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The Role of Personality in Job Satisfaction Among Collegiate Athletic Trainers.

CONTEXT The degree to which an individual likes his or her job is known as job satisfaction. A person with higher job satisfaction is less likely to depart from a profession than a person with lower job satisfaction. Researchers studying job satisfaction among other allied health professionals suggest a personality component could explain why the reasons for departure can be so individual. SETTING Collegiate institutions. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between job satisfaction and personality among collegiate athletic trainers (ATs). PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS A total of 202 ATs (68 [33.7%] men and 134 [66.3%] women), were recruited using the National Athletic Trainers' Association e-mail database. We excluded any AT from this study who worked outside of the collegiate setting. The response rate was 20.2%. INTERVENTION(S) Data were collected using a Web-based survey instrument consisting of 3 sections: (1) demographics, (2) job satisfaction survey, and (3) Big Five Personality Inventory. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Independent t tests were run to determine sex differences, and correlations were run to evaluate relationships between demographics and job satisfaction and between job satisfaction and personality. RESULTS Women reported higher levels of neuroticism than men. Extroversion and conscientiousness showed a weak positive relationship with job satisfaction. A moderate positive relationship was found between agreeableness and job satisfaction. A moderate negative relationship was noted between neuroticism and job satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS Based on our findings, head ATs or other organizational leaders may consider using personality assessments during interview processes, or athletic training program directors may be able to better guide students interested in athletic training based on knowledge of their personalities.
Thyrotropin in human fetal pituitaries.

ABSTRACT Thyrotropin concentration in human fetal pituitaries was determined by radioimmunoassay and the McKenzie bioassay. In 40 human fetal pituitaries of 8–32 weeks' gestation, thyrotropin determined by radioimmunoassay was first detectable at 12 weeks' gestation. The content increased progressively with fetal age and reached about 1/10 of thyrotropin content in adult pituitary glands at 32 weeks' gestation. Thyrotropin content per g of fetal body weight was calculated and found to be maximum at 12–17 weeks' gestation. On the other hand, thyrotropic activity determined by the McKenzie bioassay in 30 human fetal pituitaries of 8–32 weeks' gestation was first detectable at 14 weeks' gestation. The ratio of bioassay potency/radioimmunoassay potency was 6.65 ±1.2 in the fetal pituitaries of 12–32 weeks' gestation (7.13±0.5 in the 12–20 weeks' gestation, and 4.3 ±0.25 in the 3 cases of 24, 28 and 32 weeks' gestation), when Human Thyrotropin Research Standard A was used as a standard in both assays.
Adaptive beamforming based on subband structure in smart antennas

Beamforming is a signal processing technique in which multiple antennas are used to weight the signals so that they can be added constructively in the desired direction, and destructively in the interference direction. In this paper, adaptive beamforming based on subband decomposition structure is investigated in smart antenna arrays and the performance of the proposed adaptive beamforming scheme is analyzed. An efficient subband structure with the reduced sampling rate of signal is given, which leads to the great reduction of computation complexity. Simulation results indicate that the adaptive beamforming based on subband structure works well and has comparative performance to the conventional fullband algorithms.
Assessment of the services on road transportation of dangerous goods

The goal of this paper is to propose a methodology to assess the services provided by companies that work with road transportation of dangerous goods. The scientific contribution is to fill the existing void in the literature by means of a methodology that brings together: the identification and analysis of the key stakeholders; multicriterial decision support; multivariate data analysis; and classification of the performance profiles of services. The proposed methodology is divided into the following steps: identifying and analyzing the main stakeholders; identifying the main desired requirements of a company that works with road transportation of dangerous goods; obtaining the weights of the desired requirements and of the aspects considered; and classifying the services provided by these companies. A hypothetical example allowed: identified the main actors; list the key attributes desirable in categories; get their weights; enumerate the alternatives for services rendered; define the Accident Risk Classes; and classify the services provided to contracting in optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.
The long-term success of modular proximal fixation stems in revision total hip arthroplasty.

