Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Women municipal politicians in election news

@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }. MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; } The news media’s fascination with which party is ahead in the polls — otherwise known as the horse race — has raised questions about how well informed voters are about their choices on the ballot box. A preoccupation with campaign strategies, gaffes, and photo-ops leaves journalists with less time to report on issues and platforms. Some scholars argue women are particularly handicapped by horse-race coverage because it can lead to negative evaluations of their electoral viability and because the masculine language used in this type of coverage could depict them as inappropriately aggressive and therefore transgressing traditional gender norms. But this study on newspaper coverage of municipal elections in one Canadian province reveals that journalists treat regular council contests more as a marathon than a horse race. The nature of municipal election coverage suggests journalists treat candidates as a mass group of runners, doing little to distinguish them from each other and rarely speculating on their electoral chances. The real problem for women and men council candidates is not media bias but media invisibility—getting the coverage they need to build a public profile so voters will support them.
Adaptation of Positive Mental Health Scale into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

In this paper, it was aimed to adapt the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) into Turkish language. In total 360 university students with ages ranging from 18 to 25, participated in the research. Validity and reliability analysis were carried out after the linguistic equivalency of the scale was examined. The psychometric properties of the scale were examined by internal consistency, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, it comes in view that the scale has a single factor structure. Related to the PMHS, the internal consistency coefficient was found . 85. In the context of the criterion-related validity, positive correlations were found between Positive Mental Health Scale (PMHS) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), Psychological Well-being Scale (PWS) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). It is concluded that the PMHS is a valid and reliable instrument to measure positive mental health level of university students.
Dustbathing in Relation to Early Pecking Experience in Game Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)

Vestergaard K. S. , M. Bildsoe: Dustbathing in Relation to Early Pecking Experience in Game Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). Acta Vet. Brno 1999, 68: 141–148. Studies on domestic chicks have indicated that preferences for dustbathing substrates are related to early pecking experience before full dustbathing behaviour has appeared. In this study we investigated if this was also the case in game pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), a close relative of fowl. Pheasant chicks were kept as pairs in wire floored cages and given either 2 min or 5 min pecking experience by simultaneous presentation of peat and sand on days 2 -11. On days 13 and 14 they were tested for dustbathing performance during 30 min simultaneous presentation of sand, peat and feed. Chicks on the 5 min treatment had a higher pecking rate (P < 0.01) and therefore gained more experience with the pecking substrates than chicks on the 2 min treatment. Furthermore, chicks on the 5 min pecking treatment dustbathed more in the substrates than those on the 2 min treatment (P < 0.05). Generally, chicks preferred to peck at peat rather than at sand (P < 0.02) and they also preferred to dustbathe in peat (P < 0.03). In the 2 min group dustbathing in the substrates and early overall pecking rate on days 2-11 at the substrates were positively correlated, with a strongly increased correlation coefficient by day 8. In the 5 min group the correlations between pecking at either sand or peat and dustbathing in sand peaked on day 4. During the dustbathing tests three chicks that had no or very little experience of pecking the substrates preferred to dustbathe in food. We suggest that like domestic chicks game pheasant chicks imprint on dustbathing substrates by pecking at them during the first days of life.
A Mini Review on the Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Pollutants by the Genus Rhodococcus

The genus Rhodococcus is a very diverse group of Eubacteria that are commonly found in many environmental niches such as soils and seawaters likewise. Owed to their remarkable range of varied catabolic gene and robust cellular physiology, this genus is competent to degrade a great number of organic compounds including some of the most difficult compounds such as petroleum hydrocarbons. This review discusses two interrelated topics, which are the petroleum hydrocarbons pollution in the environment and the utilization of the Rhodococcus genus in microbial remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and its derivatives. The first part focuses on the application of hydrocarbon components in standard routine, sources of pollution and the toxicity of these compounds. On the second fraction of this assessment, the biochemistry, physiology and genetic versatility of the genus Rhodococcus will be reviewed with emphasizing their significance in environmental biotechnology and bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons.
Estimating Above-Ground Biomass of Maize Using Features Derived from UAV-Based RGB Imagery

