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How is Social Media Addiction Impact on the Psychological Well-being of Employees

This study contributes to how measure the influence of social media addiction on the welfare of non-financial employees and employee performance, and contributes to the information on how to limit the limits in playing social media, especially when at work and the adverse effects of playing social media excessively, by playing social media overly will affect productivity in doing work. Based on previous research related to the influence of social media addiction on employee well-being and employee performance, data collection in this study uses survey methods that use the dissemination of questionnaires. Data were processed from as many as 153 respondents and were selected by purposive sampling method from February to May 2021 in the DKI Jakarta-Indonesia area. This type of research is causality-quantitative using the analysis method of structural equation model (SEM) data. This study shows that the higher the level of social media addiction, it will improve the welfare of non-financial employees but have no impact on employee performance. An interesting finding in this study is that social media addiction will indirectly improve performance through non-financial well-being.
Beef Steer Performance on Irrigated Monoculture Legume Pastures Compared with Grass- and Concentrate-Fed Steers

Simple Summary Most U.S. beef calves are finished on grain-based rations, but a small proportion are finished on grass-dominated pastures. A number of temperate perennial legumes thrive when cultivated under irrigation in the U.S. Mountain West, including alfalfa, sainfoin, birdsfoot trefoil and cicer milkvetch. With the exception of alfalfa, these are non-bloating legumes, and all have fiber and non-fiber carbohydrate concentrations more similar to feedlot rations than to grass. This 3-year study was undertaken to compare the average daily gain of steer calves on monoculture legume pastures to the gain of calves on concentrate diets; in the final year, a grass pasture treatment was added. Gains of calves on birdsfoot trefoil pastures were two-thirds to three-quarters that of concentrate-fed calves; gains on cicer milkvetch pastures were about half that of concentrate-fed calves, and gains on grass pasture were about one-third that of concentrate-fed calves. The elevated gains of birdsfoot trefoil-fed calves compared with grass-fed calves were likely due to greater intake combined with the presence of a condensed tannin that precipitates excess plant protein in the rumen but does not interfere with post-ruminal digestion. Perennial legume pastures are a sustainable alternative to feedlot finishing for western U.S. beef producers. Abstract Fall- or spring-born steers grazed monoculture irrigated birdsfoot trefoil (BFT; Lotus corniculatus L.) or cicer milkvetch (CMV; Astragalus cicer L.) pastures for approximately 12 weeks for 3 years and were compared with steers on concentrate diets. In the 3rd year, an irrigated meadow bromegrass (MBG; Bromus biebersteinii Roem. and Schult.) pasture treatment was added for further comparison. Steer average daily gain (ADG) was 1.31, 0.94, 0.83 and 0.69 kg d−1 on concentrate, ‘Norcen’ BFT, ‘Oberhaunstadter’ BFT, and ‘Monarch’ CMV diets, respectively; ADG on grass pastures was 0.43 kg d−1. The ADG on the concentrate diet was greater than ADG on legume or grass pastures, ADG was greater on BFT than CMV in every year (p < 0.03), and ADG on BFT was greater than ADG on grass (p < 0.03). The rate constant of gas production of an in vitro rumen fermentation demonstrated a slower rate of microbial digestion for CMV than for BFT. The elevated ADG on BFT pastures may be due to greater non-fiber carbohydrate (NFC) concentration and reduced neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration combined with condensed tannins that protect proteins in the rumen but do not impede protein digestion in the abomasum and intestines.
Representations of Sexuality among Persons with Intellectual Disability, as Perceived by Professionals in Specialized Institutions: A Systematic Review

