Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Toward an integrated model of intrinsic motivation and career self‐management

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrative process model that explains the mechanisms through which intrinsic motivation can influence career self‐management and subsequent subjective and objective career success.Design/methodology/approach – Research on career self‐management can benefit by incorporating an intrinsic motivation perspective. The paper proposes a model that depicts how four components of intrinsic motivation – meaningfulness, competence, choice, and progress – can contribute to career self‐management.Findings – Because the manuscript is conceptual and theoretical in nature, there are no empirical findings to discuss. The paper does, however, advance six testable research propositions linking components of intrinsic motivation to career self‐management and career success.Research limitations/implications – The model is most applicable for individuals who have some level of control over their own career choices and mobility. Also, we focus on intrinsic, rather than extr.
Single-flap approach with buccal access in periodontal reconstructive procedures.

BACKGROUND New surgical techniques have been developed to optimize primary closure as well as to minimize the surgical trauma in the reconstructive procedures of periodontal intraosseous defects. Recently, we proposed a minimally invasive procedure, the single-flap approach (SFA), specifically indicated when the defect extension is prevalent on the buccal or oral side. The basic principle of the SFA is the elevation of a flap to access the defect only on one side (buccal or oral), leaving the opposite side intact. The present case series reports preliminary data on the clinical effectiveness of SFA with buccal access in conjunction with a collagen membrane and a hydroxyapatite (HA)-based biomaterial in the reconstructive treatment of deep periodontal intraosseous defects. METHODS Ten intraosseous defects in 10 patients were accessed with a buccal SFA and treated with a collagen membrane and an HA-based graft biomaterial. The follow-up period following the regenerative procedure ranged from 6 to 14 months (mean: 10.0 +/- 3.0 months). RESULTS Clinical attachment level (CAL) decreased from 11.2 +/- 2.6 mm presurgery to 6.4 +/- 1.9 mm post-surgery. Probing depth was 9.0 +/- 2.8 mm before surgery and 3.8 +/- 1.5 mm post-surgery. Gingival recession increased from 2.2 +/- 1.9 mm presurgery to 2.6 +/- 1.3 mm post-surgery. CONCLUSIONS Challenging intraosseous defects, surgically accessed with a buccal SFA and treated with a combined graft/guided tissue regeneration technique, may heal with a substantial CAL gain. Limited postsurgical recession indicates that SFA may represent a suitable option to surgically treat defects in areas with high esthetic demands.
Putting the Community into Organizational Science: Exploring the Construction of Knowledge Claims

Like Weiss, I too dislike some of the postmodern writings on organizations. I too worry that shallow works given even more shallow and opportunistic readings can have negative social consequences. But I also recognize that most of Weiss's concerns are not unique to postmodern writings. Many of the problems he discusses could also be descriptive of work from different conceptual and methodological stances. Statistics are often contrived and misleading. Ethnography has at times aided colonization. Both social and physical sciences have at times produced bad theories and been put to very negative uses. Some early postmodernist theorists, Christians,and scientists, were Nazis, and elements of each of their fundamental conceptions could be co-opted to support this particular form of barbarism. This potential utilization, however, does not lead for me to a blanket condemnation of postmodernism, science, ethnography, religion, or statistics. Devotees of each have used their special understandings to fight tyranny. Both postmodernism and science also draw on fundamental conceptions that are productive, enable open choices, and help us see through the masters and ideologies of a particular time and place. I am less interested in blame than in finding what each can contribute. I look to an ongoing community discussion that helps us to do the best we can to sort out the good from the bad, and I hope that the current set of essays helps stimulate a positive dialogue.
Is there a relationship between chemistry performance and question type, question content and gender?

