Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Moderation of Local Culture “Pela Guangdong” On the Influence of Personality Towards Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Employee Performance

The leader must be able to manage the employees with individual values that are different due to differences in their cultural backgrounds. This makes it important to understand that differences in national culture and make generalizations or stereotypical conclusions can not only be a mistake but also can be a problem. Indonesia as a country with diverse cultures is also a challenge in the context of organizational behavior, so the study on local cultural nuance becomes important to continue to be done. This study aimed to analyze the local culture “pela gandong” of Maluku on the influence of personality towards organizational citizenship behavior and employee performance. The populations were the banking industry employees in the city of Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia with a sample of 187. The data were analyzed through structural equation models using LISREL software. The results showed that; personality had a positive and significant influence towards OCB, personality did not significantly influence employee performance, OCB had a positive and significant influence towards employee performance. The moderation of local culture “pela gandong” strengthens the relationship between personality and OCB. The local culture “pela gandong” did not moderate the relationship between personality and performance. The moderation of local culture “pela gandong” strengthens the relationship between OCB and employee performance.
Effect of Knee Supports on Knee Joint Position Sense after Uphill and Downhill Walking. A Test Using a Hiking Simulation Method

Hiking is a backcountry activity suitable for people in every age. Pain and injuries are reported in hiking especially during downhill walking. This increased injury risk is caused primarily by high loads on the lower extremities’ joints and the optimal coordination control therefore required. Through the use of knee supports during hiking the injury risk might be reduced by, for example, improving proprioception. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of wearing a knee sleeve and a knee brace on knee proprioception during a hiking simulation protocol on a treadmill. Twenty-four female sport students took part in this study. Joint position sense was measured without wearing any knee support, wearing a knee sleeve and wearing a knee brace at the beginning, after 30 minutes uphill walking and after 30 min downhill walking on a treadmill. Considering all tested subjects, without knee support the absolute repositioning error at the beginning was significantly better than the error after downhill walking (p=0.022) but no effect of the knee supports was found. Analysing only the subjects with a worsening in joint position sense after the activity, a significant improvement in joint position sense found wearing the sleeve and the brace after uphill and downhill walking (p<0.05).
Incentive to freeride in international climate cooperation

Externality theory of global warming and emission reduction leads to the tragedy of the commons, which however, cannot fully explain the different degrees of freeride incentives in real climate negotiations. A theoretical model based on dynamic game theory with rationality hypothesis is put forward, which by distinguishing the positive, negative and spillover effects of climate change investment on each negotiator’s utility, allows identification and investigation of the criteria of freeride motivation. Connections between freeride incentives and the initial GDP growth are carefully evaluated and simulated with illustrative cases. The results not only confirm the hypothesis that initial GDP growth does affect the freeride motivation significantly, but also indicate the following interrelationships: High-growth countries have more incentives to freeride rather than to cooperate, which is the opposite for low-growth countries. Such self-motivated theoretical models lead to the conclusion that high-growth countries have more freeride incentives that not only accords with the real situation of climate change negotiation, but also pioneers a new perspective for the investigation of each country’s potential political and economic purposes in global climate change negotiation. Delving into utility-driven behavior in climate negotiation will assist us to have a deep insight into the crux of the stagnation of climate negotiation, and help us make much more specific and feasible proposals for the negotiation promotion.
The Design and Development of an ASP . NET Platform Based Integration Management System of Construction Engineering Projects

With the rapid development of China’s economy, significant changes have occurred in such construction enterprise links as construction organization, capital management and project operations, which bring new challenges and opportunities to project management. This paper elaborated the development of a more cost-effective and efficient construction engineering management system based on ASP.NET platform development. What is more, we analyzed and optimized the engineering management procedure, resulting in the operation of five independent function modules (engineering project management, equipment management, supplier management, financial management and system management) that improves system integrity. Finally, we tested the management system and validated its significant role in enhancing the management efficiency of construction projects.
DOSAGE DES TRITERPENES ET STEROÏDES DE DICLIPTERA VERTICILLATA ET EVALUATION DE LEUR ACTIVITE ANTI-INFLAMMATOIRE TOPIQUE