The objective of this systematic review is to make an inventory of the representations of the professionals of specialized institutions on the sexuality of persons with intellectual disabilities. The scientific studies were identified according to the PRISMA protocol using 18 databases, with keywords on sexuality and parenthood. Studies were reviewed through a methodological assessment and then a thematic analysis. Twenty-four studies were reviewed and three themes were identified: professionals’ representations of gender, sexuality, and consent; professionals’ perceptions of their role in supporting people’s sexual lives; and the ways in which professionals construct representations of people’s sexual lives. This corpus highlights deep paradoxes in the representations of professionals concerning the socio-affective needs and sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities, creating what we could define as a “system of incompatibility” and leading to difficulties in positioning. Support is still too random and subject to control logics in the name of protecting users, who are perceived as vulnerable. Training and new ways of teamwork appear to be central to supporting the evolution of the representations and practices of professionals. Future research anchored in practices and involving users as well as professionals is necessary to better understand the paradoxical aspects of professionals’ representations and to draw alternative ways of constructing these representations.
Resilience in a Greek Sample of Informal Dementia Caregivers: Familism as a Culture-Specific Factor

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and the factors associated with resilience among a sample of 118 Greek informal caregivers (78.8% females, mean age=58.9, SD=11.6) of people with dementia. Face-to-face interviews assessed caregivers’ sociodemographics, resilience, quality of life, burden, familism, and perception of services and their proxy assessments of the cognitive functioning, functional activity, and behavioral problems of people with dementia. Moderate levels of resilience were reported by 58.6% of the caregivers. Dementia-related knowledge and higher levels of familism were associated with higher levels of resilience, whereas higher frequency of dealing with behavioral problems was associated with lower resilience. Effective interventions to strengthen Greek dementia caregivers’ resilience should be culture-specific, targeting both behavioral problems and caregivers’ intrapersonal facilitators (i.e, dementia-related knowledge) and interpersonal interactions (i.e., familism). Healthcare professionals may have a key role in building caregivers’ resilience and contribute to implications for policy and practice.
Application of the principle of conservatism against the application of the fair value concept: An example of the Serbian capital market

The characteristic of striving towards the application of the new valuation concept, as opposed to the application of traditional accounting principles, modern financial reporting prompted the authors of this paper to address the importance of the application of traditional accounting principles, especially the principle of prudence (conservatism), and the concept of fair value for the accounting information relevance. The most important business decisions in the entity are made on the basis of information produced by the accounting information system, based on which we see how important it is for this information to be up to date. The relevance of the information of the accounting system of first-class importance is the basis of evaluation, which is the subject of research in this paper. More precisely, the paper examines the methods of measurement after initial recognition of fixed assets on the example of a group of business entities operating on the Serbian capital market. The results of empirical research are of a twofold nature. Namely, for measurement after initial recognition of intangible assets, plant and equipment, as well as other property, plant and equipment, the concept of historical cost and the traditional accounting principles immanent to it are primarily used. For measurement after initial recognition of buildings, land, investment property and biological assets, the concept of fair value is more often used. In other words, using a practical example, we have shown that the combined basis of financial reporting is the dominant feature of modern financial reporting of entities operating in the Serbian capital market.
Periosteum-induced ossification effect in skull defect through interleukin-8 and NF-κB pathway: An experimental study with Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbits

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the response of inflammatory cytokines interleukin-8 (IL-8) and NF-κB to the closure of skull defect with periosteum as a scaffolding material in bone healing used after surgery. Methods: Thirty Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbits underwent a craniotomy to create a 20 mm diameter round defect in the parietal bones. The parietal bones were returned to its place and stabilized by an internal plate fixation. The defects were either left empty or implanted with periosteum. At 6 weeks, the specimens were euthanized and examined. Results: Histological examination showed a more well-developed formation of woven bone in the periosteum group. Immunohistochemical examinations showed that the use of periosteum in the closure of skull defects reduced the NF-κB and IL-8 response which affected the ossification process. Conclusion: The experiment showed that the use of periosteum was linked with IL-8 and NF-κB downregulation toward ossification effects at any point throughout the trial. Periosteum usage might be beneficial as a scaffolding material in bone healing for autograft cranioplasty in animal model and could be applied to clinical practice.
ELS issues in robotics and steps to consider them. Part 1: Robotics and employment. Consequences of robotics and technological change for the structure and level of employment

