Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Job Characteristics, Work-Family Conflict, and Psychological Well-being in Construction Industry Employees

Indonesia's construction industry has experienced remarkable growth over the past decade, as evidenced by statistical data from 2010 to 2019. The number of companies focused on construction has surged in tandem with Indonesia's economic growth. However, this rapid growth has led to a significant discrepancy between the increasing number of staff and available companies. Such an imbalance places immense pressure on construction staff, straining their workloads and overall job satisfaction. To address this issue, a comprehensive research study was conducted employing a combination of field research and literature reviews. The research involved direct visits to the study site to gather primary data from respondents. Primary data collection methods included observations and the use of questionnaires, which probed various variables relevant to the study. Furthermore, extensive literature reviews were conducted, drawing insights from journals, articles, textbooks, and relevant government regulations. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between workload, work distress, sleep problems, and job satisfaction among employees within the construction industry. The study aimed to identify potential avenues for enhancing employee job performance by mitigating familial and sleep-related challenges. The research focused on employees working within multinational and international contractor branches, as the exact population figures were unavailable, necessitating a nonprobability sampling approach. The research employed quantitative analysis, specifically structural equation modeling (SEM), to examine the intricate connections between work-related factors and their impact on employees' well-being and job satisfaction. The findings of the study revealed both direct and indirect influences of work and family dynamics on job-related issues within the private sector. Notably, companies in the construction industry experienced heightened work pressure, attributed to their higher workload, yet also exhibited greater support from regulatory and business sectors. This research underscores the significance of distinguishing between different sectors when exploring the interplay between work and family dynamics. By shedding light on the unique challenges faced by the construction industry, this study contributes to the existing body of work-family literature, emphasizing the need for tailored approaches when analyzing work-family relationships in distinct sectors.
Multiscale Cascaded Network for the Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images

Abstract As remote sensing images have complex backgrounds and varying object sizes, their semantic segmentation is challenging. This study proposes a multiscale cascaded network (MSCNet) for semantic segmentation. The resolutions employed with respect to the input remote sensing images are 1, 1/2, and 1/4, which represent high, medium, and low resolutions. First, 3 backbone networks extract features with different resolutions. Then, using a multiscale attention network, the fused features are input into the dense atrous spatial pyramid pooling network to obtain multiscale information. The proposed MSCNet introduces multiscale feature extraction and attention mechanism modules suitable for remote sensing land-cover classification. Experiments are performed using the Deepglobe, Vaihingen, and Potsdam datasets; the results are compared with those of the existing classical semantic segmentation networks. The findings indicate that the mean intersection over union (mIoU) of the MSCNet is 4.73% higher than that of DeepLabv3+ with the Deepglobe datasets. For the Vaihingen datasets, the mIoU of the MSCNet is 15.3%, and 6.4% higher than those of a segmented network (SegNet), and DeepLabv3+, respectively. For the Potsdam datasets, the mIoU of the MSCNet is higher than those of a fully convolutional network, Res-U-Net, SegNet, and DeepLabv3+ by 11.18%, 5.89%, 4.78%, and 3.03%, respectively.
Inside the Family Firm The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance

This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance. We focus on the decision to appoint either a family or an external chief executive officer (CEO). We show that a departing CEO’s family characteristics have a strong predictive power in explaining CEO succession decisions: family CEOs are more frequently selected the larger the size of the family, the higher the ratio of male children and when the departing CEOs had only had one spouse. We then analyze the impact of family successions on performance. We overcome endogeneity and omitted variables problems of previous papers in the literature by using the gender of a departing CEO’s first-born child as an instrumental variable (IV) for family successions. This is a plausible IV as male first-child family firms are more likely to pass on control to a family CEO than female first-child firms, but the gender of the first child is unlikely to affect firms’ performance. We find that family successions have a dramatic negative causal impact on firm performance: profitability on assets falls by at least 6 percentage points around CEO transitions. These estimates are significantly larger than those obtained using ordinary least squares. Finally, our findings demonstrate that professional non-family CEOs provide extremely valuable services to the organizations they work for.
A Comparative Study of Chinese Test takers’ Writing Performance in Integrated and Discrete Tasks: Scores and Recurrent Word Combinations in PTE Academic

