Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Leadership Adaptation and Traits in Nepalese Police Forces

Recently, the role of leadership has been considered as one of the crucial factors for the success of any organization. However, what constitutes the effective leaders and what is the status of leaderships is still a subject of study. Hence, this research article is carried out with a mixed method. Based on the evaluation of 7 leadership styles, Bass and Avolio (1994)'s "5Is" behaviors, 49 traits, and 28 affecting elements for the development of police officers in Nepal, this study has used a survey questionnaire from 1111(N) and in-depth interview from 21(N) respondents from all the districts of Nepal. The findings of the study display that people are expecting a lot from police administration for adaptation of transformational leadership followed by participative/democratic, authentic and strategic models which were rated with highest ratings respectively. The trait status does not seem sound since the negative traits seem dominant with highest rating-' moderately to mostly', whereas the majority of positive traits are rated with 'a little to moderately'. Moreover, the transformational leadership behaviour is dealt with 'a little to moderately', which needs to be improved. Keywords: Leadership Styles, Leadership Traits, Transformational Behavior, Security Concern Functions of the country
Contact stresses in a patient-specific unicompartmental knee replacement

A custom, patient-specific unicompartmental knee replacement was developed using a unsupervised neural network trained on a database of healthy knee geometries. This custom implant was then compared to a conventional implant in terms of contact stress in a Finite Element Model. The custom implant experienced lower contact stresses at the tibiofemoral joint compared to the conventional implant. The custom implant stresses were further reduced with the use of a customized mobile bearing. The custom implant also displayed more uniform stress distribution at the bone-implant interface.
The knowledge worker: Getting the organizational and informational balance right: A review

Summary Interest in the knowledge economy has led to a greater appreciation of the notion of the knowledge worker. Within the literature, the conceptualization of the knowledge worker is rather diffuse. There is no one clear definition and the term seems to be informed by a variety of different theoretical approaches, in particular organizational studies. However, if the notion of knowledge worker is to be useful in understanding innovation and organizational change, the term deserves closer scrutiny. It is argued in this paper that, following the work of Macdonald, an information perspective may provide useful insights for clarifying the concept of knowledge worker. This paper is divided into three parts. First, different theoretical and definitional approaches to knowledge worker are discussed. Second, an information perspective is introduced with an emphasis on how it overcomes some of the legacies of an organizational studies approach. Finally, it is argued that knowledge workers can be best understood by the way people use information in organizations. Interestingly, insight from information policy studies provides a framework for grouping different types of information behaviour. This points to management practices that may promote the positive behavioural aspects of knowledge workers.
Towards a Radical Re‐appropriation: Gender, Development and Neoliberal Feminism

Tracing a complex trajectory from ‘liberal’ to ‘neoliberal’ feminism in development, this article argues that approaches to gender which are currently being promoted within neoliberal development frameworks, while often characterized as ‘instrumentalizing’ gender equality, in fact rely upon, extend and deepen gendered inequalities in order to sustain and strengthen processes of global capital accumulation in several ways. This is explored through development discourses and practices relating to microfinance, reproductive rights and adolescent girls. Drawing on examples from India, the article goes on to reflect on experiences of collective movements in which the assumptions underpinning this ‘Gender Equality as Smart Economics’ approach are challenged. Finally, it highlights several concepts associated with Marxist, Black, Post-colonial and Queer feminisms and underlines their importance to projects seeking to critically redefine development, arguing for a radical re-appropriation of gender in this context.
Do Child Physical Abuse and Adolescent Peer Relationships Influence Typologies of Illegal and Substance-Use Behaviors During Emerging Adulthood?

This study uses latent class analysis (LCA) to explore patterns of illegal behaviors (e.g., property and violent offenses), and substance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs) among emerging adults (18 to 27 years). Data include 12,677 respondents from Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Our study found that behaviors clustered into the following four classes: (a) the illegal and substance-use behaviors class (5.33%); (b) the fighting and substance-use class (5.24%); (c) the substance use class (28.30%); and (d) the normative class (61.12%). The analysis also incorporates indicator variables from Wave 1 onto the latent classes using the 3-step approach. Emerging adults most likely to be in the illegal and substance-use behaviors class with the highest prevalence of illegal behaviors were male; Black; younger; had histories of childhood physical abuse; or had friends at Wave 1 who drank, smoked, or used marijuana. Similarly, those most likely to be in the fighting and substance use class were male, Black, younger, reported childhood physical abuse, and had friends during Wave 1 who smoked or drank alcohol. Members of the fighting and substance-use class were also less educated than members of other classes. The substance use class was younger, less educated, less likely to be Black, had been physically abused, and had friends during Wave 1 who smoked or drank. Within the substance use class, no significant differences were found based on sex. We also found significant direct effects between peer influences and latent class indicators. Overall, results highlight the enduring influence of physical abuse and adolescent peer relationships.
Food Intake and Nutritional Status in Stable Hemodialysis Patients