This report has been produced for the Partnership for Robotics SPARC in Europe via RockEU: Robotics Coordination Action for Europe, a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) project that has received funding by under the EU FP7 research and innovation programme (grant agreement 611247). - RockEU: Robotics Coordination Action for Europe. Grant Agreement Number: 611247. 17.01. 2013 - 16.07. 2016. Instrument: Coordination and Support Action. Deliverable D3.4. 1. - part 1.
Circulating Exosomal-DNA in Glioma Patients: A Quantitative Study and Histopathological Correlations—A Preliminary Study

Glial neoplasms are a group of diseases with poor prognoses. Not all risk factors are known, and no screening tests are available. Only histology provides certain diagnosis. As already reported, DNA transported by exosomes can be an excellent source of information shared by cells locally or systemically. These vesicles seem to be one of the main mechanisms of tumor remote intercellular signaling used to induce immune deregulation, apoptosis, and both phenotypic and genotypic modifications. In this study, we evaluated the exosomal DNA (exoDNA) concentration in blood samples of patients affected by cerebral glioma and correlated it with histological and radiological characteristics of tumors. From 14 patients with diagnosed primary or recurrent glioma, we obtained MRI imaging data, histological data, and preoperative blood samples that were used to extract circulating exosomal DNA, which we then quantified. Our results demonstrate a relationship between the amount of circulating exosomal DNA and tumor volume, and mitotic activity. In particular, a high concentration of exoDNA was noted in low-grade gliomas. Our results suggest a possible role of exoDNAs in the diagnosis of brain glioma. They could be particularly useful in detecting early recurrent high-grade gliomas and asymptomatic low-grade gliomas.
Artificial Intelligence (Enhanced Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Network) for Calcium Deblooming in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: A Feasibility Study

Background: The presence of heavy calcification in the coronary artery always presents a challenge for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in assessing the degree of coronary stenosis due to blooming artifacts associated with calcified plaques. Our study purpose was to use an advanced artificial intelligence (enhanced super-resolution generative adversarial network [ESRGAN]) model to suppress the blooming artifact in CCTA and determine its effect on improving the diagnostic performance of CCTA in calcified plaques. Methods: A total of 184 calcified plaques from 50 patients who underwent both CCTA and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) were analysed with measurements of coronary lumen on the original CCTA, and three sets of ESRGAN-processed images including ESRGAN-high-resolution (ESRGAN-HR), ESRGAN-average and ESRGAN-median with ICA as the reference method for determining sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV). Results: ESRGAN-processed images improved the specificity and PPV at all three coronary arteries (LAD-left anterior descending, LCx-left circumflex and RCA-right coronary artery) compared to original CCTA with ESRGAN-median resulting in the highest values being 41.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 30%, 52.7%) and 26.9% (95% CI: 22.9%, 31.4%) at LAD; 41.7% (95% CI: 22.1%, 63.4%) and 36.4% (95% CI: 28.9%, 44.5%) at LCx; 55% (95% CI: 38.5%, 70.7%) and 47.1% (95% CI: 38.7%, 55.6%) at RCA; while corresponding values for original CCTA were 21.8% (95% CI: 13.2%, 32.6%) and 22.8% (95% CI: 20.8%, 24.9%); 12.5% (95% CI: 2.6%, 32.4%) and 27.6% (95% CI: 24.7%, 30.7%); 17.5% (95% CI: 7.3%, 32.8%) and 32.7% (95% CI: 29.6%, 35.9%) at LAD, LCx and RCA, respectively. There was no significant effect on sensitivity and NPV between the original CCTA and ESRGAN-processed images at all three coronary arteries. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was the highest with ESRGAN-median images at the RCA level with values being 0.76 (95% CI: 0.64, 0.89), 0.81 (95% CI: 0.69, 0.93), 0.82 (95% CI: 0.71, 0.94) and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.76, 0.96) corresponding to original CCTA and ESRGAN-HR, average and median images, respectively. Conclusions: This feasibility study shows the potential value of ESRGAN-processed images in improving the diagnostic value of CCTA for patients with calcified plaques.
Running head: PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON CHILDHOOD ANXIETY 1 Maternal and Paternal Influences on Childhood Anxiety Symptoms: A Genetically Sensitive Comparison PARENTAL INFLUENCE ON CHILDHOOD ANXIETY

