Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance impact of corporate entrepreneurship in the service sector: a contingency approach

In this paper, we follow a contingency approach and study how cooperation and the degree of technological intensity of the environment moderate the relationship between Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) and performance in service firms. Our results support the need to disentangle the effects of different CE variables on different measures of performance. Firms should be aware that performance impact of CE activities is two-fold: internal and external. The moderating effects of cooperation and environment on performance suggest that, for service firms, corporate entrepreneurship activities aiming to increase market share gain market access and search for opportunities will be fruitful when cooperating with other entities for those purposes, and in low technology-intensive sectors.
Loss of Nuclear Expression of Parafibromin Distinguishes Parathyroid Carcinomas and Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumor (HPT-JT) Syndrome-related Adenomas From Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas and Hyperplasias

Parathyroid carcinoma is notoriously difficult to diagnose with confidence in borderline cases. Commonly there is a long lag time between diagnosis and clinical evidence of malignant behavior even in histopathologically straightforward lesions. There is therefore a need for a novel adjunctive marker to assist in the diagnosis of carcinoma. Parafibromin is the protein encoded by the putative tumor suppressor gene HRPT2. Mutations predicted to inactivate parafibromin were first detected in the germline of patients with hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor (HPT-JT) syndrome. Subsequently, somatic mutations have been identified in the majority of sporadic carcinomas. We performed immunohistochemistry for parafibromin on 115 parathyroid tissues comprising 4 HPT-JT-related tumors (3 adenomas and 1 carcinoma), 11 sporadic parathyroid carcinomas, 79 sporadic adenomas, 3 multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A-related adenomas, 2 sporadic primary hyperplasias, 2 multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)-1–related hyperplasias, 6 secondary hyperplasias, 4 tertiary hyperplasias, and 4 normal parathyroid glands. There was complete absence of nuclear staining in 3 of 4 (75%) HPT-JT–related tumors and 8 of 11 (73%) sporadic parathyroid carcinomas and focal weak staining in 1 of 4 HPT-JT tumors and 2 of 11 sporadic parathyroid carcinomas. Only 1 parathyroid carcinoma exhibited diffuse strong nuclear expression of parafibromin. In contrast, 98 of 100 non-HPT-JT–related benign parathyroids showed diffuse strong nuclear positivity and 2 of 100 showed weak positive staining. We conclude that, in the correct clinical and pathologic context, complete absence of nuclear staining for parafibromin is diagnostic of parathyroid carcinoma or an HPT-JT–related tumor.
Nerve stimulation for low back pain - a review.

The frequency of low back pain in the general and nursing populations contrasts with the lack of effective treatment and management. Education, ergonomics and treatment have failed to reduce incidence generally. In 1995, back pain accounted for 14 million GP consultations at a direct cost to the NHS of around £480 million and indirect costs to the country of £5.4 billion ( Campbell 1995 ). Approximately 80,000 nurses each year sustain back injuries at work, 3,600 of whom are invalided out of the NHS ( NBPA 1996 ).
Physician Process and Patient Outcome Measures for Diabetes Care: Relationships to Organizational Characteristics

Background:Optimal diabetes management relies on providers adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines in the processes of care delivery and patients adhering to self-management recommendations to maximize patient outcomes. Purpose:To explore: (1) the degree to which providers adhere to the guidelines; (2) the extent of glycemic, lipid, and blood pressure control in patients with diabetes; and (3) the roles of organizational and patient population characteristics in affecting both provider adherence and patient outcome measures for diabetes. Design:Secondary data analysis of provider adherence and patient outcome measures from chart reviews, along with surveys of facility quality managers. Sample:We sampled 109 Veterans Affairs medical centers (VAMCs). Results:Analyses indicated that provider adherence to diabetes guidelines (ie, hemoglobin A1c, foot, eye, renal, and lipid screens) and patient outcome measures (ie, glycemic, lipid, and hypertension control plus nonsmoking status) are comparable or better in VAMCs than reported elsewhere. VAMCs with higher levels of provider adherence to diabetes guidelines had distinguishing organizational characteristics, including more frequent feedback on diabetes quality of care, designation of a guideline champion, timely implementation of quality-of-care changes, and greater acceptance of guideline applicability. VAMCs with better patient outcome measures for diabetes had more effective communication between physicians and nurses, used educational programs and Grand Rounds presentations to implement the diabetes guidelines, and had an overall patient population that was older and with a smaller percentage of black patients. Conclusions:Healthcare organizations can adopt many of the identified organizational characteristics to enhance the delivery of care in their settings.
Poractant alfa versus bovine lipid extract surfactant for infants 24+0 to 31+6 weeks gestational age: A randomized controlled trial

