Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Methods of Recruitment in the Czech and Slovak Organizations

In the existing highly competitive environment, every organization’s goal is to hire quality employees. To be able to acquire quality employees, the HR processes related to employee hiring must be conducted properly within the organization. This paper uses primary research to identify and assess recruitment methods used by organizations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, taking the employer’s brand building into account. The research was conducted on the basis of a questionnaire distributed among Czech (n = 364) and Slovak (n = 340) organizations. The results showed that employers in the Czech Republic most frequently present themselves to potential candidates via their organizations’ websites (43.7%), positive references (38.7%) and media advertisements (32.4%). A similar ranking obtains for Slovakia. Organization websites are used 47.5% of the time, positive references 42.5% of the time and media advertisements 33.2% of the time. In both countries, employees are hired for managerial positions primarily using the organization’s own resources, promoting the building of the employer’s brand.
A novel KMV-based commercial bank credit risk assessment model

Commercial banks has great risks. Commercial banks credit risk evaluation, as an effective way of financial regulation, is an integral part of banking regulation system. Given that scholars applied the same credit risk evaluation method to all kinds of banks, error are unavoidable. This paper targets at Z BANK, a commercial bank in China and designs a suitable credit risk evaluation model to evaluate its customer credit and debt credit. This paper draws KMV method when calculating the possibility of default PD. With some adjustments, this method can be applied to other commercial banks, providing an effective approach to financial regulation in China.
Design and Implementation of a UPnP Gateway for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of a set of sensing devices to perceive the environment and often perform a common task. Usually the network interaction with other systems or with users is made possible through a gateway. In the other hand, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) offers a standard interface for users and applications to seamless discover and control devices. Thus, a WSN can be accessed by other systems by using a UPnP interface provided by the gateway, which usually has greater computing power and no energy restriction compared to sensor nodes. In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a UPnP gateway capable of discovering all the services of a WSN, and creating a unique UPnP device to advertise them to interested UPnP control points. Besides, the gateway considers the dynamic behavior of the WSNs and updates the UPnP device when changes occur on the state of the WSN. Experiments in an indoor environment with restricted sensor nodes confirm the feasibility of this solution.
Parametric Duality Models for Discrete Minmax Fractional Programming Problems on Higher Order Invex Functions

This communication deals with a new second-order parametric duality theory for a discrete minmax fractional programming problem relating to second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions. First, some second-order duality models are formulated, and then some weak, strong, and strictly converse duality theorems are established applying new classes of generalized second-order invex functions.
Association of centromeric heterochromatin with the nucleolus in mouse sertoli cells

In adult Sertoli cells of most strains of mice, all the centromeric heterochromatin is condensed in two chromocenters, one on each side of a single, large nucleolus. In a random‐bred Swiss OF‐1 strain, however, the nucleus has a different structural organization. Part of the heterochromatin is seen as chromocenters in contact with the nucleolus; the rest of it is dispersed in granules of unequal size in the nucleoplasm. Such an unusual spatial arrangement of heterochromatin in interphase nucleus cannot be explained either by a difference in the nucleolar organizing regions or by a polymorphism of the C‐banding of metaphase chromosomes.
Performance Evaluation of Healthcare Monitoring System over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

The wide diffusion of healthcare monitoring systems allows continuous patient to be remotely monitored and diagnosed by doctors. The problem of congestion, namely due to the uncontrolled increase of traffic with respect to the network capacity, is one of the most common phenomena affecting the reliability of transmission of information in any network. The aim of the paper is to build a realistic simulation environment for healthcare system including some of the main vital signs model, wireless sensor and mesh network protocols implementation. The simulator environment is an efficient mean to analyze and evaluate in a realistic scenario the healthcare system performance in terms of reliability and efficiency.
A Methodology for Testing Intrusion Detection Systems

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) attempt to identify unauthorized use, misuse, and abuse of computer systems. In response to the growth in the use and development of IDSs, the authors have developed a methodology for testing IDSs. The methodology consists of techniques from the field of software testing which they have adapted for the specific purpose of testing IDSs. They identify a set of general IDS performance objectives which is the basis for the methodology. They present the details of the methodology, including strategies for test-case selection and specific testing procedures. They include quantitative results from testing experiments on the Network Security Monitor (NSM), an IDS developed at UC Davis. They present an overview of the software platform that has been used to create user-simulation scripts for testing experiments. The platform consists of the UNIX tool expect and enhancements that they have developed, including mechanisms for concurrent scripts and a record-and-replay feature. They also provide background information on intrusions and IDSs to motivate their work.
Effects of Physical Exercise on Cognition in Persons with Subjective Cognitive Decline or Mild Cognitive Impairment : A Review

