Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH MOTIVASI, DAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA, TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN, DENGAN KEPUASAN KERJA SEBAGAI VARIABEL MEDIASI PADA PT BNI LIFEINSURANCE

The goal of any company is to profit as much as possible, and expects that such profits are growing. Improve employee performance, management should know what are the needs of employees. These things are useful to give an impression to employees that they are considered by the company they work for, and take part in achieving the company's goals. So actually the company's objectives will be consistent with the goals of its employees PT BNI Life Insurance. BNI Life is an insurance company engaged in providing a wide range of insurance products such as life insurance, health, education, Islamic investment and pensions. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of motivation on employee performance, motivation to job satisfaction, motivation on employee performance mediated by job satisfaction, the influence of the working environment on the performance of employees, the working environment on job satisfaction, work environment on employee performance mediated by job satisfaction and the effect of job satisfaction on employee performance. This research was conducted at PT BNI Life Insurance division employee benefit, with a population of 322 people, researchers took 220 people as a sample. This research method using quantitative study using a causal relationship (causal effect) and the type of primary data. Data collection techniques by doing media interviews and observations with the questionnaire. Inferential statistical analysis method using the parametric data type, and for internal analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed the variables of motivation on employee performance and significant positive effect because it has t-value 2.97 = 1.96 t-table. Likewise motivation on job satisfaction has a value of 2.31 t = t-table 1.96, which means motivation positive and significant impact on job satisfaction. Motivation to employee performance mediated by job satisfaction also significantly with the value t value -2.32 = 1.96 t-table. However, the work environment on employee performance showed no effect and significant because the value of the t-value 0:00 = t-table 1.96. In the work environment variables on job satisfaction has a positive and significant impact to the value of the t-value of 2.97 = t-table 1.96. Likewise in the work environment on employee performance and job satisfaction as mediating variables have t-value 3:36 = t-table 1.96, which means that the positive job satisfaction mediates the relationship between the work environment on employee performance. Last viewable job satisfaction variables on the performance of employees with t-value -2.73 = 1.96 t-table, so it can be interpreted variable job satisfaction and significant positive effect on employee performance. Key Words: Motivation, Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, Employee Performance
Penumbral structure at 0.1 resolution. I. General appearance and power spectra

We analyse sunspot filtergrams of unprecedented quality obtained by Scharmer et al. (2002) with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma. The observations comprise images in three different wavelength bands: 488, 436, and 430 nm (G-band). We find that there are still unresolved penumbral filaments which must have widths smaller than 80 km. The fine structuring along the filaments is limited. Penumbral grains have internal structure and look like they are split or crossed by narrow dark structures. We calculate intensity power spectra of the penumbra from images that are corrected for seeing using the Phase Diversity technique. The effects of high order aberrations that are not corrected for are estimated to be too low to be consistent with a flat power spectrum. The penumbral power spectra do not show any signs of bumps or peaks that could correspond to a preferred scale at 035 for the width of penumbral filaments. We argue that the power spectrum is not a very reliable source of information concerning preferred scales.
Consumer Strategies for Controlling Electric Water Heaters under Dynamic Pricing

—Electricity used to heat water represents 9% of residential demand in the USA and can be 40% in other countries. Hourly residential use of hot water is often anti-coincident with the peak generation of electricity, presenting an opportunity for reducing consumer costs under dynamic pricing during the afternoon generation peak. We have examined the effects of three strategies on customer costs under dynamic pricing: timed power interruption (long used by certain utilities), a price-sensitive thermostat, and a double period setback timer. Systems which lower the water temperature set points are as economical as power interruption systems, and result in higher minimum water temperature. Our model predicts that a setback thermostat will keep the tank water warmer than a load interruption timer with very similar electricity use. The setback thermostat and the more complex price-sensitive thermostat achieve similar water temperatures and consumer savings.
Your friends have more friends than you do: identifying influential mobile users through random walks

In this paper, we study the problem of identifying influential users in mobile social networks. Traditional approaches find these users through centralized algorithms on either friendship or social-contact graphs of all users. However, the computational complexity of these algorithms is known to be very high, making them unsuitable for large-scale networks. We propose a lightweight and distributed protocol, iWander, to identify influential users through fixed-length random walks. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to design a distributed protocol on smartphones that leverages random walks for identifying influential mobile users, although this technique has been used in other areas. The most attractive feature of iWander is its extremely low message overhead, which lends itself well to mobile applications. We evaluate the performance of iWander for two applications, targeted immunization of infectious diseases and target-set selection for information dissemination. Through extensive simulation studies using a real-world mobility trace, we demonstrate that targeted immunization using iWander achieves a comparable performance with a degree-based immunization policy that vaccinates users with large number of contacts first, while consuming only less than 1% of this policy's message overhead. We also show that target-set selection based on iWander outperforms the random and degree-based target-set selections for information dissemination in several scenarios.
Microfluidic micropillar arrays for 3D cell culture

