Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Trouble at the Table: Gathering the Tribes for Worship

Too often we evaluate worship as a matter of taste without examining the presuppositions that inform worship in a given congregation. The authors help church leaders see that worship is a public event, which must be continually renewed and revitalized. They identify sources of conflict in worship, provide creative approaches to resolving these conflicts, and examine five road maps for revitalized worship.
Perfectionism, Burnout, and Depression in Youth Soccer Players: A Longitudinal Study

The relationship between perfectionism, burnout and depression among youth soccer players is of interest due to the competitive academy environments that must be navigated in order to become a professional soccer player. Three alternative theoretical models have been proposed to explain the relationship between perfectionism, burnout and depression. These models state that perfectionism is (a) a vulnerability factor for burnout and depression (vulnerability model), (b) a consequence of burnout and depression (complication/scar model), or (c) that the relationships are reciprocal (reciprocal relations model). The purpose of this study was to test these three models in youth soccer players. One hundred and eight male soccer players (M = 16.15 years, SD = 1.84) from professional clubs completed measures of perfectionism, burnout symptoms, and depressive symptoms twice, three months apart. Cross-lagged panel analysis provided support for a reciprocal relations model for burnout symptoms and a complication/scar model for depressive symptoms.
Attitude towards CRM System: A Study on Surgical Companies in India and Bangladesh

In present marketing practices, strategic perceptions become obsolete with the updating business trend for the frequent change of customer desire and related issues. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) plays a vital role by ensuring loyal, conscious and satisfied customer base for any organisation. To win and retain present customers as well as to attract the potential customers, CRM works as a tactical weapon in business atmosphere. The present study is a humble attempt to find out differences in attitude towards CRM system among companies manufacturing surgical goods in India and Bangladesh.CRM ―characterizes a management philosophy that is a complete orientation of the company toward existing and potential customer relationships‖ (Raab et al, 2008, p.6). The major research gap is lack of study on companies in the surgical goods sector although they cater customers having varied need due to differentiated health care need. The study undertakes a focus group interview through structured questionnaire and uses 5 points Likert Scale on individual customer. Stratified random sampling was adopted to select sample. The study uses t-test and chi square test to analyse the difference, if any, in attitude towards CRM usage in both the countries. The paper concludes that there is a vast opportunity of using CRM in both of the nations and it may be better for companies in surgical goods industry. The practical implication of the study lies in its recommendations. The study inter alia recommends that there is a vast opportunity of using CRM in both of the nations and it may be better for companies in surgical goods industry. The major limitation of the study is relatively small sample size and that cannot be avoided due to time and resource constrains. Furthermore, the study deals with a very small sub-sector of health care sector. Aus. & NewZe J. Soci Busi. Env. Sus. Vol 2(2), October 2016, P 121-132
Laser bidezko hozketa eta lurrun kuantiko ultrahotzen eratzea

Lan honetan atomo ultrahotzei buruzko oinarrizko kontzeptuak azaltzen dira. Lehenbizi, tenperatura baxuko ikerketa egiteko arrazoiak aurkezten dira, materiak dentsitate baxu eta tenperatura hotzetan dituen ezaugarri kuantikoak aipatuz. Argi-indarren jatorria eta erabilera laburbiltzen dira jarraian, tranpa magneto-optikoa eta lurrun kuantiko ultrahotzak sortzeko bestelako teknika garrantzitsuekin batera. 41 K Bose-Einstein Kondentsatua eta honekin sorturiko nahasdura kuantikoak aurkezten dira. Azkenik, Feshbach erresonantziak eta sare optikoekin partikulen arteko elkarrekintzak kontrola daitezke; erreminta hauekin atomo ultrahotzek aukera eskaintzen dute materia kondentsatuaren sistemak fisika atomikoaren zehaztasunarekin modelatzeko.
Interactive comment on “ Proposal of a new erythemal UV radiation amplification factor ” by A .

General comments The paper aims to the quantification of changes of erythemal ultraviolet irradiance derived from changes in total ozone amounts using the Radiation Amplification Factor (RAF). This parameter is calculated without any limitation on the variability of solar zenith angles and it is analyzed taking into account changes in total ozone and cloudiness. The title reflects the contents of paper and the abstract well summarizes the study. The topic is of scientific relevance and the paper would be of considerable interest to the readers of ACP and it is suitable for publication on ACP with the revisions outlined in more details below. The language is some sessions is not fluent and precise and it requires a revision.
Low Carbohydrate Diet (LCD): Long and short-term effects and hyperketonemia

