cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Ultimate Light Curve of SN 1998bw/GRB 980425
Creators: name: Clocchiatti, Alejandro
name: Suntzeff, Nicholas B.
name: Covarrubias, Ricardo
name: Candia, Pablo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present multicolor light curves of SN 1998bw which appeared in ESO184-G82 in close temporal and spacial association with GRB 980425. They are based on observations done at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and data from the literature. The CTIO photometry reaches ~86 days after the GRB in $U$ and ~160 days after the GRB in BV(RI)_C. The observations in U extend by about 30 days the previously known coverage, and determine the slope of the early exponential tail. We calibrate a large set of local standards in common with those of previous studies and use them to transform published observations of the SN to our realization of the standard photometric system. We show that the photometry from different sources merges smoothly and provide a unified set of 300 observations of the SN in five bands. Using the extensive set of spectra in public domain we compute extinction and K corrections, and build quasi-bolometric unreddened rest frame light curves. We provide low degree piecewise spline fits to these light curves with daily sampling. They reach ~86 rest frame days after the GRB with U band coverage, and ~498 rest frame days after the GRB without U.
description: 38 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables
What a patient and doctor owe each other; the ethics of hope and trust in a fallibilist model of the doctor-patient relationship.
Creators: name: GRUNER, JOHN BERTRAM
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: As a clinician I struggle when patients defer effective care and fail to acknowledge that, as a consequence, not only can they be harmed but also that others who depend upon them may suffer. In part due to our fallibility, we all ought to at least attend to the views of others to whom we owe respect. I provide an ethical defence of Evidence based medicine that rests on an attitude of fallibilism, and I link this to how respectful co-deliberation which ought to occur in E.B.M. is also what two people owe each other in an ideal model of the patient doctor relationship.
Observational constraints on the nature of very short gamma-ray bursts
Creators: name: Czerny, Bożena
name: Janiuk, Agnieszka
name: Cline, David B.
name: Otwinowski, Stan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss a very peculiar subgroup of gamma-ray bursts among the BATSE sources. These bursts are very short ($T_{90} \le $0.1 s), hard, and came predominantly from a restricted direction of the sky (close to the Galactic anti-center). We analyze their arrival times and possible correlations, as well as the profiles of individual bursts. We find no peculiarities in the arrival times of Very Short Bursts (VSBs) despite their highly non-uniform spatial distribution. There is no dependence in the burst shapes on location. Bursts coming both from the burst-enhancement Galactic Anticenter region and from all other directions show considerable dispersion in their rise and fall times. Significant fraction of VSBs have multiple peaks despite their extremely short duration. Burst time properties are most likely to be consistent with two origin mechanisms: either with binary NS-NS mergers with low total masses passing through a phase of hypermassive neutron star, or with evaporation of the primordial black holes in the scenario of no photosphere formation.
description: 25 pages, 14 figures; accepted to New Astronomy
Impact of ethical practices on small and medium enterprises’ performance in Saudi Arabia: An Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling analysis
Creators: name: Abalala, Turki Shjaan
name: Islam, Md. Mazharul
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Purpose: The real challenge of establishing and maintaining business ethics in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has become a global issue. We investigated the driving forces of ethical practices (EP) and its contribution to the overall performance in businesses. Design/methodology/approach: This study collected primary data from 117 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia by using a well-designed questionnaire survey amongst SMEs and draw inferences using the structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis. Findings/results: Findings suggested that top management’s characters and ethical commitment, ethical policy and culture of the organisation and external pressure positively influence the ethical practice in the organisation, which leads to a significant positive impact on both financial and non-financial performances of SMEs. But the level of fraud and corruption and the level of monitoring show a mixed moderating effect on the relationships between ethical practice in the organisation and business performance. Practical implications: The findings of this research will help SMEs’ administrators and managers, as well as the companies to instil workplace ethics, which manages the level of business performance. The policymakers and other relevant authorities can also utilise the outcomes of this study to develop ethical policy guidelines and frameworks to improve SMEs’ competitiveness and sustain their companies in the long run. Originality/value: The unique feature of this research is that both the causes and effects of EP are considered in one integrated model. This gives a more vivid picture of the ethical issue in a business organisation.
