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Not All Autonomy is the Same. Different Dimensions of Job Autonomy and Their Relation to Work Engagement & Innovative Work Behavior

Job autonomy is a key enabling factor for employee engagement and innovative employee behavior. Although job autonomy used to be viewed as a multi‐dimensional construct, there has been little recent discussion on the different dimensions of job autonomy and how they relate to employee outcomes. This study uses a sample of 927 employees from different sectors to research the relation between autonomy regarding the (1) work method, (2) work scheduling, (3) work time and (4) place of work and two main employee outcomes: work engagement (WE) and innovative work behavior (IWB). The results show that all studied dimensions of autonomy are bivariatly related to higher levels of WE and IWB. Yet, when simultaneously analyzing the dimensions of job autonomy using structural equations modelling, most of the effects become insignificant. For WE, only the effect of work method autonomy is statistically significant. For IWB, work method and locational autonomy play a positive role. This signals that the current managerial attention for, e.g., work time autonomy (flexitime) does only contribute to enhanced work engagement and IWB insofar as such a systems result in higher work method autonomy.
Associations between Dietary Patterns and Malnutrition, Low Muscle Mass and Sarcopenia in Adults with Cancer: A Scoping Review

Dietary patterns examine the combinations, types and quantities of foods consumed in the diet. Compared to individual nutrients, dietary patterns may be better associated with cancer-related malnutrition, low muscle mass and sarcopenia. This scoping review identified associations between dietary patterns, assessed using data-driven methods (i.e., statistical methods used to derive existing dietary patterns) and hypothesis-orientated methods (i.e., adherence to diet quality indices), and malnutrition, low muscle (lean) mass and sarcopenia. MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL databases were searched up to September 2021. Of the 3341 studies identified, seven studies were eligible for review. Study designs included experimental (n = 5) and observational (n = 2), and people with prostate, ovarian and endometrial, bladder, breast, and gastrointestinal cancers. One study used data-driven methods to derive dietary patterns, finding adherence to a ‘fat and fish’ diet was associated with lower odds of low muscle mass. Two studies examined adherence to hypothesis-orientated methods including the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener and Healthy Eating Index 2010 and four studies used ‘non-traditional’ approaches to analyse dietary patterns. Hypothesis-orientated dietary patterns, developed to improve general health and prevent chronic disease, and ‘non-traditional’ dietary patterns demonstrated inconsistent effects on muscle (lean) mass. All studies investigated muscle (lean) mass, omitting malnutrition and sarcopenia as cancer-related outcomes. This scoping review highlights the limited research examining the effect of dietary patterns on cancer-related outcomes.
In-Shoe Plantar Pressure System To Investigate Ground Reaction Force Using Android Platform

XI PROBLEM STATEMENT . 12 CHAPTER 1 . 12 INTRODUCTION . 12 1.1 GC PHASES . 14 1.2 SHOCK ABSORPTION . 15 1.3 FOOT MEASUREMENTS TECHNOLOGY . 17 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW . 20 CHAPTER 3 PLANTAR PRESSURE ASSESSMENT AND SYSTEM CIRCUIT . 30 3.1 PLANTAR PRESSURE ASSESSMENT . 30 3.1.1 Resolution . 30 3.1.2 Sampling Frequency . 30 3.1.3 Reliability . 31 3.1. 4 Calibration . 31 3.2 SENSORS . 32 3.2.1 Sensor Placement . 32 3.2.2 Sensor Category . 33 3.2.2.1 PLATFORM SYSTEMS . 33 3.2.2. 2 IN-SHOE SYSTEMS . 34 3.2. 3 Sensor Types . 35 3.2. 3.1 CAPACITIVE SENSOR . 35 3.2. 3.2 RESISTIVE SENSOR . 35
The Entrepreneurs' Acceptence Ability in Learning The Use of Digital Media

