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Core self-evaluations in Japan: relative effects on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness

The present study tested, in a non-Western culture (Japan), the relative validity in predicting job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness of core self-evaluations (CSE), positive and negative affectivity (PA/NA), and the Neutral Objects Satisfaction Questionnaire (NOSQ). Consistent with previous results in primarily Western cultures, the four lower-order traits that comprise CSE—self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and neuroticism— indicated a higher-order factor. While each lower-order trait was itself related to the study’s criteria, the CSE concept displayed in general, higher correlations with the dependent variables, and explained incremental variance in two of the study’s three outcomes beyond PA, NA, and the NOSQ. These results indicate initial support for the generalizability of CSE in a culture that differs in many respects from Western cultures, and suggest that judgments of satisfaction and happiness in a non-Western culture have a dispositional source. Copyright # 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Analysis and Numerical Solution of Control Problems in Descriptor Form

We study linear variable coeecient control problems in descriptor form. Based on a behaviour approach and the general theory for linear diierential algebraic systems we give the theoretical analysis and describe numerically stable methods to determine the structural properties of the system like solvability, regularity, model consistency and redundancy. We also discuss regularization via feedback.
Can a Chatbot Determine My Diet?: Addressing Challenges of Chatbot Application for Meal Recommendation

Poor nutrition can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity. A conversational agent can support people as a virtual coach, however building such systems still have its associated challenges and limitations. This paper describes the background and motivation for chatbot systems in the context of healthy nutrition recommendation. We discuss current challenges associated with chatbot application, we tackled technical, theoretical, behavioural, and social aspects of the challenges. We then propose a pipeline to be used as guidelines by developers to implement theoretically and technically robust chatbot systems. Keywords-Health, Conversational agent, Recommender systems, HCI, Behaviour Change, Artificial intelligence
Identification of the most common problems in functioning of individuals with spinal cord injury using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Study design:Cross-sectional, multicenter study.Objectives:To identify the most common problems of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the early post-acute and the long-term context, respectively, using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a frame of reference.Setting:International.Methods:The functional problems of individuals with SCI were recorded using the 264 ICF categories on the second level of the classification. Prevalence of impairment was reported along with their 95% confidence intervals. Data were stratified by context.Results:Sixteen study centers in 14 countries collected data of 489 individuals with SCI in the early post-acute context and 559 in the long-term context, respectively. Impairments in thirteen ICF categories assigned to Body functions and Body structures were more frequently reported in the long-term context, whereas limitations/restrictions in 34 ICF categories assigned to Activities and Participation were more frequently found in the early post-acute context. Eleven ICF categories from the component Environmental Factors were more frequently regarded as barriers, facilitators or both by individuals with SCI in the early post-acute context as compared with individuals with SCI in the long-term context. Only two environmental factors were more relevant for people with SCI in the long-term context than in the early post-acute context.Conclusion:The study identified a large variety of functional problems reflecting the complexity of SCI and indicated differences between the two contexts. The ICF has potential to provide a comprehensive framework for the description of functional health in individuals with SCI worldwide.
Modeling and performance analysis of sequential zone picking systems

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Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein in streptozotocin diabetic rats: a study of kidney in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and urinary excretion

Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, present only in the kidney thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, was studied here in streptozotocin diabetic rats. Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein mRNA in situ hybridization was performed on snap-frozen left kidneys; the right kidneys were perfusion-fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded either in paraffin, for Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein immunohistochemistry, or in Epon for stereologic measurements. The length of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop and the amount of glycogen were measured and the ultrastructure of the cells was evaluated. Urinary excretion of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, calcium, magnesium and albumin was measured. After 10 and 50 days' duration of diabetes, kidney weight increased 20 and 41%, respectively and the length of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop increased 28 and 56%, respectively, compared with controls. Substantial glycogen accumulations were present in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, and electron microscopy revealed a significant decrease in organelles and basolateral membranes. After 10 and 50 days' duration of diabetes, in situ hybridization of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein mRNA revealed a fourfold decrease, and the immunostaining for Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein showed a threefold decrease as measured by densitometry. However, urinary Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein excretion rate was increased fivefold and urinary concentration about twofold. Urinary calcium excretion increased threefold and magnesium twofold, but urinary albumin excretion was not significantly increased. The increased amount of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, calcium and magnesium in the urine in diabetes occurs here concomitant with severe cellular damage in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop.
Preoperative maximum oxygen consumption is associated with prognosis after pulmonary resection in stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

BACKGROUND
The objective of this investigation was to evaluate whether maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) is a reliable prognostic factor after lung resection for pathologic stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).


