Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The turn to employees in the measurement of HR practices: A critical review and proposed way forward

While initially studies examining HRM-outcome relationships only used management-based ratings of HR practices, arguments have been advanced in favor of using employee-based ratings. To examine this, a systematic analysis of HRM-outcome studies published between 2000-2017 is performed which shows that over time studies have indeed increasingly made use of employees as respondents to measures of HR practices. An in-depth analysis of these measures of perceived HR practices revealed that various problems and issues can be identified when critically reviewing these measures. It is observed that considerable idiosyncrasy exists in measures of perceived HR practices, coupled with a lack of transparency in how these measures are often reported in existing studies. Also, a mixture of evaluative and descriptive items creates concerns about jingle fallacies in extant research and in turn about the validity of HRM-outcome results. Recommendations are provided to further advance the measurement and conceptualization of this core construct.
Prices: Are Intuitive or Deliberate Persons Better

When it comes to financial decision-making like predicting stock price movements, it would be conceivable that rational people had an advantage over intuitive people. An experiment was conducted to test this hypothesis. Participants of the experiment provided repeated estimates for different shares and it was expected that rational people would end up with more ‘correct’ answers than intuitive people. Additionally, all participants of the experiment (N=59) completed a PID scale questionnaire (Betsch, 2004; Schunk & Betsch, 2006) to evaluate their preferences for deliberate or intuitive decision-making. The PID scale provided four categories to group people according to their preferences. In summary, it was concluded that intuitive people were slightly, but not significantly, better with financial decision-making than were rational people. A higher significance was observed from a direct comparison of the four PID categories. Predictions of PID-S-plus participants were significantly more accurate.
Debt, Inﬂation and Central Bank Independence

When governments trade-oﬀ maximizing general welfare with maximizing their own expenditure, the degree of central bank independence has implications for inﬂation, taxes and debt. Making the central bank more independent implies that, for any given level debt, inﬂation and taxes decrease, while debt accumulation increases. In the transition, as debt increases, inﬂation and taxes revert to their pre-reform levels, due to the higher ﬁnancial burden. In the long-run, only debt varies signiﬁcantly. Adding an explicit monetary target does not alter this result, but may still aﬀect how policy responds to cyclical shocks. The model suggests that the debt increase and inﬂation reduction experienced in the U.S. and several other developed countries in the early 1980s is the combined outcome of increased central bank independence and lower tolerance for inﬂation by agents.
Can Recently Derived Solar Photospheric Abundances Be Consistent with Helioseismology

Recent solar abundance analyses (Asplund et al. 2004; Lodders 2003) revise downward the abundances of C, N, O, Ne, and Ar, which reduces the solar photospheric Z/X to 0.017, and Z to ~0.013. Solar models evolved with standard opacities and diffusion treatment using these new abundances give poor agreement with helioseismic inferences for sound speed profile, convection zone helium abundance, and convection zone depth. Here we present helioseismic results for evolved solar models with these reduced photospheric abundances, trying varying diffusion treatments. We compare results for models with no diffusion, enhanced thermal diffusion, and enhanced diffusion of C, N, O, Ne, and Mg only. We find that while each of these models provides some improvements compared to a solar model evolved with the new abundances and standard physics, none restores the good agreement with helioseismology attained using the earlier abundances of, e.g., Grevesse & Sauval (1998). We suggest that opacity increases of about 20% for conditions below the convection zone, or the possibility of accretion of lower-Z material at the surface as the sun arrived at the main sequence, should be investigated to restore agreement. In addition, the new abundance determinations should be re-considered, as, if they are correct, it will be difficult to reconcile solar models with helioseismic results.
Severe Coronal Deformity Correction with a Modification of the Transpsoas Technique: Technical Note

