Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE BUSINESS OF CREATING GAMES How to Make Positive and Effective in Multiple Area of a Business by Creating Games

— The use of digital games and gamification has showed potential to improve many aspects of how businesses provide education and communicate with consumers. Nevertheless, there is still a requirement for better considerate of how the adoption of games and gamification would influence the process of decision-making for customer and organizations across different industry. This article provides a structured review of existing literature on the use of games in the business ecosystem, and seeks to consolidate findings to address research questions regarding their perception, proven efficiency, and identifies key areas for future business. The findings highlight that serious games can have positive and effective impacts in multiple areas of business, including education, decision-support, marketing and consumer outreach. They also emphasize the challenges and pitfalls of affecting serious games and gamification principles within a business context, and discuss the implications of development and evaluation methodologies on the success of a game-based solution.
Factors Influencing the Choice of Sophisticated Management Accounting Practices - Exploratory Evidence from An Emerging Market

This study attempts to explore the factors that may lead to the choice behind sophisticated management accounting practices (SMAP) in an emerging economy, Bangladesh. A semi-structured questionnaire has been developed to capture the market data and different descriptive and inferential statistical tools have been used to test relevant hypotheses. The findings of the study are helpful for the management accounting practitioners, academics, and researchers to understand the current state of management accounting practices in an emerging market. In addition, the study brings an extension to existing literature by exploring potential causal relationship between sophistication in applying management accounting tools and satisfaction of management accounting practitioners. This study confirms that there is a missing link between practitioners’ satisfaction and SMAP. It gives a signal to the market that the critical decision-making process is not supported by tactical exercises and market lacks professionalism greatly which may act as an obstacle to develop a competitive business environment.
MULTIPLE-INPUT M ULTIPLE-OUTPUT LONGITUDINAL ROBUST CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT

Bài báo này trình bày việc thiết kế bộ điều khiển bền vững đa biến cho mô hình động học chuyển động dọc của hệ thống điều khiển bay. Mục tiêu của bài toán thiết kế là nhằm đạt được tín ổn định bền vững với chất lượng động học mong muốn để chống lại các biến đổi tham số trong mô hình máy bay với vận tốc của máy bay được coi là một bất định. Việc tổng hợp bộ điều khiển là nhằm duy trì chất lượng động học bền vững của hệ thống khi vận tốc của máy bay nằm trong một khoảng xác định trước. Bộ điều khiển bền vững được thực hiện nhờ hộp công cụ Matlab. Các kết quả nghiên cứu đã kiểm chứng chất lượng của bộ điều khiển đối với các giá trị khác nhau của vận tốc máy bay.
Lexical-semantic Properties in Parkinson's Disease with and without Dementia

Dementia has important clinical consequences for patients with PD and their caregivers, which may negatively, affected their daily living activities and quality of life. Previous studies, have investigated the properties and characteristics of the words generated in semantic fluency task by patients with Alzheimer's disease, but this has not been investigated in PD patients yet. This study aimed to investigate if there are possible distinctive features that might differentiate between cognitive decline direct consequence of Idiopathic PD and that of Alzheimer’s type dementia associated with PD. There were six PD patients with dementia, six matched PD patients without dementia and six matched controls participated in this study. The present findings showed that although patients with dementia performed worse than those without dementia on all neuropsychological tests, significant differences were found only on the semantic fluency test and Frontal assessment battery. Furthermore, the present findings showed that patients with dementia produced fewer words in the semantic fluency task than healthy controls did. The words generated by demented patients were longer, less familiar, less typical and acquired later in life than the words produced by healthy controls. These findings might use for clinical application to distinct between PD patients with and without dementia.
Performance Evaluation of Fatigue and Fracture Resistance of WMA Containing High Percentages of RAP