This research inquires into the effectiveness of the two predominant forms of questions - multiple-choice questions and short-answer questions - used in the State University Entrance Examination for Chemistry including the relationship between performance and gender. It examines not only the style of question but also the content type examined (recall and application questions). The research involves class trial testing of students with structured questions that examine the same material content with each type of question (multiple-choice or short-answer) and also examines the different type of content (recall or application) and finally the influence of student gender. Rasch analysis of the class trial data, including gender difference analysis, is performed and the analyses related to performance characteristics of the State University Entrance Examination. It is found that male students achieve higher scores than female students with respect to mean scores on both tests and sub-tests. However, when student abilities, as measured by Rasch analysis were considered, male and female students of equal abilities perform equally well in each test comparison suggesting that
Depression, Anxiety, and Religious Life

We examine several potential mechanisms linking religious involvement to depressive symptoms, major depression, and anxiety. Logistic and OLS regression estimations test five sets of potential psychosocial religion mediators: perceived attitudes toward and motivations for attendance; positive and negative religious coping; religious attitudes, beliefs, and spirituality; congregational support and criticism; and interpersonal and self-forgiveness. Compared to attending services less than once a month or never, attending services once a week but no more is associated with fewer depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms. Hypothesized mediators, including meaning, interpersonal and self-forgiveness, congregational criticism, social attendance beliefs, and negative coping are independently associated with one or more mental health outcomes.
The Impact of Goal Structure in Team Knowledge Creation

This study explores the role of goal structure in team knowledge creation, and the extent to which the impact of goal cooperativeness is consequent to the associated emergence of a constructive group norm and collaborative behaviours. To investigate this theory, we assess whether openmindedness norms and decision-comprehensiveness operate as mediating variables between goal cooperativeness and knowledge creation. The results support our hypotheses that the impact of goal structure is consequent to the emergence of expectations and behavioural patterns that facilitate open, rigorous discussion. By specifying and testing critical relationships, this article contributes to our understanding of psycho-social variables underpinning knowledge creation, which has implications for group effectiveness and innovation research.
Health and wellbeing in students with very high psychological distress from a regional Australian university

Health and wellbeing in students from a regional Australian university was assessed. The aim of the study was to explore the health profile of students with very high levels of psychological distress compared to students with low distress levels. Through an online survey, health and wellbeing characteristics were determined. Very high psychological distress (Kessler-10) was reported by 16.5% of students; items contributing most to distress related to feeling tired, nervous and ‘everything being an effort’. Students with very high levels of distress were, over the previous 30 days, unable to work or study for 10 days and needed to cut down on work for an additional 12 days. Forty-eight percent reported very high financial stress while 83% could not find $2,000 within a week for something important. Twenty-seven percent reported a disability; 63% of these reported a mental health disorder. Twenty-two percent felt bullied within the university while 64% felt bullied outside the university. Ninety-six percent reported low mental wellbeing, while just over 50% ‘rarely’ or ‘none of the time’ liked themselves, felt close to others, or felt confident. They reported the lowest level of help-seeking from friends and family and the highest level of internet use. In conclusion, these students, representing nearly one-sixth of all students from the university reviewed, were a highly vulnerable cohort requiring significant care and support.
Developing an Appropriate Psychology through Culturally Sensitive Research Practices in the Arabic-Speaking World

Contemporary psychologists in the Arabic-speaking world remain deeply concerned with many of the same foundational issues that have impeded the development of sustainable research traditions since at least the 1950s. As a means of assessing historical and current trends in regional research practices, the project reported in this article employs a content analysis method to assess the cultural sensitivity of peer-reviewed English-language empirical studies conducted on peoples of the Arabic-speaking world. Results suggest that cultural sensitivity is quite low on many of the dimensions assessed, including whether/how findings are applied to everyday settings, validity of methodological procedures employed, the way cultural contributions to psychological processes are discussed, the local relevance of conclusions drawn from empirical findings, and how theories and concepts are transferred from mainstream (Western) psychology. The current findings are used to suggest some strategic and potentially controversial connections between culturally sensitive research and developing an appropriate psychology.
Personal incentives for participation in summer children's camps: Investigating their relationships with satisfaction and loyalty

