Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“I Just Said It. The State”: Examining the Motivations for Danish Foreign Fighting in Syria

While several studies of radicalization processes and recruitment to jihadi organizations have been undertaken in European countries, very few are based on interviews with foreign fighters that have been fighting in Syria and/or Iraq. Hence, actual knowledge about the foreign fighters’ inner narratives and motivations remain scarce. This article aims to shed light on how foreign fighters from jihadi organizations in Syria and/or Iraq understand their own actions and behaviour, and what we might overlook when designing counter radicalization measures. Drawing upon 16 in-depth interviews with returned and current foreign fighters from Denmark, the study suggests that while many previous studies emphasize the role of structural socio-economic factors in pushing foreign fighters to travel, several pull factors–some rather counter-intuitive–are also at play. Thus, the very idea of an Islamic State seems to have a significant pull effect on Danish jihadi-travellers, being a driving force in the radicalization process, in the recruitment to jihadist organizations, and on the battlefield.
Commentaries on Ruz & Lupiáñez (2002): A review of Attentional Capture: On its automaticity and sensitivity to endogenous control.

Ruz and Lupiáñez have provided a comprehensive review of the attentional capture research and we agree with their conclusion that attentional capture is automatic by default, but can be modulated by endogenous factors. One such endogenous factor is an attentional control setting, whereby topdown processes largely determine what type of visual events will capture attention. As noted by Ruz and Lupiáñez, there is considerable evidence both for attentional control settings and for the significant impact such settings have on various types of attentional tasks (although there is evidence that, in certain situations, bottom-up processes may largely determine behavior). Of particular interest to us was the discussion on how attentional control settings operate. In their original work regarding the influence of task demands on attentional capture, Folk and Remington (e.g., Folk, Remington & Johnston, 1992; Folk, Remington & Wright, 1994) conceived the attentional control setting as a filter that allows attention to be captured at locations where a peripheral event (i.e., the cue) shares some critical feature with the task (i.e., the target). Thus, according to Folk and Remington, attention is not allocated to locations where the cue does not share some task relevant feature with the target (see also, Remington, Folk & McLean, 2001). Recently, Theeuwes and colleagues suggested that attentional control settings are more likely to operate through the rapid disengagement of attention from a cued location (Theeuwes, Atchley & Kramer, 2000). Their
Long-term prognosis of patients with peripheral arterial disease with or without polyvascular atherosclerotic disease.

AIMS Patients with peripheral atherosclerotic disease often have multiple affected vascular beds (AVB), however, data on long-term follow-up and medical therapy are scarce. We assessed the prevalence and prognostic implications of polyvascular disease on long-term outcome in symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three consecutive patients were screened prior to surgery for concomitant documented cerebrovascular disease and coronary artery disease. The number of AVB was determined. Cardiovascular medication as recommended by guidelines was noted at discharge. Single, two, and three AVB were detected in 1369 (46%), 1249 (43%), and 315 (11%) patients, respectively. During a median follow-up of 6 years, 1398 (48%) patients died, of which 54% secondary to cardiovascular cause. After adjustment for baseline cardiac risk factors and discharge-medication, the presence of 2-AVB or 3-AVB was associated with all-cause mortality (HR 1.3 95% CI 1.2-1.5; HR 1.8 95% CI 1.5-2.2) and cardiovascular mortality (HR 1.5 95% CI 1.2-1.7; HR 2.0 95% CI 1.6-2.5) during long-term follow-up, respectively. Patients with 2- and 3-AVB received extended medical treatment compared with 1-AVB at the time of discharge. CONCLUSION Polyvascular atherosclerotic disease in PAD patients is independently associated with an increased risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality during long-term follow-up.
Knowledge Workers' Use of Electronic Information Sources

Knowledge workers are those who interact knowledgea ble with information by creating, reading, analyzing and acting upon it. Being able to find re levant information is thus an important task for an y knowledge worker, but how is this achieved? By inte rviewing knowledge workers about their information seeking activities, we have produced no vel findings. Firstly, we suggest that the knowledge worker moves between and within three dif ferent information environments ‐ the local, the organizational and the global ‐ and are thus forced to switch between tools to satisfy an information need. Therefore we suggest that future tools need t o be designed to allow seamless interaction across all environments and tools. Secondly, the knowledge worker does not use the intranet search engine but finds intranet information via URLs received fr om colleagues. Thirdly, the knowledge worker seems to appreciate the judgment of fellow employee s and to trust human filtering more than computer algorithms. Fourthly, surprisingly often the knowle dge worker searches manually in the local and organizational environment, despite the existence o f search tools. In contrast, when the public web is searched, search engines are often used heavily. We discuss how these findings are useful insights for the design of future information seeking tools.
Investigation of suction for laminar flow control of three-dimensional boundary layers