This is a cross-sectional, multicenter, controlled study aiming to evaluate changes of actual dietary nutrient intake in 94 stable hemodialysis patients in respect to 52 normal subjects and guideline recommendations, and to assess the prevalence of signs of malnutrition. Energy and nutrients intake assessment was obtained by a three-day period food recall. Anthropometric and biochemical parameters of nutrition, bioelectric impedance vector analysis, and subjective global assessment (SGA) have been performed to assess nutritional status. SGA-B was scored in 5% of the patients. Body mass index < 20 Kg/m2, serum albumin <35 g/L, nPNA < 1.0 g/Kg, and phase angle <4.0° were detected in 16.3%, 16%, 23%, and 8.0 % of patients, respectively. HD patients showed a lower energy and protein intake in respect to controls, but no difference occurred when normalized per ideal body weight (29.3 ± 8.4 vs. 29.5 ± 8.4 Kcal/Kg i.b.w./d and 1.08 ± 0.35 vs. 1.12 ± 0.32 Kcal/Kg i.b.w. /d, respectively). Age was the only parameter that inversely correlates with energy (r = −0.35, p < 0.001) and protein intake (r = −0.34, p < 0.001). This study shows that in stable dialysis patients, abnormalities of nutritional parameters are less prevalent than expected by analysis of dietary food intake. Age is the best predictor of energy and protein intake in the dialysis patients who ate less than normal people, but no difference emerged when energy and protein intakes were normalized for body weight. These results recall the attention for individual dietetic counseling in HD patients, and also for a critical re-evaluation of their dietary protein and energy requirements.
EDUCATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN THE GOVERNORATE OF KERAK

The current study aims to know to what level teachers of students with intellectual disabilities have educational efficiency in the governorate of Kerak. To achieve the targets of this study, both researchers used the descriptive curricula, and the study tool was prepared to reveal how much teachers of students with intellectual disabilities have educational efficiency; whereas the tool consisted of (four) main dimensions that include (57) paragraph, both researchers developed it and extracted the necessary evidences of validity and stability, where they are distributed on (82) teachers of students with intellectual disabilities; where expected value, standard deviation and analysis of variance were used. Results of the study indicated that the level of educational efficiency of teachers for all dimensions of the study, was above average, and it was found that there are differences in the experience and qualification variables, but sex and sector did not have any statistical indicating effect.
Electron-induced dissociation (EID) for structure characterization of glycerophosphatidylcholine: determination of double-bond positions and localization of acyl chains.

Mass spectrometry continues to drive the field of lipidomics across many areas of research because of its unique capability for characterizing lipids. With an accurate molecular weight, often in combination with ion mobility or liquid chromatography, MS can deconstruct a complex mixture of lipids into a table of lipid species annotated by class and isobar. Tandem MS, typically low energy CID, can further distinguish isobars by the different fatty acid fragments and in some cases reveal the fatty acid bonding position. In the Special Feature Kane and coworkers at University of Maryland apply a new electron-induced dissociation technique to singly-charged mono- and di-unsaturated phospholipids and show how the resulting fragmentation patterns indicate the fatty acid position as well as the double bond location.
Academic Performance in Introductory Accounting: Do Learning Styles Matter?

Abstract This study examines the impact of learning styles on academic performance using major assessment methods (examinations and assignments including multiple-choice and constructed response questions (CRQs)) in an introductory accounting course. Students' learning styles were assessed using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory Version 3.1. The results indicate that students' learning styles, after controlling for other variables, are associated with academic performance, particularly, in the final examination including both formats, multiple-choice questions and CRQs. Students who exhibit the ‘assimilating’ learning style appear to perform better in some of the assessments than students with ‘diverging’ or ‘accommodating’ learning styles. The findings have implications for designing assessments to ensure that they are not biased towards particular learning styles which would improve their validity and fairness.
Cardiac Na+–Ca2+ exchanger: dynamics of Ca2+‐dependent activation and deactivation in intact myocytes