Despite an increasing number of studies on L1 Chinese students’ L2 English writing in recent years, little research is conducted on Chinese test takers’ performance in high-stakes international tests, particularly in terms of how integrated and discrete assessment may impact on their writing. This book chapter, therefore, aims to fill this gap by comparing Chinese and non-Chinese test takers’ responses in different writing tasks of PTE Academic in terms of scoring and use of recurrent word combinations. As an international test of academic English, PTE Academic includes both the traditional design of independent essay writing as well as two integrated tasks of summary writing from listening or reading input. Written samples from 500 Chinese test takers and another 500 test takers of other L1s were randomly chosen from PTE Academic and analysed. The results indicate that Chinese test takers outperformed their non-Chinese peers in the tasks of read-to-summarise and essay writing. Chinese test takers also tended to write longer responses with more occurrences of recurrent word combinations, and they used more stance expressions in the essays compared with their peers. A closer examination of highly frequent word combinations, however, suggests a relationship between task type and the language elicited, regardless of test takers’ L1. (204 words)
Characteristics of Epilepsy in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Single Tertiary Center Study

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of epilepsy in cerebral palsy (CP) patients and identify risk factors for epilepsy and drug-resistant epilepsy. Methods: CP patients aged 18 years old or younger who visited the pediatric neurology department and/or rehabilitation department of a tertiary care hospital between January 2016 and December 2022 with a minimum follow-up period of 2 years were included. Demographic and clinical data, seizure characteristics, brain imaging, electroencephalography, and genetic evaluation results were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Among 268 patients included in this study, 36.9% had epilepsy and 10.8% had drug-resistant epilepsy. Asphyxia (29.3%), hemorrhage, infarction, and brain infection (25.3%) were associated with epilepsy. Epileptic CP patients were more likely to experience neonatal seizures (18.2% vs. 4.1%, P <0.001) and febrile seizures (12.1% vs. 7.1%, P =0.02) than non-epilepsy CP patients. The most common cerebral subtype in patients with epilepsy was spastic quadriplegia (59.6%). Epilepsy patients were more severely impaired in gross motor function, with worse intellectual disability. Patients with macrocephaly or cerebral malformation were more likely to have drug resistance. Valproate (51.7% and 25.7%) and levetiracetam (41.4% and 25.7%) were the two most commonly used antiseizure medications, both in monotherapy and polytherapy. Conclusion: A history of asphyxia, febrile seizure, neonatal seizure, spastic quadriplegia, more severely impaired gross motor function, and intellectual disability were found to be risk factors for epilepsy. Further research with prospective data collection to develop a model for predicting seizures or epilepsy in CP patients is needed.
Trees for urban and suburban landscapes

Introduction , Selecting the Right Tree for the Right Place, Special Planting Situations, Selecting Trees from the Nursery, Planting Techniques, Establishing Trees, Root Form, Depth, Spread and Season of Growth, Root Response to Nursery Production Practices, Culture and Planting, Fertilizing Trees, Trees Section, Appendices.
Hormonal contraception and regulation of menstruation : a study of young women ’ s attitudes towards ‘ having a period

