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A Comparative Study of the Duration of Unemployment of Young and Middle-Aged Men.

ABSTRACT A number of hypotheses concerning the jcb search behavior of unemployed wcrkers are tested in this study. The empirical literature on unemployment is reviewed and data frcm the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Farce Behavior panels of young men (aged 14 tc 24 in 1966) and middle-aged men (aged 45 to 59) are analyzed. Variables examined include duration of search; return to search; wage cffer level; probability of receiving an offer; search cost; and length of horizon. The unemployment duration model and the acceptance wage model are presented and discussed in terms of these -,ariables. Transition rate (i.e., the probability of moving from unemployed to employed status) is analyzed. Findings are summarized both frcm a policy perspective and as an indication of the efficacy of the hypctheses tested, and directions for future research are suggestcd. (Author/MC)
Glycemic load, carbohydrate intake, and risk of colorectal cancer in women: a prospective cohort study.

Mounting evidence suggests that high circulating levels of insulin might be associated with increased colorectal cancer risk. The glycemic effects of diets high in refined starch may increase colorectal cancer risk by affecting insulin and/or insulin-like growth factor-I levels. We examined the association between dietary intake and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of 49 124 women participating in a randomized, controlled trial of screening for breast cancer in Canada. Linkages to Canadian mortality and cancer databases yielded data on mortality and cancer incidence up to December 31, 2000. During an average 16.5 years of follow-up, we observed 616 incident cases of colorectal cancer (436 colon cancers, 180 rectal cancers). Rate ratios for colorectal cancer for the highest versus the lowest quintile level were 1.05 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.73 to 1.53; P(trend) =. 94) for glycemic load, 1.01 (95% CI = 0.68 to 1.51; P(trend) =. 66) for total carbohydrates, and 1.03 (95% CI = 0.73 to 1.44; P(trend) =. 71) for total sugar. Our data do not support the hypothesis that diets high in glycemic load, carbohydrates, or sugar increase colorectal cancer risk.
RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOL CULTURE AND WORK MOTIVATION WITH ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR (OCB) TEACHER OF MUHAMMADIYAH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN BANJARMASIN, INDONESIA

The purpose of this study was to find out: (1) Relationship between school culture and OCB of Muhammadiyah Vocational Schools in Banjarmasin, (2) Relationship between work motivation and OCB of Muhammadiyah Vocational Schools in Banjarmasin, (3) The relationship between school culture and work motivation together with OCB of Muhammadiyah Vocational Schools in Banjarmasin. The research used a quantitative research approach with descriptive methods. The population in this study were all teachers of Muhammadiyah Vocational School in Banjarmasin City. The sampling technique used in this study was simple random sampling. The sample used amounted to 90 teachers. Data collection techniques used were questionnaire and observation techniques. While the data analysis techniques used statistical tests, regression analysis, T test and F test. The results showed that: (1) there was a relationship between school culture with OCB of Banjarmasin Muhammadiyah Vocational School teachers, (2) there was a relationship between work motivation and OCB teachers Muhammadiyah vocational school in Banjarmasin, (3) The relationship between school culture and work motivation together with OCB of Muhammadiyah Vocational School teachers in Banjarmasin. The conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that there is a relationship between school culture and work motivation with OCB which means that the school culture and quality work motivation will increase the OCB of the teacher. Article visualizations:
An Examination of Changes in the Distribution of Wealth from 1989 to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

This paper considers the distribution of wealth in the period from 1989 to 1998 as an indicator of the economic condition of households. It examines changes in the distribution of wealth over that period, mostly using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Some of the SCF data used here have previously been studied by Weicher (1996), Wolff (1996), and Kennickell and Woodburn (1992 and 1999). As background, the paper also uses some estimates published by Forbes magazine on the 400 wealthiest people in the United States. The first section of the paper briefly discusses the data. The next section uses the Forbes data to characterize changes at the very top of the wealth distribution. The third section presents a variety of estimates of wealth changes for the population below the AForbes 400" level using SCF data. The fourth section examines the sensitivity of the SCF estimates to a variety of assumptions about systematic mismeasurement in the data. The final section summarizes the findings of the paper.
Childhood Exposure to Psychological Trauma and the Risk of Suicide Attempts: The Modulating Effect of Psychiatric Disorders

