Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Örgütsel Adalet ve Örgütsel Bağlılık İlişkisi: Manisa’daki Eğitim Kurumlarında Bir Araştırma

Orgutlerin saglikli isleyisi ve orgutlerde calisan bireylerin kisisel doyumlari acisindan onemi gittikce artan orgutsel adalet ve orgutsel baglilik kavramlari arasindaki iliskinin incelendigi bu calismada, Manisa il merkezinde hizmet veren ilkokul ogretmenlerinden anket yolu ile veriler toplanmistir. Amirlerle ve calisanlarla iliski boyutlarindan olusan orgutsel adalet olcegi ile ogretmenlerin adalet algisi; duygusal, devamlilik ve normatif baglilik boyutlarindan olusan orgutsel baglilik olcegi ile de orgute bagliliklari belirlenmistir. Orgutsel adalet algisi ile orgutsel bagliligin duygusal ve normatif boyutlari arasinda anlamli iliski tespit edilmistir.
Imaging Finding of Malignant Melanoma of Eustachian Tube with Extension to Middle Ear Cavity: Case Report

We report a case of malignant melanoma of Eustachian tube with extension to the middle ear cavity and nasopharynx in a 51-year-old woman who presented with right ear fullness. Computed tomography showed a soft tissue mass in the middle ear cavity and causedthe widening and eroding of the bony eustachian tube. Magnetic resonance imaging showed well enhancing mass in eustachian tube extending nasopharynx to middle ear cavity. A biopsy of the middle ear cavity mass revealed a malignant amelanotic melanoma.
Interactions between genetic variants and breast cancer risk factors in the breast and prostate cancer cohort consortium.

BACKGROUND Recently, several genome-wide association studies have identified various genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer. Relatively little is known about the possible interactions between these loci and the established risk factors for breast cancer. METHODS To assess interactions between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and established risk factors, we prospectively collected DNA samples and questionnaire data from 8576 breast cancer case subjects and 11 892 control subjects nested within the National Cancer Institute's Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3). We genotyped 17 germline SNPs (FGFR2-rs2981582, FGFR2-rs3750817, TNRC9-rs3803662, 2q35-rs13387042, MAP3K1-rs889312, 8q24-rs13281615, CASP8-rs1045485, LSP1-rs3817198, COL1A1-rs2075555, COX11-rs6504950, RNF146-rs2180341, 6q25-rs2046210, SLC4A7-rs4973768, NOTCH2-rs11249433, 5p12-rs4415084, 5p12-rs10941679, RAD51L1-rs999737), and odds ratios were estimated by logistic regression to confirm previously reported associations with breast cancer risk. We performed likelihood ratio test to assess interactions between 17 SNPs and nine established risk factors (age at menarche, parity, age at menopause, use of hormone replacement therapy, family history, height, body mass index, smoking status, and alcohol consumption), and a correction for multiple testing of 153 tests (adjusted P value threshold = .05/153 = 3 × 10(-4)) was done. Case-case comparisons were performed for possible differential associations of polymorphisms by subgroups of tumor stage, estrogen and progesterone receptor status, and age at diagnosis. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS We confirmed the association of 14 SNPs with breast cancer risk (P(trend) = 2.57 × 10(-3) -3.96 × 10(-19)). Three SNPs (LSP1-rs3817198, COL1A1-rs2075555, and RNF146-rs2180341) did not show association with breast cancer risk. After accounting for multiple testing, no statistically significant interactions were detected between the 17 SNPs and the nine risk factors. We also confirmed that SNPs in FGFR2 and TNRC9 were associated with greater risk of estrogen receptor-positive than estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer (P(heterogeneity) = . 0016 for FGFR2-rs2981582 and P(heterogeneity) = . 0053 for TNRC9-rs3803662). SNP 5p12-rs10941679 was statistically significantly associated with greater risk of progesterone receptor-positive than progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer (P(heterogeneity) = . 0028). CONCLUSION This study does not support the hypothesis that known common breast cancer susceptibility loci strongly modify the associations between established risk factors and breast cancer.
Impact of race and ethnicity on counseling for alcohol consumption: a population-based, cross-sectional survey.