METHODS
Observational analysis of 157 patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy or segmentectomy for pathologic stage I (T1 or T2-N0 only) NSCLC, with preoperative measurement of Vo2max and complete follow-up (2006-2011). Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The log-rank test was used to assess differences in survival between groups. The relationships between survival and several baseline and clinical variables were determined by Cox multivariate analyses.


RESULTS
The median follow-up time was 40 months. The average preoperative Vo2max was 16.1 mL/kg · min and 69% of predicted value. Sixty-two (40%) patients had a Vo2max below 60%. The median and 5-year overall survivals of patients with preoperative Vo2max above 60% were significantly longer than in those with Vo2max below 60% (median not reached vs 48 months: 73% vs 40%, p=0.0004). Cox regression model showed that an age older than 70 years (p=0.005, hazard ratio 2.3) and Vo2max below 60% (p=0.001, hazard ratio 2.4) were independent prognostic factors significantly associated with overall survival. Cancer-specific survival was also longer in patients with Vo2max above 60% (81% vs 61%, p=0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Exercise tolerance may influence the physiologic outcomes associated with cancer that can potentially affect survival. Physical rehabilitation aimed at improving exercise tolerance can possibly improve the long-term prognosis after operations for lung cancer.
Longitudinal association of physical activity and sedentary behavior during leisure time with health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

BACKGROUND
Evidence on the relation between leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults is based primarily on clinical trials of physical exercise programs in institutionalized persons and on cross-sectional studies of community-dwelling persons. Moreover, there is no evidence on whether leisure-time sedentary behavior (LTSB) is associated with HRQoL independently of LTPA. This study examined the longitudinal association between LTPA, LTSB, and HRQoL in older community-dwelling adults in Spain.


METHODS
Prospective cohort study of 1,097 persons aged 62 and over. In 2003 LTPA in MET-hr/week was measured with a validated questionnaire, and LTSB was estimated by the number of sitting hours per week. In 2009 HRQoL was measured with the SF-36 questionnaire. Analyses were done with linear regression and adjusted for the main confounders.


RESULTS
Compared with those who did no LTPA, subjects in the upper quartile of LTPA had better scores on the SF-36 scales of physical functioning (β 5.65; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.32-9.98; p linear trend < 0.001), physical role (β 7.38; 95% CI 0.16-14.93; p linear trend < 0.001), bodily pain (β 6.92; 95% CI 1.86-11.98; p linear trend < 0.01), vitality (β 5.09; 95% CI 0.76-9.41; p linear trend < 0.004) social functioning (β 7.83; 95% CI 2.89-12.75; p linear trend < 0.001), emotional role (β 8.59; 95% CI 1.97-15.21; p linear trend < 0.02) and mental health (β 4.20; 95% CI 0.26-8.13; p linear trend < 0.06). As suggested by previous work in this field, these associations were clinically relevant because the β regression coefficients were higher than 3 points. Finally, the number of sitting hours showed a gradual and inverse relation with the scores on most of the SF-36 scales, which was also clinically relevant.


CONCLUSIONS
Greater LTPA and less LTSB were independently associated with better long-term HRQoL in older adults.
Assessing the Predictive Utility of Logistic Regression, Classification and Regression Tree, Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection, and Neural Network Models in Predicting Inmate Misconduct

This study assesses the relative utility of a traditional regression approach logistic regression (LR) and three classification techniques classification and regression tree (CART), chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID), and multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLPNN)—in predicting inmate misconduct. The four models were tested using a sample of inmates held in state and federal prisons and predictors derived from the importation model on inmate adaptation. Multivalidation procedure and multiple evaluation indicators were used to evaluate and report the predictive accuracy. The overall accuracy of the four models varied between 0.60 and 0.66 with an overall AUC range of 0.60–0.70. The LR and MLPNN methods performed significantly better than the CART and CHAID techniques at identifying misbehaving inmates and the CHAID method outperformed the CART approach in classifying defied inmates. The MLPNNmethod performed significantly better than the LR technique in predicting inmate misconduct among the training samples.
Simulation and statistical quality control for urban water management

As a tool in appraising the regional reliability, a set of statistical quality control charts was developed to relate the waste water treatment operations to the overall regional water quality reliability. Computer simulation was utilized in the stochastic nature of the system analysis. Field data from the San Antonio River Basin was evaluated to demonstrate the practicality of the developed model.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE : THE ROLE OF INTANGIBLE RESOURCES