This study tested the theory that anxious fathers pose a quantitatively different environmental influence on childhood anxiety than anxious mothers. The analysed sample contained 502 linked adoption units from the Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS), a longitudinal multisite study that follows 561 adopted children (57.2% boys) and their adoptive and birth parents, who were recruited through US adoption agencies. A Bayesian latent growth model predicted child anxiety symptoms between 18 months and 4.5 years from inherited (birth parent anxiety) and rearing parent anxiety. This model revealed little evidence for a difference in the influence of maternal and paternal rearing parent anxiety on child anxiety symptoms. Contrary to theoretical predictions, anxiety in the rearing father is likely to have an equivalent influence to that of the mother on both child anxiety symptoms at 18 months old and their developmental trajectory over the preschool years.
Factors Affecting Corporate Decision Makers to Transact With Indonesian Sharia Banks

Factors affecting the decision-making of Indonesian Sharia Banking companies. Journal on Abstract This study aims to examine the factors that influence corporate decision-making factors in transactions with Sharia Bank in Indonesia and recommend strategies to increase corporate customers in Islamic banking to increase their market share considering that corporate customers have large purchase power parity. This study was conducted to fill the research gap where it will be analyzed how the factors that influence the decisions of corporate customers in Indonesia in transacting with Islamic banking. The sample in this study is financial decision-makers in corporations consisting of the CEO, CFO, Head of Finance, Vice President Finance, and GM Finance. Sampling in this study used the Slovin formula with a target sample of 394 respondents, both Muslim and non-Muslim. The results of this study indicate that in general the level of knowledge of sharia from both Muslim and non-Muslim respondents is still minimal for basic muamalah fiqh knowledge. From the results of the analysis, it was found that the variables of service quality and sharia compliance affect the reputation of Sharia Bank in Indonesia, where the reputation of Sharia Bank is the only variable that directly affects the decisions of corporate decision-makers in transactions with Sharia Bank . Meanwhile, the variables of religiosity, sharia knowledge, the role of company shareholders do not have a positive influence on the dependent variable. Finally, this study recommends the management of Sharia Bank to determine strategic steps to improve reputation as the most decisive variable for a company to transact with Sharia Bank . Reputation is enhanced by improving service quality and sharia compliance.
Contagion between the united states and latinamerican stock markets: The case of the financial crisis of 2008

In this paper we use the financial contagion test suggested by Hatemi and Hacker (2005) in order to test the hypothesis of contagion in the main equity markets of Latin America by the US equity markets in the subprime crisis. This test is based on the bootstrapping method, which is considered robust to the absence of normality and increasing volatility (heteroskedasticity), characteristics inherent to financial markets, particularly during periods of crisis. The results show evidence of financial contagion in the subprime crisis of 2008 from the main US stock indices to some of the main financial markets in Latin America.
Trajectories of Worktime Control From Midlife to Retirement and Working Beyond Retirement Age

