Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dochody własne w systemie finansowania gmin. Determinanty i implikacje

W monografii przeprowadzono diagnozę i ocenę systemu wyposażenia gmin w Polsce w dochody własne. Wytypowano i zoperacjonalizowano płaszczyzny tej oceny, a następnie przeprowadzono badania empiryczne z wykorzystaniem odpowiednio dobranych metod analizy ilościowej. Wypracowano autorskie podejście do tego zagadnienia, które uwzględnia trzy wymiary: trafność i efektywność prognoz budżetowych, stopień wykorzystania potencjału dochodowego i jego determinanty oraz konwergencję dochodów własnych. Dzięki temu możliwe było uchwycenie krótko-, średnio- i długoterminowego horyzontu badanej problematyki. Niniejsza praca posiada elementy nowości zarówno w wymiarze poznawczym, jak i aplikacyjnym. Wyniki badań empirycznych są ważne z perspektywy teorii federalizmu fiskalnego, zwłaszcza modeli tzw. drugiej i trzeciej generacji, które odpowiednio podkreślają znaczenie czynników politycznych w wyjaśnianiu funkcjonowania zdecentralizowanego systemu finansów publicznych oraz rangę badań empirycznych dla weryfikacji modeli teoretycznych. Praca dostarcza również wskazówek w odniesieniu do reformy systemu finansowania gmin w Polsce oraz w zakresie budowy modeli teoretycznych opodatkowania.
Analyze Modified Extended Information Technology Continuance toward Continuance Intention of Administration Information System

This study emphasizes the importance of the role of technology in the form of information systems in an educational service institution by using an information system application that is used by the academic community on a daily basis. The purpose of this study is to analyze post-usage usefulness and facilitating conditions through or not through satisfaction to achieve continuance intention related to Administrative Information Systems (SIA) at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa, Yogyakarta. This study uses a modification of the Extended Information Technology Continuance (ITC). This study uses AMOS 22 path analysis and a total sample of 343 students in accounting and management programs. The results showed that all hypotheses were accepted except for the direct effect of facilitating conditions toward continuance intention. These results strengthen the impact of satisfaction on continuance intention regarding the practice of using technology. The implication of the results indicates that the use of available information system applications, although satisfactory, must still be monitored and developed in order to ensure continued user satisfaction.
Comparative effects of passive and active mode robot-assisted gait training on brain and muscular activities in sub-acute and chronic stroke.

BACKGROUND Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) was initially developed based on the passive controlled (PC) mode, where the target or ideal locomotor kinematic trajectory is predefined and a patient basically 'rides' the robot instead of actively participating in the actual locomotor relearning process. A new insightful contemporary neuroscience and mechatronic evidence suggest that robotic-based locomotor relearning can be best achieved through active interactive (AI) mode rather than PC mode. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the pattern of gait-related cortical activity, specifically gait event-related spectral perturbations (ERSPs), and muscle activity from the tibialis anterior (TA) and clinical functional tests in subacute and chronic stroke patients during robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) in passive controlled (PC) and active interactive (AI) modes. METHODS The present study involves a two-group pretest-posttest design in which two groups (i.e., PC-RAGT group and AI-RAGT group) of 14 stroke subjects were measured to assess changes in ERSPs, the muscle activation of TA, and the clinical functional tests, following 15- 18 sessions of intervention according to the protocol of each group. RESULTS Our preliminary results demonstrated that the power in the μ band (8- 12 Hz) was increased in the leg area of sensorimotor cortex (SMC) and supplementary motor area (SMA) at post-intervention as compared to pre-intervention in both groups. Such cortical neuroplasticity change was associated with TA muscle activity during gait and functional independence in functional ambulation category (FAC) and motor coordination in Fugl- Meyer Assessment for lower extremity (FMA-LE) test as well as spasticity in the modified Ashworth scale (MAS) measures. CONCLUSIONS We have first developed a novel neuroimaging experimental paradigm which distinguished gait event related cortical involvement between pre- and post-intervention with PC-RAGT and AI-RAGT in individuals with subacute and chronic hemiparetic stroke.
Anxiety, Burnout and Depression, Psychological Well-Being as Predictor of Healthcare Professionals’ Turnover during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Study in a Pandemic Hospital

