Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Internal CSR towards Employee Engagement and Affective Commitment in XYZ Hotel Surabaya

Employees as one of the business partners play an important role to increase company’s performance. By having good employees’ performance on work will impact the short-term and long-term result of the business. This phenomenon happens when the employees basically engage and committed with their company. The greater the engagement and commitment employees have, the greater their willingness to go extra mile and deliver excellent performance. They will be also satisfied and proud to be a part of the company. This study aims to analyze the impact of internal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which are training and education, health and safety, human rights, work-life balance, as well as workplace diversity on employee engagement and affective commitment. Data was gathered from 90 employees in XYZ Hotel Surabaya by using simple random sampling and multiple regression analysis was utilized as the analytical tool. The result showed that health and safety was the strong predictor in effecting both employee engagement and affective commitment. Keywords: Employee, internal CSR, employee engagement, affective commitment
Protein fragment clustering and canonical local shapes

A novel clustering method is used to cluster protein fragments by shape. The centroids (mean fragments from each cluster) form a basis set of structural motifs. A database of 156,643 seven‐residue fragments is used, and eight different basis sets with varying levels of resolution are generated. Coarse basis sets contain tens of centroids and provide meaningful local shapes, which are more detailed than the traditional secondary structure categories. High‐resolution basis sets contain thousands of centroids and can be used to model tertiary structure of longer segments. The basis sets generated fit nontraining set proteins with the expected accuracy. Proteins 2003;50:580–588. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Short-term sucralfate administration alters potassium diclofenac absorption in healthy male volunteers.

AIMS Since patients who regularly take NSAIDS may use sucralfate because of its cytoprotective properties, we examined the influence of this compound on the pharmacokinetics of diclofenac. METHODS Potassium diclofenac (105 mg) was administered orally to eighteen healthy male volunteers with or without a 5-day pre-treatment with sucralfate (2000 mg twice daily). Blood samples were collected at intervals post-dose and serum concentrations of diclofenac were determined by reverse-phase h.p.l.c. RESULTS Pre-treatment with sucralfate significantly decreased both the AUC(0,8 h) [2265 ng h ml-1 (geometric mean) (range 1815-2827) vs 1821 ng h ml-1 (1295-2562)] and the Cmax [1135 ng ml-1 (geometric mean) (range 898-1436) 701 ng ml-1 (501-981)] with no significant delay in absorption [tmax 1.0 h (median) (range 0.5-2.0) vs 1.0 h (0.5-4.0)]. CONCLUSIONS The short-term treatment of healthy male volunteers with sucralfate decreases potassium diclofenac bioavailability. These findings suggest that either an appropriate increase in the diclofenac intake or the use of another gastric mucosa protector must be adopted.
Renormalization algorithm for the calculation of spectra of interacting quantum systems

We present an algorithm for the calculation of eigenstates with definite linear momentum in quantum lattices. Our method is related to the density matrix renormalization group, and makes use of the distribution of multipartite entanglement to build variational wave functions with translational symmetry. The algorithm is applied to the study of bilinear-biquadratic S=1 chains, in particular to the region of phase space between the dimerized and ferromagnetic phases.
Small fish, big fish: The performance effects of the relative standing in partners' affiliate portfolios

This study examines whether the value a venture derives from an affiliation depends on its relative standing in the portfolio of all affiliations held by its partner. Relative standing refers to how the venture ranks among other ventures in the partner's portfolio with respect to expected returns. The relative standing of a venture in its partner's portfolio influences the venture's access to the partner's resources and the venture's performance. We also argue that a venture's relative standing becomes more important to performance when the partner has a larger portfolio or higher status. In addition to a field study, we test the effect of a venture's relative standing in a venture capital portfolio on its exit likelihood, controlling for endogeneity. We find support for our hypotheses
RESTRICTION FRAGMENT ANALYSIS OF PINE PHYLOGENY

