Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Discriminatory Job Loss and Overcoming Strategies of Turkish Academicians

We are writing this letter to report about our study on the effects of discriminatory job loss (DJL) on professionals and the coping strategies they use to overcome this hardship at the example of the mass purge of academics from Turkish universities and research institutes following political tension in 2016. We studied how the politicization of contemporary universities led to discriminative job loss in academia and how academics are coping with the adverse effects. These scholars were purged because of their world views, affiliations, or associations with certain groups, networks, or individuals. Getting in touch with these academics is difficult, as the trauma of the purge often followed by detention, imprisonment, and lengthy trials created anxiety and distrust to open up to anyone. We were able to get in touch with 41 scholars and received 36 complete email interviews which we categorized, compared, interpreted, and subjected to qualitative content analysis. We can define DJL briefly as the involuntary termination of employment (Bell et al., 2013). Affected employees are subjected to unfair treatment, harassment, and performance evaluations based on race, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, political views, and ideology instead of actual job-related performance. It deprives affected individuals of their financial income, or manifest benefits, and their latent benefits such as social status and networks, time structures, goals, and activities developed in connection with the organization (Jahoda, 1982). It derails their current lives and shatters their prospects for a future, as finding new work is a challenge without positive references from previous employers. Their stigma often deters potential employers from even considering them. This sense of exclusion, dismissal, and inability to find new work triggers physical and psychological problems (Benner et al., 2018). Many studies show that individuals devoid of their manifest and latent benefits have lower levels of physical and psychological well-being when compared to working individuals (Stolove et al., 2017). Raised stress levels provoke relationship problems and increased possibility for divorce, adverse effects on children in the household, and higher rates of mortality among males (Sullivan & von Wachter, 2009). In all, 70% of our interviewees stated that before they experienced DJL and incurred the above-stated hardship, they had good work relationships and enjoyed high social status (41.1%) and high quality of life (32.3%). More than a third of the academics in our sample were motivated researchers or lecturers (35.5%), and 17.5% had a steady record of publications, projects, or lab work. Once they were bereft of their work, social status, financial means, and often freedom, they survived by developing coping strategies. Victims cope, or adjust their behavior according their personal characteristics and their social network of family, friends, colleagues, and voluntary organizations honeycombing them. Spirituality and religion represent another major resource individuals
Local anesthetics for the Nephrologist

Abstract Several specialists in medicine use local anesthetics. In patients with kidney disease, these agents are used during catheter insertions for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, arteriovenous fistula and graft procedures, kidney transplantation, parathyroidectomy, kidney biopsies, and dental and skin procedures. Patients on chronic hemodialysis use a topical application prior to use of needles for arteriovenous fistula cannulation before starting dialysis. They are also used to manage acute and chronic pain conditions, in regional nerve blockade and in multi-modal enhanced recovery protocols. Despite their frequent use by both physicians and patients, data on the use of local anesthetics in patients with kidney impairment are not well reported. This review will summarize the use of local anesthetics in chronic kidney disease, describe their pharmacology and the impact of lower estimated glomerular filtration rate on their pharmacokinetics, and suggest dose regulation in those with kidney dysfunction.
Corporate social responsibility and tax avoidance: the case of French companies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the effect of tax avoidance on corporate social responsibility performance. It also investigates whether audit quality affects tax avoidance practices by socially responsible performance. Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of French non-financial companies over the period 2005 to 2016, this paper uses panel data regressions. The authors apply generalized least square panel regression to overcome autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity problems. For further robustness, this paper runs instrumental variable regressions using the three-stage instrument variable method (three-stage least square). Findings The results show that firms with high CSR scores are more likely to engage in aggressive tax avoidance. The findings also show that firms audited by high-quality auditors are more likely to get involved in CSR for hedging against the potential consequences of aggressive tax avoidance practices. Research limitations/implications The findings are consistent with risk management theory, which suggests that firm’s hedge against any reputational risks that might arise from avoiding taxes by engaging more in CSR. Practical implications Results have implications for policymakers in that CSR firms audited by high-quality auditors may engage in CSR to overcome any negative reactions that could be caused as a result of tax avoidance. Thus, they need to be cautious about managers’ opportunistic behavior and enhance monitoring to enforce social compliance and to be tax compliant. Originality/value This paper extends the existing literature by examining the effect of audit quality on the relationship between CSR performance and corporate tax avoidance. Audit quality is deemed to be an important governance feature that is likely to constraint managerial opportunistic behaviors. Audit quality, along with CSR performance, are associated with a higher level of tax avoidance.
Flexible Mass Spring Method for Modelling Soft Tissue Deformation

