Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
RETIREMENT AGE PREFERENCE OF OVER 60 YEARS OLD AMONG MALAYSIAN EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

The current mandatory retirement age in Malaysia is 60 years old with the option of early retirement. Other countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Belgium and Singapore have the mandatory retirement age of 65 years old. This paper aims to examine the preference among employees in Malaysia on the retirement age of 60 years old and below or above 60 years old. The study used a survey method where the questionnaires were distributed to selected public and private organizations in Malaysia. The findings of the study indicated that the majority of employees in both public and private organizations prefer having the retirement age of 60 years old and below with the official retirement age to be unfixed. The hypotheses that retirement age of over 60 has a significant relationship with good financial preparation and a significant negative relationship with overall life satisfaction are supported. However, no significant association was found with performance level and retirement perception. The specific implication of these findings are that perhaps the Malaysian government should revisit its current retirement age policy to consider having an unfixed compulsory retirement age or to provide more alternatives for employees to choose either to retire early at the age of 55 or late at the age of 65.
The impact of childhood adversities on anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood.

OBJECTIVES The childhood adversities model is generally accepted as a predictor of adult psychopathology vulnerability. It stems from child development theories, but the question remains as of how well solid research supports it. The aim of this article is to give a review of the studies concerning childhood adversities and their impact on the development of anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder in adulthood. METHOD A computerized search of the MEDLINE database of publications up to 31 March 2016 was done, using the keywords "childhood adversities, abuse, maltreatment, bullying" and "anxiety disorders, depressive disorder". No backward time constraints were used. Non-original studies, conference abstracts, books and book chapters, commentaries, and dissertations were excluded. RESULTS The influence of childhood adversities on later age psychopathology is examined in five categories: the negative family atmosphere, abuse, loss of a close person, the social difficulties, and problems at school (including, most importantly bullying). The majority of studies confirmed the connection between childhood adversities and anxiety and depression disorders in adulthood. The character of the adversities is not, apparently, a specific predictor for a concrete psychopathology. Multiple adversities are more frequently connected with depressive and anxiety disorders in adulthood, cumulating together in broader adverse context. CONCLUSION Childhood adversities were found to increase vulnerability to the distress, depression, fear and anxiety later in the life. However, specific correlations between a given childhood adversity and a specific form of depression or anxiety disorder were either not found or weak. This is in line with the generally accepted view considering each of these factors a non-specific stressor increasing vulnerability to mood and affect disorders later in life.
A Study on the Usage of Arabic E-Commerce Websites Services among Uae Citizens

corresponding Author: Mohammad Issa Saleem Al-Zoubi Irbid National University, Jordan As an e-commerce domain, online shopping is now in its golden era. It is now a potential contributor in e-commerce. E-commerce success has been documented by numerous countries and it contributed to these countries’ economic growth. The UAE is witnessing growth of e-commerce at a yearly rate exceeding 20%. In this region, the majority of the population (>80%) use Internet. Within this portion, 15% do online shopping and approximately 10% use mobile devices for shopping online. 250 respondents in the United Arab Emirates were selected in this study and data were gathered from online questionnaires. In short, the predictive model demonstrates 60.1% of the variance in behavioral intention (BI). This is directly clarified by performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, cost, awareness. Also, the model represents 54.2% of the variance in Use Behavior. This is directly clarified by behavioral intention and Facilitating Conditions. As such, it is expected that the increase in online Arab websites will shift the online purchasing intentions of the customer to the local Arab websites. This will enhance the Arab countries’ microeconomics. Online shopping or e-commerce adoption differs based on countries because of different affecting factors. Thus, factors that affect, inhibit, and encourage e-commerce that are unique to each country should be considered in order to increase online shopping.
Socioemotional skills in business practice. A study in the hotel industry

