Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Packed red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: limitations and consequences.

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on the limitations and consequences of packed red blood cell transfusions, with particular attention to critically ill patients. METHODS The PubMed database of the National Library of Medicine was searched to find published articles on the indications, clinical utility, limitations, and consequences of red blood cell transfusion, especially in critically ill patients. RESULTS Several dozen papers were reviewed, including case series, meta-analyses, and retrospective and prospective studies evaluating the physiological effects, clinical efficacy, and consequences and complications of transfusion of packed red blood cells. Most available data indicate that packed red blood cells have a very limited ability to augment oxygen delivery to tissues. In addition, the overwhelming preponderance of data accumulated in the past decade indicate that patients receiving such transfusions have significantly poorer outcomes than do patients not receiving such transfusions, as measured by a variety of parameters including, but not limited to, death and infection. CONCLUSIONS According to the available data, transfusion of packed red blood cells should be reserved only for situations in which clear physiological indicators for transfusion are present.
A Revised and Expanded Food Dollar Series: A Better Understanding of Our Food Costs

A new ERS food dollar series measures annual expenditures on domestically produced food by individuals living in the United States and provides a detailed answer to the question "For what do our food dollars pay? " This new data product replaces the old marketing bill series, which was discontinued due to measurement problems and limited scope. The new food dollar series is composed of three primary series, shedding light on different aspects of evolving supply chain relationships. The marketing bill series, like the old marketing bill series, identifies the distribution of the food dollar between farm and marketing shares. The industry group series identifies the distribution of the food dollar among 10 distinct food supply chain industry groups. The primary factor series identifies the distribution of the food dollar in terms of U.S. worker salaries and benefits, rents to food industry property owners, taxes, and imports. To provide even more information about modern food supply chains, each of the three primary series is further disaggregated by commodity groupings (food/food and beverage), expenditure categories (total food expenditures, food at home, food away from home), and two dollar denominations (nominal, real). The input-output methodology behind the new food dollar series and comparisons with the old marketing bill series are presented. Several key findings of the new series are highlighted and discussed. For the data behind the report, see the Food Dollar Series.
Gender, acculturation, food patterns, and overweight in Korean immigrants.

OBJECTIVE To describe acculturation, food patterns, overweight, and gender differences among Korean immigrants in the United States. METHODS A cross-sectional exploratory survey assessed acculturation, food frequencies, and weight status of 195 Korean immigrants. RESULTS Acculturated Korean immigrants (score ≥2.5) were more likely to consume both healthy and unhealthy US foods. Acculturation was not associated with overweight. Men were more likely to be acculturated (OR=2.46; CI=1.26-4.79) and overweight (OR=5.08; CI=2.37-10.90) than women. Moreover, overweight men reported more frequent consumption of fast foods, hot dogs (OR=2.92;CI=1.18-7.22), and tacos (OR=4.12;CI=1.60-10.62) than did nonoverweight men. CONCLUSION Dietary interventions in Korean immigrants should take gender differences in acculturation and food patterns into account.
Inspire to Hire and Win the War for Talents

Abstract In the context of a highly dynamic labour market, with the entry of the Y and Z generations in the active workforce and the shift of power balance from employers to employees, the corporate employer brand becomes a strategic element and part of the non-material capital that each company can use to attract and retain top talents and, consequently, to get business performance. This paper proposes a modern vision of leadership and talent management, in which collaboration, empathy, democratization of decisions, development of emotional connections and increasing the level of freedom for employees contribute to building an effective, attractive and sustainable Employer Value Proposition. By integrating Human Resources and Marketing management principles, objectives, activities and tactics, companies should focus on authenticity in their communications, in order to win employees’ minds and hearts in the contemporary very intense competition for talents. We suggest updating the traditional Marketing Mix to 15 elements, in order to support Employer Branding Strategies and to reach the Employer of Choice status. The essential objective is the development of a deep relationship between employees and companies, in the form of a transaction with dual value, financial and emotional at the same time. Loyalty is seen as superior and consecutive to solidly applied retention, adding emotional value to the material benefits offered by the companies to their employees.
The Effect of eWOM as Mediation of Website Quality and Trust

