Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The differential effect of team members' trust on team performance: The mediation role of team cohesion

This study examines team performance as affected by various trusting relationships: trust between team members and the team's trust in their direct manager and in top management. Data for the study were collected from a survey of 690 professional elite athletes (belonging to 59 different sports clubs) playing in the regular, top professional Spanish leagues. The model was tested at the team level. Findings reveal that team member trust with respect to the different foci has both a direct and indirect effect on team performance, and that team player trust and cohesion play a mediating role. This study illustrates the dynamic relationship within teams, and, as such, trust among teammates mediates the relationship between trust in the coach as well as team cohesion in determining team performance. The implications for managing teams in other contexts are also evaluated.
Reliable Monitoring of Leak in Gas Pipelines Using Acoustic Emission Method

Acoustic emission (AE) method can be used to detect and locate small leaks on buried and unburied pipelines in 1D and 2D. A 152 cm long, 11.43 cm diameter steel pipeline is built in the laboratory to study the leak variables for the Acoustic Emission (AE) method. Two thickness modes AE sensors (R6) that are coupled to the pipeline are used to understand the leak variables: internal pressure, leak size and earth pressure. Increasing leak size and internal pressure results in an increase in leak rate, therefore, a higher voltage output from the AE sensors. However, the presence of earth pressure increases the attenuation on the pipe resulting in lower sensor output and closer sensor spacing. Accuracy in leak location is also compared for different variables. Attenuation profiles for two specific frequencies (10 kHz and 60 kHz) are studied numerically to determine the spacing of the AE sensors sensitive to displacements in the radial and tangential directions. To increase the sensor spacing and the accuracy in leak localization, a new shear mode sensor is designed. Admittance curves of the new shear mode sensor that are found numerically and experimentally are compared. The voltage outputs of the two sensors, thickness mode and shear mode, are compared numerically for 60 kHz loading in the radial and tangential directions. The differences in polarization directions and linearity in sensor response for the two sensors are proven experimentally. Leak localization accuracy of the shear mode sensor is compared with that of the thickness mode sensor. To demonstrate an absolute calibration method utilizing the laser beam as an AE source, angular dependence of the sensors are shown in polar coordinates.
Knowledge translation in global health.

The Ministerial Summit on Health Research in November 2004 and the World Health Assembly in May 2005 called for more research in developing countries to strengthen health systems and to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Research we believe has to be a component of a strategic process rather than an end in itself. Ill-health and premature deaths from preventable causes persist especially among poor children and women in spite of available cost-effective interventions in part because there is a gap between what is known and what gets done in practice i.e. the ‘know – do’ gap. This gap between available knowledge and its application in policy and practice is not new but systematic approaches to address it are urgently needed. New approaches should promote the use of best available scientific evidence and strategic research. They should also harness field experience and innovation with an emphasis on problem-solving to address priority health problems both at the global and local levels. To bridge the know-do gap knowledge must be leveraged effectively to achieve better health. The generation and sharing of knowledge are necessary steps in its effective application. (excerpt)
Hardware Trojans in wireless cryptographic ICs: Silicon demonstration & detection method evaluation

We present a silicon implementation of a hardware Trojan, which is capable of leaking the secret key of a wireless cryptographic integrated circuit (IC) consisting of an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) core and an Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) transmitter. With its impact carefully hidden in the transmission specification margins allowed for process variations, this hardware Trojan cannot be detected by production testing methods of either the digital or the analog part of the IC and does not violate the transmission protocol or any system-level specifications. Nevertheless, the informed adversary, who knows what to look for in the transmission power waveform, is capable of retrieving the 128-bit AES key, which is leaked with every 128-bit ciphertext block sent by the UWB transmitter. Using silicon measurements from 40 chips fabricated in TSMC's 0. 35μm technology, we also assess the effectiveness of a side channel-based statistical analysis method in detecting this hardware Trojan.
Is testosterone replacement therapy in males with hypogonadism cost-effective? An analysis in Sweden.