Objective We examined whether childhood exposure to psychological trauma is associated with greater suicidality and whether specific psychiatric disorders modulate this association in a representative sample of Korean adults. Methods The Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 2.1 was administered to 6,027 subjects aged 18-74 years. Subjects who experienced a traumatic event before the age of 18 years, the childhood-trauma-exposure group, were compared with controls without childhood trauma exposure. Results Childhood exposure to psychological trauma was associated with lifetime suicidal ideation (OR=3.19, 95% CI=2.42-4.20), suicide plans (OR=4.15, 95% CI=2.68-6.43), and suicide attempts (OR=4.52, 95% CI=2.97-6.88). These associations weakened after further adjustment for any psychiatric disorders, but they were not eliminated. The risk of suicide attempts related to childhood trauma increased with the presence of a concurrent alcohol use, depressive, or eating disorder. Conclusion In terms of clinical implications, patients with these disorders who have a history of childhood trauma should be carefully assessed for their suicide risk and aggressively treated for psychiatric disorders.
ESys.Net: a new solution for embedded systems modeling and simulation

The next generation of tools for embedded systems design will represent a common arena for several cooperating groups. These tools will permit system design at a high abstraction level and enable automatic refinement through several abstraction levels to obtain the final prototype. To facilitate this evolution, we propose a new . Net Framework based system level modeling and simulation environment. This environment allows (1) cooperation -- by enabling web-based design and multi-language features, (2) easy systems specification task -- by enabling the integration of software components and by alleviating memory management and (3) the linking to automatic refinement tools -- by enabling the translation of model specifications into a standard intermediate format and by permitting the annotation of model specifications.
Performance Improvement in Single phase Tubular Heat Exchanger using continuous Helical Baffles

Heat exchangers are important heat & mass exchange apparatus in oil refining, chemical engineering, environmental protection, electric power generation, etc. Among different types of heat exchangers, shell-&-tube heat exchangers (STHXs) have been commonly used in industries. About 35–40% of heat exchangers are of the STHXs, & this is primarily due to the robust construction geometry as well as easy maintenance & possible upgrades of STHXs. Segmental baffles are most commonly used in conventional STHXs to support tubes & change fluid flow direction. But, conventional heat exchangers with segmental baffles in shell-side have some shortcomings resulting in the relatively low conversion of pressure drop into a useful heat transfer. The Helixchanger a heat exchanger with shell side helical flow eliminates principle shortcomings caused by shell side zigzag flow induced by conventional baffle arrangements. Both hydrodynamic studies & testing of heat transfer & the pressure drop on research facilities & industrial equipment showed much better performance of helically baffled heat exchanger when compared with conventional ones. The new design reduces dead zones within the shell space. These results in relatively high (Heat transfer co-efficient/Pressure drop) & low shell side fouling. Thus, the helixchanger exhibits much more effective way of converting pressure drop into a useful heat transfer than conventional heat transfer. This project is basically gives the performance of shell & tube heat exchangers with helical baffles.
Spirituality in the Workplace – A Measure of Success?