The purpose of this paper is to examine consumer attitudes toward online shopping in Marketplace, Shoppee. The paper used three variables which includes trust, perceived website quality, and electronic word of mouth (eWOM) along with their relationships in order to examine the effects of eWOM as mediator toward website quality and trust relationship. An offline survey was employed targeting online shoppers of Shoppee, one of reputable marketplace in Indonesia. A sample of 200 students in Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta as online shoppers was involved in the online survey. Regression and Path analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationships of the research model. The empirical findings of this research shows that website quality and eWOM are predictor of consumer trust. Hence, EWOM also has mediation effect. The implication of this research is to support the importance of eWOM as key drivers to build trust among customers in online shopping. It also underlines the importance of website quality as important factors in online shopping.Keywords: eWOM, Website quality, Trust, Online Shopping
Relative fixed Internet connection speed experiences as antecedents of customer satisfaction and loyalty: An empirical analysis of consumers in Germany

Abstract So far, management practitioners and scholars alike assume that raises in the contractual absolute maximum bandwidth of Internet connections increase the attitudinal bonds of customers with their access provider. The present study broadens this perspective: In a sample of up to 752 German-speaking Internet users with a wireline Internet access at home, it explores two relative speed characteristics of broadband connections as potential determinants of customer affinity with an access provider. The two reference-dependent aspects comprise customer quality experiences in terms of delivered transmission speeds (1) relative to the maximum down- and upload bandwidths as per customer contract, and (2) relative to speeds emphasized in advertisements of a consumer’s access provider. Furthermore, correlations are analyzed between the frequency with which customers use speed tests to check the quality of their wireline Internet connection and their attitudinal bonds with their access provider. Attitudinal bonding is broken down into customer satisfaction with the performance of the current wireline Internet access at home and propensity to churn at the earliest opportunity. Multivariate regression analysis reveals that the impression that advertised wireline access bandwidths are exaggerated compared to the speeds actually delivered and – to a lesser extent – the perception that the contractual maximum speed is reached only in a low share of a customer’s Internet sessions significantly decrease customer satisfaction and significantly increase customer inclination to churn. The effects of the two speed assessments are not independent of one another: Perceived speed exaggerations in a provider’s ads impair customer bonds less (more) strongly if the experienced share of Internet sessions with speeds below the contractual maximum bandwidth is high (low). More frequent speed testing reduces customer bonding, especially in case that advertised speeds of a customer’s provider are experienced as overblown. The results suggest that wireline Internet access providers can increase the attitudinal bonds with their customers by abstaining from emphasizing maximum speeds in their advertising, which customers rarely reach under standard everyday conditions.
Differential neural activation when voluntarily regulating emotions in service members with chronic mild traumatic brain injury

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to characterize the functional activation of the neural correlates of voluntary regulation of emotion in soldiers both with and without chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a battery of cognitive and psychological health measures, we assessed differences between active-duty U.S. soldiers with chronic mTBI (n = 37) and without (Controls, n = 35). Participants were instructed to maintain (passively view), enhance, and suppress emotions associated with negative and neutral visual stimuli. The mTBI group showed significantly greater clinical symptoms, but only a mild decrement in attention. Group contrasts, while controlling for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, revealed a differential neural activation pattern compared to controls, but only during the enhance condition. Specifically, the mTBI group showed greater activation in the precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, inferior parietal lobe, insula, and superior temporal gyrus. Finally, the effect of PTSD symptoms during the enhance condition was associated with accentuated activation of the frontal and limbic regions implicated in both emotion regulation and PTSD. Hyperactivation of neural regions in the mTBI group during the enhance condition may reflect vigilance towards negative contextual stimuli and/or poor strategy that might result in suboptimal allocation of resources to regulate emotions.
Induction of Abscisic Acid-Regulated Gene Expression by Diacylglycerol Pyrophosphate Involves Ca2+ and Anion Currents in Arabidopsis Suspension Cells1[W]

Diacylglycerol pyrophosphate (DGPP) was recently shown to be a possible intermediate in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling. In this study, reverse transcription-PCR of ABA up-regulated genes was used to evaluate the ability of DGPP to trigger gene expression in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) suspension cells. At5g06760, LTI30, RD29A, and RAB18 were stimulated by ABA and also specifically expressed in DGPP-treated cells. Use of the Ca2+ channel blockers fluspirilene and pimozide and the Ca2+ chelator EGTA showed that Ca2+ was required for ABA induction of DGPP formation. In addition, Ca2+ participated in DGPP induction of gene expression via stimulation of anion currents. Hence, a sequence of Ca2+, DGPP, and anion currents, constituting a core of early ABA-signaling events necessary for gene expression, is proposed.
Educational robotics as a learning aid for disabled children

