Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Job satisfaction and job-hopping behaviour among employees of casual dining restaurant

Job hopping has been labelled as common practice among the labour workforce and this trend has been affecting many companies to review back their human resource strategy in order to reduce cost in high turnover and retain their employees within the organization. This paper aims to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job-hopping behaviour mediated by affective commitment among employees working in the casual dining restaurant in Klang Valley area. With a total of 230 participants responded, data had been thorough screening of which only local workforce selected with an experience of working approximately one year from their employment life. Mediator affective commitment was also being examined in defining the mediation effect towards job hopping behaviour. Results from research findings indicated that job satisfaction does not predict job hopping behaviour and relationship are not significant. Job satisfaction has a positive relationship with affective commitment and is significant while affective commitment is weakly correlated to job hopping behaviour but not significant. This stipulates that even job satisfaction is a highly significance predictor towards affective commitment, both variables do not have strong causal effects to job hopping behaviour.
CroLOM: cross-lingual ontology matching system results for OAEI 2016

The current work describes an automatic system especially designed for aligning cross-lingual ontologies. The CroLOM software, unlike existing systems, uses the Yandex translator, NLP techniques and a similarity computation based on the categories of the words and synonyms. CroLOM participated for the first time in OAEI2016 evaluation campaign and the results obtained are so far been quite promising. The paper also discusses some important issues related to multilingualism treatment.
Need for multi-scale systems to identify spindle orientation regulators relevant to tissue disorganization in solid cancers

During cell division, the mitotic spindle captures chromosomes and segregates them into two equal sets. The orientation and position of the mitotic spindle is important because the spindle equator becomes the plane of cell division. For instance, in a columnar cell with apical and basal polarity, if the spindle pole-to-pole axis orients along the cell's long axis, the cell will divide along its short-axis; however, if the spindle axis orients along the cell's short axis, the cell will divide along its long-axis (Figure ​(Figure1A). 1A). Similarly when the spindle is off-centered (mis-positioned), it results in asymmetric cell sizes in the two daughter cells, which is often used to control tissue organization (Figure ​(Figure1B). 1B). Thus, errors in the orientation and positioning of the mitotic spindle can cause incorrect plane of cell division leading to incorrect cell size, content and neighborhood of daughter cells (Figures 1A,B). Figure 1 (A,B) Fates of incorrect spindle orientation and positioning: Cartoons show mitotic spindle movements relative to the substratum leading to spindle mis-orientation (A) and mis-positioning (B) with cortical bands highlighting polarity differences. In . A human body experiences over a trillion divisions and through age errors in cell division can accumulate; errors in spindle orientation can contribute to tissue disorganization, a hallmark of several age-related conditions and also, carcinogenesis. However, mutations in classical cortical force generators that rotate the spindle to the correct orientation have not been shown to promote carcinogenesis. In contrast, several proteins known to play a role in cancer initiation and progression are being newly identified as regulators of spindle positioning and orientation. In this opinion article, we briefly discuss the surprising lack of direct evidence for classical spindle rotation regulators in oncogenesis and present examples of oncogenic pathway components that influence spindle orientation. We conclude with the need for new strategies to uncover the contribution of spindle orientation defects to tissue disorganization commonly found in cancers and also ageing disorders.
Construction and Delivery of Messages for Modular Parallel Programs

Consider a parallel program consisting of two or more modules, where different modules execute on different nodes of a parallel system. These modules communicate by exchanging messages. However, since each module is itself a parallel program executing on multiple nodes, the messages passed from one module to the other module(s) may be generated on multiple nodes. Similarly, a message received from another module may have to be distributed to multiple nodes. One way to perform this operation is to collect all the data in a single master node, and then send the data from this node. However, the work and space required on the master node is of the order of the size of the message, which can be as large as the data set of the whole module. Therefore, this method does not scale, and is impractical for large data sets. In this paper, we describe a technique to directly assemble and deliver intermodule messages, without first storing the data in the memory. The method is important for constructing efficient large parallel programs from existing parallel modules. We discuss how our techniques are supported on an iWarp processor array.
We Welcome Refugees? Understanding the Relationship between Religious Orientation, Religious Commitment, Personality, and Prejudicial Attitudes toward Syrian Refugees