In 1995, we explored how executives in a large, federal government, law enforcement agency perceive and define success. In 1999, Mitroff and Denton studied how executives in the private-sector view spirituality, religion, and values. The paper distinguishes between the two studies and illuminates their similar findings. Also, it defines spirituality, suggests a link between spirituality and the notion of success, and proposes a conceptual model that contains four components of both success and spirituality.
Gender Differences in the Early Employment Outcomes of STEM Doctorates

The representation of women among STEM doctorates has grown over the past decades but the underrepresentation of women in the STEM labor force persists. This paper examines the immediate post-degree employment outcomes of nine cohorts of STEM doctorates who attained their degrees between 1995 and 2013. The results reveal both progress toward gender equity and persistent inequities. Contrary to historical gender disparities, a small female advantage has emerged in the attainment of tenure-track faculty positions, women are increasingly less likely than men to enter postdoctoral positions, and the flow of STEM doctorates into business and industry, which was once male dominated, is now gender neutral. Among the doctorates who do not follow the doctorate-to-faculty career path, women are as likely as men to “stay in STEM,” but less likely to attain research-oriented jobs. Gender segregation in occupational attainment and significant gender gaps in earnings, however, continue to be defining characteristics of the STEM labor force. The results show that the labor market disparities vary across STEM fields but are largely not attributable to the gendered impact of parenthood and dual-career marriage.
The Impact of the Posterior Parietal and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices on the Optimization of Long-Term versus Immediate Value

fMRI research suggests that both the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) help individuals select better long-term monetary gains during intertemporal choice. Previous neuromodulation research has demonstrated that disruption of the DLPFC interferes with this ability. However, it is unclear whether the PPC performs a similarly important function during intertemporal choice, and whether the functions performed by either region impact choices involving losses. In the current study, we used low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to examine whether the PPC and DLPFC both normally facilitate selection of gains and losses with better long-term value than alternatives during intertemporal choice. We found that disruption of either region in the right hemisphere led to greater selection of both gains and losses that had better immediate, but worse long-term value than alternatives. This indicates that activity in both regions helps individuals optimize long-term value relative to immediate value in general, rather than being specific to choices involving gains. However, there were slightly different patterns of effects following disruption of the right PPC and right DLPFC, suggesting that each region may perform somewhat different functions that help optimize choice.
Nucleosome depletion at yeast terminators is not intrinsic and can occur by a transcriptional mechanism linked to 3’-end formation

Genome-wide mapping of nucleosomes generated by micrococcal nuclease (MNase) suggests that yeast promoter and terminator regions are very depleted of nucleosomes, predominantly because their DNA sequences intrinsically disfavor nucleosome formation. However, MNase has strong DNA sequence specificity that favors cleavage at promoters and terminators and accounts for some of the correlation between occupancy patterns of nucleosomes assembled in vivo and in vitro. Using an improved method for measuring nucleosome occupancy in vivo that does not involve MNase, we confirm that promoter regions are strongly depleted of nucleosomes, but find that terminator regions are much less depleted than expected. Unlike at promoter regions, nucleosome occupancy at terminators is strongly correlated with the orientation of and distance to adjacent genes. In addition, nucleosome occupancy at terminators is strongly affected by growth conditions, indicating that it is not primarily determined by intrinsic histone–DNA interactions. Rapid removal of RNA polymerase II (pol II) causes increased nucleosome occupancy at terminators, strongly suggesting a transcription-based mechanism of nucleosome depletion. However, the distinct behavior of terminator regions and their corresponding coding regions suggests that nucleosome depletion at terminators is not simply associated with passage of pol II, but rather involves a distinct mechanism linked to 3’-end formation.
Agile distributed software development: enacting control through media and context

While face‐to‐face interaction is fundamental in agile software development, distributed environments must rely extensively on mediated interactions. Practicing agile principles in distributed environments therefore poses particular control challenges related to balancing fixed vs. evolving quality requirements and people vs. process‐based collaboration. To investigate these challenges, we conducted an in‐depth case study of a successful agile distributed software project with participants from a Russian firm and a Danish firm. Applying Kirsch's elements of control framework, we offer an analysis of how control was enacted through the project context and in the participants' mediated communication. The analysis reveals that formal measurement and evaluation control were persistently enacted through mediated communication. These formal control practices were, however, predominantly carried out in conjunction with informal roles and relationships such as clan‐like control inherent in agile development. Overall, the study demonstrates that, if appropriately applied, communication technologies can significantly support distributed, agile practices by allowing concurrent enactment of both formal and informal controls. The paper discusses these findings as they relate to previous research and concludes with their implications for future research.
Correlation of in vitro fluconazole susceptibility with clinical outcome for severely ill patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis.