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia that lacks a cure so prevention is an important aspect of care. Persons with subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease later than cognitively healthy populations. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze the effects of physical exercise interventions on cognition in persons with subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment. A literature search was conducted using electronic databases from the beginning dates of the databases to September-23-2016. Of the 94 randomized controlled trials generated 6 subjective cognitive decline and 9 mild cognitive impairment studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in this review. The levels of study quality for subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment were 5 strong 1 moderate and 5 strong 4 moderate respectively. Interventions were aerobic, resistance, Tai Chi or multicomponent exercise. Overall 67% (10/15) of the studies showed that the interventions improved cognition compared to control or other interventions. There is a pressing need to conduct further research to establish the optimal dose of each modality for improving cognition in these populations.
TABEL OF CONTENTS HOW DO YOU TEACH LIKE A MAN? POLITICS AND PERCEPTIONS OF MEN WORKING

The history of men has taught us that there has only been one form of ‘man’: dominant and powerful. The role of a man in society was once clear, coherent, and secure. Today, being a man has become more complex and confusing. Considerable international research on gender engages with masculinities, masculinities in schools and men in non-traditional occupations. What is missing from the debate on masculinities is an account that connects the voices of men with their individual daily experiences. This paper details a four-year study of eleven male Irish primary school teachers, of which seven are included here, and evaluates the relationship between men, care and work. It examines diverse understandings of care, explores the public and private worlds of masculinities and evaluates how various social relations are charged with formal and informal meanings of masculinities.
1 SIMULATION OF BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LATERAL LOADS

Reinforced concrete (RC) columns with insufficient transverse reinforcement and non-seismic reinforcement details are vulnerable to shear failure and loss of axial load carrying capacity. With an aim of developing a macro model to simulate cyclic lateral load-deformation performance, the behavior of non-ductile RC columns is modeled by combining deformation components due to flexure, reinforcement slip and shear. Individual deformation component models developed for monotonic lateral loads serve as envelopes or primary curves for respective cyclic responses. Based on a comparison of their predicted shear and flexural strengths, the columns are classified into five general categories and total monotonic and cyclic response is obtained by combing the three deformation components according to a set of rules specified for each category. The proposed monotonic and cyclic response models are compared with the data from various experimental studies on columns having flexural failure with very limited or no shear effects, flexure and/or shear failure following the flexural yielding, and shear failure prior to flexural yielding. The predicted and experimental response of columns failing primarily in shear and flexure were comparable. Similarly, the hysteretic response of the column with axial load failure was captured reasonably well by forcing the monotonic response envelopes to degrade linearly between the peak strength and the point of axial load failure. Although, the research is focused on modeling the behavior of shear critical columns under seismic loads, the developed model is applicable to all RC columns.
PSEUDO-DYNAMIC TESTING PART II : APPLICATION PROTOCOL APPROACH

Recently National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), through the use of the Internet, has developed the platform entitled Internet-based Simulation for Earthquake Engineering (ISEE). This platform not only allows researchers around the world to visualize and take part in discussions of undergoing experiments synchronously, but also allows more than one laboratory to jointly carry out a single experiment. A computer platform, “Platform for Networked Structural Experiments (PNSE),” constructed based on Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is one of the two approaches under ISEE project. PNSE is a multi-client system composed of a command generation program and a number of facility control programs connected with a server program via TCP on the Internet. An application protocol named “Networked Structural Experiment Protocol (NSEP)” was proposed for PNSE. Domestic and transnational Pseudo-dynamic (PSD) tests were performed to verify the validity and efficiency of PNSE. Test results show that on PNSE, signals were correctly transmitted, significant laboratory events were promptly reflected, and the efficiency of data transmission was satisfactory.
Ethical Practice and Evaluation of Interventions in Crime and Justice