Additional file 2 of Effects of urban airborne particulate matter exposure on the human upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review
Creators: name: Arca-Lafuente, Sonia
name: Nuñez-Corcuera, Beatriz
name: Ramis, Rebeca
name: Karakitsios, Spyros
name: Sarigiannis, Denis
name: García Dos Santos, Saúl
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Briz, Verónica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Summary of the DNA extraction methods and sequencing processing pipelines used in each study. When available, the version of the software used is indicated
Point symmetry group of the barotropic vorticity equation
Creators: name: Bihlo, Alexander
name: Popovych, Roman O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The complete point symmetry group of the barotropic vorticity equation on the $β$-plane is computed using the direct method supplemented with two different techniques. The first technique is based on the preservation of any megaideal of the maximal Lie invariance algebra of a differential equation by the push-forwards of point symmetries of the same equation. The second technique involves a priori knowledge on normalization properties of a class of differential equations containing the equation under consideration. Both of these techniques are briefly outlined.
description: 13 pages, conference proceedings
A Frustrated 3-Dimensional Antiferromagnet: Stacked $J_{1}-J_{2}$ Layers
Creators: name: Rojas, Onofre
name: Hamer, C. J.
name: Oitmaa, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a frustrated 3D antiferromagnet of stacked $J_1 - J_2$ layers. The intermediate 'quantum spin liquid' phase, present in the 2D case, narrows with increasing interlayer coupling and vanishes at a triple point. Beyond this there is a direct first-order transition from N{\' e}el to columnar order. Possible applications to real materials are discussed.
description: 11 pages,7 figures
Impacts of International Sports Events on the Stock Market: Evidence from the Announcement of the 18th Asian Games and 30th Southeast Asian Games
Creators: name: Harjito, Dwipraptono Agus
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
name: Dewi, Rani Ayu Kusuma
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: This research assesses the influence of hosting major international sporting competitions on the host countries’ stock market performance before and after the announcement of such events. Specifically, this study explores whether stock markets of hosting countries experience cumulative average abnormal return (CAAR) during the aforementioned period. For the purposes of investigation, the study considers announcements of the 18th Asian Games and 30th SEA Games hosted by Indonesia and the Philippines, respectively. The LQ45 index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and PSEi index of the Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE) were chosen to test the significance of these events. It is found that only PSE has experienced a significantly positive CAAR for the event. Findings of this study can make a significant contribution to helping national governments and investors understand the significance of sports to the economies of developing countries and how major sports events can improve stock market efficiency.
XMASS
Creators: name: Sekiya, Hiroyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The XMASS detector is a large single phase liquid Xenon scintillator.After its feasibility had been studied using a 100 kg size prototype detector, an 800 kg size detector is being built for dark matter search with the sensitivity of $10^{-45} {\rm cm}^2$ region in spin-independent cross section. The results of R\&D study for 800 kg detector, especially ultra low background technologies, and the prospects of the experiment are described.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, for the proceedings of the 1st International Workshop towards the Giant Liquid Argon Charge Imaging Experiment (GLA2010, will be published in Journal of Physics, Conference Series (Editors: T. Hasegawa and A. Rubbia))
Why the Water Bridge does not collapse
Creators: name: Aerov, Artem Anatolievich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In 2007 an interesting phenomenon was discovered: a thread of water, the so-called water bridge (WB), can hang between two glass beakers filled with deionized water if voltage is applied to them. We analyze the available explanations of the WB stability and propose a completely different one: the force that supports the WB is the surface tension of water and the role of electric field is not to allow the WB to reduce its surface energy by means of breaking into separate drops.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Assessment of Credit Card Market Features in Malaysia: Risk of Achieving Women’s Financial Empowerment
Creators: name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
name: Ismail, Russayani
name: Said, Jamaliah
name: Pahlevi, Reza Widhar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: There are many market segmentations in the credit card industry in Malaysia. One of the special categories of credit card is dedicated to the women group only and promoted as a tool for increasing women empowerment, women entrepreneurship development and women financial access ability. Therefore, this study compares the features of credit cards dedicated to women and credit cards in general in Malaysia through descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA test. This study utilizes data of currently available total 234 unique credit cards including four credit cards dedicated to the women group. The data analyses 13 features of credit cards. Among them only two features of credit cards dedicated to women are statistically significantly different from credit cards in general, which are annual charge for balance transfer and cash back facility. Therefore, it is recommended to make more distinguish features in the credit cards that are dedicated to them to encourage more women entrepreneurship as well as to ensure their real financial empowerment. The outcomes of this research will provide useful interpretations to women consumers, business managers, NGOs, government agencies and other policymakers who are working on women’s development issues.