We investigated the correlation between in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole and clinical response in severely ill patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis treated with fluconazole. The study included 48 adult patients, of whom 23 were neutropenic (absolute neutrophil count, < 500/mm3). Forty-eight isolates (20 Candida albicans, 12 Candida krusei, 10 Candida kefyr, 3 Torulopsis glabrata, and 3 Candida tropicalis) were tested for susceptibility to fluconazole with use of the macrodilution method of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. A strain was considered to be susceptible to fluconazole if the MIC was < or = 8 micrograms/mL and resistant if the value was > or = 64 micrograms/mL. All but one of the resistant strains were C. krusei isolates. Species of causative Candida, persistent neutropenia, and susceptibility to fluconazole were significant predictors of clinical response by univariate analysis. Logistic regression analysis indicated that the only significant factor was the species of Candida isolates, validating the recently recommended MIC breakpoint and the correlation between clinical outcome and in vitro antifungal susceptibility.
Low Complexity Bidirectional Equalization of Doubly Selective Channel Using BEM

Low complexity equalization of doubly selective channels is motivated for real time processing of received signals to establish duplex communications. Bi-directional equalization can improve the bit error rate performance. Bi-directional equalizer performs two equalizations, one on received block of information and other on its time reversed version. This can result in an increased complexity. The time varying nature of the doubly selective channel is also a cause for concern, from the perspective of computational complexity. Several low complexity equalization techniques for doubly selective channels have been reported in the literature. This work studies low complexity bi-directional equalization of doubly selective channels. The proposed scheme of bi-directional equalization offers low computational complexity in comparison with existing low complexity approaches of equalization of doubly dispersive channel.
Real algebraic curves, the moment map and amoebas

In this paper we prove the topological uniqueness of maximal arrangements of a real plane algebraic curve with respect to three lines. More generally, we prove the topological uniqueness of a maximally arranged algebraic curve on a real toric surface. We use the moment map as a tool for studying the topology of real algebraic curves and their complexiflcations.
Asymmetric cortical extension shifts cleavage furrow position in Drosophila neuroblasts

A spindle-independent, myosin II–containing domain causes asymmetric cortical extension during anaphase of asymmetrically dividing Drosophila neuroblasts. Heterotrimeric G-proteins regulate the activity of the myosin II domain, and their loss leads to symmetric expansion and daughter cell size.
FLEXIBLE HARMONIC / STOCHASTIC MODELING FOR HMM-BASED SPEECH SYNTHESIS

In this paper the preliminary results, of a new approach on speech modeling for statistical parametric HMM-based speech synthesis are presented. The proposed system is based on a flexible pitch-asynchronous harmonic/stochastic model (HSM) [1]. The speech is modeled as the superposition of two components: a harmonic component and a stochastic or aperiodic component. The fact that the synthesis model is pitch-asynchronous allows the direct integration to a HMM-based synthesis system. HTS [2], an open source software toolkit that provides HMM-based speech synthesis was used. The proposed HSM method was compared to the HTS baseline system with the same configurations and database. A number of different experiments were conducted. Results show that high quality of synthesized utterances is reached. A small perceptual test was carried out comparing the two systems on quality of the synthetic voice and similarity to the original voice. HSM outperforms the HTS baseline system in the quality test: HSM 53%, HTS 35,3%, and undecided 11,7 %. Concerning similarity to the original voice, HSM-performed slightly better than HTS: HSM 35,3%, HTS 29,4 %, and undecided 35,3 %.
Orthogonal matching pursuit: recursive function approximation with applications to wavelet decomposition

