Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Motivating Employees For Dummies

Introduction. PART I: Motivating Others: The Least You Need to Know. Chapter 1: Motivating Your Employees: Everyone Wins. Chapter 2: Do You See What I See? Providing Strategic Vision. Chapter 3: Stocking Your Motivation Toolbox. PART II: Creating a Dynamic Corporate Culture. Chapter 4: Creating a Place Where People Want to Work. Chapter 5: Using the Workspace as a Motivator. Chapter 6: Showing You Care: Balancing Work/Life Issues. PART III: Fostering Open Communication. Chapter 7: Communicating: It's More Than Mere Words. Chapter 8: Encouraging Creativity. Chapter 9: Tapping the Power of Organizational Communications. PART IV: Building Home-Grown Talent. Chapter 10: Yes, You Can! Empowering Your Employees. Chapter 11: Career Mapping -- and the Tools for Navigation. Chapter 12: Mentoring for Professional Growth. PART V: Paying Your People -- and Patting Them on the Back! Chapter 13: Compensation: It's More Than Money. Chapter 14: You Did Great! Recognizing Your Employees. PART VI: Teamwork: Motivating Others to Cooperate and Collaborate. Chapter 15: Promoting Teamwork. Chapter 16: Motivating Beyond the Usual Boundaries. Chapter 17: Keeping Telecommuters Motivated. PART VII: Overcoming Challenges to Motivation. Chapter 18: Managing through Change. Chapter 19: Dealing with Difficult Situations. Chapter 20: Handling Stress and Beating Burnout. Chapter 21: Minimizing Office Politics. PART VIII: The Part of Tens. Chapter 22: Ten-Times-Ten Motivating Ideas from Seven Great Companies. Chapter 23: Almost Ten Web Sites to Help You Motivate. Chapter 24: Ten Different Employee Personalities -- and How to Motivate Them. Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Get Employees to Motivate One Another. Index. Book Registration Information.
The Green Building Revolution

The "green building revolution" is happening right now. This book is its chronicle and its manifesto. Written by industry insider Jerry Yudelson, "The Green Building Revolution" introduces readers to the basics of green building and to the projects and people that are advancing this movement. With interviews and case studies, it does more than simply report on the revolution; it shows readers why and how to start thinking about designing, building, and operating high-performance, environmentally aware (LEED-certified) buildings on conventional budgets.Evolving quietly for more than a decade, the green building movement has found its voice. Its principles of human-centered, environmentally sensitive development have reached a critical mass of architects, engineers, builders, developers, professionals in government, and consumers. Green buildings are showing us how we can have healthier indoor environments that use far less energy and water than conventional buildings do. The federal government, eighteen states, and nearly fifty US cities already require new public buildings to meet "green" standards. According to Yudelson, this is just the beginning. " The Green Building Revolution" describes the many "revolutions" that are taking place today: in commercial buildings, schools, universities, public buildings, health care institutions, housing, property management, and neighborhood design. In a clear, highly readable style, Yudelson outlines the broader "journey to sustainability" influenced by the green building revolution and provides a solid business case for accelerating this trend.Illustrated with more than 50 photos, tables, and charts, and filled with timely information, "The Green Building Revolution" is the definitive description of a major movement that's poised to transform our world.
Investigação-ação e análise de conteúdo: caso na formação de professores

A investigação-ação enquanto metodologia de investigação qualitativa no contexto educacional pode contribuir para um questionamento reflexivo e coletivo com vista ao melhoramento das práticas pedagógicas, para a compreensão sobre essas práticas e situações nas quais estas foram desenvolvidas e, consequentemente, para o desenvolvimento profissional docente. Na recolha e tratamento dos dados, a análise de conteúdo apresenta-se como um método privilegiado na análise de dados qualitativos que inclui um conjunto de técnicas que permitem cumprir de forma mais rigorosa e objetiva os critérios de cientificidade e a validação da construção do conhecimento. Este artigo, através de uma revisão de literatura e análise de um caso, pretende compreender como pode ser aplicada a metodologia de investigação-ação em estudos de investigação no contexto educacional, especificamente na formação de professores, e verificar a importância que assume o método de análise de conteúdo na qualidade de uma investigação qualitativa. O caso apresentado constitui-se por um projeto de investigação-formação desenvolvido numa comunidade educativa com o objetivo de promover a inovação de metodologias e estratégias pedagógicas através da aplicação de um programa de formação ativa de professores com integração das tecnologias digitais. Neste projeto confirmou-se o desenvolvimento de uma cultura mais digital nesta comunidade educativa, propiciadora do desenvolvimento profissional docente no contexto da futura sociedade do conhecimento, constando-se a adequação da metodologia de investigação proposta.
THAUMASITE EXPERT GROUP REPORT: REVIEWS AFTER THREE YEARS' EXPERIENCE