This research aims to evaluate the efficacy of a program for socioemotional competencies to foster labor insertion of undergraduate students doing internships in the hotel industry. Results suggest that students undervalue their socioemotional competencies, although their supervisors accounted for significant changes in students regarding empathy and teamwork. The main opportunity areas are the development of resolution of conflicts skills, decisionmaking and reliability in goal accomplishment. More than cognitive competencies, differentiation among tourism schools will be in the attention to socioemotional competencies for helping students to adapt into the working environment and facilitate their transition from school to work.
Three-dimensional pose determination for a humanoid robot using binocular head system

There has been much interests on three-dimensional pose estimation of an object since there are a lot of robotic applications such as intelligent robotic assembly and/or vision-guided control of a humanoid or human-friendly robot. In this paper, there are proposed a simple and fast stereo matching algorithm for real-time robotic applications and an improved scheme for feature matching using three-dimensional information by adopting backprojection as a feedback element measuring the degree of feature matching. The degree of feature matching is determined by checking existence ratio of each feature point in real images after back-projecting an object model into image plane. The proposed pose determination algorithm is applied for a humanoid robot in KIST, whose name is CENTAUR, successfully and determine the pose of several polyhedral objects using 3D information of vertexes on the outline of an object in image plane.
Investigating Health Information Behavior of ICT Users: A Mobile Diary Study

Seeking health information ranks as the third most popular online pursuit, next to email and using a search engine. People seeking health information increasingly use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to do so. The described work-in-progress research study will investigate the health information behaviors of ICT users in the University at Albany community using an alternative to commonly-used retrospective methodologies, namely a mobile diary. Investigating this highly-popular activity using a methodological approach that affords greater ecological validity would provide unique, valuable insights regarding the use of ICTs, including increasingly-used health wearables, for health information seeking and use. Such insights would be used to contribute to the development of a suitable conceptual model that will inform the design and development of health information resources and their user experiences.
A technique for measuring pelvic tilt.

Physical therapists perform numerous procedures that either directly or indirectly affect the tilt of the pelvis. The effects of these procedures on pelvic tilt are usually not quantified. This may be due to the unavailability, cost, and health hazards of radiographic measurement techniques. An inexpensive, safe, and simple technique for measuring pelvic tilt may be an aid to evaluation for physical therapists. The necessary equipment includes a set of bowleg calipers, a metric ruler, and a meter stick with a sliding pointer. The degree of pelvic tilt is measured as follows: 1. The locations of the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) are determined by examination and palpation and are marked with a felt-tip pen. 2. The patient is instructed to remove his shoes and stand relaxed but erect on a level floor or surface while looking forward. …
Iron and Hydrogen Peroxide Detoxification Properties of DNA-binding Protein from Starved Cells