Direct numerical simulations are employed to investigate the effects of discrete suction orifices at the wall on the disturbance evolution in laminar three-dimensional boundary-layer flows with favourable pressure gradient. Suction panels with many suction orifices can excite unstable crossflow (CF) modes even if the orifice spacing is smaller than the chordwise/spanwise wavelengths of unstable modes, caused by imperfections in the orifice order or suction strength. It has been found that the most unstable steady vortex mode leads to strong CF vortices that invoke turbulence by secondary instability even on the active suction panel. The deliberate excitation and support of stabilizing vortices that have less than two-thirds of the spanwise wavelength of the most amplified ones – known from the upstream flow deformation or micrometre-sized roughness elements technique – by the orifice order on the panel can secure the desired stabilizing effect of suction and lower the necessary suction amount significantly.
Investigation of the attenuation exhibited by a molecularly cloned chicken anemia virus isolate by utilizing a chimeric virus approach

Molecular cloning of the Cux-1 isolate of chicken anemia virus (CAV), which had been passaged 173 times in cell culture, resulted in the isolation of an attenuated strain, designated cloned isolate 10, which reverted to virulence following 10 passages in young chicks (D. Todd, T. J. Connor, V. M. Calvert, J. L. Creelan, B. M. Meehan, and M. S. McNulty, Avian Pathol. 24:171-187, 1995). The attenuated cloned isolate 10 differs from the molecularly cloned pathogenic Cux-1 isolate in that it possesses a 21-nucleotide insertion within the nontranscribed region of the CAV genome and 17 individual nucleotide substitutions dispersed throughout the genome. Comparative analyses with other published CAV sequences indicated that cloned isolate 10 was unique at nine nucleotide positions and at five amino acid positions. The molecular basis of the attenuation exhibited by cloned isolate 10 was investigated by evaluating the pathogenicities of two sets of complementary chimeric viruses. These sets were produced by transfection with chimeric double-stranded replicative-form (RF) DNA equivalents that contained DNA sequences derived from cloned isolate 10 and the pathogenic cloned Cux-1 isolate. The construction of the chimeric RFs exploited the occurrence of unique EcoRI, PstI, and BamHI restriction sites, which allowed their respective circular CAV RFs to be manipulated as three restriction fragments of 0.58, 0.93, and 0.71 kbp. Examination of the levels of anemia and gross pathology in the thymuses and bone marrows of 14 day-old specific-pathogen-free chicks following infection of 1-day-old chicks with the chimeric and cloned parental isolates indicated that nucleotide changes in each of the three genomic regions contributed towards attenuation. The significance of this result to the development and use of live attenuated CAV vaccines is discussed.
Journal of HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

in present times the concept of “workplace spirituality” has been acknowledged as an important discipline so called a “transient advantage” in corporate world for supplementing a meaningful atmosphere to one’s workplace. e domains like behavioral science and human resource has embraced the topic as a promising research area with an assumption to oﬀer fresh and signiﬁcant insights to the business world. However, it is presumed that the present state of academic research in the ﬁeld of workplace spirituality is in many ways reminiscent of where theories of leadership and other similar developmental intervention in Hr domain were there some ﬁfty years ago. Today’s organizations’ are seeking for a committed workforce as organizational commitment and emotional involvement in one’s respective job proﬁle is viewed as a business necessity. is is apparently possible when the professionals in a work set-up are able to derive meaning and signiﬁcance in their work proﬁle. erefore, this present study has attempted through a ﬁeld survey to document the ﬁndings from selected executives of public and private sector banking industries of indian sub-continent on the relationships between workplace spirituality, organizational commitment and emotional intelligence. regression analysis has revealed that emotional intelligence stood as a potential moderator between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment. e paper has brought out the potential beneﬁts of bringing spirituality into the workplace; providing suggestions for Hr and behavioral practitioners to incorporate spirituality in organizations.
Dead Reckoning Based Rendering of 3D Cloud for Shiphandling Simulator

