Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
WORK-LIFE BALANCE:IT’S RELATIONSHIP WITH STRESS, MENTAL HEALTH, LIFE AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS OF CHANDIGARH AND ADJOINING AREAS (MOHALI AND PANCHKULA).

The concept of Work-life balance is becoming more and more important in the fast changing working environment. Increased working hours have adverse impact on the lifestyle of huge number of people, which ultimately affects their social and psychological well-being. Work-life balance became an important area of human resource management, seeking attention from government, researchers, and professionals for providing innovative ways to improve employee morale, retain employees andby providing suitable ways to employers for facilitating a better Work life balance at the work-place. This study attempts to investigate the relationships between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. Four hundred bank employees (200males and 200 females) were randomly selected from Private sector banks of Chandigarh and adjoining areas ranging ageof 32 to 55 years. The general hypothesis stated in the reaserch pertains to the relationship between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. The possible effect of gender difference has also been considered in this study. To test the hypothesis, t –test and inter correlations were applied. Analysis of results reported sexdifferences on some of the variables where females scored significantly high on Stress; males score high on Work life balance, Mental Health and job satisfaction. Correlations results for the whole sample reveals thatwork life balance is significantly positively correlated with mental health, Job satisfaction and life satisfaction in males while work life balance is positively and significantly correlated with mental health and Life satisfaction in females. Job satisfaction is positively correlated with life satisfaction in males whereas; mental health is positively correlated with life satisfaction in females. Stress is not correlated with any variable in any group.
Mitochondrial translation products during release from glucose repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mitochondrial protein synthesis was studied during release from glucose repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells bearing different mitochondrial genomes. The increase in the rate of the synthesis of mitochondrial translation products was analyzed during respiratory induction. Different kinetic patterns were found for strains having a different structure of mitochondrial mosaic genes, even when the nuclear background was the same. A very limited response of the synthesis of the var1 ribosomal protein to inducing conditions was observed.
Characterization of Murine Coronavirus Neutralization Epitopes with Phage-Displayed Peptides

Abstract Phage-displayed peptide libraries were used to map immunologically relevant epitopes on the surface (S) glycoprotein of a neurotropic murine coronavirus (MHV-A59). Three in vitro virus-neutralizing and in vivo protective mAbs against either continuous or discontinuous epitopes on the S glycoprotein were used to screen 12 different peptide libraries expressed on the pVIII major coat protein of the fd filamentous bacteriophage. Consensus sequences that matched short sequences within the S glycoprotein were identified. The sequence of a tight-binding, mAb-selected peptide suggested the location of a discontinuous epitope within the N-terminal S1 subunit. Several tightly binding phage were amplified and used directly as immunogens in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. Partial protection of C57BL/6 mice against a lethal acute virus infection was achieved with a phage preparation that displayed a linear epitope. Protection correlated with the presence of sufficient levels of specific antiviral antibodies recognizing the same immunodominant domain and 13-mer peptide, located within the C-terminal S2 subunit, as the selecting mAb. Thus, the direct use of phage-displayed peptides to evaluate protective antiviral immune responses complements their use to characterize antibody-binding epitopes. This is the first evaluation of protective immunization induced by mAb-selected phage-displayed peptides.
The Costs and Benefits of Employer Credit Checks

Credit agencies sell credit reports to employers for use in hiring. We build a model that rationalizes these products through adverse selection in credit and labor markets. Workers differ in their patience, with more patient workers repaying debts more frequently and accu- mulating more human capital. In equilibrium, a better credit history correlates with higher productivity. A poverty trap may arise: an unemployed agent with a low credit score has a low job finding rate, but cannot improve her credit score without a job. A policy that bans employer credit checks must balance their benefits (labor market effi- ciency and improved credit repayment incentives) against their costs (idiosyncratic poverty trap risk).
On the Communication Cost of MDS Erasure Codes in Distributed Storage Systems

Distributed storage systems store some redundant data to keep the degree of availability of the stored data constant and also to increase the system's resistance against failures. This type of systems usually use pure replication or methods based on RAID systems as redundancy schemes. In this paper, we study the communication cost of a distributed data storage system using Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) erasure codes. Our focus is reduction of the cost of one-to-many communication used in data reconstruction/repair initialization and update operations. We propose the use of two different communication approaches on the area of distributed storage systems for the above operations; Steiner tree approach and multi-shortest path approach. We also analyse these two communication approaches empirically and theoretically. Our theoretical results indicate that Steiner tree approach has lower message usage, whereas, multi-shortest path approach has lower time usage for data reconstruction/repair initialization operations. On the other hand, Steiner tree approach has better message and time metrics for the data update process. Furthermore, our experimental results support these theoretical results. Thus, users can choose between the two approaches depending on their needs and priorities.
The functions of corticosteroid-binding globulin and sex hormone-binding globulin: recent advances.

