Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cross-cultural comparison of mental health between Japanese and Dutch workers: relationships with mental health shame, self-compassion, work engagement and motivation

PurposeThe primary purpose of this descriptive study was to compare the levels of, and relationships among mental health problems, mental health shame, self-compassion, work engagement and work motivation between workers in Japan (collectivistic and success-driven culture) and the Netherlands (individualistic and quality-oriented culture). Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional design, where convenience samples of 165 Japanese and 160 Dutch workers completed self-report measures about mental health problems, shame, self-compassion, engagement and motivation, was used. Welch t-tests, correlation and regression analyses were conducted to compare (1) the levels of these variables, (2) relationships among these variables and (3) predictors of mental health problems, between the two groups.FindingsDutch workers had higher levels of mental health problems, work engagement and intrinsic motivation, and lower levels of shame and amotivation than Japanese workers. Mental health problems were associated with shame in both samples. Mental health problems were negatively predicted by self-compassion in Japanese, and by work engagement in Dutch employees.Originality/valueThe novelty of this study relates to exploring differences in work mental health between those two culturally contrasting countries. Our findings highlight potential cultural differences such as survey responding (Japanese acquiescent responding vs Dutch self-enhancement) and cultural emphases (Japanese shame vs Dutch quality of life). Job crafting, mindfulness and enhancing ikigai (meaningfulness in life) may be helpful to protect mental health in these workers, relating to self-compassion and work engagement. Findings from this study would be particularly useful to employers, managers and staff in human resources who work with cross-cultural workforce.
Serial Arterial Lactate Clearance and Outcome in Patients with Cardio-respiratory Insufficiency Presenting in Emergency Ward at Tertiary Level Hospital

Introduction: Acute cardio-respiratory failure is one of the acute common problems encountered in emergency and which required immediately intervention. It creates an imbalance between energy supply, demand, and consumption. Earlier lactate clearance should be useful to identify patient able to reverse the metabolic derangement and failure to rapidly resolve the oxygen debt, indicated by poor lactate clearance, would be correlated with negative outcome. For this purpose lactate clearance at 2 hour is more useful. Methods: This was a prospective study conducted at B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Preliminary diagnosis was made according to clinical history, physical examination, arterial blood gas and chest radio graph. A national emergency warning system was used for patient evaluation. Gas exchange and lactate blood concentration was assessed at Emergency ward at arrival, 2 & 6 hr. Two-hour lactate clearance was calculated as (Lactate start − lactate 2 hour)/lactate start (%). Blood gas-analysis and arterial lactate was performed by intermittent blood sampling and co-oximetry. Results: Out of 74 patients the COPD was the most common co-morbidity condition (25.7%), followed by congestive heart failure (18.9%). Comprising of lactate clearance at two hours and the lactate clearance at six hours, the lactate clearance at two hours and its outcomes was more significant (P=0.001, OR=10.133) than lactate clearance at six hours (P=0.213). Conclusions: Early lactate clearance was associated with positive outcome rather than late clearance.
Effect of Delmopinol Hydrochloride on the Prevention and Removal of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica Stainless Steel-Adhered Biofilms

Bacterial biofilms attached to food contact surfaces are an ongoing concern for the food industry due to the resistance of bacteria within biofilms to detergents and sanitizers. Within food manufacturing facilities, stainless steel is a common food-contact surface in which microbial cell attachment and biofilm formation may occur. Identifying methods to prevent and remove biofilms during standard cleaning and sanitation practices could prove useful, as mature biofilms can release planktonic cells into an aqueous environment, causing continual low-level contamination. Dental studies involving delmopinol hydrochloride, a cationic surfactant, have found a preventative and dissociating affect on biofilms, where food applications have scarcely been researched. This study demonstrates the prevention and removal of Listeria monocytogenes 1/2a and S. enterica Agona biofilms on stainless steel with preand post-exposures of delmopinol hydrochloride. Stainless steel blanks (#304, 16 gauge, 2cm x 2cm, finish #4) were submerged in a 0.2% or 0.5% delmopinol solution before or after biofilm formation. Treatment times were 1, 5 or 10 minutes, whereas controls were not exposed to the delmopinol solution. Disinfected stainless steel blanks were spot-inoculated with 20μL of a 10 9 CFU/mL liquid culture, and preexposed blanks were additionally submerged in delmopinol and dried prior to inoculation. Biofilms were exclusively formed on the finished and inoculated side by placing the surface face-down on TSA. After cell attachment and biofilm development for 24 hours at 25°C, blanks were rinsed with phosphate buffer. Post-exposed blanks were submerged in 0.2% or 0.5% delmopinol for 1, 5 or 10 minutes before all blanks were individually vortexed for 90 seconds to iii dislodge films. Bacterial populations were determined by surface plating onto TSA followed by incubation at 32oC for L. monocytogenes and 37oC for S. Agona for 48 hours. Treatments were in-duplicate and repeated three times for each microorganism. Pre-exposure of 0.2% delmopinol resulted in a significant decrease in L. monocytogenes concentration at 1, 5 and 10 minute exposures (P 0.05), whereas all postexposures lead to a significant decline in biofilm concentrations (P 0.05), while the 10 minute 0.5% pre-exposure exhibited a minimal reduction in bacterial growth (P < 0.05). Post-exposures of 10 minutes exhibited a mean log10 reduction of 7.65 and 7.75 log10 for 0.2% and 0.5% delmopinol solutions, respectively. For L. monocytogenes and S. Agona, post-exposure to delmopinol hydrochloride caused a notable log10 reduction. The removal effect of delmopinol on biofilms is significantly greater the preventative effect.
The Establishment and Empirical Study of the Mechanism of Influence on the Expatriate Performance of Employees Enterprise