We used restriction fragment analysis of chloroplast, nuclear, and mitochondrial DNA to study phylogeny in the genus Pinus. Total genomic DNA of 18 to 19 pine species that spanned 14 of the 15 subsections in the genus was cut with 8 restriction enzymes, blotted, and then probed with up to 17 cloned DNA fragments—which were mostly from the chloroplast genome of Douglas‐fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco). A total of 116 shared characters, the majority representing single point mutations, were subjected to Wagner and Dollo parsimony analyses, coupled with bootstrapping and construction of consensus trees. The hard (subgenus Pinus) and soft pines (subgenus Strobus) were distinct. The soft pines in section Parrya, represented by P. longaeva, edulis, monophylla, and gerardiana, were the group closest to the hypothesized root of the genus. They were also more diverse and more closely related to the hard pines than were their descendents in section Strobus, represented by P. koraiensis, albicaulis, griffithii, and lambertiana, all of which were remarkably similar. Except for a strong clade involving P. canariensis and pinea (section Ternatae), the hard pines were weakly differentiated. The high similarity within the most speciose groups of pines (sections Strobus and Pinus) suggests that the bulk of the genus radiated relatively recently. In contrast to a recent classification, P. leiophylla was not associated with section Ternatae; instead, it appears to belong in section Pinus, and showed a high similarity to P. taeda of subsection Australes. Subsection Oocarpae, represented by P. oocarpa and radiata, appears to be a natural group, and is related to subsection Contortae, represented by P. contorta. More extensive restriction fragment studies will yield many new insights into evolution in the genus. Other methods, however, such as DNA sequencing or fine structure analysis of restriction site mutations, are likely to be necessary for rooting pine phylogenies with respect to other coniferous genera, and for estimating divergence times.
Metabolism of amylobarbitone in patients with chronic liver disease

1 A single dose of amylobarbitone (3·23 mg/kg) was given by intravenous injection to each of ten healthy controls and two groups of five patients with chronic liver disease. A curve of serum amylobarbitone concentration against time was prepared for each subject and the proportion of the serum amylobarbitone bound to protein determined. The urinary excretion of the metabolite hydroxyamylobarbitone, ethyl (3 hydroxyisoamyl) barbituric acid was measured. 2 The degree of protein binding of serum amylobarbitone was reduced in the five patients (group I) with abnormally low concentrations of albumin in serum (<3·5 g/100 ml) but was normal in the five patients (group II) with normal serum albumin concentrations (>3·5 g/100 ml). 3 The equation for a double exponential decay was fitted to the concentration/time curves for amylobarbitone free in the serum water. The mean intercepts and rate constants were used to calculate the dimensions of mathematical models based on a two compartment open system. 4 The five patients (group I) who had abnormally low concentrations of albumin in serum showed impairment of amylobarbitone metabolism; the rate constant β(h−1) for the second exponential decay of serum amylobarbitone concentration was reduced (P<0·01), the urinary excretion of hydroxyamylobarbitone was reduced (P<0·001) and the mean serum water clearance (Ce ml/min) representing amylobarbitone elimination by metabolism was reduced. 5 The five patients (group II) who had normal concentrations of albumin in serum showed no impairment of amylobarbitone metabolism. Within the total patient group there were strong and significant positive correlations between the serum albumin concentration and each of the indices of the rate of amylobarbitone metabolism. 6 Both patient groups showed an increase in the first dispositional rate constant α(h−1) and in the clearance (Ct ml/min) representing transfer between central and peripheral compartments. The physiological basis for this observation is uncertain. 7 The clinical response to the single intravenous dose of amylobarbitone was not significantly greater (P=0·11) in the patient group (I) with slow amylobarbitone metabolism than in the patient group (II) with a normal rate of amylobarbitone metabolism.
A fast load shedding algorithm to relieve transmission system overloads

