Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Att fördela bistånd : Om handläggningsprocessen inom äldreomsorgen

The aim of this dissertation is to illustrate the manner in which assistance is distributed to the elderly according to the social services law in Sweden. It will focus on the processing officers/"street-level bureaucrats" who have been assigned, based on their profession, the task of assessing and deciding about the distributing of assistance. Central issues include the manner in which process officers go about their assignement and how their actual performance appears in comparision with the prescribed course of action. The dissertation´s starting pionts are in part, the legal regulations in the form of the social service law´s material and procedural rules, and in part the role as street-level bureaucrat and the construction of the client. The data which forms the basis for the conclusions of the dissertation consists of four studies conducted during the period 1995-2001. The first investigation - The Sundsvall study - is explorative and gives a first insight into how the process officers act and document the processing of a case. The process officers study is a national investigation with process officers from 27 municipalities. This second study focuses on the various ways to organise the handling process, and how these may influence the finding for assistance. The documentation study is also a national investigation of 29 municipalities. In this third study the written documentation of the case handling process is primarily exposed. Focus groups comprise the final sorce of data in which a group of processors in tree municipalities discuss their work. The process officers in the focus group describe several usual situations. With support from the various investigations, a picture appears which does not agree with prescribed course of action according to the legislation. What appears instead is a pattern of action which probably already existed before we began this work and which likely continues. This pattern of action has as we have established two faces, one of which constitutes an informal process where the actual construction of the "help-seeker" take place. Whitin the frame for this aspect, the so-called "service catalouge" has a decisive meaning, which in it´s own way is directed towards satisfying primarely physical and medical needs. The other "face" displays the formalised expresson of the informal process. This formal expression does not reveal all that is going on, only chosen elements. The action that we have found are institutionalized as an officially sanctioned institution since the practice is widely accepted and legitimized. The public intstitution is therefore built upon a pattern of action that consists both of formal rule, but primarily standards and routines which in many regards occur outside the formal rules. The consequences of a pattern of action that has been institutionalized and legitimized affects those seeking help who do not receive the individual assessment that they have a right to according to the law.
Mortality salience effects fail to replicate in traditional and novel measures

Mortality salience (MS) effects, where death reminders lead to ingroup-bias and defensive protection of one’s worldview, have been claimed to be a fundamental human motivator. MS phenomena have been supported by more than 400 studies within the “terror management theory” framework, but transparent and high-powered replications are lacking. We performed an Experiment 1 (N = 101 Norwegian lab participants) to replicate the traditional MS effect on national patriotism, with additional novel measures of democratic values and pro-sociality. Experiment 2 (N = 784 American online participants) aimed to replicate the MS effect on national patriotism in a larger sample, with ingroup identification and pro-sociality as additional outcome measures. Neither experiment replicated the traditional MS effect on national patriotism. The experiments also failed to support conceptual replications and underlying mechanisms on different democratic values, processing speed, psychophysiological responses, ingroup identification, or pro-sociality. This indicates that the effect of death reminders is less robust and generalizable than previously assumed.
A Finite Elements with Continue Transverse Electric Displacement for the Electro-Mechanical Analysis of Shell Structures

Because of their capability to adapt and/or sense to the external environment, so-called smart structures have attracted considerable research over the past few years. This capability leads to a wide range of applications, in particular in the aerospace field. Among materials that can be used, only piezoelectric ones have shown the capability to perform effectively both as actuators and sensors, and the possibility of a simple integration with composite structures. The present work deals with the analysis of multilayered plates and shells embedding piezoelectric layers as actuators and sensors, see Fig. 1. Finite elements with layer-wise capabilities are employed to ensure an accurate description of the mechanical and electric fields in the layers. It is essential to take into account the discontinuity of the mechanical and electrical properties at the layer interfaces. For these reasons, the use of classical plate theories based on Kirchhoff and Reissner-Mindlin hypotheses can lead to inaccurate results. Even if analytical models are available, the solution of practical problems often demand the use of computational methods such as the finite element method. To this aim, the refined shell elements, recently formulated by the authors on the basis of Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF), have been extended to the electro-mechanical problem. The governing equations are derived using the Reissner’s Mixed Varational Theorem (RMVT) extended to the electro-mechanical case, the original RMVT has been modified to account for ”only” interlaminar continous D3. Continuity of mechanical variables, such as transverse shear and normal stress components, has been discarded to provide a simple ”electrical” modified RMVT, here called (RMV T −D3) . ∗Research Assistant, Aerospace Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy, e-mail: maria.cinefra@polito.it, website: www.mul2. com. †Aerospace Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy, e-mail: stefano.valvano@polito.it, website: www.mul2. com. ‡Professor, Aerospace Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy, e-mail: erasmo.carrera@polito.it, website: www.mul2. com. §currently at School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering College, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Using dietary strategies to explore mechanisms of hepatic toxicity caused by 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) in an animal model