The objective of this study was to investigate consumer behaviour issues in a summer children's camp setting. Specifically, the study aimed to: (a) identify the personal incentives that drive children to participate in summer camps, (b) test gender and age differences in children's personal incentives, and (c) investigate which of the incentives are the most important ones in predicting children's satisfaction, loyalty, and word-of-mouth communications. The sample of the study consisted of 453 (N = 453) children, who participated in a camp located at the mainland of north Greece. The results indicated that: (a) six personal incentive dimensions revealed from a factor analysis of the personal incentive scale, named: Camp Experience, Socialization I (making new friends), Socialization II (meeting old friends), Independence, Activities Participation, and Parents' Decision, (b) Socialization I and Camp Experience were the two highest scored dimensions, (c) girls were more driven by Socialization II (meeting old friends) related incentives than boys, who scored higher on the Activities' Participation dimension, (d) older and more experienced campers expected more independence and social interaction than younger campers, who expected to participate in a variety of sport and cultural activities, and (e) the Camp Experience dimension was the most powerful and consistent predictor of satisfaction, loyalty and word-of-mouth communications. The managerial implications of these results are discussed.
Long-term performance of precision crystal oscillators in a near-Earth orbital environment

The Navy Navigation Satellite System (NNSS) uses precision quartz crystal oscillators to provide time and frequency in the orbiting spacecraft. The frequency changes for multiple oscillators, which were observed for 28 years of operational service in the orbital environment, are discussed. The primary frequency changes are believed to be caused by mass transfer to and from the resonator, stress relief in the resonator mounting structure and electrodes, and ionizing radiation of the quartz resonator. Observations to a resolution of 10- 13 have been made from 1963 to 1991 on 20 operational satellites in near-Earth orbit. No oscillator failures have occurred during the entire program life of nearly 30 years. One oscillator provided continuous operational service for over 21 years, and several have served more than 15 years. No oscillator changed frequency more than two parts in 107 while in operational service. One of the best performing oscillators had a predictable drift rate of 9*10/sup -13/+or-1*10/sup -13/ per day after three years of service. <<ETX>>
Soluble Cytokine Levels Correlate with the Activity and Clinical Stage of Hodgkin's Disease at Diagnosis

The serum levels of some cytokines seem to correlate with outcome in Hodgkin's disease (HD) and may be helpful in formulating new and better prognostic systems. The aim of this study was to analyse the correlations between the serum levels of different cytokines and the clinico-hematological features suggestive of a worse prognosis. The study involved 31 pts with a “de novo” diagnosis of HD (median age: 30 yrs; M/F: 13/18; stage I/II vs III/IV: 19/12; B symptoms: 12; bulky disease and extranodal disease: 9). The serum levels of sCD30, TNFα, TNF receptor I and II, IL6, IL6 receptor, IL10, sICAM-1 were evaluated at diagnosis, and correlated with gender, age (</>30), stage (I-II vs III-IV), systemic symptoms, bulky disease, ESR (</≥40), serum copper (</>170 μg/dL), WBC counts (</>15×109/L), prognostic scores (PS) according to Hasenclever (</≥2), and the presence of extranodal disease. Stages III/IV were associated with significantly higher levels of sCD30 and TNF-RI (p=0.03), systemic symptoms with significantly higher levels of sCD30, TNFα, IL6, TNF-RI (p=0.027, 0.03, 0.0005, 0.002), bulky disease with TNF-RI (p=0.03), high ESR with IL6 and TNF-RI (p=0.0011, 0.0001), high WBC counts with sCD30, IL6, TNF-RI (p=0.03, 0.002, 0.01), high serum copper with sCD30 and IL6 (p=0.05, 0.0004), higher PS with sCD30, IL6, TNF-RI (p=0.002, 0.0003, 0.005), extranodal disease with TNFα and IL6 (p=0.05, 0.01). It was possible to define cut-off levels for some cytokines (sCD30 >33.15 U/mL, TNFα >29.71 pg/mL, IL6 > 12.43 pg/mL, TNF-RI >3.23 ng/mL, IL6-R >57 ng/mL) that significantly correlate with systemic symptoms, higher disease stages, ESR, serum copper, WBC counts and PS. Our study shows that high sCD30, TNFα, IL6 and TNF-RI levels are associated with advanced disease or a worse prognostic score. In the context of multiparametric HD staging, cytokine evaluation may be useful for identifying candidates for more intensive therapies.
The Management Of Homosexuality Using Multimodal Therapy: A Case Study