With the continuous growth of the economy and national strength. As the pace of internationalization of Chinese enterprises continues to accelerate, the management of expatriate employees has become a huge challenge for expatriate enterprises and multinational companies. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence the expatriate adaptability and job performance through the investigation of the individual expatriate adaptability and job performance. According to expatriates’ ability and the level of cultural intelligence explore that cultural intelligence has a direct impact on job performance, meanwhile, that focuses on the mediating role of expatriate adaptation as a mediator variable and the regulatory effect of emotional intelligence between cultural intelligence and expatriate adaptation, and the regulatory effect of emotional intelligence between cultural intelligence and job performance. Questionnaire survey was used to investigate the overseas situation of Chinese expatriates, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, multiple regression and other statistical methods were used to test. The results show that there is a significant positive correlation between cultural intelligence and job performance. For expatriate adaptation, there is a mediating effect between cultural intelligence and job performance, and there is a significant positive correlation between cultural intelligence and expatriate adaptation. Emotional intelligence plays a moderating role in the relationship between cultural intelligence and expatriate adaptation: when the moderating variable emotional intelligence is introduced, the significant positive correlation between cultural intelligence and expatriate adaptation is strengthened. The positive correlation between cq and job performance is strengthened by introducing the moderating variable emotional intelligence.
Clinical investigation of nosocomial infections in adult patients after cardiac surgery

Abstract Nosocomial infections (NI) are common complications after cardiac surgery. To date, there have been few manuscripts investigating NI in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery. Our study was designed to investigate the characteristics of the distribution of pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic resistance and risk factors for NI. A total of 1360 patients received standard postoperative care, including antibiotic prophylaxis. Microbiological examinations of sputum, blood, catheter tips and excrement were performed as clinically indicated to isolate pathogens. Thirty potential associated variables were collected and compared between the 2 different groups according to the development of NI using univariate and multivariate analyses. Eighty-nine patients (6.54%) acquired a microbiologically documented NI. There was a significant difference in mortality between the 2 groups with or without postoperative NI (23.60% vs 2.28%, P < .00). A total of 98 pathogens (73.13%) were isolated from sputum, 32 pathogens (23.88%) from blood and only 1 (0.75%) from urine. Three (2.24%) surgical site infections were detected, including 2 superficial surgical site infections and 1 mediastinitis. The most common pathogens were Gram-negative bacteria (78.36%), followed by Gram-positive bacteria (14.93%) and fungi (6.71%). The major pathogenic species had different levels of drug resistance, and most of them exhibited multidrug resistance. Six out of thirty variables were identified as independent risk factors for the development of NI, namely, duration of surgery, low cardiac output syndrome, continuous veno-venous hemofiltration, mechanical ventilation time, reintubation and tracheostomy. We analyzed the characteristics of the distribution of pathogens, antibiotic resistance and risk factors for NI in our center and provided some suggestions for clinical practice. In addition to antibiotic treatment, avoidance of risk factors and aggressive infection control measures may be crucial to stop or prevent outbreaks.
Phylogenetical Relationships between Kejobong Goat and Other Goats Based on Mt-DNA D-loop Sequence Analysis