The rapid, accurate, and economical estimation of crop above-ground biomass at the farm scale is crucial for precision agricultural management. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote-sensing system has a great application potential with the ability to obtain remote-sensing imagery with high temporal-spatial resolution. To verify the application potential of consumer-grade UAV RGB imagery in estimating maize above-ground biomass, vegetation indices and plant height derived from UAV RGB imagery were adopted. To obtain a more accurate observation, plant height was directly derived from UAV RGB point clouds. To search the optimal estimation method, the estimation performances of the models based on vegetation indices alone, based on plant height alone, and based on both vegetation indices and plant height were compared. The results showed that plant height directly derived from UAV RGB point clouds had a high correlation with ground-truth data with an R2 value of 0.90 and an RMSE value of 0.12 m. The above-ground biomass exponential regression models based on plant height alone had higher correlations for both fresh and dry above-ground biomass with R2 values of 0.77 and 0.76, respectively, compared to the linear regression model (both R2 values were 0.59). The vegetation indices derived from UAV RGB imagery had great potential to estimate maize above-ground biomass with R2 values ranging from 0.63 to 0.73. When estimating the above-ground biomass of maize by using multivariable linear regression based on vegetation indices, a higher correlation was obtained with an R2 value of 0.82. There was no significant improvement of the estimation performance when plant height derived from UAV RGB imagery was added into the multivariable linear regression model based on vegetation indices. When estimating crop above-ground biomass based on UAV RGB remote-sensing system alone, looking for optimized vegetation indices and establishing estimation models with high performance based on advanced algorithms (e.g., machine learning technology) may be a better way.
An R-fuzzy and Grey Analysis Framework

This paper puts forward the notion of an R-fuzzy and grey analysis framework. This is based on our previous works which involved enhancing the R-fuzzy set and the research undertaken on grey analysis, we believe that this newly proposed framework the R-fuzzy grey analysis framework (RfGAf), to be a viable methodology to adopt when considering uncertainty modelling. It will be shown that the framework is very well suited in application areas involving perception modelling, where group consensus and subjectivity are prevalent. In such domains a single observation can have a multitude of different perspectives, choosing a single fuzzy value as a representative becomes problematic. The fundamental concept of an R-fuzzy set is that it allows for the collective perception of a populous, and also individualised perspectives to be encapsulated within its membership set. The introduction of a significance measure allowed for the quantification of any membership value contained within any generated R-fuzzy set. This in addition provided one the means to infer from the conditional probability of each contained fuzzy membership value. Such is the pairing of the significance measure and the R-fuzzy concept, it replicates in part, the higher order of complex uncertainty which can be garnered using a type-2 fuzzy approach, with the computational ease and objectiveness of a typical type-1 fuzzy set. This paper utilises the use of grey analysis, in particular, the use of the absolute degree of grey incidence for the inspection of the sequence generated when using the significance measure, when quantifying the degree of significance for each contained fuzzy membership value. Using the absolute degree of grey incidence provides a means to measure the metric spaces between sequences, so that perception divergence can be quantified.
Trace Elements and Sr, Nd Isotope Compositions of Surface Sediments in the Indian Ocean: An Evaluation of Sources and Processes for Sediment Transport and Dispersal

To decipher sediment provenance, understand dispersal pattern and its controlling factors in the Indian Ocean, we have studied major and trace element abundances and isotope compositions of Sr (87Sr/86Sr) and Nd (εNd) in silicate fractions of 38 surface sediment samples collected at ~1.5° interval from India (~10°N) to Antarctica (~70°S). The 87Sr/86Sr ratio and εNd vary from 0.70527 and 0.1 near Crozet Island to 0.77854 and −34.8 near Antarctica, respectively. Higher 87Sr/86Sr ratio and lower εNd near Antarctica indicate source of old granitic rocks, and the opposite is observed in sediments from the Central and the Southwest Indian Ridges indicating source of seafloor spreading and mid‐ocean ridge hydrothermal activity. Chondrite normalized Rare Earth Elements (REEs) pattern reveals positive Europium anomaly for Central and Southwest Indian Ridge sediments, while positive Gadolinium anomaly is observed in Indian and Antarctic coastal sediments. Sediments in the Indian sector of Southern Ocean and coastal Antarctica are highly dispersed through deep, bottom, and Antarctic circumpolar currents. The εNd spatial map generated for the entire Indian Ocean based on compilation of present study and results from literature shows dominance of terrigenous inputs from continental erosion with minor contribution from the ridges in the Indian Ocean. The εNd map together with trace elements can be employed for reconnaissance for mineral exploration associated with hydrothermal deposits. Further, comparison of detrital εNd with its counter phases, that is, authigenic fractions and modern seawater at the sampling sites, would enhance our knowledge of benthic exchange processes, with an implication in using Nd isotopes as a water mass circulation proxy.
On-Line Segmentation of Time-Series Data

