Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dimensions of employee satisfaction: A state university example *

The main purpose of this research is to explore the satisfaction level of the academic staff of state universities. In this research, a state university in Istanbul, one of the oldest and most institutionalised among state universities of Turkey, was selected as an example. 191 academic staff members answered an original questionnaire. According to the results of the research, although satisfaction levels in different dimensions are not high, Professional Satisfaction and Institutional Job Satisfaction are the dimensions that most participants are satisfied with, followed by Colleague Competition Level Satisfaction and Colleague Relations Satisfaction. Since these factors have positive effects on the general satisfaction levels of employees, the improvements therein will cause an increase on the general satisfaction levels of employees. This research discloses findings on employee satisfaction –an essential aspect in realising quality management understanding in state universities.
Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden

The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last two decades, namely product market reforms and incentives to innovate. The paper provides a short description of the policy changes that have taken place within these areas since the early 1990s and offers ideas for additional policy reforms that would pave the way for continued successful economic development.
Administrative Burdens in the Dairy Industry – A Proposal for Empirical Research

The goal of this paper is to frame the effect of regulatory burdens in a research outline which enables the study of their effect on the competitiveness of the food and drinks industry, especially the European dairy sector. A firm perspective is used. We address the basic structure and tendencies in the food sector, the regulatory role of regulatory burdens and their effect on competitiveness. A theoretical foundation is provided by transaction cost economics and total quality management insights. The effects of legislation on administrative costs and competitiveness are mediated by impacts on innovativeness, company strategy, food safety system availability, as well as the available information & communication capabilities. Building on a previous studies showing the negative impact of administrative requirements on competitiveness, this paper focuses at expanding the available research framework and to adjust it to sector (i.e. dairy) specifics. We will connect to previous research (Wijnands et al., 2007) which, among others, generated the following generic results: - administrative burdens are connected to prevention measures; - administrative burdens impede on the innovativeness of food companies; - administrative burdens are influenced by the content of law and by the predictability and clearness of regulations.
Rapid radio flaring during an anomalous outburst of SS Cyg

The connection between accretion and jet production in accreting white dwarf binary systems, especially dwarf novae, is not well understood. Radio wavelengths provide key insights into the mechanisms responsible for accelerating electrons, including jets and outflows. Here, we present densely sampled radio coverage, obtained with the Arcminute MicroKelvin Imager Large Array, of the dwarf nova SS Cyg during its 2016 February anomalous outburst. The outburst displayed a slower rise (3 d mag-1) in the optical than typical ones and lasted for more than three weeks. Rapid radio flaring on time-scales
Impact of Front Line Demonstration on Adoption of Seed Treatment in Soybean

The study was conducted in Wardha district of Maharashtra State where front line demonstrations on seed treatment in soybean were conducted by KVK on farmers field. Total fifty FLDs were evaluated to access their impact on adoption and relative advantage, compatibility, complexity and observability. It was found that seed treatment in soybean gives 56.93 per cent more yield as compare to untreated seed. Almost all the respondents expressed that seed treatment requires no labour and majority said that initial cost was also very low. In the compatibility issues cent per cent farmers reported that this technology is suitable to agro-climatic conditions, consistent with existing situation and compatible with norms of culture. Over 90.00 per cent respondents accepted that it meets felt need of farmers. All farmers stated that seed treatment is easy to understand and perform. Effect of technology was found visible to 100.00 per cent farmers. In the categorization, majority of respondents were found to be taken high relative advantage, highly compatible, low complexity and high observability. In total, technology effectiveness calculated was 91.96. Regarding impact on adoption, most of the respondents (68.00%) were accepted the technology but not able to adopt due to some constraints. Farmers have given feedback that with the low cost inputs, technology was very effective to increase the yield of soybean (100.00%), bio-products are not readily available in local area (100.00%), darken the hands and cloths and burning the eyes are the complaints of farmers using bio-treatment of the seed. In the relational analysis, relative advantage and observability were positive and highly significant with the adoption of seed treatment whereas, complexity was highly but negatively correlated with the adoption.
Comparative Study of the Use of Patents in Different Industries

It has been long recognised that the role and effects of patents vary considerably across industries. This observation raises immediately to important sets of questions. First, can we document systematically this heterogeneity and can we provide a conceptual framework for explaining this diversity? Second, how should the patent system deal with these differences? Should patent laws be tailored to industry specificities or should they be kept as homogeneous as possible? In this paper, we focus mainly on the first question and only tangentially on the second one. In particular, we try to review what is known about the inter-sectoral differences in the uses of patents and their more recent evolution and we suggest that such diversity is just to expected as it depends on complex interactions between the properties of technologies, the nature of markets and the patterns of competition, the evolution of legislation and its interpretation.
Drying Kinetics and Quality of Barberry in a Thin Layer Dryer