Dans le cadre de la valorisation de la medecine traditionnelle et du developpement de phytomedicaments au Burkina Faso, l'extrait methanolique de Dicliptera verticillata a ete investigue pour son activite anti-inflammatoire. Cet extrait a produit, dans une etude anterieure, une inhibition de 92.75 % de l'oedeme induit par la carragenine selon la methode de Winter. L'objectif de la presente etude a ete le dosage des triterpenes et steroides de cet extrait et l'evaluation de leur activite anti-inflammatoire topique sur l'oedeme induit par une application locale d'huile de croton sur l'oreille de rat. La fraction des triterpenes et steroides a induit une inhibition hautement significative de l'oedeme (p < 0.001) de 89.30 % contre 86.89 % pour l'extrait methanolique total. L'inhibition produite par les extraits de la plante est superieure a celle produite par le Solu-Medrol utilise comme substance anti-inflammatoire corticoide de reference (81.41 %). Les resultats de l'etude confirment l'efficacite de D. verticillata contre l'inflammation et la possibilite de developper un phytomedicament a base de ses extraits actifs.
Your Place or Mine? Organizational Identification and Comfort as Mediators of Relationships between the Managerial Control of Workspace and Employees' Satisfaction and Well‐Being

A large body of management and design literature argues that organizational outcomes can be enhanced either by strict managerial control or by managerial enrichment of office space. An alternative model, derived from the social identity approach to organizational life, argues that because they fail to empower workers both strategies are likely to compromise employees’ organizational identification and should therefore be associated with sub-optimal workplace experiences. Two studies (n 5 288, 1643) were conducted to compare these models. Both indicated that managerial control of space was associated with feelings of physical and psychological discomfort in the office and with lower levels of organizational identification. Discomfort and identification were also found to mediate relationships between managerial control and job satisfaction and well-being. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
The Impact of States Owned Banks on Interest Rates Spread

This paper develops the hypothesis that the co-existence of state owned banks with privately owned banks together tends to raise interest rates spreads and profitability of privately owned banks. This hypothesis can help explain the relationship between the share of state owned banks and total banking assets and economic growth, as reported in the literature. Three empirical tests of the two parts of the main hypothesis are presented. Two of them rely on Brazilian monthly time series data and the other one uses a cross section regression with data for a sample of countries. One of them builds on an estimation of an expanded version of the composition of a rate of return of an asset under the market efficient hypothesis. Another one estimates a factor augmented vector autoregression (FAVAR) model. All of these tests give support to the hypotheses tested.
HOW TO BUILD A DESIGN SYSTEM AND ITS END-PRODUCT SYSTEM ? AN ORIGINAL APPROACH CALLED SCOS ’

This study presents a Systems Engineering (SE) approach to reach new objectives, especially in term of values creation (such as economic, environmental, societal and scientific values). This paper presents the definition and the modelling issue of an original extension of the SE methodology, called SCOS’ (Systemics for Complex Organisational Systems). It focuses on coordination aspects between the Design System and the End-Product System (resulting from the design) and brings a new contribution to the Concurrent Engineering environment. In a first part we present Systems Science or Systemics as our conceptual reference framework. Thanks to this methodology we consider two systems in interaction: the Design System and the EndProduct System. Our SCOS’ general method proposed for both systems is presented. The expected finalities are clarified for each phase (step) of the life cycle and for each customer at the beginning of the general process, so that all the creating values processes are developed to meet these finalities. In the second part of the paper, the links between the Design System (that is decomposed in subsystems: development, manufacturing, use, support, retirement system) and the End-Product System are developed. In the last part, two study cases are presented: the design of a complex distribution network of hydrogen as an energy carrier for automotive; the design of a healthcare research centre. The same generic approach has been developed to design two different End-Product Systems: a technical infrastructure and a research organisation.
How can Students Generalize Examples? Focusing on the Generalizing Geometric Properties

Background:The purpose of this study is to determine the progression of exemplifying and example generalization by students.Material and methods:We investigated whether example generalization occurs by analyzing collected data by identifying whether students recognize, describe, and define general features of geometric examples. We also investigate how example generalization progresses by identifying students’ use of abduction, induction, diagrams and deduction.Results:As a result of this study, we revealed that the sub-mechanisms undertake the generalization of examples as supported by the coordination of abduction, induction, deduction, and the use of diagrams.Conclusions:We empirically confirmed generalization by students through exemplifying and found that their generalization of examples involved the coordination of abduction, induction, deduction and the use of diagrams.
Abundance and Diversity of Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