Sustainability and durability are the key requirements of pavement structure. Sustainability of asphalt pavement structure involves utilization of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technologies with the addition of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), where durability of asphalt involves performance parameters like fatigue and fracture resistance properties etc. Utilizing the RAP content in asphalt mix increases the mixing and compaction temperature which may degrade the performance of asphalt. Hence, numerous studies have recommended different WMA technologies to decrease mixing and compaction temperature of asphalt mix containing RAP. The present research work evaluates the fatigue and fracture performance of WMA and Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) with varying percentages of RAP and Sasobit. Different mixes of WMA and HMA were designed with varying percentages of RAP (0, 20, 40 and 60%) through Marshall Mix design. Sasobit (organic/wax-based additive) was used as WMA technology to prepare WMA at varying percentages (0, 2, 4 and 6%). The fatigue behavior of asphalt was evaluated using four-point bending test, where fracture resistance of asphalt was determined using Semi Circular Bending (SCB) test in the laboratory. Fatigue and fracture resistance of WMA were improved with the increase in percentages of Sasobit and RAP content, while the addition of RAP in HMA showed a decreasing trend of fatigue and fracture resistance due to the stiffer nature of RAP. Furthermore, WMA was identified as economical for construction besides other benefits like improved properties and environment friendly asphalt mix. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091741 Full Text: PDF
Optimal Agent Framework: A Novel, Cost-Effective Model Articulation to Fill the Integration Gap between Agent-Based Modeling and Decision-Making

Making proper decisions in today’s complex world is a challenging task for decision makers. A promising approach that can support decision makers to have a better understanding of complex systems is agent-based modeling (ABM). ABM has been developing during the last few decades as a methodology with many different applications and has enabled a better description of the dynamics of complex systems. However, the prescriptive facet of these applications is rarely portrayed. Adding a prescriptive decision-making (DM) aspect to ABM can support the decision makers in making better or, in some cases, optimized decisions for the complex problems as well as explaining the investigated phenomena. In this paper, first, the literature of DM with ABM is inquired and classified based on the methods of integration. Performing a scientometric analysis on the relevant literature lets us conclude that the number of publications attempting to integrate DM and ABM has not grown during the last two decades, while analysis of the current methodologies for integrating DM and ABM indicates that they have serious drawbacks. In this regard, a novel nature-inspired model articulation called optimal agent framework (OAF) has been proposed to ameliorate the disadvantages and enhance the realization of proper decisions in ABM at a relatively low computational cost. The framework is examined with the Bass diffusion model. The results of the simulation for the customized model developed by OAF have verified the feasibility of the framework. Moreover, sensitivity analyses on different agent populations, network structures, and marketing strategies have depicted the great potential of OAF to find the optimal strategies in various stochastic and unconventional conditions which have not been addressed prior to the implementation of the framework.
A Dual-Band Base Station Antenna with a Split Ring for Sub-6 GHz Communication

A dual-band base station antenna is introduced in this paper. The proposed antenna is composed of baluns, bowtie patches, and a split ring. The two pairs of bowtie patches excited by the two orthogonal balun structures can achieve dual polarization. The split ring is used to yield two additional resonances to broaden the impedance bandwidth. In this way, a compact dual-band base station antenna is obtained with the size of 0.41 λc × 0.41 λc × 0.13 λc (λc is the wavelength in the free space at the lowest operating frequency band) and the average gain of 8.2 dBi. Moreover, the operating frequency bands of the proposed antenna cover 2515–2675 MHz, 3400–3600 MHz, and 4800–5000 MHz, which can function as an element for macro- or microcells in sub-6 GHz communications.
CMAR_A_326094 7047..7053

