Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of Managerial Coaching on Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediation and Moderation Model

To fill the research gap of scarce literature and effectiveness of managerial coaching, this study attempts to examine the influence of managerial coaching on employee organization citizenship behavior through the mediating effect of thriving at work and moderating effect of perception of organizational politics between managerial coaching and thriving at work. Data was collected from the employees working in the pharmaceutical sector in Lahore, Pakistan. By using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis technique with 361 workers’ sample, results indicate that managerial coaching is positively correlated with thriving at work, OCB-I and OCB-O and thriving at work mediate the relationship of managerial coaching and organizational citizenship behavior. The results also exhibit that the relationship between managerial coaching and thriving at work is moderated by the perception of organizational politics. Furthermore, the practical implications of this study are further discussed.
The politics of securing campus budget resources: A case study of three reputedly exemplary chairpersons at a public university

Title of Document: THE POLITICS OF SECURING CAMPUS BUDGET RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF THREE REPUTEDLY EXEMPLARY CHAIRPERSONS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY Wallace Southerland III, Ph.D., 2007 Directed By: Betty Malen, Professor, Department of Education Policy and Leadership This exploratory, qualitative case study examines the budget strategies, or influence efforts, of three reputedly exemplary Chairpersons who sought campus budget resources to support their departments and academic priorities. A political perspective of academic organizations anchors the analytic framework for this study. The Chairpersons in this study are from the Departments of Sociology-Anthropology, Biology, and Communications in a College of Arts & Sciences in a public, comprehensive university. A cross-case analysis answers five central research questions that guided this inquiry. The evidence in this research reveals that the Chairpersons’ reputation for being successful at securing campus resources is supported by evidence of favorable budget decision outcomes, by attributional data indicating that knowledgeable individuals view the Chairs as a major reason for the departments getting resources, and by behavioral data suggesting that the Chairs use power bases and political skill and will to influence resource allocation decisions. The key findings reveal that the Chairs: (1) broadened their targets of influence in an effort to shape allocation decisions for their departments; (2) sought reasonable budget resources which may have reduced difficulties in securing resources; (3) were successful, in part, because their requests were aligned with university priorities and the priorities of the Dean and campus leaders; (4) possessed relevant power resources that were viewed by some to be a factor in their success; and (5) employed a common set of strategies. This study extends current literature on general budgeting practices in higher education settings, budget strategies chosen by department Chairs, and the power and influence of academic department Chairs. Where some studies focus only on listing strategies or limiting analysis to strategies on preparing the budget itself, this study analyzes contextual issues and the dynamics that affect the choice of strategies for securing budget resources. Three conclusions and three recommendations for future research are included in the study. THE POLITICS OF SECURING CAMPUS BUDGET RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF THREE REPUTEDLY EXEMPLARY CHAIRPERSONS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
Exploiting Optimization for Local Graph Clustering

Local graph clustering methods aim to identify well-connected clusters around a given "seed set" of reference nodes. The main focus of prior theoretical work has been on worst-case running time properties or on implicit statistical regularization; and the focus of prior empirical work has been to identify structure in large social and information networks. Here, we adopt an optimization perspective on local graph clustering methods. In particular, we clarify the relationship between the local spectral algorithm of (Andersen, Chung and Lang, FOCS '06) and a variant of a well-studied optimization objective. This insight permits us to develop a local spectral graph clustering algorithm that has improved theoretical convergence properties. We also demonstrate the numerical performance of this optimization-based algorithm and some heuristic variants of it.
Religious and Spiritual Expressions of Young People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Although the importance and influence of spirituality in the lives of youth and young adults have garnered much attention, few studies have focused on the religious and spiritual lives of young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). We examined the congregational activities, spiritual practices, and strength of religious faith of 440 individuals with IDD (aged 13-21 years) as reported by their parents. Such activities and practices were described as having particular prominence, with most youth participating in multiple ways both in a local congregation and at home. However, participation patterns were individualized and strongly associated with the importance of faith in their lives. We offer recommendations for families, congregations, agencies, and researchers aimed at better understanding and supporting this often-overlooked dimension of the lives of youth with IDD.
Soheil Abginehchi Thesis Proposal Inventory control in presence of multiple sourcing

Supply chain management is an integrative approach for planning and control of materials and information flows with suppliers and customers as well as between different functions within a company. One particularly important element in supply chain management is the management of inventories. This field has received considerable attention during the last years. Nevertheless, most quantitative analysis on supply chain management issues is dominated by the framework of multi-echelon serial systems or distribution systems where relationships between a single vendor and a single buyer or a single vendor and several buyers are considered. The situation of multiple suppliers and a single/multiple buyers has received less attention. (Minner, 2003)
Performance of 2–1–1 coded cooperative relaying scheme