The DNA-binding proteins from starved cells (Dps) are a family of proteins induced in microorganisms by oxidative or nutritional stress. Escherichia coli Dps, a structural analog of the 12-subunit Listeria innocua ferritin, binds and protects DNA against oxidative damage mediated by H2O2. Dps is shown to be a Fe-binding and storage protein where Fe(II) oxidation is most effectively accomplished by H2O2 rather than by O2 as in ferritins. Two Fe2+ ions bind at each of the 12 putative dinuclear ferroxidase sites (PZ) in the protein according to the equation, 2Fe2+ + PZ→ [(Fe(II)2-P] FS Z + 2 + 2H+. The ferroxidase site (FS) bound iron is then oxidized according to the equation, [(Fe(II)2-P] FS Z + 2 + H2O2 + H2O → [Fe(III)2O2(OH)-P] FS Z − 1 + 3H+, where two Fe(II) are oxidized per H2O2 reduced, thus avoiding hydroxyl radical production through Fenton chemistry. Dps acquires a ferric core of ∼500 Fe(III) according to the mineralization equation, 2Fe2+ + H2O2 + 2H2O → 2Fe(III)OOH(core) + 4H+, again with a 2 Fe(II)/H2O2 stoichiometry. The protein forms a similar ferric core with O2 as the oxidant, albeit at a slower rate. In the absence of H2O2 and O2, Dps forms a ferrous core of ∼400 Fe(II) by the reaction Fe2+ + H2O + Cl− → Fe(II)OHCl(core) + H+. The ferrous core also undergoes oxidation with a stoichiometry of 2 Fe(II)/H2O2. Spin trapping experiments demonstrate that Dps greatly attenuates hydroxyl radical production during Fe(II) oxidation by H2O2. These results and in vitro DNA damage assays indicate that the protective effect of Dps on DNA most likely is exerted through a dual action, the physical association with DNA and the ability to nullify the toxic combination of Fe(II) and H2O2. In the latter process a hydrous ferric oxide mineral core is produced within the protein, thus avoiding oxidative damage mediated by Fenton chemistry.
Factors Influencing Knowledge Transfer in ERP System Implementation within Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems provide an IT platform with the capability to integrate various business functions both across and within a company. While Indonesian SMEs have recently begun to implement ERP in their operations, the systems remain under-utilised. Authors have recognised that Indonesian SMEs struggle with knowledge-related problems in their ERP system implementation projects, yet research investigating the role of knowledge management to leverage ERP systems in Indonesian SMEs is scarce.
Real-time monitoring of complex moduli from micro-rheology

We describe an approach to on-line analysis of micro-rheology data using a multi-scale time-correlation method. The method is particularly suited to processing high-volume data streams and compressing the relevant information in real time. Using this, we can obtain complex moduli of visco-elastic media without our method suffering from the high-frequency artefacts that are associated with the truncation errors in the most widely used versions of micro-rheology. Moreover, the present approach obviates the need to choose the time interval for data acquisition beforehand. We test our approach first on an artificial data set and then on experimental data obtained both for an optically trapped colloidal probe in water and for a similar probe in polyethylene glycol solutions at various concentrations. In all cases, we obtain good agreement with the bulk rheology data in the region of overlap. We compare our method with the conventional Kramers–Kronig (KK) transform approach and find that the two methods agree over most of the frequency regime. For the same data set, the present approach is superior to the KK one at high frequencies and can be made to perform at least comparably at low frequencies.
Towards dynamic target identification using optimal design of experiments

This paper discusses a dynamic approach to target recognition that is based on concepts from the theory of optimal design of experiments. The approach uses a cycle of hypothesis formulation, experiment planning for hypothesis validation, experiment execution, and hypothesis evaluation to confirm or reject the classification of targets into given object classes. Target classes of relevance to specific perceptual tasks of a robot mission are described through parametrization of sensor observations. We use spatial stochastic lattice models to encode sensor-based information and to provide potential target hypotheses. Information-theoretic uncertainty minimization metrics are employed to control the sensing processes and the robot vehicle. The approach presented was applied to an unmanned aerial robot vehicle developed for environmental research and monitoring applications, and initial results are presented showing aerial identification and tracking of large-scale man-made structures and biological targets.
Stress free shore to ship (S2SP) electrical power networks synchronization

In the paper the novel approach to application of the power electronic converters used as a part of shore-to-ship supply arrangement has been presented. Simulation results have confirmed possibility of using control of shore-side converter of shore-to-ship system for synchronizing with ship's voltage and load transferring by parallel work instead of using short blackout or synchronization of ship to the established voltage supplied by means of the converter. It has been shown that such approach might significantly improve dynamic of the synchronization as well as parameters of load transferring process under distorted ship voltage conditions.
Lipoprotein Abnormalities in Well-Treated Type II Diabetic Patients

