Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An investigation of the moderating effects of nations on the relationship between work family conflict and satisfaction outcomes

OF THE THESIS An Investigation of the Moderating Effects of Nations on the Relationship Between Work Family Conflict and Satisfaction Outcomes by Megan Stoddard Chappell Master of Science in Psychology with a Concentration in Applied Psychology San Diego State University, 2012 Work-family conflict (WFC) is defined as an inter-role conflict where pressures from work and family life are not compatible. It can have costly effects on an individual’s work life, home life, general well-being, and health. Specifically, it can result in a decrease in job, family, and life satisfaction. Due to the negative outcomes resulting from an imbalance between work and family life, it is important to identify variables that influence the relationship between WFC and satisfaction outcomes. Cultures have been known to vary in terms of their values, beliefs, and self-conceptions, and thus have the ability to change the pressures one feels with work and family life. Despite the need to identify the influences of culture on these relationships the vast majority of studies looking at WFC have only been done in Westernized countries. In this study, Individualism and Collectivism (I/C) was used to examine the moderating effects of culture on the relationship between WFC and satisfaction outcomes. The study used data collected from The International Social Survey Program (ISSP), including a sample of 19,979 participants from 31 countries. Pearson correlations, simple regressions, and hierarchical linear modeling were used to test the hypotheses. Results revealed significant negative relationships between the two directions of WFC, WIF (work life interfering with family life) and FIW (family life interfering with work life), with all measures of satisfaction across cultures. Job and family satisfaction were found to partially mediate the relationship between WIF and FIW and life satisfaction. Individualistic countries were found to have stronger negative relationships between FIW and all satisfaction outcomes as well as between WIF and family satisfaction. No interaction effects were found between WIF and job and life satisfaction. Results of this study suggest that some research findings cannot be generalized across cultures due to the fact that countrylevel differences can significantly influence the relationship between WFC and satisfaction outcomes.
Hybrid Method of Semi-supervised Learning and Feature Weighted Learning for Domain Adaptation of Document Classification

In regard to document classification, semisupervised learning using the Naive Bayes method and EM algorithm was a great success, and we refer to this method as NBEM in this paper. Although NBEM is also effective for domain adaption of document classification, there is still room for improvement because NBEM does not employ valuable information for this task, that is the difference between source domain and target domain. Here, according to the similarity between the label distribution of the feature on source domain and the estimated label distribution of the feature on target domain, we set the weight on the features to reconstruct the training data. We use this reconstructed training data to perform document classification by NBEM. As a result of experiment by using a part of 20 Newsgroups, the effect of this method was confirmed.
Positive Well-Being and Work-Life Balance among UK Railway Staff

Failure to manage the well-being and work-life balance of railway workers may result in an increased risk to train safety and employees’ health. This article reports the findings of a study that measured positive well-being and work-life balance, and identified the factors affecting these among UK railway staff. On the whole, staff who perceived high levels of control and support had a better work-life balance and an increased sense of well-being. A positive personality was associated with positive well-being both at work and outside of work.
Foetal cardiac function: assessing new technologies

Abstract Assessment of foetal cardiac function is more challenging than in the adult, in whom emerging technologies are tested. The postnatal cardio-respiratory interaction is replaced by the cardio-placental circulation and impedance of the brain, and distal vascular beds play an important role in modulating flow to enable its redistribution in the foetal body. Prenatal specialists, comprising obstetricians and cardiologists, have tested a variety of traditional methodologies, as well as non-Doppler offline ultrasound methods in the foetus. This article reviews the development of techniques, outlines their use, and draws attention to pitfalls in adapting technologies validated in the adult heart to the small, fast beating, remote, and largely ungated foetal heart.
Classroom Focus: India English Language Teaching Strategies Used by Primary Teachers in One New Delhi, India School

This study investigated teacher behaviors, lesson delivery and sequence of content and learning expectations used by K-5 teachers at one school in New Delhi, India. This research brings broader understanding of strategies for teaching English reading and writing to students whose first language is not English. The rationale for the study stems from the need to gain greater international perspective of the teaching of English learners. Results reflect analysis of classroom observation field notes, face-to-face interviews with thirty three teachers and administrators, digital photo journaling, and artifacts. The theoretical framework for this study draws from Collier's Conceptual Model, Acquiring a Second Language, explaining the complex interacting factors students experience when acquiring a second language, and the work of Dorothy Strickland outlining effective literacy instruction. Emerging from the data are nine effective teaching strategies that teachers of English learners can add to their repertoire.
Effective Model Representation by Information Bottleneck Principle