We consider a coded cooperative relaying scheme in which two sources communicate with a destination with the assistance of a relay when necessary for improved bandwidth efficiency, reduced energy consumption and enhanced system performance. Based on the decoding status of source signals, the destination decides whether to ask the relay for help. Also, the relay can refuse the destination's request if it incorrectly decodes the source signals. Closed-form expressions for its bandwidth efficiency, total energy consumption, and outage probability are derived. Numerical results show the superiority of the proposed scheme to reference one for any SNR.
Youths, conflicts and perpetual instability in Nigeria

Every geo-political region of Nigeria is characterised by entrenched structures of violent conflicts, with the youths as the principal driving infrastructure. In the oil-producing region of the south-south, resource control and environmental conflicts waged by ethnic militias of the Niger Delta have become an endemic stigma on the oil-rich region and Nigeria in general.
Measuring the difference between actual and reported food intakes in the context of energy balance under laboratory conditions

To date, no study has directly and simultaneously measured the discrepancy between what people actually eat and what they report eating under observation in the context of energy balance (EB). The present study aimed to objectively measure the ‘extent’ and ‘nature’ of misreporting of dietary intakes under conditions in which EB and feeding behaviour were continuously monitored. For this purpose, a total of fifty-nine adults were recruited for 12 d, involving two 3 d overt phases and two 3 d covert phases of food intake measurement in a randomised cross-over design. Subjects had ad libitum access to a variety of familiar foods. Food intake was covertly measured using a feeding behaviour suite to establish actual energy and nutrient intakes. During the overt phases, subjects were instructed to self-report food intake using widely accepted methods. Misreporting comprised two separate and synchronous phenomena. Subjects decreased energy intake (EI) when asked to record their food intake (observation effect). The effect was significant in women ( − 8 %, P< 0·001) but not in men ( − 3 %, P< 0·277). The reported EI was 5 to 21 % lower (reporting effect) than the actual intake, depending on the reporting method used. Semi-quantitative techniques gave larger discrepancies. These discrepancies were identical in men and women and non-macronutrient specific. The ‘observation’ and ‘reporting’ effects combined to constitute total misreporting, which ranged from 10 to 25 %, depending on the intake measurement assessed. When studied in a laboratory environment and EB was closely monitored, subjects under-reported their food intake and decreased the actual intake when they were aware that their intake was being monitored.
Immigration and Preferences for Greater Law Enforcement Spending in Rich Democracies

Abstract:Immigration to rich democracies grew substantially in the 1990s and 2000s. We investigate whether the rise of immigration influenced the novel and salient outcome of preferences for greater law enforcement spending. We propose that these preferences are consequential for policymaking, reflect popular demand for punitive social control, and represent micro-level preferences underlying the politics of criminal justice. Motivated by literatures on criminal justice politics, minority threat, and the fear of crime, we examine whether stocks and flows of immigration influence individual-level preferences for greater law enforcement spending. Using International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data, we analyze between-country variation with multi-level models of 25 countries in 2006, and within-country variation with differences-in-differences (DD) models of 16 countries with available data in both 1996 and 2006. Both multilevel and DD models show that flows of immigration increase preferences for greater law enforcement spending. Indeed, the coefficients for immigration flows are larger than or comparable in magnitude to the coefficients for any other variable, and are robust net of homicide rates and police officers per 100,000. By contrast, the stock of immigrants is not robustly associated with preferences. The results demonstrate that rising immigration contributed to increasing public support for greater law enforcement spending.
Certified symbolic manipulation: bivariate simplicial polynomials

Certified symbolic manipulation is an emerging new field where programs are accompanied by certificates that, suitably interpreted, ensure the correctness of the algorithms. In this paper, we focus on algebraic algorithms implemented in the proof assistant ACL2, which allows us to verify correctness in the same programming environment. The case study is that of bivariate simplicial polynomials, a data structure used to help the proof of properties in Simplicial Topology. Simplicial polynomials can be computationally interpreted in two ways. As symbolic expressions, they can be handled algorithmically, increasing the automation in ACL2 proofs. As representations of functional operators, they help proving properties of categorical morphisms. As an application of this second view, we present the definition in ACL2 of some morphisms involved in the Eilenberg-Zilber reduction, a central part of the Kenzo computer algebra system. We have proved the ACL2 implementations are correct and tested that they get the same results as Kenzo does.
Patella Dislocation with Vertical Axis Rotation: The “Dorsal Fin” Patella

