Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Management accountants' susceptibility to overconfidence: the overplacement perspective

PurposeOverconfidence bias is considered to be a very influential decision-making bias in the business environment. This paper aims to identify the susceptibility of management accountants to overconfidence-related overplacement bias and to determine its pervasiveness among these professionals.Design/methodology/approachTwo international samples of management accountants were surveyed using overplacement bias elicitation questions. The hypothesis that bias susceptibility varies between management accountants in different hierarchical employment positions was tested employing binary logistic regression.FindingsManagement accountants are found to be susceptible to overplacement bias, yet its pervasiveness among the samples is similar to other sample populations in comparable studies. Management accountants in the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) were found to be more susceptible to overplacement bias than their colleagues in other management accountant and business management positions.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of convenience sampling represents a limitation of the research.Practical implicationsThe findings confirm that there is a need for syllabi and continual professional development projects to educate management accountants on this bias. CFOs are especially at risk of being overconfident, which may not be in the best interest of the business.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to assess overplacement bias in management accountants as a group of decision-makers, especially within the context of their increasing involvement in business decision-making.
Neural 3D holography

Holographic near-eye displays promise unprecedented capabilities for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) systems. The image quality achieved by current holographic displays, however, is limited by the wave propagation models used to simulate the physical optics. We propose a neural network-parameterized plane-to-multiplane wave propagation model that closes the gap between physics and simulation. Our model is automatically trained using camera feedback and it outperforms related techniques in 2D plane-to-plane settings by a large margin. Moreover, it is the first network-parameterized model to naturally extend to 3D settings, enabling high-quality 3D computer-generated holography using a novel phase regularization strategy of the complex-valued wave field. The efficacy of our approach is demonstrated through extensive experimental evaluation with both VR and optical see-through AR display prototypes.
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Mehdi Shirazi 1,2 Salar Safavi 1,3 Alireza Makarem 1 Leila Malekmakan 3 1Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Histomorphometry and Stereology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Shiraz Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Background: Undescended testis (UDT) is a common congenital urogenital anomaly that is treated by orchiopexy. We aimed to introduce patent processus vaginalis (PPV) sac tightening (PVST) technique and compare it to the conventional technique. Methods: We retrospectively studied all the operated UDT patients during 10 years. In the conventional technique, it was necessary to ligate PPV sac after being peeled off from the spermatic cord. PVSTwas dissected longitudinally from the two sides of where the PPV sac wall was attached to the spermatic cord till the proximal part, and only a narrow thin layer sticking to the spermatic cord was left and the proximal PVV sac opening was tightened as much as possible with vicryl suture at the internal inguinal ring level. The significance level was <0.05. Results: Of 821 orchiopexy (mean age 24.5±24.2 months), 36.3% were done by conventional and 63.7% by PVST technique. Hematoma, edema, hydrocele, and wound infection were lower in the PVST technique, but it was not significant (p>0.05). Testicular atrophy and operation time were significantly lower in the PVST than the conventional technique (p<0.001). Conclusion: The orchiopexy PVST technique has lower complications and seems to be easier, faster and safer than the conventional technique.
Modern Wound Dressings: Hydrogel Dressings

Chronic wounds do not progress through the wound healing process in a timely manner and are considered a burden for healthcare system; they are also the most common reason for decrease in patient quality of life. Traditional wound dressings e.g., bandages and gauzes, although highly absorbent and effective for dry to mild, exudating wounds, require regular application, which therefore can cause pain upon dressing change. In addition, they have poor adhesional properties and cannot provide enough drainage for the wound. In this regard, the normalization of the healing process in chronic wounds is an extremely urgent task of public health and requires the creation and implementation of affordable dressings for patients with chronic wounds. Modern wound dressings (WDs) are aimed to solve these issues. At the same time, hydrogels, unlike other types of modern WDs (foam, films, hydrocolloids), have positive degradation properties that makes them the perfect choice in applications where a targeted delivery of bioactive substances to the wound is required. This mini review is focused on different types of traditional and modern WDs with an emphasis on hydrogels. Advantages and disadvantages of traditional and modern WDs as well as their applicability to different chronic wounds are elucidated. Furthermore, an effectiveness comparison between hydrogel WDs and the some of the frequently used biotechnologies in the field of regenerative medicine (adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs), mesenchymal stem cells, conditioned media, platelet-rich plasma (PRP)) is provided.
The Impact of Perceived Organizational Support on Organizational Commitment