The thaumasite form of sulfate attack (TSA) was identified as being present in a number of bridges of the M5 motorway in the UK in 1998. The Thaumasite Expert Group (TEG) was established to report on the nature and threat posed by TSA. This paper summarises TEG's review after 3 years experience, following publication of the TEG report in 1999. The Highways Agency has undertaken a strategic assessment of concrete structures and where necessary has undertaken remedial measures. TEG was concerned that no other owners of existing structures with buried concrete elements have undertaken a similar assessment. New guidance evolved from the TEG Report was published in 2000-2002. Problems in interpretation and implementation of the guidance are outlined. New guidance being prepared for publication is listed. New field cases of TSA are discussed and research on the occurrence and mitigation of TSA is outlined.
A survey of Canadian drivers’ knowledge about and experience with anti-lock brakes

This study presents the results of an analysis of two sources of data: a sample containing 1392 drivers of ABS-equipped vehicles, and a dataset containing 405 ABS-related complaints. Survey respondents were asked about the purpose of ABS, the correct use of ABS, and whether their ABS had either prevented a collision or caused them to have one in the past two years. The complaints data were examined to detennine to what extent the reported problems arose as a result of driver mis-use and/or mis-understanding of ABS. About 18 percent of the ABS-users surveyed thought that pumping the brakes was the correct way to operate them, while close to 40 percent thought that the purpose of ABS was to stop faster, and/or prevent all skids. About 47 of the ABS-related complaints involved loss of control/extended stopping distance incidents with normally-operating ABS; about 73 percent of these incidents had resulted in collisions. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102514.
Evaluation of effects of day time napping in college students using salivary endocrinological stress marker Cortisol

Chronic stress is associated with many disorders such as hypertension, depression, immune suppression, diabetes, and obesity. College students are exposed to constant psychological stress. This research is focused on evaluation of the stress relief effect of day time napping by measuring the levels of sensitive salivary endocrinological stress marker cortisol. Students were divided into three groups according to their napping habits. The first group included students who continued with the usual daily routine, the second group consisted of students who do not take daily naps but were asked to introduce every day nap into their schedule, the third group consisted of students who take daily naps but were asked to remove them from their routine. Saliva samples were collected at the beginning of the experiment and two weeks later. Salivary cortisol levels were evaluated by High Sensitivity Salivary Cortisol Enzyme Immunoassay. There was no statistically significant difference in cortisol concentration in the first two groups. There was a statistically significant decrease of the cortisol level in the third group. These findings suggest that daily napping does not relieve stress, in fact the removal of daily napping from a daily schedule of habitual nappers does significantly lower their stress levels.
Plant molluscicides : papers presented at a meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Plant Molluscicides, UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, held in Geneva, Switzerland, 31 January to 2 February 1983

The role that molluscicides can play in the control of schistosomiasis has been well established. Economic constraints and the rising cost of synthetic chemicals in endemic countries make plants an attractive alternative source of molluscicides. For the first time the present and potential roles of plant molluscicides, screening methods, problems of evaluation, needs in the field of toxicology, and methods of breeding, selection and cultivation of plants are review. Guidelines for research in plant molluscicides are reported.
TESTS OF THE TEMPORAL STABILITY OF TRAVEL SIMULATION MODELS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

The assumption of the stability of travel simulation models over time is as assential element of the urban transportation planning process. This assumption was tested using travel simulation models developed with data from an origin and destination survey conducted in 1963 and travel invensoty data from a similar study conducted in 1972. Both surveys were conducted by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission; the travel models tested were those that had been used in the preparation of a regional land use and transportation plan for southeastern Wisconsin that was completed in 1966. The testing performed as a part of the reappraisal of the land use and transportation recommendations of 1966, which was of the temporal stability of the three major travel simulation models-trips generation, model split, and trip distribution-indicated that 1972 trip generation, transit use, and trip length characteristics within southeastern Wisconsin were predicted with adequate accuracy through the application of the original 1963 models. /Author/
The United States school garden army

