Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Relationship Between Physical Exercise and Job Performance: TheMediating Effects of Subjective Health and Good Mood

This study gives an insight into to the relationship between physical exercise and job performance as well as mediating effects of the physical exercise-job performance relationship such as increased subjective health and good mood. At the present time, health care costs for companies are drastically increasing. Complications arise with individuals not being physically active. Obesity has now become the fourth largest cause of death in the world. In order for companies to think about ways to reduce costs, perhaps management can look to exercise as a way to improve employee performance, mood and subjective health. For the purpose of this study, physical exercise is defined as planned, structured, and repetitive activities aimed at improving physical fitness and health. Job performance is defined as employee behaviors that contribute to organizational goals. Mood is defined as particular feeling or state of mind experienced by the participant. Subjective health is defined as the perception of their own health. The questionnaire was conducted among 413 respondents working in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The participants received a structured questionnaire to assess demographic information as well as variables such as physical exercise, job performance, good mood and subjective health. The results of the data analysis supports the researcher’s hypotheses and mediational model whereby physical exercise had a significant relationship with job performance, and the mediating effects of good mood and subjective health were statistically significant to the physical exercise and job performance relationship.
Plasma Dissociated Zircon (PDZ) processing; Influence of the Zr:Si Ratio in the composition, microstructure and thermal re- crystallization

Plasma dissociated zircon (PDZ) has attractive applications in ceramic colouring, as well as the preparation of fine ZrO2 crystals, coatings and refractory materials. Generally the PDZ is obtained from different natural or synthetic zircon powders, if the cooling rate is high enough a complete dissociation is achieved, with rounded (dendritic) zirconia grains imbibed in a fused silica (non crystalline) matrix. The principal objective of this work is to establish the influence of the incorporation of both products of the zircon dissociation (fused silica and crystalline zirconia) to the initial powders mixture utilized for the processing of PDZ in an indigenous thermal plasma argon furnace. Both structural and microstructural characterization was carried out. A thermal annealing at 1500oC with different soaking time (1-15 hours) was completed in order to establish the thermal stability to the thermodynamically favoured recombination, showing that after this time a recombination was achieved, and this behaviour was not influenced by the Zr:Si ratio. The addition of fused silica resulted in an important decrease of the zirconia grains size, while the zirconia addition had the opposite result, showing that within this range (1with this processing variable. The present processing route showed an alternative way for obtaining different size of monoclinic zirconia powder. * Corresponding author. Tel. : +54-221484-0167; fax: +54 221 4710075. E-mail address: rendtorff@cetmic.unlp. edu.ar Available online at www.sciencedirect. com Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac. uk provided by Elsevier Publisher Connector
International Journal of Social Sciences and Management

The study aims to explore the relationship of study habits with socio-economic status and gender. The research was carried out on a sample of 224 students studying in class IX of Aligarh district. Standardized scales were used to collect the data which in turn was analyzed by applying Mean (M), Standard Deviation (SD), Product moment correlation (r), t-test and ANOVA. Findings revealed that significant difference exists in the study habits of students in relation to gender. Significant and positive relationship exists between study habits and Socio-economic status but interaction effect of gender and SES was not found on study habits. Finally the study puts forth some suggestions to enhance the study habits of secondary school students.
Socioeconomic Status and Coronary Heart Disease-A Tertiary Center Study

Socioeconomic inequalities in health can be defined as systematic differences in the prevalence or incidence of health problems between people of higher and lower socioeconomic status distinguished by level of education, occupational class, or income [1]. There is a pronounced socioeconomic gradient in coronary heart disease, with greater morbidity and mortality among people of lower socioeconomic status (SES) as defined by occupational position, education and income [2].
A Retrospective Study of Skin Manifestations in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and their association with Renal Involvement