The effect of climate change-related environmental acidification on the growth, development and energetics of the early life stages of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
Creators: name: Ou, Michelle
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: As a consequence of increasing atmospheric CO₂, the partial pressure of CO₂ (pCO₂) in the oceans is rising, causing a decrease in pH and carbonate ions known as ocean acidification (OA). Since freshwater systems have the same potential for atmospheric equilibrium with CO₂, similar scenarios of acidification will occur in freshwater, yet little is known about the potential impacts of climate change-related acidification on freshwater species and ecosystems. Moreover, virtually no research has investigated the effect of oscillating pCO₂ tensions on fish, which are more likely to reflect natural coastal conditions. The goal of this thesis is to address some of these knowledge gaps by studying the potential effects of climate change-related acidification on pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) at a sensitive and critical life-stage during development in both freshwater and seawater under future elevated and fluctuating pCO₂ tensions (freshwater: 400 μatm, 1000 μatm, 2000 μatm, 400-2000 μatm (over 24hr); seawater: 400 μatm, 1600 μatm, 400-1600 μatm). Growth, production efficiencies and aerobic scope were measured starting 2 weeks pre-hatch in freshwater up until 2 weeks post-seawater transfer. Growth was reduced during freshwater rearing and following seawater transfer. Specifically, size, production efficiencies and absolute growth rates were reduced at freshwater tensions of 1000 and 2000 μatm and seawater tensions of 1600 μatm. However, no significant effects on growth were seen in response to oscillating pCO₂ tensions. Similarly, aerobic scope was reduced at high pCO₂ following seawater transfer through a reduction in maximal oxygen consumption rate (ṀO₂max) (but not routine (ṀO₂routine)), indicating that exercise in pink salmon fry may be particularly affected by climate change-related acidification. Given that control fish exhibit a dramatic increase in ṀO₂max 7 days post-seawater transfer, which is likely associated with a change in life history from a sedentary to a migratory stage, elevations in seawater pCO₂ may have implications for their seaward migration success. Overall, this thesis demonstrates that pink salmon, under predicted future increases in pCO₂, may be faced with sublethal impacts of acidification on various aspects of their physiology at a very critical time in their life history.
Dynamic synchronization of a time-evolving optical network of chaotic oscillators
Creators: name: Cohen, Adam B.
name: Ravoori, Bhargava
name: Sorrentino, Francesco
name: Murphy, Thomas E.
name: Ott, Edward
name: Roy, Rajarshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present and experimentally demonstrate a technique for achieving and maintaining a global state of identical synchrony of an arbitrary network of chaotic oscillators even when the coupling strengths are unknown and time-varying. At each node an adaptive synchronization algorithm dynamically estimates the current strength of the net coupling signal to that node. We experimentally demonstrate this scheme in a network of three bidirectionally coupled chaotic optoelectronic feedback loops and we present numerical simulations showing its application in larger networks. The stability of the synchronous state for arbitrary coupling topologies is analyzed via a master stability function approach.
description: 22 pages, 7 figures. To appear in Chaos
Corporate governance, market orientation and performance of Iran's upscale hotels
Creators: name: Kazemian, Soheil
name: Djajadikerta, Hadrian Geri
name: Said, Jamaliah
name: Roni, Saiyidi Mat
name: Trireksani, Terri
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Market orientation has been known as an efficient managerial tool to assist in sustaining the performance of organisations. Market orientation has three dimensions, namely customer orientation, competitor orientation and inter-function coordination. This paper evaluates how corporate governance influences the three dimensions of market orientation within Iran's upscale hotels. The impacts of the three dimensions of market orientation on the hotels' social and financial performance are also examined to determine if market orientation mediates the relationships between corporate governance and performance. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to analyse the survey data collected from the executives of four- and five-star hotels in Mashhad, Iran. Results show that corporate governance positively influences the three dimensions of market orientation, while overall market orientation influences financial and social performance. Specifically, customer orientation and inter-function coordination significantly reinforce such mediation, whereas the influence of competitor orientation is limited to financial performance.