Light interaction considering scattering and absorbing is implemented with some simplicity physically. Dead reckoning based calculation is used during the implementation. After the 3D cloud being integrated using Cellular Automata clouding modeling method, experimental results show that it has realistic effect with fast rendering speed on a common PC. The method in this paper is very suitable for the visual scene system in Shiphandling Simulator.
Effect of Vitamins C and E on Endothelial Function in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Background/Objectives. Endothelial dysfunction due to hyperglycemia-induced oxidative damage is an important predictor of future cardiovascular risk in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and is present in adolescent T1DM. We hypothesized that combined treatment with the antioxidant vitamins C and E might improve endothelial function (EF) and other biochemical risk factors in adolescents with T1DM. Subjects/Methods. Open-label antioxidant supplementation was given for six weeks with endpoint measurements collected at baseline and study completion. Endpoints measured included EF and plasma measurements of biochemical endothelial risk. Results. Two males and 7 females were studied. Mean age was 12.9 ± 0.9 yrs; mean T1DM duration was 5.5 ± 2.5 yrs; mean BMI was 22.1 ± 3.8 kg/m2; and mean hemoglobin A1c was 9.3 ± 1.1%. No differences were found for EF, high sensitivity CRP, total antioxidant capacity, adiponectin, or endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) between before and after combined vitamin C and E therapy. Conclusions. Our negative study results do not support previous findings of decreased oxidative damage, improved endothelial function, and increased vascular repair capacity with antioxidant therapy. Longer term studies may be needed to determine the effects, if any, of combined antioxidant therapy on EPCs, EF, and markers of micro- and macrovascular complications in T1DM.
Why do we hate Microsoft and still use Word

The reaction of an individual to the development of an information system or a new instance of information technology is determined by a complex and varied set of beliefs, values and attitudes. Research to understand the acceptance or rejection of innovations has worked at an aggregate level to yield general guidance on how to influence the process. This paper outlines the progress and then argues that a focus on the individual is required. The measurement issues at this micro level are challenging if the researcher is to avoid influencing the subject but once solved will provide data with which to test any of the proposed models more accurately.
Phrase-based Information Retrieval

In this article we describe a retrieval schema which goes beyond the classical information retrieval keyword hypothesis and takes into account also linguistic variation Guided by the failures and successes of other state of the art approaches as well as our own experience with the Irena system our approach is based on phrases and incorporates linguistic resources and processors In this respect we introduce the Phrase Retrieval Hypothesis to replace the Keyword Retrieval Hypothesis We suggest a representation of phrases suitable for indexing and an architecture for such a retrieval system Syntactical normalization is introduced to improve retrieval e ectiveness Morphological and lexico semantical normalizations are adjusted to t in this model A previous version of this work was presented as a paper at RIAO conference in Quebec Canada and included in RIAO proceedings Arampatzis et al a Dept of Information Systems Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science University of Nijmegen Toernooiveld NL ED Nijmegen The Netherlands E mail avgerino cs kun nl tel fax
IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON WORKERS' PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

This is a research on the relationship between motivation and performance of workers in the Nigerian construction industry. It identifies a number of motivational schemes that enhance the performance of workers. Findings from the research on productivity of construction workers are reported. Two sets of questionnaires were employed in the study. One set was administered on management staff and the other on operatives. The study reveals that salaries paid to operatives in the study were below the stipulations of the Nigerian National Joint Industry Council. It further shows that operatives are rarely promoted, and operatives prefer financial incentives to nonfinancial incentives. The study recommends that increases in salary via promotion, overtime allowances and holidays with pay should be used as motivators (financial incentives) for increase in performance of construction workers (operatives).
Different Degrees of Explicitness in Intentional Artifacts: An Exploratory Study of User Goals in a Search Query Log

Virgin ore in granular form is enriched by air flotation classification separating at least a large part of the gangue. Suspension of the ore is effected immediately as supplied to the inlet section of the classification trough by copious upward flow of air from the air-diffusing floor plates after which separation is accomplished as the suspension flows through the trough. An adjustable gate in the partition which separates the inlet section of the plenum from the classifier section is adjusted to maintain a relatively very high pressure and consequent copious air flow as compared with the pressure of the plenum from which air is supplied in more moderate quantities to the diffuser floor of the classification trough downstream of the partition. The trough is free of any obstruction that would impede the flow of gangue to its discharge end. Flotation air is supplied to the plenum only at the inlet section and a bleeder valve regulates the total flow to the air-diffusing floor plates of the apparatus. Either cross or longitudinal riffles may be employed in the trough floor as required to handle particular materials. The latter also offering continuous operation which may be enhanced by a shaker or vibrating conveyor action to move settled ore toward the discharge end of the apparatus.
Exploiting Massive Parallelism for IndexingMulti-Dimensional Datasets on the GPU

Inherently multi-dimensional n-ary indexing structures such as R-trees are not well suited for the GPU because of their irregular memory access patterns and recursive back-tracking function calls. It has been known that traversing hierarchical tree structures in an irregular manner makes it difficult to exploit parallelism and to maximize the utilization of GPU processing units. Moreover, the recursive tree search algorithms often fail with large indexes because of the GPU's tiny runtime stack size. In this paper, we propose a novel parallel tree traversal algorithm-massively parallel restart scanning (MPRS) for multi-dimensional range queries that avoids recursion and irregular memory access. The proposed MPRS algorithm traverses hierarchical tree structures with mostly contiguous memory access patterns without recursion, which offers more chances to optimize the parallel SIMD algorithm. We implemented the proposed MPRS range query processing algorithm on n-ary bounding volume hierarchies including R-trees and evaluated its performance using real scientific datasets on an NVIDIA Tesla M2090 GPU. Our experiments show braided parallel SIMD friendly MPRS range query algorithm achieves at least 80 percent warp execution efficiency while task parallel tree traversal algorithm shows only 9-15 percent efficiency. Moreover, braided parallel MPRS algorithm accesses 7-20 times less amount of global memory than task parallel parent link algorithm by virtue of minimal warp divergence.
Superannuation Choice: The Pivotal Role of the Default Option