We describe a recursive algorithm to compute representations of functions with respect to nonorthogonal and possibly overcomplete dictionaries of elementary building blocks e.g. affine (wavelet) frames. We propose a modification to the matching pursuit algorithm of Mallat and Zhang (1992) that maintains full backward orthogonality of the residual (error) at every step and thereby leads to improved convergence. We refer to this modified algorithm as orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP). It is shown that all additional computation required for the OMP algorithm may be performed recursively. <<ETX>>
Detecting Selection Bias in Meta-Analyses with Multiple Outcomes: A Simulation Study

Abstract This study explores the performance of classical methods for detecting publication bias—namely, Egger’s regression test, Funnel Plot test, Begg’s Rank Correlation and Trim and Fill method—in meta-analysis of studies that report multiple effects. Publication bias, outcome reporting bias, and a combination of these were generated. Egger’s regression test and the Funnel Plot test were extended to three-level models, and possible cutoffs for the estimator of the Trim and Fill method were explored. Furthermore, we checked whether the combination of results of several methods yielded a better control of Type I error rates. Results show that no method works well across all conditions and that performance depends mainly on the population effect size value and the total variance.
Refugees in the media: Exploring a vicious cycle of frustrated psychological needs, selective exposure, and hostile intergroup attitudes

Abstract Two research objectives underlay the present research. First, we tested how frustrated psychological needs caused by the refugee‐influx influence the endorsement and selection of refugee‐relevant information. Second, we tested how information selection processes contribute to the development of exclusionary attitudes that counteract the integration of refugees into host countries. In a laboratory study (n = 181), frustrated psychological needs decreased participants’ endorsement of a refugee‐friendly essay (vs. a control essay). Additionally, frustrated needs led to a biased selection of refugee‐hostile over refugee‐friendly information and such selection biases, in turn, predicted higher levels of ingroup defense and prejudice toward refugees. The findings imply that host societies’ receptiveness to refugees is influenced by the maintenance of basic psychological needs.
Transition nutritionnelle, facteurs associés et émergence des maladies chroniques au Maroc : étude transversale en population générale adulte

Il est actuellement bien etabli que les facteurs nutritionnels sont les principaux determinants de l’emergence des maladies chroniques. Au Maroc, il n’existe pas a ce jour de donnees etayant ces propos, bien que ce pays soit en pleine transition epidemiologique. L’objectif de la these etait d’etudier la relation entre les facteurs nutritionnels et l’obesite ou surpoids chez un echantillon representatif des adultes marocains âges de 18 ans et plus obtenu par tirage au sort et stratification sur le sexe et l’origine. Au total, 2896 sujets ont participe a cette enquete transversale. L’obesite et le surpoids etaient tres frequents (13,5% et 29,9% respectivement) avec de grandes disparites socioeconomiques. Pour mieux decrire le comportement alimentaire des marocains, tres probablement en rapport avec l’emergence de ce phenomene, plusieurs approches complementaires ont ete utilisees. D’abord, l’adherence au regime de type mediterraneen, a ete mesuree par un score construit selon une approche confirmatoire. Puis, l’identification des principaux profils de consommation spontanement observes par des methodes exploratoires (analyse en composantes principales). Il s’avere que le regime mediterraneen n’etait pas le regime communement suivi par toute la population marocaine. De plus, quatre principaux profils etaient identifies et decrivent mieux le phenomene de transition nutritionnelle dont la specificite au Maroc est le maintien de certains aliments traditionnels tels les cereales et legumes en plus de l’introduction des aliments occidentalisees tels les produits laitiers. Ces profils etaient associes aux caracteristiques sociodemographiques des individus. Une association significative a ete notee entre l’obesite et les profils alimentaires occidentalises mais pas avec le regime mediterraneen qui etait, par ailleurs, associe au surpoids.