*These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Concurrent mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are rare, and the presence of concurrent mutations may complicate treatment. Herein, we report a case of primary lung adenosquamous carcinoma with concurrent EGFR 21 (L858R) and PIK3CA (H1047R/E545K) mutations, and the results of a literature review to help management and treatment. A 49-year-old female was admitted our department for coughing and excessive sputum production for more than 1 month. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest identified a lesion, and a CT-guided needle biopsy was performed. Pathological examination and immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining confirmed a diagnosis of primary lung adenosquamous carcinoma. Amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) gene sequencing demonstrated mutations in both EGFR 21 (L858R) and PIK3CA (H1047R/E545K) mutations in adenocarcinoma (AC) component. She was treated with pemetrexed plus platinum-based chemotherapy and an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Disease progression occurred with gefitinib or osimertinib as maintenance therapy. A repeat CT-guided needle biopsy was performed, and generation sequencing (NGS) revealed EGFR 21 (L858R) and PIK3CA (H1047R/E545K) mutations. Anlotinib monotherapy was then administered as the thirdline treatment, and there was a PR. The patient is currently still receiving treatment and follow-up. To our knowledge, there is little evidence that anlotinib is beneficial when there are concurrent EGFR and PIK3CA mutations. PIK3CA mutations are associated with poor therapeutic effects and short survival time. Concurrent EGFR and PIK3CA mutations do not respond to EGFR-TKI treatment. Chemotherapy should be given in combination with a TKI and can prolong the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with lung cancer.
Mouse serotonin 5-HT3 receptor, serotonin-bound, I2 conformation

The serotonin 5-HT3 receptor is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel (pLGIC). It belongs to a large family of receptors that function as allosteric signal transducers across the plasma membrane1,2; upon binding of neurotransmitter molecules to extracellular sites, the receptors undergo complex conformational transitions that result in transient opening of a pore permeable to ions. 5-HT3 receptors are therapeutic targets for emesis and nausea, irritable bowel syndrome and depression3. In spite of several reported pLGIC structures4-8, no clear unifying view has emerged on the conformational transitions involved in channel gating. Here we report four cryo-electron microscopy structures of the full-length mouse 5-HT3 receptor in complex with the anti-emetic drug tropisetron, with serotonin, and with serotonin and a positive allosteric modulator, at resolutions ranging from 3.2 A to 4.5 A. The tropisetron-bound structure resembles those obtained with an inhibitory nanobody5 or without ligand9. The other structures include an 'open' state and two ligand-bound states. We present computational insights into the dynamics of the structures, their pore hydration and free-energy profiles, and characterize movements at the gate level and cation accessibility in the pore. Together, these data deepen our understanding of the gating mechanism of pLGICs and capture ligand binding in unprecedented detail.
Measuring graphene’s Berry phase at B=0 T

The Berry phase of wave functions is a key quantity to understand various low-energy properties of matter, among which electric polarisation, orbital magnetism, as well as topological and ultra-relativistic phenomena. Standard approaches to probe the Berry phase in solids rely on the electron dynamics in response to electromagnetic forces. In graphene, probing the Berry phase π of the massless relativistic electrons requires an external magnetic field. Here, we show that the Berry phase also affects the static response of the electrons to a single atomic scatterer, through wavefront dislocations in the surrounding standing-wave interference. This provides a new experimental method to measure the graphene Berry phase in the absence of any magnetic field and demonstrates that local disorder can be exploited as probe of topological quantum matter in scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments. Résumé. Les interférences de quasiparticules observées par microscopie à effet tunnel sont particulièrement utiles pour étudier les propriétés électroniques de matériaux en surfaces. Ces interférences possèdent des informations sur la surface de Fermi du système et leur résolution en énergie permet, dans certains cas, de reconstruire la relation dispersion. Nous montrons ici que les images d’interférences de quasiparticules peuvent aussi contenir une information sur la phase de Berry qui caractérise la structure de bande du matériau. La phase de Berry est une phase géométrique que les fonctions d’onde electroniques acquièrent lors d’une évolution cyclique dans un espace de paramètres. Elle est quantifiée lorsque la trajectoire de ∗Corresponding authors. ISSN (electronic) : 1878-1535 https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/ 2 Clément Dutreix et al. l’évolution ensèrre une singularité des fonctions d’onde. Il s’agit alors d’une propriété topologique de la structure de bande. La phase de Berry dans les solides est traditionnellement mesurée en appliquant des champs électromagnétiques pour forcer les particules à former de trajectoires fermées. L’utilisation de la figure d’interférence de quasiparticules permet de s’extraire de ce paradigme car la phase de Berry peut affecter la réponse statique des électrons au désordre en l’absence de champ électromagnétique.
Wisdom from Experience Paradox: Organizational Learning, Mistakes, Hierarchy and Maturity Issues