Introduction The presence of corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) in plasma was detected about 30 yr ago, and of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) about 20 yr ago. In the interval since their discovery, sophisticated binding and RIAs have been devised for their measurement; their concentrations in plasma and other biological fluids, from milk to saliva, have been measured in myriad clinical conditions in humans, and numerous experimental ones in animals; their phyletic distribution has been examined; they have been isolated and their complementary DNAs (cDNAs) cloned; their binding specificities for steroids have been examined in heroic detail; hormonal and drug influences on their plasma concentration in vivo, and their secretion by liver cells in vitro, have been widely explored; they have been the subject of two long, splendid monographs (1, 2) and many shorter reviews (3–11) [wherein the original citations for the first part of this sentence may be found]—and yet we still have not come to a consens.
Surveillance angulaire d’une ligne d’arbre d’éolienne sous conditions non stationnaires

Dans le cadre de la maintenance conditionnelle, l'analyse vibratoire temporelle repose sur 50 ans d'experience et jouit, de fait, d'une representativite importante dans le secteur eolien. Cette analyse, appliquee sous des conditions de fonctionnement non stationnaires, fait neanmoins preuve d'un manque de precision dans la detection de defauts mecaniques. Afin de synchroniser l'echantillonnage avec les defauts des elements tournants de la ligne d'arbre, il est alors necessaire de s'appuyer sur une discretisation angulaire du vecteur d'information. L'objet de cette etude est le developpement d'un outil de surveillance disposant de cette qualite et s'appuyant sur les variations que presente la vitesse instantanee de la machine tournante pour evaluer l'etat des elements tournants. La vitesse angulaire instantanee, associee a l'analyse spectrale, est assujettie a des perturbations dont les origines sont identifiees et les influences quantifiees. Ainsi, il est envisageable de dimensionner un systeme de mesure en fonction des caracteristiques de la chaine cinematique sous surveillance. Ce document propose egalement plusieurs outils de traitement originaux qui permettent, sous des conditions de fonctionnement non stationnaires, d'ameliorer suffisamment l'observation pour que l'utilisation d'un seul capteur soit envisageable pour assurer la surveillance de la ligne d'arbre dans sa totalite. Ces outils mettent en exergue la dualite temporelle angulaire de la surveillance de machines tournantes et tirent parti des conditions de fonctionnement non stationnaires par la connaissance de la vitesse instantanee. Les procedes d'acquisition combines aux outils de traitement sont mis a l'epreuve sur plusieurs banc d'essais. Sensible au degres de desalignement, au type de defaut d'engrenement et a la gravite d'un ecaillage, la vitesse angulaire instantanee est dorenavant une alternative confirmee a la surveillance vibratoire, meme angulaire. Une vaste campagne de mesures a ete lancee en parallele et en continu sur une eolienne dans l'objectif ambitieux de mettre en place un procede de pronostic. Les diverses conditions de fonctionnement sont prises en compte par une approche statistique permettant d'utiliser avantageusement leurs influences sur les mesures qui en sont issues. Ces travaux constituent une premiere etape dans la realisation d'un modele de surveillance multi-niveau adapte aux machines a fonctionnement variable dont les eoliennes sont un parfait exemple de complexite.
Corporate social responsibility reporting of banks operating in Ghana

This study seeks to track corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting of local and foreign banks in Ghana from 2010-2014 financial year ends. Employing a qualitative approach, data used were only annual reports sourced from selected banks’ websites. We found that all selected banks reported more external than internal disclosures. Concerning internal disclosures, only one foreign bank reported product and customer initiatives whiles one local and four foreign banks reported human resource initiatives. External disclosures reported uneven community involvement and environmental focus among the selected banks. Health, education, and sports development dominate CSR initiatives and disclosure in Ghana’s banking industry.
Evaluation of Duodenal Hypersensitivity to Acid Using Transnasal Endoscopy