INTRODUCTION Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) has been recommended for the treatment of primary and secondary hypogonadism. However, long-term implications of TRT have not been investigated extensively. AIM The aim of this analysis was to evaluate health outcomes and costs associated with life-long TRT in patients suffering from Klinefelter syndrome and late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). METHODS A Markov model was developed to assess cost-effectiveness of testosterone undecanoate (TU) depot injection treatment compared with no treatment. Health outcomes and associated costs were modeled in monthly cycles per patient individually along a lifetime horizon. Modeled health outcomes included development of type 2 diabetes, depression, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications, and fractures. Analysis was performed for the Swedish health-care setting from health-care payer's and societal perspective. One-way sensitivity analyses evaluated the robustness of results. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The main outcome measures were quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and total cost in TU depot injection treatment and no treatment cohorts. In addition, outcomes were also expressed as incremental cost per QALY gained for TU depot injection therapy compared with no treatment (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio [ICER]). RESULTS TU depot injection compared to no-treatment yielded a gain of 1.67 QALYs at an incremental cost of 28,176 EUR (37,192 USD) in the Klinefelter population. The ICER was 16,884 EUR (22,287 USD) per QALY gained. Outcomes in LOH population estimated benefits of TRT at 19,719 EUR (26,029 USD) per QALY gained. Results showed to be considerably robust when tested in sensitivity analyses. Variation of relative risk to develop type 2 diabetes had the highest impact on long-term outcomes in both patient groups. CONCLUSION This analysis suggests that lifelong TU depot injection therapy of patients with hypogonadism is a cost-effective treatment in Sweden. Hence, it can support clinicians in decision making when considering appropriate treatment strategies for patients with testosterone deficiency.
The Relation Between Crime News and Fear of Violence

In this article, we explore the relationship between the use of crime news and fear of violence through multivariate analyses. Our main objective is to examine whether exposure to crime news is related to avoidance behaviour and fear of crime when personal and vicarious victimization experiences, as well as a number of other relevant factors, are held constant. Using the 2003 sweep of the Finnish National Victimization Surveys, we focus on two types of crime news exposure: exposure to crime‐related tabloid headlines, and the scope of exposure to different sources of crime news. Our main finding is that reading tabloid front pages is associated with both avoidance behaviour and with higher levels of worry about becoming a victim of violence. We also found that people who expose themselves to many sources of crime news are more likely to fear violence. As an interesting by‐product of our analyses, we observed that being unemployed was quite strongly associated with fear of violence.
Interfacing Multiple Macromodels Constructed with the FDTD Method

High frequency electromagnetic simulation requires computationally expensive methods such as FDTD. The simulation time can be reduced by creating macromodels that describe the entire sub-region but provide input/output information only at a limited number of points. An alternative to the conventional FDTD method is to compute the macromodel response using eigenmodal decomposition techniques. We extend our earlier work to allow for efficient simulation of multiple macromodels. We discuss applications of this method to boundary conditions and an alternative method to compute results with multiple macromodels
A multitrait-multimethod study of academic and social intelligence in college students

Two multitrait-multimethod studies of academic and social intelligences show that cognitive and behavioral aspects of social intelligence (Experiment 1) and several cognitive aspects of social intelligence (i.e., social perception, social knowledge, and social insight; Experiment 2) can be discriminated. Verbal, nonverbal, self-, and other-report measures were administered to 134 female college students (Experiment 1) and to 227 male and female college students (Experiment 2). Convergent and discriminant validities were established for cognitive and behavioral dimensions of social intelligence (Experiment 1) and for two dimensions of cognitive social intelligence (social knowledge and social perception; Experiment 2). In both studies, the cognitive social intelligence factors had poor convergent validities, and research participants were college students attending a highly selective university
Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in Prior ICU Bed Occupants Is an Independent Risk Factor for Subsequent Cases of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Objective. We aimed to evaluate risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii (AbVAP) in critically ill patients. Methods. This was a prospective observational study conducted in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a district hospital (6 beds). Consecutive patients were eligible for enrolment if they required mechanical ventilation for >48 hours and hospitalization for >72 hours. Clinical, microbiological, and laboratory parameters were assessed as risk factors for AbVAP by univariate and multivariate analysis. Results. 193 patients were included in the study. Overall, VAP incidence was 23.8% and AbVAP, 11.4%. Previous hospitalization of another patient with Acinetobacter baumannii infection was the only independent risk factor for AbVAP (OR (95% CI) 12.016 (2.282–19.521) P < 0.001). ICU stay (25 ± 17 versus 12 ± 9 P < 0.001), the incidence of other infections (OR (95% CI) 9.485 (1.640–10.466) P = 0.002) (urinary tract infection, catheter related infection, and bacteremia), or sepsis (OR (95% CI) 10.400 (3.749–10.466) P < 0.001) were significantly increased in patients with AbVAP compared to patients without VAP; no difference was found with respect to ICU mortality. Conclusion. ICU admission or the hospitalization of patients infected by Acinetobacter baumannii increases the risk of AbVAP by subsequent patients.
Consumer Responses to Product Placement in Television Sitcoms: Genre, Sex, and Consumption

The paper presents a study of consumer responses to products placed in a sitcom, “Ads R’ Us,” created as a stimulus to ascertain the influence of a television program’s genre and male/female respondents’ sex on responses. Textual analysis is used to analyze sitcoms, a category of programs created in accordance with genre conventions, the structural framework that influences responses to media vehicles. First‐generation feminist reading theory, which challenged the patriarchal assumptions mostly unquestioned in the US until the early 1960s, is used to analyze responses produced by second‐generation respondents, who came of age a generation later, after the women’s liberation movement led to socio‐cultural changes. The study draws from multidisciplinary theory and integrates stimulus‐side/response‐side research to enhance understanding of the text‐context‐consumer relationship. Findings indicate that second‐generation responses to placed products are problematized by the coexistence of patriarchal and feminist perspectives that color male/female readings of sitcoms.
Sentence Fragments Regular Structures