ABSTRACT Approximately 5 million refugees have been displaced since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. In 2016, the refugee crisis reached deadly proportions, causing many Syrians to flee their homes in search of asylum. Individual responses to refugees differed as Syrians attempted to resettle throughout the world. Research has shown that religious orientation (intrinsic, extrinsic, quest), religious commitment, and personality traits can help explain prejudicial attitudes toward outgroups. The purpose of this study is to examine the role that personality and religion play in predicting prejudicial attitudes toward Syrian refugees in the United States. The study’s sample consists of 844 participants recruited during the height of the Syrian refugee crisis. Participants completed online surveys through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Results of hierarchical regression indicated that personality explained about 14% of the variance in prejudicial attitudes; specifically, Extroversion and Conscientiousness were positively related to prejudice, whereas Agreeableness was negatively related. Religious commitment and religious orientation explained an additional 0.8% to 2.5% variance, respectively, in prejudicial attitudes above and beyond personality. We discuss implications of findings for future research and practice.
Design of configurable, network based interconnection modules for communication centric System-on-Chip applications

In recent years, System-on-Chip design architectures have increasingly become communication centric. To support such designs, a configurable and scalable interconnect backbone is required. Intellectual Property cores for on chip communication, provided by major field programmable gate array vendors are limited to shared bus or point to point interconnect protocols. To provide network oriented interconnect fabric, we propose a configurable and scalable, network based interconnect module. The interconnections can be configured to four popular on-chip network topologies: mesh, torus, ring and fat-tree. A parameterized and customizable wormhole router is designed, with variable number of ports and link width to support the four networks. A hardware simulator has been designed for in-situ testing of the interconnect module. Two state of art implementation platforms viz Virtex-6 Field programmable gate array and a full custom implementation using 32nm CMOS process has been used to characterize the module. We report area and power dissipation of the module configured to the four topologies, in the two platforms.
Network-assisted device-decided channel selection and power control for multi-pair device-to-device (D2D) communications in heterogeneous networks

The device-to-device (D2D) communications can improve the spectrum efficiency with low power and effectively offload the traffic from the macro-eNB. However, the macro/femto/D2D heterogeneous networks face a complicated three-tier interference issue. The completely centralized resource management is not applicable in such three-tier heterogeneous networks. Therefore, we propose a network-assisted device-decided (NADD) scheme to jointly select the channels and adjust the transmission power for D2D devices. In the NADD method, the macro-eNB broadcasts resource allocation instruction to D2D devices. According to the resource allocation instruction and the device's communication quality, D2D devices autonomously and dynamically select the suitable channels and adjust the transmission power. Simulation results show that NADD scheme can significantly improve the total throughput and ensure the link reliability of macrocell users, comparing to both the fixed power scheme and the network-decided (ND) power control scheme.
An Examination of the NCV-|u1 > Quantum Library Based on Minimal Circuits

In the recent past, significant effort has been put on the investigation of design methods for quantum circuits. Based on different physical realizations, several gate libraries have been proposed for this purpose. Recently, the so-called NCV-|v1> library has been introduced in this context. In contrast to established libraries, the NCV-|v1> library seems to inherit some significant advantages compared to established ones, e.g. with respect to the mapping from reversible circuits or the satisfaction of nearest neighbour constraints. However, all these conclusions have been drawn based on heuristically results. In this work, we perform a more in-depth examination of the NCV-|v1> library based on minimal circuits. For this purpose, an exact synthesis scheme is proposed which utilizes the power of solvers for Boolean satisfiability. Our examination clearly unveiled that, from a logic design perspective, the NCV-|v1> library indeed superiors the currently established library.
Process and Content Structuring in Collaborative Learning