This study measure the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational commitment. Data were collected from 100 government employee in Malaysia in a cross-sectional study using survey method. The partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) version 3.3 was used for data analysis to test on convergent validity. The outcomes of testing hypothesis using Smart Partial Least Squares (Smart PLS) path model analysis reveals two findings, first: supervisor support significantly positive with organizational commitment. Second, co-workers support significantly positive with organizational commitment. Further, theoretical, discussion, implications and conclusion are elaborated
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Jing Xie Yanyan Zheng Xiaomin Xu Congcong Sun Mingfen Lv 1Department of Dermatology, The Wenzhou Third Clinical Institute Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou People’s Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, The Wenzhou Third Clinical Institute Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Reproduction and Genetics, The Wenzhou Third Clinical Institute Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou 325000, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, People’s Republic of China Background: Melanoma is a very malignant skin cancer with high mortality and unsatisfactory prognosis. Many long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been reported to be aberrantly expressed in melanoma. How lncRNA regulates melanoma progression is poorly defined. LncRNA CAR10 has been shown to regulate the progression of several cancers and its role in melanoma remains unclear. This study aims to determine the role and mechanism of lncRNA CAR10 in the regulation of melanoma progression. Methods: qRT-PCR was utilized to analyze CAR10 in melanoma human tissues and cell lines while Kaplan–Meier curve was used to examine the survival rate. CCK8 assay and EdU assay were used to assess cell proliferation when Transwell assay was conducted to determine migration and invasion. And tumor xenograft assay was performed to evaluate tumor growth in vivo. Additionally, luciferase assay and RNA pulldown assay were performed to analyze the interactions among CAR10, miR-125b-5p and RAB3D. Results: LncRNA CAR10 was upregulated in melanoma tissues and cell lines. Upregulation of CAR10 predicted a poor prognosis in patients with melanoma. CAR10 knockdown suppressed proliferation, migration and invasion of melanoma cells in vitro. CAR10 silencing attenuated tumor growth in vivo. CAR10 inhibited miR-125b-5p activity to upregulate RAB3D expression. And miR-125b-5p/RAB3D signaling is crucial for CAR10-dependent melanoma progression. Conclusion: Our work suggests that lncRNA CAR10 promotes melanoma growth and metastasis through modulating miR-125b-5p/RAB3D axis.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in individual clinical care for depression *

* This article refers to the call “Mindfulness and other contemplative practices”. 1 Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 2 Scholarship holder at the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil. 3 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Nazaré de Oliveira Almeida1,2 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-3753 Marcelo Demarzo3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-1834 Carmem Beatriz Neufeld1 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-2973 Objective: the aim of this multiple case study was to to evaluate the applicability of the group protocol of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy program adapted for the individual clinical care of patients with symptoms of depression. Method: the method used was to study multiple cases, in which 11 cases of patients with a diagnosis of mild to moderate depression who underwent intervention adapted from this protocol were evaluated in the results of measures of depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness. Results: the results indicated a significant reduction in these symptoms, as well as an increase in mindfulness in everyday life. Conclusion: the benefits of the MindfulnessBased Cognitive Therapy intervention can be presented both in the context of group clinical care, as well as in the individual. In this study, all study participants had significant improvement in the symptoms of depression, as well as in the levels of anxiety and stress, consistent with the data presented in the literature. There is an urgent need for a greater number of studies of this nature. Future research, especially those of an empirical nature, controlled and randomized, will consolidate the external validity of the results found by studies with nature such as this one.
The Application of Echo State Networks to Atypical Speech Recognition

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) techniques have improved extensively over the past few years with the rise of new deep learning architectures. Recent sequence-tosequence models have been shown to have high accuracy by utilizing the attention mechanism, which evaluates and learns the magnitude of element relationships in sequences. Despite being highly accurate, commercial ASR models have a weakness when it comes to accessibility. Current commercial deep learning ASR models find difficulty evaluating and transcribing speech for individuals with unique vocal features, such as those with dysarthria, heavy accents, as well as deaf and hard-ofhearing individuals. Current methodologies for processing vocal data revolve around convolutional feature extraction layers, dulling the sequential nature of the data. Alternatively, reservoir computing has gained popularity for the ability to translate input data to changing network states, which preserves the overall feature complexity of the input. Echo state networks (ESN), a type of reservoir computing mechanism employing a random recurrent neural network, have shown promise in a number of time series classification tasks. This work explores the integration of ESNs into deep learning ASR models. The Listen, Attend and Spell, and Transformer models were utilized as a baseline. A novel approach that used the echo state network as a feature extractor was explored and evaluated using the two models as baseline architectures. The models were trained on 960 hours of LibriSpeech audio data, and tuned on various atypical speech data, including the Torgo dysarthric speech dataset and University of Memphis SPAL dataset. The ESN-based Echo, Listen, Attend, and Spell model produced more accurate transcriptions when evaluating on the LibriSpeech test set compared to the ESN-based Transformer. The baseline Transformer model achieved a 43.4% word error rate on the Torgo test set after full network tuning. A prototype ASR system iv was developed to utilize both the developed model as well as commercial smart assistant language models. The system operates on a Raspberry Pi 4 using the Assistant Relay framework.
UDC 619:616:41:636

