Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The consequences of environmental disclosure quality: Evidence from France

We examine the consequences of environmental disclosure (ED) quality. We test to see if ED quality affects the cost of equity capital (COEC), market valuation, and institutional investors. We focus on the French context as France is one of the pioneer countries in the mandatory adoption of ED. Our sample includes companies listed in the Société des Bourses Françaises (SBF) 120 index for the period 2009–2014. To measure ED quality, we use the qualitative attributes of information quality. The manual content analysis is then used to calculate the score of ED quality. We then link our ED measurement with measures of COEC, market valuation, and institutional ownership. Our analysis offers several interesting findings. First, it shows that ED quality negatively impacts COEC. It also shows that ED quality is negatively associated with higher market valuations. Finally, it provides evidence that ED quality positively affects institutional ownership. Our results indicate that enhancing ED quality leads to desirable economic consequences for disclosing companies and investors.
Paleozoic Sequences and Thrust Slices of the Seetoya Mountains, Independence Range, Elko County, Nevada

Three stratigraphic sequences of lower Paleozoic rocks in the Seetoya Mountains east of Tuscarora, Nevada, are of partly equivalent age. The highest sequence is Lower Silurian and younger, composed of bedded cherts, quartzite, volcanic rocks, and graptolitic shales, deposited in a western eugeosynclinal belt, and thrust southward or southeastward for some scores of miles. Each of two lower sequences includes the same five Ordovician and Silurian formations which differ markedly in thickness and slightly in lithology. They are predominantly carbonate rocks with some quartz sandstones, deposited in an eastern miogeosynclinal belt. The upper of these latter sequences has been thrust about 6 miles southward or southeastward. The eastern sequences were folded, faulted, and eroded, probably in pre-Carboniferous or Permian time. Siltstones, laid unconformably on the southern of the two eastern sequences, may have been derived from rising lands in the eugeosynclinal belt. Thrusting of uncertain age carried a thick plate of allochthonous rock of the western belt southerly or southeasterly. Presence of younger rocks beneath the thrust in the south suggests that there was a regional southward slope at this time. A second thrust, which developed within the eastern belt, carried parautochthonous rocks and may be a subsidiary thrust initiated by movement of the overriding rocks of the western belt. This thrust shows a close similarity to the peel thrusts of the Western Alps. Block faulting during Tertiary is largely responsible for the present-day north-south trend of the range.
The adoption of robotics in pack houses for fresh produce handling

ABSTRACT Fresh produce handling, particularly in final inspection and pack, is highly dependent on dextrous human labour. As part of a relatively low-profit margin industry, rising wage costs and labour shortages are impacting the viability of this sector and are a direct threat to global food security. Adoption of robotics is required to automate delicate handling tasks; this is a key goal for sustainable and profitable businesses that supply packed produce to consumers. This mini review considers the state of the art, as well as any developments required in robotic technology for the automation of inspection and packing of whole unprocessed fresh produce. There is a particular focus on robotic end effectors for the handling of fresh produce. We consider the role of soft robotics research in meeting hygiene and safety requirements, as well as the current limited range of end effectors for handling of highly varied and delicate produce types. Future directions are discussed based on the observation of available current technology available in research and the application to commercial practice.
A Liver-First Approach Using Ablation for Oligometastatic Pancreatic Cancer: A Report of a Successful Case

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly aggressive malignancy, often accompanied by liver metastases as a common manifestation. While palliative chemotherapy remains the mainstay treatment for liver metastatic PC, local treatment approaches have gained attention, especially for patients with oligometastasis who exhibit a positive response to chemotherapy. This case report illustrates the successful application of a liver-first strategy in a 79-year-old male diagnosed with liver oligometastatic PC, originating in the pancreatic tail. The strategy encompassed percutaneous microwave ablation for liver metastases, followed by FOLFIRINOX (5-fluorouracil, folic acid, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin) chemotherapy, and subsequent primary tumor resection. The patient has remained disease-free for over a year post-surgery. This multidisciplinary approach may hold promise for selected patients with liver oligometastatic PC, although further research and case studies are needed for comprehensive evaluation.
GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS AN ELEMENT OF GREEN BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT

This study aims to answer the following research question: How can green human resource management (GHRM) spur green business process management (GBPM)? It employs a literature review combined with scientific reflection. This work contributes to the development of knowledge by (1) conducting an analysis and synthesis of literature on GBPM, (2) combining the issue of GBPM with GHRM, and (3) showing directions for future empirical research focusing on the linkage between GBPM and GHRM. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper systematically discussing the linkage between GBPM and GHRM.
Digital Classification of Hillslope Position

