Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Conflict Management in Public University Hospitals in Turkey: A Pilot Study

By nature, hospitals are extremely complex organizations, combining many different professional groups within an intricate administrative structure. Conflicts therefore expectedly arise between individuals, groups, and departments. It is in the interest of health care administrators to periodically assess the major factors giving rise to these conflicts. In this study, a questionnaire designed to measure sources of conflict in the workplace was completed by 204 staff members at Gazi University Hospital. Of the participants, 30.9% were physicians, and 12.5% were administrators at various levels; 61.5% were female, and 38.5% were male. In terms of work experience, 52.6% of participants had worked less than 5 years at the hospital. The results of the study show that educational differences among the hospital staff were a major barrier to good communication and information flow between groups. Professionals in the same specialties experienced fewer conflicts. Another source of conflict was that resource allocation was considered unfair across departments. Although the hospital management provided an ombudsman for staff concerns, staff rarely resorted to the ombudsman because of the stigma associated with complaining. A lack of opportunity for career advancement was mentioned by 52% of the participants as a source of conflict. At present, job performance and rewards are not closely related in public university hospitals in Turkey because promotions and pay raises are strictly limited by law. Bureaucracy was also perceived to be a source of conflict, with 48.4% of participants saying that their performance was less than optimal because of the presence of multiple supervisors. This pilot study suggests that in Turkey, legislative reform is needed to give public university hospitals more flexibility regarding work incentives, open-door policies at the administrative level, and social interactions to improve teamwork among hospital staff.
TORNADO1 regulates root epidermal patterning through the WEREWOLF pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana

Cell fate in the root epidermis of Arabidopsis thaliana is determined in a position-dependent manner. SCRAMBLED (SCM), an atypical leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase, mediates this positional regulation via its effect on WEREWOLF (WER) expression, and subsequently, its downstream transcription factor, GLABRA2 (GL2), which are required for nonhair cell development. Previously, TORNADO1 (TRN1), a plant-specific protein with a leucine-rich repeat ribonuclease inhibitor-like domain, was shown to be required for proper epidermal patterning in Arabidopsis roots. In this work, we analyzed the possible involvement of TRN1 in the known root epidermal gene network. We discovered that the trn1 mutant caused the ectopic expression of WER and the randomized expression of GL2 and EGL3. This suggests that TRN1 regulates the position-dependent cell fate determination by affecting WER expression in Arabidopsis root epidermis. Additionally, the distinct phenotypes of the aerial parts of the trn1-t and scm-2 mutant suggest that TRN1 and SCM might have different functions in the development of aerial parts.
The perception of attractiveness and trustworthiness in male faces affects hypothetical voting decisions differently in wartime and peacetime scenarios

Facial appearance of candidates has been linked to real election outcomes. Here we extend these findings by examining the contributions of attractiveness and trustworthiness in male faces to perceived votability. We first use real faces to show that attractiveness and trustworthiness are positively and independently related to perceptions of good leadership (rating study). We then show that computer graphic manipulations of attractiveness and trustworthiness influence choice of leader (Experiments 1 and 2). Finally, we show that changing context from wartime to peacetime can affect which face receives the most votes. Attractive faces were relatively more valued for wartime and trustworthy faces relatively more valued for peacetime (Experiments 1 and 2). This pattern suggests that attractiveness, which may indicate health and fitness, is perceived to be a useful attribute in wartime leaders, whereas trustworthiness, which may indicate prosocial traits, is perceived to be more important during peacetime. Our studies highlight the possible role of facial appearance in voting behaviour and the role of attributions of attractiveness and trust. We also show that there may be no general characteristics of faces that make them perceived as the best choice of leader; leaders may be chosen because of characteristics that are perceived as the best for leaders to possess in particular situations.
Nutritional and environmental consequences of dietary fibre in pig nutrition: a review

Despite its negative impact on performances because of lower protein and energy digestibility, increasing attention has been paid in the past decade to dietary fibre in swine nutrition due to its multiple functionalities. The present review examines the influence of dietary fibre on the digestive processes and the consequences on pig protein and energy nutrition, health concerns and environmental issues. Dietary fibre is defined as the plant polysaccharides that are resistant to digestive secretions and are potentially available for bacterial fermentation in the intestines of single-stomached animals. Resistant starch is also considered as a dietary fibre. The short-chain fatty acids released by bacteria contribute to the host energy supply and both regulate the composition of the flora and the growth of epithelial cells, especially in the case of butyrate. The bacterial growth supported by the fermentation induces a shift of N excretion from urine to faeces. Beside the fermentability, the physical properties of dietary fibre such as the water-holding capacity, the viscosity and the solubility influence the digestion, the satiety and the transit time. In relationship with the mechanisms of dietary fibre interaction with the digestive processes exposed in this review, the opportunities and treats of dietary fibre inclusion in swine rations for intensified and for more extensive tropical production systems are discussed. Dietary fibre is indeed a possible means to reduce nitrogen losses of production units and to improve pig intestinal health and animal welfare. Finally, the potential role of in vitro fermentation methods to investigate the fate of dietary fibre in the digestive system is discussed.
The Use of Mouse and One- and Two-Finger Input Methods for Searching a Large, Horizontal Display