: In today's digital era, learning the use of digital media for entrepreneurs is mostly done by imitation through various role models on digital media such as content creators who display various content strategies for business development. However, success in learning through observation on digital media depends on the entrepreneurial receptivity ability to assess, interpret and apply the knowledge gained from the observed results. This study aims to investigate the acceptance of entrepreneurs in learning the use of digital media in an effort to develop their business. The research was conducted with a qualitative approach using a case study method on six novice entrepreneurs from micro, small and medium enterprises in Surakarta City, Indonesia. In-depth interviews were conducted from October 2020 – to March 2021. The results showed that three entrepreneurs in each use of digital media strategies were in a dominant acceptance position, two entrepreneurs were in a negotiating position, and one entrepreneur was in an oppositional position. Entrepreneurial receptions in the three acceptance positions show, among other things, in the dominant acceptance the entrepreneur makes a similar imitation, in the negotiated acceptance the entrepreneur carries out development, and in the oppositional acceptance the entrepreneur makes a new version.
Teachers' Perceptions Regarding Usefulness of Technology as an Innovation

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to qualitatively describe teachers’ perceptions regarding usefulness of technology. The study group consisted of ten teachers working in a primary school in Ankara. Data were collected through semi structured interviews and analyzed through content analysis approach. The findings indicate that, there is a difference in teachers’ perceptions between personal and professional contexts. In the personal context, teachers found technology as an innovation useful in terms of “Easiness”, “Times”, “Economy”, “Upgrading Standards of Living”. In the professional context, perceptions regarding usefulness of technology as an innovation gathered around three themes. These themes are defined as, “Preparation for Learning and Teaching Process”, “Process of Learning and Teaching”, “Output of Learning and Teaching Process” and discussed in detail.
Performance of at-risk students in dynamics following a statics class with additional recitation time

Comparisons are made between the final exam and final course grades of at-risk students in dynamics who took one of two versions of the same statics course. A standard version of the statics course met 3 hours per week over the course of a 15-week semester, while a second version met 4 hours per week. During the 11-year timeframe covered by this study, the 4-hour statics course was populated by students identified as ‘at risk’ using an informal screening procedure. For comparison with this group, using the same enrollment data, a second group of at-risk students was identified from the 3-hour statics class using a more formal screening procedure, based on logistic regression. A performance comparison of the two groups shows that the extra contact hour had a minor, statistically insignificant effect on student final exam and final course grades in dynamics. As a result of this study and a related study examining the effect of additional class time on statics performance, the 4-hour statics class is no longer offered.
Comparison of in-situ snow depth measurements and impacts on validation of unpiloted aerial system lidar over a mixed-use temperate forest landscape

Abstract. The accuracy and consistency of snow depth measurements depend on the measuring device and the conditions of the site and snowpack in which it is being used. This study compares collocated snow depth measurements from a magnaprobe automatic snow depth probe and a Federal snow tube, then uses these measurements to validate snow depth maps from an unpiloted aerial system (UAS) with an integrated Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) sensor. We conducted three snow depth sampling campaigns from December 2020 to February 2021 that included 39 open field, coniferous, mixed, and deciduous forest sampling sites in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. Average snow depths were between 9 and 15 cm. For all sampling campaigns and land cover types, the magnaprobe snow depth measurements were consistently deeper than the snow tube. There was a 12 % average difference between the magnaprobe (14.9 cm) and snow tube (13.2 cm) average snow depths with a greater difference in the forest than the field. The lidar estimates of snow depth were 3.6 cm and 1.9 cm shallower on average than the magnaprobe and snow tube, respectively. While the magnaprobe had a better correlation with the UAS lidar, the root mean square errors were higher for the magnaprobe than the snow tube, likely due to overprobing by the magnaprobe into leaf litter. Even though the differences between the in-situ sampling methods resulted in modest performance differences when used to validate the UAS lidar snow depths in this study, measuring vegetation height, leaf litter, and soil frost with in-situ snow depths from multiple sampling techniques helped to account for the errors of in-situ snow depth for robust validation of the UAS snow depth maps.
Uveal Melanoma Cell Line Proliferation Is Inhibited by Ricolinostat, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor

Simple Summary Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common adult eye cancer. UM originates in the iris, ciliary body or choroid (collectively known as the uvea), in the middle layer of the eye. This first or primary UM is treated by targeting cancer cells using ocular radiation implants or by surgical removal of the eye. However, when UM spreads to the liver and other parts of the body, patients have a poor survival prognosis. Unfortunately, there are no effective treatment options for UM that has spread. Our aim is to help identify effective treatments for UM. In our study, we identified that the drug ACY-1215 prevents the growth of cells derived from UM in the eye and a UM that spread to the liver. Our pre-clinical study uncovered a potential treatment approach for advanced UM. Abstract Metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) is characterized by poor patient survival. Unfortunately, current treatment options demonstrate limited benefits. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of ACY-1215, a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), to attenuate growth of primary ocular UM cell lines and, in particular, a liver MUM cell line in vitro and in vivo, and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms. A significant (p = 0.0001) dose-dependent reduction in surviving clones of the primary ocular UM cells, Mel270, was observed upon treatment with increasing doses of ACY-1215. Treatment of OMM2.5 MUM cells with ACY-1215 resulted in a significant (p = 0.0001), dose-dependent reduction in cell survival and proliferation in vitro, and in vivo attenuation of primary OMM2.5 xenografts in zebrafish larvae. Furthermore, flow cytometry revealed that ACY-1215 significantly arrested the OMM2.5 cell cycle in S phase (p = 0.0001) following 24 h of treatment, and significant apoptosis was triggered in a time- and dose-dependent manner (p < 0.0001). Additionally, ACY-1215 treatment resulted in a significant reduction in OMM2.5 p-ERK expression levels. Through proteome profiling, the attenuation of the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) signaling pathway was linked to the observed anti-cancer effects of ACY-1215. In agreement, pharmacological inhibition of MITF signaling with ML329 significantly reduced OMM2.5 cell survival and viability in vitro (p = 0.0001) and reduced OMM2.5 cells in vivo (p = 0.0006). Our findings provide evidence that ACY-1215 and ML329 are efficacious against growth and survival of OMM2.5 MUM cells.
Fault diagnosis of aero-engine gas path based on SVM and SNN

In order to distinguish similar faults of aero-engine gas path fault diagnosis and improve the diagnostic accuracy,a fault diagnosis method based on support vector machine(SVM)and synergetic neural network(SNN)was put forward.Firstly,the SVM after being optimized was used to diagnose and classify the faults preliminarily form measured data,and the diagnosis results were analyzed to obtain indistinguishable similar faults,then the SNN was introduced to distinguish similar faults and further determine corresponding fault model,finally this fault model was simulated based on actual data.The experimental results show that the preliminary fault diagnosis accuracy based on SVM is 96%,and after further distinguishing similar faults through SNN,the accuracy is increased to 100%.
USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) FOR TOURIST DESTINATION CHOICE: A CASE STUDY OF CROATIA