Objective: To identify the types of skin disorders seen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to establish the correlation, if any, between cutaneous manifestations, lupus erythematosus (LE) specificity and renal involvement. Methods: The study was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study conducted at the Dermatology Clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies. Data were obtained from the medical records of patients diagnosed with SLE and referred to the Dermatology clinic over the period January 2002 to March 2015. Skin disorders were divided into LE-specific, LE-nonspecific and those unrelated to lupus erythematosus based on the Gilliam classification. Results: Thirty-eight patients with skin lesions fulfilled the criteria for SLE diagnosis. The female-to-male ratio was 18:1. Lesions of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) were the commonest skin disorder seen and constituted 50% (n = 19) of all lesions. The second most common skin disorders were the malar rash and non-scarring alopecia each of which occurred in 37% (n = 14). Fourteen of the 38 patients had renal disease (37%). Patients with LE-nonspecific skin disease had 6.00 times the odds of developing renal disease (p = 0.044, 95% CI: 0.88, 46.41). There was no significant association between specific types of mucocutaneous disorders or the number of different types of skin lesions and renal disease. Conclusion: Lupus erythematosus-non-specific skin disease was associated with increased odds of having renal involvement in SLE. There appeared to be no difference in the prevalence of renal disease in patients with skin manifestations when compared to the overall prevalence in SLE found in other studies.
Role of Core Self-Evaluation Personality Trait and Individual Beliefs in Predicting Technology Acceptance Model 3 ( TAM 3 )

ARTICLE HISTORY: Purpose: This study attempts to empirically investigate the adoption of 3G/4G LTE technology in Pakistan. Methodology/Design: The data was collected using a structured questionnaire from consumers of twin cities of Pakistan. The sample was taken on basis of convenience sampling technique. Initially 700 questionnaires were distributed among the students, out of which 605 completely filled questionnaires were used for data analysis by using SPSS. Findings: The results for all variables were significant and showed positive relationship among them. The results reveal that core self-evaluation and trust have positive impact on technology acceptance model variables. Originality/Value: Based on TAM 3 theory the research formulated the theoretical framework, and then investigating the impact of core self-evaluation personality traits and individual belief trust on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness to elucidate the individual’s adoption intention towards 3G/4G LTE technology. More specifically, this study aims to extend the technology acceptance model 3. Implication: This study is expected to provide better information and understanding of the factors influencing consumer’s adoption intention about 3G/4G LTE technology. It provides important implications for the marketers and retailers. Retailers and marketers are advised to observe personality and trustworthiness beliefs of target consumers and carefully judge their intention towards 3G/4G LTE technology. Easy to use and useful technology might have a stronger chance for adoption. Limitations: This study was limited to university students and to 3G/4G LTE technology.
Branched-chain amino acids in fl uence the immune properties of microglial cells and their responsiveness to pro-in fl ammatory signals

Abbreviations: 15-F2t-IsoP, 15-F2t-isoprostane; AD Arg-1, arginase-1; BCAAs, branched-chain amino acids IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; IL, interleukin; iNOS, KPBS, potassium-PBS; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; mMP, mito MRC-1, mannose receptor; MSUD, maple syrup urine dis of rapamycin; NO, nitric oxide; PBS, phosphate-buffered TMRE, tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester perchlorate; T UDP, uridine 5 -diphosphate ⁎ Corresponding author at: Department of Cell Biolo Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 49903153; fax: +39 06 4957821. E-mail address: luisa.mighetti@iss.it (L. Minghetti).
Growth performance and haematological indices of broiler finisher chickens fed diets supplemented with zinc

