Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Sport Emotion Questionnaire in organisational environments

Abstract The Sport Emotion Questionnaire (SEQ) (Jones, M. V., Lane, A. M., Bray, S. R., Uphill, M., & Catlin, J. (2005). Development and validation of the SEQ. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27, 407–431) was developed and initially validated to assess sport performers’ pre-competitive emotions. The purpose of this study was to test the factor structure of the SEQ in a different environment (viz. organisational) and at a different time point (viz. the past month). A further aim was to examine if the SEQ was invariant across different groups of sport performers. A diverse sample of athletes (n = 1277) completed the questionnaire. Fit indices from confirmatory factor analyses provided partial support for the hypothesised measurement model, with equal or better fit demonstrated than evident in initial validation. The comparative fit index values were above acceptable guidelines for all factors at subscale level. Evidence was also found for the invariance of the SEQ across different groups. Overall, the findings support the reliability and validity of the SEQ as a measure of the emotions experienced by sport performers in an organisational environment during the past month.
Women in surgical residency training programs.

BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of women are entering surgical fields. The purpose of this study was to assess whether orthopaedic surgery is significantly different from other surgical fields in the recruitment of women to training programs. METHODS We analyzed data from the American Association of Medical Colleges as reported in annual issues on medical education in the Journal of the American Medical Association for the years 1970 to 2001, excluding 1975. Using linear regression models, we analyzed two factors: changes in the percentage of women within orthopaedic residencies (i.e., the ratio of men to women) and changes in the percentage of all female residents who choose to enter orthopaedics compared with other types of surgical residencies. RESULTS The percentage of women in the entering classes of medical school has increased from 11.1% in 1970 to 47.8% in 2001, while the percentage of women in orthopaedics has increased from 0.6% in 1970 to 9.0% in 2001. Orthopaedic residencies have the lowest percentage of women compared with all other primary surgical specialties. Only thoracic surgery, a field entered secondarily after the completion of general surgical training, has a lower percentage. The increases in the percentage of women in orthopaedics over the past thirty years have been significantly lower than those in every other primary surgical field (including general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and urology), except neurosurgery, and are markedly different from the percentages of women in the entering classes of medical school. The percentage of all female residents who choose an orthopaedic residency is 0.6%, a number that has not changed over the past twenty years. CONCLUSIONS Orthopaedic surgery has not had the same success in recruiting female trainees that other surgical fields have had. Furthermore, there appears to be a leveling of the recruitment rate over the past two decades, indicating that the higher numbers of women entering medicine will not be sufficient to improve gender representation in orthopaedic surgery training.
The balances of 137 Cs, stable cesium and potassium of bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus Raf.) and other fish in White Oak Lake.

Concentrations of /sup 137/Cs, stable cesium and potassium, and the intake and elimination rates of these nuclides were determined in bluegill and 6 other species of fish inhabiting a small radioactively contaminated lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during the period from June 1967 to January 1969. Cesium-137 concentrations increased by a factor of 4 in bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus Raf.) from 1 to 70 g, but the concentration of stable cesium decreased slightly with increasing fish size. In all species the concentrations of /sup 137/Cs cycled seasonally with a minimum in summer and a maximum in winter. Radiocesium concentration was highest in species feeding on food from which a high percentage of /sup 137/Cs was absorbed. The concentration of stable cesium cycled similar to that of /sup 137/Cs. Concentrations of potassium decreased somewhat with increasing fish size, but did not fluctuate seasonally. The specific activities of /sup 137/Cs in fish were in the same ranges as the specific activity of /sup 137/Cs in water. In bluegill the absorbed /sup 137/Cs was eliminated by a two-component exponential process. At 15/sup 0/C, the rates were 0.0912/day (fast component) and 0.00370/day (slow component) in bluegill above 70 g. The proportion of the body burdenmore » eliminated by the fast component was 37% after a single feeding of food contaminated with /sup 137/Cs; in the equilibrium state, the proportion of the body burden eliminated by the fast component was only 2.3%. Rates of cesium elimination decreased with the increasing weight of bluegill. Potassium was eliminated at a single exponential rate, 0.019/day at 15/sup 0/C in bluegill. The absorption of potassium was almost complete for all types of food. Intake rates of /sup 137/Cs, stable cesium, and potassium in bluegill were calculated on the basis of seasonal changes in body burden and elimination rates of these nuclides. 46 references, 6 figures, 10 tables. « less
CD44v6 expression in inflammatory bowel disease is associated with activity detected by endoscopy and pathological features

Overexpression of CD44v6 in colon crypt epithelial cells has been suggested to have diagnostic potential in differentiating ulcerative colitis from other forms of colon inflammation, including Crohn's disease. Our aim was to determine the value of CD44v6 expression in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to look for possible associations between CD44v6 expression and activity of this disease.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SINAPI ABA MICROFINANCE ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF RURAL WOMEN: THE CASE OF THE EAST GONJA DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA.