Inflammatory reactions leading to the progression of metabolic syndrome contribute to changes in composition of the GIT microbiota. We characterize fecal microbiota at three time points in fourteen obese participants, nineteen lean controls and twenty-four type 2 diabetes patients. Obese and type 2 diabetics received an intervention of nutritional counseling, type 2 diabetics an additional therapy with a GLP-1-Agonist.The microbiota composition was analyzed for abundance and diversity by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and high throughput sequencing. In type 2 diabetics an increase of diversity was observed with intervention whereas the values of lean controls remained unaffected. In the lean and obesity groups, a lower Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes ratio correlated with lower BMI. In type 2 diabetics the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes increased throughout the intervention period. Type 2 diabetics showed a significantly enhanced proportion of lactic acid bacteria before and after intervention, also Akkermansia and Enterobacteria showed a higher abundance in type 2 diabetics, increasing throughout the study period. Archaea were significantly more frequent in type 2 diabetics. Whether differences seen in the abundance of certain groups and in the diversity of microbiota reflect different underlying inflammatory mechanisms of type 2 diabetes and obesity or rather the progression of the metabolic disease remains unclear and needs long-term investigation.
Evaluation of Analgesic Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Acute and Chronic Pain: A Prospective Audit

Introduction: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) has been shown to be successful in treating acute as well as chronic pain. But, it has been greatly underused especially for acute pain. Current prospective audit was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of TENS in acute and chronic pain conditions and to evaluate its efficacy on various components of pain. Method: Fifty patients suffering from acute and chronic pain were included in the audit. All the parameters of TENS were set and intensity kept at minimum, which was then increased gradually to maximum tolerability. Intermittent therapy was given for all but postsurgical pain, for which continuous therapy was used. Result: Pain relief was better after the treatment in both the groups (p<0.001), but was found to be even better in acute pain group (p<0.001). Improvement in limitation of movements, mood and capacity to work was found to be better in chronic pain patients, whereas greater reduction in the need for other analgesics was observed in patients with acute pain. The best results in both groups were obtained at TENS frequency of 100 Hz and pulse rate of 10 waves/seconds. The effect of TENS on sympathetic system was not very impressive. Conclusion: TENS resulted in best pain relief with frequency of 100Hz and pulse rate of 10 waves/sec. TENS resulted in better pain relief, reduction in duration of pain, and requirement of other conventional analgesics in acute compared to chronic pain patients hence it should be utilized for acute pain conditions more often.
Planktonic bacteria in estuaries and coastal waters of northern Massachusetts: spatial and temporal distribution

The Essex, Parker and Ipswich River estuaries are salt marsh estuaries that empty into Ipswich Bay in northern Massachusetts, USA. The Essex estuary was the subject of a year-long study of planktonic bacteria numbers and heterotrophic activity, with monthly sampling of the entire range of water within the estuary. Both numbers and activity were fractionated into 4 sizes using Nuclepore filters. The Ipswich and Parker River estuaries were sampled along with the Essex on 5 occasions for comparison purposes. In winter, counts and activity were uniformly low throughout the Essex estuary. During spring, there gradually developed a peak of bacteria in mid-estuarine waters which was sustained through the summer and subsided in fall. The seasonal range in these waters was 10-fold (0.7 to 7.0 X lo6 m l l ) , while the range was lower in coastal waters (4-fold). This peak also occurred prominently in the Parker, but was modified in the Ipswich because of physical factors. Maximum numbers and activity were consistently found in the 0.4 to 0.6 pm fraction. Bacteria counts were strongly related to temperature, with the greatest dependence in mid-estuarine waters. Heterotrophic activity was logarithmically related to temperature and followed the same pattern as counts. The increment of bacteria with linear distance upriver to where the maximum is found was very similar in the 3 estuaries. It is suggested that this is a function of the availability of substrate as influenced by tidal mixing, and involves considering the bacteria as dynamic constituents of estuarine and coastal waters rather than conservative constituents reflecting only the mixing of water masses.
Heat and energy fluxes in the convective cell behind a cold front

Abstract. High resolution model simulations are used to estimate heat fluxes and energy conversion in the convective cell developing behind a cold front. It is found that the model is able to simulate rapid temperature changes in the low troposphere up to 1 °C for a time period of a few minutes due to latent heat release as well as horizontal acceleration up to 5 m/s at the top of convective circulation. Numerical experiments have also shown sensitivity of fine resolution simulations to parameterizations used for the description of a large-scale flow.
Relative Price Adjustment and the UK Phillips Curve

We find that measures of the distribution of relative price changes are significant when included in a standard model of the UK Phillips curve based on time dependent price adjustment. Since the inclusion of these variables is not implied by this model but is implied by a state-dependent model of price adjustment or by a time-dependent model with allowance for heterogeneity among price-setters, we conclude that the familiar time-dependent model does not provide a complete account of the Phillips curve.
Handling unfavourable polarization states in a polarization-based shearing speckle interferometer

