Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Abundance Effect: Unethical Behavior in the Presence of Wealth

Three laboratory studies investigated the hypothesis that the presence of wealth may influence people's propensity to engage in unethical behavior for financial gain. In the experiments, participants were given the opportunity to cheat by overstating their performance on an anagram task. In each study, one group was stimulated by the visible proximity of monetary wealth. We found that the presence of abundant wealth led to more frequent cheating than an environment of scarcity. Our experiments also investigated the potential mechanisms behind this effect. The results showed that the presence of abundant wealth provoked feelings of envy toward wealthy others that, in turn, led to unethical behavior. Our findings offer insights into when and why people engage in unethical behavior.
HDR 192Ir source speed measurements using a high speed video camera.

PURPOSE The dose delivered with a HDR (192)Ir afterloader can be separated into a dwell component, and a transit component resulting from the source movement. The transit component is directly dependent on the source speed profile and it is the goal of this study to measure accurate source speed profiles. METHODS A high speed video camera was used to record the movement of a (192)Ir source (Nucletron, an Elekta company, Stockholm, Sweden) for interdwell distances of 0.25-5 cm with dwell times of 0.1, 1, and 2 s. Transit dose distributions were calculated using a Monte Carlo code simulating the source movement. RESULTS The source stops at each dwell position oscillating around the desired position for a duration up to (0.026 ± 0.005) s. The source speed profile shows variations between 0 and 81 cm/s with average speed of ∼ 33 cm/s for most of the interdwell distances. The source stops for up to (0.005 ± 0.001) s at nonprogrammed positions in between two programmed dwell positions. The dwell time correction applied by the manufacturer compensates the transit dose between the dwell positions leading to a maximum overdose of 41 mGy for the considered cases and assuming an air-kerma strength of 48 000 U. The transit dose component is not uniformly distributed leading to over and underdoses, which is within 1.4% for commonly prescribed doses (3-10 Gy). CONCLUSIONS The source maintains its speed even for the short interdwell distances. Dose variations due to the transit dose component are much lower than the prescribed treatment doses for brachytherapy, although transit dose component should be evaluated individually for clinical cases.
Is It Relevant to Screen Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?

Background: Subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (SCS) is defined as autonomous cortisol secretion in patients devoid of specific clinical symptoms of hypercortisolism, as in the classic CS. However, sustained exposure to chronic slightly elevated cortisol concentrations may result in some classical metabolic complications of CS such as impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. Currently, the frequency of SCS is widely variable. We have conducted a cross-sectional study to prospectively evaluate the prevalence of SCS among type 2 diabetic (T2D) patients with poor control, and to determine whether systematic screening for SCS in T2D patients is worthwhile. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study including 221 T2D patients referred to the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis for poor glycemic control (HbA1c ? 8%). The first screening step of SCS was the 1-mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ODST) using a revised criterion for cortisol suppression. In the second confirmatory step, patients with abnormal ODST underwent a 48-? h, 2-? mg low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) to confirm the diagnosis. The cut-off for cortisol suppression was 50 nmol/L (1.8 µmol/dL) in the two tests. Results: Thirteen patients (5.9%) failed to suppress cortisol levels less than the cut-off after ODST. SCS was confirmed by LDDST in one patient among them (0.45%). The autonomous cortisol secretion was related to a pituitary adenoma. Our study revealed that the frequency of SCS of 0.45% did not allow performing an analytical study in order to identify predictive factors of SCS among T2D patients. Conclusion: SCS is rare among T2D patients. Systematic screening of SCS in T2D patients with poor glycemic control is not worthwhile. The screening should be performed only in patients with a particular clinical and/or biological context. J Endocrinol Metab. 2017;7(6):178-184 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jem454w
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Revision of the endemic giant fire millipedes of Madagascar, genus Aphistogoniulus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae)

The Malagasy fire millipede genus Aphistogoniulus (Silvestri, 1897) is revised. All previously described species, A. cowani (Butler, 1882), A. erythrocephalus (Pocock, 1893), A. hova (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897), A. corallipes (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1902), A. sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897), are redescribed. Four new synonyms are confirmed: Aphistogoniulus sanguinemaculatus (Silvestri, 1897) new synonym of A. cowani, A. quadridentatus (Attems, 1910) new synonym of A. erythrocephalus, A. polleni Jeekel, 1971 and A. brolemanni Jeekel, 1971 new synonyms of A. hova. Scanning electron microscopy is utilized to investigate the sexual differences on the antenna, mandible and gnathochilarium in A. cowani. The intraspecific variation of the taxonomic characters within and between different populations of A. erythrocephalus (Pocock, 1893) is examined. Five new species (A. sanguineus Wesener, n. sp., A. infernalis Wesener, n. sp., A. diabolicus Wesener, n. sp., A. aridus Wesener, n. sp., A. vampyrus Wesener, n. sp.) are described, including the first records of the genus from the Malagasy spiny forest and azonal Western deciduous forest ecosystem. A key to Aphistogoniulus species is provided.
Gestión ambiental en micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas de hospedaje. Environmental management in micro, small and medium business hosting.