Cell-based assays are one of the most important steps to select huge amount of drug candidates in drug discov- ery. To get more credible assay results, cell culture in the form of microscale environment and three-dimension has been exploited by microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing. However, the method still needs an enhanced reliability of scaffold formation and fast cell immobilization in a microchannel. In this report, we fabricated a microfluidic micropillar arrays (MMA) platform for cell culture using a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) replica molding process. Peptide hydrogel and Matrigel were nicely patterned along the micropillars by surface tension. In addition, a linear concentration gradient pro- file was presented in a stripe-shaped Matrigel matrix and the simulation result with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver was corresponded to the experimental profile. The MMA platform was successfully applied to the hepatocellular carcinoma cell (HepG2) culture for 2 days.
SURF Tracking

Most motion-based tracking algorithms assume that objects undergo rigid motion, which is most likely disobeyed in real world. In this paper, we present a novel motion-based tracking framework which makes no such assumptions. Object is represented by a set of local invariant features, whose motions are observed by a feature correspondence process. A generative model is proposed to depict the relationship between local feature motions and object global motion, whose parameters are learned efficiently by an on-line EM algorithm. And the object global motion is estimated in term of maximum likelihood of observations. Then an updating mechanism is employed to adapt object representation. Experiments show that our framework is flexible and robust in dealing with appearance changes, background clutter, illumination changes and occlusion.
Glycogen hyperphosphorylation underlies lafora body formation

Glycogen, the largest cytosolic macromolecule, acquires solubility, essential to its function, through extreme branching. Lafora bodies are aggregates of polyglucosan, a long, linear, poorly branched, and insoluble form of glycogen. Lafora bodies occupy vast numbers of neuronal dendrites and perikarya in Lafora disease in time‐dependent fashion, leading to intractable and fatal progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Lafora disease is caused by deficiency of either the laforin glycogen phosphatase or the malin E3 ubiquitin ligase. The 2 leading hypotheses of Lafora body formation are: (1) increased glycogen synthase activity extends glycogen strands too rapidly to allow adequate branching, resulting in polyglucosans; and (2) increased glycogen phosphate leads to glycogen conformational change, unfolding, precipitation, and conversion to polyglucosan. Recently, it was shown that in the laforin phosphatase‐deficient form of Lafora disease, there is no increase in glycogen synthase, but there is a dramatic increase in glycogen phosphate, with subsequent conversion of glycogen to polyglucosan. Here, we determine whether Lafora bodies in the malin ubiquitin ligase‐deficient form of the disease are due to increased glycogen synthase or increased glycogen phosphate.
Auditory Steady-State Response Thresholds in Adults With Conductive and Mild to Moderate Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Background: The Auditory steady state response (ASSR) provides a frequency-specific and automatic assessment of hearing sensitivity and is used in infants and difficult-to-test adults. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the ASSR thresholds among various types (normal, conductive, and sensorineural), degree (normal, mild, and moderate), and configuration (flat and sloping) of hearing sensitivity, and measuring the cutoff point between normal condition and hearing loss for different frequencies. Patients and Methods: This clinical trial was performed in Iran and included patients who were referred from Ear, Nose, and Throat Department. A total of 54 adults (27 with sensorineural hearing loss, 17 with conductive hearing losses, and 10 with normal hearing) were randomly chosen to participate in our study. The type and degree of hearing loss were determined through testing by otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflex, and pure tone audiometry. Then the ASSR was tested at carrier frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. Results: The ASSR accurately estimates the behavioral thresholds as well as flat and sloping configurations. There was no correlation between types of hearing loss and difference of behavioral and ASSR thresholds (P = 0.69). The difference between ASSR and behavioral thresholds decreased as severity of hearing loss increased. The 40, 35, 30, and 35 dB could be considered as cutoffs between normal hearing and hearing loss for 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, respectively. Conclusions: The ASSR can accurately predict the degree and configuration of hearing loss and discriminate the normal hearing from mild or moderate hearing loss and mild from moderate hearing loss, except for 500 Hz. The Air-conducted ASSR could not define the type of hearing loss.
Reduced 3‐O‐methyl‐dopa levels in OCD patients and their unaffected parents is associated with the low activity M158 COMT allele

The catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) gene is considered as a candidate gene in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Specifically, the COMT low‐activity M158 allele has been suggested to be associated with OCD. However, there is no study reporting that COMT activity is decreased in OCD patients and that the decrease is mediated by the V158M polymorphism. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to assess COMT activity in OCD by measuring plasma levels of 3‐O‐methyl‐dopa (3‐OMD), which result from the methylation of levodopa by COMT, and to investigate the relationship between 3‐OMD levels and the V158M polymorphism. We also examined whether 3‐OMD levels represented an endophenotype, associated with the genetic liability to OCD, by assessing unaffected relatives of OCD patients. We assessed plasma 3‐OMD levels in a sample of drug‐free OCD probands (n = 34) and their unaffected parents (n = 63), and compared them with controls (n = 85). The COMT V158M polymorphism was genotyped in all participants. Lower plasma 3‐OMD levels were found in OCD probands and their unaffected parents compared to controls. The COMT M158 allele was associated with reduced plasma 3‐OMD levels in a co‐dominant manner, both in OCD probands and their relatives, but not in controls. Our results suggest that COMT activity could act as a limiting factor for the production of 3‐OMD in OCD patients and in their relatives. These findings further support a role of COMT in the susceptibility to OCD and provide evidence that 3‐OMD levels could represent an endophenotype in OCD. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Weighted mean: A possible method to express overall Dhatu Sarata

Several questions are being raised regarding the accuracy of the methods of diagnosis and reporting of various clinical parameters according to Ayurveda in recent times. Uniformity in reporting, issues related to inter-rater variability, uniformity in applying statistical tests, reliability, consistency, and validation of various tools, - are some of the major concerns that are being voiced. Dhatu Sarata is one such domain where no substantial work has been carried out to address these issues. The Sanskrit term "Dhatu" roughly translates as a "tissue. ". Sarata stands for the status of Dhatu in a given individual, i.e., it describes whether the status is excellent, moderate, or poor. In the available research literature, there are several gaps while dealing with and reporting the clinical assessment of Dhatu. Most of the workers group an individual into any one of the categories of Dhatu Sarata, and this approach neglects the contribution of other Dhatus to the overall Sarata in that individual. In this communication, we propose the usefulness of "weighted mean" in expressing the overall Sarata in an individual. This gives the researcher a freedom of not classifying an individual into any one group of Sarata, while also simultaneously allowing him/her to retain the focus on the status of an individual Dhatu.
Reflection upon mores and the Reconstruction Movement: A dilemma of the Yongjia Conservatives during the Post-Taiping Restoration

The law of power in Xia-Qi (chivalry) destroyed the hierarchical structure of the Imperial and produced an equalization so that the traditional governance was involved in crises. It was on the reflection upon the crises that the reconstruction prompted by literati during the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods was based. Confucian classics studies played an important role in shaping the elites’ ideology and individual wills. Associations of literati and kinship networks also contributed to the spread of these academic studies. Different judgments about the real relations between people of different social statuses caused conflicts in social transformation practices. For example, a higher-ranking group of literati in Wenzhou in southeast ZhengJiang province adopted a conservative scheme of reconstructing the patriarchal clan system and Confucian academic traditions in order to realize moralization in the imperial political structure. This conservative reconstruction, however, had an impact contrary to its initial goal of moralization: scholar-tyrants plundered finite land resources in the local mountainous society, while those disciples following the higher-ranking masters corrupted the academic atmosphere so that aristocratic politics became the principles dominating the private school of the prominent clan. In addition, immorality among close relatives in the prominent family ruined local customs. Superficially, it seemed that conservative moralization was obstructed and that local affairs managed by the literati had failed, but this created a new historical opportunity for the transformation of social structure in modern China. Social organizations that were based on general individual mind structures would play a fundamental role in the modern democracy in China.
Value versus glamour

The fragility of the CAPM has led to a resurgence of research that frequently uses trading strategies based on sorting procedures to uncover relations between firm characteristics (such as "value" or "glamour") and equity returns. We examine the propensity of these strategies to generate statistically and economically significant profits due to our familiarity with the data. Under plausible assumptions, data snooping can account for up to 50 percent of the in-sample relations between firm characteristics and returns uncovered using single (one-way) sorts. The biases can be much larger if we simultaneously condition returns on two (or more) characteristics. Copyright (c) 2003 by the American Finance Association.
Content Virality on Online Social Networks: Empirical Evidence from Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ on German News Websites

The virality of content describes its likelihood to be shared with peers. In this work, we investigate how content characteristics impact the sharing likelihood of news articles on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. We examine a random sample of 4,278 articles from the most popular news websites in Germany categorized by human classifiers and text mining tools. Our analysis reveals commonalities and subtle differences between the three networks indicating different sharing patterns of their users.
The neuropsychiatry of paranormal experiences.