The extent to which long-term individual-oriented flexibility in working hours is associated with working beyond retirement age is not known. The aims of the present study were to identify trajectories of worktime control (WTC) and to examine whether the membership of WTC trajectories was associated with working beyond individual’s pensionable age. A total of 1,953 older employees participated in the study and had data up to 16 years before pensionable age. Group-based latent trajectory modeling was used to identify WTC trajectories and Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to examine the associations of WTC trajectories with duration of employment. Seven trajectories described WTC: “Stable very low” (7%), “Stable low” (21%), “Declined” (12%), “Stable mid-low” (28%), “Improved” (10%), “Stable high” (16%), and “Stable very high” (5%). When compared with the lowest WTC trajectory groups, trajectories of “Stable high/very high” (hazard ratio [HR] 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.17–1.54) and “Improved” WTC (HR 1.49, 95% CI 1.25–1.78) were associated with longer duration of employment. Although the memberships of the “Stable high/very high” and “Improved” WTC trajectories correlated with gender, marital status, occupational position, and self-rated health, the association between WTC and duration of employment was not fully confounded or mediated by these factors. These findings support the hypothesis that having improved or constantly high control over working times from midlife to retirement age may prolong working lives at retirement age.
Modeling, sensing, and control of human bipedal walking with foot slip

OF THE DISSERTATION Modeling, Sensing, and Control of Human Bipedal Walking with Foot Slip by Mitja Trkov Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jingang Yi Human walking is a fundamental motor skill that is developed at an early stage in our lives. Maintaining stable walking capability demands a ubstantial effort and requires synchronization and coordination of many neurologi cal, sensorimotor and musculoskeletal systems. Moreover, disturbances such as foot slip require even more demanding walking control strategies for successful balance re overy and fall prevention. However, it is challenging to capture and model human motion and reaction to foot slip. Most of the existing slip-and-fall studies focus on cl inical human experiments and few use control systems approaches to analyze the slip dy namics and human recovery mechanisms. Further challenges arise as few real-ti me sensing and robotic assistive technologies are currently available for reliably detecting foot slips and assisting human balance for slip-induced fall prevention. The goal of this dissertation is to advance the understandin g and knowledge of slip dynamics with emphasis on four interlaced topics: (i) a nalyzing and modeling the
Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study

In sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information about the use of microbiology laboratory services in patients with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). This cross-sectional study assessed the requests for urine culture in patients with suspected UTI in two tertiary (maternal and paediatric) hospitals—Freetown and Sierra Leone, during May 2017–May 2021—and determined antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns among bacterial isolates. One laboratory served the two hospitals, with its electronic database used to extract information. Overall, there were 980 patients, of whom 168 (17%) had cultures requested and performed. Of these, 75 (45%) were culture positive. During 2017–2019, there were 930 patients, of whom 156 (17%) had cultures performed. During 2020–2021, when services were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 50 patients, of whom 12 (24%) had cultures performed. The four commonest isolates were Escherichia coli (36), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10), Staphylococcus aureus (9), and Pseudomonas spp. (6). There were high levels of AMR, especially for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (47%), nalidixic acid (44%), nitrofurantoin (32%) and cefotaxime (36%). Overall, 41 (55%) bacterial isolates showed multidrug resistance, especially E. coli (58%), Pseudomonas spp. (50%), and S. aureus (44%). These findings support the need for better utilization of clinical microbiology services to guide antibiotic stewardship and monitoring of trends in resistance patterns.
Parameters controlling large landslide propagation Taylor Wood

Landslides are an ever-present natural hazard and understanding factors such as propagation are vital for the management of such events. This natural hazard has increased in frequency in recent history which further highlights the importance of the research. This study aims to determine which parameters contribute to large rock avalanche propagation using an experimental approach within a laboratory environment. The experiment was designed to simulate a granular flow event using equipment formed of an inclined slope and a flat horizontal plane with a confined zone. A range of material flow combinations and two different slope inclinations were used throughout. The experiment enabled the collection of data such as runout distance; maximum height and length of a flow deposit and further calculated data including the Fahrboschung angle and the velocity of different flows in order to determine the relationship between the runout and a host of parameters. By conducting this investigation, it was determined that certain parameters such as angle of slope inclination and bidisperse material all heavily contributed to a further runout of a flow. It was also concluded that having a material combination of 15% fine material and 85% coarser material provided the furthest runout distance of all the material combinations.