To improve power system reliability, it is important to reduce the amount of curtailed load when a contingency occurs. While comparing the conventional methods in load shedding, this paper presents a new approach based on sensitivity between line flows and bus power injections. The proposed method selects a set of buses for alleviating the overloaded transmission lines. The RBTS, IEEE-RTS79, and IEEE 118-bus test systems are used to examine the applicability of the proposed method. The results obtained are compared with those of global optimization and heuristic approach from the amount of curtailed load and the computational burden points of view. It will be shown that the proposed method can reduce the computational time and efforts effectively while keeping the required accuracy.
Operative Closure Technique Utilizing Bovine Collagen Fragments in a Prospective Analysis of 102 Consecutive Neurosurgery Patients

Surgical site infections in neurosurgery patients are increasing due to the high rates of trauma cases, increase in patient comorbidities, and the prevalence of multi-resistant drug organisms. Recent reports have demonstrated that topical antibiotic powder used during wound closure significantly decreases rates of wound infections in spine cases. The authors present a prospective study of 102 consecutive cranial or spinal neurosurgery cases. A mixture of 1 gram Vancomycin powder mixed with 1 gram of hydrolyzed or activated collagen powder (CellerateRX Surgical) was then placed within the incision. This was followed by skin closure with either staples or subcuticular sutures. Patients were seen at approximately 2 weeks postoperatively for incision check and subsequent removal of sutures or staples. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the combination of activated collagen (CellerateRX Surgical) and Vancomycin powder resulted in no infections or wound dehiscence. The hygroscopic nature of the activated collagen bound the aqueous vancomycin to the activated collagen retaining and prolonging the antimicrobial environment in the surgical site.
Preoperative Glutamine Administration Induces Heat-Shock Protein 70 Expression and Attenuates Cardiopulmonary Bypass–Induced Inflammatory Response by Regulating Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity

Background—Heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70) plays a major role in the pathophysiology of inflammation, and the induction of HSP70 before the onset of inflammation can reduce organ damage through a self-protective system. Glutamine is known to be an inducer of HSP70, and its preoperative administration seems useful in attenuating cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)–induced inflammatory response. Methods and Results—Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (group G, received 100 mg/kg of glutamine via the right jugular vein 3 times per day for 1 week and just before the initiation of CPB; group C served as control) underwent CPB (60 minutes, 100 mL/kg per minute, 34°C) and were killed 3 hours after the termination of CPB. Group G showed significantly lower plasma concentrations of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 after CPB termination. Myocardial and respiratory damages were significantly attenuated in group G, as evidenced by Langendorff perfusion, respiratory index, and neutrophil adherence. HSP70 expressions in the heart, lung, and liver were detected only in group G before CPB and were markedly stronger in group G 3 hours after CPB termination. Although plasma nitrate+nitrite concentrations were not significantly different between the groups, endothelial-constitutive nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity was markedly preserved and inducible NOS activity was markedly attenuated in the tissues of group G. Conclusions—These results suggest that preoperative glutamine administration induces HSP70 expression before CPB and attenuates CPB-induced inflammation by regulating NOS activity, which may be a prospective management for conferring tolerance to CPB-induced inflammatory response through a self-protective mechanism.
Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to Social Networking Sites (SNS): Impact of Subjective Norm and Social Capital on the Acceptance of SNS

With their heavy traffic and technological capabilities, social networking sites (SNS) introduced a new means of building and maintaining perceived social capital. This study aims to identify underlying factors and causal relationships that affect behavioral intention to use SNS. For this purpose, this research developed an extended technology acceptance model, incorporating subjective norm and perceived social capital for predicting SNS acceptance and usage. Exploratory correlation and path analyses were conducted to identify the relationships between five constructs: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norm, perceived social capital, and intention to use. The results showed that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use had robust effects on the user's intention to use SNS. The research findings also demonstrated that subjective norm and perceived social capital were significant predictors of both perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use and therefore should be considered as potential variables for extending the technology acceptance model.
Transmission of Volatility and Trading Activity in the Global Interdealer Foreign Exchange Market: Evidence from Electronic Broking Services (Ebs) Data

