the study is 107 active Indonesian public accountants in 2015. Simple random sampling is used as the sampling method and survey becomes the data collection method. The findings show that professional commitment has positive influence towards auditor independence. Organizational ethical culture strengthens the influence of professional commitment towards auditor independence.
Contingent Worker , Permanent Loser ? — How Perceived Trust Shapes Communication between Contingent Workers and Standard Workers in Knowledge-based Organizations

Perceived trust between organizational members influences worker relationship and group productivity in an implicit and unconventional way. In this study, we investigated how perceived trust within organization influences communication among workers with different employment status. Data collected through direct observation and structured interviews in a public sector, knowledge-based research organization suggested that perceived trust is a central characteristic of workplace relationships. Knowledge sharing, performance evaluation, and task distribution, among other organizational routines where communication commonly occur, are shaped by the perceived trust between contingent and standard workers. Low level of perceived trust accounts for the reluctance of standard workers sharing key knowledge with contingent workers. It also explains the unwillingness of contingent workers expressing discontent about management to the standards workers. Specific recommendations were made to foster trust among contingent workers and standard workers and alleviate potential tensions in a hybrid organization.
Numerical Modeling of Vacuum Arc Dynamics at Current Zero Using ATP

Simulation of the so called Continuous Transition Model of low pressure vacuum arcs, during current interruption, was developed using the Alternative Transients Program (ATP). A special routine was implemented in the Transient Analysis of Control Systems (TACS) within ATP to simulate the performance of a vacuum interrupter and its interaction with the power system at current zero (CZ). Comparison with test results indicates the validity of this numerical model. This numerical model is of great importance for the prediction of the vacuum circuit breaker performance under different electrical circuit conditions. Also, it has helped to analyze breakdown phenomena in vacuum switches. In that way, the model presented is a useful tool for analysis of specific switching operations and for the understanding of the interruption process in vacuum devices.
Chapter six Evaluation in Corrections : ‘ Nothing works ’ versus ‘ What works ’

The efficacy of human service provision in a variety of contexts has been a focus of debate for more than fifty years. Eysenck’s attack on psychoanalysis in the 1950s and early 1960s prompted a raft of publications in which both sides of the debate presented ‘evidence’ in support of their respective positions.1 However, despite the prestige of the protagonists, no consensus emerged. What did occur, though, was greater scrutiny of other areas of service provision, such as the efficacy of social work intervention. Similarly, intervening with offenders has been extensively analysed, but in spite of this there is still sufficient ambiguity for even well-qualified practitioners to make claims in Court, for example, that intervening with child sex offenders is ineffective. Even more remarkable was the wide-ranging denunciation of treatment in Corrections put forward by David Farabee in his 2005 book Rethinking Rehabilitation: Why Can’t We Reform Our Criminals? While sociologists in particular had expressed doubts about the efficacy of Correctional treatment, it was Robert Martinson who led the criticism in 1974 with his article ‘What works: Questions and answers about prison reform’, published in the conservative journal The Public Interest. In this article he summarised 231 studies published between 1945 and 1967 and on the basis of his analysis concluded that ‘with few and isolated exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been reported so far have had no appreciable effect on recidivism’. As Smith, Gendreau, and Swartz noted, his pronouncement labelled
Thirty Musts for Meaning Banking

Meaning banking—creating a semantically annotated corpus for the purpose of semantic parsing or generation—is a challenging task. It is quite simple to come up with a complex meaning representation, but it is hard to design a simple meaning representation that captures many nuances of meaning. This paper lists some lessons learned in nearly ten years of meaning annotation during the development of the Groningen Meaning Bank (Bos et al., 2017) and the Parallel Meaning Bank (Abzianidze et al., 2017). The paper’s format is rather unconventional: there is no explicit related work, no methodology section, no results, and no discussion (and the current snippet is not an abstract but actually an introductory preface). Instead, its structure is inspired by work of Traum (2000) and Bender (2013). The list starts with a brief overview of the existing meaning banks (Section 1) and the rest of the items are roughly divided into three groups: corpus collection (Section 2 and 3, annotation methods (Section 4–11), and design of meaning representations (Section 12–30). We hope this overview will give inspiration and guidance in creating improved meaning banks in the future
PROTEST – Procedures for Testing and Measuring Wind Energy Systems Drive Train Case Study II