Background: Discussion has continued concerning calorie restriction (CR) and low carbohydrate diet (LCD). LCD was developed by Bernstein, Atkins and others, and by our co-authors in Japan. In this study, we report and discuss long-term effects in 2,699 cases, and short-term effects and hyperketonemia in 51 cases. Subjects and Methods: Study 1 (long-term): Subjects were 2,699 cases with diabetes, metabolic syndrome, or both. Methods included continuing LCD and measuring weight reduction in six to twelve months. Study 2 (short-term): Twenty-four diabetics were compared on a CR diet (1,400 kcal/day, carbo-60%) and a super-LCD (1,400 kcal/day, carbo-12%). We recently tried insulinogenic index-carbo70 (IGI-carbo70) from glucose and immunoreactive insulin (IRI; 0, 30 min) for a meal of carbohydrates of 70 g. Study 3 (hyperketonemia): Blood ketone bodies and 3-hydroxybutylic acid (3-OHBA) were measured in 51 diabetics with super-LCDs. Results: Study 1: Weight reduction of more than 10% was observed in 25.6% of subjects, and more than 2.5% was observed in 78.8% of subjects. Study 2: Base data included HbA1c 7.7 ± 1.4 %, homeostasis model assessment (HOMA)-R 3.2 ± 1.9, and HOMA-β 44.5 ± 37.0. Responses of blood glucose to meals (0-120 min) were 156 → 236 mg/dL to CR and 116 → 141 mg/dL to LCD for ten days. Triglyceride value decreased from 143.4 ± 86.8 mg/dL to 93.9 ± 34.8 mg/dL on LCD for ten days. IGI-carbo70 showed less than 0.5 in 75% of cases. Study3: Total ketone bodies were measured in four groups, which were A (4 to 5 days), B (7 to 9 days), C (11 to 13 days), D (21 to 28 days), with an average value of 994 μmol/mL in C, 36 to 623 μmol/mL in A, B, and D. As 3-OHBA value increases from normal (<85 μmol/mL) to extremely high (3,577 μmol/mL), the ratio increases from 60% - 70% up to 90%. Conclusion: Long-term effects of LCD would be successful. Short-term effects revealed that the change from CR to LCD in only ten days caused a significant decrease of blood glucose and triglycerides. Similar to the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), intake of a meal with carbohydrates of 70 g would be clinically simple and useful as insulinogenic index (IGI)-carbo70. Super-LCD would increase blood ketone bodies about three fold of the standard level in four to five days. These findings would be the fundamental data in the LCD area and contribute the research of glycative changes.
Progressive Taxation, Wealth Distribution, and Macroeconomic Stability

Using the standard neoclassical growth model with two types of agents, we examine how the presence of heterogenous agents affects the stabilization role of progressive income taxation. We first show that if the marginal tax payment of each agent increases with her relative income, the steady state satisfies local saddlepoint stability so that the equilibrium is determinate. However, unlike the representative agent models with progressive taxation, our model with heterogeneous agents may have the possibility of equilibrium indeterminacy. The indeterminacy conditions depend not only on the property of tax functions but also on production and preference structures.
The urban dynamics of financial services: centralities in the metropolis

EnglishAbstract: The objective of this paper is to develop arguments that compare the dynamics of financial capital and urban space. It is first argued that financial services follow a concentration-centralization logic, with highly specialized services being offered at central places in urban space, and less complex services with a more dispersed pattern. This characteristic simultaneously promotes a centralized-deconcentration effect on the urban structure: the dispersal of services and urban amenities reduces transport costs and improves urban balance in a few places, while complex services are usually highly centralized, therefore promoting unbalanced (centre-periphery) urban development. In order to understand the balance between these two effects, this paper proposes a preliminary investigation that examines the localization of banks, income and other socioeconomic features in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, in Brazil. portuguesResumo: O objetivo deste artigo e desenvolver argumentos que comparam a dinâmica do capital financeiro e o espaco urbano. Em um primeiro momento argumenta-se que os servicos financeiros seguem uma logica de centralizacao, com servicos altamente especializados sendo oferecidos em lugares centrais no espaco urbano enquanto servicos menos complexos seguem um padrao de maior dispersao. Esta caracteristica promove simultaneamente um efeito de desconcentracao-centralizada na estrutura urbana: se por um lado a dispersao de servicos e amenidades urbanas reduz custos de transporte e melhora o equilibrio urbano em alguns lugares, usualmente os servicos complexos, por outro lado, sao altamente centralizados, promovendo desenvolvimento urbano desequilibrado (centro-periferia). Para entender o equilibrio entre estes dois efeitos, este artigo propoe uma analise preliminar da localizacao de bancos em funcao da renda e outras caracteristicas socioeconomicas da Regiao Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte.
Clastic sedimentation in Deep Springs Valley, California