OBJECTIVE To investigate lipoprotein levels and composition in well-treated type II diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Cholesterol and triglyceride levels were measured in plasma, VLDL, LDL, and HDL in 120 type II diabetic patients in good to fair metabolic control (HbA1c, 7.2 ± 1.6%) and in 30 normal control subjects. ApoAI, AII, B, CII, CIII, and E levels in plasma were also determined. RESULTS The diabetic patients have significantly higher levels of mean plasma cholesterol (5.85 vs. 5.43 mM, P = 0.03), LDL triglycerides (0.41 vs. 0.31 mM, P = 0.003), and HDL triglycerides (0.24 vs. 0.19 mM, P = 0.02), whereas total triglycerides, VLDL cholesterol and triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and HDL cholesterol are not significantly different from normal control subjects. ApoB (150 vs. 135 mg/dl, P = 0.02) and apoCIII (10.6 vs. 8.4 mg/dl, P = 0.01) are significantly higher in diabetic patients compared with control subjects. No significant differences are observed in all the parameters among diabetic patients treated with diet only, sulphonylurea, sulphonylurea plus biguanides, or insulin. Body weight is significantly related to VLDL lipids. The VLDL triglycerides are inversely related to the HDL cholesterol in both diabetic patients and control subjects. The VLDL triglycerides are directly related to the HDL triglycerides only in diabetic patients. No other lipid or lipoprotein parameters are significantly related to body weight or metabolic control. CONCLUSIONS Type II diabetic patients in good to fair metabolic control are characterized by minor alterations of the plasma lipids, but LDL and HDL triglycerides, apoB, and apoCIII are increased, thus indicating that the lipoprotein composition is altered, possibly because of an abnormal triglyceride metabolism and/or lipid transfer activity.
Isoniazid prophylaxis for the prevention of travel associated tuberculosis.

Dear Prof. Caume, Drs’ Denholm and Thevarajan1 in their review on risk and interventions for reducing travel associated tuberculosis (TB) make no mention of the potential utility of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis. Isoniazid has long been recognized as an effective and safe drug for reducing TB …
Evaluating the Impact of Cause-Marketing on Job Seekers – An Extended Abstract

Introduction Participation in corporate social responsibility and cause-marketing initiatives have become part of mainstream business practices for national companies, facilitating a shift from “should we support a social cause” to “which social cause should we support” and “how should we support a particular cause? ” The assumption that firms will be rewarded for being socially responsible and supporting social initiatives has influenced many organizations to adopt social initiatives to contribute to charitable causes. The majority of research in this area has focused on the positive impact on consumers’ affective and behavioral responses (i.e., Ellen, Mohr, and Webb 2000; Sen and Bhattacharya 2001); however, little is known about the effects of these causemarketing influenced initiatives on employees.
STEM: Stacked threshold-based entity matching for knowledge base generation

One of the major issues encountered in the generation of knowledge bases is the integration of data coming from a collection of heterogeneous data sources. A key essential task when integrating data instances is the entity matching. Entity matching is based on the deﬁnition of a similarity measure among entities and on the classiﬁcation of the entity pair as a match if the similarity exceeds a certain threshold. This parameter introduces a trade-off between the precision and the recall of the algorithm, as higher values of the threshold lead to higher precision and lower recall, and lower values lead to higher recall and lower precision. In this paper, we propose a stacking approach for threshold-based classiﬁers. It runs several instances of classiﬁers corresponding to different thresholds and use their predictions as a feature vector for a supervised learner. We show that this approach is able to break the trade-off between the precision and recall of the algorithm, increasing both at the same time and enhancing the overall performance of the algorithm. We also show that this hybrid approach performs better and is less dependent on the amount of available training data with respect to a supervised learning approach that directly uses properties’ similarity values. In order to test the generality of the claim, we have run experimental tests using two different threshold-based classiﬁers on two different data sets. Finally, we show a concrete use case describing the implementation of the proposed approach in the generation of the 3cixty knowledge base.
Radiosensitivity of CD 3 CD 8 þ CD 56 þ NK cells