From the perspective of modern neuroscience all behaviors and all experiences are created by the dynamic matrix of chemical and electromagnetic events within the human brain. Paranormal experiences might be considered a subset of these neurogenic processes. Experiences that are labeled as or attributed to paranormal phenomena 1) are frequently dominated by a sensed presence, 2) appear to involve the acquisition of information from distances beyond those normally obtained by the classical senses, and 3) imply distortions in physical time. 1 Most paranormal experiences have negative affective themes with emphasis on some aspect of death to others or dissolution of the self. Experiences concerning death or crisis to others are reported to occur predominantly at night, particularly between 2:00 and 4:00 A.M. The sensed presence is also more common during this nocturnal period. We 2 have suggested that the hourly incidence of temporal lobe seizures (data collected in the late nineteenth century by W. P. Spratling before medication was available) and the circadian distribution of sensed presences attributed to paranormal sources reflect a shared source of variance within the human brain. If structure dictates function and microstructure within the brain determines or directs microfunction, then one would expect classes of experiences to be associated with specific regions of the brain or the patterns of activity generated within these areas. Both the occurrence of paranormal experiences and their rates of incidence are associated with specific types of neuronal activity within the temporal lobes. This linkage does not verify the validity of the content of the experiences but simply indicates that specific patterns of activity within the temporal lobes and related structures are associated with the experiences. The sources of the stimuli that evoke the neuroelectrical changes may range from properties intrinsic to chaotic activity, with minimal veridi-cality, to external information that is processed by mechanisms not known to date. That patients who display complex partial seizures with foci within the temporal lobes, particularly the amygdala and hippocampus, report more frequent par-anormal-like experiences has been known for decades. Distortions in subjective time, the sensed presence of another sentient being, out-of-body experiences, and even religious reveries have occurred during spontaneous seizures. 3 Direct surgical stimulation of mesiobasal structures within the temporal lobes, particularly the right hemisphere, has been shown to evoke comparable experiences. As emphasized by Horowitz and Adams, 4 the experiences during stimulation are not just memories , but enhancements or vivifications …
MDA5 and TLR3 Initiate Pro-Inflammatory Signaling Pathways Leading to Rhinovirus-Induced Airways Inflammation and Hyperresponsiveness

Rhinovirus (RV), a single-stranded RNA picornavirus, is the most frequent cause of asthma exacerbations. We previously demonstrated in human bronchial epithelial cells that melanoma differentiation-associated gene (MDA)-5 and the adaptor protein for Toll-like receptor (TLR)-3 are each required for maximal RV1B-induced interferon (IFN) responses. However, in vivo, the overall airway response to viral infection likely represents a coordinated response integrating both antiviral and pro-inflammatory pathways. We examined the airway responses of MDA5- and TLR3-deficient mice to infection with RV1B, a minor group virus which replicates in mouse lungs. MDA5 null mice showed a delayed type I IFN and attenuated type III IFN response to RV1B infection, leading to a transient increase in viral titer. TLR3 null mice showed normal IFN responses and unchanged viral titers. Further, RV-infected MDA5 and TLR3 null mice showed reduced lung inflammatory responses and reduced airways responsiveness. Finally, RV-infected MDA5 null mice with allergic airways disease showed lower viral titers despite deficient IFN responses, and allergic MDA5 and TLR3 null mice each showed decreased RV-induced airway inflammatory and contractile responses. These results suggest that, in the context of RV infection, binding of viral dsRNA to MDA5 and TLR3 initiates pro-inflammatory signaling pathways leading to airways inflammation and hyperresponsiveness.
Technology and Climate Trends in PV Module Degradation: Preprint

To sustain the commercial success of photovoltaic (PV) technology it is vital to know how power output decreases with time. Unfortunately, it can take years to accurately measure the long-term degradation of new products, but past experience on older products can provide a basis for prediction of degradation rates of new products. An extensive search resulted in more than 2000 reported degradation rates with more than 1100 reported rates that include some or all IV parameters. In this paper we discuss how the details of the degradation data give clues about the degradation mechanisms and how they depend on technology and climate zones as well as how they affect current and voltage differently. The largest contributor to maximum power decline for crystalline Si technologies is short circuit current (or maximum current) degradation and to a lesser degree loss in fill factor. Thin-film technologies are characterized by a much higher contribution from fill factor particularly for humid climates. Crystalline Si technologies in hot & humid climates also display a higher probability to show a mixture of losses (not just short circuit current losses) compared to other climates. The distribution for the module I-V parameters (electrical mismatch) was found to change with more » field exposure. The distributions not only widened but also developed a tail at the lower end, skewing the distribution. « less