1. INTRODUCTION Group Support Systems (GSS) technology, which has been developed over the course of the last dozen years, has been initially researched in laboratory-based experiments. More recently, fieldwork has examined how GSS function in real world environments involving businessmen, diplomats, soldiers and students. GSS were originally designed to support discussion and decision making in the commercial/business sector, but in the last few years there has been a surge of interest in its usage to support collaborative learning (e. and Kwok, 1999). Previous empirical results indicated that GSS had significant positive effects on both the process and the outcome of collaborative learning. GSS were shown to encourage participation and to enhance knowledge acquisition (Khalifa and Kwok, 1999). GSS-supported learners also demonstrated higher levels 2 of interest in the material and perceived that they achieved more significant levels of Although previous studies reported positive effects of GSS on learning, they have not explained how such effects could be affected by facilitation. The potential effects of facilitation on the process and outcome of electronic meetings have been 1996), but not in the context of collaborative learning. According to the facilitation framework proposed by Bostrom et al. (1993), a facilitator can influence three general targets: meeting process, relationships and task outcomes. Structures are applied primarily through the development of the meeting process (agenda/activities: the how? ). These structures influence the exploration and accomplishment of tasks (content: the what? ) and relationships (affect/emotions: feel about? ). In return, the individual's and/or the group's relationships influence an individual's involvement in and contribution to the process, the quality of his/her contribution, and his/her commitment to and acceptance of the task outcomes (decision, plan, etc.). While most researchers agree on the importance of the facilitator's role, it is not clear how interventionist it should be. Some researchers (e.g., Albright et al., 1993; Dennis et al. 1997) stress the active role of the facilitator in defining the agenda and enforcing it. Others (e.g., Dickson et al., 1993), on the other hand, call for more open and less restrictive facilitation. Teachers who use GSS to support collaborative learning need some specific guidelines for their new role as facilitators. Although some studies (e.g., Clawson et al., 1993) have discusses good practices, it is still not clear how much influence the facilitators should exert on the various facilitation dimensions. 3 Teachers may be tempted to introduce too much structure in an attempt to focus …
The orbit of the close spectroscopic binary ε Lup and the intrinsic variability of its early B-type components ,

We subjected 106 new high-resolution spectra of the double-lined spectroscopic close binary e Lup, obtained in a time-span of 17 days from two different observatories, to a detailed study of orbital and intrinsic variations. We derived accurate values of the orbital parameters. We refined the sidereal orbital period to 4. 55970 days and the eccentricity to e = 0.277. By adding old radial velocities, we discovered the presence of apsidal motion with a period of the rotation of apses of about 430 years. Such a value agrees with theoretical expectations. Additional data is needed to confirm and refine this value. Our dataset did not allow us to derive the orbit of the third body, which is known to orbit the close system in ∼64 years. We present the secondary of e Lup as a new β Cephei variable, while the primary is a β Cephei suspect. A first detailed analysis of line-profile variations of both primary and secondary led to detection of one pulsation frequency near 10.36 c d −1 in the variability of the secondary, while no clear periodicity was found in the primary, although low-amplitude periodicities are still suspected. The limited accuracy and extent of our dataset did not allow any further analysis, such as mode-identification.
Optimal spectral efficiency for cooperative UWB based on-body area networks

In this paper, spectral efficiency (SE) is investigated for cooperative ultra-wideband (UWB) based on-body area networks (OBANs). To optimize SE for single-relay cooperation, an equivalent generic cooperative model in UWB based OBANs is established first. With the proposed model, joint optimal relay location and power allocation for cooperation is then derived to solve the SE maximization problem. Simulation results show that direct transmission is preferable for UWB based OBANs when the transmitter and receiver are located on the same side of the human body. However, the joint optimal cooperative transmission scheme can achieve a significant improvement on SE compared with direct transmission when the transmitter and receiver are located on the different sides of the human body, which indicates that cooperation is more feasible to be applied in this case due to its robustness to the significant path loss.
Cost-Effective Security

To be successful, application software needs compelling functionality, availability within the right timeframe, and a reasonable price. But equally critical, teams must get nonfunctional characteristics right - performance, scalability, manageability, maintainability, usability, and, of course, security. The authors introduced misuse or abuse cases as counterparts to use cases and explained that although use cases capture functional requirements, abuse cases describes how users can misuse a svstem with malicious intent, thereby identifying additional security requirements. Another prior installment discussed how to fit misuse and abuse cases into the development process by defining who should write them, when to do so, and how to proceed. In this article, we discuss what abuse cases bring to software development in terms of planning. We don't assumes fixed budget is assigned to security measure's but that budgetary constraints apply to the project as a whole. We believe it's reasonable, and often accessary, to trade funtionality against security, so the question isn't how to prioritize security requirements but how to prioritize the development effort across both functional and security requirements.
Self-Training for Parsing Learner Text

We apply the well-known parsing technique of self-training to a new type of text: languagelearner text. This type of text often contains grammatical and other errors which can cause problems for traditional treebank-based parsers. Evaluation on a small test set of student data shows improvement over the baseline, both by training on native or non-native text. The main contribution of this paper adds additional support for the claim that the new self-trained parser has improved over the baseline by carrying out a qualitative linguistic analysis of the kinds of differences between two parsers on non-native text. We show that for a number of linguistically interesting cases, the self-trained parser is able to provide better analyses, despite the sometimes ungrammatical nature of the text.
Strengthening Procedural Memories by Reactivation in Sleep