In considering the ethical dilemmas associated with randomized experiments, scholars ordinarily focus on the ways in which randomization of treatments or interventions violates accepted norms of conduct of social science research more generally or evaluation of crime and justice questions more specifically. The weight of ethical judgment is thus put on experimental research to justify meeting ethical standards. In this article, it is argued that just the opposite should be true, and that in fact there is a moral imperative for the conduct of randomized experiments in crime and justice. That imperative develops from our professional obligation to provide valid answers to questions about the effectiveness of treatments, practices, and programs. It is supported by a statistical argument that makes randomized experiments the preferred method for ruling out alternative causes of the outcomes observed. Common objections to experimentation are reviewed and found overall to relate more to the failure to institutionalize experimentation than to any inherent limitations in the experimental method and its application in crime and justice settings. It is argued that the failure of crime and justice practitioners, funders, and evaluators to develop a comprehensive infrastructure for experimental evaluation represents a serious violation of professional standards.
Less-proficient Adult Learners Become Skilled Readers ?

This study explored whether second-language (L2) less proficient adult learners can become skilled readers by investigating the effect on students’ attitudes to strategy use when explicit instruction of metacognitive reading strategies is combined with an extensive reading approach. Studies have shown that proficient learners employ a wider range of metacognitive strategies than less proficient learners and use the strategies more efficiently and frequently. Teaching metacognitive strategies explicitly develops L2 learners into independent practitioners. Yet, little is known about the extent to which L2 less proficient students can incorporate metacognitive reading strategies in their reading. This paper addresses this issue by investigating students’ attitudes towards, and the use of, metacognitive strategies. The study was designed as a case study, and interview data and reflective journals were collected. The results show that L2 less proficient adult learners can become skilled readers through explicit instruction of metacognitive reading strategies combined with an extensive reading approach. The findings of the study reflect on explicit teaching of metacognitive strategies and extensive reading. The researcher suggests the value of introducing metacognitive strategies into L2 reading classrooms to broaden the learning skills of less proficient learners.
Experimental Study on Collapse-Resistant Behavior of RC Beam-Column Substructure considering Catenary Action

Under blast or impact loads, disproportionate collapse will be likely to occur for a majority of high-rise building without special collapse-resistant design. This paper presents a collapse-resistant experimental method and test results of five RC beam-column sub-structures with various arrangements of steel bars and various loading velocity. Both ends of the specimens were pin-connected and fixed on steel boxes and two steel tubes were embedded in both ends of the specimen. The load was continuously applied on the top of the middle column in scheduled time by the servo-hydraulic actuator with displacement-controlled mode, and the pin-supported RC beam-column experienced elastic, plastic and catenary stages. The collapse occurred at a vertical displacement of about 400mm due to the rupture of the bottom steel bars. By then, the member’s ultimate capacity was about 2 times as much as the plastic stage’s but the displacement was nearly 20 times.
∆-Duplication of Time-Varying Graphs

We introduce a transformation of time-varying graphs, called ∆-duplication, that reduces the temporal heterogeneity in the context of dynamic networks analysis. Instead of building a sequence of snapshots from a global time partitioning, we propose a individual-centred approach: we duplicate a vertex for every time periods where the vertex interacts at least every ∆. This short note describes the general theory of ∆-duplication and provides some directions for applications to dynamic networks analysis. In particular, we introduce a generalization of the concept of k-cores to temporal graphs using this model. RÉSUMÉ. Nous présentons une transformation de graphes temporels, appelée ∆-duplication, permettant de réduire l’hétérogénéité temporelle dans l’analyse de réseaux dynamiques. Au lieu de construire une séquence d’instantanées à partir d’un découpage global du temps, nous utilisons une approche centrée sur les individus en considérant un sommet sur plusieurs sessions i.e. des périodes durant lesquelles il se connecte au moins tous les ∆. Cette note décrit précisément le concept de ∆-duplication et fournit des pistes quant à son utilisation pour l’analyse de réseaux complexes. En particulier, nous proposons une généralisation du concept de k-cores aux graphes temporels.
A flyback converter using power MOSFET to achieve high frequency operation beyond 13.56 MHz

This paper discusses the development of 5-watts-class flyback converter which can operate at switching frequencies from 1 to 16 MHz. In order to analyze fast switching operations, the input and output voltages with currents are measured for estimating the converter. The self-induced soft switching operation is experimentally investigated at a ringing frequency caused by parasitic components, including junction capacitances in SiC MOSFET.
The muscular dystrophic chicken is hypernatremic