Severe disabled children have little chance of environmental and social exploration and discovery, and due this lack of interaction and independency, it may lead to an idea that they are unable to do anything by themselves. This idea is called “learned helplessness” and is very negative for the child cognitive development and social development as well. With this entire situation it is very likely that the self-steam and mood of this child. Trying to help these children on this situation, educational robotics can offer and aid, once it can give them a certain degree of independency in exploration of environment. The system developed in this work allows the child to transmit the commands to a robot. Sensors placed on the child's body can obtain information from head movement or muscle pulses to command the robot to carry the tasks. Also, this system can be used with a variety of robots, being necessary just a previous configuration. It is expected that, with the usage of this system, the disabled children have a better cognitive development and social interaction, balancing in a certain way, the negative effects of their disabilities.
A practice perspective on knowledge sharing between projects A construction case study

Organisations competitive advantages and ability to compete in the business arena is recognised to be highly related to organisational knowledge and knowledge management (KM). Knowledge sharing between projects is essential for project-based organisations to prevent that knowledge gets isolated in separate projects. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate knowledge sharing practices at a case organisation and the aim is to provide the organisation with two proposals of KM initiatives, which could improve between project knowledge sharing practices. This qualitative study takes a practice perspective on knowledge sharing between projects in a construction organisation to identify practices and underlying social dynamics affecting these practices. The theoretical framework derives from practice theory and is used as a lens of inquiry when analysing the interview and observation data. Two normative and co-dependent practices are found to permeate the organisation and to be affecting knowledge sharing practices between projects, searching and involvement. Both of these normative practices are found to be of mainly informal nature and highly related to the social and cultural context. Within the organisation, four knowledge brokers are identified to be highly related to the organisational knowledge sharing. These brokers are found to facilitate the normative sharing practices and is utilising both informal and formal arenas. Several of the formal arenas is found to facilitate the two normative practices and enable the development of informal sharing practices and connections between individuals in the organisation. In order for KM initiatives to be successful, the organisation needs to evaluate practices and understand the underlying social dynamics to align the initiative with the organisational conditions. The findings of this study provide the case organisation with the basis for two KM initiatives and further highlight the importance of practice from a KM perspective. This thesis adds to an area which is receiving limited attention and offers a starting point for future researches to evaluate practices in other organisations or industries.
Measuring alcohol consumption--should the 'graduated frequency' approach become the norm in survey research?

AIMS To analyse whether recommendations for the graduated frequency (GF) approach to measure alcohol consumption are justified in a multi-cultural comparative study. DESIGN Representative surveys, conducted between 1995 and 2003, of 10 countries participating in the GENACIS project (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study). MEASUREMENTS Usual quantity, usual frequency and mean consumption per day measured with three instruments: GF, generic quantity-frequency (QF) and beverage-specific quantity-frequency (QFBS). FINDINGS The GF did not consistently yield higher volumes and quantities across all countries compared with the generic QF, while the QFBS resulted in higher quantities and higher volumes compared with the GF (in all but one country) and the QF. Frequencies were mostly higher on the GF compared with the QF and QFBS but there was also evidence of over-reporting of frequencies with the GF. Results for the GF suggested that it was implemented improperly in at least three of the 10 countries. CONCLUSION The GF does not appear to be appropriate for cross-cultural research. It results in over-reporting of frequencies and appears to be too complex to be administered correctly in many countries. The best measure for these purposes appeared to be the QFBS particularly because it captures more effectively the variability of different alcoholic beverages with different ethanol contents and consumption with different vessel sizes.
Maintenance of self-consistency of coding tables by statistical analysis of word co- occurrences

The author presents a method for maintaining the internal consistency of coding tables. The method was tested on a table used for assisting the daily work of indexing clinical cases to International Classification of Diseases. 300 item were tested selected randomly form a corpus of 3082 clinical diagnoses. The method discovered potential consistency problems in 39 cases, out of which 10 were false positive.
Tranquil and crisis windows, heteroscedasticity, and contagion measurement: MS-VAR application of the DCC procedure

The key objective of this study is to show that two potential shortcomings of the Determinant of Change in Covariance (DCC) matrix procedure of Rigobon (2003), namely with the arbitrary determination of the windows, i.e. tranquil and crisis periods and the violation of its heteroscedasticity assumption under the null, can be simultaneously addressed via a simple incorporation of a Markov-switching vector autoregressive approach into the overall DCC procedure. To demonstrate this, we revisit the period around the time of the East Asian crises using daily stock exchange of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and test whether there is a significant break or discontinuity in the stock exchange returns of the eight East Asian markets during crisis periods, especially around the time of the 1997 financial crises. In contrast to that of Rigobon (2003), our results show that the propagation of shocks shifted significantly starting with the onset of the sharp decline in the Hong Kong stock market.
New concatenated space-time multiuser detectors