Hillslope position has long been important in soil geomorphology. At the scale of county-level soil maps, more soil boundaries are based on topography than any other soil-forming factor. However, the inability to accurately delineate topographic breaks across hillslopes—either due to lack of sufficient topographic resolution or the proper technology to develop and/or model them—hinders soil mapping efforts. In this research, we developed a decision tree model for classifying hillslope position, which was calibrated and validated using the observations of soil scientists in the field. Different decision tree structures were tested with classification breaks based on calibration groups’ mean midpoints, median midpoints, and fuzzy membership. The final model objectively and quantitatively classifies the five major hillslope positions and performs well on different landscapes, making it suitable for efficient application to large areal extents. The resulting maps of hillslope position represent base maps that can be used to (i) improve research on toposequences by providing explicit definitions of each hillslope element’s location, (ii) facilitate the disaggregation of soil map unit complexes, and (iii) identify map unit inclusions that occur due to subtle topographic variation. Base maps developed by the model can also help identify areas of possible inaccuracies in soil maps, especially where soil boundaries cross topographic breaks. Predictions from the model enable the mapper to better place soil map unit boundaries at locations where defendable landscape breaks exist.
Prioritizing Treatment Goals of People Diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder in the US: Best–Worst Scaling Results

Purpose Bipolar I disorder (BP-I) is associated with significant disease burden, but evidence on treatment goals in people diagnosed with BP-I is scarce. This study sought to quantify treatment goals related to the pharmacological management of BP-I in adults in the US and to identify if subgroups of people with similar treatment goals exist. Patients and Methods A best–worst scaling (BWS) of treatment goals was developed based on available literature and input from experts and patients and was distributed as part of a survey between August and September 2021. Survey participants were adults with a self-reported diagnosis of BP-I who were recruited via an online panel in the US. Participants were asked to prioritize the importance of 16 treatment goals using BWS. BWS scores were computed using multinomial logistic regression, with the scores across all goals summing to 100 for each participant. Subgroups of people with similar preferences were identified using latent class analysis. Results The most important treatment goals for people diagnosed with BP-I (N=255) were “being less impulsive, angry, or irritable” (score: 9.73), or being “able to feel pleasure or happiness” (score: 9.54). Goals related to reducing the incidence of various potential adverse events of medication (scores: ≤4.51) or “reducing dependence on others” (score: 3.04) were less important. Two subgroups were identified. One subgroup (n=111) prioritized symptom-focused goals, considering “reducing frequency of mania, depression, and mixed episodes” and “being less impulsive, angry or irritable” the most important (scores: 12.46 and 11.85, respectively). The other subgroup (n=144) placed significantly more importance on social functioning-focused goals, including beginning or maintaining a relationship with a partner/significant other, and with family and/or friends (scores: 8.45 and 7.70, respectively). Conclusion People diagnosed with BP-I prioritized emotional improvements. Subgroups of people with BP-I prioritized either symptom-focused or social functioning-focused treatment goals.
Wise Governance – Elements of the digital strategies of municipalities

The innovation fields of municipalities are based on the creation of added value for the local population by creating a portfolio of digital implementation projects as a "proof of concept". The Objective of the research project is focussed on answers to the questions of Strategies on multi-time acceptable and responsible governance standards in a portfolio of data-based, bureaucracy-reducing and trend-based topics. The Prior work serves the elements of Open Data, Public Value Modeling, Business Process Optimization, Public Corporate Responsibility and Digital Leadership in a holistic orientation question of municipal departments. The Approach are adjusting screws in the interaction of control options from the spectrum of local governance. Between different surveys there are relationships and effects. The Results show that basic prerequisites at the level of values, competencies and management are necessary in order to effectively implement targeted instruments of digital transformation in everyday life. Transparency tools and creativity technology support the introduction of targeted governance. The Implications of this interdisziplinary project should give an impact to academics in the public management and data sciences as well as specialists of leadership and strategic management. For practioneers and leaders of municipalities the possibilities of wise governance should get visual. The Value of the paper lies in the direction of the tension between stable efficiency measures and visionary holisticness of adoption capability of ambiguous requirements in the public sector.
Three soil chronosequences in recessional glacial deposits near the polar plateau, in the Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