This doctoral dissertation work strived to contribute to the ever expanding knowledge about the mechanisms of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) toxicity using dietary strategies. PCBs are a family of persistent environmental pollutants with a wide range of toxicity. The toxicity of PCBs is largely dependent on the congener’s chlorination pattern. Of particular interest to this work was 3,3’,4,4’,5pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), the most potent of the dioxin-like PCB congeners. I hypothesized that in vivo PCB 126 toxicity would be ameliorated by dietary selenium supplementation, lowered dietary copper, and dietary N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation. Dioxin-like PCBs are known for diminishing hepatic selenium and seleniumdependent glutathione peroxidase (SeGPx), an antioxidant enzyme. In the first study, PCB 126 caused a dose-dependent decrease in hepatic selenium and SeGPx. Supplemental dietary selenium significantly increased hepatic selenium and SeGPx, and decreased incidence of liver apoptosis in these rats. The results from this study support the concept that selenium plays a protective role, and differences in liver injuries of these rats may be reflected in their selenium status. The dose-dependent increase in hepatic copper caused by PCB 126 was a subject of interest and concern in the next study. Lowering dietary copper levels without negatively affecting the function of the essential antioxidant enzyme copper zinc superoxide dismutase did not result in reduction of PCB 126-induced toxicity. Copper metabolism was unlikely a main target of PCB 126 toxicity as increasing dietary copper did not significantly increase hepatic copper levels. Hepatic copper is highly regulated and likely does not play a significant role in PCB 126-induced toxicity. The effectiveness of NAC on restoring glutathione status and reducing PCB 126 toxicity was tested in the final study. While NAC did not restore glutathione status, NAC
Total-dose gain degradation in modern bipolar transistors.

11 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 12 1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT. 12 1.2 DEGRADATION MECHANISMS. 13 1.3 LITERATURE REVIEW 23 CHAPTER 2 EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS . 26 2.1 DEVICE DESCRIPTIONS 26 2.1.1 ANALOG DEVICES' CB TRANSISTORS 27 2.1.2 HARRIS' UHF-1 TRANSISTORS 28 2.1.3 ANALOG DEVICES' XFCB TRANSISTORS. • . •. 31 2.2 EXPERIMENTS 33 2.2.1 FACTORIAL ExPERIMENT 34 2.2.2 ANNEALING EXPERIMENTS . •. •. 37 2.2. 3 X-RAY EXPERIMENTS •. 38 CHAPTER 3 RESULTS 42 3.
Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Tools in Garment Manufacturing Process Focusing Sewing Section of Men’s Shirt

Traditionally operated garment industries are facin g problems like low productivity, longer production lead time, high rework and reject ion, poor line balancing, low flexibility of style changeover etc. These problems were addressed in this study by the implementation of lean tools like cellular manufact uring, single piece flow, work standardization, just in time production etc. After implementation of lean tools, results observe d were highly encouraging. Some of the key benefits entail production cycle time decre ased by 8%, number of operators required to produce equal amount of garment is decr eased by 14%, rework level reduced by 80%, production lead time comes down to one hour from two days, work in progress inventory stays at a maximum of 100 pieces from around 500 to 1500 pieces. Apart from these tangible benefits operator multi-s killing as well as the flexibility of style changeover has been improved. This study is conducted in the stitching section of a shirt manufacturing company. Study includes time studies, the conversion of traditiona l batch production into single piece flow and long assembly line into small work cells.
Barriers and facilitators of a designated driver program

The general aim of designated driver programs is to reduce the level of drink driving by encouraging potential drivers to travel with a driver who has abstained from (or at least limited) consuming alcohol. Designated driver programs are quite widespread around the world, however a limited number have been rigorously evaluated. This paper reports the qualitative results from an evaluation of a designated driver program known as ‘Skipper’, in a provincial city in Queensland. Focus groups were conducted with 108 individuals from the intervention area. These focus groups aimed to assess the barriers and facilitators to the programs’ effectiveness by obtaining information about the patrons’ views on various aspects of the program, as well as designated driver and travelling after drinking more generally. A brief questionnaire was also given to participants in order to present responses in terms of the participants’ characteristics. Results suggest general support for the designated driver concept and the ‘Skipper’ program specifically. Facilitating factors reported by participants included the media coverage highlighting the risks associated with drink driving and the social acceptability of choosing not to drink. However, there was also some suggestion that the impact of the program was mainly to encourage those who already engage in designated driver behaviour to continue doing so, rather than encouraging the uptake of the behaviour among potential new users. Some of the suggested barriers to this kind of behaviour change include: social pressure to drink; alcohol dependency; and a failure to plan ahead.
MONITORING OF LONG TERM CREEP AND TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR OF THE JAMESTOWN-VERRAZZANO BRIDGE