The objective of this study was to investigate dehydration kinetics of barberry ( Berberis vulgaris L.) at different drying temperatures (60 oC, 70 oC, 80 oC), air velocities (0.3 m s -1 , 0.5 m s -1 , 1 m s -1 ) with two types of pretreatment. Drying time and colour quality during dehydration were experimentally determined. Barberries were dried from the initial moisture content of 73.44% (w.b.) to the required moisture content of 18% (w.b.). Dehydration kinetics was monitored by measuring barberries weights at regular intervals. Convective drying curves were obtained for the treated and untreated barberries. The effect of two dipping pretreatments on drying kinetics of barberries was also studied. The two pretreatments were thermal shocking by immersing barberries in hot water, followed by cold water cooling, and dipping in olive oil and food grade K 2CO 3. Colour of the dried product was altered significantly during drying. The results indicated that the use of low temperatures is adequate for preserving this property. The air temperature significantly affected drying time and hunter colour indices of barberries (P< 0.05). With heat shocking and treatment with olive oil and K 2CO 3, drying time was reduced to about 40% and 60%, respectively. The total colour change ( �E) and hue angle (H) increased with temperature. Moisture transfer from the test samples was described by applying the Fick’s diffusion model for calculating the effective diffusivity. The effective moisture diffusivity (D eff ) of barberry increased as the drying air temperature increased. The D eff values were higher for the treated samples than the untreated ones. These values were also higher for the samples treated with olive oil and K2 CO 3 emulsion than those treated with hot water. The effective diffusivity of the untreated and the pre-treated varied between 2.57×10 -13 and 9.67×10 -12 m 2 s -1 , respectively. Higher colour change was observed in barberries treated with olive oil and K2CO 3 emulsion. Statistical analysis showed that temperature and pretreatment had the most significant effect on drying time at p<0.01.
The Effect of Supplemental Dietary Chromium on Performance , Some Blood Parameters and Tissue Chromium Contents of Rabbits

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of supplemental dietary chromium (Cr) on average daily gain, feed intake, feed efficiency and several serum constituents and tissue chromium contents of pregnant does, newborns and weaned growing rabbits. At the beginning of the study, 36 rabbits were randomly divided into three treatment groups as follows: 0, 200 and 400 ppb. Supplemental chromium was provided by Cr chloride incorporated into a basal diet containing 539.17 ppb Cr. Blood and tissue were collected at the end of study and analyzed for serum glutamic oxalate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), Ca, P, Na, K, total immunoglobulins and tissue Cr contents. Supplemental Cr had no effects (P>0.05) on average daily gain, feed intake or feed efficiency of the weaned rabbits. Supplemental Cr also did not affect (P>0.05) serum total cholesterol, SGOT, SGPT, Ca, P, Na, K, or tissue Cr contents in any rabbit types. However, supplemental Cr increased (P<0.05) total serum immunoglobulin levels in all rabbits. The results of this investigation indicate that supplemental Cr had no effect on performance, serum contituents or Cr content in various tissues, but increased total serum immunoglobulin.
The Use of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Antagonist in Women Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination

Background: Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is considered to be a very popular treatment procedure that is used for many infertile women worldwide. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the addition of gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist would improve the clinical pregnancy rate in women undergoing IUI. Methods: A prospective study performed at El-Galaa Maternity Teaching Hospital where 124 women suffering from primary or secondary infertility were subjected to controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) with hMG (human menopausal gonadotropin) (74 to 150 IU/d) only (control group, n 62) or to hMG (75 to 150 IU/d) plus Cetrotide (0.25 mg/d, starting when the leading follicle was ≥ 16 mm; n 62). A single insemination was performed 36 hours after hCG was given (5,000 IU, IM) in both groups. Main Outcome Measure: Clinical pregnancy rate, premature luteinization and follicular development. Result: Clinical pregnancy rates (20% vs. 10.9%), and the number of mature follicles (2.2 ± 1.1 vs. 1.4 ± 0.96) were statistically significantly higher in the antagonist group compared with the control group. The premature luteinization rate was significantly lower in the antagonist group (0.91% vs. 4.61%). Conclusion: The addition of a GnRH antagonist to controlled ovarian stimulation and IUI was significantly associated with an increase in pregnancy rates in multifollicular cycles and a reduction in the incidence of premature luteinization.
Primary Graft Dysfunction and Long-Term Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation

Author(s): DerHovanessian, Ariss | Advisor(s): Elashoff, Robert M; Belperio, John A | Abstract: Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is an early complication of lung transplantation associated with poor early outcomes, however less is known about its prolonged effects on morbidity and mortality. We hypothesized that PGD is associated with long-term mortality and chronic rejection in the form of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Methods: A retrospective study of 279 adult lung transplant recipients between 2000 and 2007 was performed. PGD grade was determined both immediately after transplantation (T0) and at 72 hours post-transplant (T72). Chronic rejection defined as stage 1 bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), long-term mortality in 90-day survivors were modeled using competing risk and extended Cox models with time-dependent covariates with internal validation performed via bootstrapping. Cumulative incidence plots for the outcome of BOS were created for each PGD grade and at both time points.Results: We found that there was a significant stepwise increase in the hazard ratio for both BOS and mortality with increasing PGD grade. This association was most severe among patients with grade 3 PGD at T72, and the association with BOS persisted in adjusted multivariable models with a hazard ratio of 3.75 (95% CI 1.11-21.4, p l 0.001). Stratified analyses in recipients with either single or bilateral transplants were also consistent with this finding. The association between PGD and long-term mortality also persisted after adjustment for baseline covariates, but in multivariable models of mortality that also incorporated BOS as a time-dependent variable, PGD was no longer significantly associated with mortality. Conclusions: These results suggest that severe PGD in the early perioperative period may play a causal role in the subsequent development of BOS after lung transplantation in some patients, and that the development of BOS in patients with PGD may account for increased rates of death even among recipients with severe PGD who survive the early perioperative period.
The XMM-Newton view of stellar coronae: Flare heating in the coronae of HR 1099

The RS CVn system HR 1099 was observed by XMM-Newton for a time span of 25 days during the commissioning phase. Rotational modulation in the RGS light curve has been detected with maximum flux when the active K1 IV star is in front. Following a quiescent phase of emission, the rise and peak of a large flare were observed. Time-dependent spectroscopy has been performed to derive elemental abundances and their variations during the various stages of the flare. Emission measure distributions have been reconstructed. Two different components are detected: a very hot plasma (up to 100 MK) that evolves rapidly, and a stable quiescent plasma. Low first-ionization-potential elemental (such as Fe and Si) abundances increase significantly during the flare, while the abundance of the high-FIP element Ne stays constant at the quiescent value. We report direct detection of a flux increase in the Fexxiv X-ray lines during a stellar flare.
Ambiguous External Genitalia in Childhood in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Ambiguous external genitalia are a major cause of parental anxiety and a challenge to paediatricians in developing countries. Aims and objectives: This study aims to highlight the pattern of presentation and challenges in the management of ambiguous external genitalia in a developing country. Patients and methods: A prospective study of all patients with ambiguous external genitalia managed in the paediatric endocrine unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital between January 2008 and Dec 2010 was done. Biodata, clinical presentation, management and outcome were documented. Results: Six patients were seen with ambiguous external genitalia during the study period. Age ranged from birth to 16 years at presentation. The commonest presentation was clitoral hypertrophy in all patients. The commonest initial diagnosis was CAH. Definitive confirmation of cause of ambiguous external genitalia with a reconstructive surgery was done in only one patient due to non-availability and high cost of investigation. Three (50%) patients were lost to follow up of which 2(66.7%) have resorted to spiritual treatment. One patient who presented at 16 years of age died from an associated obstructive uropathy with chronic renal failure. Conclusion: The challenges in managing children with ambiguous external genitalia in developing countries include late presentation, high cost andnon-availability of investigations for making definitive diagnosis.
Comparison of self-esteem of orphans with parental care children

The purpose of the study was to compare self-esteem of orphan children with parental care children. The subjects for the study were 200 orphan children and 200 parental care children. The test item selected for this was “Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale” by Rosenberg. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 and 0.01 level. A calculated P value less than 0.05 is considered to be statistically significant. In all the statistical tests, level of significance was fixed at 1% or 5%. If the calculated test statistic is greater than the 1% or 5% critical value obtained from statistical table, there is statistically significant effect or alternatively if calculated P-value (a small P-value impels that the mean difference is highly significant) is less than 0.01 or 0.05 then the mean difference is significant at 1% or 5% level. All statistical analysis was carried out with the help of statistical package SPSS 16.0 for windows.
Effect of Organizational Learning on Organizational Performance of Food Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County, Kenya