Economic exploitation of wind energy requires reliable wind turbines. To this end it has been recognized that there is a need for improving knowledge on the actual loads acting on wind turbine components s. a. drive trains, pitch systems, and yaw systems. These components are seen to require substantial maintenance and repair efforts or even retrofits. Under the 7th frame work programme of the EU the PROTEST project has been carried out to develop procedures for testing and measuring the loading on the named mechanical wind turbine components. The idea is to set up a methodology that enables a standardized and uniform specification of design loads for mechanical components in wind turbines such as drive train, pitch system, and yaw system. The focus is placed on developing guidelines for model validation and adequately measure loads at the interface of the components to the remaining structure. The project is conducted by a consortium of 7 members active in wind energy industries: ECN (NL), CRES(GR), Ustutt (GER), Hansen Transmissions(BEL), SUZLON Energy GmbH (GER, INDIA), GL (GER) and DEWI(GER). The PROTEST consortium has assessed today‟s common practice and has set up improved procedures for component validation testing. These procedures have been applied in three case studies:
1 DOES CORRUPTION MATTERS FOR MENA COUNTRIES GROWTH PERFORMANCE ?

This article aims at testing the effects of institutional characteristics on growth in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries. We explain the conditional convergence in terms of initial conditions, macroeconomic performance, trade openness, government size, natural resource abundance and institutional and political structures for a sample of 90 countries over the period 1960-2000. We use regional indicators and MENA-specific variables in order to test for the effects of each variable on the growth performance of the MENA economies. We highlight the direct and indirect impacts of both corruption and bureaucratic quality on the MENA growth compared to the other regions of the world.
Heritage tourism of archaeological sites in Jordan : Archaeological site employees ’ perspectives

The objective of the study was to identify the trends of the workers in archaeological sites towards restoring archaeological sites in Jordan. As well as to understand the most important factors affecting the marketing of archaeological sites in Jordan and the role of some study variables such as gender, age, years of service, income levels etc. Hence the study sought to identify the most important problems facing such types of tourism. This study was based on an analytical exploratory approach and adopted the method of data collection and analysis to reach the required results. The study was conducted on a sample of workers in archaeological sites in Jordan. The study utilized a questionnaire as the study instrument, and 150 copies of the questionnaire were distributed, of which 120 were returned and 20 were excluded. The researchers thus considered 100 questionnaires for the purposes of data gathering and analysis representing the sample of the study. The study concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between the workers in archaeological sites and the heritage tourism of archaeological sites in terms of restoration of archaeological sites in Jordan. In addition there is a statistically significant relationship between workers in archaeological sites and marketing heritage tourism sites in Jordan. The study recommended that the concerned parties should work on the restoration of archaeological sites in Jordan continuously, and also the marketing of archaeological sites and their inclusion within the competitive offerings of operators. There is also a need to restore sites under the carefully considered scientific conditions required for archaeological sites.
A novel low‐power gate driver architecture for large 8 K 120 Hz liquid crystal display employing IGZO technology

A novel low‐power gate driver architecture was developed for large 8 K 120 Hz liquid crystal display panel. For this application, not only high‐speed driving but also low power consumption is required. We employed a high mobility In‐Ga‐Zn‐O, dual VGL level driving method, and gate driver circuit driven by DC supply. The simulation results show that our proposals meet 8 K 120 Hz driving requirements. Also, we have fabricated a prototype panel and confirmed both high‐speed driving and low power consumption.
Cross-layer Design of an Asymmetric Loadpower Control Protocol in Ad hoc Networks

Cross-layer design is important in wireless ad hoc network and the power control methods. Power control is the intelligent selection of transmit power in a communication to achieve the better performance within the system. Cross-layer is used to sharing the information between the layers. CLD using LOADPOWER (LOADPOW) control protocol is reduce the overall end-end delay in transmission power. So many power control schemes are dealt in network layer but this work Power control protocol was done in MAC layer and it plays a vital role. A MAC approach to power control only does a local optimization whereas network layer is capable of a global optimization. Simulation was done in NS-2 simulator with the performance metrics as throughput, and energy consumption and end-end delay. The key concept is to improve the throughput, saves energy by sending all the packets with optimal transmit power according to the network load, transmission power was given, when the network load is low, higher transmission power gives lower end-end delay and viceversa.
ALGORITHMS FOR AUTOMATED BORDER DELIMITATION OF ELEMENTARY FORMS OF GEORELIEF AS A PART OF GEOMORPHOLOGIC INFORMATION

