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Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning

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The Effect of Social Characteristic in the Acceptance and Continue Usage for Information Technology in the Public Sector

Purpose: This study aims to test the factors influencing the acceptance and continue usage of technology in public sector. In addition, the study added one important factors of social characteristic to the key factors in the theory of technology acceptance in order to provide better understanding for the factors influencing the acceptance of information technology among the individual perceptions. Methodology: survey questionnaire was distributed to 53 government utilities and 357 cases were used in the analysis. SPSS and Structural Equition Modeling AMOS 18 was used for the analysis of the proposed model. Findings the study confirmed the theory of TAM and showed its potential capability in the public sector. the study has provided empirical evidence for the positive effect of subjective norm on the intention behaviour to use towards the actual usage for the technology the study has provided empirical evidence for the positive effect of social characteristic on the intention behaviour to use. Empirical evidence has shown that the employees and managers have the capability to use the technology. Significance: This study has provided empirical evidence for the effects of new technology determinants in the government sector. In particular, it has successfully revealed that subjective norm and organization culture, are important determinants in influencing the adoption and continue usage of technologies.
Globalization and Asset Returns

We provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of economic and financial globalization on asset return comovements over the past 35 years. Our globalization indicators draw a distinction between de jure openness that results from changes in the regulatory environment and de facto or realized openness, as well as between capital market restrictions across different asset classes. Although globalization has trended positively for most of our sample, the global financial crisis and its aftermath have provided new headwinds. Equity, bond, and foreign exchange returns often have different responses to globalization. We generally find weak evidence of comovement measures reacting to globalization and often find other economic factors to be equally or more important determinants.
Efficiency at Faculties of Economics in the Czech Public Higher Education Institutions: Two Different Approaches

The paper evaluates research and teaching efficiency at faculties of economics in the public higher education institutions in the Czech Republic. Evaluation is provided in two periods between the years 2006-2010 and 2007-2011. For this evaluation the Data Envelopment Analysis and Index approach are used. Data Envelopment Analysis measures research efficiency according to weighted inputs (average wages of academic staff, number of academic staff, and average number of students) to weighted output (RIV points). Teaching efficiency is measured according to weighted output (average number of absolvents). Index approach compares changes between productivity measured in two different ways (RIV points per academic staff, number of students per academic staff) and changes between average wages adjusted of average inflation rate. Although we evaluate research and teaching efficiency with different approaches, some similiraties can be found. Therefore, the detailed comparison of the results is provided. For the analysis we use data from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MSMT) and from the Research, Development and Innovation Council (RVVI).
Core psychopathology in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A network analysis

OBJECTIVE The cognitive-behavioral theory of eating disorders (EDs) proposes that shape and weight overvaluation are the core ED psychopathology. Core symptoms can be statistically identified using network analysis. Existing ED network studies support that shape and weight overvaluation are the core ED psychopathology, yet no studies have estimated AN core psychopathology and concerns exist about the replicability of network analysis findings. The current study estimated ED symptom networks among people with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) and among a combined group of people with AN and BN. METHOD Participants were girls and women with AN (n = 604) and BN (n = 477) seeking residential ED treatment. ED symptoms were assessed with the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q); 27 of the EDE-Q items were included as nodes in symptom networks. Core symptoms were determined by expected influence and strength values. RESULTS In all networks, desiring weight loss, restraint, shape and weight preoccupation, and shape overvaluation emerged as the most important symptoms. In addition, in the AN and combined networks, fearing weight gain emerged as an important symptom. In the BN network, weight overvaluation emerged as another important symptom. DISCUSSION Findings support the cognitive-behavioral premise that shape and weight overvaluation are at the core of AN psychopathology. Our BN and combined network findings provide a high degree of replication of previous findings. Clinically, findings highlight the importance of considering shape and weight overvaluation as a severity specifier and primary treatment target for people with EDs.
The Norwegian Communicative Development Inventories: Reliability, main developmental trends and gender differences