To make the Granite State a Garden State; to give to the young people of the new generations the sturdy qualities which were developed in those early years when New Hampshire boys and girls were reared on farms and went southward and westward to become leaders in new communities; to bring into the schools the vital interest found only in experience with realities—these are some of the aims of the educational leaders of New Hampshire who are putting across a program of school-supervised gardening which is intended to reach every child in the State. The New Hampshire program of studies for elementary schools presents a consistent well-tried plan for gardening and elementary agriculture. It is the belief of the State authorities that gardening is as much a part of every school curriculum in city and country as is history or geography. " Garden plans, garden methods, and, more than all else, gardening as an outdoor activity, is, so far as pupils of school age are concerned, a school activity just as much as the plays and games of the school and as such must be in the hands of and directed by teachers and superintendents. Its planning is classroom work, its administration, like that of athletics, is a school affair and its final yearly round-up is a school planned and supervised exhibit at some convenient place. " The New Hampshire program in gardening is notable for three things—its insistence that gardening shall be taught to all children in the elementary schools, its recognition of the vital mutual relations between gardening in the elementary grades and agriculture in the high schools, and its appreciation of the opportunity offered through exhibits of products from school-supervised gardens to lead to a proper understanding of the importance of the work both by pupils and the taxpaying public.
Common Phytophthora sojae pathotypes occurring in South Dakota

Phytophthora root and stem rot, caused by Phytophthora sojae, is an important disease of soybean (Glycine max L.) in South Dakota. Because P. sojae populations are highly diverse and resistance genes deployed in commercial soybean varieties often fail to manage the disease, this study was initiated to determine P. sojae pathotype distribution in South Dakota. A total of 216 P. sojae isolates were baited from soil collected from 422 soybean fields in South Dakota in 2013-2015 and 2017. The pathotype of each isolate was determined by inoculating 10 seedlings of 13 standard soybean P. sojae differential lines using the hypocotyl inoculation technique. Of the 216 pathotyped isolates, 48 unique pathotypes were identified. The virulence complexity of isolates ranged from virulence on one Rps gene (Rps7) to virulence on 13 Rps genes and mean complexity was 5.2. Harosoy (Rps7), Harlon (Rps1a), Williams 79 (Rps 1c), William 82 (Rps1k), Harosoy 13XX (Rps1b), were susceptible to 98, 80, 78, 73, 72% of the isolates, respectively. These results highlight the highly diverse P. sojae pathotypes in South Dakota and the likely Rps genes to fail in commercial soybean varieties
Mechanical modeling of skeletal muscle functioning

For movement of body or body segments is combined effort needed of the central nervous system and the muscular-skeletal system. This thesis deals with the mechanical functioning of skeletal muscle. That muscles come in a large variety of geometries, suggest the existence of a relation between muscle morphology and the ability to exert force. Models are utilized to gather detailed knowledge about the way muscle work, i.e. the heuristic approach and to some extent to predict muscle force under specific conditions.
Automatic analysis of eye tracker data from a driving simulator

The movement of a persons eyes is an interesting factor to study in different research areas where attention is important, for example driving. In 2004 the Swedish national road and transport research institute (VTI) introduced Simulator III – their third generation of driving simulators. Inside Simulator III a camera based eye tracking system is installed that records the eye movements of the driver. To be useful, the raw data from the eye tracking system needs to be analyzed and concentrated into a number of measures relevant for the research at VTI.This thesis presents methods to analyze the data from the eye tracker and transform it into something more useful. A world coordinate system is setup to connect the eye tracking system with the real world in a consistent way. A set of measures is collected, mainly from ISO and SAE standards, to be used as output from the analysis. Finally an application is developed for performing the analysis. The application reads the data from the eye tracker and the simulator, analyzes the data, and outputs a set of eye movement measures usable for the researchers at VTI.
Visual Analytics for Network Events Classification in LAN With Deep Convolutional Neural Network

This article illustrates a method of visualizing network traffic in LAN based on the Hilbert Curve structure and the array exchange and projection, with nine types of protocols’ communication frequency information as the discriminators, the results of which we call them feature maps of network events. Several known scan cases are simulated in LANs and network traffic is collected for generating feature maps under each case. In order to solve this multi-label classification task, we adopt and train a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN), in two different network environments with feature maps as the input data, and different scan cases as the labels. We separate datasets with a ratio of 4:1 into the training dataset and the validation dataset. Then, based on the micro scores and the macro scores of the validation, we evaluate performance of the scheme, achieving macro-F-measure scores of 0.982 and 0.975, and micro-F-measure scores of 0.976 and 0.965 separately in these two LANs.
Improving Freight Fire Safety: ExperimentTesting and Computer Modeling to FurtherDevelopment of Mist-Controlling Additives forFire Mitigation