Microfinance is currently being promoted as a key development strategy for promoting poverty reduction and empowerment of women economically. This is because of its potential to effectively address poverty by granting financial services to households who are not served by the formal banking sector. The central focus of this paper is to examine whether the provision of financial services improve the business outcome of loan beneficiary. The paper adopted the mixed method research design to carry out its scientific investigation and employed multi – stage sampling technique to select 470 respondent. The overall results suggest that loan beneficiary enterprises have expanded while their business status improved while non- loan beneficiary enterprises and theirbusiness status have declined. It is recommended that, there is a need for human capital development of rural women so as to improve market access and financial information flows. There should be intensification of the functional literacy programme for adults being run by the non-formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education; together with the Association of Microfinance Institutions, Rural and Community Banks, the Department of Community Development and agricultural extension servicesparticularly in the area of record-keeping and planning.
Adaptive whole Earth tomography

An approach for seismic tomography is presented which allows the parameterization to be refined during the inversion. The objective is to use the data to refine the mesh and the velocity model together, and hence both are considered part of the solution. Some simple rules are used to identify the volumes of a three‐dimensional model in need of refinement. The self‐adaptive parameterization is applied to an initial mesh built from uniformly distributed spherical triangles and Delaunay tetrahedra. Application of the technique to a typical summary ray P‐wave arrival time data set shows it to be both feasible and practical for large scale whole Earth tomography. A noticeable trend in the resulting models, as the parameterization is refined, is the thinning of the Farallon and Tethys subduction features imaged in the mid mantle, together with an increase in amplitude of the velocity perturbation.
Effect of an amine-fluoride-triclosan mouthrinse on plaque regrowth and biofilm vitality.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this double-blind, prospective, latin-square crossover randomised study was to examine the efficacy of a mouthrinse solution containing a combination of triclosan, amine fluoride and sodium fluoride on supragingival plaque regrowth compared to a placebo and a chlorhexidine solution. METHODS 12 volunteers refrained after professional oral prophylaxis from all mechanical hygiene measures for the following 96 h and rinsed instead cross-over in a randomised order with either chlorhexidine digluconate (0.2%, positive control), a verum solution (0.5% amine fluoride, 0.028% sodium fluoride, 0.03% triclosan) or a placebo solution. The plaque index was assessed after 24 and 96 h (PI 1, PI 2) and the plaque area (PA) photographed and calculated after 96 h of undisturbed plaque regrowth. Moreover plaque samples were taken after 24 and 96 h and examined with the vital fluorescence technique to assess the vitality of the biofilm microbiota (VF 1, VF 2). RESULTS The amine-fluoride-triclosan solution reduced the clinical parameters (PI and PA) as well as the vitality of the plaque flora (VF) significantly when compared to the placebo solution. The verum reached a 36.5% (p<0.05) and a 39.8% reduction (p<0.0001) in PI 1 and PI 2, respectively, concomittant with a reduction of 23.8% and 32.2% (p<0.001) in VF 1 and VF 2 and of 46.9% (p<0.0001) in PA at day 4. This was less than the reductions found with the positive control, i.e., the 0.2% chlorhexidine solution (54.2% and 71.1% reduction in PI 1 and PI 2, 40.0% and 53.4% in VF 1 and VF 2 and 71.5% in PA). However, significant differences between both active solutions were only established for PI 2 and PA. CONCLUSION During 4-day plaque regrowth the amine-fluoride-triclosan product displayed a significant antibacterial and plaque-reducing action in comparison to the control.
Multi-Value Demand Side Response for Low Carbon Networks

The increasing penetration of low carbon technologies (LCTs) at customers’ premises, such as schools, homes and data centres, presents new opportunities for customers to take an active part in reducing energy and network costs through Demand Side Response (DSR). Meanwhile, the in depth DSR benefits on downstream network architecture, e.g. small and medium demand customers and distribution network operators, could be fully explored. Turning LCT into useful DSR resources to reduce energy volume or shift energy over time requires sophisticated control that can balance interests between customer, network and whole-sale energy market. The limitations of the current DSR control approaches are: 1) complex or inaccurate to formulate the increasingly complicated power flow brought by LCTs; 2) lack of interest balance between customers and network operators; 3) not able to facilitate customers in accessing to both local and central energy market. This research proposes a range of optimal DSR models in the low carbon environment to introduce three key innovations to overcome the limitation: 1) a new problem formulation in DSR optimization model to maximize the customers’ DSR return. The proposed formulation generalizes the relationship between power and final energy cost as the simple piecewise functions. The enhanced formulation reduces optimization problem solving complexity and extends modelling capability for conversion efficiency in both local AC and DC low carbon network. 2) a new Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) based DSR optimization model that integrates the network demand reduction signal into the constraints of problem formulation to improve network operators’ benefit. This research also proposes a novel probability-based quantification method to assess the minimum DSR penetration for concrete network demand reduction considering the demand uncertainty. 3) a new MILP based DSR trading model in the market environment of both local and central energy markets. Given different price signals, the proposed model determines the most profitable DSR trading behaviours for DSR providers across central and local energy markets.
Child characteristics and maternal speech