Erythrocyte microscopy is an important step in the study of blood smears, which gives the researcher a lot of information and under certain conditions allows one to make a reliable diagnosis. This article presents new scientific data on the physiological characteristics of erythrocytes in dogs, the variability of their size and shape depending on age, sex and season of the year. The experiment was performed on 147 clinically healthy dogs of different ages, breeds and genders. Blood smears were stained by the Romanowski-Gimse method and subjected to light microscopy with oil immersion. It was found that physiological anisocytosis occurs in 34% of dogs, and 86% are unknown poikilocytosis, 10% – moderate and only 4% – severe. If we analyze the changes in cell size, macrocytic anisocytosis was observed more often in the blood smear of dogs (in 19% of cases), slightly less – macrocytic (14%) and only in one case megalocytic anisocytosis was detected. Every third case of anisocytosis was reported in dogs under 6 months of age. In spring, changes in the size of erythrocytes were detected in 59% of cases (in 10 dogs out of 17), in summer and autumn – 17-18% and in winter in 8% of the studied animals. Only 60% of the studied dogs were found to have normochromia by laboratory analysis. Moreover, hypochromia is 4.7 times more common
Exact convergence analysis of the independent Metropolis-Hastings algorithms

A well-known difficult problem regarding Metropolis-Hastings algorithms is to get sharp bounds on their convergence rates. Moreover, a fundamental but often overlooked problem in Markov chain theory is to study the convergence rates for different initializations. In this paper, we study the two issues mentioned above of the Independent Metropolis-Hastings (IMH) algorithms on both general and discrete state spaces. We derive the exact convergence rate and prove that the IMH algorithm's different deterministic initializations have the same convergence rate. We get the exact convergence speed for IMH algorithms on general state spaces.
The Mediating Role of Positive Psychological Capital in Quality of Work Life-Employees’ Performance Relationship: Empirical Evidence from Indian Organizations

Humanistic attitude towards the individuals’ side of organizations are increasing and it provides the basis for current emerging trends and researches in organizations. Different organizations have been established to achieve the desired outcomes and certain objectives. In current changing global competitive environment, improving employees’ performance at workplace is major challenge. Positive psychological capital comprised of hope, optimism, resilience and self-efficacy is the key component of organizations and it has been viewed as essential strategic resource for gaining the competitive advantages. Quality of work life is evergreen concept and it may play significant role in improving various work-related outcomes in organizations. The present study was conducted on 215 employees working in private sector organizations to examine the mediating role of positive psychological capital in quality of work life-employees’ performance (self-rated and manager-rated) relationship. Obtained data was analyzed by using correlational, hierarchical regression analysis and mediated regression analysis. The result of hierarchical regression analysis indicates that stress at work and general well-being were found to be significantly positively associated with employees’ performance (self-rated). Stress at work was found to be significantly positively associated with employees’ performance (manager-rated). The mediated regression analysis reveals that PsyCap mediated the relationship between quality of work life-employees’ performance (self-rated and manager-rated). The findings add the empirical support for the study variables. Study limitations and future research directions were also discussed.
The Efficacy of Silver-Based Electrospun Antimicrobial Dressing in Accelerating the Regeneration of Partial Thickness Burn Wounds Using a Porcine Model

(1) Background: Wounds with damages to the subcutaneous are difficult to regenerate because of the tissue damages and complications such as bacterial infection. (2) Methods: In this study, we created burn wounds on pigs and investigated the efficacy of three biomaterials: polycaprolactone-gelatin-silver membrane (PCLGelAg) and two commercial burn dressings, Aquacel® Ag and UrgoTulTM silver sulfadiazine. In vitro long-term antibacterial property and in vivo wound healing performance were investigated. Agar diffusion assays were employed to evaluate bacterial inhibition at different time intervals. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and time-kill assays were used to compare antibacterial strength among samples. Second-degree burn wounds in the pig model were designed to evaluate the efficiency of all dressings in supporting the wound healing process. (3) Results: The results showed that PCLGelAg membrane was the most effective in killing both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria bacteria with the lowest MBC value. All three dressings (PCLGelAg, Aquacel, and UrgoTul) exhibited bactericidal effect during the first 24 h, supported wound healing as well as prevented infection and inflammation. (4) Conclusions: The results suggest that the PCLGelAg membrane is a practical solution for the treatment of severe burn injury and other infection-related skin complications.
Assessment of minimum growth conditions for in vitro conservation of Passiflora edulis Sims