Investigating Factors that Influence Malaysian Auditors’ Ethical Sensitivity
Creators: name: Johari, Razana Juhaida
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
name: Said, Jamaliah
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Purpose - The primary role of auditors is to offer fiduciary services to the society and users of the financial reporting. With this role, users placed their trust and dependent on the ability and judgment made by the auditors during their auditing works. However, recent financial scandals involving high profile companies frustrated the public’s expectations, particularly in Malaysia. It is claimed that auditors are not having ethical sensitivity while executing their task in mitigating the fraudulent financial reporting. Therefore, this study aims to examine the influences of ethical orientation, locus of control and firm’s ethical culture on the auditors’ ethical sensitivity in Malaysia. Methodology/approach - This study collected primary data based on a questionnaire survey among audit firms in Klang Valley area and registered with Malaysian Institutes of Accountants. Findings - The results showed ethical sensitivity has a significant negative relationship with relativism and some cases have a significant positive relationship with idealism. Moreover, it found a significant positive relationship between ethical sensitivity and ethical culture. Originality/value – This paper provides benefit to the audit firms, professional bodies, policy makers, and academia in understanding the factors that might increase the sensitivity of auditors in dealing with ethical issues that could lead to fraudulent financial reporting in the company.
Clustering effects for explaining an anomalous JLab result on the Be-9 structure function
Creators: name: Hirai, M.
name: Kumano, S.
name: Saito, K.
name: Watanabe, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An anomalous nuclear modification was reported by JLab measurements on the beryllium-9 structure function F_2. It is unexpected in the sense that a nuclear modification slope is too large to be expected from its average nuclear density. We investigated whether it is explained by a nuclear clustering configuration in Be-9 with two αnuclei and surrounding neutron clouds. Such clustering aspects are studied by using antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) and also by a simple shell model for comparison. We consider that nuclear structure functions F_2^A consist of a mean conventional part and a remaining one depending on the maximum local density. The first mean part does not show a significant cluster effect on F_2. However, we propose that the remaining one could explain the anonymous JLab slope, and it is associated with high densities created by the cluster formation in Be-9. The JLab measurement is possibly the first signature of clustering effects in high-energy nuclear reactions. A responsible physics could be an internal nucleon modification, which is caused by the high densities due to the cluster configuration.
description: 4 pages, LaTeX, 7 eps files, to be published in Proceedings of the international conference on the structure of baryons, Dec. 7-11, 2010, Osaka, Japan
Additional file 3 of Effects of urban airborne particulate matter exposure on the human upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review
Creators: name: Arca-Lafuente, Sonia
name: Nuñez-Corcuera, Beatriz
name: Ramis, Rebeca
name: Karakitsios, Spyros
name: Sarigiannis, Denis
name: García Dos Santos, Saúl
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Briz, Verónica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Statistically significant variations on alpha-diversity after exposure to high PM levels reported by the reviewed studies
High luminosity interaction region design for collisions with detector solenoid
Creators: name: Milardi, C.
name: Preger, M.
name: Raimondi, P.
name: Sensolini, G.
name: Sgamma, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An innovatory interaction region has been recently conceived and realized on the Frascati DAΦNE lepton collider. The concept of tight focusing and small crossing angle adopted until now to achieve high luminosity in multibunch collisions has evolved towards enhanced beam focusing at the interaction point with large horizontal crossing angle, thanks to a new compensation mechanism for the beam-beam resonances. The novel configuration has been tested with a small detector without solenoidal field yielding a remarkable improvement in terms of peak as well as integrated luminosity. The high luminosity interaction region has now been modified to host a large detector with a strong solenoidal field which significantly perturbs the beam optics introducing new design challenges in terms of interaction region optics design, beam transverse coupling control and beam stay clear requirements
description: 3 pages, 4 figures, presented to the IPAC10 conference
Additional file 4 of Effects of urban airborne particulate matter exposure on the human upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review
Creators: name: Arca-Lafuente, Sonia
name: Nuñez-Corcuera, Beatriz
name: Ramis, Rebeca
name: Karakitsios, Spyros
name: Sarigiannis, Denis
name: García Dos Santos, Saúl
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Briz, Verónica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4: Differences in the distribution of the upper respiratory microbiome relative abundance at the phylum level by author, grouped in high or low PM10 exposure, and by phylum level among high and low PM10 exposure groups
Tadpole Galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Creators: name: Elmegreen, Bruce G.
