Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Management competencies required in the transition from a technician to a supervisor

Orientation: Technicians are frequently promoted to supervisory positions based on their technical abilities, with scant attention focused on developing management competencies. This oversight often poses significant challenges. The effective transition from technician to supervisor is important in any organisation. Research objective: The primary objective is to identify and verify the competencies that are required for a technician and a supervisory position; the secondary objective is to identify the gap that must be filled with relevant training interventions to enable technicians to make an effective transition to a supervisory position. Motivation for this study: The identification of the management competencies required for a technician who makes a career change to a supervisor position. Research method: The sequential mixed method approach was used to enable the twophase data collection process: phase one was the quantitative phase and phase two was the qualitative phase. Main findings: The overall findings confirm that there are indeed management competencies that technicians require training and development on before being promoted to a supervisory position. Implication: Organisations need to identify the key competencies for a technician and a supervisor and implement development or training interventions that are essential to successfully transition an employee from the level of a technician to the level of a supervisor. Contribution: Organisations need to implement essential development or training interventions focused on developing management competencies and put in place support interventions such as coaching, job shadowing, mentoring and networking.
QTL ANALYSIS OF FIBER COLOR AND FIBER QUALITY IN NATURALLY GREEN COLORED COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

ABSTRACT Improving fiber quality of naturally colored cotton has become more important in recent years due to changes in the spinning technology and consumer demand. The identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) closely linked to the fiber quality traits can allow marker assisted selection (MAS) which leads us to future’s improved cotton cultivars. In this study, we performed genetic mapping on F 2 population of G. hirsutum (Yesil × Nazilli 84) intraspecific cross, and identified QTL for fiber color parameters ( L , a , b , ∆L , ∆a , ∆b , ∆E ) and fiber quality traits (fiber length, uniformity and elongation). The resulting genetic linkage map comprised of 123 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers and 27 linkage groups (LGs), covering 2068.5cM with an average distance of 16.8cM between two markers. Using single marker analysis a total of 43 QTL for fiber color parameters and fiber quality traits were identified, including four for fiber length, two for fiber uniformity, two for fiber elongation, five for L , four for a , four for b , eight for ∆L , four for ∆a , four for ∆b and six for ∆E . The identified QTL for fiber color parameters and fiber quality traits explained between 7.8% and 14.6% and between 5.9% and 14.7% of the phenotypic variation, respectively. Additionally, recombinant individuals having green fiber color together with long fiber length, high fiber uniformity and elongation were obtained in thesegregating population. These individuals can be used to develop new cotton varieties in the future. Keywords: AFLP, genetic linkage mapping, green cotton fiber, G . hirsutum L. , QTL.
Smooth Muscle Ca2+‐Activated and Voltage‐Gated K+ Channels Modulate Conducted Dilation in Rat Isolated Small Mesenteric Arteries

Please cite this paper as: Beleznai, Yarova, Yuill and Dora (2011). Smooth Muscle Ca2+‐Activated and Voltage‐Gated K+ Channels Modulate Conducted Dilation in Rat Isolated Small Mesenteric Arteries. Microcirculation 18(6), 487–500.
PageRank, HITS and a unified framework for link analysis

Two popular link-based webpage ranking algorithms are (i) PageRank[1] and (ii) HITS (Hypertext Induced Topic Selection)[3]. HITS makes the crucial distinction of hubs and authorities and computes them in a mutually reinforcing way. PageRank considers the hyperlink weight normalization and the equilibrium distribution of random surfers as the citation score. We generalize and combine these key concepts into a unified framework, in which we prove that rankings produced by PageRank and HITS are both highly correlated with the ranking by in-degree and out-degree.
GAMBARAN BEBAN KELUARGA DALAM MERAWAT LANSIA DENGAN DEMENSIA DI KELURAHAN PANCORANMAS, DEPOK, JAWA BARAT: STUDI FENOMENOLOGI