ABSTRACT Infant temperament characteristics of activity level, task persistence and affect were measured in an eight-month longitudinal study of eight children. Discourse and pragmatic features of their mothers' speech, specifically total number of utterances and use of self-repetitions, directives and attention-getting devices, were also monitored. Pearson correlation analysis suggested complex interactions between maternal speech and infant temperament. In some cases a maternal speech pattern appears to maintain an infant temperament characteristic. In others, a child characteristic appears to maintain a maternal speech form. The results are used to argue that non-linguistic child behaviours may influence maternal speech and deserve further attention in investigations of the link between maternal speech and child-language development.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas induced in syrian hamsters by N‐nitrosobis (2‐oxopropyl) amine contain a c‐Ki‐ras oncogene with a point‐mutated codon 12

We have used the polymerase chain reaction and dideoxynucleotide sequencing to amplify and sequence exons 1 and 2 of the c‐Ki‐ras proto‐oncogene from the normal Syrian golden hamster. Similar methods were employed to screen for the presence of point mutations in the c‐Ki‐ras oncogene in primary hamster pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDC) induced by N‐nitrosobis(2‐oxopropyl)amine (BOP). A GGT to GAT point mutation was detected in codon 12 of the c‐Ki‐ras gene in 10 primary hamster PDCs. This same point mutation was present in two nonclonal cell lines, PC‐1 and PC‐1‐0, established from tumors that were produced in hamsters by subcutaneously implanting a preparation of minced BOP‐induced PDC. Two clonal cell lines, CI‐3 and CI‐7, were cloned from the PC‐1 cell line, and these cell lines also carried the GAT point mutation at codon 12. This point mutation was the same as that detected in > 75% of adenocarcinomas from the human exocrine pancreas. Thus, our findings provide further validation for the use of the BOP‐induced hamster PDC model as a relevant experimental model for human pancreas cancer: not only did the hamster pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas closely resemble their human counterpart in histopathological morphology and sequential development, but they also contained the same point mutation in codon 12 of the c‐Ki‐ras oncogene, as has been reported for human pancreatic adenocarcinomas.
Attitudinal change in children: An insight from three decade of advertising campaigns in India

Abstract Exposure to advertisement is considered to be the primary source of indulgence and distraction for children. Past studies have treated children as both empowered and vulnerable. Empowered because after a certain age children become mature enough to understand the difference between entertainment and persuasion, but before reaching that stage children are extremely naïve. This paper aims to explore the changes in childrens’ attitude towards frequent changes in advertising campaigns with reference to a popular product of a famous chocolate multinational brand in India. Four focus groups comprising of 22 children of both the genders between the age group of 8–14 years participated in the study. Selective advertisement from a period of three decades (1983–2016) were chosen and shown to the children in a birthday party and their responses were collected. Congruency Theory of Social Psychology was applied for the analysis of the excerpts. The findings reveals that frequent changes in advertising campaigns create confusion in the minds of the children. The entertainment and empathy towards the advertisement were reduced considerably when the advertisement execution shifted from children to adults.
5‐Aminosalicylic Acid Therapy and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting the colon are at increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). Published data are conflicting about whether 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) has chemopreventive properties against IBD‐related carcinogenesis. The objective of this observational study was to determine if an association between 5‐ASA therapy and CRC risk exists in IBD patients. Methods: Adult patients with a new CRC diagnosis (n = 18,440) were identified from 2 large administrative claims databases. For each case, 20 control patients with no record of CRC diagnosis or bowel surgery (n = 368,800) were identified. Results: An IBD diagnosis was associated with a 6‐ to 7‐fold increased risk of CRC (ulcerative colitis, crude odds ratio [OR] = 6.72, 95% CI, 5.79–7.81; Crohn's disease, crude OR = 6.60, 95% CI, 5.56–7.82). Among patients with IBD (364 CRC cases, 1172 controls), exposure to 5‐ASA therapy of any dose or duration during the 12 months before CRC diagnosis was not associated with a reduced risk of CRC (OR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.77–1.23). However, there was a trend toward a decreased risk of CRC with increasing number of mesalamine prescriptions in the previous year, though statistical significance was not achieved (trend P = 0.08). Conclusions: Treating IBD patients with 5‐ASA medications was not found to have a protective effect against colitis‐related CRC when assessed over a short period of exposure.
Use of first‐generation HCV protease inhibitors in patients coinfected by HIV and HCV genotype 1