According to the Rome ІІІ classification, functional gastroduodenal disorders (FGIDs) in adults are subdivided into six domains. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a subcategory of the FGIDs. It is characterized by the presence of symptoms that are believed to be associated with gastroduodenal lesions, particularly epigastric pain or burning, postprandial fullness, or early satiation, without the evidence of organic disease to explain the onset of these symptoms at least 6 months before diagnosis (Tach J et al., 2006). Furthermore, FD is divided into 2 subtypes postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) and epigastric pain syndrome (EPS). The diagnostic criteria for PDS include the presence of 1 or both of the following symptoms several times in a week: bothersome postprandial fullness occurring after ordinary-sized meals, and early satiation that prevents finishing a regular meal. The diagnostic criteria for EPS include the presence of all of the following symptoms: moderately severe pain or burning localized to the epigastrium at least once per week, and intermittent pain, not generalized or localized to other abdominal or chest regions, not relieved by defecation or passage of flatus, and not fulfilling the criteria for gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi disorders. FD is a functional disorder that affects 10-30% of the population worldwide. The results of an Itarian population-based study, indicated that the prevalence rates of FD were 11%. Of these, PDS, EPS, and PDS accompanied with EPS were 67.5%, 48.2%, and 15.8% respectively (Zagari RM et al.,2010). The results of a Swedish population-based study, indicated that the prevalence rates of FD, PDS, EPS, and PDS accompanied with EPS were 15.7%, 12.2%, 5.5%, and 1.7%, respectively (Aro P et al., 2009). The results of a Norwegian population-based study, showed that the lifetime prevalence rate of FD was 23% in men and 18% in women (Johnsen et al., 1988), and that in the United States, was 29% (Shaib Y et al., 2004).
Methods of gas-solid two-phase flow velocity measurement

Gas-solid two-phase flow is widely used in the industrial process. It is important to know the parameters for the control of process. There are three ways to measure the velocity of the flow but the cross-correlation method and spatial filtering menthod are commonly used in the velocity measurements, so this article summarizes the fundamental principles of the two methods and their advantages and disadvantages. Also the future developments of the velocity measurements are included.
Exact Solution for Two‐Dimensional Flow to a Well in an Anisotropic Domain

Although most current applications of the analytic element method are formulated for isotropic hydraulic conductivity, anisotropic domains can be modeled with analytic elements using the well‐known coordinate transformation where one coordinate axis is scaled by the square root of the anisotropy ratio. If the standard analytic solution for steady radial flow to a well is used with this coordinate transformation, the resulting solution correctly models the far field but it does not meet the constant head boundary condition at the well radius. This could be a significant shortcoming if you are interested in the flow field close to the well or want to estimate the head at the pumping well. A new solution for two‐dimensional steady flow to a well in an anisotropic domain is presented. This solution satisfies the governing equations exactly and meets the constant head boundary condition at the well radius exactly. It was derived using a conformal mapping.
Young Children's Perceptions of Television Reality: Determinants and Developmental Differences.

Five- and 7-year-old children judged factuality and social realism of favorite TV shows and test clips in pairs matched for content. In each pair one was news or documentary format, the other fictional drama. All children understood that fictional programs were not factual. Children correctly discriminated the purposes and intended audience of news from those of documentaries. Children discriminated factuality by genre of program, and genre of program by formal production features and by content. Age and vocabulary scores (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised; PPVT-R) predicted accuracy of factuality judgments, but TV viewing history over the past 2 years did not. By contrast, judged social realism was predicted by viewing history and very little by age and PPVT-R. Older children better understood that fictional characters do not retain their roles in real life and that fictional shows are scripted and rehearsed
Coordinated control for vehicle handling and stability: A fuzzy robust approach

This paper proposes a novel control strategy for improving vehicle handling and stability by integrated controlling yaw rate and sideslip angle. Therefore, a T-S fuzzy robust controller is intended to maintain both of the objectives. During normal driving situations, steerability enhancement is the main control objective. However, when the vehicle reaches the handling limits, the controller is involved to ensure vehicle stability. In this controller, the weight between yaw rate and sideslip angle is changing simultaneously according to the estimation of cornering stiffness. A Luenberger observer is intended to identify the tire cornering stiffness. Steer-by-wire system is also put in place to improve the performance. The benefit of this method reduces the influence of habitual driving without losing the control of vehicle safety performance. Linear matrix inequalities(LMIs) are the foundation to obtain such a controller. Carsim-Simulink joint simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control method under different driving conditions and the results are shown in this paper.
Robot tasks sequence planning using Petri nets

The automatic programming of robots to assemble products must cope with assembly planning and task planning problems. These problems are not independent, since an assembly operation may be performed by a different robot task depending on the previous assembly operations performed. Therefore, the cost of assembly operations vary depending on the assembly sequence. This paper deals with the problem of finding the optimum sequence of robot tasks taking into account this variable cost of assembly operations. The proposed approach can cope with products with AND/OR/XOR relations and uses Petri nets as a modelling methodology. The search of a near-optimum sequence of robot tasks is done with an heuristic search of the reachability tree of the Petri net.
The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Relationship between Accounting Quality and Trade Credit: Evidence from Japan

This study investigates the effect of shareholdings on the relationship between accounting quality and trade credit in Japan. It focuses on cross- and stable shareholdings, which are well-known features of Japanese corporate governance, as a private information sharing system. The relationship between cross- and stable shareholdings, accounting quality, and trade credit is tested. The results reveal that trade credit of customers without either cross- or stable shareholdings increases with accounting quality and that such shareholdings weaken the relationship between accounting quality and trade credit. The findings suggest that a close tie to cross- and stable shareholders results in reducing the importance of accounting information through sharing private information.
Learning What Others Like : Preference Learning as a Mixed Multinomial Logit Model