Organisations often perceive mistakes as indicators of negligence and low performance, yet they can be a precious learning resource. However, organisations cannot learn from mistakes if they have not accepted them. This study aimed to explore how organisational hierarchy and maturity levels influence the relationship between mistakes acceptance and the ability to change. A sample composed of 380 Polish employees working in knowledge-driven organisations across various industries was used to examine this phenomenon. Data collection occurred from November to December 2019. Data were analysed through OLS regression, using PROCESS software. The findings revealed that the acceptance of mistakes positively influences adaptability to change. Moreover, because of mistakes acceptance, knowledge workers in organisations with a low-level hierarchy adapt to changes more effectively than those who work in strongly (or high-level) hierarchical companies. Additionally, higher levels of hierarchy result in lower adaptability to change, which is particularly visible in mature organisations. The study's essence is the empirical proof that a high level of organizational maturity and hierarchy can be a blocker of the adaptability to change if the organisation stays on the single-loop of learning (does perfectly what it used to do). Mistakes acceptance and thanks to this, also learning from mistakes, supports organisational change adaptability. Change adaptability is vital for double-loop learning (organizational actions re-framing). Moreover, this study has exposed the paradox of ‘wisdom from experience’ empirically. Namely, it is expected that experience and maturity result in positive outcomes and increased organisational leverage. Whereas more prominent, experienced, and mature organisations face serious difficulties when changing their routines and behaviours.
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHILDREN’S SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, AGE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Subjective well-Being (SWB) means people’s feelings, emotions, inner satisfaction, happiness and their positive or negative thinking towards life events. Higher socio-economic status (SES) is associated with higher levels of SWB. Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the level of SWB in Pakistani children. Furthermore, the impact of age and SES on SWB of children was also investigated. Study Design: A random sampling technique was employed. Setting: Private and public schools of Faisalabad. Period: two months. Material & Methods: Two hundred Students (100 girls and 100 boys) between the ages of 9-12 years were taken from the private and public schools of Faisalabad. The data was collected from the participants through face to face interview. A validated and reliable inventory Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS-4) was employed. The collected data was analysed by bivariate correlation and independent t test. Results: Results show that most (81.5%) of the children has high level of SWB. Young children (9-10 years) have significantly (p =0.005) higher level of SWB than older children (11-12 years). Furthermore, the study found a significant positive relationship (p = 0.008, r= 0.187) between SWB and SES. Conclusions: It is concluded that the level of SWB in Pakistani children is high and SWB varies with regard to age. SWB and SES are positively associated with each other. When programmes and policies are developed for improvement of human life satisfaction particularly for children, involvement of age and SES factors must be considered.
Ecotoxicity of EAN and Doped EAN Ionic Liquids

The ecotoxicity of a nitrate-based ionic liquid (IL) and saturated mixtures with four nitrate salts towards the bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri, were tested in this work, using the Microtox® standard toxicity test. The selected IL was Ethylammonium Nitrate (EAN) and the nitrate salts were Lithium Nitrate (LiNO3), Calcium Nitrate (Ca(NO3)2), Magnesium Nitrate (Mg(NO3)2), and Aluminum Nitrate (Al(NO3)3). The effective concentration (EC50) of these mixtures was determined over three standard periods of time, namely 5, 15, and 30 min. Results of EC50 for pure EAN at 15 min are in relatively good concordance with the literature. To the best of our knowledge, no ecotoxicity studies have been performed for doped EAN. Similar results have been found for pure EAN and for EAN doped with LiNO3 and Mg(NO3)2, whose values indicated low toxicity. Nevertheless, the addition of Ca(NO3)2 and Al(NO3)3 cause an increase in the ecotoxicity of EAN, especially for the IL doped with Al(NO3)3, which present values associated to highly toxic compounds, comparable even with benzene or atrazine.
Biyogazın oksidatif buhar reformlaması için Ni-CeO2/MgAl hidrotalsit benzeri katalizörün hazırlanması