It is well accepted that soft tissue deformation is a combination of linear and nonlinear response. During small displacements, soft tissues deform linearly while during large displacements, soft tissues show nonlinear deformation. This paper presents a new approach for modelling of soft tissue deformation, from the standpoint of Mass Spring Method (MSM). The proposed MSM model is developed using conical spring methodology which allow the MSM model to have different stiffnesses at different displacements during deformation. The stiffness variation creates flexibility in the model to simulate any linear and nonlinear deformations. Experimental results demonstrate that the deformations by the proposed method are in good agreement with those real and phantom soft tissue deformations. Isotropic and anisotropic deformations can be accommodated by the proposed methodology via conical spring geometry and configuration of the springs. The proposed model also able to simulate typical viscoelastic behaviour of soft tissue.
Empirical Investigation of the Hygrothermal Diffusion Properties of Permeable Building Membranes Subjected to Variable Relative Humidity Condition

Hygrothermal modelling is increasingly used to inform building envelope design. A key input for these calculations is the material’s vapour diffusion properties. Respecting a growing international concern, this research has questioned the appropriateness of the current test method to establish construction material for vapour diffusion properties. This article reports on the empirical measurement of the vapour diffusion properties of two vapour-permeable building membranes commonly used in Australia residential systems when subjected to variable relative humidity conditions. The method involved completing dry cup and wet cup standard tests as specified in ISO 12572, (23 °C and 50% relative humidity RH). Further tests were then conducted as temperature remained at 23 °C but the relative humidity changed to 35%, 65% and 80%, respectively, in order to know if the diffusion properties are the same or change with varying relative humidity. The results from the wet cup and dry cup tests under different relative humidity conditions were non-linear and different. These results indicate vapour-permeable membranes behave differently when exposed to different relative humidity conditions. In conclusion, this research demonstrates that the current vapour resistivity test method is inadequate, hence the need to establish more detailed diffusion resistivity properties in different humidity ranges that represent conditions experienced within a building’s external envelope.
Associations of Perceived Parental Psychological Control with Depression, Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

Abstract The present meta-analysis comprehensively investigated the relationships between specific psychological control in parenting and depression and anxiety related to internalized problems in children through 95 studies. Based on the finding that parents’ psychological control as perceived by children is more related to children’s psychological adjustment than parents’ actual psychological control in the case of children and adolescents, the present study investigated only children’s perception of parental psychological control for children and adolescents aged 10 to 20 years. The results showed a moderate degree of relationship between perceived parental psychological control and depression and anxiety in children. Moderating effects of sampling, culture (individualism vs collectivism), parent gender, child gender, child age, and publication status were identified. Implications for future research and practice are discussed
Consumer Vs Producer Misperception: The Case of French Wine

Aims: The study aimed at assessing the similarities and the differences between French wine producers’ perception of Belarusian consumers and the actual behavior of Belarusian consumers. Study design: Questionnaires filled in individually were used to compare consumers and producers’ perception. The questionnaire was made up of general questions addressing socio-demographic data, the kind of beverage preferred, the frequency of consumption of wine, the type of wine preferred, the origin of the wine preferred (producer country), the price and the criteria for purchasing wine. The aim was to get to know their profiles, their habits regarding purchasing and consuming alcohol and more specifically wine. Place and Duration of Study: Consumer survey was undertaken in 2018 in Belarus and producers survey was undertaken in 2019 in France. Methodology: Subjects were all volunteers. Belarussian consumer subjects were healthy (especially no addiction to alcohol, no food disorders) and adult. French participants were experienced producers or novices separated in two sub-samples. Comparison between answers used t-test and z-test. Results: Producers have a correct representation of the type of wine sought by Belarusian consumers and of the criteria to select it but misperceive who shop for wine and how it is consumed. In addition, French producers imagine their wine to be preferred while it is this of Moldavia. Conclusion: This may lead the producers to offer the wrong product for the wrong consumer target and contribute to explain why French wines only ranked fourth regarding importation of wine in Belarus while France is the world's leading wine exporter. This also suggests that the teaching program in French wine schools might be adapted.
A case-control study on risk predictors associated with periodontitis in systemically healthy patients; a Regression Analysis