Turnover of healthcare professionals’ is a rapidly growing human resource issue that affects healthcare systems. During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have faced stressful situations that have negatively impacted their psychological health. In this study, we explored impacts of the emotional wellbeing of healthcare professionals on their intention to quit their jobs. A cross-sectional survey design was used for this study. The respondents were selected based on simple random sampling. In total, 345 questionaries were returned and used for the analysis. Respondents were healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors, midwives, technicians, etc.) working in a pandemic hospital in Turkey. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to predict the emotions that encouraged the respondents to intend to quit their jobs. Emotions including anxiety, burnout, and depression were measured using validated scales. We found that the COVID-19 situation increased the turnover intention, especially among doctors and nurses (ORnurse/midwife = 22.28 (2.78–41.25), p = 0.01; ORdoctors = 18.13 (2.22–2.27), p = 0.01) mediating the emotional pressure it was putting them under. Anxiety related to work-pressure and burnout especially were the main emotional predictors of turnover intention. The more severe the anxiety was, the more the professional considered quitting (ORmoderate = 18.96 (6.75–137.69), p = 0.005; ORsevere = 37.94 (2.46–107.40), p = 0.016). Only severe burnout, however, engendered such an intention among them (ORsevere = 13.05 (1.10–33.48), p = 0.000).
The impact of crime on tourists and the need for greater support for tourist victims

This article presents the first research to address the impact of crime on citizens who suffer crime during a vacation. Based on a small sample of US residents victimised while visiting five different countries, and drawn from a crowdsourcing platform, it is, essentially exploratory. However, the findings suggest that tourist victims are severely affected by their experiences and that this impacts their feelings about revisiting the country where the offence occurred. Most victims reported receiving support from both formal and informal sources, but at the same time most said they would have appreciated more support. While more research is needed to build on this study, the findings do underline the need for a greater focus on both crime reduction and harm minimisation.
Poly (Lactic-Co-Glycolic) Acid–Poly (Vinyl Pyrrolidone) Hybrid Nanoparticles to Improve the Efficiency of Oral Delivery of β-Carotene

The aim of this study was to develop a nanoparticle formulation made of poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) and poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) for the oral delivery of β-carotene (BC). The hybrid nanoparticles were prepared by the interfacial deposition method, and the physicochemical properties of this formulation were characterized in terms of its morphology, particle size, size distribution, encapsulation efficiency, dissolution, intestinal permeability, and in vivo pharmacokinetics. Our results demonstrated that BC-loaded nanoformulation and PLGA nanoparticles (PNP) significantly enhanced a release 6.1 times higher than BC suspension. The fortification of PVP into PLGA nanoparticles, named PLGA–PVP hybrid nanoparticles (PPNP), significantly reduced the particle size, as well as led to an increase 1.9 times higher in the in vitro release of BC, compared with PNP. For the ex vivo intestinal permeability assessment, PNP and PPNP–K15 significantly enhanced the intestinal permeability by 2.7 and 6.5 times at the jejunum, and 2.3 and 4.5 times at the ileum, when compared with unformulated BC. According to the pharmacokinetic study, the optimized hybrid formulation significantly increased the peak plasma concentration (Cmax) and the area under the curve (AUC0-t), and the oral relative bioavailability showed a five-fold enhancement compared with that of the BC suspension. Our results indicate that the hybrid nanoparticulate delivery system is an efficient strategy for the oral delivery of BC.
Managing Medical Errors in a University Hospital: How to Handle the Internal Learning–External Protection Paradox?

Hospitals are looking to strengthen their safety culture by learning internally from medical errors that occur to prevent them from happening again. This implies creating an atmosphere of psychological safety that encourages errors to be reported. Only open communication from teams can help to improve practices. Also, many establishments have implemented no-punishment charters, creating a policy of tolerance of errors. However, a medical error can become a legal issue. The fact that a court of law can use anything hospital staff have said or written after an adverse event has occurred encourages defensive communication to protect oneself from outside stakeholders. To date, the literature on medical errors has not studied how hospitals overcome this contradiction. In this qualitative research, we use paradox theory in the case of a single university hospital to understand how a hospital confronted with medical errors can effectively manage the internal learning–external protection paradox. A deeper study of this specific context also allows us to supplement the literature on organizational paradoxes. We demonstrate how the interactions between different levels of analysis contribute to operationalizing paradox management in a dynamic and characteristic way, on the one hand, and what makes it effective, on the other hand.
Random Forests Assessment of the Role of Atmospheric Circulation in PM10 in an Urban Area with Complex Topography