BACKGROUND Counseling for alcohol use is of proven utility, but whether disparities in provision of counseling exist is uncertain. METHODS Using the 1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a population-based telephone survey, we examined participant-reported physician counseling for alcohol use among 15,498 adults in 5 U.S. states. Participants reported their usual alcohol intake, risky drinking (intake of 5 or more drinks on occasion, greater than 60 drinks per month, or driving after drinking), and whether a doctor had spoken with them about alcohol use. RESULTS Race and ethnicity were strongly associated with reported receipt of alcohol counseling. Compared with whites, black and Hispanic adults had 2-fold higher odds of reporting receiving counseling among all participants, among problem drinkers, and among abstainers. There were modest differences according to sex, income, self-reported health, and education, but not body mass index. Multivariable adjustment and restriction to participants who reported a recent checkup did not alter these findings. No such disparity was noted for general diet counseling. CONCLUSIONS Clear racial and ethnic differences exist in physician counseling for alcohol use, with higher prevalence estimates among racial and ethnic minority populations. Although the cause of these differences is uncertain, systematic application of preventive medical services such as alcohol screening and counseling is needed for all patients.
Learning Kernels with Radiuses of Minimum Enclosing Balls

In this paper, we point out that there exist scaling and initialization problems in most existing multiple kernel learning (MKL) approaches, which employ the large margin principle to jointly learn both a kernel and an SVM classifier. The reason is that the margin itself can not well describe how good a kernel is due to the negligence of the scaling. We use the ratio between the margin and the radius of the minimum enclosing ball to measure the goodness of a kernel, and present a new minimization formulation for kernel learning. This formulation is invariant to scalings of learned kernels, and when learning linear combination of basis kernels it is also invariant to scalings of basis kernels and to the types (e.g., L1 or L2) of norm constraints on combination coefficients. We establish the differentiability of our formulation, and propose a gradient projection algorithm for kernel learning. Experiments show that our method significantly outperforms both SVM with the uniform combination of basis kernels and other state-of-art MKL approaches.
Genome-Wide Analysis of MIKCC-Type MADS Box Genes in Grapevine1[W][OA]

MIKCC-type MADS box genes encode transcription factors that play crucial roles in plant growth and development. Analysis of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera) genome revealed up to 38 MIKCC-type genes. We report here a complete analysis of this gene family regarding their phylogenetic relationships with homologous genes identified in other sequenced dicot genomes, their genome location, and gene structure and expression. The grapevine genes cluster in 13 subfamilies with their Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and poplar (Populus trichocarpa) counterparts. The lack of recent whole genome duplications in grapevine allows assigning the gene diversification processes observed within each subfamily either to an ancestral polyploidization event predating the divergence of those three species or to later duplication events within each lineage. Expression profiles of MIKCC-type genes in vegetative and reproductive organs as well as during flower and tendril development show conserved expression domains for specific subfamilies but also reflect characteristic features of grapevine development. Expression analyses in latent buds and during flower development reveal common features previously described in other plant systems as well as possible new roles for members of some subfamilies during flowering transition. The analysis of MIKCC-type genes in grapevine helps in understanding the origin of gene diversification within each subfamily and provides the basis for functional analyses to uncover the role of these MADS box genes in grapevine development.
Experimental results on task priority and dynamic programming based approach to underwater floating manipulation

This work presents the experimental results of the control methodology used to tackle the floating underwater manipulation aspects of the EU-FP7 TRIDENT project, whose main goal is to develop a multipurpose I-AUV (Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). In particular, the work focuses on the coordination aspects of the whole system, aimed at exploiting the high number of degrees of freedom that the arm and the vehicle have, for achieving a dexterous object grasping. To do so, the control strategy must also take into account all of a series of other objectives, both concerning safety and operational enabling aspects. Examples of such objectives are the arm joint limits and keeping the object grossly centered inside the camera frame. The developed methodology is based on the well known task priority based framework, extended to also encompass scalar inequality constraints. Experimental trials supporting the proposed control strategy are presented. In particular, one of the preliminary pool trials is presented, followed by the sea trials of the final demo of the project, carried out in Port Soller, Majorca during October 2012.
Electrocardiographic Changes During Antihypertensive Therapy in the International Prospective Primary Prevention Study in Hypertension