Objectives To compare the efficacy and safety of poractant alfa and bovine lipid extract surfactant in preterm infants. Study design Randomized, partially-blinded, multicenter trial. Infants <32 weeks needing surfactant before 48 hours were randomly assigned to receive poractant alfa or bovine lipid extract surfactant. The primary outcome was being alive and extubated at 48 hours post-randomization. Secondary outcomes included need for re-dosing, duration of respiratory support and oxygen, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, mortality and complications during administration. Results Three centers recruited 87 infants (mean 26.7 weeks and 906 grams) at a mean age of 5.9 hours, between March 2013 and December 2015. 21/42 (50%) were alive and extubated at 48 hours in the poractant alfa group vs 26/45 (57.8%) in the bovine lipid extract surfactant group; adjusted OR 0.76 (95% CI 0.30–1.93) (p = 0.56). No differences were observed in the need to re-dose. Duration of oxygen support (41.5 vs 62 days; adjusted OR 1.69 95% CI 1.02–2.80; p = 0.04) was reduced in infants who received poractant alfa. We observed a trend in bronchopulmonary dysplasia among survivors (51.5% vs 72.1%; adjusted OR 0.35 95%CI 0.12–1.04; p = 0.06) favoring poractant alfa. Twelve infants died before discharge, 9 in the poractant alfa group and 3 in the bovine lung extract group. Severe airway obstruction following administration was observed in 0 (poractant alfa) and 5 (bovine lipid extract surfactant) infants (adjusted OR 0.09 95%CI <0.01–1.27; p = 0.07). Conclusion No statistically significant difference was observed in the proportion of infants alive and extubated within 48h between the two study groups. Poractant alfa may be more beneficial and associated with fewer complications than bovine lipid extract surfactant. However, we observed a trend towards higher mortality in the poractant alfa group. Larger studies are needed to determine whether observed possible benefits translate in shorter hospital admissions, or other long term benefits and determine whether there is a difference in mortality.
An Evaluation of Rainfall Frequency and Intensity over the Australian Region in a Global Climate Model

Abstract Observed regional rainfall characteristics can be analyzed by examining both the frequency and intensity of different categories of rainfall. A complementary approach is to consider rainfall characteristics associated with regional synoptic regimes. These two approaches are combined here to examine daily rainfall characteristics over the Australian region, providing a target for model simulations. Using gridded daily rainfall data for the period 1997–2007, rainfall at each grid point and averaged over several sites is decomposed into the frequency of rainfall events and the intensity of rainfall associated with each event. Daily sea level pressure is classified using a self-organizing map, and rainfall on corresponding days is assigned to the resulting synoptic regimes. This technique is then used to evaluate rainfall in the new Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS) global climate model and separate the influence of large-scale circulation errors and errors due to the r.
Continuous authentication of UAV flight command data using behaviometrics