A total of 120 4 weeks old post brooded broiler chickens were utilized in an experiment to evaluate the effect of dietary zinc (Zn) supplementation on their growth performance and haematological indices. Four experimental diets tagged D1, D2, D3 and D4 were formulated to be isocaloric (3,111Kcal/kg ME) and is nitrogenous (20.65%) with varying inclusions of Zn. The diets were supplemented with 0, 6.25, 7.50 and 8.75g Zn oxide (ZnO) for diets 1, 2, 3 and 4, to supply 0, 50, 60 and 70ppm of Zn, respectively. The birds were randomly allocated to the 4 dietary treatments at 10 birds per replicate and each treatment was replicated 3 times. Data were collected on daily feed consumption, weight gain and feed conversion ratio. At the end of the feeding trial which lasted for 28 days, blood samples were collected from 4 birds in each replicate for haematological evaluation. The results obtained for growth performance and haematological indices (PCV, Hb, RBCs and WBCs) were not affected (P>0.05) by Zn supplementation. Supplementation of broiler finisher diets with Zn did not negatively affect the health status of the birds therefore; dietary Zn could be supplemented up to 70g/ton of broiler finisher diets.
The worst case for real options ∗ Magdalena Trojanowska † University of Antwerp

The purpose of this paper is to derive an optimal decision rule for investment in a finite life project, where we impose that the firm is ambiguous about the development of profit over time in the sense that it has no perfect information about parameter values governing the profit dynamics. Assuming that the firm is ambiguity averse, the analysis is based on Knight’s distinction between risk and uncertainty and is carried out by dynamic programming in continuous time. We find that ambiguity aversion affects the value of waiting equivocally and thus may accelerate investment. Yet, in the long run a large degree of Knightian uncertainty results in foregoing investment with greater probability than in the absence of Knightian uncertainty.
Filling the Void : Evidence from Two Natural Disasters on the Determinants of Taliban Support

Since the inception of war-on-terror there has been considerable increase in the Taliban insurgence and presence in Pakistan. In this paper we empirically analyze the determinants and effects of the political support for Taliban in Pakistan. We use evidence from two natural disasters: an earthquake in 2005 and a flood in 2010 which received different levels of international help. While the earthquake took place at a time when Pakistan was a close ally of United States in the war-on-terror and it received extensive international response, floods occurred at a time when Pakistan-U.S. relations had deteriorated and consequently it received little response. This had a direct effect on the political support for the Taliban in the affected areas. We show using the outcomes from Pakistan national elections of 2002, 2008 and 2013 that the support for Taliban decreased in the areas affected by the earthquake, while it increased in the areas affected by the flood. The evidence suggests competition between government and non-state actors for gaining support of people. Shortfall in the capacity of the government may lead to crowding out of government support and the non-state actors may fill this void and gain political support.
Difficulties Facing Teachers in Using Interactive Whiteboards in Their Classes

This study investigates the difficulties that teachers experience when they use the interactive whiteboard in English language classes. Although, the interactive whiteboard is easy to use, difficulties occur when teachers use it. While ICT presents new challenges for teachers, it also offers great opportunities for teacher education. ICT’s media can improve training through providing access to educational resources, breaking the traditional isolation of teachers, and enabling individualized training opportunities. There are a few research studies, which investigate the drawbacks of IWB. This study focuses on the difficulties, which teachers face in the classrooms in the Saudi contexts. Those difficulties are categorized into four groups. These are: teachers', school administrations', technical support's and students' factors. Each factor entails a number of challenges. The findings of the study have revealed that there are many challenges that teachers face when using the interactive whiteboard. Those challenges interact together to hinder IWB integration into teaching and learning.
International Conference on Information Systems ( ICIS ) 2010 ENHANCING BRAND EQUITY THROUGH FLOW : COMPARISON OF 2 D VERSUS 3 D VIRTUAL WORLD

This research uses the theory of flow to examine the effect of 2D versus 3D virtual world environments on brand equity and use intention. The results suggest that a 3D virtual world environment has both positive (indirect) and negative (direct) effects on brand equity. The positive, indirect effect of the 3D virtual world environment occurs through feelings of telepresence and enjoyment, both of which contribute positively to brand equity and, in turn, induces a higher behavioral intention. The negative, direct effect can be explained using distraction-conflict theory, where attentional conflict is faced by users of a highly interactive and rich medium. This paper explains the flow experience and its effects on brand equity in 2D versus 3D virtual world environments, and provides insights to practitioners for designing 3D virtual world sites to enhance brand equity and behavioral intention.
Rapid Ice Unloading in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula and its Effect on Bedrock Uplift Rates

