Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AS A MODERATOR OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORKPRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

The current study examined the relationship between high performance work practices on organizational performance as moderated by the three element of organizational commitment. We found that the relationship between high performance work practices (such as training and development, participation and involvement, performance appraisal) on organizational performance was moderated by the three element of organizational commitment ( affective, continuance and normative commitment). Results extend knowledge about strategic human resource management and suggest the need for further studies to identify other possibilities that may attenuate the general application of these valued practices.
The Persistence of Financial Stress

Using proprietary panel data, we show that many US consumers experience financial distress (35% when distress is defined by having debt in severe delinquency, e.g.) at some point in their lives. However, most distress events are concentrated among a much smaller proportion of consumers in persistent trouble: fewer than 10% of borrowers account for half of all distress events. These facts can be largely accounted for in a straightforward extension of a workhorse model of unsecured debt with informal default that accommodates a simple form of heterogeneity in time preference. JEL classification: D60, E21, E44
Paediatric Hip Pain: A Rare Injury

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Subbu R, Haddad F (2015) Paediatric Hip Pain: A Rare Injury. Int J Sports Exerc Med 1:015 Received: June 27, 2015: Accepted: August 03, 2015: Published: August 07, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Subbu R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Subbu and Haddad. Int J Sports Exerc Med 2015, 1:3
Curveslam: Utilizing Higher Level Structure In Stereo Vision-Based Navigation

Abstract : Existing approaches to visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) typically utilize points as visual feature primitives to represent landmarks in the environment. Since these techniques mostly use image points from a standard feature point detector, they do not explicitly map objects or regions of interest. Further, previous SLAM techniques that propose the use of higher level structures often place constraints on the environment, such as requiring orthogonal lines and planes. Our work is motivated by the need for different SLAM techniques in path and riverine settings, where feature points can be scarce and may not adequately represent the environment. Accordingly, the proposed approach uses Bezier polynomial curves as stereo vision primitives and offers a novel SLAM formulation to update the curve parameters and vehicle pose. This method eliminates the need for point-based stereo matching, with an optimization procedure to directly extract the curve information in the world frame from noisy edge measurements. Further, the proposed algorithm enables navigation with fewer feature states than most point-based techniques, and is able to produce a map which only provides detail in key areas. Results in simulation and with vision data validate that the proposed method can be effective in estimating the 6DOF pose of the stereo camera and can produce structured, uncluttered maps. Monte Carlo simulations of the algorithm are also provided to analyze its consistency.
Transcriptome of Teak (Tectona grandis, L.f) in Vegetative to Generative Stages Development

Teak is one of the highly famous woody plant species for its premier quality of wood. Teak has problem on productivity because of long reproductive cycle. The problem is basically related to mechanism of flower development. The aim of this study was preliminary development of expressed gene database to characterize the floral transcriptome in teak. Two subtracted cDNA libraries were constructed from vegetative and generative bud tissues. Libraries were sequenced using Illumina MiSeq technology which generated paired-end read sequences 3,778,316 for vegetative and 3,701,878 for generative. The sequences assembled de novo into 87,365 transcript contigs consisting of 42,435,728 bases with N50 of 498 bp using CLC-Genomics Workbench. 76,169 (87.18%) of the 87,365 assembled contigs exhibited significant similarity BLASTN to Solanum lycopersicum database (www.phytozome.com). The assembled contigs were annotated through high stringency BLASTX analysis to proteome of S. lycopersicum. Distribution of contigs abundance between vegetative and generative stages analyzed using the DEGseq approach. The numbers of contigs distribution are 24,730 in vegetative, 28,912 in generative and 33,723 in both stages. The functionally protein datasets characterized by Gene Ontology (GO) annotation and KEGG metabolic pathways assignments for the result of DEG analysis. These contigs, 18,756 (75.84%) from vegetative, 22,089 (76.40%) from generative and 22,917 (67.96%) from both stages were assigned to GO classes. A total of 1455 (13.77%) were mapped to 30 pathways from vegetative, 1,638 (13.70%) were mapped to 27 pathways from generative and 1,652 (12.20%) were mapped to 30 pathways from both by BLAST comparison against the KEGG database. The biological processes of flowering developments were identified in the biological process dataset and the numbers of contigs were discovered different between stages. This transcriptome dataset information will act as a valuable resource for further molecular genetic studies teak, as well as for isolation and characterization of functional genes involved in flowering development pathways.
The consumption of atmospheric methane by soil in a simulated future climate