The authentication of flight data in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is highly critical because processing fake commands by the on-board flight controller can cause fatal consequences. Depending on the criticality level of the UAV mission, multi-layer authentication techniques can be useful to assure higher security levels. This paper proposes a technique for continuous authentication of flight data based on the behavior of the UAV operator, who flies the vehicle in a manual mode. In contrast to one-time authentication, this technique allows for an on-the-fly identification of malicious commands aiming at manipulating, hijacking, or crashing the UAV. The operator behavior is defined by the sequence of flight commands sent to the drone using a standard radio control transmitter. This is based on our assumption that every UAV operator has a distinctive pattern when it comes to controlling a UAV using transmitter's levers or joysticks. To verify this assumption, we captured 22,402 commands from five different operators, who flew a small multicopter UAV using a standard flight transmitter. Machine learning was applied to train a random forest classifier. The results show that the UAV operators can be identified with accuracies between 76% and 88% in a 10-tree configuration. These promising results pave the way for a comprehensive study towards implementing a real-time classifier on the UAV embedded system.
Intimate Partner Abuse: Identifying, Caring for and Helping Women in Healthcare Settings

Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is experienced by around one in three women at some stage during their lifetime, and has serious health consequences. This paper reviews how clinicians can best identify when a woman is experiencing IPA, and provide appropriate care and assistance. Research supports use of sensitive inquiry about IPA when conditions or situations that can be associated with IPA are present. Subsequent responses recommended include validation, affirmation and support, safety assessment and planning (both for the woman and any children), counseling and referral to IPA specialist services. Better training is needed for clinicians in these areas. Future research is needed to compare identification methods, and further assess psychological, advocacy and safety planning interventions, primary prevention and perpetrator interventions.
Perceived variety, psychological needs satisfaction and exercise-related well-being

Objective: Perceived variety represents a psychosocial experience that gives rise to, and supports the maintenance of, an individual’s well-being. In this study, we developed an instrument to measure perceived variety in exercise (PVE), and examined whether ratings of PVE predict unique variance in indices of exercise-related well-being in addition to that explained by satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs (for competence, relatedness and autonomy) embedded within self-determination theory (SDT). We also examined the extent to which variance in perceived variety is empirically distinct from (or subsumed by) competence, relatedness and autonomy in the context of exercise. Methods: A convenience sample of community adults (N = 507) completed online surveys twice over a six-week period (n = 367). Results: PVE was found to prospectively predict unique variance in indices of exercise-related well-being, in addition to that explained by perceived competence, relatedness and autonomy. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic procedures, perceived variety was found to be empirically distinct from perceived competence, relatedness and autonomy. Conclusion: Results from this work suggest that perceived variety holds potential for theoretical and applied advancements in understanding and predicting well-being in exercise settings.
Forecast First: An Argument for Groundwater Modeling in Reverse

Introduction Numerical groundwater models are important components of groundwater analyses that are used for making critical decisions related to the management of groundwater resources. In this support role, models are often constructed to serve a specific purpose that is to provide insights, through simulation, related to a specific function of a complex aquifer system that cannot be observed directly (Anderson et al. 2015). For any given modeling analysis, several model input datasets must be prepared. Herein, the datasets required to simulate the historical conditions are referred to as the calibration model, and the datasets required to simulate the model’s purpose are referred to as the forecast model. Future groundwater conditions or other unobserved aspects of the groundwater system may be simulated by the forecast model—the outputs of interest from the forecast model represent the purpose of the modeling analysis. Unfortunately, the forecast model, needed to simulate the purpose of the modeling analysis, is seemingly an afterthought—calibration is where the majority of time and effort are expended and calibration is usually completed before the forecast model is even constructed. Herein, I am proposing a new groundwater modeling workflow, referred to as the “forecast first” workflow, where the forecast model is constructed at an earlier stage in the modeling analysis and the outputs of interest from the forecast model are evaluated during subsequent tasks in the workflow.
A new method for measuring the ballistocardiogram using EMFi sensors in a normal chair