OBJECTIVE: This case-control study was conducted to analyze the association of periodontitis with risk indicators i.e. age, gender, education status, brushing habits and past dental visits in systemically healthy patients. METHODS: The study included total of 1097 systemically healthy, non-tobacco using patients with age ≥ 18 years that reported to periodontology department from year 2018. The demographic details and dental care pattern of the patients were extracted from the records of periodontology department, and their frequencies were formulated. The association of five study variables i.e. age, gender, education status, brushing habits and past dental visits was assessed using forward step-wise logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Total of 471(42.9%) patients were diagnosed with periodontitis. Higher frequency of periodontitis was observed in patients who were male and ≥ 50 years of age. Regression analysis showed that the subjects with < 50 years of age, ≥ 12 years of education, regular brushing habits and regular past dental visits had greater odds of being safe from periodontitis. CONCLUSION: Since the population chosen for this research was systemically healthy, non-tobacco using individuals, a high prevalence (42.9%) of periodontitis was observed indicating the need to analyze the factors other than systemic conditions contributing in prevalence of periodontitis. Furthermore, a positive association between study variables and periodontitis was observed in this research, which will help the clinicians in prediction of periodontitis in systemically healthy, non-tobacco using individuals.
Understanding vegetarian customers: the effects of restaurant attributes on customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions

ABSTRACT Considering the significant number of vegetarian customers and the global trend of reducing meat consumption, the primary objective of this study is to examine the effects of six restaurant attributes, namely, food quality, service quality, atmosphere, convenience, price, and vegetarian menu options, on the customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions (i.e., willingness to pay more and revisit intention) of vegetarian customers. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that, among the attributes, only price and vegetarian menu options had significant positive effects on vegetarian customers’ satisfaction, and the relationship between vegetarian menu options and revisit intention was mediated by customer satisfaction. In addition, customer satisfaction significantly increased both customers’ willingness to pay more and their revisit intention. This research expands the knowledge about vegetarian customers and provides useful insight for restaurateurs.
Investigate the Effect of Ownership Diversity on Earnings Management of Listed Non-Financial Firms in Nigeria

The research work aims to investigate the effect of ownership diversity on earnings management of listed non-financial firms in Nigeria. Several reviewed works was revealed in the study of this work, specifically on earnings management and ownership diversity. The research founds that no literature has studied the effect of ownership diversity and earnings management of the listed non-financial firms in Nigeria. This research makes use of secondary data as its main source of data collection. The method of data analysis applied is Hausman effect test and panel data regression. The result shows that ownership diversity has positive and significant effect on earnings management of non-financial firms in Nigeria which was statistically significant at 1% level of significance.
Scale for Measuring Phubbing in Peruvian University Students: Adaptation, Validation and Results of Its Application

Phubbing is defined as ignoring people with whom you have a face-to-face relationship to attend to smartphones. The phenomenon of phubbing particularly affects the teenage and young segments of the population. The main problem lies in the impact it has on individuals’ social relationship. A lack of validated instruments to diagnose this phenomenon has been observed amongst the Spanish-speaking youth. The objective pursued with this research was to analyse the structural validity and reliability of the Spanish scale in a sample of 454 Peruvian university students. A reliability study was carried out following Cronbach and McDonald, complemented with an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results show good reliability and validity values. Finally, some aspects associated with users’ profiles in relation to the scale were discussed too. A need exists to have adapted instruments which permit to measure emerging social threats such as phubbing, so that risk profiles can be identified and for us to be able to act in time. Most of the students surveyed regularly engaged in phubbing, and a significant percentage of them had personal and social problems because of this, including lack of sleep hours or arguments with friends and relatives, to quote but two.
Optical control of a dark exciton reservoir

Optically inactive or dark excitons play an important role in exciton and polariton devices. On one hand, they supply excitons to the light cone and feed the photoluminescence signal. On the other hand, they repel radiatively active excitons due to the exchange interaction and contribute to the formation of lateral potentials for exciton and polariton condensates. On top of this, they play an important role in scattering and energy relaxation dynamics of quasiparticles in semiconductors. So far, because of optical inaccessibility, studies were focused typically on one experimental technique, giving information about one quantity of dark excitons. Here we present a comprehensive study of the dark exciton reservoir in a high-quality 14-nm GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well using several experimental techniques. We develop a new method of nonradiative broadening spectroscopy of exciton resonances and combine it with nondegenerate pump-probe spectroscopy. The exciton and carrier dynamics in the reservoir is monitored via dynamic broadening of exciton resonances induced by exciton-exciton and exciton-carrier scattering. The dynamics is found to be strongly dependent on the optical excitation conditions. Based on the experimental results, we develop a model of dynamics in a reservoir of excitons and free carriers. The model allows us to describe the experimentally measured photoluminescence kinetics with no fitting parameters. We also demonstrate the optical control of the dark exciton density by means of an additional excitation that creates imbalance of free carriers depleting the reservoir. These results shed light onto the dynamics of the excitonic ``dark matter'' and pave the way to the high-precision engineering of optically induced potentials in exciton-polariton and integrated photonic devices. We expect that the observed results can be transferred also to other semiconductors so that the current quantum well serves as a high-quality model system.
Toward an Assessment of Quality of Life Indicators as Measures of Destination Performance