Objective: To review the proper patient selection and the rationale for the transpoas technique and when it should be applied as a useful approach in spine surgery. Our study aims to describe a technical variance with regard to the lateral transpoas interbody access and fusion technique. Methods: Using two descriptive cases, we aim to illustrate how this technical variance can be utilized to the spine surgeon’s advantage in cases where the patient’s anatomy brings along additional challenges to the traditional technique. Emphasis was placed on examining and describing coronal pathology and how it can be corrected. Results: Preoperative films along with intraoperative pearls are reviewed along with postoperative film results such that the reader will gain a balanced overview of the transpsoas technique and how its versatility can be applied for coronal pathology. Conclusion: The transpoas technique can be modified to provide the spine surgeon with the ability to correct severe coronal deformity in a safe manner.
Identifying Congruence Between Advanced Manufacturing Two Year Cur-riculaandEmployer Needs: Findings from 5 Florida State Colleges

In this research paper, we report our assessment of the congruence between two-year advanced manufacturing (AM) program syllabi to employer needs expressed in the Department of Labor’s (DOL) AM Competency Model. The dynamic AM industry relies on two-year AM technician program graduates from state and community colleges. These program curricula are mandated to reflect state career and technology education (CTE) curriculum frameworks, but the frameworks are not designed to measure graduates' abilities to meet AM employers’ current needs. Because this technology-reliant industry changes so quickly, faculty are challenged to source, develop, and implement responsive educational experiences. Through consultation with industry leaders, the Department of Labor (DOL) developed an AM competency model to illustrate and promote workers’ necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions. To determine whether the AM competency model can function as an exit assessment for AM program graduates, we compared AM program syllabi from five rural Northwest Florida state colleges to the DOL AM Competency Model. We text-mined competencies in both syllabi and the AM Competency Model and compared them to identify: 1) frequently addressed topics; 2) verbs guiding course learning outcomes versus the skill depth desired by employers; and 3) overall match between documents. Our findings indicate that despite being developed to reflect the same curriculum framework, the five AM programs’ topical and complexity emphases varied widely. Overall, AM Competency Model content reflected higher levels of the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives , highlighting industry commitments to fostering analysis, evaluation, and creation. We conclude with implications for educational institutions, AM policymakers, and industry, outline the need for an AM Body of Knowledge, and propose an ongoing assessment model to improve the congruence between what employers want and what is taught in two-year AM degree programs.
AWARENESS AND ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICE AND ITS RELATION TO SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS OF JHARKHAND POPULATION

31 March, 2019. 69.2% of the participants used a toothbrush with toothpaste as a method of cleaning their teeth; 35.7% brushed Results: twice in a day; 33.03% brushed both in the morning and at bedtime; and 8.94% used mouthwash. About 40.62% visited the dentist during the last six months; among them 61.18% attended because of pain. Almost three-fourth of the participants knew that tooth decay and bad breath were the effects of not cleaning the teeth. It was known to 71.42, 63.39, 70.53, and 73.21% of the respondents, respectively, that excess sweet, cold drink, alcohol, and smoking/pan chewing were bad for dental health. Television was the source of knowledge to 57.15% of the participants and 35.71% acquired their knowledge from a dentist. Females, literates, urban residents, users of mouthwash, and regular visitors to the dentist had good oral hygiene practices. Conclusion: Oral health awareness and practices among the study population are poor and need to improve.
Introduction to approximate groups

Automated driving technologies are rapidly being developed. However, until vehicles are fully automated, the control of the dynamic driving task will be shifted between the driver and automated driving system. This paper aims to explore how transitions from automated driving to manual driving affect user experience and how that experience correlates to take-over performance. In the study 20 participants experienced using an automated driving system during rush-hour traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA. The automated driving system was available in congested traffic situations and when active, the participants could engage in non-driving related activities. The participants were interviewed afterwards regarding their experience of the transitions. The findings show that most of the participants experienced the transition from automated driving to manual driving as negative. Their user experience seems to be shaped by several reasons that differ in temporality and are derived from different phases during the transition process. The results regarding correlation between participants’ experience and take-over performance are inconclusive, but some trends were identified. The study highlights the need for new design solutions that do not only improve drivers’ take-over performance, but also enhance user experience during take-over requests from automated to manual driving.
Autonomous sound recording outperforms human observation for sampling birds: a 1 systematic map and user guide

