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What seals the I‐deal? Exploring the role of employees' behaviours and managers' emotions

Idiosyncratic deals (I-deals) are work arrangements between an employee and a manager, aimed at meeting the employee's specific work-related needs (Rousseau, 2005, I-deals: Idiosyncratic deals employees bargain for themselves, M. E. Sharpe, New York, NY). Studies to date have focused on the effects of successful I-deal negotiations, but have paid little attention to what determines whether negotiated I-deals are also obtained. We propose that managers play a crucial role in this process, and explore the role of managers' emotions in translating negotiation into obtainment. We suggest that I-deals are more likely to be obtained when managers feel more positive and less negative about an employee's I-deal process in the aftermath of the negotiation. We then aim to determine what shapes managers' emotions about the I-deal process. Given that I-deals are intended to be beneficial for the entire team (Rousseau, 2005, I-deals: Idiosyncratic deals employees bargain for themselves, M. E. Sharpe, New York, NY), we expect that managers feel more positive about the I-deal process of employees who engage in socially connecting behaviours following their I-deal negotiation. In contrast, managers feel more negative about the I-deal process of employees who engage in socially disconnecting behaviours. Results from a two-wave study of employees and their managers supported our hypotheses. Our findings contribute to research on I-deals by distinguishing between the negotiation and obtainment of I-deals and by highlighting the role of managers' emotions in translating negotiated I-deals into obtainment and the importance of employees' socially connecting and disconnecting behaviours following I-deal negotiations.
Analysis of 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 outcomes in 19 European countries: association with completeness of national strategic plans

Objective To describe changes in reported influenza activity associated with the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in European countries and determine whether there is a correlation between these changes and completeness of national strategic pandemic preparedness. Design A retrospective correlational study. Setting Countries were included if their national strategic plans had previously been analysed and if weekly influenza-like illness (ILI) data from sentinel networks between week 21, 2006 and week 20, 2010 were more than 50% complete. Outcome measures For each country we calculated three outcomes: the percentage change in ILI peak height during the pandemic relative to the prepandemic mean; the timing of the ILI peak and the percentage change in total cases relative to the prepandemic mean. Correlations between these outcomes and completeness of a country's national strategic pandemic preparedness plan were assessed using the Pearson product–moment correlation coefficient. Results Nineteen countries were included. The ILI peak occurred earlier than the mean seasonal peak in 17 countries. In 14 countries the pandemic peak was higher than the seasonal peak, though the difference was large only in Norway, the UK and Greece. Nine countries experienced more total ILI cases during the pandemic compared with the mean for prepandemic years. Five countries experienced two distinct pandemic peaks. There was no clear pattern of correlation between overall completeness of national strategic plans and pandemic influenza outcome measures and no evidence of association between these outcomes and components of pandemic plans that might plausibly affect influenza outcomes (public health interventions, vaccination, antiviral use, public communication). Amongst the 17 countries with a clear pandemic peak, only the correlation between planning for essential services and change in total ILI cases significantly differed from zero: correlation coefficient (95% CI) 0.50 (0.02, 0.79). Conclusions The diversity of pandemic influenza outcomes across Europe is not explained by the marked variation in the completeness of pandemic plans.
Loneliness as a Risk Factor for Depression in the Elderl

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of loneliness on the emergence of depression in the elderly. The sample consisted of 168 elderly living in their natural social environment. The depressive symptomatology was examined by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The impact of loneliness on depression development has been assessed by the non-parametric Kruskal Wallis and Chi-square Tests. The study found that up to 60.7% of seniors suffer from some degree of depression: 32.1% reporting mild; 28.6% manifesting full depression. We also have found a relationship between loneliness and depression development of the elderly.
Perceptual Incongruence Influences Bistability and Cortical Activation

We employed a parametric psychophysical design in combination with functional imaging to examine the influence of metric changes in perceptual incongruence on perceptual alternation rates and cortical responses. Subjects viewed a bistable stimulus defined by incongruent depth cues; bistability resulted from incongruence between binocular disparity and monocular perspective cues that specify different slants (slant rivalry). Psychophysical results revealed that perceptual alternation rates were positively correlated with the degree of perceived incongruence. Functional imaging revealed systematic increases in activity that paralleled the psychophysical results within anterior intraparietal sulcus, prior to the onset of perceptual alternations. We suggest that this cortical activity predicts the frequency of subsequent alternations, implying a putative causal role for these areas in initiating bistable perception. In contrast, areas implicated in form and depth processing (LOC and V3A) were sensitive to the degree of slant, but failed to show increases in activity when these cues were in conflict.
Actitudes hacia la igualdad de género en una muestra de estudiantes de Murcia