People flexibly draw generalizations from others’ choices. For example, when one learns that a friend likes a set of movies within a particular genre, one might also infer that said friend would also like novel movies with similar features. The present project uses a Church implementation of mixed multinomial logit (MML) models to capture how people learn and generalize from other people’s preferences. Experiment 1 demonstrates that the model can accurately recover a dummy target’s preferences from a sequence of observations. Experiment 2 compares model performance to trial-by-trial human performance in a game where participants had to learn someone else’s preferences from a sequence of pairwise choices. Here, the model outperformed humans. Finally, we will discuss how to refine the model by including an extra inferential step: preference learning might not only involve learning someone’s preferences along a certain set of dimensions, but also discovering the dimensions themselves.
The challenge of diagnosing childhood tuberculosis in a developing country.

The continued diagnostic challenge of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries with particular reference to Zambia was discussed. Conventional diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is mainly concerned with primary infections in infants. Inner city children minority children and foreign born children are at risk of TB infection. TB is suspected in cases of chronic illness cough fever and weight loss. TB becomes probable when the child has additional symptoms: positive tuberculin test suggestive radiology suggestive histology of biopsy material and poor response to antibiotics. The isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in body secretions confirms the diagnosis. Some of the difficulties in diagnosis include: TB infection vs. disease when despite a positive tuberculin test the child is well; the role of tuberculin skin tests is limited by the high prevalence of malnutrition and parasitic diseases; in adults with dual HIV and TB infection the frequency of a positive tuberculin test ranged from 33% to 70%; limitation of clinical criteria means that in a 1993 evaluation 31% of proved TB cases would not have been classified as such based on clinical evidence; the collection of specimens from children is not easy and in 1992 only 13% of pediatric specimens were positive at Lusakas University Teaching Hospital; chest radiography can be confusing in small children; and the cost of diagnosis is also high for average Zambians. Increased diagnostic difficulties are also caused by the HIV epidemic because of dual infection the paucibacillary nature of TB and lack of viral culture facilities and newer diagnostic techniques. Other methods for diagnosis of TB such as serology biochemistry polymerase chain reaction and DNA fingerprinting have been employed however their use is limited in most developing countries. The public health impact of TB in children means that although children are not as infective as adults failed TB control efforts are a harbinger of continued risk to all.
The T Cell-directed CC Chemokine TARC Is a Highly Specific Biological Ligand for CC Chemokine Receptor 4*

Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) is a recently identified CC chemokine that is expressed constitutively in thymus and transiently in stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. TARC functions as a selective chemoattractant for T cells that express a class of receptors binding TARC with high affinity and specificity. To identify the receptor for TARC, we produced TARC as a fusion protein with secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) and used it for specific binding. By stably transfecting five orphan receptors and five known CC chemokine receptors (CCR1 to -5) into K562 cells, we found that TARC-SEAP bound selectively to cells expressing CCR4. TARC-SEAP also bound to K562 cells stably expressing CCR4 with a high affinity (K d = 0.5 nm). Only TARC and not five other CC chemokines (MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted), MIP-1α (macrophage inflammatory protein-1α), MIP-1β, and LARC (liver and activation-regulated chemokine)) competed with TARC-SEAP for binding to CCR4. TARC but not RANTES or MIP-1α induced migration and calcium mobilization in 293/EBNA-1 cells stably expressing CCR4. K562 cells stably expressing CCR4 also responded to TARC in a calcium mobilization assay. Northern blot analysis revealed that CCR4 mRNA was expressed strongly in human T cell lines and peripheral blood T cells but not in B cells, natural killer cells, monocytes, or granulocytes. Taken together, TARC is a specific functional ligand for CCR4, and CCR4 is the specific receptor for TARC selectively expressed on T cells.
CluX - Clustering XML Sub-trees

XML has become the de facto standard for data exchange in enterprise information systems. But whenever XML data is stored or processed, e.g. in form of a DOM tree representation, the XML markup causes a huge blow-up of the memory consumption compared to the data, i.e., text and attribute values, contained in the XML document. In this paper, we present CluX, an XML compression approach based on clustering XML sub-trees. CluX uses a grammar for sharing similar substructures within the XML tree structure and a cluster-based heuristics for greedily selecting the best compression options in the grammar. Thereby, CluX allows for storing and exchanging XML data in a space efficient and still queryable way. We evaluate different strategies for XML structure sharing, and we show that CluX often compresses better than XMill, Gzip, and Bzip2, which makes CluX a promising technique for XML data exchange whenever the exchanged data volume is a bottleneck in enterprise information systems.