In the International Prospective Primary Prevention Study in Hypertension, electrocardiographic changes before and during 3-to 5-year antihypertensive treatment were investigated in a cohort of 5819 men and women aged 40 to 64 years with entry diastolic blood pressures of 100 to 125 mm Hg. They were randomly allocated to treatment regimens that either included or excluded the slow-release β-blocker oxprenolol. Electrocardiograms (ECGs) were assessed using the Minnesota Code and assigned to groups of normal ECGs or ECGs with pressure-related, ischemic, “intermediate,” or “other” abnormalities. Antihypertensive treatment was associated with a decrease (mainly in men) of pressure-related and (mainly in women) of intermediate abnormalities. Ischemic abnormalities increased, particularly in men. Inclusion of the β-blocker resulted in a greater reduction in intermediate abnormalities and in a lesser increase in ischemic abnormalities. Better blood pressure control was associated with a lesser increase in ischemic abnormalities and in a regression of pressurerelated abnormalities. The presence of ST segment depression and of a complete left bundle branch block in the entry ECG was associated with a significant risk for sudden death and myocardial infarction. Optimal blood pressure control prevents pressure-induced cardiac target organ damage and, hence, heart failure, and may delay the progression of ischemic abnormalities. This tallies with the lower critical cardiac event rate associated with lower blood pressure that was observed in the same study.
Lepidium meyenii (Maca) improved semen parameters in adult men.

AIM The present study was designed to determine the effect of a 4-month oral treatment with tablets of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on seminal analysis in nine adult normal men aged 24-44 years old. METHODS Nine men received tablets of Maca (1500 or 3000 mg/day) for 4 months. Seminal analysis was performed according to guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). Serum luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin (PRL), testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) were measured before and after treatment. RESULTS Treatment with Maca resulted in increased seminal volume, sperm count per ejaculum, motile sperm count, and sperm motility. Serum hormone levels were not modified with Maca treatment. Increase of sperm count was not related to dose of Maca. CONCLUSION Maca improved sperm production and sperm motility by mechanisms not related to LH, FSH, PRL, T and E2.
Enhancement of immune cytokines and splenic CD4+ T cells by electroacupuncture at ST36 acupoint of SD rats

Electroacupuncture at the ST36 acupoint can enhance the body’s immune function. However, the mechanism for this enhancement has not been fully described. Our study was designed to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture on the immune function of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The rats were randomly divided into three groups: a control group, a non-acupoint group (abdominal muscle acupuntured) and a ST36 acupoint group. Our results showed that successive electroacupuncture at the ST36 acupoint for 3 d significantly enhanced the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) level in the serum of SD rats. The results also showed that the serum and extracts from spleen cells of the ST36 acupoint group contained higher levels of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-17 compared to those of the other two groups. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that electroacupuncture applied to the ST36 acupoint enhanced the expression level of CD4 in spleen cells. Furthermore, it was observed that CD4 co-localized with transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels at the membrane of splenic CD4+ T cells and the expression level of CD4 was related to TRPV channels in the electroacupuncture treatment. These observations indicated that electroacupuncture stimulation at the ST36 acupoint enhanced the level of immune cytokines and splenic CD4+ T cells through TRPV channels in this system.
Transformational and transactional leadership effects on teachers' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior in primary schools: The Tanzanian case

This article examines the effects of transformational and transactional leadership on teachers' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior in the context of schools in a specific developing country context, that of Tanzania. It does so by testing a model of such effects using a set of data collected from a sample of Tanzanian primary school teachers. Regression analyses show transformational leadership dimensions to have strong effects on teachers' job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior. Transformational leadership had significant add-on effects to transactional leadership in prediction of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior. Job satisfaction appears to be a mediator of the effects of transformational leadership on teachers' organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Age-period-cohort analysis of hepatitis A incidence rates in Korea from 2002 to 2012

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of hepatitis A in Korea from 2002 to 2012 using age-period-cohort analyses. METHODS We used claims data from the Korean National Health Insurance Corporation for the entire population. Census data from 2010 were used as the standard population. The incidence of hepatitis A was assumed to have a Poisson distribution, and the models and effects were evaluated using the intrinsic estimator method, the likelihood ratio, and the Akaike information criterion. RESULTS The incidence of hepatitis A gradually increased until 2007 (from 17.55 to 35.72 per 100,000 population) and peaked in 2009 (177.47 per 100,000 population). The highest incidence was observed among 27-29-year-old individuals when we omitted data from 2005 to 2007. From 2005 to 2007, the peak incidence was observed among 24-26-year-old individuals, followed by 27-29-year-olds. The best model fits were observed when the age-period-cohort variables were all considered at the same time for males, females, and the whole population. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of hepatitis A exhibited significant age-period-cohort effects; its incidence peaked in 2009 and was especially high among Koreans 20-39 years of age. These epidemiological patterns may help predict when high incidence rates of hepatitis A may occur in developing countries during their socioeconomic development.
Measure by Measure: When Implicit and Explicit Social Comparison Effects Differ