A prospective study was carried out on the use of a proximally modular, proximal ingrowth noncemented stem in hip revision surgery. There were 109 short stems and 211 long stems. The mean follow-up was 7 years (range, 2-12 years). No revisions were required in the short-stem group for aseptic loosening; 3 (1.4%) revisions were required in the long-stem group. Lucency was absent in 91.7% of short-stem cases, was low grade in 7.2%, and was high grade in 1.1%. In the long-stem group, lucency was absent in 72.9% of cases, was low grade in 24.5%, and was high grade in 2.6%. No measurable subsidence occurred in the short-stem group, and 5 mm of subsidence occurred early in 2 of the long-stem group. This subsidence stabilized subsequently. Osteolysis distal to the sleeve was not observed. A proximal ingrowth, proximally modular stem can be used in revision hip surgery.
Scaling Agile Methods to Process Improvement Projects: A Global Virtual Team Case Study

Agile methods have been embraced by the software development industry. Their effectiveness in streamlining the software process has led organizations to look at the application of agile methods to nonsoftware projects and organizational functions. While a significant body of research exists on agile methods and software development, previous studies on agile methods have not elaborated on their use in global virtual teams (GVTs) engaged in non-software projects. This paper describes one such project, where an organization that had previously adopted agile methods for software development, scaled agile methods to a GVT undertaking a process improvement project. Participant observation was employed to capture a rich description of the tailoring of agile methods for the project. Findings suggest that while agile methods in a GVT context are realizable, adjustments have to be made to allow for the distributed team structure and project type.
Face Recognition Based on Local Derivative Tetra Pattern

This paper proposes a new face recognition algorithm called local derivative tetra pattern (LDTrP). The new technique LDTrP is used to alleviate the face recognition rate under real-time challenges. Local derivative pattern (LDP) is a directional feature extraction method to encode directional pattern features based on local derivative variations. The nth -order LDP is proposed to encode the first (n-1)th order local derivative direction variations. The LDP templates extract high-order local information by encoding various distinctive spatial relationships contained in a given local region. The local tetra pattern (LTrP) encodes the relationship between the reference pixel and its neighbours by using the first-order derivatives in vertical and horizontal directions. LTrP extracts values which are based on the distribution of edges which are coded using four directions. The LDTrP combines the higher order directional feature from both LDP and LTrP. Experimental results on ORL and JAFFE database show that the performance of LDTrP is consistently better than LBP, LTP and LDP for face identification under various conditions. The performance of the proposed method is measured in terms of recognition rate.
Performance optimisation of stencil-based codes for shared memory architectures

The work presented in this publication proposes a novel view onto the standard form of Maxwell's equations in the FDTD method. The stencil-based equations are cast into a matrix form. Performance of the matrix casting is further improved by means of the OpenMP paradigm. Numerical results for both the sole FDTD and the FDTD with the Huygens Subgridding (HSG) are analysed.
Making sense during conversation: an fMRI study

Although language is thought of as a left hemisphere function, there is increasing evidence that the right hemisphere contributes to language processing by identifying the theme of spoken and written language. Using fMRI, we examined the role played by the right and left hemispheres in making sense of a conversation. When this process involves implicit appraisal of changes in the conversation's topic, the neural network has a right hemisphere bias and includes Broca's and Wernicke's areas, their right hemisphere homologues, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and the cerebellum. When making sense of conversation involves appraisal of the conversation's reasoning, however, the network includes Broca's and Wernicke's areas. Thus, right and left hemisphere systems contribute uniquely to the linguistic skills involved in making sense of a conversation.
Improved EMCF-SBAS Processing Chain Based on Advanced Techniques for the Noise-Filtering and Selection of Small Baseline Multi-Look DInSAR Interferograms

We present in this paper a solution to drastically improve the deformation time-series retrieval capability of the small baseline differential SAR interferometry (DInSAR) processing chain based on the cascade of the extended minimum cost flow (EMCF) phase unwrapping method and of the small baseline subset (SBAS) inversion technique. This improvement relies on the inclusion of two preprocessing steps implementing an effective noise-filtering operation and an efficient interferogram selection procedure, respectively. The former step filters out the noise affecting the phase components of a redundant set of conventional multi-look small baseline interferograms. This is achieved by solving, for each pixel, a nonlinear minimization problem based on computing the wrapped phase vector that minimizes the weighted circular variance of the phase difference between the original and noise-filtered interferograms. This technique is very easy to implement because it does not require any pixel selection step to be applied to the exploited full-resolution SAR images, and it has no need of any a priori information on the statistics of the complex-valued SAR images. The latter step, implementing the interferogram selection procedure, is carried out via a computationally efficient simulated annealing algorithm and allows identifying the optimum set of previously filtered small baseline interferograms to be used as input for the original EMCF-SBAS processing chain by maximizing the (average) coherence values. The presented results, achieved by processing three data sets collected by the ENVISAT ASAR sensor over the Abruzzi region (Central Italy), Mt. Etna volcano (South Italy), and Yellowstone Caldera (WY, USA), demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed advanced EMCF-SBAS processing chain.
A simplified model for the effect of interfinger metal on maximum temperature rise in a multifinger bipolar transistor