Segmentation of time series is one of the important tasks in time series data mining. Segmentation has two major uses: It may be performed either to detect when the system that creates the time series has changed or to create a high level representation of the time series for indexing, clustering, and classification. Approaches to on-line segmentation of time series are necessary when identifying and predicting temporal patterns in real-time time series databases are needed, and this is the focus of this paper. A formal description of segmenting time series problem and a criterion for the evolution of segmentation algorithms are presented. An on-line iterative algorithm of segmenting time series, called OLS (on-line segmentation), is then proposed. OLS is independent of a priori knowledge about the segmented time series. Experimental results demonstrate that OLS can on-line detect the critical change points of time series with less 'over fit' than that of competitive algorithms.
Analyzing Listening and Speaking Activities of Iranian EFL Textbook Prospect 3 Through Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

Some significant components are essential in teaching a language. Among these, textbooks are the most significant ones and must be considered seriously. Textbooks play an important role in EFL teaching and learning because they can provide ready-made materials to both teachers and students. Besides, if textbooks aren’t used appropriately, they may spoil the process of teaching. This study aimed at analyzing listening and speaking activities of the textbook Prospect 3 which is used for Junior High School third graders in order to investigate in which level of lower or higher of the learning objectives related to Bloom’s (2001) Revised Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain they would be classified. The findings revealed that all of the activities of listening and speaking skills were classified as the low level of cognitive complexity and could not train the students of this grade for high levels of learning objectives. Hence the teachers should employ extra activities to make the students perform in higher levels of thinking skills and book designers should improve the content of the textbook to cover the higher levels of the cognitive domain.
Honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition of polyphagous black bean aphid, Aphis fabae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on various host plants and implications for ant-attendance

The black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, is polyphagous and its life cycle involves seasonal migration between summer and winter host plants. The aphids are regularly tended by honeydew-collecting ants. This study investigates whether differences exist in honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition for A. fabae subspecies feeding on various host plants and whether such dif- ferences reflect differences in the intensity of ant-atttendance ( Lasius niger). A. f. fabae feeding on the perennial summer host, Tanacetum vulgare, produced twice the amount of honeydew (ca. 110 µg per aphid . h -1 ) than when feeding on the annual host plants Vicia faba or Chenopodium album. Honeydew production of A. f. cirsiia- canthoides feeding on the creeping thistle Cirsium arvense was the highest measured in this study (ca. 150 µg per aphid . h -1 ). Total sugar concentration in the honeydew of A. f. fabae did not differ when feeding on various summer hosts, whereas the honeydew of A. f. cirsiiacanthoides on C. arvense contained a significantly higher amount of total sugars. The trisaccharide melezitose was the dominant sugar in all the honeydew samples, except for the honeydew of A. f. fabae and A. f. evonymi feeding on the woody winter host plant Evonymus europaeus. The highest proportion of melezitose (80% of total sugars) was found in the honeydew of A. f. cirsi- iacanthoides feeding on C. arvense. In this subspecies, the intensity of ant-attendance was also highest. The results confirm our hypothesis, that the sugar richness of the honeydew (rate of honeydew secretion × total sugar concentration) along with the presence of the attractant sugar melezitose are the critical factors in determining the extent of ant-attendance. In A. f. fabae feeding on the spindle tree E. europaeus, the total sugar concentration of the honeydew as well as the sugar composi- tion differed significantly between generations.
Youth Engagement and the Colbert Nation: From Passive Consumer to Passively-Active Viewer

The youth of today have been cast in a state of temporality, with no way of knowing whether their condition is permanent or transitionary. Today’s youth are regarded as a low priority by politicians, and scholars and policymakers often view this dis- connection as a crisis in citizenship within advanced industrial democracies. is disengagement from electoral politics has contributed to several underlying issues, such as, a feeling of alienation from the political process, and a growing disinterest toward the political system. However, young people are now engaging in non- electoral forms of civic and political engagement, such as, participatory culture, which facilitates space for political and civic youth mobilization, and this, in turn, promotes democratic values of involvement.This paper examines the institutionalization of political media satire, with a speci c focus on the commodi cation of the content found on The Colbert Report. I will explore the role of institutionalized political satire within hegemonic institutions, and argue that TCR creates a viewership based on the fetishism of commodities. However, where fetishism often generates passive reception, I argue that the com- modi cation of political content and TCR fandom culture generates a passively- active viewer, and facilitates a space for youth engagement. For reasons discussed, it remains an open question whether young people will take full advantage of the political knowledge and awareness gained from watching TCR, and whether this will lead to future political advocacy. Keywords: Colbert Report, civic engagement, political media e ects, political satire, political participation, youth participation.
Can Investors Hedge Residential Price Dynamics of Australia¡¦s Capital Cities?