This study tests a reciprocal relationship between objective quality of life indicators and traditional destination performance measures over time. A set of 16 quality of life indicators (covering economic, social, and environmental domains) and a set of five destination performance variables of tourist arrivals and spending proxies were used to perform a canonical correlation analysis. This panel data represents observations from 105 countries during the period of 1995–2018. The findings confirmed that a reciprocal link exists between the two sets. Specifically, the results showed that economic factors, along with education, and health indicators are strongly associated with performance measures of the tourism industry. The article concludes with implications for destination managers and avenues for future research.
Danube Delta: Water Management on the Sulina Channel in the Frame of Environmental Sustainability

The Danube Delta is the newest land formed by both transporting sediments brought by Danube River, which flows into the Black Sea and by traversing an inland region where water spreads and deposits sediments. Diurnal tidal action is low (only 8–9 cm), therefore the sediments would wash out into the water body faster than the river deposits it. However, a seasonal fluctuation of water level of 20 cm was observed in the Black Sea, contributing to alluvial landscape evolution in the Danube Delta. The Danube Delta is a very low flat plain, lying 0.52 m above Mean Black Sea Level with a general gradient of 0.006 m/km and only 20% of the delta area is below zero level. The main control on deposition, which is a combination of river, wind-generated waves, and tidal processes, depends on the strength of each one. The other two factors that play a major role are landscape position and the grain size distribution of the source sediment entering the delta from the river. The Danube Delta is a natural protected area in the South-Eastern part of Romania, declared a Biosphere Reserve through the UNESCO “Man and Biosphere” Programme. Water is a determining factor for all the human settlements in the Biosphere Reserve, the whole Danube Delta being structured by the three branches of the Danube (Chilia, Sulina and Sfantu Gheorghe (Saint George)). Our case study is focused on the Sulina branch, also named Sulina Channel, which offers the shortest distance between the Black Sea (trough Sulina Port) and Tulcea (the most important city of the Danube Delta from economic, social and cultural points of view) for both fluvial and marine ships. The improvement of water resources management is the main topic of this chapter, in terms of water quality indicators, which will be presented in twenty-nine monitoring points, starting since a few years ago and updated to nowadays. During the study period, significant exceedances of the limit value were detected in case of nitrate-N (3.9–4.6 mg/L) at the confluence (CEATAL 2) with the Saint George branch and in the Sulina Channel after the Wastewaters Treatment Plant (WWTP) discharge area, as well as near two settlements, namely Gorgova and Maliuc. The higher concentrations of Nitrogen-based nutrients were caused by the leakage from the old sewage systems (where these exist) and the diffuse loads.
Horse Tooth Enamel Ultrastructure: A Review of Evolutionary, Morphological, and Dentistry Approaches

This review searches for and analyzes existing knowledge on horse tooth anatomy in terms of evolutionary and morphological changes, feeding habits, breeding practices, and welfare. More than 150 articles from relevant databases were analyzed, taking into account the issues of our experimental research on the ultrastructure of Equidae tooth enamel. After our analysis, the knowledge on this subject accumulated up in the past, almost 50 years has been logically arranged into three basic directions: evolutionary-palaeontological, morpho-functional, and dentistic, which is also demonstrated by the latest trends in the study of enamel morphology and in the practice of equine dentistry. The obtained data show that in recent years we have observed a rapid increase in publications and a thematic expansion of the scope of research. It is caused by the need to deepen knowledge in theory and in the practice of feeding species in nature and in captivity as well as the possibility of using new technical resources to improve the excellence of such research. It is a summary of the knowledge of a certain stage of equine tooth enamel studies for this period of time, which serves as the basis for our experimental research (the materials are prepared for publication) and at the same time, defines research perspectives for the next stage of development.