The prediction of a simple lumped representation of heat sharing through emitter interconnect in high-power multiemitter bipolar devices is compared to numerical thermal simulation and found to exhibit nonphysical results. Using numerical simulation, interfinger metal heat flow is characterized qualitatively in three dimensions and the requirements for a more accurate model are determined. A new modeling approach based on these insights, using segmented emitters and a coarse representation of the metal structure, yields results within 2% of those obtained from numerical thermal simulation for a wide variety of device geometries and substrate materials, with a simulation time reduction of more than an order of magnitude. Using the new model, an extensive series of simulations is performed for devices fabricated in Si, GaAs, and InP substrates using Al and Au for metallization. Reduction in maximum temperature due to the presence of emitter interconnect in these structures is found to be in the range of 5%-15%.
COMPARISON OF THREE TOOLS PREDICTING FUNCTIONAL DECLINE AFTER HOSPITALIZATION OF OLDER PATIENTS

patotoxicity in older adults than reported in previous studies of younger adults, which found that clinical hepatitis developed in 1.1% (14/1,264) of patients receiving a rifampicin-containing regimen and hyperbilirubinemia in 0.6% of patients. The difference may be attributable to the effects of aging on hepatic function. In addition, the findings of the current study indicate the importance of close monitoring of liver function while using rifampicin for MRSA bacteremia in older adults. In conclusion, treatment with a rifampicin-containing regimen for MRSA bacteremia is likely to rapidly induce rifampicin resistance, especially in very old patients. The higher mortality rate of patients with emergence of rifampicin-resistant MRSA during rifampicin-containing treatment and the higher frequency of hepatotoxicity in patients with current rifampicin usage in MRSA bacteremia warrant clinical attention and further study.
The fate of cementless jumbo cups in revision hip arthroplasty.

We report 5-year minimum results of cementless over-sized cups used in revision hip arthroplasty, with significant associated bone defects. Forty-three porous-coated jumbo cups were used to treat acetabular defects in revision hip arthroplasty in 42 patients with a mean age of 63 (range, 25-86). Morsellized allograft only was used in 27 hips, and bulk allograft was used in 8 cases. Two patients were lost to follow-up, and 5 died after a mean 7 years' follow-up, with retention of their prostheses. In the remaining 36 cases, the mean follow-up was 10 years (range, 6-14 years). Two acetabular components were revised for aseptic loosening and graft resorption. Two cases were complicated by dislocation. A satisfactory 92% Kaplan Meier shell survival rate was seen at 14 years.
The nature of the spectral gap for leaky waves on a periodic strip grating structure

The nature of the spectral gap at forward endfire for a periodic leaky-wave structure consisting of an infinite array of metallic strips on a lossless grounded dielectric layer is studied and compared with that for a simple grounded dielectric layer. One basic difference is that the nature of the spectral gap depends on whether or not a second space harmonic (n=-2) begins radiating before the main radiating harmonic (n=-1) is scanned to forward endfire. The spectral gap resembles that for a lossy dielectric layer when a second space harmonic is radiating, and resembles that for a lossless dielectric layer otherwise. In addition, an interesting new solution, which has no counterpart in the dielectric layer case, is found to exist when the n=-2 harmonic is nonradiating in the scan range of the n=-1 harmonic.
Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in a migratory bird

When species occupy habitats that vary in quality, choice of habitat can be critical in determining individual fitness. In most migratory species, juveniles migrate independently of their parents and must therefore choose both breeding and winter habitats. Using a unique dataset of marked black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa islandica) tracked throughout their migratory range, combined with analyses of stable carbon isotope ratios, we show that those individuals that occupy higher quality breeding sites also use higher quality winter sites. This seasonal matching can severely inflate inequalities in individual fitness. This population has expanded over the last century into poorer quality breeding and winter habitats and, across the whole population; individual birds tend to occupy either novel or traditional sites in both seasons. Winter and breeding season habitat selection are thus strongly linked throughout this population; these links have profound implications for a wide range of population and evolutionary processes. As adult godwits are highly philopatric, the initial choice of winter habitat by juveniles will be critical in determining future survival, timing of migration and breeding success.
Band structure of evanescent waves in phononic crystals