Ballistocardiography is a non-invasive technique for the assessment of cardiac function. We built a measurement setup to measure the ballistocardiogram from a normal chair using EMFi sensors. The ballistocardiogram is recorded from a subject sitting on the chair. The measured signal is amplified by a specially-designed charge amplifier and digitized by a circulation monitor. A PC provides a user interface for the measurement devices, records the data and displays the results. Impedancecardiography and ECG serve as reference measurements for the ballistocardiography. To test the system, one healthy 24-year-old male and one healthy 22-year-old female were measured. It is concluded that the ballistocardiogram waveforms described in the literature can be recognized from the EMFi signal measured from a normal chair.
Interacting Role of Perceived Service Orientation on Work Family Conflict, Fuel Subsidy Removal and Tax Compliance Behaviour: Evidence from Nigerian SMEs

The paper examined the interacting role of perceived service orientation on the relationship between work family conflict, fuel subsidy removal and tax compliance behaviour in Nigeria. The aim of this paper is to establish whether the interacting role of perceived service orientation will further help in explaining the puzzle of tax compliance in relation to SMEs taxpayers. A total of 281 questionnaires from SMEs in Kaduna and Kano states, North West Nigeria were utilised in this study. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the study hypotheses. As predicted, the findings supported the interacting effect of perceived service orientation on the relationship between work family conflict and tax compliance behaviour, while no interacting effect was found between fuel subsidy removal and tax compliance behaviour. The results have practical implications for relevant tax authorities in creating a new paradigm shift that will ensure effective service orientation in the form of tax education and other form of tax services that could go a long way in minimising the tendency of low level of tax compliance.
THE EFFECTS OF RIBONUCLEASE ON THE RIBONUCLEIC ACID AND ENZYME ACTIVITIES OF MICROSOMES ISOLATED FROM RAT LIVER HOMOGENATES

1. The RNA of isolated rat liver microsomes is readily accessible to ribonuclease digestion. About 85% of the RNA-ribose is removed by the nuclease; data in the literature suggest that the rest remains in smaller polynucleotides rather than RNA per se. 2. Digestion of microsomes with ribonuclease dissolved in glycyl-glycine buffer, pH 7.0, has no effect upon the activities of the enzymes studied: glucose-6-phosphatase, esterase, triacetic acid lactonase, adenosine-5'-phosphatase, acid phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, and succinoxidase. 3. Digestion with ribonuclease dissolved in water has no effect upon the acid phosphatase and adenosine-5'-phosphatase activities, while esterase, adenosine triphosphatase and succinoxidase activities are somewhat lower. Glucose-6-phosphatase activity is markedly reduced, as it is by incubation of microsomes with either water or buffer alone.
Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting gastrointestinal parasite resistance in an experimental Angus population.

DNA markers associated with quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting host tolerance to gastrointestinal (GI) parasite infection are ideal targets for marker-assisted selection. However, few studies in cattle have attempted to identify this type of QTL due to the difficulty of generating accurate phenotypic data from a resource population with adequate statistical power for detection. For this effort, we amassed fecal egg count (FEC) measures from annual natural field challenges with GI nematodes that spanned 12 different contemporary groups of Angus calves (1992-2000) derived from a closed breeding population. FEC and blood pepsinogen measures were taken weekly over a 26-week period post-weaning, and the FEC data were Box-Cox transformed to normalize the distribution of phenotypes. These 305 test animals and more than 100 founding animals from the extended pedigree were genotyped across 190 microsatellites markers. The genome-wide analyses identified a suggestive genome-wide QTL on bovine chromosome (Chr) 8 (P < 0.002) and nominal QTL on Chr 4, 12 and 17 (P < 0.05). These findings were unique for cattle, and some corresponded to previously identified QTL locations for parasite-related traits in sheep to provide genome locations for further fine mapping of parasite resistance/susceptibility in Angus cattle.
Measurement uncertainty in the presence of low-frequency noise