A 44-year-old woman presented following minor trauma to her right knee. While dancing she externally rotated around a planted foot and felt sudden pain in her right knee. She presented with her knee locked in extension with a “dorsal fin” appearance of the soft tissues tented over the patella. This was diagnosed as a rare case of an intraarticular patella dislocation, which was rotated 90 degrees about the vertical axis. Closed reduction in the emergency room was unsuccessful but was achieved in theatre under general anaesthetic with muscle relaxation. Postreduction arthroscopy demonstrated that no osteochondral or soft tissue damage to the knee had been sustained. In patients presenting with a knee locked in extension with tenting of skin over the patella (the “dorsal fin” appearance), intra-articular patella dislocation should be suspected. Attempts to reduce vertical patella dislocations under sedation with excessive force or repeatedly without success should be avoided to prevent unnecessary damage to the patellofemoral joint. In this clinical situation we recommend closed reduction under general anaesthetic followed by immediate knee arthroscopy under the same anaesthetic to ensure that there is no chondral damage to the patella or femoral trochlea and to rule out an osteochondral fracture.
Language and Culture Research in the Context of International Education and Second Language Acquisition

This article is about research methods employed in the context of international education and second language acquisition. Researchers have attempted to interpret communication problems occurring between native and non-native speakers of English within a broad cultural and educational context. Such cultural studies addressing pragmatic and sociocultural dimensions often include methodology debates. We clarify the characteristics and the appropriate use of quantitative-based research methods and qualitative methods of naturalistic inquiry on speech acts, to encourage further research projects on culture based on either method.
Combining Left and for Matching a Large Num

In systems which learn a large number of rules (productions), it is important to match the rules efficiently, in order to avoid the machine learning utility probZem. So we need match algorithms that scale well with the number of productions in the system. (Doorenbos 1993) introduced right unlinking as a way to improve the scalability of the Rete match algorithm. This paper introduces a symmetric optimization, left unlinking, and demonstrates that it makes Rete scale well on an even larger class of systems. Unfortunately, when left and right unlinking are combined in the same system, they can interfere with each other. We give a particular way to combine them which we prove minimizes this interference, and analyze the worst-case remaining interference. Finally, we present empirical results showing that the interference is very small in practice, and that the combination of left and right unlinking allows five of our seven testbed systems to learn over 100,000 rules without incurring a significant increase in match cost. ’
A quantitative approach to the development of complex predicates

This paper traces the historical development of the Swedish Pseudo-Coordination construction with the posture verb sitta “sit”. In Swedish a small number of verbs, including posture verbs such as sitta , are used in coordination with another verb to convey that the described event has an extended duration or is in progress. Quantitative evidence from Swedish historical corpora suggests that the construction has, even after it established itself as a grammatical construction, undergone a number of gradual changes in the course of the past five centuries. As part of the Pseudo-Coordination construction, the verb sitta has changed its argument structure, and the entire construction has increased in syntactic cohesion.
Hierarchical, Multi-Sensor Based Classification of Daily Life Activities: Comparison with State-of-the-Art Algorithms Using a Benchmark Dataset

Insufficient physical activity is the 4th leading risk factor for mortality. Methods for assessing the individual daily life activity (DLA) are of major interest in order to monitor the current health status and to provide feedback about the individual quality of life. The conventional assessment of DLAs with self-reports induces problems like reliability, validity, and sensitivity. The assessment of DLAs with small and light-weight wearable sensors (e.g. inertial measurement units) provides a reliable and objective method. State-of-the-art human physical activity classification systems differ in e.g. the number and kind of sensors, the performed activities, and the sampling rate. Hence, it is difficult to compare newly proposed classification algorithms to existing approaches in literature and no commonly used dataset exists. We generated a publicly available benchmark dataset for the classification of DLAs. Inertial data were recorded with four sensor nodes, each consisting of a triaxial accelerometer and a triaxial gyroscope, placed on wrist, hip, chest, and ankle. Further, we developed a novel, hierarchical, multi-sensor based classification system for the distinction of a large set of DLAs. Our hierarchical classification system reached an overall mean classification rate of 89.6% and was diligently compared to existing state-of-the-art algorithms using our benchmark dataset. For future research, the dataset can be used in the evaluation process of new classification algorithms and could speed up the process of getting the best performing and most appropriate DLA classification system.
Superclusters of galaxies in the 2dF redshift survey. III. The properties of galaxies in superclusters