The aim of this study was to investigate phylogenetical relationships between Kejobong goat and Kacang goat as well as Etawah Grade goat using genetic diversity, haplotype, and genetic distance analysis based on D-loop sequences. A total of 76 blood samples belonged to three local goats, namely Kacang goat (KC), Etawah Grade goat (EG), and Kejobong goat (KJ). The DNA genome was extracted based on the manufacturer’s standard protocol using gSYNC DNA Mini Kit (Geneaid Biotech Ltd.) for sequence analysis control region (D-loop) in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using specific primer. The results revealed that there were a total of 36 nucleotide substitutions, those were 1 indel (insertion or deletion), 34 haplotypes with Pi = 0.00253±0.00029 and Hd = 0.925±0.018 in three local goats, while intra-breed in this study showed Pi value of EG, KC, and KJ were 0.00452±0.00077, 0.00214±0.00028 and 0.00143±0.00018, respectively and Hd value were 0.985±0.025, 0.926±0.032, and 0.855±0.044, respectively. Genetic distances between KJ and KC, KJ and EG, and between KC and EG were 0.0018; 0.0034, and 0.0036, respectively. The highest NHap was observed in KC (17), followed by EG (15) and KJ (11); and all three local goats were in the same cluster in phylogeny tree. In conclusion, genetically, Kejobong goat is a crossbred of Kacang goat and Etawah Grade goat and has closer genetic relationships to Kacang goat than to Etawah Grade goat.
Role of Reemergence in the Central North Pacific Revealed by a Mixed Layer Heat Budget Analysis

Wintertime sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies that disappear in summer and recur in the following winter are known as “reemergence. ” The role of reemergence in recurrent SST anomalies in an area in the central North Pacific is investigated quantitatively for the first time by conducting an online mixed layer heat budget analysis with a realistic ocean model simulation. In contrast to past studies that have emphasized the importance of vertical entrainment of subsurface temperature anomalies, it is shown that several mechanisms are operating in recurrence of SST anomalies during 1977–1999. In particular, anomalous Ekman meridional advection of the mean meridional temperature gradient induced by zonal wind stress anomalies plays an important role in many years. Also, coincidence in the sign of SST anomalies in winter and surface heat flux anomalies in the following autumn leads to recurrence of SST anomalies.
ISLAMIC EDUCATION VALUES CONTAINED IN UPIN AND IPIN ANIMATION SERIES OF RAMADHAN EPISODE

This study aims to determine what Islamic educational values are contained in the Upin and Ipin cartoons during the Ramadan episode. This research is a library research (library research). The method used to collect data is the documentation method. Analysis of the data that researchers use is content analysis, namely research conducted on information, which is documented in recordings, both in pictures, sounds and writings. Then a descriptive interpretation is carried out by providing an overview and interpretation as well as a description of the data that has been collected . The results of this study indicate that Upin and Ipin cartoons on the episode of the Ramadan theme have educational values contained therein. The educational values contained in the Upin and Ipin cartoon episodes of the theme of Ramadan include: First, the values of religious education which include, mahdhah worship and the value of social worship education kemasarakatan. Second, universal education values include, peace, respect, love, tolerance, responsibility, happiness, cooperation, honesty, humility, freedom, simplicity, unity
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS OF TOP 10 TOURIST VISITED COUNTRIES

International tourism has been playing a key role in driving economic development for countries across the world. In fact, top 10 tourist visited countries have been gaining significant amount of tourism revenue, but also a large number of international tourists since two decades ago. As a result, this research analyzes relationships between international tourism and economic development of top 10 tourist visited countries. In so doing, the researchers adopted a quantitative research method, namely, panel-data multiple regression analysis to help analyze relationships among variables and test hypotheses. Key research findings confirmed that both international tourist receipts and outbound tourist expenditures have significant relationships with both GDP and GDP per Capita. Implications for future research and enhancing competitiveness of tourism industry are addressed.
Evaluation of the field performance, nitrogen fixation efficiency and competitive ability of pea landraces grown under organic and conventional farming systems

ABSTRACT In the present study, three pea Greek landraces Schinousa (AUASCHIN001), Andros (AUAANDRO001), and Amorgos (AUAAMORG001), and the commercial variety Onward were grown following either conventional or organic farming practices. The main objective of the study was to assess the suitability of these three landraces for organic cultivation as compared with a standard commercial variety. The total fresh pod yield produced by AUASCHIN001 and AUAAMORG001 was significantly lower than that obtained from ‘Onward’ and AUAANDRO001. Furthermore, the three landraces exhibited a higher competition to weeds than the commercial variety. Under organic farming conditions, AUASCHIN001 and AUAAMORG001 produced appreciably less shoot biomass than ‘Onward’ and this resulted in commensurate decreases in the total amount of BNF (biological nitrogen fixation) in their plant tissues, although the percentage of nitrogen (N) fixed from the atmosphere was significantly lower in ‘Onward’. AUAANDRO001 rendered the highest amounts of BNF in the organic farming systems, which was similar to that produced by ‘Onward’ in the conventional system. These results indicate that the tested landraces and especially AUAANDRO001 are more adaptable to low soil N levels and high weed competition, and thus they are more suitable for organic cultivation than ‘Onward’ which performs best in conventional cropping systems.
Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracy of CBCT Grayscale Values with DXA Values for the Detection of Osteoporosis