Abstrak Merawat lansia dengan demensia merupakan pengalaman yang unik dan menimbulkan dampak pada keluarga yang merawat lansia dengan demensia yaitu stress sehingga dapat menimbulkan dan meningkatkan beban pada keluarag (family burden). Keluarga harus beradaptasi dengan perubahan kepribadian dan perilaku yang dialami oleh lansia dengan demensia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah memahami secara mendalam beban keluarga dalam merawat lansia dengan demensia dan bagaimana keluarga memaknainya. Desain penelitian menggunakan fenomenologi deskriptif dengan wawancara mendalam untuk proses pengumpulan data. Partisipan adalah anggota keluarga utama yang merawat lansia demensia, yang didapatkan dengan teknik purposive sampling . Analisa data menggunakan metode Collaizi. Hasil penelitian ini teridentifikasi 4 tema yaitu: 1) beban fisik; 2) beban psikologik; 3); beban ekonomi dan 4) beban sosial. Dapat disimpulkan beban keluarga merawat lansia dengan demensia sangat beragam dan mengakibatkan respon yang berbeda, sehingga perlu dicermati oleh pemberi asuhan lansia. Hasil penelitian diharapkan dapat pemahaman bahwa keluarga dengan lansia demensia merupakan kelompok risiko yang penting untuk diintervensi dalam tingkat kelompok dan masyarakat. Kata Kunci: family, burden, demensia ______________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Caregiving for a family member with dementia is could be experienced as unique and stressfull events that could result and increase level of family burden. Family have adapted with mood change and behaviour change of dementia people.The purpose of the study were to provide deep understanding of family burden in caregiving of elderly people with dementia and how family give meaning of those experiences.This study design was descriptive phenomenology with depth interview for data collecting. Participants were primary caregivers collected by purposive sampling technique. Data analyzed with Collaizi’s analysis method. This study identified 4 themes which were:1) physical burden; 2) phsycological burden; 3) economic burden; and 4) social burden. This study finding exhibited that family burden in caregiving dementia differed variedly and resulted different responses, so it need attention from caregiver.This study findings were expected to provide better understanding that family with dementia is risk group that considerably important to be addressed in nursing intervention at group and community level. Key words: family, burden, dementia
The Complexity of Exchange

Recent results on the computational complexity of Brouwer and Kakutani fixed points is reviewed. It is argued that the non-polynomial complexity of fixed-point algorithms makes Walrasian general equilibrium an unrealistic model of real markets. A radically more decentralized and distributed picture of markets involves repeated bilateral trade between agents in a large population. Such bilateral exchange processes converge to equilibrium allocations that are Pareto optimal and are meaningfully viewed as a kind of massively parallel, distributed computation of Pareto optimal allocations. It is proved that bilateral exchange processes are in P , the class of problems that can be solved in polynomial time. The number of bilateral interactions required to reach equilibrium is proportional to AN^2 , where A is the number of agents and N is the number of commodities.
Diaspora by design : Muslims in Canada and beyond

Few groups face as many misconceptions within their new countries as do Muslim immigrants. This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries. A comparative, multi-ethnic study, based on over two thousand interviews, Diaspora by Design examines Muslim populations that have settled in Canada, Britain, Iran, and Palestine. Utilizing hard socio-economic data as well as qualitative analysis, the authors show the remarkable diversity and divisions between Muslim immigrant populations along urban-rural, cultural, class, and gender lines. They argue that integration is a two-way exchange that requires a readiness on the part of the host society to remove barriers that prevent the full social and economic participation of immigrant populations. Extensively researched and thoughtfully provocative, Diaspora by Design is a much-needed work that provides an accurate and dynamic depiction of the lives of Muslim immigrants away from their homelands.
Adherence to Topical Therapies for the Treatment of Psoriasis: Surveys of Physicians and Patients

Background There have been few studies of treatment adherence in Asian patients with psoriasis and understanding of the factors is important to improve outcomes. Objective To provide an overview of treatment adherence among Korean patients with psoriasis and to understand how the perceptions of patients and physicians affect topical treatment adherence. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the views and opinions of dermatologists and psoriasis patients on topical treatment adherence. The survey items were developed in collaboration with psoriasis experts. Results Twenty-six dermatologists and fifty patients completed their questionnaire. In the physician survey, more than half of dermatologists only inquired about adherence up to 20% of the time. Most dermatologists generally thought that their patients had high expectations of treatment. Nearly 40% of dermatologists reported that more than 60% of their patients adhered to the prescribed topical treatment. In the patient survey, more than 15% of patients reported that they did not receive enough information about the drug. Around one-fifth of the patients also complained about the physical properties of the products. The majority of patients were confident with the current topical treatments and expected fast improvement, within a couple of weeks. The most common reason for low adherence was forgetfulness. Inconvenience and concerns about side effects were common reasons for topical treatment discontinuation. Conclusion Because adherence to topical treatment is a complex, multifactorial issue with factors varying between patients, dermatologists should focus on determining each patient's individual adherence barriers to achieve good treatment outcomes.
A GIS-Based Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Spatial Coverage of Public Transport Networks in Tourist Destinations