Purpose – Understanding how and why people travel, decide and select a specific place, and what they expect from their destination to meet their actual needs is also a highly important topic. The goal of this article is to investigate the elements that influence Serbian visitors' decision to visit Croatia (Cratian coastline) as a destination. The most important characteristics, components, and types of tourism destinations are analysed. The definition of consumer behavior is explained, as well as the idiosyncrasies of the decision-making process. The most important internal and environmental elements that influence tourist decision-making are summarized. An examination of the cultural, societal, and personal psychological aspects that influence decision-making of Serbian tourists to travel to Croatian cost with different attributes like see, cultural and natural attractions, image, price, human resources is done. Methodology – As a result, the decision-making process is extremely difficult, particularly when determining which factors are more significant than others. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) method, which has a strong mathematical foundation, could be used to find a good solution to this problem. The Analytical-hierarchy process (AHP) is a systematic way to solving complicated problems that leverages hierarchical structures by generating priorities for various options decided by decision makers. AHP can aid tourism decision-making by examining a large number of decision factors (e.g., factors influencing destination choice, motives for visiting a place, hotel site selection, tourist indicators) and measuring the relevance of each component impacting the decision. The questionnaire used for this manuscript was taken from the paper Blešić et al. (2018). The questionnaire consist of five factors that include 22 items. Findings – Destination amenities, tourism infrastructure, cultural attractions, human resources, price, environmental features are the importnant attributes for choosing Croatian coast as tourism destination. Contribution – this study makes a valuable contribution by highlighting tourists’ motives for visiting coastline destinations in Croatia. Finally, understanding the motivations and preferences of tourists is critical to realizing the full potential of tourism. Consumer behavior research is crucial for tourism sector stakeholders because it can provide important insights into who the tourist is and how stakeholders (travel agencies, hotels, restaurants, food producers, cultural organizations, and so on) can target and develop markets successfully. This research will help researchers better understand what inspires Serbian tourists to visit a Croatian coastal location. The findings will indicate the most common travel motivations that lead Serbian travelers to choose Croatia as their vacation location.
Automobile Path Dependence in Phoenix: Driving Sustainability by Getting Off of the Pavement and Out of the Car

A methodology is developed that integrates institutional analysis with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to identify and overcome barriers to sustainability transitions and to bridge the gap between environmental practitioners and decisionmakers. LCA results are rarely joined with analyses of the social systems that control or influence decisionmaking and policies. As a result, LCA conclusions generally lack information about who or what controls different parts of the system, where and when the processes’ environmental decisionmaking happens, and what aspects of the system (i.e. a policy or regulatory requirement) would have to change to enable lower environmental impact futures. The value of the combined institutional analysis and LCA (the IA-LCA) is demonstrated using a case study of passenger transportation in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. A retrospective LCA is developed to estimate how roadway investment has enabled personal vehicle travel and its associated energy, environmental, and economic effects. Using regional travel forecasts, a prospective life cycle inventory is developed. Alternative trajectories are modeled to reveal future “savings” from reduced roadway construction and vehicle travel. An institutional analysis matches the LCA results with the specific institutions, players, and policies that should be targeted to enable transitions to these alternative futures. The results show that energy, economic, and environmental benefits from changes in passenger transportation systems are possible, but vary significantly depending on the timing of the interventions. Transition strategies aimed at the most optimistic benefits should include 1) significant land-use planning initiatives at the local and regional level to incentivize transit-oriented development infill and urban densification, 2) changes to state or federal gasoline taxes, 3) enacting a price on carbon, and 4) nearly doubling vehicle fuel efficiency i together with greater market penetration of alternative fuel vehicles. This aggressive trajectory could decrease the 2050 energy consumption to 1995 levels, greenhouse gas emissions to 1995, particulate emissions to 2006, and smog-forming emissions to 1972. The potential benefits and costs are both private and public, and the results vary when transition strategies are applied in different spatial and temporal patterns.
Steroid Responsiveness and Urinary Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome.

Introduction: Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is a clinical syndrome marked by a significant loss of urine protein, resulting in hypoproteinemia and edema.The recruitment of monocytes/macrophages into the renal tubulointerstitium is aided by the moncyte chemotactic protein-1. Aim of the study: The aim of our study was planned to measure the level of monocyte chemotactic protein 1 in the urine of children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome during disease activity and remission as well as in steroid sensitive and steroid resistant cases to identify a possible predictive biomarker of disease activity and/or steroid responsiveness. Methods: This prospective study comprised 50 patients with nephrotic syndrome who were followed up on at Pediatric Nephrology Clinic and Department, Benha University, and were divided into two groups: group A (cases in remission) and group B (cases in activity). Also, 20 age and sex matched healthy children have been included as a control group. Results: We found a significant increase in urinary moncyte chemotactic protein-1(uMCP-1) in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome patients as compared to control group (p < 0.001). Also, the greatest levels of uMCP-1 were found in group B, followed by group A, and then the control group (p<0.001). The steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome patients had significantly higher uMCP-1 levels than the steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome patients (p<0.001). Conclusion: Urinary MCP-1 can be considered a useful biomarker for identification of disease activity in children with INS, as well as a potential predictive biomarker of steroid responsiveness among these patients.
Impact of non-selective gears on kingseer Scomberomorus commerson fishery in Karnataka