This article presents results from a large population-based study of early communicative development in Norwegian children using an adaptation of the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories, comprising 6574 children between 8 and 36 months. Data were collected via the Internet. In accordance with similar studies from other languages, it was found that vocabulary comprehension preceded vocabulary production, and that both use of gestures, comprehension and production of vocabulary, and grammatical complexity increased with age. Moreover, boys lagged behind girls in vocabulary production and comprehension, in grammatical complexity, and in certain types of imitation – this gender difference seems to come out more clearly in this study’s data than in data from other languages.
Assertive community treatment in UK practice. Revisiting... Setting up an assertive community treatment team

Since 2000 assertive outreach has been a requirement of community mental health provision in the UK. This has led to rapid proliferation of assertive community treatment teams offering a pure form of clinical case management to people with severe mental illness. The teams provide intensive support in obtaining material essentials such as food and shelter and place a greater emphasis on social functioning and quality of life than on symptoms. People with psychotic illness with fluctuating mental state and social functioning and poor medication adherence are most likely to benefit. Teams are ideally placed to monitor clozapine treatment in the community. Teams require a broad skills mix, and team members need some competence across a wide range of areas. Teams should include a psychiatrist or have regular access to one. Ideal individual case-loads are 10-12 patients. Around-the-clock availability is no longer considered essential, particularly in view of the rise of crisis resolution/home treatment teams.
Impact of Bos indicus Genetics on the Global Beef Industry

More than half of the cattle in the world are maintained in tropical environments between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The tropic of Cancer is located just south of the tip of Texas and Florida. About 40% of the beef cows in the United States are located in relatively hot and humid subtropics of the Southeast or more arid subtropics of the Southwest. Bos indicus germplasm plays a critical role in providing for adaptation of cattle used for beef production in these regions. Experimental results documenting the importance of using both Bos indicus and Bos taurus breeds in crossbreeding programs or composite populations to exploit heterosis and match genetic potential of cow herds to the climatic environment will be reviewed based primarily on results from the cattle germplasm evaluation (GPE) program at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska conducted in cooperation with experiment stations in the Southern U.S.
Firm-Specific Information and the Efficiency of Investment

In the three-year period following stock market liberalizations, the growth rate of the typical firm's capital stock exceeds its pre-liberalization mean by an average of 4.1 percentage points. Cross-sectional changes in investment are significantly correlated with the signals about fundamentals embedded in the stock price changes that occur upon liberalization. Panel-data estimations show that a 10-percentage point increase in a firm's expected future sales growth predicts a 2.9- to 3.5-percentage point increase in the growth rate of its capital stock. Country-specific changes in the cost of capital drive changes in investment but firm-specific changes in the cost of capital do not.
Community living for destitute older Zimbabweans: institutional care with a human face

Zimbabwe, like many other developing countries, has a relatively large number of destitute elderly people. For a variety of reasons it has become increasingly difficult to cater for these people - only a few old people's homes exist. In any event, conventional old people's homes have generally been frowned upon, not only for cultural reasons but also because they are perceived as being not user friendly and too expensive. For these and other reasons, it has become necessary to search for alternative types of accommodation for this population, which are affordable and socially more acceptable. This paper describes an alternative housing strategy with a more human face than residential institutions, which provides for co-operative living for destitute elderly persons.
Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes

ABSTRACT Objective: The objectives of this study were to examine the clinical profile of critically ill patients with septic acute kidney injury (AKI) and to investigate clinical characteristics associated with the outcome of patients. Methods: Data from 582 critically ill patients were collected and retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups: without AKI development and with AKI development. Baseline characteristics, laboratory, and other clinical data were compared between these two groups, and correlations between the characteristics and AKI development were examined. Patients with AKI development were further divided into two groups according to the survival outcome, and variables associated with the outcome were determined. Results: AKI was developed in 54.12% (n = 315) of patients, and these patients had blood pressure, SOFA score, APACHE II score, GCS, and various blood chemistry and hematology characteristics significantly different from the patients without AKI. Demographic characteristics (e.g. age and weight) were comparable between the two groups of patients. Among the 315 patients with AKI, 136 of them died during the study period. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the outcome of patients was associated with lung infection, coagulation system dysfunction, staphylococcus aureus infection, and use of various treatments (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the use of mechanical ventilation) after AKI development. Conclusion: AKI occurred in approximately half of the critically ill patients admitted to ICU. The site and type of infections, as well as the use of vasopressor agents, were associated with the outcome.
Providing quality of service over time delay networks by efficient queue management