Passiflora edulis Sims, besides having economic and social importance, is included in the medicinal plant list that is considered of interest by the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS). Due to its high nutritional value, this species is widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. It also contains carotenoids, as well as passiflorine and maracugine, which have sedative effects. The aim of this research was to assess P. edulis minimum growth conditions in different concentrations and combinations of MS culture medium and sucrose for in vitro conservation. The following variables were analyzed: Plant height; number of green and senescent leaves; and number of roots. Root height means were highest in MS media containing 30 g L sucrose (8.33). With regard to plant height, the best results were obtained in MS/4 media with 15 g L or 30 g L sucrose, which enabled the maintenance of lower plants (5.35 and 4.91, respectively) with green leaves after 120 days in vitro culture. The MS/2 media supplemented with 15 g L sucrose was the best alternative for in vitro maintenance of plants with appropriate height and number of green leaves (8.22 and 3.86, respectively). Thus, we may conclude that MS/2 with 15 g L sucrose represents an efficient strategy for in vitro conservation of P. edulis plants for a culture period of 120 days and 100% survival after acclimatization.
Association of Clinicopathological Features with Lymph Node Metastasis: A Cross Sectional Study of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Aims: The aim of this study is to determine association between lymph node metastasis and various clinico-pathological parameters in order to predict their future prognosis of cancer patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Ziauddin Hospital, North Nazimabad campus, Karachi. Methodology: November 2018 to September 2019. Results: The present study enrolled 140 OSCC patients visiting Ziauddin University of which 30 (21.4%) were females and 110 (78.6%) were male patients. The mean age of patients was 46.99 ± 12.26. The buccal mucosa was the most common site observed 93 (66.4%). The mean size of tumour was 4.05 ± 2.261 mm, mean thickness was 1.70 ±1.32 mm. It was found that lymph node metastasis was not present in 66 (47.1%) of OSCC cases, 22 (15.7%) cases were found N1, 9(6.4%) N2a, 27(19.3%) N2b, 3 (2.1%) and 13(9.3%) N3. Original Research Article Abidi et al.; JAMMR, 32(2): 46-53, 2020; Article no.JAMMR. 54793 47 Significant association was found between age and lymph node metastasis: (P 0.02); however, gender showed no significant association. (P 0.149). Thickness of tumor, site of tumor, peri-neural invasion, lympho-vascular invasion and bone penetration showed significant association with lymph node metastasis with (P 0.040, 0.021, 0.016, 0.00 and 0.001) respectively. Conclusion: Our study showed significant association of lymph node involvement with tumour staging, tumour thickness, lymphovascular involvement, perineural invasion and bone penetration. Our suggestion is to incorporate these clinic-pathological variables while determining the treatment and prognosis of Oral squamous cell Carcinoma (OSCC). Given the very high incidence and prevalence of Oral Cancer in our country and the region further multi-centered researches should be carried out and with larger sample sizes. Early diagnosis and restrictions on smokeless tobacco products can limit the occurrence and progression of OSCC.
Modelling the occupational and educational choices of young people in Poland using Bayesian multinomial logit models

Abstract Binomial logit models are commonly used in the analysis of the situation of respondents on the labour market. Consequently, in most cases researchers consider two states: of being unemployed and employed or economically inactive and active. This paper focuses on the situation of young people aged 18 to 29 on the labour market in Poland. A major part of the people who comprise the studied group are still in education or combine education with work. Therefore, the participants of the research were divided into the following groups: the employed and not learning, those combining education with work, the unemployed, learners/students only, and those economically inactive and not at school. The model allowing an analysis which includes both the most common division into working and nonworking persons as well as the division proposed in this study is a nested logit model. This model has a hierarchical structure and is a special case of a multinomial logit model. In this paper, all models were estimated within the Bayesian approach. The findings show that continuing education by young people may result from their problems with finding a job; moreover, combining work with education is not the preferred form of professional activity. In addition, the study examines the inequalities observed on the Polish labour market.