The Jamestown-Verrazzano bridge is a double-cell segmental concrete bridge that was constructed in Rhode Island in the early 90's to replace the aging old Jamestown bridge. In order to verify design procedures and expand the knowledge of the time varying effects on segmental bridges, a monitoring program was undertaken. Two sections of the bridge were instrumented with thermocouples and Carlson strain meters. An Automated Data Acquisition System (ADAS) was also installed for continuous and remote monitoring of the temperature and strain sensors. This report provides the data collected during a one year period, from September 1997 to September 1998. Seasonal as well as characteristic daily temperature variations are studied. A probability density function modeling the distribution of the extreme temperature differentials is developed. Temperature distributions in the superstructure are nonlinear. Maximum positive and negative gradients are developed. A good agreement is obtained with gradients provided in recent AASHTO design guidelines. Temperature gradients result in 50 x 10 to the minus 6 power in. /in. strains. Concrete creep and shrinkage strains obtained from experimental test data are compared to standard prediction methods established by ACI and two European specifications, namely the Improved CEB-FIP MC 78 specification and the CEB-FIP 90 code.
Between Acceptance and Rejection: How Gender Influences the Implementation Climate of a School Sexuality Education Program

The implementation climate is the shared reception of the individuals involved in the intervention; it is a fundamental determinant of the success of program implementation. One of the factors that affects the implementation climate is gender, since it can influence the commitment of the participants toward sexuality education. This study aims to identify the implementation climate for students who receive a school sexuality education program and explore whether their gender is related to the acceptance of the intervention. A selective quantitative method was used, and a survey was designed to measure implementation climate. A confirmation factorial analysis (CFA) using Mplus 7.0 was conducted to establish the structure of the instrument. A cluster analysis was performed to determine levels of implementation climate. To measure the association between participants’ gender and the implementation climate, a Chi-square analysis was performed between each cluster, the gender of the students and each cluster and the type of school (single-sex girls’ schools, single-sex boys’ schools and co-educational schools). The results demonstrated four levels of implementation climate: acceptance, receptivity, conflict and rejection. Significant differences were observed in the relationship between these levels and the gender of the participants. Acceptance was associated with single-sex girls’ schools and female students, conflict and rejection were associated with a single-sex boys’ schools and male students, and co-educational schools were associated with conflict. This shows that there is a relationship between the different levels of the implementation climate and the gender.
Frontal  activation  patterns  during  Tetris game  play  and  differences  between  high  and  low performers:  a preliminary functional  near-infrared  spectroscopy study

Background: Tetris has recently expanded its place of activity not only to the original entertainment but also to clinical applications such as prevention of trauma flashback. However, to our knowledge, no studies focused on the cortical activation patterns themselves when playing Tetris in a natural form. This study aimed to investigate the activation patterns in the frontal cortex during naturally-performed Tetris for 90 seconds in 24 healthy subjects using functional near-infrared spectroscopy robust to artifacts by motion and electric devices. We also calculated the correlations of behavioral data with cortical activations, and compared the differences in activations between the high and low performers of Tetris. Results: The results demonstrated that significant activations in the frontal cortex during Tetris play had two factors, each showing a similar activation pattern. One of the factors was distributed over the lateral prefrontal cortex bilaterally, and the other was localized to the right prefrontal cortex. Moreover, in the high performers, the activations of the areas centered on the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) were estimated to increase and correlations of the activations between those areas and the other areas decrease compared with the low performers. Conclusions: It is suggested that high Tetris performers might reduce functional connectivity between activations of the areas centered on the right DLPFC and the other areas, and increase the local activations compared with low performers. It would be necessary to consider whether its visuospatial cognitive loads stimulate the appropriate areas of the subject’s brain to effectively utilize Tetris play for clinical interventions.
IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND WORK SATISFACTION ON TURNOVER INTENTION

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of organizational commitment and job satisfaction to turnover intention felt by the operator employees’ one of Garment Company in Tangerang Selatan. Data were collected through survey and bibliography study. The 150 questionnaires have send to respondents and 147 were returned yielding response rate 98%. From the correlation and regression analysis, the study found that the correlation and the impact of turnover intention has supported. From four hypotheses that have tested in this study, all hypotheses were supported. The result showed that organizational commitment and job satisfaction were negatively and significantly related to turnover intention and having negative influence on it.
Aerodynamically Induced Pressure Oscillations in Cavities - Physical Mechanisms and Suppression Concepts