The TCP/AQM dynamics is modeled as a time-delay congestion control system, in which the round trip time (RTT) has great influence on the system stability and network performance. Most of the existing active queue management (AQM) algorithms suffer from performance degradation, and fail to provide quality of service (QoS) when the RTT delay becomes remarkable. To address the problem, we present an efficient queue management method, which uses an enhanced Smith predictor to compensate for the RTT delay. An adaptation rule is designed for the gain of the estimated model via Lyapunov stability theory to improve the robustness of Smith predictor. Converting the Smith predictor to its equivalent structure, we derive the AQM controller from the internal model control technique and obtain an executable proportional-integral (PI) controller, which can be easily implemented due to its simple form. By simulations, it is demonstrated that our proposed method could improve QoS in large delay networks and outperforms other competitive AQM schemes in terms of stability and robustness.
The inclusion of overlooked lichen microhabitats in standardized forest biodiversity monitoring

Abstract Epiphytic lichens are increasingly included in forest biodiversity monitoring schemes, but most of the standardized guidelines consider only lichens colonizing a small part of tree trunks (1·0–1·5 m) and overlook other important microhabitats, such as fallen branches and stumps. In this paper, we present results of a small-scale pilot study to evaluate the possible advantage of including four distinct microhabitats in standardized procedures for assessing epiphytic lichen diversity. Trunk bases, trunks between 100 and 150 cm above the ground, stumps, and fallen branches were each sampled with a different standardized sampling method along a forest age gradient in temperate deciduous forests of the Caucasian region. Plot-level species richness was contrasted between the standardized sampling procedures of different substrata and a non-probabilistic floristic sampling. The interactions between sampling procedure and stand age were analysed using linear mixed models, and non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and multi-response permutation procedures (MRPP) were used for comparing species composition. Overall, 97 species were recorded, their richness increasing with increasing stand age. Results were consistent across the gradient of stand age and demonstrated that the adoption of standardized sampling procedures which include stumps and fallen branches in addition to tree trunks would increase the capability of maximizing species capture. This approach would allow researchers to evaluate lichen patterns by simultaneously considering the response of different communities sensitive to different stand-related factors. Despite the likelihood that a non-probabilistic floristic survey would give a more exhaustive picture of the plot-level lichen diversity, standardized sampling procedures that include tree trunks, fallen branches and stumps are likely to represent a reasonable trade-off between exhaustiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Live-cell imaging reveals sequential oligomerization and local plasma membrane targeting of stromal interaction molecule 1 after Ca2+ store depletion

Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) has recently been identified by our group and others as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ sensor that responds to ER Ca2+ store depletion and activates Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane (PM). The molecular mechanism by which STIM1 transduces signals from the ER lumen to the PM is not yet understood. Here we developed a live-cell FRET approach and show that STIM1 forms oligomers within 5 s after Ca2+ store depletion. These oligomers rapidly dissociated when ER Ca2+ stores were refilled. We further show that STIM1 formed oligomers before its translocation within the ER network to ER–PM junctions. A mutant STIM1 lacking the C-terminal polybasic PM-targeting motif oligomerized after Ca2+ store depletion but failed to form puncta at ER–PM junctions. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching measurements to monitor STIM1 mobility, we show that STIM1 oligomers translocate on average only 2 μm to reach ER–PM junctions, arguing that STIM1 ER-to-PM signaling is a local process that is suitable for generating cytosolic Ca2+ gradients. Together, our live-cell measurements dissect the STIM1 ER-to-PM signaling relay into four sequential steps: (i) dissociation of Ca2+, (ii) rapid oligomerization, (iii) spatially restricted translocation to nearby ER–PM junctions, and (iv) activation of PM Ca2+ channels.
Precise Control of Movement Kinematics by Optogenetic Inhibition of Purkinje Cell Activity