A polarization-based shearing speckle interferometer requires the incoming scattered light to have proper polarization characteristics: the light should be equally distributed over two orthogonal polarization states in order to obtain two interfering beams with equal intensities and the highest possible modulation. Many surfaces scatter linearly polarized light randomly, providing equal intensities for the interfering beams on average. However, when a diffusely reflecting metallic surface is illuminated by a linearly polarized laser beam, the polarization direction of the illuminating beam is retained to a large extent in the scattered light. As a result light entering the interferometer will not be randomly polarized, which may lead to low modulation due to unbalanced object and reference beams. A solution that handles the problem effectively is proposed. It consists of a quarter-wave plate positioned in front of the interferometer, oriented at 45°. It is shown that unfavourable predominant polarization states encountered when testing unprepared metallic surfaces can be converted into favourable ones, thereby obtaining well balanced object and reference beams, irrespective of the polarization direction of the incoming light.
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A CLASS OF TAKAGI-SUGENO FUZZY COHEN-GROSSBERG NEURAL NETWORKS WITH TIME DELAYS

Abstract: This paper deals with the problem of the global asymptotic stability of the class of TakagiSugeno Fuzzy Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with multiple time delays. By constructing a suitable fuzzy Lyapunov functional, we present a new delay-independent sufficient condition for the global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point for delayed Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with respect to the Lipschitz activation functions. The obtained condition simply relies on the network parameters of the neural system. Therefore, the equilibrium and stability properties of the neural network model considered in this paper can be easily verified by exploiting some basic properties of some certain classes of matrices.
Construction of space identity: Socio-historical and political dialectics in the globalisation era

Every local government in Indonesia seeks to construct a space/place identity. Competition between identities becomes a key element in relation to recognition, diﬀerentiation, and commodification in the context of decentralisation’s implementation. This article has studied Mojokerto’s identity development as a part of the territorial administration system with regional autonomy. Policymakers designated Mojokerto as the host of Mojopahit House’s identity. The geographical space of Mojokerto competes in terms of identity, which underwent another comparison and intense competition with other regions’ identities. Why was Mojopahit House determined as the identity of Mojokerto by the government at the national, provincial, and municipal levels? Based on such a question, this paper employed the politico-spatial approach using the qualitative analysis method and interpretive approach. This study found that the policymakers viewed Mojopahit House as the most suitable symbol in the identity competition between regions and autonomous regions. It can be turned into a fundamental icon to project political value, economic value, and/or the place attributes. Mojopahit House has becomes a representative of the local-traditional, global, and political economy identity. To conclude, the development of space identity lies within heritage conservation policy and globalisation pressure.
Summary of findings: Home-based tele-rehabilitation reduces the risk for AECOPD

Zafeiris, Chynkiamis, Nikolaos, Spetsioti, Stavroula, Kortianou, Eleni, Genimata, Sofia Antiopi, Palamidas, Anastasios, Kostikas, Konstantinos, Koulouris, Nikolaos G. and Vogiatzis, Ioannis (2017) Home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation reduces the risk for acute exacerbations of COPD, hospitalisations and emergency department visits. European Respiratory Journal, 49 (5). p. 1602129. ISSN 0903-1936
Elastic Crack Interaction Limit of Two Interacting Edge Cracks in Finite Body

In certain range of crack interval ratio and crack width ratio, the neighboring cracks will affect the changes of stress field interaction around the crack tip, thus induced significant changes in stress intensity factor. In this study, the elastic crack interaction limit for finite cracked body was simulated using global and local model approach. The interacted stress intensity factor variation is evaluated using direct method and strain energy release based using finite element analysis. It was shown that crack interval ratio and crack width ratio were both important parameters to determine the crack interaction limit. The determined crack interaction limit also has a good agreement with published results from open literature. Keywords-stress field interaction; stress intensity factor;crack interaction limit
Formation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines (TSNA) During Air-Curing: Conditions and Control

Abstract The present review deals with studies performed during several consecutive years on the effect of air-curing on tobacco-specific nitrosamine (TSNA) formation and quality of tobacco. Temperature, relative humidity, water content and water activity data were collected during curing of dark tobacco in traditional air-curing barns and bulk-curing barns of different sizes, and chemical analysis of the cured tobacco were performed.