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) allows for the dimensional evaluation of jaw anatomic structures and the measurement of jawbone mineral density (BMD), to evaluate the relationship between the measured CBCT grayscale (GS) values and (dual X-ray absorptiometry) DXA scores among osteoporotic and normal dental implant participants. In addition, it can help to establish the CBCT GS values in different jaw regions that might indicate or associate osteoporosis. Eighty-one (81) participants (59 females and 22 males) were recruited into this clinical inquiry. Participants’ ages ranged between 36 and 75 years (mean age ± SD: 57.9 ± 9.3 years). The inclusion criteria included patients diagnosed with osteoporosis and were indicated for the dental implant-supported prosthesis.GS values were calculated for each participant using the CBCT radiograph and associated computer software. The average T values obtained from L1, L2, L3 and L4 were recorded and evaluated for one time only, and correlated with CBCT GS values at different jaw positions. Associations between age, gender, GS values, and T values were evaluated by Pearson correlation tests. The GS values at posterior maxilla were able to predict the presence of osteoporosis (P < 0.001, R square = 0.849). On the other hand, attempts to predict T value using GS at different jaw sites showed that GS values at posterior maxilla and anterior mandible were able to predict T value (P < 0.001, R square = 0.924). The CBCT GS values of BMD at different jaw bone regions are significantly related to the DXA T values in the presence of osteoporosis.
A Five Year Retrospective Study of Female Sexual Assault in Qaluybia Governorate, Egypt

Sexual assault has serious effects on the society and on victim's health. To the best of our knowledge there was no sufficient statistical data collected about female sexual assaults from 2014 to 2018 in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, which prompted us to carry out this study. This study based on collection and analyze of retrospective from 2014 to 2018 from the archives of Qalyubia Medico-legal Department, Ministry of Justice, Egypt, with respect to demographics features, number of assailants, relationship between victim and perpetrator, time of reporting, pattern of physical and genital injuries. The total number of sexual assault cases was 145; most cases (49 %) were between 12-18 years come from the urban areas (70.3%). Unmarried cases constituted 90.3% and 94.5% of cases were with normal mentality. Assaults occurred mostly in the spring (44.14%). Most of the assailants were extrafamilial and unknown to the victims (70.34%). Most cases committed in the assailant's home 46.21% and a single assailant was the perpetrator of 81.4% of the cases. Complete vaginal penetration was the most frequent type of assault (44.1%). The most common type of non-genital injury was abrasion (49.5%), the highest percentage of genital injury was lacerations (39.8%), and the most common site was the hymen (35.3%). Most cases (65.5%) examined after the first month of assault. unmarried females under the age of 18years with normal mentality from urban areas constituted the major victims of sexual assault, committed mostly in the assailant's home and done by one perpetrator who was mostly unknown to the victim. Most cases were examined after the first month of assault. Abrasion was the most common type of non-genital injury and complete vaginal penetration with hymen laceration was the most frequent type of genital injury.
The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Program: Effects for Students Receiving Special Education Services

Many children with disabilities receive the majority of their instruction in the general education classroom where many universal programs are implemented. It is therefore important to examine the impact of evidence-based universal interventions on children with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (IY TCM) program has benefits for children in grades Kindergarten to third grade receiving special education services. Using data from a large randomized controlled trial conducted across 105 Kindergarten to third-grade classrooms and 1,817 children, we investigated the impact of IY TCM on children receiving special education services. Findings indicated that children who receive special education supports, who were in classrooms of general education teachers trained in the IY TCM intervention, had significant improvement in concentration problems, disruptive behavior, and social competence in comparison with children receiving special education in control classrooms.
Neopterin as a Predictor of Response to Pegylated Interferon Therapy in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus

Background: Neopterin is a proinflammatorymarker which participates in cell-mediated immunity, and its elevated concentrations declare the presence of interferon-γ in body fluids. In thisstudy, neopterin concentrations were determined in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)to assess whether its plasma level can be used to predict the response to antiviral therapy by pegIFNγ combined with ribavirin before starting the treatment. Materials and Mehtods: A total of 54 subjects (all males with an average age of 46.12± 9.89) were included in this study. Neopterin levels were evaluatedby Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) in HCV patients treated with peylated interferon combined with ribavirin. Liver function tests (Aspartate aminotransferase, Alanine aminotransferase), albumin and creatinine concentrations were also estimatied. Results: Mean and median pretreatment neopterin levelsshowed no statistically difference between patients with sustained virological response (cured)and non-responders (relapsed) where the Original Research Article Abdelaziz et al.; AJRB, 6(4): 43-52, 2020; Article no.AJRB. 58928 44 concentrations in both groups were≥16 nmol/L.On the other hand, a positive correlation was observed between neopterin level and creatinine at (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: Our study suggests that the pretreatment level of neopterin might not be used in routine clinical practice as a marker to predict the response to antiviral therapy in HCVpatients.