20 Autonomous sound recording techniques have gained considerable traction in the last decade, 21 but the question remains whether they can replace human observation surveys to sample sonant 22 animals. For birds in particular, survey methods have been tested extensively using point counts 23 and sound recording surveys. Here, we review the latest evidence for this taxon within the frame 24 of a systematic map. We compare sampling effectiveness of these two survey methods, the 25 output they produce, and their practicality. When assessed against the standard of point counts, 26 autonomous sound recording prove to be a powerful tool that samples just as many species. This 27 technology can monitor birds in an exhaustive, standardized and verifiable way. Moreover, 28 sound recorders give access to entire soundscapes from which new data types can be derived 29 (vocal activity, acoustic indices…). Variables such as abundance or detection distance can be 30 obtained to yield data sets that are comparable to and compatible with point counts. Finally, 31 autonomous sound recorders allow investigations at high temporal and spatial resolution and 32 coverage, which are more cost-effective and cannot be achieved by human observations alone, 33 even though small-scale studies might be more cost-effective when carried out with point counts. 34 Sound recorders can be deployed in many places, they are more scalable, and reliable, making 35 them the better choice for bird surveys in an increasingly data-driven time. We also provide an 36 overview of currently available recorders and discuss their specifications to guide future study 37 designs. 38
An empirical exploration of aesthetic distance through mimetic interface design in videogames

Novel kinesthetic and mimetic video game interfaces, such as the Wii Remote and instrument peripherals for Rock Band, are seeing widespread mainstream adoption. However, with games ranging from the banned Manhunt 2 to the family-friendly Wii Sports, this Section discusses the ethical implications of increasingly realistic interfaces, and thus offers a position from which to further consider the controller as an integral part of the overall game design.
University of Birmingham The role of fire in UK peatland and moorland management

Fire has been used for centuries to generate and manage some of the UK’s cultural landscapes. Despite its complex role in the ecology of UK peatlands and moorlands, there has been atrend of simplifying the narrative around burning to present it as an onlyecologically damaging practice. That fire modifies peatland characteristics at a range of scales is clearly understood. Whether these changes are perceived as positive or negative depends upon how trade-offs are made between ecosystem services and the spatial and temporal scales of concern. Here we explore the complex interactions and trade-offs in peatland fire management, evaluating the benefits and costs of managed fire as they are currently understood. We highlight the need for (i) distinguishing between the impacts of fires occurring with differing severity and frequency, and (ii) improved characterization of ecosystem health that incorporates the response and recovery of peatlands to fire. We also explore how recent research has been contextualized within both scientific publications and the wider media and how this can influence non-specialist perceptions. We emphasize the need for an informed, unbiased debate on fire as an ecological management tool that is separated from other aspects of moorland management and from political and economic opinions. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The interaction of fire and mankind’.
The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues

This paper describes the development of a parent­report obesity risk assessment tool for young children and the efforts to establish the tool’s face validity with parents of low socioeconomic status who are participants of four federal nutrition assistance programs. Cognitive interviews (n=77) with ethnically diverse low­income parents provided contextually rich qualitative data for instrument development, including how respondents interpreted text and photographs and their recommendations for changes to improve understanding, consistency of interpretation, and appeal by limited literacy readers. Respondents modified text for all questions, revised content for most photographs, identified unnecessary text for elimination and suggested visual content to replace text resulting in a new version with first­grade readability and a low respondent burden of ten to fifteen minutes for completion. Interview results provided support for the face validity of the tool, now called Healthy Kids, with low­income respondents.
Value of carotid Doppler ultrasound and brain CT scan in ischemic stroke