This article develops a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness and spatial coverage of public transport in tourist cities. The proposed methodology is applied and validated in Cambrils municipality, in the central part of the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, a coastal destination characterised by the concentration of tourism flows during summer. The application of GIS spatial analysis tools allows for the development of a system of territorial indicators that spatially correlate the public transport network and the distribution of the population. The main novelty of our work is that this analysis not only includes the registered resident population, but also incorporates the population that temporarily inhabits the municipality (tourists). The results of the study firstly permit the detection of unequal spatial accessibility and coverage in terms of public transport in the municipality, with significant differences between central neighbourhoods and peripheral urban areas of lower population density. Secondly, they allow observation of how the degree of public transport coverage differs significantly in areas with a higher concentration of tourist accommodation establishments.
Raf Signaling but not the ERK Effector SAP-1 Is Required for Regulatory T Cell Development1

Regulatory T cells (Treg) play an important role in immune regulation. Their development in the thymus requires TCR activation and recognition of peptide-MHC, although the downstream signals controlling commitment to the lineage are unclear. To compare the requirements for positive selection and Treg development, we studied knockout and transgenic mice defective in Raf signaling and the ERK effector SRF accessory protein 1 (SAP-1), a member of the ternary complex factor family of Ets domain transcription factors. Although SAP-1 deficient mice display a severe defect in thymocyte positive selection, Treg development was unimpaired as assessed by expression of Foxp3 and the activation markers CD25, GITR, CTLA4, and CD103 in the CD4+ cell population. In contrast, inhibition of Raf signaling by the interfering dominant negative Raf derivative reduced both Foxp3+ and Foxp3− CD4+ populations. In SAP-1-deficient CD4+CD25+ Treg cells, TCR crosslinking efficiently induced ERK activation, but transcriptional induction of the immediate early gene Egr-1 was impaired. Nevertheless, neither deletion of SAP-1 nor expression of a dominant negative Raf derivative affected the ability of CD4+CD25+ Treg cells to suppress CD4+CD25− cell proliferation in vitro. Finally the suppressive activity of CD4+CD25+ Treg cells lacking SAP-1 in an in vivo colitis model was not significantly impaired. The signaling requirements for development of Treg cells in the thymus are thus distinct from those required for “conventional” T cell positive selection, and ERK signaling to SAP-1 is not required for the suppressive activity of Treg cells.
Long-Period Gratings Based on Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguides in Fluorinated Polymer

This letter presents devices composed of long-period gratings and long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides. The waveguide is formed by embedding a thin Au stripe in a low optical absorption perfluorocyclobutane polymer. The grating structure is created on a corrugated silica substrate and then transferred to the polymer layer, producing a periodic modulation of refractive index along the waveguide. Strong grating resonances are observed. The coupling mechanism and the device thermal dependence are examined.
Human nature and suffering

Acknowledgments. Introduction and Overview. A Legacy from the Past: The Role of Human Nature. The Mapping of Human Nature. The Psychobiology of some Basic Mechanisms. The Psychobiology of Peripheral Systems. Care Eliciting and Attachment Strategies. Care Eliciting and Theories of Psychopathology. Care Giving and Nurturance. Disorders of Care Giving. Co? Operation. Co? Operation: Some Blocks and Pathologies. Competition: Status, Power and Dominance. Some Psychopathologies of Power and Dominance. Beyond the Power of Reason. Personal Reflections. Appendices.
Implications of community concordance for assessing stream integrity at three nested spatial scales in Minnesota, U.S.A.

SUMMARY 1. Fish and invertebrate assemblage data collected from 670 stream sites in Minnesota (U.S.A.) were used to calculate concordance across three nested spatial scales (statewide, ecoregion and catchment). Predictive taxa richness models, calibrated using the same data, were used to evaluate whether concordant communities exhibited similar trends in human-induced taxa loss across all three scales. Finally, we evaluated the strength of the relationship between selected environmental variables and the composition of both assemblages at all three spatial scales. 2. Significant concordance between fish and invertebrate communities occurred at the statewide scale as well as in six of seven ecoregions and 17 of the 21 major catchments. However, concordance was not consistently indicative of significant relationships between rates of fish and invertebrate taxa loss at those same scales. 3. Fish and invertebrate communities were largely associated with different environmental variables, although the composition of both communities was strongly correlated with stream size across all three scales. 4. Predictive taxa-loss models for fish assemblages were less sensitive and precise than models for invertebrate assemblages, likely because of the relatively low number of common fish taxa in our data set. Both models, however, distinguished reference from non-reference sites. 5. The importance of concordance, geographic context and scale are discussed in relation to the design and interpretation of stream integrity indicators. In particular, our findings suggest that community concordance should not be viewed as a substitute for an evaluation of how assemblages respond to environmental stressors.
Clinical and neuroradiological features of intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to determine the clinical and neuroradiological features of intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection. METHODS The clinical features and MR findings of 31 patients (20 men and 11 women) with intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissections confirmed by vertebral angiography were analyzed retrospectively. The vertebral angiography revealed the double lumen sign in 11 patients (13 arteries) and the pearl and string sign in 20 patients (28 arteries). RESULTS The patients ranged in age from 25 to 82 years (mean, 54.8 years). Clinical symptoms due to ischemic cerebellar and/or brain stem lesions were common, but in 3 cases the dissections were discovered incidentally while an unrelated disorder was investigated. Headache, which has been emphasized as the only specific clinical sign of vertebrobasilar artery dissection, was found in 55% of the patients. Intramural hematoma on T1-weighted images has been emphasized as a specific MR finding. The positive rate of intramural hematoma was 32%. Double lumen on 3-dimensional (3-D) spoiled gradient-recalled acquisition (SPGR) images after the injection of contrast medium was identified in 87% of the patients. The 3-D SPGR imaging method is considered useful for the screening of vertebrobasilar artery dissection. CONCLUSIONS Intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection is probably much more frequent than previously considered. Such patients may present no or only minor symptoms. Neuroradiological screening for posterior circulation requires MR examinations, including contrast-enhanced 3-D SPGR. Angiography may be necessary for the definite diagnosis of intracranial vertebrobasilar artery dissection because the sensitivity of the finding of intramural hematoma is not satisfactory.
On the coupling efficiency of metal‐coated near‐field probes