Abstract : This report presents the results of an analytical and experimental research program to (1)improve the understanding of the physical mechanisms that control the occurrence of pressure fluctuations in long and shallow rectangular cavities, exposed to high-speed external flow, and (2)devise and evaluate devices that would either substantially reduce the amplitude of such pressure fluctuations, or totally suppress the occurrence of pressure fluctuations. During this investigation, the understanding of the complex interaction of the external shear layer and the cavity internal fluid medium, which constitutes the generating mechanism of high-intensity periodic pressure fluctuations was substantially furthered. Both the analysis and investigation of the physical mechanisms were aided through extensive shallow-water flow-simulation experiments. Large-scale experiments, using the NASA-Lewis Research Center 8 X 6 ft Supersonic Wind Tunnel were conducted to substantiate some of the analytical predictions and to study in detail the aeroacoustic behavior of cavities in the length-to-depth ratio range, L/D, of 2.3 to 5.5, and the Mach number range of 0. 8 to 2.0. Detailed information was obtained on the normalized levels of the first three resonant modes in the cavity for a range of cavity length-to-depth ratios and freestream Mach numbers. Several concepts for pressure oscillation suppression were developed and evaluated in wind tunnel experiments. The most promising concept utilizes a slanted trailing edge, which stabilizes the free shear flow above the cavity, thus effectively suppressing discrete-tone generation. (Author)
Novel adaptive reconstruction schemes for accelerated myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in the world. In the United States alone, it is estimated that approximately every 25 seconds, a new CAD event will occur, and approximately every minute, someone will die of one. The detection of CAD in its early stages is very critical to reduce the mortality rates. Magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial perfusion (MR-MPI) has been receiving significant attention over the last decade due to its ability to provide a unique view of the microcirculation blood flow in the myocardial tissue through the coronary vascular network. The ability of MR-MPI to detect changes in microcirculation during early stages of ischemic events makes it a useful tool in identifying myocardial tissues that are alive but at the risk of dying. However this technique is not yet fully established in the clinic due to fundamental limitations imposed by the MRI device physics in terms of slow imaging speed. The limitations of current MRI schemes often make it challenging to simultaneously achieve high spatio-temporal resolution, sufficient spatial coverage, and good image quality in myocardial perfusion MRI. Furthermore, the acquisitions are typically set up to acquire images during breath holding. This often results in motion artifacts due to improper breath hold patterns. This also limits its applicability to a large domain of patient populations such as those with impaired respiratory function, arrhythmias, pediatrics. The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a novel dynamic imaging framework that can enable free breathing myocardial perfusion imaging with high spatiotemporal resolutions and close to whole heart volume coverage. To achieve this, this thesis deals with developing novel image reconstruction methods for the reconstruction of dynamic MRI data from highly accelerated / under-sampled Fourier measurements. It specifically focuses on novel blind or adaptive image models that represent the dynamic image data set using adaptive temporal bases (bases derived from the data at hand). This is in sharp contrast to classical models that rely on predetermined temporal bases (such as Fourier bases), which require assumptions such as temporal
Optimisation of Phenolic Compounds Extraction from Terung Asam Sarawak and Their
Antioxidant Activity

: Terung Asam Sarawak is a non-seasonal indigenous fruit vegetable in Sarawak. Exploration of the fruit’s phytochemicals can encourage its consumption and prospective utilisation. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the antioxidant properties of Terung Asam Sarawak. In the present study, a 2³ full factorial design was used to determine the optimum condition of three factors, namely temperature, time and agitation speed for the extraction of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of Terung Asam Sarawak. Whole fruits were freeze-dried and used for antioxidant properties analysis. The redness (a*) of ripe fresh Terung Asam in this study was 12.57 ± 1.60. The result showed that the highest total phenolic content (TPC, 16.16 mg GAE/g extract) and antioxidant activity (86.80%) were obtained after 16 h of extraction at 60°C with the speed of 250 rpm using 80% methanol as extraction solvent. Predicted values were close to the experimental values obtained and thus indicated the adequacy and validity of the model. Furthermore, temperature, time and combination of the three factors had significant effects on the yield of TPC (p<0.05) whereas only time and combination of the three factors had significant effect on antioxidant activity of Terung Asam extract (p<0.05). Findings from this study could contribute to the body of knowledge of this underutilised indigenous fruit, particularly the extractability of phytochemicals from Terung Asam