This study presents the assessment of the quantitative influence of atmospheric circulation on the pollutant concentration in the area of Kraków, Southern Poland, for the period 2000–2020. The research has been realized with the application of different statistical parameters, synoptic meteorology tools, the Random Forests machine learning method, and multilinear regression analyses. Another aim of the research was to evaluate the types of atmospheric circulation classification methods used in studies on air pollution dispersion and to assess the possibility of their application in air quality management, including short-term PM10 daily forecasts. During the period analyzed, a significant decreasing trend of pollutants’ concentrations and varying atmospheric circulation conditions was observed. To understand the relation between PM10 concentration and meteorological conditions and their significance, the Random Forests algorithm was applied. Observations from meteorological stations, air quality measurements and ERA-5 reanalysis were used. The meteorological database was used as an input to models that were trained to predict daily PM10 concentration and its day-to-day changes. This study made it possible to distinguish the dominant circulation types with the highest probability of occurrence of poor air quality or a significant improvement in air quality conditions. Apart from the parameters whose significant influence on air quality is well established (air temperature and wind speed at the ground and air temperature gradient), the key factor was also the gradient of relative air humidity and wind shear in the lowest troposphere. Partial dependence calculated with the use of the Random Forests model made it possible to better analyze the impact of individual meteorological parameters on the PM10 daily concentration. The analysis has shown that, for areas with a diversified topography, it is crucial to use the variability of the atmospheric circulation during the day to better forecast air quality.
A review on the use of agro-industrial CO-products in animals’ diets

Abstract The use of agro-industrial co-products in animal nutrition could represent an opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of the food production chain. Co-products can decrease the feeding cost and improve animal products in terms of quality and sustainability. To evaluate the use of co-products as animal feed, 57 studies published in the last 11 years on agro-industrial residues were considered. In vitro trials demonstrated that some co-products, such as ginseng meal, grape pomace and olive cake, in animal diets could affect fermentation parameters decreasing the gas production, particularly the methane emission. Indeed, thanks to their chemical composition and the presence of some bioactive compounds, such as tannins, these co-products seemed able to modify the ruminal and the intestinal environment and consequently fermentation kinetics and end-product. Furthermore, fruits, vegetables and oil extraction co-products could be valid sources of energy, fibre and protein, respectively. The remaining studies, conducted in vivo on different animal species, evidenced as some fruits and oil extraction co-products (e.g., prickly pears, olive, and hemp cake) could improve milk and/or meat fatty acid profile. Moreover, the antioxidant compounds of these co-products could have beneficial effects on gut microbiota and animal health status. The replacement of traditional feedstuffs with agricultural or industrial co-products could represent an interesting prospect for animal production. However, it is important to individuate the right dosage of supplementation in the animal diet, considering that all fruit and vegetable residues showed high variability in chemical composition. Highlights Reduce animal production environmental impact Increase animal welfare Reduce nutritional costs
Comparison of solo and conventional ring yarns: effects on the compression characteristics of cut-pile carpets

Abstract Carpet manufacturers are continuously looking for new approach to improve the characteristics of their produced carpets in terms of appearance and durability. Material and structural parameters have a significant effect on the carpet compression properties. This study deals with characterization of the cut-pile carpets produced with Solospun pile yarns in comparison to Ring spun yarns. To this end, the acrylic pile yarns were produced in same linear density using a semi-worsted Solo- and Ring spinning systems. Both prepared pile yarns were used to produce machine-woven carpets in two different weft densities (1500 and 2000 yarns/m). Compression characteristics of the manufactured carpet samples under compression loading were evaluated. The findings revealed that the hairiness of Solospun yarn decreased by 24% and 41% for 3 and 6 mm hairs, respectively; while the yarn abrasion resistance increased by 39%. The results also revealed that the thickness loss (TL) under long-term static loading was vividly lower for the carpets produced from Solospun yarns, in comparison to Ring spun yarns. The compression characteristics such as compressibility, permanent deformation, compression energy and residual energy of the carpet samples made of the Solospun yarns were less than those made of conventional Ring spun yarns. Finally, using the Solospun yarns as carpet pile leads to higher useful life and pile recovery of the cut-pile carpets. Accordingly, these yarns are recommended to be applied in the carpet industry, instead of the Ring spun pile yarns.
Spatial heterogeneity of 2015–2017 drought intensity in South Africa's winter rainfall zone