This paper studies the transmission of volatility and trading activity in the foreign exchange market across trading regions for the euro-dollar and dollar-yen currency pairs, using high-frequency intraday data from Electronic Broking Services (EBS). In contrast with previous studies that use indicative quote frequency to proxy for trading activity, we use actual regional trading volume to identify five distinct trading regions in the foreign exchange market: Asia Pacific, the Asia-Europe overlap, Europe, the Europe-America overlap, and America. Based on realized volatility computed from high-frequency data and a regional volatility model, we find statistically significant evidence for volatility spillovers at both the own-region and the inter-region levels, but the economic significance of own-region spillovers is much more important than that of inter-region spillovers. We also examine the transmission of trading activity (trading volume and number of transactions) across the five trading regions and find similar results to those for volatility, but the economic significance of own-region spillovers is even more dominant.
Regional Variations in the Prevalence of Major Congenital Malformations in Quebec: The Importance of Fetal Growth Environment.

BACKGROUND Congenital anomalies are the consequence of a complex interaction between genetic predisposition and fetal environment. Based on the Congenital Anomalies Surveillance in Canada Report, between 1998 and 2007 the rate of congenital heart defects in Quebec was significantly higher than the Canadian average; no data on the overall prevalence of congenital anomalies for Quebec or data on regional variations in any province are available. OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of major congenital malformations (MCMs) in all of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. METHODS Using data from the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort, we included infants if they were born between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2008. MCMs were identified within the infant's first year of life using validated ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. The rate of MCMs was calculated and stratified on Quebec's administrative regions. RESULTS Among 152,353 eligible infants, the prevalence of MCMs was 36.6 (all rates were reported as per 1,000 live births). The regions with the highest rate of MCMs were Lanaudière (48.1), Laval (45.8), and Mauricie (45.1). Regions with the lowest rate were Outaouais (13.4), Côte-Nord (19.1), Abitibi-Témiscamingue (27.5), Gaspésie-îles-de-la-Madeleine (27.9), and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (28.9). Congenital heart defects (10.3) and musculoskeletal anomalies (12.6) were the most common. Laval had the highest rate of heart defects (16.1), and Lanaudière had the highest rate of musculoskeletal anomalies (22.0). CONCLUSIONS The central regions of Quebec had high rate of MCMs, whereas the relatively genetically homogenous peripheral regions of Quebec had lower rate of MCM, suggesting the importance of fetal growth environment in the etiology of MCMs in Quebec.
Labor Productivity in the Construction Industry -Factors Influencing the Spanish Construction Labor Productivity-

 Abstract — This research paper aims to identify, analyze and rank factors affecting labor productivity in Spain with respect to their relative importance. Using a selected set of 35 factors, a structured questionnaire survey was utilized as the method to collect data from companies. Target population is comprised by a random representative sample of practitioners related with the Spanish construction industry. Findings reveal the top five ranked factors are as follows: (1) shortage or late supply of materials; (2) clarity of the drawings and project documents; (3) clear and daily task assignment; (4) tools or equipment shortages; (5) level of skill and experience of laborers. Additionally, this research also pretends to provide simple and comprehensive recommendations so that they could be implemented by construction managers for an effective management of construction labor forces.
Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients

Given the increased number of patients hospitalized for acute medical illnesses and the associated risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the use of prophylaxis has become a public health matter. Thromboprophylaxis is not widely practiced in acutely ill medical patients, due in part to the heterogeneity of this group and the perceived difficulty in assessing those who would most benefit from treatment. Nevertheless, the results of recent well-conducted clinical trials support the evidence-based recommendations for more widespread systematic use of low-dose low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) or unfractionated heparin (UFH) in this population. Three large well-controlled studies (MEDENOX, PREVENT, and ARTEMIS) in acutely ill medical patients confirm previous findings that different at-risk patient populations show a consistent 50% reduction in VTE events with LMWH and fondaparinux. A meta-analysis in nearly 5000 patients in internal medicine comparing UFH and LMWH revealed a trend for reduction of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism with LMWH. Based on duration of use in clinical trials in acutely ill medical patients, prophylactic treatment with UFH and LMWH is recommended for 2 weeks.
Mixed Gaussian and impulse denoising of hyperspectral images