Sonographic evaluation of the carotid arteries, both gray scale and Doppler is widely used for risk assessment for cerebrovascular accidents . This study was conducted to assess the state of carotid vessels in patients with acute ischemic stroke by assessing intima-media thickness of common carotid , internal carotid stenosis with the size of ischemic area that diagnosed by using computed tomography . : A total of 68 patient with stroke (21 females , 47 males) were assesed, Gray scale & Doppler US of the ipsilateral carotid arteries performed , measurement of IMT of CCA , the presence of any plaque recorded , the diameter reduction measurement PSV & EDV of the CCA & ICA . 36 patient have no stenosis (52.94%), 32 remaining patient have different degree of stenosis (47.05%),as follow . 19 patient have mild stenosis (H1)(59.37%), 9 patient have moderate stenosis (H2)(28.12%) , 4 patient have sever stenosis(H3)(12.5%). 40 patient showed increased IMT (58.82%), 28 patient had normal IMT (41.17%). 42 patients are smokers (61.76%),So increased intimal media thickness of common carotid artery is associated with stroke . Large size ischemic stroke are more associated with high degree of internal carotid artery stenosis ,There is a significant relation between atheromatous plaque and size of brain infarction
Performance Analysis of Effect of Underlap with Fixed Gate Length: GaN-Based Double Gate MOSFET

The effect of gate length 8 nm with underlap of double gate MOSFET has been designed for VLSI Technology. The evaluation process was followed by NEGF (non-equilibrium Green’s function) formalism using SILVACO ATLAS followed to ITRS–2013. The investigations on the threshold voltage, Sub threshold Slope, I ON , I OFF , I ON / I OFF , DIBL and switching characteristics of the electric field have been done with the simulation results. In the simulation, adopting symmetrical distances from source to gate and gate to drain (S-G and G-D) by fixing the gate length identical are cited as underlap. Here, the observation has been done for LUN = (0 to 4 nm) underlap length. GaN and HfO 2 have chosen as channel material and dielectric material respectively. Proposed devices structure indicates that GaN-based DG-MOSFETs for L G = 8 nm with various underlap lengths is a promising candidate for the aspect of modern VLSI applications.
Identification of small-molecule inducers of pancreatic (cid:1) -cell expansion

To identify small molecules that can induce (cid:1) -cell replication, a large chemical library was screened for proliferation of growth-arrested, reversibly immortalized mouse (cid:1) cells by using an automated high-throughput screening platform. A number of structurally diverse, active compounds were identiﬁed, including phorbol esters, which likely act through protein kinase C, and a group of thiophene-pyrimidines that stimulate (cid:1) -cell proliferation by activating the Wnt signaling pathway. A group of dihydropyridine (DHP) derivatives was also shown to reversibly induce (cid:1) -cell replication in vitro by activating L-type calcium channels (LTCCs). Our data suggest that the LTCC agonist 2a affects the expression of genes involved in cell cycle progression and cellular proliferation. Furthermore, treatment of (cid:1) cells with both LTCC agonist 2a and the Glp-1 receptor agonist Exendin-4 showed an additive effect on (cid:1) -cell replication. The identiﬁcation of small molecules that induce (cid:1) -cell proliferation suggests that it may be possible to reversibly expand other quiescent cells to overcome deﬁcits associated with degenerative and/or autoimmune diseases. using with DNase digestion Single-stranded (cid:2) g of GST-Raf1-RBD fusion protein precoupled to glutathione-Sepharose beads.Afterincubationfor1hat4°C,beadswerewashed3timesinlysis/binding/ washbuffer,resuspendedinLaemmlibuffer,andboiled.Sampleswereanalyzed by SDS-PAGE (4%–20%), followed by transfer to nitrocellulose membrane, and then were probed with anti-Ras antibody. Blots were developed by using the enhanced ECL system.
Inﬂuence of Morbid Obesity on the Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics of Daptomycin (cid:1)