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of organizational learning on organizational performance in food manufacturing firms in Nairobi County Kenya. The study is guided by the Knowledge Based Theory which considers knowledge as a strategically significant resource of the firm. In recent years, there has been an amplified interest on the role of organizational learning in managing knowledge assets through defining the processes of knowledge acquisition, dissemination, transfer and storage for competitive advantage and superior performance. The study adopted correlational survey research design with a target population of 87 food manufacturing firms from Nairobi County. The study used disproportionate stratified random sampling method to identify a sample that was representative of the 7 sub-sectors of the food manufacturing industry. A sample of 71 firms was used in the study. Primary data was collected using close-ended questionnaires which were administered to executive officers in the firms. The questionnaire was used to get both qualitative and quantitative data. To summarize the data, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used. To examine the effect of organizational learning on organizational performance, multiple regression analysis was used. The study results revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between organizational learning and organizational performance. The study concluded that while information distribution needs to be the key vision of organizational learning goals, all organizational learning dimensions should be combined for a greater increase on organizational performance. Keywords: Organizational Learning, Organizational Performance, Knowledge Based Theory, Manufacturing Sector, Kenya
Simulation of the mantle and crustal helium isotope signature in the Mediterranean Sea using a high-resolution regional circulation model

Abstract. Helium isotopes (3He, 4He) are useful tracers for investigating the deep ocean circulation and for evaluating ocean general circulation models, because helium is a stable and conservative nuclide that does not take part in any chemical or biological process. Helium in the ocean originates from three different sources, namely, (i) gas dissolution in equilibrium with atmospheric helium, (ii) helium-3 addition by radioactive decay of tritium (called tritiugenic helium), and (iii) injection of terrigenic helium-3 and helium-4 by the submarine volcanic activity which occurs mainly at plate boundaries, and also addition of (mainly) helium-4 from the crust and sedimentary cover by α-decay of uranium and thorium contained in various minerals. We present the first simulation of the terrigenic helium isotope distribution in the whole Mediterranean Sea using a high-resolution model (NEMO-MED12). For this simulation we build a simple source function for terrigenic helium isotopes based on published estimates of terrestrial helium fluxes. We estimate a hydrothermal flux of 3.5 mol3 He yr−1 and a lower limit for the crustal flux at 1.6 × 10−7 4He mol m−2 yr−1. In addition to providing constraints on helium isotope degassing fluxes in the Mediterranean, our simulations provide information on the ventilation of the deep Mediterranean waters which is useful for assessing NEMO-MED12 performance. This study is part of the work carried out to assess the robustness of the NEMO-MED12 model, which will be used to study the evolution of the climate and its effect on the biogeochemical cycles in the Mediterranean Sea, and to improve our ability to predict the future evolution of the Mediterranean Sea under the increasing anthropogenic pressure.
Assessing farm sustainability with the IDEA method – from the concept of agriculture sustainability to case studies on farms

The IDEA method ( Indicateurs de Durabilite des Exploitations Agricoles or Farm Sustainability Indicators) is based on research work conducted since 1998 and is one way of giving practical expression to the concept of sustainable farms. Based on 41 sustainability indicators covering the three dimensions of sustainability, this method is designed as a self-assessment tool not only for farmers but also for policy makers to support sustainable agriculture. The scientific approach is based on identifying three different scales of sustainability. The application of the IDEA method is illustrated using French case studies. Linking the IDEA method with the Farm Accounting Data Network is noted as an interesting possibility to assess the sustainability level of different farming systems. The conclusion is that there is not just one farm sustainability model, and therefore the indicators must be adapted to local farming before using the IDEA method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Effects of Enzymatic Treatment on Physicochemical Properties of Sugar Palm Fruit Juice

The interest in fruit and vegetable juices production has increased significantly all over the world due to their benefit value, quality of production and increasing of consumer awareness and preference for healthy food. The production of sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) fruit juice with exotic characteristics has the potential to be explored based on the new technologies and methods in juices industry. In beverage industry, enzyme is an essential tool for quality improvement and cost saving by increasing the yield of the fruit juice. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of different enzymatic treatment on sugar palm fruit juice processing. Sugar palm fruit purees were treated individually and in combination using two types of commercial enzymes: Novozymes Cellulase and Pectinex Ultra SP-L at a concentration of 0.05% (w/w) and incubated at 45°C for 60 min. The results showed that there are significant ( p <0.05) reduction on proximate content such as crude fibre, crude protein and carbohydrate for the enzymes treated juices as compared to the untreated juice. The enzyme treatment also significantly ( p <0.05) reduced the juice viscosity and ascorbic acid content, promoted juice clarification and increased L value, yield, TSS and sugar content. In conclusion, the quality of sugar palm fruit juice can be improved by using the combination treatment of pectinase and cellulase enzymes.