Evanescent waves must be considered in propagation problems whenever scattering, diffusion, or diffraction by a finite object are investigated. In the context of phononic crystals, they appear very naturally within frequency band gaps. Since no waves can propagate within a band gap, only evanescent waves are left to explain the exponentially-decreasing transmission of acoustic waves. We have extended the classical plane wave expansion (PWE) method so that it includes complex wave vectors in the direction of propagation. To do so, it is necessary to consider a fixed frequency and to solve for the wave vector, in contrast to the traditional way of obtaining band structures by considering any Bloch wave vector within the first Brillouin zone and solving for the frequency of allowed modes. The new complex PWE method has been used to generate band structures for two-dimensional silicon - void phononic crystals. Both propagative and evanescent solutions are found at once. The decay constants within band gaps are thus found and shown to depend on the wave polarization. The consideration of complex wave vectors also allows us to identify clearly the different branch systems in the band structure and to connect bands below and above band gaps. Furthermore, the distribution of the acoustic fields of evanescent modes can be computed. Their transformation from below to above a band gap as well as within the band gap itself is shown.
Evaluation for Suitable Large-Scale Propagation Models to Mobile Communications in Urban-Area 1

Propagation models that characterize the rapid fluctuations of the receiver signal strength over very short travel distances (few wavelengths) or short time durations (in the order of seconds) are called small-scale or fading models. Many research activities, such as simulation and system design, need a model of the channel under study. Models are available in the literature, but often it is difficult to match the real scenario to the theoretical models at disposal. In this paper, the large-scale propagation performance of OkumuraHate, cost231 and log-normal propagation models has been compared and evaluated varying Mobile Station (MS) antenna height, transmitter-receiver (T-R) separation distance and Base Station (BS) antenna height, considering the system to operate at 1800 MHz The main concentration in this paper is to find out a suitable model to provide guidelines to help the network designers. The simulation is done via mat lab tool to show the results of our search. Keywordspropagation models, large-scale propagation, Okumura-Hate model, cost231model and log-normal model.
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model of docetaxel and interspecies scaling: comparison of simple injection with folate receptor-targeting amphiphilic copolymer-modified liposomes

Abstract 1. To compare the disposition of docetaxel (DTX) in male/female rats after intravenous administration of simple injection and folate-poly(PEG-cyanoacrylate-co-cholesteryl cyanoacrylate)-modified liposomes utilising a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling method, and extrapolate this model to mice and humans by taking into account the interspecies differences in physiological- and chemical-specific parameters. 2. Four structural models for single organs were evaluated, and the whole-body PBPK model included artery, vein, lung, brain, heart, spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, muscle and remainder compartment. 3. Rats following modified liposomes administration were characterised by significant decrease in the partition coefficients for brain, spleen, liver and remainder compartment. The blood-to-plasma partition coefficient also decreased significantly, while a marked rise of partition coefficients for lung, kidney and muscle was revealed. Partition coefficient for heart was approximately 1.3-fold higher in females than males, while the decrease of intestinal clearance was revealed in females compared to males. The final model successfully characterised the time course of DTX in rats, mice and humans. 4. This PBPK model is beneficial to the prediction of the effects of DTX in different species. It also represented a platform to encompass both formulation- and sex-related effects on DTX disposition and elimination in the future.
PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR IN-HOSPITAL STROKE MORTALITY

development of models that can predict potential stroke mortality is important for research purposes, but also to inform families correctly. Using data from Brasov Stroke Registry, we created predictive models for inhospital acute stroke mortality that include demographic (age, gender), history (arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation) and clinical information (NIHSS at admittance, type of stroke, arterial territory affected by stroke). Our models have statistical significance and are easy to use, therefore may aid clinicians in their daily decisions, after further validation.
Integrative Analysis of Histone ChIP‐seq and RNA‐seq Data

The R package epigenomix has been designed to detect differentially transcribed gene isoforms that, in addition, exhibit altered histone modifications at their respective genomic loci. The package provides methods to map histone ChIP‐seq profiles to isoforms and estimate their transcript abundances from RNA‐seq data. Based on the differences observed between case and control samples in the RNA‐seq and ChIP‐seq data, a correlation measure is calculated for each isoform. The distribution of this correlation measure is further investigated by a Bayesian mixture model to (i) reveal the relationship between the studied histone modification and transcriptional activity, and (ii) detect specific isoforms with differences in both transcription values and histone modifications. The method is designed for experiments with a few or no replicates, and is superior to separate analyses of both data types in that setting. This unit illustrates the integrative analysis of ChIP‐seq and RNA‐seq data with epigenomix. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.