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have by their nature a position that usually puts them at a disadvantage againts large corporations; in tourism, they are conceived as absent entities of environmental management and technological innovation. The hotel MSMEs in Ixtapan de la Sal, a traditional tourist destination located in the center of Mexico, facing an organizational reconfiguration for improving the sector; therefore they need to develop strategies that enable them to become more profitable and environmentally responsible. The purpose of the article is to assess the environmental practices carried out MSMEs hosting,
Mooc´s Business Models: Turning Black Swans into Gray Swans

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are black swans. A black swan is an unexpected event that emerges from reality and alters the reality itself. MOOCs have affected supply and demand in higher education. MOOCs distribute knowledge, classes on many areas of expertise for free. Millions of users, from all over the world are enrolling MOOCs courses. Universities are sharing resources and knowledge in the Internet no matter who or why. This paradigm shift has an impact on people's life. So, how can universities survive if they are giving knowledge for free? This paper presents a literature review on MOOCs. We also modulate this reality to minimize the jeopardy and maximize the good opportunities that MOOCs bring.
Construction of a Thermal Vacuum Chamber for Environment Test of Triple CubeSat Mission TRIO-CINEMA

TRiplet Ionospheric Observatory-CubeSat for Ion, Neutron, Electron & MAgnetic fields (TRIO-CINEMA) is a CubeSat with 3.14 kg in weight and 3-U (10 × 10 × 30 cm) in size, jointly developed by Kyung Hee University and UC Berkeley to measure magnetic fields of near Earth space and detect plasma particles. When a satellite is launched into orbit, it encounters ultrahigh vacuum and extreme temperature. To verify the operation and survivability of the satellite in such an extreme space environment, experimental tests are conducted on the ground using thermal vacuum chamber. This paper describes the temperature control device and monitoring system suitable for CubeSat test environment using the thermal vacuum chamber of the School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University. To build the chamber, we use a general purpose thermal analysis program and NX 6.0 TMG program. We carry out thermal vacuum tests on the two flight models developed by Kyung Hee University based on the thermal model of the TRIO-CINEMA satellite. It is expected from this experiment that proper operation of the satellite in the space environment will be achieved.
UbiCompass: An IoT Interaction Concept

Lately, different wearable form factors have reached the consumer domain. Wearables enable at-a-glance access to information and can continually sense the surrounding environment. Internet of Things (IoT) researchers have focused on the main enabling factors: the integration of several technologies and communication solutions. Less effort has been devoted to exploring how not-so-tech-savvy end users can discover and directly interact with the numerous connected things predicted by the IoT vision. This paper presents a novel IoT interaction concept called UbiCompass. A functional, smartwatch face prototype of the UbiCompass was developed and integrated with an existing smart home system, in which five different connected devices could be controlled using simple interaction. It was then compared to a traditional smartphone mobile application in a controlled experiment. The results show statistically significant differences in favor of the proposed concept. This highlights the potential the UbiCompass has as an IoT interaction concept.
Étude des processus de rééducation dans le cas des troubles spécifiques du développement du langage

Dans la litterature, relativement peu d’etudes ont porte sur les processus de reeducation en situation naturelle. La majorite des recherches ont ete menees surtout comme une evaluation de l’efficacite de certaines methodes d’intervention (e.g. methode metalinguistique, guidance parentale) ou modes d’intervention (e.g. recast, imitation, modelage) sur l’acquisition d’une forme ou d’une structure linguistique ou de maniere plus generale sur le developpement de l’enfant. Or la comprehension des processus par lesquels les enfants se developpent necessite de travailler sur ce qui se passe pendant la reeducation sur le plan interactionnel et dans la facon dont emergent des pratiques orthophoniques dans l’interaction.L’objectif de notre etude est de comprendre la maniere dont les interventions des orthophonistes soutiennent le developpement langagier des enfants dysphasiques dans l’interaction. Cette etude s’inscrit dans une approche interactionniste en s’inspirant des travaux de Vygotski (1936/1997) et de Bruner (1983a). L’etude porte sur l’observation de quatre dyades orthophoniste-enfant dysphasique d’âge scolaire suivies lors de seances de reeducation pendant sept mois. Au debut et a la fin de cette phase d’observation, une phase de test a ete mise en place pour evaluer les competences langagieres des enfants et leur evolution. Les resultats montrent que les orthophonistes mettent en place des activites portant sur divers aspects du fonctionnement du langage. Leurs pratiques s’inscrivent dans la dynamique de l’echange et elles sont fortement influencees par les interventions des enfants et leurs difficultes a accomplir une tâche langagiere. En outre, elles sont efficaces car elles permettent aux enfants de realiser a deux ce qu’ils ne pouvaient accomplir seul. Nos analyses mettent en evidence des gestes professionnels communs aux orthophonistes relevant ainsi leur appartenance a une communaute de pratiques.
EMPLOYEE COUNSELLING PROGRAMS IN THE MALAYSIAN WORKPLACE