In HCV genotype 1‐infected patients with HIV co‐infection, tritherapy [HCV protease inhibitors (PIs) plus peg‐interferon and ribavirin] has been shown to have an increased rate of sustained virological response. However, complex drug‐to‐drug interactions and tolerability issues remain a concern.
2 Animal Models of Hematopoietic Growth Factor Perturbations in Physiology and Pathology

The clinical use of hematopoietic growth factors (HGFs) is built on nearly 20 years of in vitro studies followed by preclinical animal studies. These laboratory and animal studies, undertaken before first use in humans, provided the basis for expectations of what the biologic effects in humans would be. Reflecting the available technologies, the initial animal studies primarily evaluated the in vivo effects of factor excess after administration of factors to various animal species and included transgenic models, particularly when the supply of factor itself was limiting or issues of chronic factor exposure were to be addressed. With the development of genetic technologies to disrupt genes in mice selectively, animal models of 2 Animal Models of Hematopoietic Growth Factor Perturbations in Physiology and Pathology
The Effect of Compensation on Employee Performance at PT. Sango Indonesia - Karawang

Employee performance is very important for the achievement of the goals of a company. One important factor that can affect performance in a company is from providing compensation given to employees. Compensation is something that is received by employees as a substitute for their service contribution to the company. The existence of a good compensation system will ensure the occurrence of justice between employees and the company. Each employee will receive a reward in accordance with the goals, functions, positions, and work performance Compensation problems are a sensitive problem because they are driving people to work hard. Besides that compensation also affects morale and labor discipline. Therefore, any company / organization should be able to provide compensation that is balanced with the workload borne by the workforce. This research was conducted at PT. Indonesian Sango. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of compensation on the performance of employees at PT. Indonesian Sango. PT. Sango Indonesia is a company engaged in the Automotive Part that produces Secondary Steel and Exhaust Manifold. Shareholders in PT. Sango Indonesia is divided into Sango Group, Toyota Thuso, Sumitomo Corporation, sumitomo corporation Indonesia and shinsho corporation. Meanwhile, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of compensation on the performance of employees at PT. Indonesian Sango. Based on the results of the study it can be seen that Compensation has a contribution of influence of 50.83% on the performance of employees of PT. Indonesian Sango. While the remaining 49.17% is influenced by other factors. From the results of the study it can be concluded that compensation is needed to help strengthen the organization's key values ​​and facilitate the achievement of organizational goals Keywords: Compensation, Employee
Doctors' service orientation in public, private, and foreign hospitals.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to propose a doctors' service orientation (DSO) scale and uses it to compare the services received in public, private and foreign hospitals in a developing country from the patient's perspective. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The scale was derived from the service quality literature and qualitative research. A questionnaire was designed next. Data were collected from patients who had used the services of doctors in a hospital. FINDINGS The scale demonstrated appropriate psychometric properties. Two clear patterns emerge from the study results: on 10 out of 12 measures of doctors' service orientation, there was no significant difference in their perceived behaviors between public and private hospitals and foreign doctors were "always" rated significantly higher. RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS This study focused on one major city because of time and resource constraints. The findings are thus not generalizable to hospitals across the country. Also, because of translation and retranslation issues, the scale ought to be further tested for wider use. ORIGINALITY/VALUE The scale may be used periodically in a comprehensive quality assurance program to exhort doctors to become more service oriented and to improve their performance over time.
Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer mortality: clinical implications

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) has conducted two randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials to evaluate the influence of menopausal hormone therapy on chronic disease risk. Estrogen plus progestin was evaluated in 16,608 postmenopausal women without prior hysterectomy during 5.6 years’ intervention. In that setting, combined hormone therapy use significantly increased breast cancer incidence and interfered with breast cancer detection. The breast cancers were not limited to estrogen receptor positive, favorable prognosis cancers and were identified at more advanced stage. As a result, deaths from breast cancer were significantly increased by estrogen plus progestin use. While the absolute breast cancer risk for relatively short term (2–4 years) use of combined hormone therapy is small, on a population basis a therapy which nearly doubles deaths from breast cancer requires cautious use. Estrogen alone was evaluated in 10,739 postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy during 7.1 years’ intervention. There was an overall reduction of breast cancer incidence seen with estrogen alone use and a suggestion that the effect on risk was more pronounced in women initiating hormone therapy further from menopause. Nonetheless, women with prior hysterectomy can be assured that short duration estrogen alone use for climacteric symptom management is relatively safe. Neither estrogen plus progestin nor estrogen alone should be used for chronic disease risk reduction. The safety of duration of use on chronic disease risk longer than in the WHI clinical trials is not defined.