We discuss the measurement uncertainty in the presence of different types of fundamental noise processes, especially 1/ noise. The treatment is based on the Allan variance of an -sample average with two deadtime parameters relevant in metrology. Some results applicable to situations that are common in metrology, e.g., international comparisons, are derived. Experimentally, the output of Zener voltage standards in the frequency range from 10 6 Hz to 10 Hz is studied and behavior closely resembling that of 1/ noise is found at all time scales of practical interest. The noise floor of a 10 V Zener standard was found to be 60 nV and the 1/ corner frequency 3.5 Hz. Environmental variations cause the long-term ( 100 s) deviations of the Zener voltage to slightly increase from the limiting 1/ noise level.
Amyloid β Peptide of Alzheimer’s Disease Downregulates Bcl-2 and Upregulates Bax Expression in Human Neurons

Neuronal apoptosis is a suspected cause of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Increased levels of amyloid β peptide (Aβ) induce neuronal apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. The underlying molecular mechanism of Aβ neurotoxicity is not clear. The normal concentration of Aβ in cerebrospinal fluid is 4 nm. We treated human neuron primary cultures with 100 nm amyloid β peptides Aβ1–40 and Aβ1–42 and the control reverse peptide Aβ40–1. We find that although little neuronal apoptosis is induced by either peptide after 3 d of treatment, Aβ1–42 provokes a rapid and sustained downregulation of a key anti-apoptotic protein, bcl-2, whereas it increases levels of bax, a protein known to promote cell death. In contrast, the Aβ1–40 downregulation of bcl-2 is gradual, although the levels are equivalent to those of Aβ1–42-treated neurons by 72 hr of treatment. Aβ1–40 does not upregulate bax levels. The control, reverse peptide Aβ40–1, does not affect either bcl-2 or bax protein levels. In addition, we found that the Aβ1–40- and Aβ1–42- but not Aβ40–1-treated neurons had increased vulnerability to low levels of oxidative stress. Therefore, we propose that although high physiological amounts of Aβ are not sufficient to induce apoptosis, Aβ depletes the neurons of one of its anti-apoptotic mechanisms. We hypothesize that increased Aβ in individuals renders the neurons vulnerable to age-dependent stress and neurodegeneration.
Acoustic Rhinometry and Acoustic Pharyngometry in the Modeling of Upper Airway Based on CT Scan

Acoustic rhinometry and acoustic pharyngometry (AR/P) can quantify upper airway condition of air draft by drawing a graph plotting the nasal cavity and pharyngeal cavity cross-sectional area. Based on CT medical images of volunteers, a 3-dimensional finite element model of upper respiratory tract was reconstructed by the method of surface rendering. The veracity of the model was valued by contrasting the relevant areas between the model and the AR/P graph, and uses an AR/P to help improve and enrich the model. The combination of AR/P and CT can be used to studying the medicine problem related to the anatomical structure of upper respiratory tract.
Design and analysis of a large-scale multicast output buffered ATM switch

Proposes and analyzes a recursive modular architecture for implementing a large-scale multicast output buffered ATM switch (MOBAS). A multicast knockout principle, an extension of the generalized knockout principle, is applied in constructing the MOBAS in order to reduce the hardware complexity (e.g., the number of switch elements and interconnection wires) by almost one order of magnitude. In the proposed switch architecture, four major functions of designing a multicast switch: cell replication, cell routing, cell contention resolution, and cell addressing, are all performed distributively so that a large switch size is achievable. The architecture of the MOBAS has a regular and uniform structure and, thus, has the advantages of: (1) easy expansion due to the modular structure, (2) high integration density for VLSI implementation, (3) relaxed synchronization for data and clock signals, and (4) building the center switch fabric (i.e., the multicast grouping network) with a single type of chip. A two-stage structure of the multicast output buffered ATM switch (MOBAS) is described. The performance of the switch fabric in cell loss probability is analyzed, and the numerical results are shown. The authors show that a switch designed to meet the performance requirement for unicast calls will also satisfy multicast calls' performance. A 16/spl times/16 ATM crosspoint switch chip based on the proposed architecture has been implemented using CMOS 2-/spl mu/m technology and tested to operate correctly. >
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