Catch-length analysis of kingseer, Scomberomorus commerson from motorised (drift gillnets) and mechanized (purseseine and trawl) fishing operations in Karnataka from 2004 to 2009 was analyzed. Length composition varied in different gears with smaller fishes being predominant in trawl (59.6%) followed by purseseine (39.2%). In drift gillnet young ones formed only 1.2%. Thompson and Bell model predictionsof kingseer stock in the multifleet fishing scenario were attempted to examine the effects of the motorized and mechanized efforts on the maximum economic yield (MEY) by simulating different effort combinations. Theoretical economic yield obtainable from the drift gillnet fishery alone was obtained at 60% of the current F is (48.1%). This yield is much higher than those obtained from the present multi-gear fishery. When the drift gillnet and purseseine efforts are varied while avoiding the exploitation of juveniles in trawl, 28% increase in MEY is predicted at Rs. 1,087 million. Hence a reduction in the effort expended, by restricting trawl and purseseine operations and retaining the large meshed drift gillnets (65-170 mm) at MEY levels will result in maximum economic returns and for sustainability.
Dhikr And Wudu As Therapy On Spiritual Distress In Hypertension Patients

Background: Hypertension is an increase in blood pressure that can pump blood throughout the body within limits above normal. Hypertension is the number one cause of death in the world and is more common in the elderly. This causes various disturbances to a person, one of which is spiritual distress. One of the efforts that can be done to reduce the level of spiritual distress is dhikr and wudu therapy.Purpose: The effect of Dhikr and Wudu as therapy on spiritual distress in hypertantion patients.Methods: this study used a Quasy Eexperiment Nonequivalent Control Group Design study on 36 respondents who had hypertension, which consisted of 18 for the intervension group and 18 for the control group.Results: the results of the Wilcoxon test in the intervention group showed that the p value of changes in the level of spiritual distress before and after being given dhikr and wudu therapy was 0,000, indicating p 0,05. While the results of the Paired Sample T Test in the control group obtained p value of 0.010 indicating p 0,05. The results of the mann whitney test showed that the p value was 0,000 indicating p 0,05Conclusion: there is an effect of dhikr and wudhu therapy on spiritual distress in patients with hypertension.
Are Stringent Containment and Closure Policies Associated with a Lower COVID-19 Spread Rate? Global Evidence

Stringent government policies, in general, and strict containment and closure policies in particular including workplace closing, restrictions on gatherings, close of public transport, stay-at-home order, restrictions on internal movement, and international travel control are associated with a lower spread rate of COVID-19 cases. On the other hand, school closures and public event cancellations have not been found to be associated with lower COVID-19 spread. Restrictions on international travel and the closing of public transport are two policies that stand out and have a consistent and slowing effect on the spread of COVID-19. The slowing effect of the containment and closure policies on the spread of COVID-19 becomes stronger one week after the policies have been implemented, consistent with the SARS-CoV-2 transmission pattern and the incubation period evolution. Furthermore, the slowing effect becomes stronger for culturally tight countries and countries with a higher population density. Our findings have important policy implications, implying that governments need to carefully implement containment and closure policies in their own countries’ social and cultural contexts, with an emphasis on the ideas of the common interest, personal responsibility, and the sense of community.