A horizontal, table-sized computer display was used to examine one- and two-finger search performances. 31 college students participated in a basic computer operation and target landmark search task. The mean completion times of the target landmark search task were analyzed by a repeated-measures analysis of variance with the following factors: input device, environmental familiarity, and cue. Compared to the mouse, directly touching the computer display with one finger was inefficient when the task required more precise human-computer interactions, such as selecting small objects, or complicated tasks such as searching for targets in a computerized geographic application. However, directly touching the computer display with two fingers, one finger of each hand, appears efficient in complicated tasks. Additionally, familiar and cued environments can aid in the target landmark search task especially when searching within the cued conditions. However, the unfavorable effect of using a one-finger touch technique in searching may eliminate such cue effects.
Evaluation of a mass media campaign on contraception in France

Objective: Three short films, promoting a national contraception campaign, were broadcast on French television in January 2000. As media interventions alone have little impact on behavior, we evaluated this campaign by focusing on intermediary indicators (identification and discussion) to measure factors known to favor the adoption of preventive behaviors. Methods: A representative sample of 342 women, aged between 15 and 55 years, was selected for interview 2 months after the campaign. An additional sample of 254 young women (aged 15-25 years) was included to improve our understanding of the opinions and practices of this age group. Results: The campaign attracted much public attention and was well accepted. However, only 44% of the women found that they could identify with the situations presented. The films did not generate much conversation, with only one in four people reporting having talked about them. Women who had reported problems with contraception were no more likely to identify with the situations presented in the films or to discuss them with others than those who had no contraceptive problems. The factors associated with these processes (perceptions of the films, having a confident, past unintended pregnancy) differed according to age group. Conclusion: Although this campaign was well received, it had a limited impact. Moreover, it did not have a greater impact on people who experienced difficulties with their contraception. The short projection time and the scenarios used (which gave an immediate answer to women's questions) might have limited these effects.
Preliminary steps toward creating an interprofessional international public health program

In 2005, the New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) and the New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) formed an organizational partnership, whereby the NYUCN became positioned within the NYUCD. While this novel partnership has involved challenges involved with restructuring and moving away from historic models of education, research and health care delivery, it has provided significant opportunities for faculty to work together on the development of innovative interprofessional education, practice, and research programs (Anonson et al., 2008). NYUCD has conducted an international outreach program for over 15 years, currently bringing students and faculty to developing countries to provide dental care to underserved populations. This program was viewed as an ideal context in which to develop an interprofessional learning initiative driven by community needs. This report describes the community needs assessment conducted in April 2008 in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. The purpose of this assessment was to obtain information about the community’s priority health issues, service needs and health care infrastructure to inform the development of an interprofessional learning and practice model.
THE SHORT-AND LONG-TERM COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE GEONET AT DIFFERENT INCLINED CONDITIONS

The shortand long-term compressive behavior of high density polyethylene (HDPE) geonet were evaluated at four inclined conditions: the horizontal (0°), 1(V)-to-5(H), 1(V)-to4(H), and 1(V)-to-3(H), to investigate the effect of the combined stresses (i.e., normal and shear) on the side slope of the landfill. The results of short-term compressive tests indicated that the compressive strength was largely unchanged at different inclined conditions; whereas the compressive strain increased with degree of inclination. The long-term compressive behavior (i.e., creep) was evaluated using the stepped isothermal method (SIM). Applied stresses at 20% and 60% of normal compressive strength were used at four inclined conditions. The results indicated that the creep compressive strain increased with degree of inclination at both applied stresses. The primary creep stage was observed at all inclined conditions under the applied stress of 20% and at the horizontal and 1-to5 under the applied stress of 60%, while the onset of secondary creep stage was obtained at inclined conditions of 1-to-4 and 1-to-3 under the applied stress of 60%. In addition, the creep reduction factors were calculated using the strain at 10 hours. The reduction factor increased with degree of inclination, particularly at inclined conditions that exhibited secondary creep stage. INTRODUCTION HDPE geonets have been widely used as the drainage component in the leachate removal and leak detection systems of the landfills. In such applications, the geonet is subjected to a static compressive stress throughout the service duration; the thickness of the geonet subsequently decreases and so does the flow capacity. The decrease in the thickness and flow capacity continues with time due to the viscoelastic property of HDPE. Thus, the creep deformation is one of the critical reduction factors in the design of the geonet. Limited tests have been performed to investigate the creep behavior of HDPE geonets using the conventional creep test method (Lawrence, 1987). The method requires the test to be performed at laboratory ambient condition for the duration of 1,000 to 10,000 hours according to GRI GS 4. Recently, an accelerated creep test, SIM, has been used to evaluate the creep
Delay-fault testing and defects in deep sub-micron ICs-does critical resistance really mean anything?