name: Elmegreen, Debra Meloy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Tadpole galaxies have a head-tail shape with a large clump of star formation at the head and a diffuse tail or streak of stars off to one side. We measured the head and tail masses, ages, surface brightnesses, and sizes for 66 tadpoles in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF), and we looked at the distribution of neighbor densities and tadpole orientations with respect to neighbors. The heads have masses of 10^7-10^8 Msun and photometric ages of ~0.1 Gyr for z~2. The tails have slightly larger masses than the heads, and comparable or slightly older ages. The most obvious interpretation of tadpoles as young merger remnants is difficult to verify. They have no enhanced proximity to other resolved galaxies as a class, and the heads, typically less than 0.2 kpc in diameter, usually have no obvious double-core structure. Another possibility is ram pressure interaction between a gas-rich galaxy and a diffuse cosmological flow. Ram pressure can trigger star formation on one side of a galaxy disk, giving the tadpole shape when viewed edge-on. Ram pressure can also strip away gas from a galaxy and put it into a tail, which then forms new stars and gravitationally drags along old stars with it. Such an effect might have been observed already in the Virgo cluster. Another possibility is that tadpoles are edge-on disks with large, off-center clumps. Analogous lop-sided star formation in UDF clump clusters are shown.
description: 19 pages, 16 figures, ApJ in press, vol 722, October 10, 2010
Intercontinental ecomorph convergence in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)
Creators: name: Piascik, Edyta Katherine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: The ecomorph convergence hypothesis states that the relationship between morphology and ecology will be similar in independently evolved communities. Molecular phylogenetic studies show that most major groups of jumping spiders (Salticidae) are primarily restricted to one continental region, indicating independent replicate radiations. This study asks whether phylogenetically independent communities of salticids predictably converge in morphospace and how likely are they to be influenced by historical contingencies. To test the ecomorph convergence hypothesis, 281 salticid species were collected in two comparable tropical rainforests in Ecuador and Borneo while recording habitat data. Parsimony methods indicate that there are a minimum of 17 evolutionary transitions that have occurred between foliage, ground, and trunk microhabitats. The transitions among all three microhabitats have occurred independently in a major clade of Euophryines, within the Freyines, within the Marpissoids, and within the Amycines. Most of the diversification occurred within continents as the major clades are largely restricted to continental regions. Strict criteria ensuring sufficient sample size, habitat data, and phylogenetic independence in species comparisons resulted in 36 species for all morphometric analyses. Ecomorphs show signs of clustering in multivariate morphological space and there are significant differences in morphology between microhabitats. Trunk salticids have flatter carapaces with shorter legs than ground salticids while foliage salticids have raised carapaces and longer legs when compared to trunk salticids. The relationship between foliage and ground salticids is not as clear. Foliage salticids exhibit the widest range of body forms when compared to the other two ecomorphs. By combining morphometric measurements with molecular phylogenetic data, I show that independent origins of microhabitat use lead to similar body forms providing evidence for the ecomorph convergence hypothesis. However, I also find differences in convergence patterns between continents in terms of the number of shifts between ecomorph origins and species composition between the three microhabitats. These results provide a rare example of a large scale study of intercontinental community-wide patterns that show a mix between convergence and contingency using a comparative phylogenetic framework while demonstrating quantitatively that large scale continental diversifications can behave as predictably as smaller diversifications.
Organizational Performance and Capabilities to Analyze Big Data: Do the Ambidexterity and Business Value of Big Data Analytics Matter
Creators: name: Aljumah, Ahmad Ibrahim
name: Nuseir, Mohammed T.
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Objective/Purpose: The aim of the study is to examine the impact of the big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) on the organizational performance. The study also examines the mediating role of ambidexterity and the moderating role of business value of big data (BVBD) analytics in the relationship between the big data analytics capabilities and the organizational performance. Methodology/Design: This study collected primary data based on a questionnaire survey among the large manufacturing firms operating in UAE. A total of 650 questionnaires were distributed among the manufacturing firms and 295 samples were used for final data analysis. The survey was conducted from September to November in 2019 and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings: The BDA scalability is supported by the findings on the performance of firm and its determinants such as system, value of business, and quality of information. The role of business value as a moderator and ambidexterity as mediator are found significant. The results reveal that there is a need for managers to consider the business value and quality dynamics as crucial strategic objectives to achieve high performance of the firm. Implications: The study has significant policy implication for practitioners and researchers for understanding the issues related to big data analytics. Originality/Value: This is an original study based on primary data from UAE manufacturing firms.