The common approaches to feature extraction in speech processing are generative and parametric although they are highly sensitive to violations of their model assumptions. Here, we advocate the non-parametric Information Bottleneck (IB). IB is an information theoretic approach that extends minimal sufficient statistics. However, unlike minimal sufficient statistics which does not allow any relevant data loss, IB method enables a principled tradeoff between compactness and the amount of target-related information. IB's ability to improve a broad range of recognition tasks is illustrated for model dimension reduction tasks for speaker recognition and model clustering for age-group verification.
Thin-Rib and High Aspect Ratio Non-Stochastic Scaffolds by Vacuum Assisted Investment Casting

Cellular structures are a classic route to obtain high values of specific mechanical properties. This characteristic is advantageous in many fields, from diverse areas such as packaging, transportation industry, and/or medical implants. Recent studies have employed additive manufacturing and casting techniques to obtain non-stochastic cellular materials, thus, generating an in situ control on the overall mechanical properties. Both techniques display issues, such as lack of control at a microstructural level in the additive manufacturing of metallic alloys and the difficulty in casting thin-rib cellular materials (e.g., metallic scaffolds). To mitigate these problems, this study shows a combination of additive manufacturing and investment casting, in which vacuum is used to assist the filling of thin-rib and high aspect-ratio scaffolds. The process uses 3D printing to produce the investment model. Even though, vacuum is fundamental to allow a complete filling of the models, the temperatures of both mold and casting are important to the success of this route. Minimum temperatures of 250 °C for the mold and 700 °C for the casting must be used to guarantee a successful casting. Cast samples shown small deviations relatively to the initial CAD model, mainly small expansions in rib length and contraction in rib thickness may be observed. However, these changes may be advantageous to obtain higher values of aspect ratio in the final samples.
Cooperative self-localization in asynchronous sensors networks based on TOA from transmitters at unknown locations

We consider self-localization in an ad-hoc, asynchronous sensors network. A mobile beacon transmits a short wideband signal from a few locations, unknown to the sensors. Each of the sensors receives the transmissions and estimates their Times of Arrival (TOAs) relative to its own timebase, which has an unknown relative synchronization offset. If the positions of the beacon were known, each sensor could estimate its own time-offset and position. Since the beacon's positions are unknown, the sensors need to collaborate in order to estimate these positions along with their own. We propose a collaborative iterative scheme, where in each iteration each sensor announces its current estimate of the beacon's positions, along with an associated uncertainty covariance matrix. This information is received by neighboring sensors, and each sensor exploits the received information to refine its own estimates of the beacon's positions, as well as of its own time-offset and position. We show simulation results indicating successful self-localization using this scheme.
Relatives' opinions of IT support, perceptions of irritations and life satisfaction in dementia care

We studied relatives' opinions of IT support at a residential home for persons with dementia. We also investigated the relatives' perceptions of irritations and life satisfaction before and after increased IT support. This was accomplished using an experimental group (n = 14) and a control group (n = 8) of subjects in dementia care. The design was quasi-experimental with baseline assessments and three follow-ups. Data were collected using two questionnaires measuring opinions of the IT support: irritations in care (the Nursing Home Hassles Scale) and life satisfaction (the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire). Results showed that relatives' opinions of IT support were generally positive. In the experimental group, relatives' perceptions of practical/logistical irritations decreased between baseline and 12-month follow-up. In the control group, there was an increase in the total Nursing Home Hassles score between baseline and three-month follow-up. This difference did not persist at seven- and 12-month follow-ups. No significant differences were found for life satisfaction. We conclude that relatives had positive opinions of IT support, and their perceptions of practical/logistical irritations decreased after implementation of the IT support package.
Integrin-targeted cancer immunotherapy elicits protective adaptive immune responses

Certain RGD-binding integrins are required for cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation and are overexpressed in most tumors, making them attractive therapeutic targets. However, multiple integrin antagonist drug candidates have failed to show efficacy in cancer clinical trials. In this work, we instead exploit these integrins as a target for antibody Fc effector functions in the context of cancer immunotherapy. By combining administration of an engineered mouse serum albumin/IL-2 fusion with an Fc fusion to an integrin-binding peptide (2.5F-Fc), significant survival improvements are achieved in three syngeneic mouse tumor models, including complete responses with protective immunity. Functional integrin antagonism does not contribute significantly to efficacy; rather, this therapy recruits both an innate and adaptive immune response, as deficiencies in either arm result in reduced tumor control. Administration of this integrin-targeted immunotherapy together with an anti–PD-1 antibody further improves responses and predominantly results in cures. Overall, this well-tolerated therapy achieves tumor specificity by redirecting inflammation to a functional target fundamental to tumorigenic processes but expressed at significantly lower levels in healthy tissues, and it shows promise for translation.
Parental bonding