Bu calismada, biyogazin oksidatif buhar reformlama tepkimeleri ile sentez gazi elde etmek icin yeni ve aktif katalizor gelistirilmesi amaclanmistir. Bu amacla, literaturde biyogazin oksidatif buhar reformlamasinda kullanilmayan, farkli seryum (Ce) miktarlarinda (ag.%2,5/5/7,5/10,0) ve Mg:Al mol oranlarinda (1:1, 2:1, 3:1) Ni-CeO 2 /MgAl hidrotalsit benzeri katalizorler hazirlanmistir. Hidrotalsit benzeri destek malzemeleri birlikte cokturme yontemi ile hazirlanirken, katalizorler islak emdirme yontemi kullanilarak hazirlanmistir. Katalizorlerin yapisal ve fiziksel ozellikleri, X-isini kirinimi (XRD), Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET), Induktif Eslesmis Plazma/Optik Emisyon Spektrometresi (ICP-OES) ve Taramali Elektron Mikroskobu (SEM) analizleri ile belirlenmistir. Biyogazin oksidatif buhar reformlama tepkimeleri sabit yatakli kuvars reaktorde 800 o C’de ve atmosferik kosullar altinda gerceklestirilmistir. Katalizorler gaz besleme mol oranlari CH 4 /CO 2 /O 2 /H 2 O = 1,0/0,67/0,1/0,3 ve bosluk hizi 45000 mL/gkat.h olacak sekilde biyogazin oksidatif buhar reformlama tepkimelerinde denenmistir. En iyi katalitik aktivite, Ni 10 Ce 2,5 /MgAl (2:1) katalizoru ile CH 4 donusumu %96, CO 2 donusumu %82, H 2 verimi %92 ve H 2 /CO mol orani 1,57 olacak sekilde elde edilmistir.
Pure leydig cell tumor: A rare case report

Leydig hucre tumorleri (LCT) nadir tumorler olup tum testikuler tumorlerin% 1-3'unu olusturur. Siklikla sertoli hucreleri ile karisik formda bulunan bu tumorlerin saf formu son derece nadirdir. Testikuler kitle veya endokrin semptomlari ile en sik gorulen leydig hucresi tumorlerinde malignite potansiyelini belirlemek cok zordur. Bu calismada, saf Leydig hucre tumorleri formunun klinik, histolojik ve prognostik ozellikleri literatur bilgileri isiginda sunulmustur.
BOUNDARY LAYER INFLUENCE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS DURING HYDROGEN-INDUCED CRACKING TEST OF STEELS

Boundary layer influence on the distribution of hydrogen concentrations during hydrogen-induced cracking test of steels / E. L. Alekseeva, A. K. Belyaev, A. S. Zegzhda, A. M. Polyanskiy, V. A. Polyanskiy, K. P. Frolova, Yu. A. Yakovlev // Diagnostics, Resource and Mechanics of materials and structures. – 2018. – Iss. 3. – P. 43–57. – DOI: 10.17804/24109908.2018. 3.043-057. Received: 18.05. 2018 Revised: 15.06. 2018 Accepted: 29.06. 2018 DOI: 10.17804/2410-9908.2018. 3.043-057
Low‐cost and efficient organic solar cells based on polythiophene‐ and poly(thiophene vinylene)‐related donors

At present, most of state‐of‐the‐art power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells (OSCs) are achieved from the photoactive materials involving donor–acceptor (D–A) copolymer donors. It is well known that the complicated molecular structure of D–A copolymers means the tedious synthesis, which brings about severe cost issue and poor scalability for the industrial production. Therefore, to develop application‐oriented OSCs, considerable attention should be paid on simplifying the chemical structures of polymer donors. Polythiophene (PT) and poly(thiophene vinylene) (PTV) derivatives should be among the simplest polymer donors, and OSCs based on them have made some breakthroughs in past 2 years. Here, we briefly introduce the recent advances of OSCs based on low‐cost polymers including poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT), PT derivatives, and PTV derivatives, respectively, and emphasize the importance of modulating energy levels, preaggregation effect, and D/A miscibility for the past progress as well as the future development. At last, we also propose some challenges demanding prompt solution for realizing practical application of OSCs, aiming at providing guidance and stimulating new ideas for further research.