ABSTRACT 1. The E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 (WWP1) gene, the mutation of which causes muscular dystrophy in chickens, is expressed not only in the pectoral muscle, but also in a number of tissues such as the kidney. Therefore, this study examined some parameters related to kidney function in muscular dystrophic (MD) chickens. 2. Plasma osmolality, Na+ and K+ concentrations, aldosterone levels, and the expression of aquaporin (AQP) 2, AQP3, and α subunits of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (αENaC) were analysed in the kidneys of 5-week-old MD chickens and White Leghorn (WL) chickens under physiological conditions or after one day of water deprivation. 3. Plasma osmolality, Na+ concentrations, and plasma aldosterone levels were significantly higher in MD chickens than in WL chickens. αENaC mRNA expression levels were lower in MD chickens than in WL chickens. AQP2 and AQP3 mRNA expression levels were similar in the two strains of chickens. 4. Plasma osmolality correlated with aldosterone levels and AQP2 and αENaC mRNA levels in WL chickens. In MD chickens, plasma osmolality correlated with AQP2 mRNA levels, but not with plasma aldosterone or αENaC mRNA levels. 5. These results suggest that neither water reabsorption nor the expression of AQP2 and AQP3 is impaired in MD chickens and that a WWP1 gene mutation may or may not directly induce an abnormality in Na+-reabsorption in the kidneys of MD chickens, potentially through αENaC.
Women and Power: Unpopular, Unwilling, or Held Back?

We use Spain’s Equality Law to test for the existence of agency problems between party leaders and their constituents. The law mandates a 40 percent female quota on electoral lists in towns with populations above 5,000. Using pre- and postquota data by party and municipality, we implement a triple-difference design. We find that female quotas resulted in slightly better electoral results for the parties that were most affected by the quota. Our evidence shows that party leaders were not maximizing electoral results prior to the quota, suggesting the existence of agency problems that hinder female representation in political institutions.
On real-time software testing and debugging

Testing and debugging of real-time software systems are difficult because of timing constraints imposed on them and because of their nondeterministic behavior. Conventional static analysis is not adequate to deal with the violation of timing constraints which are inherent in real-time software systems. The authors present a dynamic analysis method which uses the recorded run-time information to test and debug this kind of timing error. Based on the proposed approach, a noninterference monitoring system architecture has been developed to collect the process-level and function-level program execution data of a target real-time software system without affecting its execution. Different-leveled logical views are then reconstructed from this collected run-time information. A dynamic analysis method is then presented to analyze the timing behavior of real-time software systems. <<ETX>>
Common statistical errors in the design and analysis of subfertility trials.

BACKGROUND The quality of clinical trials has received increasing attention with the growth of evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews. We aimed to identify whether errors and omissions commonly encountered when undertaking Cochrane reviews in this field are still passing peer review. METHODS We undertook a review of trials published in 2001 by two major journals. We selected from Medline only trials in which authors compared pregnancy rates under two interventions by allocating women to different groups. RESULTS We identified 39 trials meeting our criteria. Six trials were fatally flawed by design, either by inappropriate use of a cross-over design or by systematic allocation described by the authors as 'random'. Only six reports claimed to apply the intention-to-treat principle, and the principle was misunderstood by four of these. Only five trials reported live birth rates sufficiently to allow valid meta-analysis. Most trials (82%) included at least one 'unit of analysis' error. CONCLUSIONS We selected simple trials from respected journals, assuming that our sample would represent trials of highest methodological quality in the field. Nevertheless, the standards of design, analysis and reporting of many subfertility trials are not sufficient to allow reliable interpretation of results, or inclusion in meta-analyses.
RISKY HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS RESONATING WITH THE LONG-PERIOD STRONG GROUND MOTIONS IN THE OSAKA BASIN , JAPAN

The Osaka Basin, western Japan, is a typical sedimentary basin. It is composed of thick soft sediments with the maximum thickness of the sediments 3 km in the sea zone and 1.8 km in the plain zone. This geologic circumstance results in the prevalence of long-period (above 1sec) strong ground motions with long-lasting duration of several minutes in earthquake motions inside the basin. To mitigate earthquake damage to long natural-period structures due to the next M8 class interplate earthquakes, Nankai and Tonankai earthquake, we make the map of the predominant period of surface waves in the Osaka Plain by using the three-dimensional basin model. This map enables us to pick up high-rise buildings that may be resonant with the long-period strong ground motions, and to give a warning to reinforce them. We draw the conclusion that high-rise buildings in the height range between 150 and 300m are risky in the Osaka City, and the number of them was 16 in 256 buildings (about 6%).