Abstract. A recently developed model for the consumption of atmospheric methane by soil (Curry, 2007) is used to investigate the global magnitude and distribution of methane uptake in a simulated future climate. In addition to solving the one-dimensional diffusion-reaction equation, the model includes a parameterization of biological CH4 oxidation that is sensitive to soil temperature and moisture content, along with specified reduction factors for land cultivation and wetland fractional coverage. Under the SRES emission scenario A1B, the model projects an 8% increase in the global annual mean CH4 soil sink by 2100, over and above the 15% increase expected from increased CH4 concentration alone. While the largest absolute increases occur in cool temperate and subtropical forest ecosystems, the largest relative increases in consumption (>40%) are seen in the boreal forest, tundra and polar desert environments of the high northern latitudes. Methane uptake at mid- to high northern latitudes increases year-round in 2100, with a 68% increase over present-day values in June. This increase is primarily due to enhanced soil diffusivity resulting from lower soil moisture produced by increased evaporation and reduced snow cover. At lower latitudes, uptake is enhanced mainly by elevated soil temperatures and/or reduced soil moisture stress, with the dominant influence determined by the local climate.
The Effect of Oxygen Staging on Nitrogen Conversion in Oxy-Fuel CFB Environment

This paper presents a study on nitrogen conversion in oxy-fuel coal combustion in a pilot scale CFB 0.1 MW th facility. The paper is focused on fuel-N behaviour in the combustion chamber when the combustion process is accomplished under oxy-fuel CFB conditions. The analysis is based on in-furnace sampling of flue gas and calculations of the conversion ratios of fuel-nitrogen (fuel-N) to NO, NO 2 , N 2 O, NH 3 and HCN. For the tests, O 2 /CO 2 mixtures with the oxygen content of 21 vol.% (primary gas) and with the oxygen content varied from 21 to 35 vol.% (secondary gas), were used as the fluidising gas. Measurements were carried out in 4 control points located along the combustion chamber: 0.43 m, 1.45 m, 2.50 m and 4.88 m. Results presented below indicate that an increased oxygen concentration in the higher part of the combustion chamber has strong influence on the behaviour of fuel based nitrogen compounds.
Video Communication for Using of Telemedicine in Traffic Accidents

Since the emergence of telegraph and telephone technologies in the 19th Century, doctors have been communicating and consulting with each other over long distances. Telemedicine, as distance healing was first highlighted in 1970, when Thomas Bird wrote about patient care in which physicians were able to examine their patients by using telecommunication technologies. In short, telemedicine can simply involve two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or be as sophisticated as using the satellite technology to broadcast a consultation between providers at facilities in two countries, using video conferencing equip men. Telemedicine has the potential to reduce differences in the lives of people, especially those living in remote areas, away from hospitals and thus deprived of quality and timely medical care. The main role of telemedicine is to provide rapid access to experienced health care professionals at a distance using telecommunications and information technologies, no matter where the patient is located. The spectrum of technology used in telemedicine is broad, ranging from simple phone, faxes and emails, to satellite-based relay transfers and state-of-the-art computer and videoconferencing facilities. We divide video communication in telemedicine into video­conferencing and telepresence. Video-conferencing (VC) is defined as a real-time, live, interactive program in which one set of participants are at one or more locations and the other set of participants are at another location. VC permits interaction, including audio and/or video, and possibly other modalities, between at least two sites. Using VC, technical requirements regarding quality are not usually very demanding. Telepresence, on the other hand, widens the purpose of practice beyond pure communication and has clear requirements, mainly concerning the quality and control of the picture as well as time latency. Surgery has entered the computer age with the advent of video laparoscopy. Magnified and computer-enhanced video image provided surgeons with better exposure and visualization of the abdomen. However, a decade after the launch of the new technology it is still poorly accepted. Most laparoscopic procedures are difficult to teach and learn, in addition, the learning curve is very flat. Obvious weaknesses of new technology are: unstable camera platforms, limited motion of straight laparoscopic instruments, two-dimensional imaging and poor ergonomics for the surgeon. Since the introduction of video laparoscopic cholecystectomy, surgeons have speculated that computers, 3-D imaging, and robotics could overcome these pitfalls of laparoscopy.
Segmentation d'images par étiquetage crédibiliste : Application à l'imagerie médicale par tomodensitométrie en cancérologie

Dans cet article, un algorithme de segmentation d'images base sur une technique d'etiquetage credibiliste est presente. La contribution essentielle de ce travail reside dans la facon dont les images sont modelisees par des fonctions de croyance de facon a representer l'incertitude inherente a l'etiquetage d'un voxel a une classe. L'allocation de masse realisee pour chaque voxel est construite a partir des caracteristiques intrinseques des regions qui composent l'image. Afin de limiter cette incertitude dans la phase d'etiquetage, on diminue de facon progressive un seuil de decision tout au long d'un processus iteratif jusqu'a sa stabilisation. Cet algorithme est applique a la segmentation de volumes d'interet sur des images TDM. La segmentation des deux poumons, de la trachee, des bronches souches et du canal medullaire est realisee a visee de radiotherapie externe, ainsi que la realisation de la segmentation ganglionnaire pour la mesure de volume a visee d'evaluation initiale du stade de la maladie ou de suivi therapeutique.
Marine research in the Latitudinal Gradient Project along Victoria Land, Antarctica