Abstract Soil chronosequences in till deposits emplaced during glacial retreat in the Central Transantarctic Mountains are described. Discrepancies between the degree of soil development and reported cosmogenic surface exposure ages suggest slower, weaker soil development in this region than encountered in other areas of Antarctica. The study sites (Dominion Range, Mount Achernar and Ong Valley) were located between 83° and 85°S, at altitudes of 1600–2200 m, on the edge of the polar plateau. Soil landscape maps show a gradation of soil properties across landscape units that were designated as homogenous/single-event drifts in previous smaller-scale studies. Along transects away from the current ice edge, the depth to underlying ice thickened (from 2 cm to > 80 cm), soil became more weathered, saltier and less alkaline, and horizonation became more pronounced. Soil thickness, clast abundance and soil chemistry are all consistent with a two-layer mode of soil formation. We suggest that a thin, clast-rich surface horizon, originating from weathering of supraglacial debris, overlies a thick, clast-poor sublimation till. The supraglacial debris has a finite contribution to soil volume, whereas sublimation offers an ongoing source of soil material that thickens the soil from its base.
A pilot operational flood warning system in Andalusia (Spain): presentation and first results

Abstract. The Guadalhorce Basin is located in Andalusia (South of Spain). Its floods have historically represented a major hazard for the city of Malaga. In 2008 it has been decided to implement a pilot operational flood warning system (GFWS) with the aim of analyzing the capability to minimize the risk to people, and economic activity, as well as for guiding water resources management. The system is oriented to provide distributed warnings based on rainfall accumulations and discharge forecasts. Rainfall accumulation maps are generated according to the interpolation of rain gauge measurements and weather radar rainfall maps whereas discharge forecasts are computed using a distributed rainfall-runoff model. Due to the lack of flow measurements, the model was calibrated a priori in most of the basin area. The performance of the system has been tested on two recent rainfall events which caused many inundations. First results show how the GFWS performed well and was able to forecast the location and timing of flooding. It demonstrates that a simple model and a rough calibration could be enough to issue valuable warnings. Moreover, the European Flood Alert System (EFAS) forecasts have been used to prevent from the flood several days in advance. With low resolution and long anticipation, EFAS appears as a good complement tool to improve flood forecasting and compensate for the short lead times of the GFWS.
Modelling soil erosion and sediment yield at a catchment scale: the case of Masinga catchment, Kenya

Development of improved soil erosion and sediment yield prediction technology is required to provide catchment stakeholders with the tools they need to evaluate the impact of various management strategies on soil loss and sediment yield in order to plan for the optimal use of the land. In this paper, a newly developed approach is presented to predict the sources of sediment reaching the stream network within Masinga, a large‐scale rural catchment in Kenya. The study applies the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE) and a developed hillslope sediment delivery distributed (HSDD) model embedded in a geographical information system (GIS). The HSDD model estimates the sediment delivery ratio (SDR) on a cell‐by‐cell basis using the concept of runoff travel time as a function of catchment characteristics. The model performance was verified by comparing predicted and measured plot runoff and sediment yield. The results show a fairly good relationship between predicted and measured sediment yield (R2=0·82). The predicted results show that the developed modelling approach can be used as a major tool to estimate spatial soil erosion and sediment yield at a catchment scale. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A multi‐data set analysis of variability and change in Arctic spring snow cover extent, 1967–2008

[1] A new multi-data set estimate of Arctic monthly snow cover extent (SCE) in the May–June melt period is derived from 10 data sources covering different time periods from 1967 to 2008. The data sources include visible and microwave satellite observations, objective analyses of surface snow depth observations, reconstructed snow cover from daily temperature and precipitation, and proxy information derived from thaw dates. The new estimates show a more linear reduction in spring SCE than previously characterized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weekly snow chart data set, with air temperature explaining 49% of the variability in Arctic SCE in May and 56% of the variability in June. The Arctic Oscillation is only significantly linked to Arctic SCE in May where it explains 25% of the variance in Eurasian sector SCE. Trend analysis of the multi-data set series (including an annually varying estimate of error) reveals that May and June SCE have decreased 14% and 46%, respectively, over the pan-Arctic region over the 1967–2008 period in response to earlier snow melt. These results are confirmed with in situ data from Canada, Alaska and Russia that show significant reductions in spring snow cover duration over the last 30 years. The spring snow cover temperature sensitivity over the pan-Arctic region during this period is estimated to be in the range −0.8 to −1.00 × 106 km2 °C−1. The observed reductions in June SCE over the 1979–2008 period are found to be of the same magnitude as reductions in June sea ice extent with both series significantly correlated to air temperature changes over the Arctic region and to each other. This result underscores the close relationship between the cryosphere and surface air temperatures over the Arctic region in June when albedo feedback potential is at a maximum.
Habitat suitability modeling with Random Forest as a tool for fish conservation in Mediterranean rivers