Hyperspectral image denoising is an important preprocessing step in the analysis of hyperspectral images in several applicaitons domains. These images often gets corrupted by various kinds of noise during acquisition process. There are several studies on reducing Gaussian noise from hyperspectral images. This work addresses the problem of reducing mixed noise from hyperspectral images; in particular a mixture of Gaussian and impulse noise has been considered. The proposed image acquisition model explicitly accounts for both Gaussian and impulse noise as additive noise. This mixed noise reduction problem has been formulated as synthesis prior optimization problem which exploits inherent spatio-spectral correlation present in hyperspectral images. Split-Bregman based approach has been utilized to solve resulting optimization problem. Experiements were conducted using both synthetic noise as well as real noisy hyperspectral images. Experimental results have been quantified using peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity index (SSIM). A comparative study with an existing low-rank based image denoising approaches has also been carried out. Both quantitative and qualitative results suggest the superiority of proposed approach.
High and Low Fluences of a -Particles Induce a G 1 Checkpoint in Human Diploid Fibroblasts 1

The effects of exposure to high and very low fluence a -particles on the G 1 checkpoint were investigated in human diploid fibroblasts irradiated and released from density-inhibited confluent cultures by the use of the cumula- tive labeling index method. Transient and permanent arrests in G 1 occurred in fibroblast populations exposed to mean doses as low as 1 cGy, suggesting that nontraversed bystander cells may contribute to the low dose response. In cells exposed to high fluences, the G 1 checkpoint is at least as extensive as in g -irradiated cells. In contrast to g -irradiated cells, neither repair of potentially lethal damage nor a reduction in the fraction of cells transiently or permanently arrested in G 1 were observed in cells held in confluence for 6 h after a -particle irradiation. Studies with isogenic wild-type, p53 –/– , and p21 Waf1–/– mouse embryo fibroblasts exposed to either g or a -particle radiation revealed a total lack of G 1 arrest in either p53 –/– or p21 waf1–/– cells, indicating that the G 1 checkpoint in wild-type cells is p53-dependent and that p21 Waf1 fully mediates the role of p53 in its induction. In contrast to human cells, mouse embryo fibroblasts do not undergo a permanent G 1 arrest. Except under conditions favoring potentially lethal damage repair, a comparable expression pattern of p53, p21 Waf1 , and other cell cycle-regulated proteins (pRb, p34 cdc2 , and cyclin B 1 ) was observed in a -particle or g -irra-diated human fibroblasts.
Late occurring clinical deep vein thrombosis in joint-operated patients

In a prospective study of 4,840 patients, we determined the annual incidence of clinical deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in mobilized, discharged orthopedic-operated "high-risk" patients (hip replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery, nailed hip fracture) and assumed "low-risk" patients (diagnostic knee arthroscopy). In addition, the time from the operation to the time when the patients were readmitted with clinically suspected DVT and the distribution of radiologically-confirmed DVT were recorded. Thromboprophylaxis was routinely given for about 10 days to the high-risk groups during the hospital stay but not to patients undergoing knee arthroscopy. During 9 years, the annual incidence of DVT following major procedures was 2.1% (95% CI 1.6-2.6) vs. 0.6% (95% CI 0.2-1.1) after diagnostic knee arthroscopy. Symptoms appeared, on average, 27 (3-150) days after total hip replacement surgery, 36 (3-150) days after nailed hip fracture, 17 (6-30) days after total knee replacement and 1 (1-6) day after knee arthroscopy. In hip-operated patients, 50% of the DVT's were found in the proximal veins vs. 40% following knee arthroplasty.