The global move towards choice is founded on the traditional economic assumption that well informed economic agents act rationally to maximise their self-interests. Investment choice enables superannuation fund members to select their optimal investment portfolio that matches their risk and return preferences and ultimately, maximises retirement incomes. However, recent behavioural research has challenged the traditional view, arguing a form of ‘bounded rationality’ is observed in practice. When plan participants face complex decisions required to make investment choice, inertia or procrastination affects their decisions, leading to sub-optimal choices (Choi, Laibson, Madrian & Metrick 2003; Madrian & Shea 2001; Mitchell & Utkus 2003). These findings have implications for the current and proposed ‘choice framework’ in Australia. In particular, the findings that many plan participants are unable to make effective choices, even after undertaking education programs, highlights the need to ensure that appropriate default options are provided in superannuation funds. To date, the choice debate has focused on expanding education programs, reducing fees and determining the number and types of choices. The role of the default option is considered a second order issue in this debate, merely relegated to the same status as another investment option in a portfolio of investment and fund choices. In this paper we address this shortcoming by calling for a renewed focus on default options in superannuation plan design, drawing on the considerable evidence emerging from behavioural research.
An Investigation into the Effects of Luminosity on the Mid-Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions of Radio-quiet Quasars

We present an analysis of the effects of luminosity on the shape of the mid-infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 234 radio-quiet quasars originally presented by Richards et al. In quasars without evident dust extinction, the spectrally integrated optical and infrared luminosities are linearly correlated over nearly three decades in luminosity. We find a significant (≳99.99% confidence) correlation between the 1.8-8.0 μm spectral index and infrared luminosity that indicates an enhancement of the mid-infrared continuum with increasing luminosity. Coupled with strong evidence for spectral curvature in more luminous quasars, we conclude that this trend is likely a manifestation of the "near-infrared (3-5 μm) bump" noted in earlier quasar SED surveys. The strength of this feature is indicative of the contribution of emission from the hottest (≳1000 K) dust to the mid-infrared spectrum; higher luminosity quasars tend to show more hot dust emission. Finally, the comparable distribution of bolometric corrections from the monochromatic 3 μm luminosity as well as its lack of sensitivity to dust extinction as compared to the standard bolometric correction from νL5100 Å suggest that the former may be a more robust indicator of bolometric quasar luminosity. The close link between the power in the mid-infrared and optical and the effect of luminosity on the shape of the mid-infrared continuum indicate that considering mid-infrared emission independent of the properties of the quasar itself is inadequate for understanding the parsec-scale quasar environment.
Synaptic Changes in the Thalamocortical System of Cathepsin D-Deficient Mice: A Model of Human Congenital Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis

Cathepsin D (CTSD; EC 3.4.23.5) is a lysosomal aspartic protease, the deficiency of which causes early-onset and particularly aggressive forms of neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis in infants, sheep, and mice. Cathepsin D deficiencies are characterized by severe neurodegeneration, but the molecular mechanisms behind the neuronal death remain poorly understood. In this study, we have systematically mapped the distribution of neuropathologic changes in CTSD-deficient mouse brains by stereologic, immunologic, and electron microscopic methods. We report highly accentuated neuropathologic changes within the ventral posterior nucleus (ventral posteromedial [VPM]/ventral posterolateral [VPL]) of thalamus and in neuronal laminae IV and VI of the somatosensory cortex (S1BF), which receive and send information to the thalamic VPM/VPL. These changes included pronounced astrocytosis and microglial activation that begin in the VPM/VPL thalamic nucleus of CTSD-deficient mice and are associated with reduced neuronal number and redistribution of presynaptic markers. In addition, loss of synapses, axonal pathology, and aggregation of synaptophysin and synaptobrevin were observed in the VPM/VPL. These synaptic alterations are accompanied by changes in the amount of synaptophysin/synaptobrevin heterodimer, which regulates formation of the SNARE complex at the synapse. Taken together, these data reveal the somatosensory thalamocortical circuitry as a particular focus of pathologic changes and provide the first evidence for synaptic alterations at the molecular and ultrastructural levels in CTSD deficiency.