The study examined the efficacy of multimodal therapy in the management of homosexuality in a 35 – year – old man, using a single N or case study design. Clinical interview, EPQ (adult), SCL-90, MFS, MSI and ISE were administered to establish base-line data. Anxiety, depression, marital distress and low self-esteem were identified as correlates of the client’s condition. Multimodal therapy was instituted thereafter. The result after three months of treatment showed reduction in sexual attraction for men, increased attraction to females, reduced frequency of masturbation, lowered marital distress and improved psychological well – being. The results were discussed in the light of the controversies surrounding the treatment of homosexuality.
Nonspecific CD4+ T cells with uptake of antigen‐specific dendritic cell‐released exosomes stimulate antigen‐specific CD8+ CTL responses and long‐term T cell memory

Dendritic cell (DC) and DC‐derived exosomes (EXO) have been used extensively for tumor vaccination. However, its therapeutic efficiency is limited to only production of prophylactic immunity against tumors. T cells can uptake DC‐released EXO. However, the functional effect of transferred exosomal molecules on T cells is unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that OVA protein‐pulsed DC‐derived EXO (EXOOVA) can be taken up by Con A‐stimulated, nonspecific CD4+ T cells derived from wild‐type C57BL/6 mice. The active EXO‐uptaken CD4+ T cells (aTEXO), expressing acquired exosomal MHC I/OVA I peptide (pMHC I) complexes and costimulatory CD40 and CD80 molecules, can act as APCs capable of stimulating OVA‐specific CD8+ T cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo and inducing efficient CD4+ Th cell‐independent CD8+ CTL responses in vivo. The EXOOVA‐uptaken CD4+ aTEXO cell vaccine induces much more efficient CD8+ T cell responses and immunity against challenge of OVA‐transfected BL6‐10 melanoma cells expressing OVA in wild‐type C57BL/6 mice than EXOOVA. The in vivo stimulatory effect of the CD4+ aTEXO cell to CD8+ T cell responses is mediated and targeted by its CD40 ligand signaling/acquired exosomal CD80 and pMHC I complexes, respectively. In addition, CD4+ aTEXO vaccine stimulates a long‐term, OVA‐specific CD8+ T cell memory. Therefore, the EXOOVA‐uptaken CD4+ T cells may represent a new, effective, EXO‐based vaccine strategy in induction of immune responses against tumors and other infectious diseases.
Real-time Video Recommendation Exploration

Video recommendation has attracted growing attention in recent years. However, conventional techniques have limitations in real-time processing, accuracy or scalability for the large-scale video data. To address the deficiencies of current recommendation systems, we introduce some new techniques to provide real-time and accurate recommendations to users in the video recommendation system of Tencent Inc. We develop a scalable online collaborative filtering algorithm based upon matrix factorization, with an adjustable updating strategy considering implicit feedback solution of different user actions. To select high-quality candidate videos for real-time top-N recommendation generation, we utilize additional factors like video type and time factor to compute similar videos. In addition, we propose the scalable implementation of our algorithm together with some optimizations to make the recommendations more efficient and accurate, including the demographic filtering and demographic training. To demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our model, we conduct comprehensive experiments by collecting real data from Tencent Video. Furthermore, our video recommendation system is in production to provide recommendation services in Tencent Video, one of the largest video sites in China, and verifies its superiority in performance.
Synthetic Data and Artificial Neural Networks for Natural Scene Text Recognition