This paper describes the conceptual framework of the Latitudinal Gradient Project that is being implemented by the New Zealand, Italian and United States Antarctic programmes along Victoria Land, Antarctica, from 72°S to 86°S. The purpose of this interdisciplinary research project is to assess the dynamics and coupling of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in relation to global climate variability. Preliminary data about the research cruises from the R/V “Italica” and R/V “Tangaroa” along the Victoria Land Coast in 2004 are presented. As a global climate barometer, this research along Victoria Land provides a unique framework for assessing latitudinal shifts in ‘sentinel’ environmental transition zones, where climate changes have an amplified impact on the phases of water.
Application of Finite Element Analysis in Multiscale Metal Forming Process

The application of finite element analysis has been presented in multiscale metal forming process. A 3D finite element method (FEM) has first been proposed to analyze the defor mation mechanism of thin strip cold rolling with the consideration of friction variation in deformation zone. The crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) is applied on the simulation of surface asperity flattening in the uniaxial planar compressing process. 3D Voronoi tessellation and frictional modeling have been applied in microforming pro -cesses. All simulation results from the proposed modeling have been validated by the related experimental results.
Energy Aware Resource Management and Job Scheduling in Cloud Datacenter

A cloud system uses virtualization technology to provide cloud resources (e.g. CPU, memory) to users in form of virtual machines. Job requests are assigned on these VMs for execution. Efficient job assignment on VMs will reduce the number of hosts used. Hence, it is essential to achieve energy optimization in cloud computing environments. Therefore, in this paper, a job scheduling mechanism is proposed to assign job to a VM of the existing active hosts itself by considering job classification and preemption. So that minimizing the number of host used in allocation intern reduces the energy consumption in the Cloud datacenter. In our proposed job scheduling algorithm, categorizing the job in to three different types and assigned based on preemption policy with the earliest available time of the resource (VM) which is attached to a host. Thereby, we reduce the energy consumption by making less number of hosts in the active state and increase the utilization of active host. Finally, we conduct simulations using CloudSim and compare our algorithm with other existing methods. Significant energy savings can be obtained depending on system loads. Energy saving is about 2% to 46% with respect to the non-energy aware algorithm, 1% to 7% than the energy aware algorithms.
Adverse Selection and Liquidity Distortion in Decentralized Markets

Why do some markets remain liquid even when there is a positive gain from trade? In order to understand the real determinants of market liquidity in decentralized markets, we are going to analyze this question in a competitive market setting when both search frictions and adverse selection play roles. In a dynamic environment with heterogeneous sellers and buyers, we investigate the role of market frictions and how adverse selection leads to the distortion of equilibrium market liquidity. The resulting friction therefore prohibits resources from reallocating efficiently. In the application of capital reallocation, we further show that this trading friction can generate significant economic fluctuations.
Miniaturization of Planar Microwave Devices by Means of Complementary Spiral Resonators (CSRs): Design of Quadrature Phase Shifters

In this work, two compact quadrature phase shifters based on metamaterial transmission lines implemented by means of complementary spiral resonators (CSRs) have been designed, fabricated and measured. The structures consist on Y-junctions with output lines exhibiting 90o phase balance. The reported metamaterial-based devices present a size reduction of 64% and 77% as compared to the conventional one.
Direct coupling of power active filters with photovoltaic generation systems with improved MPPT capability

Photovoltaic sources can be usefully combined with power active filters in order to regulate both the active and the reactive power injected into the mains. In this way, the system is able to compensate undesired load characteristics such as phase unbalances, power flickers, and low-order current harmonics, improving the power quality. In order to avoid an intermediate DC-DC chopper, a direct coupling between the PV panels and the DC-link of the voltage source inverter is considered in this paper. The DC-link voltage is continuously regulated between upper and lower limits for tracking the maximum power point of the PV panels. The proposed MPPT algorithm is based on real-time processing of current and voltage ripple of the PV source that is generated by the switching operation of the PWM inverter. The system performance is investigated emphasizing the transient behavior in presence of sudden variations of the solar irradiance. The theoretical developments are verified by realistic numerical simulations.
A Less Conservative Stability Criterion for Delayed Stochastic Genetic Regulatory Networks