• Calcium‐dependent Na+–Ca2+ exchange (NCX) activation undergoes bidirectional up/down control in intact rabbit cardiomyocytes. • In rested cells with normal [Na+]i, NCX was initially inactive, but activated after field stimulation causing Ca2+ entry. • Increased [Na+]i strongly promoted Ca2+‐dependent activation. • A fully co‐operative fourth‐order dynamic NCX activation model, incorporated into a ventricular cell model, predicted our observations. • The model further predicted that activation increased with increasing pacing frequency.
Role of predictors in downscaling surface temperature to river basin in India for IPCC SRES scenarios using support vector machine

In this paper, downscaling models are developed using a support vector machine (SVM) for obtaining projections of monthly mean maximum and minimum temperatures (Tmax and Tmin) to river‐basin scale. The effectiveness of the model is demonstrated through application to downscale the predictands for the catchment of the Malaprabha reservoir in India, which is considered to be a climatically sensitive region. The probable predictor variables are extracted from (1) the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis dataset for the period 1978–2000, and (2) the simulations from the third‐generation Canadian Coupled Global Climate Model (CGCM3) for emission scenarios A1B, A2, B1 and COMMIT for the period 1978–2100. The predictor variables are classified into three groups, namely A, B and C. Large‐scale atmospheric variables such as air temperature, zonal and meridional wind velocities at 925 mb which are often used for downscaling temperature are considered as predictors in Group A. Surface flux variables such as latent heat (LH), sensible heat, shortwave radiation and longwave radiation fluxes, which control temperature of the Earth's surface are tried as plausible predictors in Group B. Group C comprises of all the predictor variables in both the Groups A and B. The scatter plots and cross‐correlations are used for verifying the reliability of the simulation of the predictor variables by the CGCM3 and to study the predictor‐predictand relationships. The impact of trend in predictor variables on downscaled temperature was studied. The predictor, air temperature at 925 mb showed an increasing trend, while the rest of the predictors showed no trend. The performance of the SVM models that are developed, one for each combination of predictor group, predictand, calibration period and location‐based stratification (land, land and ocean) of climate variables, was evaluated. In general, the models which use predictor variables pertaining to land surface improved the performance of SVM models for downscaling Tmax and Tmin. Copyright © 2008 Royal Meteorological Society
Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire.

Michelle Fine argues that the anti-sex rhetoric surrounding sex education and school-based health clinics does little to enhance the development of sexual responsibility and subjectivity in adolescents. Despite substantial evidence on the success of both school-based health clinics and access to sexuality information, the majority of public schools do not sanction or provide such information. As a result, female students, particularly low-income ones, suffer most from the inadequacies of present sex education policies. Current practices and language lead to increased experiences of victimization, teenage pregnancy, and increased dropout rates, and consequently, ". combine to exacerbate the vulnerability of young women whom schools, and the critics of sex education and school-based health clinics, claim to protect. " The author combines a thorough review of the literature with her research in public schools to make a compelling argument for "sexuality education" that fosters not only the full developmen.
Association of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Morcellation Warning With Rates of Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy and Myomectomy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there was a change in surgical practice immediately after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning statement discouraging the use of power morcellation in the surgical treatment of uterine leiomyomas. METHODS: We performed a time-series analysis. Surgical case logs from the Florida Hospital operating room documentation system were used to retrospectively identify patients who underwent a hysterectomy or myomectomy between August 1, 2013, and December 31, 2014. Cases performed during the 8 months before the FDA announcement on April 17, 2014, were compared with cases performed during the 8 months after the FDA announcement. Six hospitals and 98 surgeons were included. We compared the proportion of minimally invasive surgery cases (vaginal, laparoscopic, or robotic-assisted) for each study period. RESULTS: There was a 5.8% decrease in minimally invasive hysterectomies after the FDA warning statement (85.7% [1,451/1,694] compared with 79.9% [1,350/1,690]; P<.001) and an 8.7% decrease when oncologist cases were excluded (90.2% [985/1,092] compared with 81.5% [834/1,023]; P<.001). There was a 19% decrease in minimally invasive myomectomies (62.7% [64/102] compared with 43.7% [38/87]; P=.009). Analysis by subspecialty showed a significant decrease in minimally invasive hysterectomies by obstetrician–gynecologists (ob-gyns) and minimally invasive gynecologic specialists but not urogynecologists or oncologists and a significant decrease in minimally invasive myomectomies by reproductive endocrinologists and minimally invasive gynecologic specialists but not ob-gyns. CONCLUSION: There was a significant decrease in the proportion of minimally invasive hysterectomies and myomectomies performed during the 8 months after the FDA warning statement on the use of power morcellation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II
Measuring Similarity for Security Vulnerabilities