9 Rapid regional warming in the Antarctic Peninsula has led to the significant retreat and eventual 10 collapse of several major ice shelves since the 1970s, triggering the subsequent acceleration 11 and thinning of their feeding glaciers. The Wordie Ice Shelf, lying off the west coast of the 12 Antarctic Peninsula, has undergone long-term disintegration since the 1960s with a substantial 13 calving event occurring around 1989, followed by continuous steady retreat and its almost14 complete disappearance. The dynamic response of the upstream glaciers to the ice shelf 15 collapse and the response of the solid Earth to the associated mass loss are not fully understood. 16 To quantify the mass loss from the system, we generated a digital elevation model (DEM) using 17 airborne vertical and oblique imagery from 1966 and compared it to a DEM derived from 2008 18 SPOT data. This analysis reveals lowering over that time of approximately 60 m at the front of 19 Fleming Glacier. Using IceBridge and ICESat-2/GLAS data spanning 2002-2014, we show an 20 increased magnitude of mean elevation change rate, with rates post-2008 more than twice those 21 of 2002-2008. We use these load change data as a basis for the simulation of viscoelastic solid 22 Earth deformation. We subtract modelled elastic deformation rates, and a suite of modelled 23 viscous rates, from GPS-derived three-dimensional bedrock velocities at sites to the south of 24 Fleming Glacier to infer properties of Earth rheology. Assuming the pre-breakup bedrock uplift 25 was positive due to post-Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice retreat, our viscoelastic-corrected 26 GPS uplift rates suggest upper mantle viscosities are > 2×10 Pa s and likely >1×10 Pa s in 27 this region, 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than previously found for the northern Antarctic 28 Peninsula. Horizontal velocities at the GPS site nearest the Fleming Glacier, after the 29 application of elastic and plate tectonic corrections, point away from Marguerite Bay rather 30 than the present glacier front. This suggests that horizontal motion in the region reflects the 31 earlier retreat of the glacier system following the LGM, compatible with a relatively strong 32 mantle in this region. These findings highlight the need for improved understanding of ice load 33 changes in this region through the late Holocene in order to accurately model glacial isostatic 34 adjustment. 35
Acoustic correlates of metrical prominence in Mojeño Trinitario

This paper reports results of a phonetic study of acoustic exponents of metrical prominence in Mojeno Trinitario, an Arawak language of lowland Bolivia. Mojeno Trinitario displays a rhythmic syncope pattern that deletes vowels in non-final open syllables in metrically weak positions. The acoustic properties of duration, amplitude, and fundamental frequency are consistent with the predominantly iambic metrical parse predicted by rhythmic syncope, although there is interspeaker variation in how these properties are deployed to signal metrical prominence. Phonetic evidence overall supports a tripartite distinction between primary stressed, secondary stressed, and unstressed syllables, where the rightmost metrically strong syllable carries primary word stress.
TDMA-based Multicast-QoS-Routing-Approaches for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile ad hoc networks are networks containing several mobile nodes with a dynamic network topology. The nodes communicate over a wireless medium like WLAN with each other. Due to the limited range of mobile communication, it is often necessary to use multi-hop communication. In this case it is necessary to relay the messages from one node to another neighboring node until the destination is reached. The goal of routing protocols is the creation of e cient paths from a source node to one or more destination nodes. Mobile networks are a topic of increasing importance. A lot of new devices, like mobile phones or tablets, rely completely on mobile communication. Additionally, mobile communication can be important in manufacturing scenarios. Autonomous robots performing simple and increasingly di cult tasks are more and more common. It can be a huge advantage to use mobile, instead of stationary, robots in some cases. Mobile robots can move around in a certain range, which increases their possible functionality compared to immobile robots. Using wired communication for mobile robots is extremely unpractical as it hinders their range of motion and therefore limits their advantages over stationary robots. Wireless communication is always broadcast, even if there is only one destination. Multiple devices sending at the same time will lead to collisions with other transmissions in a certain area. That means that some messages cannot be received properly. There are several mechanisms to allow nodes to communicate collision free. One mechanism is the Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) network model, in which time is split into slots and nodes are scheduled to send / receive in a slot without interfering with other nodes. TDMA has the advantage that it allows deterministic guarantees regarding bandwidth and delay. Deterministic guarantees, or Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees, can be important in a lot of applications, especially in situations with real-time requirements. QoS routing protocols do not only nd suitable routes, but routes that can ful ll some QoS requirements, e.g., a bandwidth requirement. The TDMA model allows such guarantees as long as there is no interference from other networks or other applications (single network property) [7]. Another common use case is sending messages from one source to several destinations. For example, this can be the case in a streaming service with several mobile clients or a sensor sending its data to several mobile nodes. Finding multiple unicast routes and then sending the message(s) several times is not really e cient, therefore having multicast routes, routes with one source and multiple destinations, is helpful.
UTILIZATION OF BORON ( 10 B ) DERIVED FROM FERTILIZER BY SUGAR CANE ( 1 )