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Prolegómenos sobre o processo de transformação capitalista da actividade educativa nos níveis básico e secundário de escolaridade

Resumo Pretende-se neste texto apresentar os fundamentos do que se considera ser um novo campo de investigacao educativa, cujo objecto e a transformacao capitalista (ou capitalizacao) da actividade educativa nos niveis basico e secundario de escolaridade, aqui considerada como sendo a tendencia actualmente dominante nas politicas educativas a nivel global. Argumenta-se que uma tal mudanca educativa configura um processo classico de transicao capitalista cujo ponto nodal reside na transformacao do trabalho escolar. Sob o lema da "melhoria continua " dos resultados escolares, pretende-se que a produtividade do trabalho do professor seja aferida pela produtividade do trabalho do aluno. Impoe-se neste contexto um estudo detalhado das formas de valorizacao dos capitais investidos na industria educativa. Decorrendo sobretudo no interior dos sistemas publicos de educacao, a presente mudanca educativa envolve mudancas profundas nas estruturas estatais e nas relacoes de producao educativa, para a analise das quais se utilizam os conceitos operativos de Estado capitalizador e de formas pro-capitalistas de mercado.
[The approach of cognitive neuropsychology toward the studies on autism].

La neuropsychologie cognitive preconise l'utilisation de modeles theoriques explicites du fonctionnement normal dans l'evolution des pathologies cognitives. Une telle approche permet d'identifier les composantes atteintes ainsi que les fonctions intactes a l'aide de l'exploration fine de cas uniques. Le but de cet article est de presenter l'apport de la neuropsychologie cognitive a l'etude de l'anomalie de la cognition sous-jacente au syndrome comportemental autistique
Assessment of the SYNTAX score in the Syntax study.

AIMS The SYNTAX score has been designed to better anticipate the risks of percutaneous or surgical revascularisation, taking into account the functional impact of the coronary circulation with all its anatomic components including the presence of bifurcations, total occlusions, thrombus, calcification, and small vessels. The purpose of this paper is to describe the baseline assessment of the SYNTAX score in the Syntax randomised trial, the corelab reproducibility, the potential difference in score assessment between the investigator and the corelab, and to ascertain the impact on one-year outcome after either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in patients with complex coronary artery disease. METHODS AND RESULTS To assess the reliability of Syntax scoring, 100 diagnostic angiograms from the Syntax trial were randomly selected and assessed independently by two observers. Intra-observer variability was assessed by analysing 91 sets of angiograms after an interval of at least eight weeks by one of the observers. Clinical outcomes in the randomised cohort of the Syntax trial up to one year are presented with stratification by tertile group of the SYNTAX score. The weighted kappa value for the inter-observer reproducibility on the global score was 0.45, while the intra-observer weighted kappa value was 0.59. The SYNTAX score as calculated by investigators consistently underscored the corelab score by 3.4 points. When the Syntax randomised cohort was stratified by tertiles of the SYNTAX score, there were similar or non-significantly different MACCE rates in those with low or intermediate scores; however in the top tertile the MACCE rate was greater in those receiving PCI compared to CABG. CONCLUSIONS The SYNTAX score is a visual coronary score with an acceptable corelab reproducibility that has an impact on the one-year outcome of those having PCI, whereas it has no effect on the one-year outcome following surgical revascularisation. The SYNTAX score tool is likely to be useful in a wide range of patients with complex coronary disease.
High-resolution x-ray spectroscopy of a subpicosecond-laser-produced silicon plasma.