This paper describes an analysis of telegraphic fragments as regular structures (not errors) handled by minimal extensions to a system designed for processing the standard language. The modular approach which has been implemented in the Unisys natural language processing system PUNDIT is based on a division of labor in which syntax regulates the occurrence and distribution of elided elements, and semantics and pragmatics use the system's standard mechanisms to interpret them.
A Psychometric Typology of Child Abusers

A psychometric battery of measures, assessing a range of problem areas, was completed by 140 convicted untreated child abusers. Measures were adjusted for social desirability. Cluster analysis of the data identified men on the basis of deviancy (levels of pro-offending attitudes and social inadequacy) and denial (self-reported levels of offending behaviors). Examination of offense histories found that high-deviancy men, compared to low-deviancy men, were more likely to have been convicted of a previous sexual offense; to have committed offenses against boys, or both boys and girls; to have committed extrafamilial, or both extra-and intrafamilial, offenses; and to have had many victims. A method of identifying deviancy, which showed good cross-validation, also was derived. Although low-deviancy men were much more likely to be incest offenders than were high-deviancy men, nearly 40% of high-deviancy men were found to be intrafamilial offenders, suggesting that identifying deviancy level may be a useful adjunct to any risk assessment.
Height-dependent path loss model and large-scale characteristics analysis of 28 GHz and 38.6 GHz in urban micro scenarios

In this paper, by equipping with omni-directional antennas and high gain power amplifier in our channel sounder system, the propagation characteristics which de-embed antenna response at 28 GHz and 38.6 GHz are analyzed. The base station height-dependent path loss model is derived by the channel measurement in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) urban micro outdoor scenarios. Furthermore, the path loss models at 28 and 38.6 GHz are compared with the path loss model at 3.5 GHz. Also, the proposed path loss model is compared with the 3GPP 38.900 model, and it can be found that the 3GPP will overestimate the system performance since the 3GPP model has lower path loss. Finally, some preliminary research on the shadowing effect of human body and vegetation are presented.
V. Clothes Maketh the Queer? Dress, Appearance and the Construction of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Identities

In this short report of an exploratory qualitative study, we consider whether a small group of younger British lesbians, gay men and bisexuals felt under pressure to conform to lesbian/gay appearance norms and used their clothing and appearance to actively construct and manage a visual identity as lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB). One of the exercises the first author regularly uses when teaching about the sociocultural construction of LGB identities involves students brainstorming their associations for the words ‘lesbian’, ‘gay man’ and ‘bisexual’. For many students, the word ‘lesbian’ conjures up associations like ‘ugly’, ‘butch’, ‘masculine’, ‘short hair’, ‘dungarees’ and ‘comfortable shoes’ (see Peel, 2005). Whereas gay men are allied to style, fashion, grooming and effeminacy (witness all the ‘makeover’ television shows featuring gay men – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, How Not to Decorate). In short, many students have a clear image of the (stereo)typical lesbian and gay man. By contrast, students typically identify (a smaller number of) associations for the word ‘bisexual’ (such as ‘confused’ and ‘greedy’), but have no clear image of the typical bisexual. The centrality of the visual to lesbian and gay identity is readily apparent in popular cultural sources, such as Queer (Gage et al., 2002), that document the ways in which lesbians and gay men have used dress, hairstyling, jewellery, tattoos, piercings and other adornments to signify their sexual identity (or preferences). Although appearance norms have changed throughout history (Edwards, 1997; Faderman, 1991), it has been argued that dress and appearance constitute a primary way of asserting and displaying a lesbian and gay identity (Holliday, 2001). Lesbians and gay men use clothing and adornment to create a sense of group identity (separate from the dominant culture), to resist and challenge normative (gendered) expectations, and to signal their sexual identity to the wider world or just to those ‘in the know’ (Rothblum, 1994; Traub, 2003). At the same time, strategies of passing have made use of the semiotic codes woven into clothing (Skidmore, 1999). Giving the centrality of visual identity to lesbian and gay culture and communities, and the role of dress and appearance as key signifiers
Number Transcoding in Children - a Functional-analysis