This paper reflects on some recent results that show the value of delay-fault tests on a deep sub-micron process. However, the results also suggest that untargetted test patterns perform almost as well as those targetted on a transition fault model, despite appearing to have a much lower fault coverage. This leads to an examination of the defect mechanisms in deep sub-micron ICs, in particular the relationship of crosstalk and power-rail coupling to resistive opens and resistive bridges. A number of new fault mechanisms are described. The paper shows the importance of initialization conditions for resistive opens and the importance of noise margins with resistive bridges. These noise margin considerations throw doubts on the idea used by other authors of the "critical resistance" of a bridge.
Genotype-phenotype correlations of dyshormonogenetic goiter in children and adolescents from South India

Background: Dyshormonogenetic goiter is one of the most common causes of hypothyroidism in children and adolescents in iodine nonendemic areas. The exact genotype-phenotypic correlations (GPCs) and risk categorization of hypothyroid phenotypes of dyshormonogenetic mutations are largely speculative. The genetic studies in pediatric dyshormonogenesis are very sparse from Indian sub-continent. In this context, we analyzed the implications of TPO, NIS, and DUOX2 gene mutations in hypothyroid children with dyshormonogenetic hypothyroidism (DH) from South India. Materials and Methods: This is interdisciplinary prospective study, we employed eight sets of primers and screened for 142 known single nucleotide polymorphisms in TPO, NIS, and DUOX2 genes. The subjects were children and adolescents with hypothyroidism due to dyshormonogenetic goiter. Congenital hypothyroidism, iodine deficiency, and Hashimoto's thyroiditis cases were excluded. Results: We detected nine mutations in 8/22 (36%) children. All the mutations were observed in the intronic regions of NIS gene and none in TPO or DUOX2 genes. Except for bi-allelic, synonymous polymorphism of TPO gene in child number 14, all other mutations were heterozygous in nature. GPCs show that our mutations significantly expressed the phenotypic traits such as overt hypothyroidism, goiter, and existence of family history. Other phenotypic characters such as sex predilection, the age of onset and transitory nature of hypothyroidism were not significantly affected by these mutations. Conclusion: NIS gene mutations alone appears to be most prevalent mutations in DH among South Indian children and these mutations significantly influenced phenotypic expressions such as severity of hypothyroidism, goiter rates, and familial clustering.
An improved Semi-orthogonal User Selection algorithm based on condition number for multiuser MIMO systems

In Multiple-Input Multiple-Out (MIMO) systems, the user selection algorithm plays an important role in the realization of multiplexing gain. In this paper, an improved Semi-orthogonal User Selection algorithm based on condition number is proposed. Besides, a new MIMO precoding scheme is designed. The proposed SUS-CN (SUS with condition number) algorithm outperforms the SUS algorithm for the selection of users with better matrix inversion property, thus a higher information rate for selected user pair is achieved. The designed MIMO precoding matrix brings benefits of the power equality at transmitted terminals, the limited dynamic range of the power over time, and a better power efficiency. The simulation results give the key insights into the impact of the different condition number value and users on the sum-rate capacity.
Optimization of culture media for lipid production by Nannochloropsis oculata for Biodiesel production

Background: This study quantified the effect of four popular culture media in a biodiesel production study on the qualitative and quantitative lipid content, dry biomass, and lipid productivity of Nannochloropsis oculata. Methods: Culture of microalgae was done separately in Walne, F/2, Sato, and TMRL media. In the logarithmic and stationary growth phases, biomass production and lipid accumulation of microalgae were measured and the constituents were identified by gas chromatography. Results: N. oculata exhibited the highest rate of cell growth and biomass productivity of 0.2616 day -1 -1 in the Walne medium. The highest level of biomass conversion into lipids in TMRL medium revealed a cell dry weight of 37.22%. Walne medium proved to have the most efficient lipid productivity which was 0.1057 gl -1 day -1 . The highest amount of triacylglycerol (TAG) was obtained in Sato medium in the stationary growth phase and was 75.25% of the fatty acids. Conclusion: The present study provides a practical benchmark, which allows the
Illumination invariant face recognition