As the number of software vulnerabilities increases year by year, software vulnerability becomes a focusing point in information security. This paper proposes a vulnerability similarity measurement to compare different vulnerabilities according to a set of criteria. Our approach is based on the structural hierarchy of vulnerabilities, and the similarity is defined using established mathematical models. The National Vulnerability Database and the Ontology of Vulnerability Management provide the information necessary for the similarity calculation. The similarity measurement can be used in many areas of vulnerability management, such as vulnerability classification, mitigation, and patching.
PROTEIN-BOUND DYE AND PURINE-CATABOLYZING ENZYMES IN PARENCHYMAL AND NONPARENCHYMAL CELLS OF RATS FED 4-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE.

The binding of 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene to proteins and the enzymatic activities of some purine-catabolyzing enzymes during feeding of the carcinogen have been investigated by analysis of two liver fractions differing in their cytological composition. At an early stage of feeding dye binding occurred at a faster rate in nonparenchymal cells than in parenchymal cells. Binding in nonparenchymal cells reached a maximum after 1 week of feeding and decreased afterward, whereas maximum binding in the parenchymal cells was observed after 4 weeks. The decrease in the amount of bound dye in parenchymal cell that followed was accompanied by a second peak in nonparenchymal cells. The results on the activities of the purine-catabolyzing enzymes show that a decrease in 5′-nucleotidase, inosine phosphorylase, and uricase activities occurred in both parenchymal and nonparenchymal cells of the liver at early stages of the carcinogenic process— i.e., before liver cells become cancerous. The decreases in these enzyme activities were still more pronounced in the primary tumor. The possible relation between the decreased activities and the induction of tumors is discussed. These studies reveal the possibility of characterizing biochemically parenchymal and nonparenchymal cells of the liver in normal and pathological processes, irrespective of the alterations in the proportions of cell types that may occur during these pathological processes.
Examining and Extending Research in Coach Development

Research to date provides two approaches to assessing coaching expertise. The first is behavioral assessment and the second is to assess coaches' knowledge base. However, we contend that both approaches are flawed due to their inability to adequately improve coach development by failing to answer three fundamental questions: What knowledge should be taught to novice coaches? What is the optimal method for teaching this knowledge? And how should we assess to encourage learning? Cognitive psychology has demonstrated that someone with expert cognitive skill is characterized as having expert declarative and procedural knowledge. Experts are further characterized by having greater organization of this knowledge. Thus the expert is able to apply expert knowledge in a more expert manner to solve complex problems in a specific domain. Properly exploiting ideas such as these can help direct future research to provide answers to the questions posed above.
Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan for Assessing Health Promotion Program Implementation: A How-To Guide

Process evaluation is used to monitor and document program implementation and can aid in understanding the relationship between specific program elements and program outcomes. The scope and implementation of process evaluation has grown in complexity as its importance and utility have become more widely recognized. Several practical frameworks and models are available to practitioners to guide the development of a comprehensive evaluation plan, including process evaluation for collaborative community initiatives. However, frameworks for developing a comprehensive process-evaluation plan for targeted programs are less common. Building from previous frameworks, the authors present a comprehensive and systematic approach for developing a process-evaluation plan to assess the implementation of a targeted health promotion intervention. Suggested elements for process-evaluation plans include fidelity, dose (delivered and received), reach, recruitment, and context. The purpose of this article is to describe and illustrate the steps involved in developing a processevaluation plan for any healthpromotion program.
When Do Non‐Family CEOS Outperform in Family Firms? Agency and Behavioural Agency Perspectives

Family firms represent a globally dominant form of organization, yet they confront a steep challenge of finding and managing competent leaders. Sometimes, these leaders cannot be found within the owning family. To date we know little about the governance contexts under which non-family leaders thrive or founder. Guided by concepts from agency theory and behavioural agency theory, we examine the conditions of ownership and leadership that promote superior performance among non-family CEOs of family firms. Our analysis of 893 Italian family firms demonstrates that these leaders outperform when they are monitored by multiple major family owners as opposed to a single owner; they also outperform when they are not required to share power with co-CEOs who are family members, and who may be motivated by parochial family socioemotional priorities.