Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Are you talking to the future me? The moderator role of future self‐relevance on the effects of aging salience in retirement savings

Increasing the salience of aging has been shown to be a promising strategy to promote young adults' interest in saving for retirement. However, the processes responsible for this effect are still largely unknown. We hypothesize that increased savings choices will only occur when participants are also engaged in self? relevant thoughts about their own future. Participants were exposed to a fictitious website advertising financial products. Study 1 (n? =? 78; Mage? =? 20.87) primed age salience and future self? relevance orthogonally and showed that priming aging only caused increases in retirement investment decisions when self? relevance was also high. Study 2 (n? =? 91; Mage? =? 23.40) tested whether the effects of age priming were due specifically to age or to a broader focus on the future. The study confirmed that investment decision effects are specific to exposure to the aging prime and not merely priming the future. The effects were also specific to investment in retirement funds and not just depositing money in a checking account. These findings have both theoretical and practical implications for the psychology of aging and retirement planning.
Orientifold points in M theory

We identify the lift to M theory of the four types of orientifold points, and show that they involve a chiral fermion on an orbifold fixed circle. From this lift, we compute the number of normalizable ground states for the SO(N) and Sp(N) supersymmetric quantum mechanics with sixteen supercharges. The results agree with known results obtained by the mass deformation method. The mass of the orientifold is identified with the Casimir energy.
Understanding Differences between CORE and CACREP Counselors-in-Training Perceptions of Self-Efficacy

An examination of differences in perceptions of self-efficacy between students in CORE-accredited rehabilitation counseling programs and students in CACREP -accredited clinical mental health counseling programs enrolled in practicum/internship classes is absent in the literature. Results indicated there was not a significant difference (p = .05) between the total self-efficacy scores between both treatment groups (CORE and CACREP). Further, there was not a significant difference between helping skills, session management, and counseling challenging situations scores for both treatment groups (CORE and CACREP). Predictors of self-efficacy for CACREP participants consisted of prior work experience in a field other than helping. Predictors of self-efficacy for CORE participants were gender.
Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi dan Motivasi Kerja terhadap Kepuasan Kerja dan Loyalitas Bagian Kantor pada PT. Ramajaya Pramukti Kabupaten Kampar

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of organizational culture and work motivation on job satisfaction and loyalty of employees at PT. Ramajaya Pramukti Kabupaten Kampar. The population in this study were all employees of the office at PT. Ramajaya Pramukti Kabupaten Kampar totaling 102 people. While the sampling technique using census method. Analysis of data using multiple linear regression with SPSS version 18.00. Based on the results of data analysis known that the organizational culture affect the job satisfaction of employees, work motivation influence on job satisfaction of employees, organizational culture influence on employee loyalty r, motivation effect on employee loyalty, job satisfaction effect on employee, organizational culture influence on employee loyalty through employee satisfaction, and work motivation influence on employee loyalty through employee satisfaction in. To maximize the loyalty of employees, should Personality sense of having employees of the company are very high, to maximize job satisfaction of employees, companies should give a salary appropriate and balanced with the workload on the responsibility of employees, to maximize organizational culture, is expected Employees always take into account the risks to all problems that may occur, to maximize employee motivation, then it should be safety of employees at work is always guaranteed.
The Expected Returns and Valuations of Private and Public Firms

Characteristics play a similar role in describing returns in private firms as in public firms. This evidence suggests a causal effect of optimal investment underlying the role of characteristics, as private firms do not have stock prices to over- or under-react on. Common factor models largely describe the cross section of investment returns of both types of firms, suggesting that the common factors are likely aggregate risk factors. Finally, the cost of capital and firm valuations are similar across private and public firms.
Attitude of Youths Toward Voluntary Counselling and Testing HIV/AIDS

There have been reports on sexual behaviour of youths wh ich h ad led t o i ncrease i n HI V/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria. The youths are aware of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, yet there is no change in the attitudes of youths toward HIV/AIDS. This study was carried out to investigate the attitudes of youths on HIV/AIDS and voluntary counselling and testing of HIV/AIDS. The study therefore attempts to identify ways to change the attitudes of youths in Nigeria. The research adopted a descriptive survey method and employed random sampling method to draw a sample of 357 youths from three states (Ondo, Kogi and Ekiti) of the federation. A research instrument for the collection of data was 18-item questionnaire. Two research questions were raised and one research hypothesis was formulated and tested. Data collected were subjected to counts, percentages and multiple regression analysis. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The finding showed that the youths were aware of transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and knew the centres and importance of VCT HIV/AIDS. The finding also revealed that the best predictor of attitude of youths on voluntary counselling and testing was age, while sex and religion were also predictors. The study discussed how the attitudes of youths could be changed and how their behaviours could be modified.
Kesulitan Belajar Matematika Di Sekolah Dasar