With the purpose to minimize or prevent crash-induced fires in road and rail transportation, the current interest in bio-derived and blended transportation fuels is increasing. Based on two years of preliminary testing and analysis, it appears to be clear that polymeric additives may be added to diesel fuel to mitigate the formation of fine mists while allow regular flow through the fuel system. In this work, computer modeling was adapted as a fast and cost-effective methodology to identify the target range where polymeric additives could impact the shear-thickening effect on fuels. The Volume of Fraction (VOF) method was used within the commercial software Fluent to compute droplet behavior. Two new computational models, the combined static contact angle-dynamic contact angle (SCA-DCA) model with Jiang’s correlation and the SCA-DCA model with exponential fitting, were proposed and imposed as the boundary conditions, showing a best-fit behavior with the experiment results.
First wireless electric vehicle charging trial

This article provides a listing of new products and technology announcements from various companies throughout the world related to wireless communications. Included in these is the first wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging trial for London. The company is collaborating with the UK government to deliver the trial and will involve as many as 50 EVs. Wireless inductive power transfer technology will be used to enable high-efficiency power transfer across a large air gap. Power transfer takes place when the driver parks the car in the usual way, with the system automatically aligning for power transfer, for an easy charging-while-parking experience.
Lean Combustion Technology and Control

Combustion under sufficiently fuel-lean conditions can have the desirable attributes of high efficiency and low emissions, this being particularly important in light of recent and rapid increases in the cost of fossil fuels and concerns over the links between combustion and global climate change. Lean Combustion is an eminently authoritative, reference work on the latest advances in lean combustion technology and systems. It will offer engineers working on combustion equipment and systems both the fundamentals and the latest developments in more efficient fuel usage and in much-sought-after reductions of undesirable emissions, while still achieving desired power output and performance. This volume brings together research and design of lean combustion systems across the technology spectrum in order to explore the state-of-the-art in lean combustion and its role in meeting current and future demands on combustion systems. Readers will learn about advances in the understanding of ultra lean fuel mixtures and how new types of burners and approaches to managing heat flow can reduce problems often found with lean combustion such as slow, difficult ignition and frequent flame extinction. The book will also offer abundant references and examples of recent real-world applications. Covers all major recent developments in lean combustion science and technology, with new applications in both traditional combustion schemes as well as such novel uses as highly preheated and hydrogen-fueled systems Offers techniques for overcoming difficult ignition problems and flame extinction with lean fuel mixtures Covers new developments in lean combustion using high levels of pre-heat and heat re-circulating burners, as well as the active control of lean combustion instabilities
Filipino Adolescents’ Experiences of Abusive Parent-Child Relationship in Low Socioeconomic Status Families

This phenomenological-qualitative study aimed to describe how an abusive parent-child relationship of selected Filipino adolescents from an intact family of low socioeconomic status affects the perceptions of their potential romantic partner, marriage, and family. The study also uncovered their coping mechanisms and support system. The seven informants were identified using a purposive sampling technique. The researchers devised an open-ended interview guide to elicit information from the informants and were conducted with a guidance counsellor. With the use of content analysis, the study revealed that their abusive experiences with one or both parents have significantly affected their perceptions. Most of them have resorted to using negative coping strategies and that their grandparents stood as their extended family support system with their friends as their non-family support system. The informants displayed a significantly entrenched position on the characteristics of their future marital partner and family. However, they have shown disapproval of marriage due to their experiences. The study also exposed that mothers have been more present in the abusive parent-child experiences than the fathers, which contradicts expectations that fathers act as strict disciplinarians and mothers being the child's protector in Philippine Culture. The study exposed the experiences of children in verbal and physical abuse in their homes from intact families with low socioeconomic status in Metro Manila, wherein expounds on the type of social support these children have been given and the kinds of coping mechanisms that are prevalent in their experiences and how these abusive parent-child experiences reflected with either positive or negative on their perception of marital partner, the concept of marriage, and concept of family, wherein provides substantial knowledge on how these experiences can be handled and faced in terms of treatment.