This paper examines the effects of a firm’s intangible resources in mediating the relationship between corporate responsibility and financial performance. We hypothesize that previous empirical findings of a positive relationship between social and financial performance may be spurious because the researchers failed to account for the mediating effects of intangible resources. Our results indicate that there is no direct relationship between corporate responsibility and financial performance—merely an indirect relationship that relies on the mediating effect of a firm’s intangible resources. We demonstrate our theoretical contention with the use of a database comprising 599 companies from 28 countries. Copyright  2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A robust and enhanced approach for human detection in crowd

In this paper we have presented and enhanced methodology for robust detection of human in videos. Our research covers most of the limitations for detection of human in crowded places like detection of non-human objects and large human shadow as humans. The proposed technique is based on hierarchal structure consisting of three phases. Firstly, segmentation of moving objects is done using Gaussian Mixture model. Secondly, shadow removal technique is applied to avoid detection of large human shadows as human. Finally, human detection is achieved by applying human detection algorithm [3] on shadowless segmented images. Experiments are performed on different videos having single and multiple humans in indoor and outdoor scenes and videos under different illumination producing large and small shadows. This paper also presents comparative results of our methodology with existing techniques and the results clearly proved that the proposed technique outperforms the existing techniques and this is proved by producing comparative results.
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The relationship between mandated community treatment and perceived barriers to care in persons with severe mental illness.

OBJECTIVE
In recent decades debate has intensified over both the ethics and effectiveness of mandated mental health treatment for persons residing in the community. Perceived barriers to care among persons subjected to mandated community treatment, and the possibility that fear of involuntary treatment may actually create or strengthen such barriers rather than dissolve them, are key issues relevant to this debate but have been little studied. This article explores the link between receipt of mandated (or "leveraged") community treatment and reasons for avoiding or delaying treatment reported by persons with severe mental illness. It also examines the potential moderating effect of social support on the association between mandated treatment experiences and barriers attributable to fear of involuntary commitment or forced treatment.


METHOD
Data are presented from a survey of 1011 persons with psychiatric disorders being treated in public-sector mental health service systems in five U.S. cities. Logistic and negative binomial regression analyses were used to examine the association between mandated community treatment and perceptions of barriers to care, controlling for demographic and clinical characteristics.


RESULTS
Across sites, 32.4% to 46.3% of respondents reported barriers attributed to fear of forced treatment. Whereas 63.7% to 76.1% reported at least one non-mandate-related barrier to care; the mean number of non-mandated barriers to care ranged from 1.6 to 2.3 (range 0-7). Between 44.1% and 59.0% of participants had experienced at least one type of leveraged treatment. Persons experiencing multiple forms of mandated treatment were more likely to report barriers to care in comparison to those not reporting mandated treatment. Findings also indicated that social support moderates the relationship between multiple leverages (three or four forms) and mandate-related barriers to care.


CONCLUSIONS
Perceived barriers to care associated with mandated treatment experience have the potential to adversely affect both treatment adherence and therapeutic alliance. Awareness of potential barriers to care and how they interact with patients' perceived social support may lead to improved outcomes associated with mandated treatment.
Towards identifying software project clusters with regard to defect prediction

Background: This paper describes an analysis that was conducted on newly collected repository with 92 versions of 38 proprietary, open-source and academic projects. A preliminary study perfomed before showed the need for a further in-depth analysis in order to identify project clusters.
 Aims: The goal of this research is to perform clustering on software projects in order to identify groups of software projects with similar characteristic from the defect prediction point of view. One defect prediction model should work well for all projects that belong to such group. The existence of those groups was investigated with statistical tests and by comparing the mean value of prediction efficiency.
 Method: Hierarchical and k-means clustering, as well as Kohonen's neural network was used to find groups of similar projects. The obtained clusters were investigated with the discriminant analysis. For each of the identified group a statistical analysis has been conducted in order to distinguish whether this group really exists. Two defect prediction models were created for each of the identified groups. The first one was based on the projects that belong to a given group, and the second one - on all the projects. Then, both models were applied to all versions of projects from the investigated group. If the predictions from the model based on projects that belong to the identified group are significantly better than the all-projects model (the mean values were compared and statistical tests were used), we conclude that the group really exists.
 Results: Six different clusters were identified and the existence of two of them was statistically proven: 1) cluster proprietary B -- T=19, p=0.035, r=0.40; 2) cluster proprietary/open - t(17)=3.18, p=0.05, r=0.59. The obtained effect sizes (r) represent large effects according to Cohen's benchmark, which is a substantial finding.
 Conclusions: The two identified clusters were described and compared with results obtained by other researchers. The results of this work makes next step towards defining formal methods of reuse defect prediction models by identifying groups of projects within which the same defect prediction model may be used. Furthermore, a method of clustering was suggested and applied.
Does antenatal pelvic floor muscle training affect the outcome of labour? A randomised controlled trial