Kesulitan belajar juga dapat diartikan sebagai ketidakmampuan anak dalam menyelesaikan tugas-tugas yang diberikan oleh guru. Anak-anak dengan ketidakmampuan belajar memiliki karakteristik unik mereka sendiri dan gaya belajar yang berbeda . Oleh karena itu , setiap anak memiliki kemampuan untuk berhasil dalam studi mereka . Guru mampu dalam memantau kemajuan mereka dan menerapkan berbagai strategi mengajar di kelas . Ada banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi kesulitan belajar matematika anak, yang secara umum berupa faktor dari dalam diri anak sendiri dan faktor dari luar diri anak. Siswa yang menunjukkan kesulitan dalam belajar matematika juga menunjukkan kesulitan dalam berperilaku seperti a danya gangguan emosional, rasa tak tenang, khawatir, mudah tersinggung, sikap agresif, gangguan dalam proses berpikir, semuanya menjadikan kegiatan belajar terganggu. Solusi yang dapat diberikan guru adalah dengan melaksanakan pembelajaran remedial bagi anak berkesulitan belajar matematika.
Variability in cardiovascular functions and baroflex sensitivity following inhalation of petroleum hydrocarbons

Objective: Although petroleum products are useful chemical compounds which form an integral part of our modern technology, they have been reported to cause deleterious effect on health following their inhalation. Petroleum hydrocarbons-dependent health hazards and their mechanisms have been associated with the routes of administration. This study, therefore, aimed at the isolation and chemical characterization of various petroleum products, and also investigating in rat model of Sprague dawley strain, the variability in cardiovascular functions and possible mechanism following inhalation of petroleum products. Materials and Methods: Control rats were not exposed to any form of petroleum products, while the petrol-exposed, diesel-exposed, and kerosene-exposed were exposed to petrol, diesel, and kerosene respectively. Results: When compared with the controls, all exposed groups showed a significant (P<0.05) increase in the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR). In comparison with the control, exposure to petroleum products also led to significant (P<0.05) increase in baroreflex sensitivity in the diesel- and kerosene-exposed rats. Baroreflex sensitivity was comparable in the control and petrol-exposed rats (P>0.05). Body weight gain was significantly (P<0.05) reduced in petroleum products exposed rats. Conclusion: These results suggest that the variability of cardiovascular functions associated with inhalation of petroleum products is in attendant to baroreflex sensitivity and resetting of arterial pressure.
Health Literacy: Knowledge and Experiences of Iranian Registered Nurses

Background: Health literacy is a robust determinant of an individual’s health status which in turn influences population health and the healthcare system. Based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) limited health literacy (LHL) is a source of health disparity if healthcare providers are not able to manage it appropriately. Almost 70% of Iranian adults over 18year old have LHL skills. Nurses make up the largest group of healthcare professionals that have the greatest potential to decrease the adverse effects related to LHL including health disparity. The purpose of this study was to examine Iranian registered nurses’ knowledge and experience of health literacy applying quantitative measures. Methods & Materials: This study applied a cross-sectional design providing a quantitative or numerical description. The target population for the study was all the registered nurses with baccalaureate nursing degrees or master’s degrees currently practicing in university hospitals and community health centers affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Science in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Data was collected using the self-administered Health Literacy Knowledge and Experience Survey (HL-KES). The HL-KES was developed originally in the United States to examine knowledge of and experience with health literacy in the nursing profession. In this study the HL-KES was adapted and validated for the Iranian context, using the guideline on cross-cultural adaptation in health research. The adapted HLKES was delivered through either Survey Monkey or in person to registered nurses working in hospitals and community health centers affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. In the current study, internal consistency reliability was assessed and reported using Cronbach's alpha. Findings: Total samples of 190 Iranian registered nurses were included in the final analysis. Data analysis was completed using SPSS software. Univariate analysis showed that Iranian registered nurses have limited knowledge about health literacy, most noticeably in these areas: standards for written healthcare information and common screening tools to measure health literacy. The participants also demonstrated limited experience in using health literacy screening tools, evaluating the written healthcare materials, and employing technologies in providing healthcare information. Bivariate analysis identified that there is a weak negative association between participants’ knowledge and experience with health literacy. To identify the factors which could predict Iranian registered nurses’ knowledge of health literacy, multivariate analysis was used. A multiple linear regression analysis indicated that 0.9% of the variation in Iranian registered nurses’ knowledge of health literacy was explained by the frequency of their interaction with healthcare professionals for personal reasons.
Accurate Real-time Identification of IP Hijacking