The Los Alamos Bright Source laser was used to create a silicon plasma by irradiation of a solid target. A very-high-resolution curved crystal spectrograph was used to detect the emitted x rays. The satellite lines due to the decay of doubly excited states that accompany the Lyman-{alpha} lines were observed. The 2{ital p}3{ital l}-1{ital s}3{ital l} radiative transitions in He-like Si were identified. In addition, all the components of the 2{ital l}2{ital p} {sup 3}{ital P}--1{ital s}2{ital l} {sup 3}{ital L} transitions were resolved. The spectra were compared to various collisional-radiative calculations with good results.
THE COMPARISON OF BASKATBALL COACHES' LEADERSHIP AND MOTIVATION ACCORDING TO

This research aimed to compare leadership and motivation of basketball coaches according to length of experience. 411 basketball coaches who work for basketball clubs or basketball schools and who are head coach or assistant coach voluntarily participated to the study. Mean age of the participants was found to be 42.09±18.56. Data was collected by Leadership for Sport Scale and Intrinsic Motivation Scale. Leadership for Sport Scale-LSS was used for data collection. There are 3 types of this scale, these are; a) leadership behaviours that athletes prefer for their coaches, (b) Coaches’ own leadership behaviours or ideal leader behaviour, (c) coaches’ real leadership behaviours that athletes perceive. In this research scale (b) “coaches’ own leadership behaviours or ideal leader behaviour” was used. Validity and reliability study of the scale measuring coaches’ perception of their own leadership behaviours into Turkish was previously made. In order to measure basketball coaches’ intrinsic motivation, Intrinsic Motivation Scale was used. Language adaptation of the scale was previously made. In data analysis, descriptive statistic and t-test test were used. According to the results, mean scores of leadership and intrinsic motivation were found to be significantly differing according to sports coaches’ length of experience (p<0.05). As a result, length of basketball coaches’ experience appears to be important for leadership and intrinsic motivation.
Optimal sensing via multi-armed bandit relaxations in mixed observability domains

Sequential decision making under uncertainty is studied in a mixed observability domain. The goal is to maximize the amount of information obtained on a partially observable stochastic process under constraints imposed by a fully observable internal state. An upper bound for the optimal value function is derived by relaxing constraints. We identify conditions under which the relaxed problem is a multi-armed bandit whose optimal policy is easily computable. The upper bound is applied to prune the search space in the original problem, and the effect on solution quality is assessed via simulation experiments. Empirical results show effective pruning of the search space in a target monitoring domain.
Design and Optimization of 3D RF Modules, Microsystems and Packages Using Electromagnetic, Statistical and Genetic Tools

The successful use of the Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Modeling (RSM) approaches in an optimization study for a multilayer interdigitated passband filter is presented. The medium of interest is Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) and the frequency band is in the 60 GHz range. The two figures of merit chosen are the resonating frequency fo and the quality factor Q with the optimization goals of fo = 60 GHz and maximum Q. The electromagnetic performance of the filter is determined with a Method of Moments commercial simulator. The results of these simulations are incorporated into DOE and RSM techniques, statistical models are developed for the two output variables, and then applied to optimize the filter. The effectiveness of the method is compared to that of the Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization. I. Introduction Modern RF 3D modules and packages [1] demand a high level of compactness and functionality. As the problems associated with the integration involve more and more factors to be considered, the optimization of such systems requires more comprehensive and sophisticated tools. The current optimization methods incorporated in commercial simulators like High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) [2] and IE3D [3] do not take into account the specific effect of each of the factors involved in the design process, the degree these factors are interacting with each other and their ranges of values. Only this type of thorough understanding of the entire system can enable the optimization and synthesis of any module or microsystem under different given conditions. The combination of Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Modeling (RSM) to be presented in this paper allows all these goals to be achieved. The presented methodology integrates simulation, measurements and statistical tools and is applied for the optimization of a benchmarking geometry of interdigitated filters in LCP technology. The optimization is performed with respect to the geometrical parameters that affect the performance of the filter in terms of resonant frequency and bandwidth. These are identified to be the length of the coupled lines and the gaps between them. The effect of each of these parameters can be determined by comparing the performance of configurations for different values of these parameters. The number of cases required by varying them can be very large and their fabrication time consuming and expensive, so the analysis has been made using IE3D, a very accurate Method of Moments commercial simulator. This way, the parameter variation can be carried out numerically in a significantly quicker and inexpensive way.
A Review on Important Aspects of Information Retrieval

Information retrieval has become an important field of study and research under computer science due to explosive growth of information available in the form of full text, hypertext, administrative text, directory, numeric or bibliographic text. The research work is going on various aspects of information retrieval systems so as to improve its efficiency and reliability. This paper presents a comprehensive study, which discusses not only emergence and evolution of information retrieval but also includes different information retrieval models and some important aspects such as document representation, similarity measure and query expansion. Keywords—Information Retrieval, query expansion, similarity measure, query expansion, vector space model.