Essays on post-retirement financial planning and pension policy modelling in Australia
Creators: name: Ding, Jie
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis presents long-term projections of the cost of public pensions in Australia, with retirees' behaviours modelled with the developed utility model. The thesis assumes that retirees make financial decisions to maximise their lifetime utitlities, and their consumption and asset allocation react to policy changes. The thesis finds that the future cost of the Age Pension to be about 13 percent higher than estimated by the Australian Treasury in 2010's Intergenerational Report. As future cohorts retire with more savings, they can allocate more money into owner-occupied properties while preparing for retirement and draw down their savings faster, to optimise their Age Pension entitlements.
The universality hypothesis: binary and stellar populations in star clusters and galaxies
Creators: name: Kroupa, Pavel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is possible to extract, from the observations, distribution functions of the birth dynamical properties of a stellar population, and to also infer that these are quite invariant to the physical conditions of star formation. The most famous example is the stellar IMF, and the initial binary population (IBP) seems to follow suit. A compact mathematical formulation of the IBP can be derived from the data. It has three broad parts: the IBP of the dominant stellar population (0.08-2 M_sol), the IBP of the more-massive stars and the IBP of brown dwarfs. These three mass regimes correspond to different physical regimes of star formation but not to structure in the IMF. With this formulation of the IBP it becomes possible to synthesise the stellar-population of whole galaxies.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures, invited review to appear in the proceeding sof IAUS 270 on Computational Star Formation, eds: J. Alves, B. Elmegreen, J. Girart, V. Trimble
Additional file 5 of Effects of urban airborne particulate matter exposure on the human upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review
Creators: name: Arca-Lafuente, Sonia
name: Nuñez-Corcuera, Beatriz
name: Ramis, Rebeca
name: Karakitsios, Spyros
name: Sarigiannis, Denis
name: García Dos Santos, Saúl
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Briz, Verónica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5: Differences in the distribution of the upper respiratory microbiome composition by phylum among countries. The data are presented as the relative abundances estimated from raw data or reported by the individual studies, for each phylum
Emission from Hot Dust in the Infrared Spectra of Gamma-ray Bright Blazars
Creators: name: Malmrose, Michael
name: Marscher, Alan
name: Jorstad, Svetlana
name: Nikutta, Robert
name: Elitzur, Moshe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A possible source of $γ$-ray photons observed from the jets of blazars is inverse Compton scattering by relativistic electrons of infrared seed photons from a hot, dusty torus in the nucleus. We use observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope to search for signatures of such dust in the infrared spectra of four $γ$-ray bright blazars, the quasars 4C 21.35, CTA102, and PKS 1510$-$089, and the BL Lacertae object ON231. The spectral energy distribution (SED) of 4C 21.35 contains a prominent infrared excess indicative of dust emission. After subtracting a non-thermal component with a power-law spectrum, we fit a dust model to the residual SED. The model consists of a blackbody with temperature $\sim1200$ K, plus a much weaker optically thin component at $\sim660$ K. The total luminosity of the thermal dust emission is $7.9\pm0.2 \times 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$. If the dust lies in an equatorial torus, the density of IR photons from the torus is sufficient to explain the $γ$-ray flux from 4C 21.35 as long as the scattering occurs within a few parsecs of the central engine. We also report a tentative detection of dust in the quasar CTA102, in which the luminosity of the infrared excess is $7 \pm 2 \times 10^{45}$ erg s$^{-1}$. However, in CTA102 the far-IR spectra are too noisy to detect the $10 μ$m silicate feature. Upper limits to the luminosity from thermal emission from dust in PKS 1510-089, and ON231, are, $2.3\times10^{45}$, and $6.6\times10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$, respectively. These upper limits do not rule out the possibility of inverse Compton up-scattering of IR photons to $γ$-ray energies in these two sources. The estimated covering factor of the hot dust in 4C 21.35, 22%, is similar to that of non-blazar quasars; however, 4C 21.35 is deficient in cooler dust.
description: 23 Pages, 5 Figures, 2 Tables, 1 Machine Readable Table. Accepted to ApJ
Hard exclusive electroproduction of rhoT at twist 3
Creators: name: Anikin, I. V.
name: Ivanov, D. Yu.
name: Pire, B.
name: Szymanowski, L.