In this paper, we present novel and practical techniques to a ccur tely detect IP prefix hijacking attacks in real time to facilitate timely mitigation respon ses. There are strong evidences that IP hijacking is common on today’s Internet. Attackers may hi jack victim’s IP address space to perpetrate malicious activities such as spamming and launc hing DoS attacks without worrying about disclosing their identity through source IP addresses. Mor e se iously, they can disrupt network services or regular communication by temporarily stealing actively used addresses. Unintentional network misconfigurations can also have similar effects, possibly l eading to severe impact on reachability. We propose novel ways to much more accurately detect IP hijacki ng by combining analysis of passively collected BGP routing updates and data plane fingerprints of suspicious prefixes. The key insight is to use data plane information in the form of edge network finge rprinting to disambiguate potentially numerous suspect IP hijacking incidences based on routing a nom ly detection. Previous work on identifying IP hijacking solely relies on c ontrol plane information in the form of anomalous routing updates or external data such as stale a ddr ss registries. Such an approach is inaccurate, suffering from too many false positives to be us ful in practice. In our proposed scheme, real-time fingerprinting provides confirming evidence for h ijacking, while incurring little overhead. More importantly, we provide mechanisms to perform online m itigation rather than post-mortem analysis. Utilizing real-time BGP data from multiple feeds as well as RouteViews, we demonstrate the ability of our system to distinguish between legitimate routing changes and hijacking attacks.
Charts Based on Body Mass Index and Waist-to-Height Ratio to Assess the Health Risks of Obesity: A Review

This review focuses on the rationale behind the charts that have been used as public health tools to assess the health risks of obesity, with special emphasis on where the boundary values are placed. A chart based on body mass index (BMI) was introduced in the 1980s to replace Tables of best weights for heights and this BMI chart (based on adult weight for height) is still very much in use today. Although the importance of the distribution of body fat, as opposed to the total amount of body fat, in determining health risks of obesity was first suggested in the 1940s, it was not until the mid 1990s that a chart based on Shape was suggested. The Ashwell ® Shape Chart was based on the use of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as a proxy for abdominal obesity. The chart contains three boundary values for WHtR: 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6; originally set on pragmatic decisions. Substantial evidence from a recent systematic review now supports the global boundary value WHtR of 0.5 for Consider Action. WHtR of 0.6 has been proposed for Take Action. An exciting prospect is that the same Shape Chart might be used to assess risk for adults and children in several ethnic groups. Use of the Shape Chart could also improve the efficiency for screening for cardiometabolic risk and could provide substantial cost savings in terms of obesity treatment. The public health message could not be simpler: "Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height".
FRAMES FOR HILBERT C*-MODULES

There is growing evidence that Hilbert C*-module theory and the theory of wavelets and Gabor (i.e. Weyl-Heisenberg) frames are tightly related to each other in many aspects. Both the research fields can benefit from achievements of the other field. The goal of the talk given at the mini-workshop was to give an introduction to the theory of module frames and to Hilbert C*modules showing key analogies, and how to overcome the existing obstacles of Hilbert C*-module theory in comparison to Hilbert space theory. The theory of module frames of countably generated Hilbert C*-modules over unital C*algebras was discovered and investigated studying an approach to Hilbert space frame theory by Deguang Han and David R. Larson [7]. Surprisingly, almost all of the concepts and results can be reobtained in the Hilbert C*-module setting. This has been worked out in joint work with D. R. Larson in [4, 5, 6]. Complementary results have been obtained by T. Kajiwara, C. Pinzari and Y. Watatani in [8] using other techniques and motivations. Frames have been also used by D. Bakić and B. Guljaš in [1] calling them quasi-bases. Meanwhile, the case of Hilbert C*modules over non-unital C*-algebras has been investigated by I. Raeburn and S. J. Thompson [14], as well as by D. Bakić and B. Guljaš discovering standard frames even for this class of countably generated Hilbert C*-modules in a well-defined larger multiplier module. However, many problems still have to be solved. How to link core C*-theory to wavelet theory was first observed by M. A. Rieffel in 1997, cf. [15]. His approach has been worked out by J. A. Packer and M. A. Rieffel [12, 13], and by P. J. Wood [16, 17] in great detail. As major results a framework in terms of Hilbert C*modules has been obtained sharing most of the basic structures with generalized multi-resolution analysis for key classes of wavelet and Gabor frames. The Gabor case has been investigated by P. G. Casazza, M. A. Coco and M. C. Lammers [2, 3], and by F. Luef [11] obtaining an adapted to the Gabor situation variant of the Hilbert C*-module approach. In particular, the results by J. A. Packer and M. A. Rieffel in [13] indicate that the described operator algebraic approach to the wavelet theory in L2(R2) is capable to give new deep insights into classical wavelet theory.
Arc based integer programming formulations for the Distance Constrained Vehicle Routing problem