The study described in this paper focuses on testing the short-run and long-run relationships between house price and consumer price indices in Australiai¦s capital cities from 1998 to 2008. The autoregressive distributed lag model is adopted to obtain the estimates of the short-run relationships, while the error correction model is used to investigate the long-run relationships. The t-statistic is used to compute the significance of these relationships. The research results give no evidence that house price indices are correlated with consumer price indices in the short run. However, the long-run relationships between house and consumer price indices exist in most of the cities.
ACCOUNT ACTIVE TRUST DEPICTION FOR USER APPROVAL

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The relationship between media discourses and experiences of belonging: Dutch Somali perspectives

This article explores the relationship between media discourses and experiences of belonging. Studies on Muslims and the media have suggested that there is a largely negative discourse about Muslims in Western countries. As a result, the ‘othering’ processes that occur in the media may impact how Muslim citizens experience their individual attachments to society. We use excerpts from focus group interviews with Somalis in the Netherlands1 to investigate how they look upon, counter or internalize media discourses that seem to depict them in a negative way, particularly because they are Muslims. The findings indicate that discriminative discourses create a plurality of outcomes for our participants. Whereas all perceive a negative debate, some discursively ‘join’ a global Muslim community as a result, while others try their best to avoid association with a worldwide Muslim alliance and emphasize within-group variances. Though the opposing reactions might seem contradictory, we argue that both responses counter the same problems: ‘othering’ and victimization. Thereby we give voice to Somalis who are not often heard, while at the same time adding to the theoretical understanding of ‘othering’ processes.
Predictive ability of accruals before and after IFRS in the Brazilian stock market

ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze and assess the predictive ability of discretionary accruals (DAs) and non-discretionary accruals (NDAs) for forecasting future cash flows before and after the convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Brazil. The study is warranted due to the scarcity of research in Brazil on the subject and is relevant because it aims to shed light on whether the changes occurring due to convergence with IFRS in Brazil have improved accounting quality. The accounting choices of managers and accountants in the Brazilian stock market, enabled by IFRS, contribute to an apparent improvement in accounting quality in terms of reliability, the faithful representation of entities’ equity and financial positions, and in particular, the predictive ability for forecasting future cash flows. The population was composed of publicly traded companies listed on the Bovespa and São Paulo Stock, Commodities, and Futures Exchange (BM&FBovespa) in 2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2015. The non-probability convenience sample is composed of 715 enterprises, once companies from the “finance and insurance” and “funds” sectors and even those considered as “holding” were excluded. The data were pooled by year, as they contain different companies over the time series (unbalanced panel data). The DAs and NDAs produced prior to full convergence with IFRS are negative and statistically significant for predicting future cash flows in the Brazilian stock market, which indicated opportunistic/contractual earnings management. One of the possible explanations for this would be the influence of government tax authorities on Brazilian accounting norms, which could induce managers to manipulate accounting results with the aim of reducing earnings in order to pay fewer taxes, for example. The DAs and NDAs produced after IFRS are positive and statistically significant for predicting future cash flows in the Brazilian stock market, signaling the motivation of discretionary accounting choices under the informational aspect. Current DAs and NDAs add informational power compared to current aggregate accruals. It has also been observed that the current DAs and NDAs originating after IFRS in Brazil, compared to current aggregate accruals, have an informational gain in relation to those produced before.
Pseudopotential Study of CdTe Quantum Dots: Electronic and Optical Properties

The present contribution reports on the electronic and optical properties of zinc-blende CdTe quantum dots using a pseudopotential approach. Our findings showed that the predicted nano-structured direct band gap is significantly increased relative to the bulk one. For a nanocrystal diameter in the range 1.2-5 nm, the refractive index and dielectric constant are found to be highly reduced relative the bulk values. Beyond a nanocrystal diameter of 5 nm, the size dependence of all features of interest becomes weak and tends towards retrieving the bulk value.