Background: Irregular bleeding is one of the most common side-effects of hormonal contraception and a key reason for the discontinuation of hormonal methods. Study Design: A qualitative study in which twelve young women were interviewed in-depth, along with six focus group discussions. The study had two main research objectives: to document and investigate what young women think and feel about menstruation and contraception, and to explore young women’s preferences regarding the intersection of contraceptives and bleeding patterns. Results: Although participants held a broad view that menstruation can be an inconvenience, they did ascribe positive values to having a regular bleed. Bleeding was seen as a signifier of non-pregnancy and also an innate part of being a woman. A preference for a ‘natural’ menstruating body was a strong theme, and the idea of selecting a hormonal contraceptive that might stop the bleeding was not popular, unless the young woman suffered with painful natural menstruation. Contraceptives that mimicked the menstrual cycle were acceptable to most suggesting that cyclic bleeding still holds a symbolic function for women. Conclusions: When counselling young women about the effect of different contraceptive modalities on their bleeding, practitioners should explore how the women feel about their bleeding, including how they might feel if their bleeding stopped or if they experienced erratic bleeding patterns. Practitioners also need to recognise the subjective understanding
Pangenome of white lupin provides insights into the diversity of the species

Background White lupin is an old crop with renewed interest due to its seed high protein content and high nutritional value. Despite a long domestication history in the Mediterranean basin, modern breeding efforts have been fairly scarce. Recent sequencing of its genome has provided tools for further description of genetic resources but detailed characterization is still missing. Results Here, we report the genome sequencing of several accessions that were used to establish a white lupin pangenome. We defined core genes that are present in all individuals and variable genes that are absent in some and may represent a gene pool for stress adaptation. We believe that the identification of novel genes, together with a more comprehensive reference sequence, represents a significant improvement of the white lupin genetic resources. As an example, we used this pangenome to identify selection footprints and to provide a candidate gene for one of the main QTLs associated with late flowering in Ethiopian lupin types. A 686 nucleotide deletion was identified in exon 3 of the LaFTa1 (Lupinus albus Flowering Time a1) gene that suggests a molecular origin for this trait of importance, defining the need for vernalization in some lupins. Conclusions The white lupin pangenome provides a novel genetic resource to better understand how domestication has shaped the genomic variability amongst this crop. It will be of major importance for breeders to select new breeding traits and incorporate them into new, more efficient and robust cultivars in order to face a growing demand for plant protein sources, notably in Europe.
Étude de l'Interaction du Vent Solaire avec Mars: Implications sur les Mécanismes d' Échappement Atmosphérique

Cette these s'interesse a l'etude de l'interaction du vent solaire avec Mars a l'aide des donnees obtenues par les magnetometres et le spectrometre d'electrons MAG/ER a bord de la sonde Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) pour en deduire des contraintes sur les mecanismes d'echappement non thermiques a l'issue de cette interaction. Tout d'abord, nous analysons des ondes de tres grande amplitude et fortement coherentes a la frequence locale de giration des protons qui ont ete observees pour la premiere fois. Une analyse theorique sur la generation de ces ondes dans le cadre de la theorie lineaire permet de les associer au phenomene d'implantation des H+ d'origine exospherique. Pourtant, la nature de ces ondes ainsi que des simulations MHD Hall multi-fluide montrent que ces ondes ont une origine non lineaire. Des etudes theoriques supplementaires seront donc necessaires afin d'etablir a partir des proprietes de ces ondes des contraintes sur les parametres des modeles d'exosphere actuels et sur le taux d'echappement atmospherique. D'autre part, nous caracterisons exhaustivement la frontiere d'empilement magnetique (MPB), une frontiere plasma permanente entre l'onde de choc et l'ionosphere. En particulier grâce a une etude de la topologie du champ magnetique, nous demontrons que l'enroulement de lignes de champ est fortement accelere lorsque la MPB est franchie. Cette etude nous permet egalement de demontrer l'existence de la MPB autour de Venus ou la frontiere n'avait jamais ete identifiee. En consequence, les resultats de cette these montrent que cette frontiere est commune a tous les objets atmospheriques faiblement magnetises et le fait que son existence est profondement liee a la nature multi-ionique de leur interaction.
Longitudinal Spin Seebeck Effect Thermopiles Based on Flexible Co-Rich Amorphous Ribbons/Pt Thin-Film Heterostructures