There is robust evidence that sleep facilitates procedural memory consolidation. The exact mechanisms underlying this process are still unclear. We tested whether an active replay of prior experience can underlie sleep effects on procedural memory. Participants learned a finger-tapping task in which key presses were associated with tones during practice. Later, during a consolidation interval spent either sleeping or awake, we presented auditory cues to reactivate part of the learned sequence. We show that reactivation strengthens procedural memory formation during sleep, but not during wakefulness. The improvement was restricted to those finger transitions that were cued. Thus, reactivation is a very specific process underpinning procedural memory consolidation. When comparing periods of sleep with and without reactivation, we find that it is not the time spent in a specific stage of sleep per se, but rather the occurrence of reactivation that mediates the effect of sleep on memory consolidation. Our data show that longer sleep time as well as additional reactivation by cueing during sleep can enhance later memory performance.
Morphological, Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Twelve Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Their Response to Various Zinc Concentration

Background: Zinc is an essential micronutrient used in the form of zinc sulfate in fertilizers in the agriculture production system. Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms are also of considerable value in promoting soil fertility. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the degree of sensitivity to varying concentrations of zinc, in the form of ZnSO4, in different strains of Azotobacter chroococcum in a laboratory environment. Materials and Methods: To isolate A. chroococcum strains, soil samples were collected from wheat, corn and asparagus rhizospheres and cultured in media lacking nitrogen at 30˚C for 48 hours. Strains were identified based on morphological and biochemical characteristics. The presence of the nitrogenase enzyme system was confirmed by testing for the presence of the nifH gene using PCR analysis. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and optimal zinc concentration for the growth of each strain was determined. Results: A total of 12 bacterial strains were isolated from six different soil samples. A. chroococcum strains were morphologically and biochemically characterized. The presence of the nifH gene was confirmed in all the strains. MIC and the optimal zinc concentration for bacterial growth were 50 ppm and 20 ppm, respectively. Conclusions: It was concluded that increasing the concentration of zinc in the agricultural soil is harmful to beneficial microorganisms and reduces the soil fertility. A 20-ppm zinc concentration in soil is suggested to be optimal.
Feature Engineering for Recognizing Adverse Drug Reactions from Twitter Posts

Social media platforms are emerging digital communication channels that provide an easy way for common people to share their health and medication experiences online. With more people discussing their health information online publicly, social media platforms present a rich source of information for exploring adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ADRs are major public health problems that result in deaths and hospitalizations of millions of people. Unfortunately, not all ADRs are identified before a drug is made available in the market. In this study, an ADR event monitoring system is developed which can recognize ADR mentions from a tweet and classify its assertion. We explored several entity recognition features, feature conjunctions, and feature selection and analyzed their characteristics and impacts on the recognition of ADRs, which have never been studied previously. The results demonstrate that the entity recognition performance for ADR can achieve an F-score of 0.562 on the PSB Social Media Mining shared task dataset, which outperforms the partial-matching-based method by 0.122. After feature selection, the F-score can be further improved by 0.026. This novel technique of text mining utilizing shared online social media data will open an array of opportunities for researchers to explore various health related issues.
Alleviating Consumers' Privacy Concerns in Location-Based Services: A Psychological Control Perspective

Location-based services (LBS), enabled by advances in mobile and positioning technologies, have afforded users with a pervasive flexibility to be uniquely addressable and to access network and services on-the-move. However, because LBS could also associate the lifestyle habits, behaviors, and movements with a consumer’s personal identity, privacy concerns are particularly salient for LBS. Drawing on psychological control and privacy literature, we designed an experiment study to test the basic proposition that the assurance of consumers’ perceived control over their personal information has a considerable influence on alleviating their privacy concerns. Three different mechanisms of assurance of control—technology, industry self-regulation, and legislation—were manipulated in the experiment, and their effects on consumers’ privacy concerns were examined. The results indicated that the technological assurance mechanism (i.e., mobile device in this study) played the most important role in assuring consumers’ perceived control over personal information. The marriage of the privacy and psychological control literature streams provides a rich understanding of consumers’ privacy reaction to LBS usage and, therefore, benefits the privacy and human-computer interaction (HCI) research in the Information Systems discipline.