French-speaking second-grade children from France and Wallonia were asked to write down in the Arabic code, numbers orally presented at six successive one-month-spaced sessions. The evolution of the children's production (patterns of correct responses and errors) is analysed and tentatively interpreted through the model of number and calculation processing developed by McCloskey in adult neuropsychology. In order to evaluate their number production and comprehension mechanisms the children were furthermore submitted to other number processing tasks. It is tentatively concluded that the children's difficulties in the Arabic written task were localized at the level of the production of the Arabic sequences and that the regular pattern of errors some of them present is more easily explained by the lexical model of numbers processing recently proposed by Power & Dal Martello (1990), than by McCloskey's model (1992).
Promising results for the use of natural stimuli in a multiple schedule reinforcement arrangement to reduce problem behavior and increase functional communication

This review provides a summary and appraisal commentary on the treatment review by Kuhn, D. E. , Chirighin, A. E. , & Zelenka, K. (2010). Discriminated functional communication: A procedural extension of functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 249–264. 2 Source of funding and disclosure of interest: No source of funding reported, and the original authors of this research report no conflicts of interest.
Acute effects of TASER X26 discharges in a swine model.

BACKGROUND Very little objective laboratory data are available describing the physiologic effects of stun guns or electromuscular incapacitation devices (EIDs). Unfortunately, there have been several hundred in-custody deaths, which have been temporally associated with the deployment of these devices. Most of the deaths have been attributed to specific cardiac and metabolic effects. We hypothesized that prolonged EID exposure in a model animal system would induce clinically significant metabolic acidosis and cardiovascular disturbances. METHODS Using an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee-approved protocol, 11 standard pigs (6 experimentals and 5 sham controls) were anesthetized with ketamine and xylazine. The experimentals were exposed to two 40-second discharges from an EID (TASER X26, TASER Intl., Scottsdale, AZ) across the torso. Electrocardiograms, blood pressure, troponin I, blood gases, and electrolyte levels were obtained pre-exposure and at 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes and 24, 48, and 72 hours postdischarge. p values <0.05 were considered significant. RESULTS Two deaths were observed immediately after TASER exposure from acute onset ventricular fibrillation (VF). In surviving animals, heart rate was significantly increased and significant hypotension was noted. Acid-base status was dramatically affected by the TASER discharge at the 5-minute time point and throughout the 60-minute monitoring period. Five minutes postdischarge, central venous blood pH (6.86 +/- 0.07) decreased from baseline (7.45 +/- 0.02; p = 0.0004). Pco2 (94.5 mm Hg +/- 14.8 mm Hg) was significantly increased from baseline (45.3 mm Hg +/- 2.6 mm Hg) and bicarbonate levels significantly decreased (15.7 mmol/L +/- 1.04 mmol/L) from baseline (30.4 mmol/L +/- 0.7 mmol/L). A large, significant increase in lactate occurred postdischarge (22.1 mmol/L +/- 1.5 mmol/L) from baseline (1.5 mmol/L +/- 0.3 mmol/L). All values returned to normal by 24 hours postdischarge in surviving animals. A minor, nonsignificant increase in troponin I was seen at 24 hours postdischarge (0.052 ng/mL +/- 0.030 ng/mL, mean +/- SEM). CONCLUSIONS Immediately after the discharge, two deaths occurred because of ventricular fibrillation. In this model of prolonged EID exposure, clinically significant acid-base and cardiovascular disturbances were clearly seen. The severe metabolic and respiratory acidosis seen here suggests the involvement of a primary cardiovascular mechanism.
Story Card Based Agile Software Development

The use of story cards for user stories in many Extreme Programming software development projects has been widespread. Several popular traditional methods for story cards (e.g., Cohen M, Kent B) have been used in successful fashion at some extent, but all lack of the powerful features for story cards guidelines, right sort of information on story cards and quality of user stories on story cards. They also do not involve anybody apart from customer on story writing workshop. This paper has described the INSERT model, new proposed frame work of story cards, and a new improved requirements elicitation process in XP. The experience with INSERT model and new framework of story cards indicates that it is feasible to contemplate improving user stories and story cards in Extreme programming. This paper also introduces best practices guidelines for agile requirements engineering to enhance the quality of requirements (story cards).
Anaphora and Relativization in Child Second Language Acquisition

The focus of this study is the development of control over anaphoric reference and relativization by children learning ESL in a pull-out classroom employing little overt grammar instruction. Twenty-three children aged 6.5–14 representing ESL proficiency levels 3–5 on the Bilingual Syntax Measure (BSM)were given paper-and-pencil tests to determine comprehension of anaphoric (reflexive and pronominal)reference in English; in addition, they were tested on both comprehension and production of restrictive relative clause types (SS, SO, OO, and OS)in English. Scores were higher on reflexives than on pronominals, with length of residence significant in ambiguous references. Relative clause interpretation varied significantly with proficiency level, but production was not predictable from general proficiency except at BSM level 5, and then only on SO and SS relativization. Transfer from the L1 was minimal. It is concluded that exposure and overall L2 proficiency, rather than age or L1 background, are the most significant factors in the development of these generally untaught and untested “late-learned” rules.