Context. Superclusters are the largest systems in the Universe to give us information about the very early Universe. Our present series of papers is devoted to the study of the properties of superclusters of galaxies from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift survey. Aims. We use catalogues of superclusters of galaxies from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey to compare the properties of rich and poor superclusters. In particular, we study the properties of galaxies (spectral types, colours, and luminosities) in superclusters. Methods. We compare the distribution of densities in rich and poor superclusters, and the properties of galaxies in high and low-density regions of rich superclusters, in poor superclusters, and in the field. In superclusters and in the field, we also compare the properties of galaxies in groups, and the properties of those galaxies which do not belong to any group. Results. We show that in rich superclusters the values of the luminosity density smoothed on a scale of 8 h -1 Mpc are higher than in poor superclusters: the median density in rich superclusters is δ 7.5 and in poor superclusters 6 ≈ 6.0. Rich superclusters contain high-density cores with densities 6 > 10, while in poor superclusters such high-density cores are absent. The properties of galaxies in rich and poor superclusters and in the field are different: the fraction of early type, passive galaxies in rich superclusters is slightly higher than in poor superclusters, and is the lowest among the field galaxies. Most importantly, in high-density cores of rich superclusters (6 > 10), there is an excess of early type, passive galaxies in groups and clusters, as well as among those which do not belong to any group. The main galaxies of superclusters have a rather limited range of absolute magnitudes. The main galaxies of rich superclusters have higher luminosities than those of poor superclusters and of groups in the field. Conclusions. Our results show that both the local (group/cluster) environments and global (supercluster) environments influence galaxy morphologies and their star formation activity.
Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Children in China: The Protective Role of Resilience

Peer victimization can have a profound effect on children’s wellbeing and is a known risk factor for depression in childhood. Migrant children experience peer victimization at higher rates than non-migrant peers; however, limited research has examined psychological factors that may serve to reduce depression risk for this group. In particular, no studies have yet investigated whether resilience, including personal characteristics, and a strong social support network, may moderate the relationship between peer victimization and depressive symptoms for migrant children. This study utilized a latent interaction model to examine the effect of resilience on the relationship between peer victimization and depressive symptoms among 721 rural-to-urban migrant children in Beijing, China. Results indicated that peer victimization was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Resilience was found to be a protective factor for depressive symptoms and also mitigated the effects of peer victimization on depressive symptoms. Exploratory analyses suggest that enrollment in private migrant schools may be linked with poorer psychosocial outcomes for Chinese migrant children. Strengthening the internal resilience and social supports for all migrant children may be an effective strategy to lower their risk for depression. Implications for intervention are discussed.
The coherence predictor cache: a resource-efficient and accurate coherence prediction infrastructure

Two-level coherence predictors have shown great promise to reduce coherence overhead in shared memory multiprocessors. However, to be accurate they require a memory overhead that on e.g. a 64-processor machine can be as high as 50%. Based on an application case study consisting of seven applications from SPLASH-2, a first observation made in this paper is that memory blocks subject to coherence activities usually constitute only a small fraction (around 10%) of the entire application footprint. Based on this, we contribute with a new class of resource-efficient coherence predictors that is organized as a cache attached to each memory controller. We show that such a Coherence Predictor Cache (CPC) can provide nearly as effective predictions as if a predictor is associated with every memory block, but needs only 2-7% as many predictors.
Reverse mid-dilution: new way to remove small and middle molecules as well as phosphate with high intrafilter convective clearance.

BACKGROUND The removal of small and middle molecules has a relevant impact on haemodialysis (HD) patient survival. Mid-dilution (MD) is a technique combining ease of use with high diffusive-convective clearances. However, MD may increase the intrafilter blood pressure due to the high filtration fraction. We devised a new filter configuration, reverse MD, with an inverted blood inlet and outlet. We compared biochemical and technical performances of reverse MD vs standard MD. METHODS Eight HD patients underwent one standard MD treatment and one reverse MD. Samples for instantaneous clearance and total mass removed from dialysate spilling (urea, phosphate, beta2-microglobulin, angiogenin) were obtained. Dialysate and blood pressures in the circuit were monitored every 15 min. The reinfusion rate was set at 6 l/h for both treatments. RESULTS Absolute removals were very high and statistically comparable in both the configurations. Pressures were significantly lower with the reverse compared with the standard MD: inlet blood pressure was 731+/-222 and 595+/-119 mmHg in the standard and in the reverse MD, respectively. The transmembrane pressures were lower in the reverse compared with the standard MD (422+/-90 and 611+/-136 mmHg for 1st stage; 188+/-54 and 307+/-56 mmHg for 2nd stage). CONCLUSIONS Reverse MD could be an ideal technique for high ultrafiltration routine treatments without any external fluid reinfusion. It allows a very high removal of small and middle molecules, with relatively lower intrafilter pressures.