The response to B in agricultural systems of sugar cane is still an unexplored issue; B application has however recently been widely publicized and used with a certain degree of frequency. The use of 10B-labeled fertilizers may further contribute to clarify this practice. With the objective of evaluating sugar cane use of B (10B) derived from fertilizer (boric acid), an experiment was conducted under field conditions in the 2005/2006 growing season. The experiment consisted of the installation of microplots (2 x 1.5 m) where 4 kg ha-1 B (boric acid with 85.95 % in 10B atoms) dissolved in water was applied 90 days after planting (May 2005). The solution was applied to the soil on both sides of the plant row at a distance of 20 cm. After harvest (June 2006) the B content and 10B abundance in % atoms in all parts of the sugar cane plants (stalks, dry leaves, tips and roots) were determined. Results showed that the total B accumulated was 471 g ha-1 in the entire plant (35 % in the stalks, 22 % in the dry leaves, 9 % in the tips and 34 % in the roots). The sugar cane plants used on average 14 % of the total accumulated B in the above-ground part (1) Study presented at the VII Congreso de Tecnicos Azucareros de Latinoamerica y el Caribe (VII ATALAC), Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, 2008. Received for publication in February 2009 and aproved in July 2009. (2) Agronomist, Post-doctoral candidate of Stable Isotopes Laboratory, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura), CENA/USP (FAPESP Scholarship holder). Av. Centenário 303, CP 96, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil. CEP 13400-970. E-mail: hjfranco@cena.usp. br (3) Associate Professor, CENA/USP (CNPq Scholarship holder). E-mail: pcotrive@cena.usp. br (4) Agronomist, Doctor in Sciences, Scientific Researcher of APTA-Pólo Centro Sul. Rod. SP 127, km 30, CP 28, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil. CEP13400-970. E-mail: acvitti@apta.sp. gov.br (5) Agronomist, doctoral candidate of Graduate Program in Soils and Plant Nutrition of Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” – ESALQ/USP (FAPESP Scholarship holder). Av. Pádua Dias 11, CP 9, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil. CEP 13418-900. E-mail: rotto@esalq.usp. br (6) Agronomist, Doctor in Soils and Plant Nutrition, researcher of Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira – CTC, Fazenda Santo Antônio, s/n, CP 162, Piracicaba-SP, Brasil, CEP 13400-970. E-mail: cfaroni@ctc.com. br (7) Agronomist, COSAN SA unidade UNIVALE, Rod. Placido Rocha s/no, CEP 16000-880, Valparaíso-SP, Brasil. E-mail: jgtoaliari@bol.com. br 1668 Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco et al. R. Bras. Ci. Solo, 33:1667-1674, 2009 (44 g ha-1) and 11 % in the roots (19 g ha-1), totaling 13 % in the entire plant (63 g ha-1). The recovery of 10B-fertilizer by sugar cane plants was low, around 2 % of the total applied amount.