Few of the face recognition methods reported in the literature are capable of recognising faces under varying illumination conditions. The paper discusses a method which can achieve a higher recognition rate than those obtained for existing methods. The novelty of this new method is the use of an embossing technique to process a face image before presenting it to a standard face recognition system. Using a large database of face images, the performance of the proposed method is evaluated by comparing it against the performances of three existing methods. The experimental results demonstrate the successfulness of the proposed method.
Bis(di-2-pyridylamine-κ2 N 2,N 2’)platinum(II) dibromide monohydrate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Pt(C10H9N3)2]Br2·H2O, contains two crystallographically independent half-molecules of the cationic PtII complex, two Br− anions and a lattice water molecule; an inversion centre is located at the centroid of each complex. Each PtII ion is four-coordinated in an essentially square-planar environment by four pyridine N atoms derived from the two chelating di-2-pyridylamine (dpa) ligands, and the PtN4 unit is exactly planar. The chelate ring formed by the dpa ligand displays a boat conformation, with dihedral angles between the pyridine rings of 35.9 (2) and 41.0 (2)°. The complex cations, Br− anions and solvent water molecules are linked by O—H⋯Br, N—H⋯Br, C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.
Illusory Contours from Pictorially Three-Dimensional Inducing Elements

Illusory-figure patterns which are composed of pictorial elements representing three-dimensional partial disks are sometimes effective and sometimes not. When they are not effective, it is apparently because they contain information that contradicts the presence of an occluding figure and/or because all of the edges within the pattern are seen as edges of various pictured surfaces of the elements.
Taking a spiritual history allows clinicians to understand patients more fully.

Dr. Christina Puchalski is an internist and geriatrician who has recently designed a Spiritual Assessment consisting of four basic questions that physicians or others can integrate into patient interviews. The assessment is remembered by the acronym PICA, for the four domains it touches on: Faith, Importance, Community, and Address. In this interview with Innovations associate editor Anna L Romer, Dr. Puchalski explores how she came to develop the spiritual history, how she sees it as distinct from a careful psychosocial history, and what she has learned as she has trained physicians across the United States to incorporate it into their medical interviews. This interview is excerpted from a thematic issue, "Spirituality and End-of-Life Care," Vol. 1, No. 6, 1999 of the online journal Innovations in End-of-Life Care at http:/www. edc.org/lastacts/. First, let's review how you understand spirituality and the context for using the spiritual history or assessment. I see spirituality as that which allows a person to experience transcendent meaning in life. This is often expressed as a relationship with God, but it can also be about nature, art, music, family, or community—whatever beliefs and values give a person a sense of meaning and purpose in life. So, a spiritual history is a beliefs or values history that explicitly opens the door to a conversation about the role of spirituality and religion in the person's life. This conversation is extremely important for patients who are gravely ill and for dying patients. Spiritual questions that come up for these patients include: What gives my life meaning? Why is this thing happening to me? How will I survive this loss? What will happen to me when life ends? We as clinicians don't know the answers, but I do see it as our role to support and encourage people as they search for their own answers to these questions. Their spiritual beliefs, religious faith and values are resources, and it is also important to see this work as a team effort and to refer patients to chaplains and spiritual directors as needed. How do spirituality and healthcare
Alcohol Consumption and Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in Russia

Background: Liver cirrhosis is a major cause of death in many developed countries. Binge drinking has been shown to increase the risk of liver cirrhosis. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the aggregate-level relation between the alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Russia. Method: Age-standardized sex-specific male and female liver cirrhosis mortality data for the period 1970- 2005 and data on overall alcohol consumption were analyzed by means ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) time series analysis. Results: Alcohol consumption was significantly associated with both male and female liver cirrhosis mortality rates: a 1 liter increase in overall alcohol consumption would result in a 7.0% increase in the male liver cirrhosis mortality rate and in 6.2% increase in the female mortality rate. The results of the analysis suggest that 61.4% of all male liver cirrhosis deaths and 56.4% female deaths in Russia could be attributed to alcohol. Conclusions: The outcomes of this study provide support for the hypothesis that alcohol is an important contributor to the liver cirrhosis mortality rate in Russian Federation. The findings from the present study have important implications in regards alcohol-related mortality prevention indicating that a restrictive alcohol policy can be considered as an effective measure of prevention in countries with higher rate of alcohol consumption.
ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT INSULIN USAGE IN TYPE 2 DIABETICS ACCORDING TO DIABETES TYPE DISTRIBUTION AMONG INSULIN-TREATED PATIENTS IN UKRAINE

Use of insulin in the treatment of type 2 diabetics may vary among different countries from 5% to 50%. The validity of this evaluation may depend on the diabetes type classification of adult insulin-treated patients (ITP). An attempt at such evaluation was made by using data of the Ukrainian Diabetes Mellitus Register (102,580 ITP aged ≥30). ITP were stratified into subgroups according to age at diagnosis (ATD). The numbers of patients with insulin-free period 29 in Ukraine probably are type 2 diabetics. INTRODUCTION