The literature on the Distance Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem (DVRP), which is an important extension of the classical Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), is scarce. In this paper, two new arc based integer programming formulations, with polynomial size are presented. It is shown that, second formulation, designated as strengthened model produces stronger lower bound than the first and existing arc based formulations. This formulation is compared with the recently proposed node based formulation in terms of linear programming relaxations and CPU times computationally. It is observed that, the second model is superior with respect to both performance indicators. It is also shown that the strengthened model can be easily adapted to the cases where additional restrictions imposed on vehicle's route length.
School contextual factors and race differences in adolescent sexual behaviors

Abstract Although there exist a voluminous number of studies examining predictors of adolescent sexual behavior, few studies have explored the role of the school social context in influencing teen sexual activity generally and specifically, the role that school contextual factors play in helping understand race differences in risky sexual behaviors. Using data from a nationally representative school-based survey of American youth in Grades 7–12, we find support for our core hypothesis that school contextual factors are associated with risky sexual behavior, number of sexual partners, and ever having sex, albeit it nuanced ways and that such factors cannot account for much of the race gap in adolescent sexual behavior. We interpret these findings to be more supportive of a social contagion model (versus a school climate model).
Multiuser generalized detector for uniformly quantized synchronous CDMA signals in wireless sensor networks with additive white Gaussian noise

We investigate the multiuser generalized detector, which is constructed based on the generalized approach to signal processing in noise [1]-[5], for uniformly quantized synchronous code division multiple access (CDMA) signals in additive white Gaussian noise channels of wireless sensor networks and compare with minimum mean-square error (MMSE) multiuser receiver discussed in [6]. The input/output relationship of the quantizer is represented by the gain plus the additive noise model. Based on this model, we derive the weight vector and the output signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of the multiuser generalized detector. The effects of quantization and sampling of the multiuser generalized detector performance is characterized in a single parameter named ldquoequivalent noise variancerdquo which is a function of the sum of each active userpsilas signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), processing gain, and the number of quantization and sampling levels. The optimal quantizer step size, which maximizes the multiuser generalized detector output SNR, is also determined. Simulation results validate the accuracy of our theoretical analysis and confirms a superiority of employment of the multiuser generalized detector over minimum mean-square error multiuser receiver, which is analyzed in [6].
Rank Order and Image Difference Metrics

There are a number of ways to reproduce an image, for an example gamut mapping, halftoning and compression. To find the best reproduction among a number of variants of the same reproduction algorithm, a psychophysical experiment can be carried out. Image difference metrics have been introduced to eliminate these experiments. To do this the metrics must reflect the perceived image difference. One way to evaluate the overall performance of image differnece metrics is to compute the correlation coefficient between perceived and predicted image difference. This does not always reflect the true performance of the metric, therefore we propose to use the ranking based on the predicted image difference for each scene as a data set for the rank order method. This results in a z-score similar to the overall perceived image difference, the correlation coefficient between metric z-score and perceived z-score reflects the overall performance of the image difference metrics.
Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors Mediate Response Inhibition and Related Activity in Frontostriatal Neural Circuitry in Humans

Impulsive behavior is thought to reflect a traitlike characteristic that can have broad consequences for an individual's success and well-being, but its neurobiological basis remains elusive. Although striatal dopamine D2-like receptors have been linked with impulsive behavior and behavioral inhibition in rodents, a role for D2-like receptor function in frontostriatal circuits mediating inhibitory control in humans has not been shown. We investigated this role in a study of healthy research participants who underwent positron emission tomography with the D2/D3 dopamine receptor ligand [18F]fallypride and BOLD fMRI while they performed the Stop-signal Task, a test of response inhibition. Striatal dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability was negatively correlated with speed of response inhibition (stop-signal reaction time) and positively correlated with inhibition-related fMRI activation in frontostriatal neural circuitry. Correlations involving D2/D3 receptor availability were strongest in the dorsal regions (caudate and putamen) of the striatum, consistent with findings of animal studies relating dopamine receptors and response inhibition. The results suggest that striatal D2-like receptor function in humans plays a major role in the neural circuitry that mediates behavioral control, an ability that is essential for adaptive responding and is compromised in a variety of common neuropsychiatric disorders.