It is thought that antenatal pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) might produce a strong pelvic floor resulting in prolonged labour, whilst some believe it produces well-controlled muscles that facilitate rotation of the foetal head and shortens the duration of labour. This secondary analysis (of a previously published randomised controlled trial) assesses the labour and delivery details of 268 primigravidae who were originally randomised at approximately 20 weeks gestation to supervised PFMT or a control group. Between the two groups, there was no difference in the duration of the second stage of labour or in the need for instrumental delivery. PFMT does not appear to facilitate or obstruct labour.
Challenges of hepatitis C treatment in Native Americans in two North Dakota medical facilities.

INTRODUCTION
The prevalence of chronic liver disease (CLD) in the Aboriginal North American population is disproportionately higher than that of the non-indigenous population. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the second leading cause of CLD in American Indians or Alaska Natives (AIANs). This study described the experience of two teaching community medical centers in North Dakota in treating HCV infection among AIANs and compared treatment outcomes to a cohort of Caucasian patients.


METHODS
The retrospective study described the characteristics and proportion of AIAN patients with HCV who received treatment. Documented reasons for not receiving treatment were analyzed. For those AIAN patients treated for HCV infection, responses to treatment, including rapid, early and sustained virological responses (SVRs), were compared with those of Caucasians.


RESULTS
Only 22 (18%) of 124 AIANs with HCV infection received treatment. Common reasons for not receiving treatment include lack of access to specialists, concomitant or decompensated liver disease, alcohol and drug abuse and cost. There were no significant differences in the baseline characteristics and key predictors of SVR in AIANs compared to Caucasian controls.


CONCLUSIONS
Most AIAN patients with HCV infection do not receive treatment despite comparable treatment response rates to Caucasians. Further population-based studies, addressing access to specialized hepatitis C treatment and public health concerns are warranted, as it is crucial to treat chronic HCV infection to decrease the burden of disease in the AIAN community.
Noise in Phase-Locked Loops [Invited]

Jitter and phase noise properties of phase-locked loops (PLL) are analyzed, identifying various forms of jitter and phase noise in PLLs. The effects of different building blocks on the jitter and phase noise performance of PLLs are demonstrated through a parallel analytical and graphical treatment of noise evolution in the phaselocked loop.
Dermoscopic patterns of acral melanocytic nevi and melanomas in a white population in central Italy.

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the dermoscopic features of acral melanocytic lesions in a white population in central Italy.


DESIGN
Retrospective review.


SETTING
University dermatology department.


PATIENTS
Six hundred fifty-one Italian subjects, ranging in age from 6 months to 78 years.


MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
We retrospectively investigated all digital dermoscopic images of acral melanocytic lesions included in our database from January 1996 to May 2005.


RESULTS
We retrieved digital images of 723 benign acral melanocytic lesions in 641 patients (235 males and 406 females; mean age, 26.5 years) and of 10 acral melanomas in 10 patients (7 males and 3 females; mean age, 65 years). Individual lesions were located on the soles (n=520), fingers (n=146), and palms (n=67). Among acral nevi, the parallel furrow (42.1%) was the most common pattern, followed by the latticelike (14.9%), nontypical (13.7%), fibrillar (10.8%), homogeneous (9.3%), globular (5.4%), and reticular (2.1%) patterns. The frequency of distribution of the latticelike, nontypical, fibrillar, and homogeneous patterns significantly differed (P<.001, P=.03, P<.001, and P=.03, respectively) between anatomical sites. Also, 13 acral nevi (1.8%), mainly located on the fingers, showed a new combined pattern (transition pattern) consisting of a brownish black network associated with a parallel furrow or latticelike pattern. All 10 acral melanomas showed a multicomponent dermoscopic pattern.


CONCLUSIONS
In our series of acral nevi, we observed 8 dermoscopic patterns, with varying distribution by anatomical site. Identification of a specific pattern is highly suggestive of the benign or the malignant nature of any given acral melanocytic lesion.