Prediction of fish presence is needed in many branches of regulated river management, including the definition of environmental flows and habitat restoration measures for wildlife conservation. Research on river ecology has indicated that fish species distribution can be related to habitat attributes, and models with high predictive performance can be obtained by combining biotic and abiotic habitat descriptors. In four selected reference sites of the Cabriel River (province of Cuenca, Spain), the presence of Eastern Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus guiraonis) was related to environmental variables linked to different mesohabitat characteristics. By means of Random Forest (RF), the data collected in the field were used to predict fish presence for two key bioperiods: migration and spawning (April-June) and rearing and growth (July-September). The aims of this study are (i) to select the most important habitat attributes for the fish presence (ii) to evaluate how biotic interactions among fish species affect habitat use and (iii) to examine the feasibility of using RF in building habitat suitability models for fish. Random Forest provided an indicator of variables' importance and the most parsimonious model was selected to define the lowest number of variables to be surveyed for future model applications, e.g. habitat restoration measures and prediction of areas with high habitat suitability which should be conserved. The preliminary results of this research were discussed, as well as possible future developments, showing potentials and limitations of Random Forest in building habitat models for fish
PEMBERDAYAAN IBU-IBU PKK DALAM PEMENUHAN GIZI BAGI ANAK PRA SEKOLAH SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCEGAHAN STUNTING DI KELURAHAN KALISEGORO

Stunting merupakan suatu kondisi dimana anak mengalami gangguan pertumbuhan, sehingga tinggi badan anak tidak sesuai dengan usianya, sebagai akibat dari masalah gizi kronis yaitu kekurangan asupan gizi dalam waktu yang lama. Stunting berdampak negatif terhadap kecerdasan anak dan meningkatkan risiko penyakit tidak menular pada anak, seperti diabetes mellitus, kanker, dan penyakit jantung koroner pada saat dewasa nantinya. Stunting dapat dicegah dengan dengan berbagai strategi yaitu intervensi gizi spesifik (kecukupan asupan makanan dan gizi, pola asuh, dan pengobatan infeksi/penyakit) dan gizi sensitif (akses pangan bergizi; akses pengasuhan gizi ibu dan anak; akses dan kualitas pelayanan gizi dan kesehatan; dan penyediaan air bersih dan sarana sanitasi). Pelaksanaan intervensi gizi spesifik dan sensitif ini sebaiknya secara terpadu. Pengalaman global menunjukkan bahwa menerapkan tindakan terpadu untuk menargetkan kelompok prioritas di area prioritas merupakan kunci keberhasilan dalam meningkatkan gizi anak, pertumbuhan dan perkembangan, serta mencegah stunting. Namun, di wilayah kelurahan Kalisegoro pengetahuan ibu-ibu PKK tentang pemenuhan gizi seimbang masih rendah. Hal ini disebabkan oleh kurangnya edukasi terkait makanan gizi seimbang untuk mencegah stunting. Berdasarkan gambaran dari potret permasalahan yang dihadapi mitra, maka dilakukan kegiatan Pelatihan tentang makanan bergizi untuk anak pra sekolah dengan memanfaatkan bahan pangan lokal daun kelor, cara pengolahan menjadi berbagai produk makanan untuk anak pra sekolah yang benar oleh Tim pengabdian Unnes dengan sasaran Ibu-ibu PKK. Pada tahap awal telah dilakukan pertemuan dengan ibu Ika Setyowati selaku ketua PKK dan sosialisasi pada ibu PKK tentang rencana kegiatan pengabdian dan penyuluhan tentang makanan gizi seimbang. Tahap selanjutnya adalah pelatihan cara pengolahan bahan pangan lokal menjadi berbagai aneka produk makanan seperti : 1) Dimsum daun kelor, 2) Poding kelor, dan 3) Nugget ikan dan daun kelor. Luaran kegiatan pengabdian ini antara lain publikasi pada jurnal Karya Abdi Masyarakat Penerbit LPPM Universitas Jambi dengan judul artikel “Pemberdayaan Ibu-Ibu PKK Dalam Pemenuhan Gizi Bagi Anak Pra Sekolah Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Stunting Di Kelurahan Kalisegoro” serta publikasi pada media online lokal Suara Merdeka, serta media online web MIPA, dan video kegiatan.
Directional wave measurements from three wave sensors during the FETCH experiment

[1] During the Flux, Etat de la mer et Teledection en Condition de fetcH variable (FETCH) experiment, directional wave measurements were made by an airborne radar RESSAC and by two moored buoys, an Air–Sea Interaction Spar (ASIS) and a Directional Waverider. In order to define the performance and compatibility of these wave sensors with different measuring principles, a comparison of the directional measurements in a variety of meteorological conditions during the experiment is presented in this paper. It was found that within the limits of their operational ranges, the sensors agreed on the one-dimensional spectrum and the basic parameters derived from it—significant wave height and peak frequency. The sensors reported the directional features of the wave field and the mean direction consistently, but in some cases the two buoys disagreed on the directional width of the spectrum. Most of these cases were associated with a single swell-dominated event.