In this work we present a framework for the recognition of natural scene text. Our framework does not require any human-labelled data, and performs word recognition on the whole image holistically, departing from the character based recognition systems of the past. The deep neural network models at the centre of this framework are trained solely on data produced by a synthetic text generation engine -- synthetic data that is highly realistic and sufficient to replace real data, giving us infinite amounts of training data. This excess of data exposes new possibilities for word recognition models, and here we consider three models, each one "reading" words in a different way: via 90k-way dictionary encoding, character sequence encoding, and bag-of-N-grams encoding. In the scenarios of language based and completely unconstrained text recognition we greatly improve upon state-of-the-art performance on standard datasets, using our fast, simple machinery and requiring zero data-acquisition costs.
Discovering Healthcare Cognition: The Use of Cognitive Artifacts to Reveal Cognitive Work

Healthcare systems, especially hospital operating room suites, have properties that make them ideal for the study of the cognitive work using the naturalistic decision-making (NDM) approach. This variable, complex, high-tempo setting provides a unique opportunity to examine the ways that clinicians plan, monitor, and cope with the irreducible uncertainty that underlies this work domain. As frontline managers, anesthesia coordinators plan and manage anesthesia assignments for surgical procedures. As frontline managers, coordinators develop and use cognitive artifacts to distribute cognition across time and among members of the acute care staff. Examination of these cognitive artifacts and their use reveals the hidden subtleties of the coordinators’ work. The use of NDM methods including cognitive artifact analysis to understand cognitive work generates insights that extend beyond the operator level to the study of team-level cognition. Results can be used to create computer-based artifacts that aid individual and team cognition.
The role of psychosocial school conditions in adolescent prosocial behaviour

This study examined how psychosocial conditions at school are associated with prosocial behaviour, a key indicator of positive mental health. Participants were 3,652 Swedish Grade 9 students from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Structural equation modelling demonstrated that students who experience more manageable school demands and greater social support from teachers and classmates are more likely to display caring, sharing, and cooperative behaviours. However, those that feel acutely stressed, particularly girls, also reported greater prosocial behaviour. Teacher support played a greater role in girls' prosocial behaviour and perceptions of school demands than boys'. The findings extend knowledge of the importance of psychosocial work conditions for adolescent health to positive mental health.
Longitudinal Association between Body Mass Index and Health-Related Quality of Life

Objective Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome in individuals with a high risk for cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the association of HRQoL and body mass index (BMI) as an indicator for obesity. Design Secondary longitudinal analysis of the ORBITAL study, an intervention study which included high-risk cardiovascular primary care patients with hypercholesterolemia and an indication for statin therapy. Methods HRQoL was determined with the generic Short Form (SF)-12 health status instrument. Body weight and height were assessed at baseline and at months 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36. We used a linear and a linear mixed-effects regression model to investigate the association between BMI and SF-12 summary scores at baseline as well as between change in BMI and SF-12 summary scores over 3 years. We adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, and in the longitudinal analysis also for the study arm and its interaction term with time. Results Of the 7640 participants who completed the baseline questionnaire, 6726 participants (mean age: 61 years) were analyzed. The baseline BMI was inversely associated with physical and mental SF-12 summary scores (β [95% CI] per 1 kg/m2: −0.36 [−0.41; −0.30] and −0.05 [−0.11; −0.00], respectively). A significant association between the change in BMI and physical SF-12 summary scores over time was only present in women (−0.18 [−0.27; −0.09]) and only in obese participants (−0.19 [−0.29; −0.10]). A change in BMI was directly associated with mental SF-12 summary scores (0.12 [0.06; 0.19]) in the total population. Conclusion Increases in BMI were associated with decreases in physical HRQoL, particularly in obese individuals and in women. In contrast, the mental HRQoL seemed to increase with increasing BMI over time. Thus, body weight management with respect to the HRQoL should be evaluated differentially by sex and body weight status. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00379249