The present study characterized the single-dose pharmacokinetics of daptomycin dosed as 4 mg/kg of total body weight (TBW) in seven morbidly obese and seven age-, sex-, race-, and serum creatinine-matched healthy subjects. The glomerular ﬁltration rate (GFR) was measured for both groups following a single bolus injection of [ 125 I]sodium iothalamate. Noncompartmental analysis was used to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters, and these values were normalized against TBW, ideal body weight (IBW), and fat-free weight (FFW) for comparison of the two groups. All subjects enrolled in this study were female, and the mean ( (cid:1) standard deviation) body mass index was 46.2 (cid:1) 5.5 kg/m 2 or 21.8 (cid:1) 1.9 kg/m 2 for the morbidly obese or normal-weight group, respectively. The maximum plasma concentration and area under the concentration-time curve from dosing to 24 h were approximately 60% higher ( P < 0.05) in the morbidly obese group than in the normal-weight group, and these were a function of the higher total dose received in the morbidly obese group. No differences in daptomycin volume of distribution ( V ), total clearance, renal clearance, or protein binding were noted between the two groups. Of TBW, FFW, or IBW, TBW provided the best correlation to V . In contrast, TBW overestimated GFR through creatinine clearance calculations using the Cockcroft-Gault equation. Use of IBW in the Cockcroft-Gault equation or use of the four-variable modiﬁcation of diet in renal disease equation best estimated GFR in morbidly obese subjects. Further studies of daptomycin pharmacokinetics in morbidly obese patients with acute bacterial infections and impaired renal function are necessary to better predict appropriate dosage intervals.
Establishment of cutpoints to categorize the severity of chronic pain using composite ratings with Rasch analysis

Background: Establishment of cutpoints for classifying mild, moderate, and severe pain is commonly based on single rating of worst or average pain. However, single pain measure may serve as a brief and partial surrogate for composite pain ratings. This study aimed to base composite pain ratings to establish optimal cutpoint that maximized the difference of pain interference on daily function and compare its utility with those based on single worst and average pain. Methods: Data was from a cohort study of 322 chronic pain patients. Brief Pain Inventory (including four items measuring the least, worst, average, and current pain) was administered. Rasch analysis and Serlin et al.’s (1995) method were used to derive optimal cutpoint. Results: Rasch analysis calibrated the least, worst, average, and current pain items into a unidimensional hierarchy and produced composite pain measurement. The optimal cutpoint for composite pain (mild, ≤ 4; moderate, >4 − 6; severe, >6 − 10 on the 0 − 10 numeric rating scale) differed from those cutpoints for worst ( ≤ 6; >6 − 8; >8 − 10) and average pain ( ≤ 5; >5 − 7; >7 − 10). The optimal cutpoint for composite pain was better able than those for worst and average pain to distinguish among groups on patient-rated pain quality and quality of life. The optimal cutpoint for average pain had better discriminant ability than that for worst pain. Conclusion: The results suggest that using optimal cutpoint for composite pain may be useful to classify clinically important groups in chronic pain patients and that average pain may be an alternative choice if a single item is used.
A Comrarative Study of effect of Exercise Intensity On Cardiovascular Variables

Background and Objectives: Resistance training in the form of concentric and eccentric exercise is a highly recommended form of exercise for athletes and an individual with or at risk of cardiovascular diseases. So the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of exercise intensity on cardiovascular changes during concentric and eccentric resistive knee extension exercise on healthy males. Methods: A sample of 50 healthy subjects between the age group (18-25 years) were randomly selected and divided into 2 groups, A (concentric exercise) and B (Eccentric exercise). Each group exercised knee extension at 3 different intensities 75% of 1 RM, 85% of 1 RM, 1 RM). 5 minutes warm up was given and 5 minute rest was given after each exercise. SBP, DBP, HR, MAP and RPP were measured before and after each exercise. Results: Statistical analysis done with related t-test and unrelated t-test. Both the group improved but significantly more improvement was seen in concentric group when compared to eccentric group. Conclusion: The result of the study suggests that eccentric exercise produce lower cardiovascular response than concentric exercise. [Khant Ankur et al NJIRM 2013; 4(6) : 116-121]