Algorithms for automated border delimitation of elementary forms of georelief as a part of Geomorphologic information system. Elementary forms of georelief are in fact the heart of Geomorphologic information system (GmIS). The elementary form of georelief is a continuous surface, which has the same genesis and the premise for identical process of geomorphologic processes. An GIS Ostrava 2008 Ostrava 27. – 30. 1. 2008 2 elementary form is delimitated by lines of discontinuity, where is the geometrical, dynamical and genesis continuity broken. The main aim of elementary forms of georelief is that from delimitated and determined elementary forms are derived other data types used for analysis in GmIS. Delimitation of elementary forms is nowadays made by so-called expert system, when the geomorphologist delimitates borders of elementary units and determines their type along the contour map, based on his experiences. The first step of automated delimitation of elementary forms of georelief is based on quality input data preprocessing. Here we have to take into account the character of the processed georelief as well the input data. This influences the right choice of the interpolation algorithm and its attributes. The next important step is delimitation of the elementary forms borders. For delimitation of those borders were used algorithms from the field of digital image processing (smoothing filters, edge operators). Those algorithms are now being tested to obtain the best results. The following steps of delimitation of elementary forms of georelief are unwind on the preciseness of delimitated borders of the elementary units of georelief. The main aim of this article is to show the problematic of georelief elementarization and to show acquired results from tested algorithms for delimitation of borders of elementary forms of georelief. The results of tested algorithms are not ideal. Getting better results will depend on modifications of tested algorithms and on high quality data preprocessing.
Cyclodipeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulate the maize (Zea mays L.) root system and promote S6 ribosomal protein kinase activation

Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic and pathogenic bacterium with the ability to produce cyclodipeptides (CDPs), which belong to a large family of molecules with important biological activities. Excessive amounts of CDPs produced by Pseudomonas strains can activate an auxin response in Arabidopsis thaliana and promote plant growth. Target of rapamycin (TOR) is an evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic protein kinase that coordinates cell growth and metabolic processes in response to environmental and nutritional signals. Target of rapamycin kinase phosphorylates various substrates, of which S6 ribosomal protein kinase (S6K) is particularly well known. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR/S6K signaling pathway has been studied extensively in mammals because of its association with fundamental biological processes including cell differentiation. However, evidences suggest that this pathway also has specific and conserved functions in plants and may thus be conserved, as are several of its components like TOR complex 1 and S6K proteins. In plants, TOR-S6K signaling has been shown to be modulated in response to plant growth promoters or stressors. Methods In this study, we evaluated the effects of P. aeruginosa CDPs on the growth and root development of maize plants (Zea mays L.) by adding different CDPs concentrations on culture plant media, as well as the effect on the phosphorylation of the maize S6K protein (ZmS6K) by protein electrophoresis and western blot. Results Our results showed that P. aeruginosa CDPs promoted maize growth and development, including modifications in the root system architecture, correlating with the increased ZmS6K phosphorylation and changes induced in electrophoretic mobility, suggesting post-translational modifications on ZmS6K. These findings suggest that the plant growth-promoting effect of the Pseudomonas genus, associated with the CDPs production, involves the TOR/S6K signaling pathway as a mechanism of plant growth and root development in plant–microorganism interaction.
Toolkits for Multimodal Interaction on Mobile Devices

With the appearance of mobile devices that provide a wide range of input modalities, application development that incorporates and makes use of these modalities has become an increasingly difficult and time consuming task. In recent years, several frameworks and toolkits have emerged that encapsulate the reoccurring, low level implementation logic of multimodal applications. Many of these approaches differ from each another and emphasize on different aspects of the multimodal interaction. This paper discusses some recent framework approaches and elaborates their specific advantages and drawbacks for developers.
Probing the theory of gravity with gravitational lensing of gravitational waves and galaxy surveys

The cross-correlation of gravitational wave strain with upcoming galaxy surveys probes theories of gravity in a new way. This method enables testing the theory of gravity by combining the effects from both gravitational lensing of gravitational waves and the propagation of gravitational waves in space–time. We find that within 10 yr the combination of the Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and VIRGO (Virgo interferometer) detector networks with planned galaxy surveys should detect weak gravitational lensing of gravitational waves in the low-redshift Universe (z < 0.5). With the next-generation gravitational wave experiments such as Voyager, LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), Cosmic Explorer, and the Einstein Telescope, we can extend this test of the theory of gravity to larger redshifts by exploiting the synergies between electromagnetic wave and gravitational wave probes.
Geldner The plant endosomal system — its structure and role in signal transduction and plant development