The analysis of the attitudes that students show towards gender equality is useful for the prevention, detection and attention to possible sexist behaviors in the adolescent population. The general purpose of this article is to know the attitudes toward gender equality in a sample of 316 Primary and Secondary Education students in schools of Murcia. The instrument employed for data collection was the scale of Garcia-Perez et al (2010). Quantitative data derived from the scale have been analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical package. The results show unfavorable attitudes towards equality. In this regard, significant differences between boys and girls and between stages are perceived. Globally, higher levels of sexism are found on the relationship and personal levels. In this line, the scores achieved place students from both education stages in a sexist attitude, with the exception of the sociocultural area, in which the students of Primary Education are in an adaptive attitude. By profiles, the majority of students are placed in a sexist attitude (82.9%), followed by an adaptive stance (16.1%) and lastly, egalitarian (0.9%). Finally, in view of the results, the implementation of urgent measures seems necessary in order to reverse this data.
Efficient frequent pattern mining

Proefschrift voorgelegd tot het behalen van de graad van Doctor in de Wetenschappen, richting Informatica te verdedigen door Acknowledgements Many people have contributed to the realization of this thesis. First an foremost, I am grateful to my advisor Jan Van den Bussche for his guidance throughout my doctoral studies and all the time and effort he put in the development of me and my work. The amount of decibels we produced during our vivid discussions, are directly related to the amount of knowledge he passed on to me. I am much in debt to my office-mate Floris Geerts. His help, encouragement and interest in my research resulted in the work presented in Chapter 4. I also thank the other members of our research group, the department and the administrative staff for creating a stimulating environment. This thesis further benefitted from pleasant discussions with, among others , Also many thanks to my parents, sister, other family members and friends for the support and encouragement they have given me during my long career as a student. Finally, I am very much in debt for the unconditional support, endless patience and constant encouragement I have received from my companion in life, Eva. Thank you. You are all part of the " we " used throughout this thesis.
Barriers of Pre-Hospital Services in Road Traffic Injuries in Tehran: The Viewpoint of Service Providers

Background: Iran is one of the countries with considerable road traffic injuries. Pre-hospital interventions have an important role in preventing mortalities and disabilities caused by traffic accidents. The present study aimed to explore the barriers of pre-hospital care in traffic injuries in Tehran, Iran. Methods: A qualitative content analysis approach was conducted based on 21 semi-structured interviews with 18 participants. A purposeful sampling method was applied until reaching data saturation. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and then data condensing, labeling, coding and defining categories were performed by qualitative content analysis. Results: Four main barriers including 4 main categories and 13 subcategories emerged; they included Barriers related to people, Barriers related to metropolitan infrastructure, Barriers related to the profession and Barriers related to managerial issues. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, pre-hospital service barriers in traffic accidents have many dimensions including cultural, structural and managerial domains. Policy makers in health system can use these findings to promote the quality of pre-hospital services, especially in the field of traffic injuries.
Two-way fourier split step algorithm over variable terrain with narrow and wide angle propagators

Helmholtz's wave equation can be approximated by means of two differential equations, corresponding to forward and backward propagating waves each of which is in parabolic wave equation (PWE) form. The standard PWE is very suitable for marching-type numerical solutions. The one-way Fourier split-step parabolic equation algorithm (SSPE) is highly effective in modeling electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation above the Earth's irregular surface through inhomogeneous atmosphere [1–4]. The two drawbacks of the standard PWE are: (i) It handles only the forward-propagating waves, and cannot account for the backscattered ones. The forward waves are usually adequate for typical long-range propagation scenarios. However, the backward waves become significant in the presence of obstacles that redirect the incoming wave. Hence, this necessitates the accurate estimation of the multipath effects to model the tropospheric wave propagation over terrain. (ii) It is a narrow-angle approximation, which consequently restricts the accuracy to propagation angles up to 10°-15° from the paraxial direction. To handle propagation angles beyond these values, wide-angle propagators have been introduced [5–6].
Group Decision-Making in Ultimatum Bargaining: An Experimental Study

Many rent-sharing decisions in a society are result from a bargaining process between groups of individuals (such as between the executive and the legislative branches of government, between legislative factions, between corporate management and shareholders, etc.). The purpose of this work is to conduct a laboratory study of the effect of different voting procedures on group decision-making in the context of ultimatum bargaining. An earlier study (Bornstein and Yaniv, [2]) has suggested that when the bargaining game is played by unstructured groups of agents, rather than by individuals, the division of the payoff is substantially affected in favor of the ultimatum-proposers. Our theoretical arguments suggest that one explanation for this could be implicit voting rules within groups. We propose to explicitly structure the group decision-making as voting and study the impact of different voting rules on the bargaining outcome.
The Hebbian paradigm reintegrated : Local reverberations as internal representationsDaniel