name: Wallon, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exclusive processes in hard electroproduction are one of the best place for understanding QCD in view of its factorization properties. In particular, in the limit of asymptotic gamma* p center of mass energy, they give an access to the perturbative Regge properties of QCD. The HERA experiment recently provided precise data for rho electroproduction, including all spin density matrix elements. From QCD, it is expected that such a process should factorize between a hard (calculable) coefficient function, and hadronic (p and rho) matrix elements. Such a factorization is up to now only proven for a longitudinaly polarized rho. Within the kt-factorization approach (valid at large gamma* p invariant mass), we evaluate the impact factor of the transition gamma* -> rhoT taking into account the twist 3 contributions. We show that a gauge invariant expression is obtained with the help of QCD equations of motion. More generally, relying on these equations and on the invariance under rotation on the light-cone of the factorized amplitude, the non-perturbative Distribution Amplitudes can be reduced to a minimal set. This opens the way to a consistent treatment of factorization for exclusive processes with a transversally polarized vector meson, and clarifies the equivalence of two proposed parametrizations of the rhoT distribution amplitudes, illustrated here by the gamma* -> rhoT impact factor.
description: 5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of 18th International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (DIS 2010), Florence, Italy, 19-23 Apr 2010
Traditional Marketing Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Big Data System Quality and the Success of New Product Development
Creators: name: Aljumah, Ahmad Ibrahim
name: Nuseir, Mohammed T.
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Objective/Purpose: This study investigates the impact of traditional marketing analytics and big data analytics on the success of a new product. Moreover, it assesses the mediating effects of the quality of big data system. Methodology/Design: This study is based on primary data that were collected through an online questionnaire survey from large manufacturing firms operating in UAE. Out of total distributed 421 samples, 327 samples were used for final data analysis. The survey was conducted from March-April 2020 and data analysis was done via Structural Equation Modelling (SEM-PLS). Findings: It emerges that big data analysis (BDA), traditional marketing analysis (TMA) and big data system quality (BDSQ) are significant determinants of new product development (NPD) success. Meanwhile, the BDA and TMA significantly affect the BDSQ. Results of the mediating role of BDSQ in the relationship between the BDA and NPD as well as TMA and NPD are significant. Implications: There are significant policy implications for practitioners and researchers concerning the role of analytics, particularly big data analytics and big data system quality, when attempting to achieve success in developing new products. Originality/Value: This is an original study based on primary data from UAE.
Empirical Assessment on Factors Contributing to Integrity Practices of Malaysian Public Sector Officers
Creators: name: Johari, Razana Juhaida
name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
name: Said, Jamaliah
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Purpose – Integrity-related issues are now endemic to public service bureaucracies. It is claimed that corruption in the public sector is very common in various departments/agencies. Lack of integrity will lead to failings in governance and proper oversight of procedures, and subsequently poor financial management and incidents of fraud. Based on the Stakeholder Theory Perspective, this study examines the influences of accountability, risk management and managerial commitment on practices of integrity in the Malaysian public sector. Design/methodology/approach – Primary data were collected through both printed and online questionnaires given to 210 department heads operating within selected Malaysian federal ministries. Data were analysed via the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach to examine the research hypotheses. Findings – It is evident that integrity practices in Malaysia’s public sector are statistically significantly related to risk management, accountability, and management commitment. Practical/Policy implications – The findings will help the Malaysian federal ministries to take the necessary steps to improve integrity so that dependability and efficiency are the hallmarks of public sector services. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first to examine the role of accountability, risk management, and managerial commitment to integrity in the public sector of a developing market economy
Using E-Wallet for Business Process Development: Challenges and Prospects in Malaysia
Creators: name: Alam, Md. Mahmudul
name: Awawdeh, Ala Eldin
name: Muhamad, Azim Izzuddin Bin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140207 Financial Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: Purpose: This study aims to explore the challenges and prospects of using e-wallets in Malaysia, and what it means for businesses and customers. Suggested here are strategies to leverage the strengths and opportunities as well as overcome the weaknesses and threats. Suggested here are strategies to leverage the strengths and opportunities as well as overcome the weaknesses and threats. Design/methodology/approach: This study analyses the e-wallet phenomenon using a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis to assess Malaysian business development. It is supported with findings from the literature and secondary data. The relevant secondary data were collected from Bank Negara Malaysia and the World Bank. Findings: This study shows that e-wallets in Malaysia have still not achieved their purpose but there is huge potential to do so. The SWOT analysis identified several strengths (e.g. financial incorporation, easy to access, protection and safety, simple for other accounts to connect to, product and consumer service management, quick to implement/administer), weaknesses (e.g. lack of infrastructure and the ‘tapping’ of devices already cornered by the mobile phone market, opportunities (e.g. eliminating fraud, better customer service, promotion/loyalty that can be built into customer experience) and threats (e.g. attacks from viruses, frequent inquiries whether multiple wallets can be used by clients, the concerns of reckless spending behaviour of the E-wallet users). Research implications: This study is crucial for assessing the current situation and the prospects of e-wallets in Malaysia. This study also offers significant insights for policymakers and e-wallet service providers to develop appropriate strategies to enhance e-wallet services in Malaysia. Originality/value: This paper is the first of its kind to integrate a SWOT analysis and the rapid development of the e-wallet market in Malaysia. Hence, the findings could broaden our knowledge on the fintech industry and enable firms to participate in the e-wallet market.