A theory for calculating the optical transmission of nanometric circular apertures in a thick and perfectly conducting screen coated upon an optical fibre has been developed. The theory is intended for the study of near‐field probes and differs from other well known theories of radiation transmission through subwavelength apertures in the fact that it includes an optical fibre, making possible to distinguish which part of energy passing through the aperture is effectively coupled in guided modes. In a scanning near‐field optical microscope tip, only the guided modes will reach the photodetector, and will contribute to the final read‐out. A numerical calculation for different fibre parameters, to show the dependence of the guided transmission coefficient for the guided modes of the fibre, is presented. The agreement of the theory with earlier calculations where the optical fibre is not included is emphasized.
Short recognition memory test for faces

The Camden Memory Tests consist of 5 new measures. Each test was developed to fulfil a clinical need that was not met by existing memory tests and they are intended to be used separately. The Pictorial Recognition Memory Test is an exceptionally easy test that can provide useful clinical information in the assessment of patients unable to cope with the demands of more difficult tests. It can also be used to identify subjects who are 'faking' memory disorders. The Topographical Recognition Memory Test provides a culture-free measure of visual memory that is a useful alternative to the more commonly used Recognition Memory Test for faces. The Paired-Associate Learning Test provides a more satisfactory measure of verbal recall and verbal learning than is at present available. The Short Recognition Memory Test for Words and The Short Recognition Memory Test for Faces were both developed to provide a short and quick version of the standard Recognition Memory Test with only the minimum loss of discriminative power. Each of the 5 individual tests has been standardised in a large representative cross section of an urban population including subjects between the ages of 70 and 85. Validation studies are presented. The localising power of the Topographical Recognition Memory Test and the Paired-Associate Learning Test has been established by assessing patients with unilateral cerebral lesions and the discriminative power of the Short Recognition Memory Test for Words and for Faces has been established by assessing patients with dementing illnesses.
Impaired iNOS–sGC–cGMP signalling contributes to chronic hypoxic and hypercapnic pulmonary hypertension in rat

Nitric oxide (NO) is an important vascular modulator in the development of pulmonary hypertension. NO exerts its regulatory effect mainly by activating soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) to synthesize cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Exposure to hypoxia causes pulmonary hypertension. But in lung disease, hypoxia is commonly accompanied by hypercapnia. The aim of this study was to examine the changes of sGC enzyme activity and cGMP content in lung tissue, as well as the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and sGC in rat pulmonary artery after exposure to hypoxia and hypercapnia, and assess the role of iNOS–sGC–cGMP signal pathway in the development of hypoxic and hypercapnic pulmonary hypertension. Male Sprague–Dawley rats were exposed to hypoxia and hypercapnia for 4 weeks to establish model of chronic pulmonary hypertension. Weight‐matched rats exposed to normoxia served as control. After exposure to hypoxia and hypercapnia, mean pulmonary artery pressure, the ratio of right ventricle/left ventricle + septum, and the ratio of right ventricle/body weight were significantly increased. iNOS mRNA and protein levels were significantly increased, but sGC α1 mRNA and protein levels were significantly decreased in small pulmonary arteries of hypoxic and hypercapnic exposed rat. In addition, basal and stimulated sGC enzyme activity and cGMP content in lung tissue were significantly lower after exposure to hypoxia and hypercapnia. These results demonstrate that hypoxia and hypercapnia lead to the upregulation of iNOS expression, downregulation of sGC expression and activity, which then contribute to the development of pulmonary hypertension. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.