Abstract. The 2014–2018 drought over South Africa's winter rainfall zone (WRZ) created a critical water crisis which highlighted the region's drought and climate change vulnerability. Consequently, it is imperative to better understand the climatic characteristics of the drought in order to inform regional adaptation to projected climate change. In this paper we investigate the spatio-temporal patterns of drought intensity and the recent rainfall trends, focusing on assessing the consistency of the prevailing conceptual model of drought drivers with observed patterns. For this we use the new spatial subdivision for the region encompassing the WRZ introduced in our companion paper (Conradie et al., 2022). Compared to previous droughts since 1979, the 2014–2018 drought in the WRZ core was characterised by a markedly lower frequency of very wet days (exceeding the climatological 99.5th percentile daily rainfall – including dry days) and of wet months (SPI1>0.5), a sub-seasonal attribute not previously reported. There was considerable variability in the spatial footprint of the drought. Short-term drought began in the south-western core WRZ in spring 2014. The peak intensity gradually spread north-eastward, although a spatially near-uniform peak is seen during mid-2017. The overall drought intensity for the 2015–2017 period transitions radially from most severe in the WRZ core to least severe in the surroundings. During 2014 and 2015, the drought was most severe at those stations receiving the largest proportion of their rainfall from westerly and north-westerly winds; by 2018, those stations receiving the most rain from the south and south-east were most severely impacted. This indicates an evolving set of dynamic drivers associated with distinct rain-bearing synoptic flows. No evidence is found to support the suggestion that the drought was more severe in the mountain catchments of Cape Town's major supply reservoirs than elsewhere in the core nor that rain day frequency trends since 1979 are more negative in this subdomain. Rainfall and rain day trend rates also exhibit some connections to the spatial seasonality structure of the WRZ, although this is weaker than for drought intensity. Caution should be applied in assessing South African rain day trends given their high sensitivity to observed data shortcomings. Our findings suggest an important role for zonally asymmetric dynamics in the region's drought evolution. This analysis demonstrates the utility of the spatial subdivisions proposed in the companion paper by highlighting spatial structure in drought intensity evolution linked to rainfall dynamics.
Is firms’ profitability affected by working capital management? A novel market-based evidence in Jordan

Abstract This paper aimed to look into the relationship between working capital management and industrial firms’ profitability listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2014 to 2020. The data incorporated into the yearly statements of 23 listed industrial firms have been collated to investigate the developed model. In order to examine the data, pannel data procedure employed 161 observation. The empirical findings indicate that the working capital negatively influences the profitability of industrial companies in Jordan. Existing and potential financiers and stakeholders are incentivized to purchase more shares of quick conversion cash firms. More importantly, the study’s findings provide practitioners with crucial financial insights and policy consequences. The combination is an important component that has directly and indirectly affected the financial status of the firm, which will eventually be reflected in its value. Current and potential investors shall evaluate the companies’ total financial position rather than focusing on minor issues, such as payment days. This study contributes to the existing literature on the relationship between WCM and profitability of emerging market, and it’s one of the few studies that investigate the elements of CCC individually and aggregated.
Renal Ultrasonographic Abnormalities at Initial Presentation of Children Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Long-Term Renal Functions and Prognosis in Survivors

Objectives The kidney is a vulnerable organ for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), by the disease, and various associated clinical pictures. This retrospective study aims to document renal ultrasound abnormalities in children with newly diagnosed ALL as well as to investigate the correlation between renal findings and clinical/laboratory/survival data. Methods All children (age <18 years) with ALL were included in the study. An increase in size/nephromegaly (NM) or hyperechogenicity (HE) of the kidneys at first admission was accepted as a pathological renal abnormality. The clinical/laboratory findings, survival, and long-term renal functions were compared between patients with and without NM/HE. Results The incidence of NM±HE was 12% in 163 patients. Enlargement of spleen, liver, or both and, hypercreatininemia was independently correlated with the presence of NM/HE. After the induction therapy, ultrasound findings were resolved in all patients, and NM/HE did not influence ALL prognosis. All survivors had normal renal functions in long term. Conclusion The renal ultrasound abnormalities are not uncommon in children with leukemia at admission, without a negative impact on leukemia prognosis and on long-term renal functions.
Emergence and persistence of work relationships in early socialization: contrasting interpersonal and organizational perspectives

ABSTRACT The development and maintenance of work relationships is the primary mechanism for effective socialization, yet emerging work relationships in early socialization are fragile. We hypothesize that their persistence is related to frequency of information-based support between newcomers and support providers and perceived responsiveness of support providers. We contrast this relational effect with a more established effect of organizational socialization practices. In a three-wave longitudinal study of 40 newcomers involved in 601 work relationships, we examined the persistence of newcomers’ information-support relationships over time. We found support for arguing that the persistence of information-support relationships is positively related to the frequency of information support that newcomers receive from their support providers. Moreover, we show that the persistence of information-support relationships depends on relational factors – the perceived willingness of a support provider to provide informational support, while favourable socialization tactics as perceived by newcomers do not play a significant role. We discuss theoretical and practical implications.