Additional file 6 of Effects of urban airborne particulate matter exposure on the human upper respiratory tract microbiome: a systematic review
Creators: name: Arca-Lafuente, Sonia
name: Nuñez-Corcuera, Beatriz
name: Ramis, Rebeca
name: Karakitsios, Spyros
name: Sarigiannis, Denis
name: García Dos Santos, Saúl
name: Fernández-Rodríguez, Amanda
name: Briz, Verónica
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 6: Estimated quality of the selected studies, according to the criteria established by the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Critical Appraisal Tool
Phase Drifts of Sub-pulses during the 2004 Giant Flare of SGR 1806-20 and Settling of the Magnetic Fields
Creators: name: Xing, Yi
name: Yu, Wenfei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyzed the observations of SGR 1806-20 performed with the \textit{Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer} (RXTE) during its 2004 giant flare. We studied the phase evolution of the sub-pulses identified in the X-ray waveform and found that the sub-pulses varied in phase with time and then gradually settled, which might indicate drifts of the emission regions in relative to the neutron star surface, or changes in the local emission geometry before the magnetic field became stable. The characteristic e-folding timescale of the phase drifts measured starting about 15 s following the initial flux spike are in the range between 37 s and 84 s. This leads to the first measurements of the characteristic timescale for the magnetic field of the neutron star to settle after a field reconfiguration during the giant flare.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Factores que influyen para confeccionar correctamente los registros de Enfermería
Creators: name: Limachi Chura, Norah Flora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Introducción: Los registros de enfermería son un problema siempre que la enfermera considere que dentro de sus responsabilidades no contempla esta actividad, relativa al registro de la información recogida del paciente. Objetivo: Identificar los factores que inciden para confeccionar correctamente los registros realizados por el personal de enfermería del Centro Obstétrico del Htal. Posadas durante agosto de 2019. Métodos: Esta investigación se realizará mediante un estudio de tipo exploratorio y descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo, en el Centro Obstétrico del hospital Posada, Provincia de Buenos Aires durante el periodo Agosto de 2019. La muestra estará conformada por 30 enfermeras/os de todos los turnos que confeccionan los registros en el Centro Obstétrico del hospital objeto de estudio. Resultados: la distribución del personal en los turnos del servicio en el sanatorio predomina el turno mañana con el 50% de la dotación total en tanto el turno tarde lo sigue con el 40%, el turno noche con el 10%. En relación con las novedades en los registros, el 54% de los registros son minuciosas, en el 33% poco minuciosa y en un 13% no son minuciosas. Al analizar si los registros de enfermería contribuyen a mantener los cuidados de los pacientes, el 87% de la población considera que siempre y el 13% solo a veces. Conclusiones: En cuanto a la relación que existe entre nivel de formación y mayor capacitación en el personal de enfermería y la calidad en los registros de enfermería, se pudo comprobar que a mayor capacitación y nivel de formación mejor es la calidad de los registros que se confeccionan. Los registros de enfermería responden al enfoque asistencial de las necesidades del personal de enfermería. De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos el 87% de la población considera que ayuda a mantener los cuidados del paciente. También sostienen que de no consignar datos sobre la medicación se puede derivar en una sobre medicación del paciente y el no consignar la discontinuidad de la medicación puede acarrear problemas para el paciente y el profesional a cargo de la confección del registro.