This study demonstrates that the structure of social comparison effects depends on the type of activated self-cognitions and the type of measure that is used. When neutral or negative self-cognitions are activated, social comparison information is processed defensively (both upward and downward comparison standards lead to positive explicit self-ratings). On an implicit level, however, upward comparison standards increase negativity. When positive self-cognitions are activated, explicit self-ratings show non-defensive contrast effects (upward standards lead to negative self-ratings and downward standards lead to positive self-ratings). On an implicit level no negative consequences surface. These results suggest that social comparison effects can manifest themselves in different forms, and that these will paint different pictures of the social comparison outcomes. Therefore, it is argued that future social comparison research should incorporate both explicit and implicit measures.
Predicting Academic Success and Retention for African-American Women in College

This study examined the academic success and retention of 213 first year, female African-American college students at a historically black, private, liberal arts college in the Southeast. The women were surveyed about their preparation and readiness for college during their first weeks on campus. Responses were then compared against actual academic performance and retention during the first year of college.
Social Capital and Capital Gains, or Virtual Bowling in Silicon Valley

Social Capital and Capital Gains, or Virtual Bowling in Silicon Valley Stephen S. Cohen Gary Fields Working Paper 132 September 1998 ©Copyright 1998, by the authors Stephen S. Cohen is Professor of Regional Planning and Co-Director of BRIE (Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy) at the University of California, Berkeley. Gary Fields is a doctoral student in Planning and BRIE Research Fellow. Generous support for production of the BRIE Working Papers Series was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Face detection directly from h.264 compressed video with convolutional neural network

Human faces provide a useful cue in indexing video content. In this paper, we propose a novel face detection algorithm based on a convolutional neural network architecture that can rapidly detect human face regions in video sequences encoded by H.264/AVC. By detecting faces directly in the compressed domain, we use the discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients in H.264 intra coding as the feature vector for face detection, thus it is not necessary to carry out additional DCT transform during the encoding or decoding process. With the face detector inside the video encoding process, we can adjust the coding parameters adaptively and allocate more resources to the macroblocks corresponding to the face regions. Some experimental results of applying the face detector on the H.264 intra coded images are given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm.
Estimation of Forest Height and Canopy Density From a Single InSAR Correlation Coefficient

A two-level model (TLM) is introduced and investigated for the estimation of forest height and canopy density from a single ground-corrected InSAR complex correlation coefficient. The TLM models forest as two scattering levels, namely, ground and vegetation, separated by a distance Δh and with area-weighted backscatter ratio μ. The model is evaluated using eight VV-polarized bistatic-interferometric TanDEM-X image pairs acquired in the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013 over the managed hemi-boreal test site Remningstorp, which is situated in southern Sweden. Ground phase is removed using a highresolution digital terrain model. Inverted TLM parameters for thirty-two 0.5-ha plots of four different types (regular plots, sparse plots, seed trees, and clear-cuts) are studied against reference lidar data. It is concluded that the level distance Δh can be used as an estimate of the 50th percentile forest height estimated from lidar (for regular plots: r > 0.95 and root-mean-square difference (σ) <; 10%, or 1.8 m). Moreover, the uncorrected area fill factor n0 = 1/(1 + μ) can be used as an estimate of the vegetation ratio, which is a canopy density estimate defined as the fraction of lidar returns coming from the canopy to all lidar returns (for regular plots: r > 0.59 and σ ≈ 10%, or 0.07).
Identification of Akt Pathway Inhibitors Using Redistribution Screening on the FLIPR and the IN Cell 3000 Analyzer

The PI3-kinase/Akt pathway is an important cell survival pathway that is deregulated in the majority of human cancers. Despite the apparent druggability of several kinases in the pathway, no specific catalytic inhibitors have been reported in the literature. The authors describe the development of a fluorometric imaging plate reader (FLIPR)-based Akt1 translocation assay to discover inhibitors of Akt1 activation. Screening of a diverse chemical library of 45,000 compounds resulted in identification of several classes of Akt1 translocation inhibitors. Using a combination of classical in vitro assays and translocation assays directed at different steps of the Akt pathway, the mechanisms of action of 2 selected chemical classes were further defined. Protein translocation assays emerge as powerful tools for hit identification and characterization. (Journal of Biomolecular Screening 2005:20-29)