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the need of employee counselling programs in the Malaysian workplace and the key issues involved in the designing and promoting of such programs. The dissertation covers the essential elements of employee counselling programs and the appropriate steps needed to successfully implement the program. It also addresses the values and culture of the Malaysian workforce that may affect the success of implementation of the programs. The dissertation incorporated a study that was conducted on 102 employees from two companies in Malaysia to find out the attitudes towards counselling services and the types of problems commonly being experienced by the employees in the organisation. The results indicated that the employees were positive toward the provision of counselling programs in the company and that the main problems experienced were that of career, financial and health. The dissertation also included the recorded responses of employees to an existing employee counselling program in the National Bank of Malaysia. The findings support the results of the above-mentioned study. The dissertation will provide the conceptual framework upon which counselling programs in the Malaysian workplace are based, as well as the types of activities and skills that are involved. The focus is on such programs that will help employees deal with personal or health problems that might affect their productivity. The dissertation will show that an employee counselling program can succeed only in the context of an organisational commitment to its goals. The successful programs tend to be the one that is carefully planned, efficiently implemented, and well received by the people it has been designed to serve.
Biodiesel production from non-edible plant oils

Biodiesel is an alternative to petroleum-based fuels derived from a variety of feedstocks, including vegetable oils, animal fats, and waste cooking oil. At present, biodiesel is mainly produced from conventionally grown edible oils such as soybean, rapeseed, sunflower, and palm. The cost of biodiesel is the main obstacle to commercialization of the product. Biodiesel produced from edible oils is currently not economically feasible. On the other hand, extensive use of edible oils for biodiesel production may lead to food crisis. These problems can be solved by using low-cost feedstocks such as non-edible oils and waste cooking oils for biodiesel production. This paper reviews numerous options of non-edible oils as the substantial feedstocks, biodiesel processing, and effect of different parameters on production of biodiesel.
AA AN INVENTORY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARKETING SCALES CREATED AND TESTED IN BRAZIL

The scales used in marketing research looking for obtaing reliability data. Howe-ver, a lot of problems exist when the topic is used a valid and reliable scale. In this context, this paper analyzes the brazilian instruments proposed and validate (just in marketing field). For such purpose, the theory in scale development is discussed (suggestin a summarized figure) and, as consequence, that theory is tested empiri-cally. A total of 26 scales were analyzed in the brazilian marketing field. The results suggested that it is necessary to use more the alternative methods suggested by the theory, such as confirmatory factor analysis and nomological validity.
Adoption of agile methodology in software development

As adopting Agile software development becomes a trend, there is a need for a more structured definition of what is Agile and what is a high-level of Agile maturity. Traditional development methodologies rely on documents to record and pass on knowledge from one specialist to the next. Feedback cycles are, in many cases, too long or even nonexistent. Agile principles emphasize building working software that people can get hands on quickly, versus spending a lot of time writing specifications up front. Agile development focuses on cross-functional teams empowered to make decisions, versus big hierarchies and splitting by function. It also focuses on rapid iteration, with continuous customer input along the way. This paper deals with Agile methodology and scaling. The special highlight is put on people investigating their contribution in Agile approach success. Some reflections after using Agile in our own organization are also presented.
SOME LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF COHO SALMON OF THE KARLUK RIVER SYSTEM, KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA

This paper contains data on some life history characteristics of the coho salmon of the Karluk River system, Kodiak Island, Alaska: age, fecundity, length, and egg size of adults; and migration charac­ teristics, age, and size of smolts. The greater age at maturity of Karluk coho salmon (4 and 5 years) because of the longer freshwater residence of the juveniles is unique among reported North American stocks and may result in greater freshwater mortality but less marine mortality because the smolts are larger when they enter the ocean. Fecundity of Karluk coho salmon also differs from that reported for other North American stocks in that they are extremely fecund-more similar to Asiatic stocks of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, are widely distributed along the Pacific coast of North America and occur in commercially harvestable quantities from northern California to north­ western Alaska. About one-third of the total North American commercial catch comes from Alaska waters, where from 1960 to 1968 the average annual catch of 16 million pounds was valued at almost $3.5 million to the fishermen: The amount of biological research on coho salmon in Alaska is small, and published scientific re­ ports on Alaska coho salmon stocks are very few. In this paper I present data on some life his­ tory characteristics of the coho salmon of the Karluk River system. This system is located on the southwest side of Kodiak Island, Alaska, at approximately lat 57 0 N and long 154
The Effect of Lateral Wedge Insole on Mediolateral Static Balance in Patients with Mild to Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis

2018; 1(1): 51-58 Background and Aims: Balance has reported to be impaired in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Lateral wedged insoles, have shown positive effects on parameters like knee adduction moment and pain. As a result, the factors that have been shown to reduce the parameters associated with knee osteoarthritis are anticipated to be effective in improving balance. The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate and four-week effects of lateral wedged insoles on static balance in patients with mild and moderate osteoarthritis of knee medial compartment. Method: 18 patients (mean age=53±6.07) and body mass index (26/1±2.1 kg/m) with painful mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis according to the Kellgren-Lawrence grading were recruited. Static standing balance was assessed while standing for 60 seconds on a force plate in three different footwear and two vision conditions: barefoot, wearing shoes without lateral wedged insoles and wearing shoes with lateral wedged insole in open and closed eye conditions. Pain intensity and static standing balance in the mediolateral direction (through the displacement and velocity of center of pressure) were investigated immediately and 4 weeks after. Results: Lateral wedged insoles had no immediate effect on center of pressure mediolateral displacement (P=0.70) and velocity (P=0.08). Using the lateral wedged insoles for 4 weeks resulted in significant improvement of pain (P <0.001) in mediolateral center of pressure displacement (P <0.001) and velocity (P <0.001). Conclusion: No significant immediate effect was seen on the average displacement and velocity of the center of pressure in the mediolateral direction while wearing lateral wedged insoles. Measured parameters improved after 4 weeks. Effect of lateral wedged insoles as a non-invasive treatment can be considered for improving the postural balance in those with knee osteoarthritis.
Solving an Eigen Problem to Create Reliable Tree-Ring Chronologies

Nina M. Datsenkoa*, Dmitry M. Sonechkinb and Bao Yangc aHydrometeorological Research Centre of Russia, 9/11 Bolshoy Predtechensky lane, Moscow, 123242 Russia bP.P. Shirshov Oceanology Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Nakhimowskii prospect, Moscow, 117997 Russia cKey Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 260 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou, 730000 China
Tree stem diameter estimation from terrestrial point clouds

Forest owners, governments, and environmental organizations demand forest information for planning of forest operations, estimation of value, and for environmental monitoring. This information is collected using airborne and satellite remote sensing combined with field inventory of sample plots. Stem diameter is measured with calipers, which is labor-intensive. Terrestrial sensors could make the inventory faster, and more samples could be taken. Sensors mounted on forest harvesters could produce maps of the trees left after forest operations, or collect data for an operator support system. The first article describes a photogrammetric method using a multi-camera rig for estimation of stem diameter and position on field plots. Problematic light conditions reduced the usable amount of field plots. On adequate field plots, 76% of the trees were detected and positioned, and on 40% of the trees the diameters could be estimated. In the second article, the results from a mobile laser scanning project was improved by treating the data line-wise, and by using the intensity of the laser points as a quality value. The RMSE of the stem diameters was reduced from 24% to 14%, but the bias increased slightly from -1.9% to 2.3%. The edge points on the stems were identified as an error source since they were not found along the expected circle. The third article investigates this edge point problem by simulation of laser scanner/tree combinations. A relationship between the diameter error and the footprint size relative to the stem diameter was found. Commonly used mobile laser scanners were concluded to give a relative bias of 10% or more when estimating diameters using circle fit methods. In the fourth article, a panorama image of the intensities of a laser scanner point cloud was used to detect trees, with adequate results. The overall conclusions are that point clouds from the various sensors are useful for estimation of tree diameter and positions, but they have sensor-dependent properties that can introduce errors. These properties, and the precision requirement should be considered when the data acquisition is planned and the sensor is selected.
Um Sistema para Automação Residencial Sensível ao Contexto

Este artigo descreve o desenvolvimento de um sistema de automacao residencial sensivel ao contexto. Nosso sistema monitora os ambientes de uma residencia, conﬁgurando os dispositivos de um determinado comodo. Alem disso, nossa aplicacao move o contexto computacional de um ambiente para outro, considerando o posicionamento e a mobilidade do usuario dentro da residencia. Deste modo, nossa solucao adapta contextos computacionais de acordo com as preferencias dos usuarios. Nossa solucao permite ao usuario o controle total da residencia, atraves de interfaces de comunicacao local e remota. Por ﬁm, elaboramos um prototipo baseado em hardware com dimensoes reduzidas, permitindo que o sistema execute de modo pervasivo no ambiente.