Purkinje cells (PCs) of the cerebellar cortex are necessary for controlling movement with precision, but a mechanistic explanation of how the activity of these inhibitory neurons regulates motor output is still lacking. We used an optogenetic approach in awake mice to show for the first time that transiently suppressing spontaneous activity in a population of PCs is sufficient to cause discrete movements that can be systematically modulated in size, speed, and timing depending on how much and how long PC firing is suppressed. We further demonstrate that this fine control of movement kinematics is mediated by a graded disinhibition of target neurons in the deep cerebellar nuclei. Our results prove a long-standing model of cerebellar function and provide the first demonstration that suppression of inhibitory signals can act as a powerful mechanism for the precise control of behavior.
A spatiotemporal study of gliosis in relation to depth electrode tracks in drug-resistant epilepsy

Key questions remain regarding the processes governing gliogenesis following central nervous system injury that are critical to understanding both beneficial brain repair mechanisms and any long‐term detrimental effects, including increased risk of seizures. We have used cortical injury produced by intracranial electrodes (ICEs) to study the time‐course and localization of gliosis and gliogenesis in surgically resected human brain tissue. Seventeen cases with ICE injuries of 4–301 days age were selected. Double‐labelled immunolabelling using a proliferative cell marker (MCM2), markers of fate‐specific transcriptional factors (PAX6, SOX2), a microglial marker (IBA1) and glial markers (nestin, GFAP) was quantified in three regions: zone 1 (immediate vicinity: 0–350 μm), zone 2 (350–700 μm) and zone 3 (remote ≥2000 μm) in relation to the ICE injury site. Microglial/macrophage cell densities peaked at 28–30 days post‐injury (dpi) with a significant decline in proliferating microglia with dpi in all zones. Nestin‐expressing cells (NECs) were concentrated in zones 1 and 2, showed the highest regenerative capacity (MCM2 and PAX6 co‐expression) and were intimately associated with capillaries within the organizing injury cavity. There was a significant decline in nestin/MCM2 co‐expressing cells with dpi in zones 1 and 2. Nestin‐positive fibres remained in the chronic scar, and NECs with neuronal morphology were noted in older injuries. GFAP‐expressing glia were more evenly distributed between zones, with no significant decline in density or proliferative capacity with dpi. Colocalization between nestin and GFAP in zone 1 glial cells decreased with increasing dpi. In conclusion, NECs at acute injury sites are a proliferative, transient cell population with capacity for maturation into astrocytes with possible neuronal differentiation observed in older injuries.
In vivo corneal oxygen uptake during soft-contact-lens wear.

PURPOSE We develop a new method to compute in situ corneal oxygen uptake during soft-contact-lens (SCL) wear using a micro-polarographic Clark electrode. METHODS After steady SCL wear and subsequent removal, a membrane-covered polarographic microelectrode is immediately placed onto the cornea. The resulting polarographic signal is related to the steady-state corneal oxygen uptake rate during soft-contact-lens wear. We devise a new analysis to quantify oxygen uptake into the cornea during lens wear. The proposed procedure is applied to new polarographic data for 10 human subjects with 12 different commercial lenses during open eye. We compare our results with recent theory. RESULTS Average corneal oxygen uptake rates at open eye during SCL wear for 10 subjects wearing 12 different commercial lenses vary from 2 to 10 μL(STP)/cm(2)/h. High oxygen permeability lenses have uptake rates of -10 μL(STP)/cm(2)/h, in close agreement with our previously obtained no-lens human uptake rates of 9 to 13 μL(STP)/cm(2)/h at open eye. (40) Application of the classical data-interpretation procedure to our experimental data gives corneal-uptake results that are approximately three to five times smaller than those obtained with our new interpretation scheme. CONCLUSIONS We provide a simple and reliable tool to quantify corneal-oxygen-uptake rates during in vivo soft-contact-lens wear. Comparison of our newly measured in vivo oxygen uptakes to model prediction for SCLs of varying oxygen transmissibility is in good agreement with available theory.
Efficacy , safety , and patient acceptability of the etonogestrel and ethinyl estradiol vaginal ring iñaki

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