Endosomes are highly dynamic membrane systems that receive endocytosed plasma membrane proteins and sort them for either degradation or recycling back to the cell surface. In addition, they receive newly synthesised proteins destined for vacuolar/lysosomal compartments. Sorting in the endosomes is necessary for the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity and it is needed to control levels and function of receptors and transporters at the cellular surface. Both processes are crucial for correct cell behaviour during tissue and organ development and for intercellular communication in general. It has therefore become an imperative to investigate structure and function of the endosomal system if we want to obtain a deeper mechanistic understanding of signal transduction and development. This review will compare our current understanding of endosomal trafficking in animals and yeast with what is known in plants, and will highlight some important breakthroughs in our understanding of the role of endosomes in signal transduction and multicellular development in Drosophila, as well as in Arabidopsis.
ON GROUP STRATEGYPROOF OPTIMAL MECHANISMS

We consider a two agent, single indivisible good allocation problem. We focus on reasonable mechanisms that are continuous and satisfy agent sovereignty. In particular, we study optimal group strategyproof mechanisms. We provide an explicit characterization of the strategyproof mechanisms and show that there are non-affine maximizer mechanisms that do not belong to the class characterized by Roberts [15]. Further, there are no budget balanced or strong group strategyproof mechanisms in this class. Accordingly, we completely characterize the class of feasible strategyproof mechanisms satisfying a mild individual rationality axiom. We also provide a class of weak group strategyproof mechanisms. Finally, we obtain a strong negative result with respect to existence of optimal mechanisms that maximize expected transfers. JEL classification: C72; C78; D71; D63
AFRICAN FOOD SYSTEMS IN CRISIS Part Two : Contending with Change

Sub-Saharan Africa is the only major geographical area which has experienced a decline in per capita food production during the last quarter of a centuryr (Christensen et al. l98l; USDA 1984). Although the last two years have seen a slight rise in per capita production, the total food deficit is still large (USDA 1986). Billions of dollars in development aid, the introduction of numerous technologies, and a multitude of studies of the social and physical environment have been applied to the food problem in Africa during this period. V/hy has this effort failed? What are the alternatives? My objective in this paper is to broaden the discussion of sustainable solutions to the agricultural and food crisis in Africa. The argument has five major parts. l) Value systems form the basis for different views of the cause of the crisis in the African food system of the best solution' The Vy'estern establishment views development as based on the economics of production in a world system which it dominates. It sees the cause of Africa's food crisis within Africa, and the solution in Eansferring the industrial agriculture model and in greater integration with the world system. Opposing views place greater emphasis on direct benefits of
Performance Evaluation of a Sensor Concept for Solving the Direct Kinematics Problem of General Planar 3-RPR Parallel Mechanisms by Using Solely the Linear Actuators' Orientations

In this paper, we experimentally evaluate the performance of a sensor concept for solving the direct kinematics problem of a general planar 3-RPR parallel mechanism by using solely the linear actuators’ orientations. At first, we review classical methods for solving the direct kinematics problem of parallel mechanisms and discuss their disadvantages on the example of the general planar 3-RPR parallel mechanism, a planar parallel robot with two translational and one rotational degrees of freedom, where P denotes active prismatic joints and R denotes passive revolute joints. In order to avoid these disadvantages, we present a sensor concept together with an analytical formulation for solving the direct kinematics problem of a general planar 3-RPR parallel mechanism where the number of possible assembly modes can be significantly reduced when the linear actuators’ orientations are used instead of their lengths. By measuring the orientations of the linear actuators, provided, for example, by inertial measurement units, only two assembly modes exist. Finally, we investigate the accuracy of our direct kinematics solution under static as well as dynamic conditions by performing experiments on a specially designed prototype. We also investigate the solution formulation’s amplification of measurement noise on the calculated pose and show that the Cramér-Rao lower bound can be used to estimate the lower bound of the expected variances for a specific pose based exclusively on the variances of the linear actuators’ orientations.
RLCE Key Encapsulation Mechanism ( RLCE-KEM ) Specification

This document specifies the key encapsulation mechanism RLCE-KEM, where RLCE is a random linear code based McEliece encryption scheme. Practical RLCE parameters for the security levels of 128, 192, and 256 bits are recommended. It is noted that RLCE schemes with these parameters have the corresponding quantum security levels of 80, 110, and 144 respectively. This document also contains four informative appendices. The first appendix contains the security analysis of the RLCE scheme. The second appendix contains the performance analysis of the RLCE scheme. The third appendix contains analysis and comparison of different algorithms for decoding Reed-Solomon codes. The fourth appendix discusses semantics of global variables used in the submitted optimized implementation.