Two novel concatenated space-time multiuser detectors are developed for uplink reception in DS-CDMA system with periodic spreading. They only require limited information of desired user and can be configured as blind or nonblind receiver based on the availability of pilot symbols. Simulations show that both of them have very fast convergence rate and very good steady-state performance.
Detection of Brain Metastases by 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 T: Comparison Between T1-Weighted Volume Isotropic Turbo Spin Echo Acquisition and 3-Dimensional T1-Weighted Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Imaging

Objective This study aimed to compare the diagnostic performance in the detection of brain metastases between contrast-enhanced T1-weighted volume isotropic turbo spin echo acquisition (T1-VISTA) and 3-dimensional T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (3D-T1-FLAIR) imaging at 3 T. Methods Two neuroradiologists selected 129 true (metastases) and 70 false (vessels and artifacts) lesions on the contrast-enhanced T1-VISTA and 3D-T1-FLAIR images of 14 cancer patients with hyperintense brain lesions. Four blinded neuroradiologists distinguished between the true and false lesions, using a 5-point confidence rating scale. The receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to compare the diagnostic performance. Contrast-to-noise ratio of the true lesions was also compared between the 2 sequences by using paired t tests. Results For lesions less than 3 mm, the area under curve and sensitivity achieved by T1-VISTA imaging were significantly greater than 3D-T1-FLAIR imaging. The contrast-to-noise ratio was also significantly greater with T1-VISTA imaging. Conclusions The contrast-enhanced T1-VISTA imaging is better suited than 3D-T1-FLAIR imaging, for detection of small metastases.
Preliminary design of UAV recovery system utilizing GSM network

Communication between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and its ground station is an important factor for the UAV. A UAV can fly safely and come back to the base only if a good communication link between the UAV and ground control station is established. Outcomes are dependent on the quality of the communication link. In fact, there are some cases where the UAV crashes due to loss of communication. Therefore, a system is needed that can be used in emergency situations due to loss of communication link. The system is called a UAV recovery system, and it works on the GSM network to ensure system availability. This paper describes a preliminary design process of the UAV recovery system. The preliminary design process started with a study of the literature, where material on similar topics could be evaluated and the best option chosen. As a result, it was possible to determine the most appropriate design requirement and objective (DR&O). The DR&O is made based on the existing UAV specification owned by Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space. Thus, based on the DR&O, the design process of UAV recovery systems can be conducted. The result shows that the design of UAV recovery systems complies with the DR&O.
Business models for a circular economy: linking waste management and sanitation with agriculture

Urbanization is the pre-eminent global phenomenon of our time. Currently, urban areas account for 75% of the world’s natural resource consumption, while producing over 50% of the globe’s waste on just 2–3% of the earth’s land surface (UNEP, 2013). Without recycling, cities will continue to constitute vast sinks for food waste including valuable crop nutrients and organic matter, while millions of rural, peri-urban or urban farmers struggle with depleted soils to feed the growing urban population. Yet, it is not only the loss of valuable, and in part, finite resources, but also the costs of poor waste management, i.e. environmental pollution and the production of avoidable greenhouse gases (GHG) which threatens sustainable urban growth. Halving, for example, the current rate of food wastage would greatly support waste management while reducing GHG emissions by 22–28% (WEF, 2016). So far, the environmental costs of poor waste management are usually externalized and the market incentives to reduce waste are minimal.
Social media insights for sustainable development and humanitarian action in Indonesia

Tracking human development and humanitarian action has been enhanced by the growth of social media. Twitter is a data source with potential, when used alongside data from surveys, especially the national census, to understand the situation on the ground and track changes. In Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Twitter penetration rates, we seize this opportunity by using Twitter data to produce more timely insights and to enhance evidence-based decision-making. Despite social media’s limitations, namely representativeness and validity, we are able to show its potential by looking at case studies on five different topics; (a) food and agriculture, (b) public health (c) economic well-being (d) urban resilience and (e) humanitarian action. We observe that the insights gained by using Twitter data were derived not only from the content of posts such as understanding public opinion or sentiment, but also from activities related to it, for instance the location and time-stamp of the post, which furthers our real-time understanding of the situation and user behavior changes. In this paper, we also briefly explain “social listener”, a social media monitoring tool that used by Government of Indonesia to understand citizen opinions in social media related to government priorities.