ent~ ao concluiremos que uma palavra, quando dita, dura mais que o som e os sons que a formaram, ca por a i, invisivel e inaudivel para poder guardar o seu prr oprio segredo. Jos e Saramago, A Jangada de Pedra 1988 we may conclude that a word, once said, persists longer than the vibration or the sound that formed it, it stays there, invisible and inaudible so as to preserve its very own secret. Abstract It is argued that the phenomenon of persistent, local spike rate distributions , in the absence of the provoking stimulus (the Hebbian reverberations in neural assemblies), is strongly implied by common cognitive experience. This cortical computational mechanism is then exhibited in the results of neuro-physiological experiments on performing monkeys by Miyashita et al. We trace back this mechanism to the Hebbian paradigm of postulating a learning dynamics which is intended to stabilize self-maintaining reverberations. The experimental data give very rich information on the nature of the internal representations in modules of associative cortex. This information is used to guide modeling which in turn captures, quasi quantitatively, the neuro-physiological data. The identiication of the reverberations (delay spike activity) as the internal code (representation) leads to a host of predictions of eeects cognitive psychology as well as in neuro-physiology. It is argued that many of the predictions follow directly from the old/new language used to describe the activity in the delay period in the neuro-physiological experiments. Other prediction follow from the detailed model which captures the characteristics of the internal representations.
The Relationships between Computer Self-Efficacy and Personal Characteristics of the Beginning Information Systems Student

Computer self-efficacy is the belief a person has in his or her ability to accomplish certain computer tasks. This belief is due in part to an individual's past experiences and other characteristics. This paper reports results of a survey measuring the relationship between computer self-efficacy and various personal characteristics of beginning information systems students. Results supported hypotheses stating that students expecting higher course grades would express greater computer self-efficacy than those expecting lower course grades, that students with prior computer experience would express greater computer self-efficacy than those with lesser or no prior experience. Results also indicated the more “internal” locus of control a student has the greater the reported computer self-efficacy would be, and the greater the need for problem solving (“need for cognition”), the greater the reported computer self-efficacy would be. Results did not support three hypotheses, which are discussed. Instructional i.
Intention understanding over T: a neuroimaging study on shared representations and tennis return predictions

Studying the way athletes predict actions of their peers during fast-ball sports, such as a tennis, has proved to be a valuable tool for increasing our knowledge of intention understanding. The working model in this area is that the anticipatory representations of others' behaviors require internal predictive models of actions formed from pre-established and shared representations between the observer and the actor. This model also predicts that observers would not be able to read accurately the intentions of a competitor if the competitor were to perform the action without prior knowledge of their intention until moments before the action. To test this hypothesis, we recorded brain activity from 25 male tennis players while they performed a novel behavioral tennis intention inference task, which included two conditions: (i) one condition in which they viewed video clips of a tennis athlete who knew in advance where he was about to act/serve (initially intended serves) and (ii) one condition in which they viewed video clips of that same athlete when he did not know where he was to act/serve until the target was specified after he had tossed the ball into the air to complete his serve (non-initially intended serves). Our results demonstrated that (i) tennis expertise is related to the accuracy in predicting where another server intends to serve when that server knows where he intends to serve before (but not after) he tosses the ball in the air; and (ii) accurate predictions are characterized by the recruitment of both cortical areas within the human mirror neuron system (that is known to be involved in higher-order (top-down) processes of embodied cognition and shared representation) and subcortical areas within brain regions involved in procedural memory (caudate nucleus). Interestingly, inaccurate predictions instead recruit areas known to be involved in low-level (bottom-up) computational processes associated with the sense of agency and self-other distinction.
KONFLIK PEKERJA-KELUARGA DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI (Studi Kasus Rumah Sakit Berbasis Islam di Surakarta)