Thermoelectric phenomena, such as the Anomalous Nernst and Longitudinal Spin Seebeck Effects, are promising for sensor applications in the area of renewable energy. In the case of flexible electronic materials, the request is even larger because they can be integrated into devices having complex shape surfaces. Here, we reveal that Pt promotes an enhancement of the thermoelectric response in Co-rich ribbon/Pt heterostructures due to the spin-to-charge conversion. Moreover, we demonstrated that the employment of the thermopiles configuration in this system increases the induced thermoelectric current, a fact related to the considerable decrease in the electric resistance of the system. By comparing present findings with the literature, we were able to design a flexible thermopile based on LSSE without the lithography process. Additionally, the thermoelectric voltage found in the studied flexible heterostructures is comparable to the ones verified for rigid systems.
Seasonal Resource Selection and Use of Hardwood Regeneration by Translocated Wild Turkeys in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Reforestation practices have intensified in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) of the United States of America with the aid of Farm Bill programs during the past three decades. Increases in reforested land also enhance possibilities to restore once-abundant but currently sparse species, such as eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in the MAV. However, it is unknown whether <20-year-old hardwood regeneration provides a suitable habitat for re-establishing wild turkey populations in the MAV. We translocated wild turkeys to two study sites in reforested areas of the MAV. We monitored 74 wild turkeys’ habitat use and resource selection using radio telemetry from February 2009 to June 2010. We developed land use and land cover maps for the resource selection analysis of translocated wild turkeys. We found that turkey habitat use varied by site, sex, season, land cover type, and distance to mature hardwoods. Habitat use by wild turkeys decreased as distance to mature hardwood forest increased. Female wild turkeys used more hardwood regeneration during nesting and post-nesting seasons than during pre-nesting seasons. Although wild turkeys did not use regenerating and mature hardwood forests to the same extent, management of these forests appears critical to restoring wild turkeys in the MAV.
Anisotropy resolved multidimensional emission spectroscopy A new tool for protein analysis A

: Structural analysis of proteins using the emission of intrinsic fluorophores is complicated by spectral overlap. about all the that contributed to anisotropy provided information about the mobility of each Here the utility of demonstrated via study the thermal of serum albumin Multivariate curve resolution (MCR) analysis of the constituent polarized emission ARMES data resolved contributions from four emitters: fluorescence from tryptophan (Trp), solvent exposed tyrosine (Tyr), Tyr in a hydrophobic environment, and room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) from Trp. The MCR scores, anisotropy, and literature validated these assignments and showed all the expected transitions during HSA unfolding. This new methodology for comprehensive intrinsic fluorescence analysis of proteins is applicable to any protein containing multiple fluorophores.
First Report of Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) in Alosa fallax lacustris (Fatio, 1890) from Lake Garda (Italy): Morphological and Molecular Study