This report treats. the size distribution of sedimentary deposits in Deep Spring Valley, Calif. , and the formation of alluvial fans. The distribution of clastic sediments and the parameters of the size distribution have been mapped when possible. Maps of the mean size, mean roundness, and lithology of pebbles, and the weight percentage of granules and silt : clay ratios of the granule-to-clay size fraction are presented. Maps of the mean size, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis of the granule-to-clay size fraction are also included. The largest particles exhibit fluctuation in size in a downfan direction and cannot be mapped on a reasonable contour interval; the relation of maximum particle size to local slope is shown on scatter diagrams. These data indicate that size fluctuation and poor sorting of sediments are characteristic of the environment. Granules range in abundance from about 3 to 5 percent in the basin center to about 15 to 20 percent near bedrock outcrops. Because the abundance of granules is greatest in coarse polymodal sediments-whereas their abundance decreases with decreasing grain size and the tendency toward unimodality-it is suggested that granules consist of aggregates of sand-sized particles that are rapidly reduced to these components by mechanical weathering rather than by the action of water. The general absence of granules in ancient sediments is thought to be related to the scarcity of discrete constituents in source rocks in the 2to 4-mm size range. Clay is scarce in both the surface sediments and modern mudflows. The weight percentage of clay in the granule-toclay fraction ranges from about 0 to 6 percent and averages about 2 percent in the 90 samples studied. Silt is much more abundant than clay and is the primary mode in most of the polymodal samples. The mapped distribution of silt-clay ratios shows that these ratios are probably governed in part by wind transport and deposition. The path of infinite silt: clay ratios is interpreted as a reflection of the present wind track in the
Modeling the fine root biomass dispersion using a special influence function

Abstract: This paper presents a successful application of techniques from the adjustment theory for modeling interaction in fine root biomass dispersion. Using special distance and species dependent weightings the influence function for fine root biomass dispersion of two species is estimated. Using the estimated influence functions the fine root biomass is predicted at the locations where the real data was sampled. Goodness of fit of our model is evaluated by comparing sample values and predicted values. However, the results show successful coincidence between sampled and predicted values. Finally, we present an example for the root dispersion in a mixed stand of beeches and spruces in Saxony/Germany.
Simulation of the Extractive Distillation Process of Ethanol-Water- Propylene Glycol System

Anhydrous ethanol is of great importance in the chemical industry, due to its diversity of applications, fuel being the main one. Anhydrous ethanol is added to gasoline, in the proportion of 20 to 25%, in order to increase the octane, improve the performance and reduce the pollution rates. However, for that use, ethanol must be practically free of water, with at least 99.6% of alcohol content (% in volume). The challenge is that the ethanol-water mixture presents an azeotrope, which hinders the separation in conventional methods, such as simple distillation. For the anhydrous ethanol production, extractive and azeotropic distillation are the methods most used, consisting on the addition of a third substance in the distillation column capable of changing the liquid-vapor equilibrium behavior of the system, modifying the relative volatility of the compounds of the initial mixture and thereby obtaining complete separation of the components. As an alternative to the various processes used, this work proposes the extractive distillation process using propylene glycol as the solvent, being the third component for the separation of the ethanol-water system. The choice of solvent is based on the miscibility with water and the ability to absorb it, as it has a low vapor pressure and, since it has been seen that many of the solvents already in use are toxic and are pollutants, such as ethylene glycol. Therefore, the ethanol separation process using propylene glycol as the solvent was evaluated using ProSimPlus software. It was simulated on the short-cut column, with the S/F ratios equal to 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9. The molar fraction of ethanol obtained in the distillate was higher than 0.994, which accounts for approximately 99.9% volume, and could thus be qualified as anhydrous ethanol. The obtained results showed that the azeotrope was broken, the distillation process was technically possible, applying the propylene glycol.
The performance of broilers on a feed depends on the feed protein content given previously