Studi ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis: (1) ciri-ciri orang bekerja-konflik keluarga (WFC) di Rumah Sakit berbasis Islam di Surakarta, (2) penyebab bekerja-konflik keluarga (WFC) di Rumah Sakit berbasis Islam di Surakarta. Lokasi research di Rumah Sakit Islam YARSIS Surakarta (YARSIS rumah sakit Islam) dan Rumah Sakit Muhammadiyah PKU Surakarta (PKU Rumah Sakit Muhammadiyah). Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif -deskripstif dan informan di pilih dengan sengaja . Teknik Pengumpulan Data termasuk wawancara, kuesioner terbuka, dan dokumentasi. Subyek penelitian ini adalah orang-orang yang memiliki pengalaman bekerja lebih dari 10 tahun di rumah sakit, telah menikah dan mempunyai anak-anak. Hasil yang diperoleh dari studi ini menyatakan bahwa ada delapan kategori konflik keluarga-p ekerja an (WFC). Diantaranya adalah konflik bekerja-tanggungjawab keluarga, obsesi kerja, waktu kerja atas dan kebersamaan keluarga, konflik pekerjaan rumah tangga, pekerjaan dan kehidupan keluarga , memikirkan tentang keluarga selama bekerja, konflik- mengejar karir dan rumah tangga, dan komunikasi keluarga. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa ada satu kategori yang penting untuk konflik pe kerja an - keluarga, y aitu kelelahan fisik. Kata Kunci: Konflik Keluarga-Kerja, Konflik Berbasis Waktu, Konflik Berbasis Ketegangan, Konflik Berbasis Perilaku WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WORKERS (Case Study of Islamic based Hospitals in Surakarta) Abstract This study aimed to identify: (1) the characteristic of work-family conflict (WFC) in Islamic based Hospital at Surakarta, (2) the cause of work-family conflict (WFC) in Islamic based Hospital at Surakarta. The locations of research are Rumah Sakit Islam YARSIS Surakarta (YARSIS Islamic hospital) and Rumah Sakit PKU Muhammadiyah Surakarta (PKU Muhammadiyah hospital). This study uses descriptive-qualitative approach and informants are choosen purposively. Data collection techniques include interviews, open-questionaire, and documentation. Subjects of this study are those who have working experience more than 10 years at hospital, have married and have children. Result obtained from this study states that there are eight categories of work-family conflict (WFC). They are: conflict of working-family responsibility, obsession of work, working-time over family-time, conflict of household-work, family live-work, thinking about family during working, conflict of household- pursuing carreer, and family communication. Result obtained shows that there is one category that significant to work-family conflict, that is physical fatigue. Keyword: Work-Family Conflict , Time Based Conflict, Strained-Based Conflict, Behavior-Based Conflict.
Mechanisms of posttetanic potentiation and its possible role in maturation of the calyx of Held synapse

In this work, a hitherto overlooked form of short-term plasticity was identified at the calyx of Held, a glutamatergic excitatory synapse in the auditory brainstem pathway.Brief trains of high frequency stimulation (100 Hz for 1-8 s), which were applied to the afferent fibers that give rise to the calyces of Held, induced robust potentiation of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), following the well-known depression of synaptic transmission during high frequency trains. This transient overshoot of synaptic transmission at the calyx of Held shared many properties with posttetanic potentiation (PTP) at other synapses. At the peak of PTP, synaptic strength was increased about two-fold and the decay of PTP lasted over 10s of seconds to more than 1 minute, depending on the length of the induction train. The unchanged mEPSC amplitudes during PTP and the finding that PTP was suppressed by whole-cell recording of the nerve terminal indicate its presynaptic origin. PTP was induced more easily in synapses from young rats (postnatal days, P4 - P7) as compared to an older age group (P8 - P14), suggesting that PTP is developmentally regulated, and might play a role during the formation and/or maturation of the calyx of Held.We next investigated the possible mechanisms underlying PTP. First, we found that PTP is mediated primarily via an increase in the release probability of the vesicles in the readily releasable pool (RRP), without a significant change in the size of RRP. Second, surprisingly low (~ 80 nM at the peak of PTP), but prolonged elevations of residual [Ca2+]i in the presynaptic terminal were responsible for the induction of PTP. This high efficacy of a small residual [Ca2+]i signal during PTP, and the sensitivity of PTP to presynaptic whole-cell recording, which was accompanied by accelerated residual [Ca2+]i decay, suggested that other presynaptic intracellular messengers besides Ca2+ might also be involved in PTP. Therefore, we tested the protein kinase C / Munc-13 pathway. And indeed, different pharmacological experiments identified a role of protein kinase C in the induction of PTP at the calyx of Held.Thus, the calyx of Held represents a highly plastic synapse, which displays several forms of short-term plasticity that are very similar to those observed in other synapses of the central nervous system. The accessibility of this synapse to presynaptic recordings will allow understanding the mechanisms of short-term enhancement in the near future.
“Students Getting Pregnant Are Not Gonna Go Nowhere”: Manifestations of Stigma in Adolescent Mothers’ Educational Environment

The purpose of this study was to examine adolescent mothers’ perceptions of how individuals within the schools viewed them and how those views shaped their educational experiences. The sample consisted of 83 primarily Hispanic adolescent mothers who participated in one of 19 semi-structured focus group interviews during the 2014-2015 school year. Although we did not specifically explore stigma, the adolescent mothers described feeling stigmatized by school personnel and their non-parenting classmates. They also discussed how school policies were not conducive to parenting. Based on the results, recommendations are provided that will help school personnel effectively meet the needs of this population by creating an atmosphere in which the students feel safe, supported, and are able to learn.