Simple Summary Twaite shad (Alosa fallax) includes two subspecies, Alosa fallax nilotica and Alosa fallax lacustris, representing the only landlocked Clupeidae inhabiting Italian deep-water lakes. Studies on the parasitic fauna of this species in Italy are, to date, limited. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence of tapeworms from A. fallax lacustris sampled in Lake Garda. Sixty-six A. fallax lacustris specimens were evaluated during official veterinarian checks at the Milan fish market (Italy) to detect the presence of helminths. All parasites found were fixed in 70% ethanol and transferred to the laboratories of the University of Messina for morphological and molecular analysis. Some parasites were stained with Semichon’s carmine red technique for morphological evaluation, while molecular analysis was carried out on six replicates using LSU rRNA and ITS2 region genes. Eight specimens out of sixty-six were positive for adult tapeworms within the pyloric caeca. Analysis could to identify the parasites as Proteocephalus longicollis, both morphologically and molecularly. This species, not considered a zoonotic agent, represents a low risk of parasitic fish-borne zoonosis for consumers of A. fallax lacustris from Lake Garda. Abstract Twaite shad (Alosa fallax) includes two subspecies, the anadromous Alosa fallax nilotica, and the landlocked species Alosa fallax lacustris, representing the only Clupeidae inhabiting Lake Garda. Study of the parasitic fauna of this species in this area is still limited. For this reason, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence of tapeworms from A. fallax lacustris sampled in Lake Garda. Sixty-six A. fallax lacustris specimens were collected at the Milan fish market (Lombardy, Italy); specifically, an evaluation of the gastrointestinal contents was carried out for the presence of helminths. All parasites found were fixed in 70% ethanol and transferred to the laboratories of the University of Messina for morphological and molecular analysis. Parts of the parasites were stained with Semichon’s carmine red technique. Molecular analysis was carried out using LSU rRNA and ITS2 region genes. Eight specimens out of sixty-six (12.1%) were positive for adult cestodes within the pyloric caeca. Morphological and molecular analysis could to identify the parasites found to be Proteocephalus longicollis. This parasite species is not considered a zoonotic agent, representing a low risk of parasitic fish-borne zoonosis for consumers of this appreciated fish from Lake Garda.
A Variational Method for Sea Ice Ridging in Earth System Models

We have derived an analytic form of the thickness redistribution function, Ψ, and compressive strength of sea ice using variational principles. By using the technique of coarse‐graining vertical sea ice deformation, or ridging, in the momentum equation of the pack, we isolate frictional energy loss from potential energy gain in the collision of floes. The method accounts for macroporosity of ridge rubble, ϕR, and by including this in the state space of the pack, we expand the sea ice thickness distribution, g(h), to a bivariate distribution, g(h,ϕR). The effect of macroporosity is for the first time included in the large‐scale mass conservation and momentum equations of frozen oceans. We make assumptions that have simplified the problem, such as treating sea ice as a granular material in ridges, and assuming that bending moments associated with ridging are perturbations around an isostatic state. Regardless of these simplifications, the coarse‐grained ridge model is highly predictive of macroporosity and ridge shape. By ensuring that vertical sea ice deformation observes a variational principle both at the scale of individual ridges and over the pack as a whole, we can predict distributions of ridge shapes using equations that can be solved in Earth system models. Our method also offers the possibility of more accurate derivations of sea ice thickness from ice freeboard measured by space‐borne altimeters over polar oceans.
Impact of estrogen on IgG glycosylation and serum protein glycosylation in a murine model of healthy postmenopause

Introduction The glycosylation of immunoglobulin (Ig) G regulates IgG interaction capability with Fc gamma receptors found in all immune cells. In pathogenic conditions, estrogen can impact IgG levels and glycosylation. Following menopause, when estrogen levels decline affecting the immune system and potentially leading to a heightened susceptibility of immune activation. Purpose In this study, we aim to determine if estrogen levels can regulate IgG glycosylation in postmenopausal healthy situations. Methods Mice were ovariectomized to simulate an estrogen-deficient postmenopausal status and then treated with 17-beta-estradiol (E2) at different doses and different administration strategies. Results Using a highly sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) glycoproteomic method, we demonstrated that E2 treatment increased the degree of glycosylation on IgG-Fc with both galactosylation and sialylation in the position required for interaction with Fc gamma receptors. We also observed that only long-term estrogen deficiency reduces IgG levels and that estrogen status had no impact on total IgG sialylation on both Fab and Fc domains or general glycoprotein sialylation evaluated by ELISA. Furthermore, E2 status did not affect the total sialic acid content of total cells in lymphoid organs and neither B cells nor plasma cells. Conclusion The study concluded that E2 treatment does not affect total serum glycoprotein sialylation but alters IgG glycosylation, including IgG sialylation, implying that estrogen functions as an intrinsic modulator of IgG sialylation and could thereby be one pathway by which estrogen modulates immunity.