This paper concerns the problem of stability analysis for delayed stochastic genetic regulatory networks. By introducing an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and employing delay-range partition approach, a new stability criterion is given to ensure the mean square stability of genetic regulatory networks with time-varying delays and stochastic disturbances. The stability criterion is given in the form of linear matrix inequalities, which can be easily tested by the LMI Toolbox of MATLAB. Moreover, it is theoretically shown that the obtained stability criterion is less conservative than the one in W. Zhang et al., 2012. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate our theory.
Instrument Design, Measurement and Analysis of Cardiovascular Dynamics Based on LabVIEW

With the increasing aging of population, cardiovascular diseases have become one of the most common diseases. It has been recognized as the leading killer of the 21st century by World Health Organization (He & Yu 2010). It is believed that one-third of deaths around the world result from cardiovascular disease, but many of them died from absence of timely detection of the diseases (Mark 2003). Therefore, timely and accurate detection and diagnosis of this kind of diseases are of great significance for prophylaxis and treatment. For this purpose, more powerful instruments are needed to be developed. In recent years, LabVIEW have been wildly used in various fields as a powerful development environment and platform based on graphical and dataflow programming language (Johnson & Jennings 1997; Whitley & Blackwell 2001; Klinger 2003; Bitter et al. 2007). LabVIEW-based research and development of medical instruments is one of the most outstanding representatives in the R&D of virtual instruments (He & Yu 2010). In this chapter, we will introduce the design of our independently developed product, which is named as YF/XGYD atherosclerosis detection system developed by LabVIEW. Three aspects of the system will be mainly described, namely overall design of the hardware system, the brief design and LabVIEW realization of the software system, and the clinical measurement and analysis of hemodynamic parameters of cardiovascular system, such as pulse wave velocity (PWV) and arterial stiffness index (ASI). In the first part of the chapter, we will mainly described the overall design of the hardware system, such as the measure method of analog signals of blood pressure, the design and realization of the signal processing circuit, the design of digit circuit and loop of aeration and deflation, and the circuit of motor control. In the second part of the chapter, the overall framework of the software system will be displayed in a block diagram. Then, the interface design of the software system is described, for example the main interface, test interface and record interface. In addition, we will show how to build and manage the patient database of the software system. Finally, the basic principle, measurement and analysis of two key parameters are introduced, namely PWV and ASI. We would like to apply the system to clinical test and discuss the performances of the system.
Subgrid parameterization for snow depth over mountainous terrain from flat field snow depth

Snow depth is an important variable for a variety of models including land‐surface, meteorological, and climate models. Various measurement networks were therefore developed to measure snow depth on the ground. Measurement stations are generally located in gentle terrain (flat field measurements) most often at lower or mid elevation. While these sites have provided a wealth of information, various studies have questioned the representativity of such flat field measurements for the surrounding topography, especially in alpine regions. Using highly resolved snow depth maps at the peak of winter from two distinct climatic regions in Switzerland and in the Spanish Pyrenees, we developed two parameterizations to estimate domain‐averaged snow depth in coarse‐scale model applications over complex topography using easy to derive topographic parameters. The first parameterization uses a commonly applied linear lapse rate. Removing the dominant elevation gradient in mean snow depth revealed remaining underlying correlations with other topographic parameters, in particular the sky view factor. The second parameterization combines a power law elevation trend scaled with the subgrid parameterized sky view factor. Using a variety of statistic measures showed that the more complex parameterization performs better when using mean high‐resolution flat field snow depth. The performances slightly decreased when formulating the parameterizations for a single flat field snow depth measurement. Nevertheless, the more complex parameterization still outperformed the linear lapse rate model. As the parameterization was developed independently of a specific geographic region, we suggest it could be used to assimilate flat field snow depth or snowfall into coarse‐scale snow model frameworks.
Torsional deformation properties of SMA tapes and their application to bias-type reciprocating rotary driving actuator

In order to develop the reciprocating rotary driving actuator with a simple mechanism using shape memory alloy (SMA) tapes, the graphical method to design the actuator was proposed based on the torsional deformation properties of SMA tapes. The torsional deformation properties of the SME tape showing the shape memory effect (SME) and the SE tape showing superelasticity (SE) were obtained. The bias-type reciprocating rotary actuator was composed of the pretwisted SME tape and the flat SE tape in series. The design chart expressed by the relationship between torque and twisting angle of the SME tape and the SE tape was proposed. The rotational angle and torque, which vary depending on temperature, can be estimated based on the design chart. The rotational angle is controlled by adjusting the mounting angle of the SME tape and the heating temperature. The automatically opening and closing blind driven by sunlight was demonstrated. The blind was controlled by using the reciprocating rotary element composed of the SME tape and the SE tape. The behavior of the blind can be achieved based on the proposed design method of the reciprocating rotary driving element.