It has been proposed that all animals have an inherent relationship between body protein and lipid that can be described allometrically, and the hypothesis tested in the research reported here is that the animal will at all times attempt to retain this relationship. The test was accomplished by feeding broilers, of three genotypes and in two experiments, in such a way as to produce lean and fat birds that were then subjected to a range of dietary protein levels in a second feeding period, during which their performance was measured. Birds were initially offered one of two feeds with widely different protein to energy ratios until they reached a pre-defined liveweight, after which they were given one of two feed protein contents in Experiment 1 and four in Experiment 2. Their performance was monitored until a second pre-defined liveweight was reached, at which time they were killed for carcass analysis. The genotype selected to be lean, in Experiment 1, showed no response to protein level in the second period, whether they were fat or lean at the start. Conversely, the genetically fat birds showed some additional growth in males and additional efficiency in the females. Averaged across genotypes and sexes, birds initially in the fat state gained only 6.9 g lipid/d versus 13.5 g lipid/d for the nutritionally lean broilers. In Experiment 2, growth rate and feed conversion efficiency (FCE) were related directly to dietary protein content and were higher for those birds made nutritionally fat. Carcass lipid gain was lower for the initially fat birds on the three highest dietary protein treatments. All birds made fat at 880 g and 1000 g, by giving them a low protein feed, had a much reduced fat content in their subsequent gain, provided that the protein content of the feed used was sufficiently high, indicating that they were making use of the excessive lipid reserves as an energy source. The hypothesis tested cannot be rejected by the evidence presented. Keywords: Fatness, broiler nutrition, dietary protein content, body lipid : protein ratio
QTL STUDY DESIGN FROM AN INFORMATION PERSPECTIVE

We examine the efﬁciency of different genotyping and phenotyping strategies in inbred line crosses from an information perspective. This provides a mathematical framework for the statistical aspects of QTL experimental design, while guiding our intuition. Our central result is a simple formula that quantiﬁes the fraction of missing information of any genotyping strategy in a backcross. It includes the special case of selectively genotyping only the phenotypic extreme individuals. The formula is a function of the square of the phenotype, and the uncertainty in our knowledge of the genotypes at a locus. This result is used to answer a variety of questions. First, we examine the cost-information tradeoff varying the density of markers, and the proportion of extreme phenotypic individuals genotyped. Then we evaluate the information content of selective phenotyping designs and the impact of measurement error in phenotyping. A simple formula quantiﬁes the information content of any combined phenotyping and genotyping design. We ex-tend our results to cover multi-genotype crosses such as the (cid:0) (cid:1) intercross, and multiple QTL models. We ﬁnd that when the QTL effect is small, any contrast in a multi-genotype cross beneﬁts from selective genotyping in the same manner as in a backcross. The beneﬁt remains in the presence of a second unlinked QTL with small effect (explaining less than 20% of the variance), but diminishes if the second QTL has a large effect. Software for performing power calculations for backcross and (cid:0) (cid:1) intercross incorporating selective genotyping and marker spacing is available from http://www.biostat. ucsf.edu/sen .
Verbal thinking in ASD 1 Verbal thinking and inner speech use in autism spectrum disorder

The extent to which cognition is verbally mediated in neurotypical individuals is the ubject of debate in cognitive neuropsychology, as well as philosophy and psychology. Studying “verbal thinking” in developmental/neuropsychological disorders provides a valuable opportunity to i form theory building, as well as clinical practice. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive, critical review of such stud ie among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD involves severe social-co mmunication deficits and limitations in cognitive/behavioural flexibility. The prevailing view in the field is that neither cognition nor behaviour is mediated verbally in ASD, and that this contributes to diagnostic features . However, our review suggests that, on the contrary, most studies to date actually find that among people with ASD cognitive task performance is either a) mediated verbally in a typical fashion, or b) n ot mediated verbally, but at no obvious cost to overall task performance. Overall though, the se studies have methodological limitations and thus clearcut conclusions are not possible at this stage. The aim of the review is to take stock of existing empirical findings, as well as to help develop the directions for future research that wi ll resolve the many outstanding issues in this field.
Data critique and analytical opportunities for very large Facebook Pages: Lessons learned from exploring “We are all Khaled Said”

This paper discusses the empirical, Application Programming Interface (API)-based analysis of very large Facebook Pages. Looking in detail at the technical characteristics, conventions, and peculiarities of Facebook’s architecture and data interface, we argue that such technical fieldwork is essential to data-driven research, both as a crucial form of data critique and as a way to identify analytical opportunities. Using the “We are all Khaled Said” Facebook Page, which hosted the activities of nearly 1.9 million users during the Egyptian Revolution and beyond, as empirical example, we show how Facebook’s API raises important questions about data detail, completeness, consistency over time, and architectural complexity. We then outline an exploratory approach and a number of analytical techniques that take the API and its idiosyncrasies as a starting point for the concrete investigation of a large dataset. Our goal is to close the gap between Big Data research and research about Big Data by showing that the critical investigation of technicity is essential for empirical research and that attention to the particularities of empirical work can provide a deeper understanding of the various issues Big Data research is entangled with.