The effect of lower doses (0.5e3.0 Gy) of gamma radiation on radiosensitivity of CD3 /CD8þ NK cells subpopulation isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy volunteers was studied 48 h after the irradiation. Only a subtle increase in terms of induction of apoptosis (Aþ cells), was observed in Annexin positive CD3 /CD8þ NK cells. The assessment of the relative presence of CD3 /CD8þ NK cells in Annexin negative populations of lymphocytes considerably contributes to the elimination of individual variability and could be useful in biodosimetry. Living CD3 /CD8þ; Annexin negative NK cells were analyzed using five-color flow cytometry 16 h after irradiation by the doses of 1e10 Gy. The study was carried out on NK cells subsets CD3 /CD8 CD16þ, CD56 (dim) and CD56 (bright). NK cells characterized with their low-density expression of CD56 (dim) are more cytotoxic and express CD16. Those with high-density expression of CD56 (bright) are known for their capacity to produce cytokines following activation of monocytes but their natural cytotoxicity is low; they are classified as CD16 or CD16 (dim). A dose-depending decrease in the relative presence of CD3 /CD8þ NK cells was observed 16 h after ionizing radiation (1e10 Gy). The decrease was highly pronounced in CD56 (bright) subset of NK cells and this subpopulation was considered as the most radiosensitive one. Unfortunately, the most radiosensitive subpopulation of NK cells e CD56bright cannot be used as a biodosimetric marker due to its insufficient amount in peripheral blood. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The effect of foreign-owned large plant closures on nearby firms

I estimate the impact of foreign-owned large plant closures on local firms. I identify 41 such events in Hungary and assign comparable control cities with foreign-owned large plants operating in the same industry and not closing. I use a firm-level panel database of Hungarian firms between 1992 and 2012. I do a difference-in-differences estimation comparing outcomes of firms in the treated and control areas, before and after the plant closure. I find that after the foreign-owned large plant closures sales of nearby firms decreased by 6 percentage points and employment decreased by 3 percentage points on average. Firms operating in local services were hurt even more, suggesting that reduced local purchasing power due to the layoffs is a significant channel of the local plant closure effect. Firms operating in the supplier industry of the closing plant also decreased employment more than average, suggesting that input-output linkages play an important role in the propagation of negative shocks. In contrast, firms in the industry of the closing plant increased their employment, suggesting that they could benefit from the increased local labor supply. I also find that low-productivity firms were hurt more by the plant closures than high-productivity firms.
Characterizing Mutual Information of Multistream MIMO-SVD Systems in Heterogeneous Random Networks

The main focus of this paper is on multistream multiantenna (multiple-input multiple-output) communications in large-scale heterogeneous random networks. Previous work in this area mainly studies the outage probability from the perspective of a given stream, which is inaccurate as it generally overlooks possible interference-driven cross stream signal-to-interference correlation in each communication link. To tackle this issue, in this paper, we focus on a link-level performance evaluation by characterizing the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of random mutual information (RMI) under heterogeneous interference. We focus on the scenarios that no coordination among transmitters is persuaded, and the receivers do not attempt to cancel out part of interuser interference. Assume that channel state information is known at both the transmitter and receiver of each communication pair, Rayleigh fading, that the singular value decomposition (SVD) is applied to construct pre-coding/post-coding filters for single-user detection, and that transmitted signals of antennas are i.i. d. Gaussian. We first provide accurate expression for the achievable data rate (ADR) of each link, and show that, regardless of the interference power, when transceivers are equipped with equal number of antennas it grows sublinearly with the number of antennas. We then approximate RMI via Gaussian distribution that its mean is the ADR and its variance is derived based on network's parameters. It is seen that the Gaussian approximation is credible even when two streams of data are transmitted. This paper provides various insights regarding the impact of system parameters, including density of transmitters, path-loss exponent, and the number of antennas, on the ADR and CCDF of RMI. We finally spot tremendous benefits of the SVD scheme over other prominent multiplexing systems, including maximum ratio combining, zero-forcing, and diagonal BLAST superstructure with minimum mean square error receivers.