Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Osei-Frimpong, Kofi and Wilson, Alan and Lemke, Fred and McLean, Graeme (2018) Examining the service engagement process in value co- creation in healthcare service delivery : a multi-level perspective. In: European Marketing Academic Annual Conference: EMAC

This study furthers our understanding of value co-creation, which has received little attention in the doctor-patient encounter relationship. We employed a quantitative survey method to shed light on factors driving this fundamental service aspect, followed up with a multilevel data analysis. These factors (assurance, social skills, doctor-patient orientation) from the doctor significantly strengthen the effects of the patient-level factors (trust, perceptual beliefs, interactions) on the service engagement and outcomes of the focal doctorpatient dyad. We establish the cross-level interactive effects at the group level of the focal dyad on service engagement. The findings suggest service engagement at the group level had no significant effect on patients’ perceived value. We provide new empirical insights to understand and operationalize these fundamental influencing factors of the value co-creation concept in a healthcare setting, and contribute to the value co-creation literature.
CASE BASED REASONING --- A POWERFULL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH

Case-based reasoning is a relatively new and promising area of artificial intelligence. Generally speaking, case-based reasoning (CBR) is a reasoning method that facilitates knowledge management in which knowledge is a case base acquired by a learning process. Case-based reasoning can be used, for solving problems, in many practical domains such as: mechanical engineering, medicine, business administration, etc. Furthermore, for each domain, various task types can be implemented. Some of them are: classification, diagnosis, configuration, planning, decision support, etc. The purpose of this paper is to present essential concepts of this promising area. At the beginning, some technical terms of artificial intelligence are introduced. Following this, the foundations of case-based reasoning are presented. At the end, Case Retrieval Net - an efficient memory structure for implemen tation case-based reasoning systems, is described.
Performance Index: A Simple Selection Method of Appropriate Energy Storage for Specific Application

The efficiency and cost of renewable power systems using intermittent resources could significantly be improved by developing low cost, high efficiency and more sustainable energy storage systems. There are various types of storage methods, some of which are already in use, while others are still in development. A comparison study between energy storage options is presented in this paper. We have taken a look at the main characteristics of the different electricity storage techniques and their field of application (permanent or portable, long-or short-term storage, maximum power required, etc.). These characteristics will serve to make comparisons in order to determine the most appropriate technique for each type of application. Based the results obtained in this study, a “performance index” have been determined for each storage technology in order to facilitate the comparison between the different storage devices.
Differentiation of globular phytoliths in Arecaceae and other monocotyledons: morphological description for paleobotanical application

Globular phytoliths have been mainly assigned to palms, woody trees, and other monocotyledon families from tropical regions. The lack of detailed descriptions of this phytolith morphology and its correct assignments to particular groups could lead to erroneous interpretations of phytolith records. In order to improve paleobotanical interpretations of phytoliths records, we analyzed the phytolith content and described the quantitative and qualitative characters of globular phytoliths of Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cannaceae, Marantaceae, Orchidaceae, Strelitziaceae, and Zingiberaceae species from Argentina. Phytoliths were extracted by calcination and multivariate analyses were used to analyze their taxonomic relevance. Phytolith assemblages allowed the differentiation 1) among Zingiberales species; 2) among Arecaceae species; 3) between Orchidaceae, Arecaceae, and Bromeliaceae families; and 4) between Zingiberales and the rest of the groups. The study of distinguishing features of globular morphologies (such as size, roundness, reniformity, number of spines, spine length, and density of spines) allowed the discrimination between two Arecaceae subfamilies, and among Bromeliaceae, Cannaceae, and Zingiberaceae families. This work showed the importance of both analyses (phytolith assemblages and phytolith morphometric) in the identification of groups at different levels and represented the first detailed and comparative description of globular phytoliths of palms and other monocotyledons from Argentina.
The Application of Fuzzy Association Rule Mining in E-Commerce Information System Mining

Data mining in e-commerce application is information into business knowledge in the process. First of all, the object of clear data mining to determine the theme of business applications; around the commercial main data collection source, and clean up the data conversion, integration processing technology, and selects the appropriate data mining algorithms to build data mining models. This paper presents the application of fuzzy association rule mining in E-commerce information system mining. Experimental data sets prove that the proposed algorithm is effective and reasonable.
The moderators of the relationship between burden and psychological distress among caregivers: depression symptoms and coping strategies

Le but de la presente etude est d'analyser le role de la moderation des symptomes de depression et des strategies d'adaptation dans la relation entre la charge percue et la sante mentale, chez les soignants. Une enquete transversale a ete utilise. 52 soignants âges de 21 et 63 (99% femmes) ont complete. L'analyse de regression multiple hierarchique a montre que les symptoms depressifs moderent la relation entre la charge et la detresse psychologique. Probleme - adaptation centre etait associe negativement au fardeau de l'aidant tandis que l’emotion: adaptation centre etait positivement associee a la charge des soignants. Les resultats ont montre que les strategies d'adaptation ne sont pas les moderateurs de la relation entre la charge et la detresse psychologique. Ces resultats ont des implications pratiques dans le domaine de la formation des adultes.
Gene expression analysis and cytochemical investigations in 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'-resistant and -susceptible Malus genotypes grown in vitro

A gene expression study was carried out in ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’-resistant and -susceptible apple genotypes infected with ‘Ca. P. mali’. Genes involved in the general response against stress and pathogens were found to be differentially expressed in the ‘Ca. P. mali’ resistant wild genotype Malus sieboldii. Furthermore, cellular modifications and ultrastructural features were investigated through cytochemical analysis performed on healthy and ‘Ca. P. mali’-infected in vitro plants of Malus sieboldii and the ‘Ca. P. mali’-susceptible Malus x domestica cv. Golden Delicious. Preliminary results showed that while the cellular organisation in the susceptible genotype was deeply affected by the presence of ’Ca. P. mali’ only few localised structural modifications were observed in the resistant genotype.
Multiple-pulse PIV: numerical evaluation and experimental validation

Many conventional experimental methods in fluid mechanics, such as LDV and HWA, are not able to measure simultaneous acceleration fields directly. Double-pulse PIV is extended to the multiple-pulse PIV enabling people to directly extract acceleration fields as well as to achieve better accuracy in the velocity measurement [13]. We evaluate the performances of triple-pulse PIV and quadruple-pulse PIV based on PTV simulations. By investigating various flow conditions, optimizations are globally achieved to minimize the error in velocity and acceleration measurements for both triple-pulse and quadruple-pulse PIV. Compared to that with uneven time spacing, triple-pulse PIV with even time spacing yields better spatial resolution in velocity measurement. Moreover, quadruple-pulse PIV significantly reduces the error in both velocity and acceleration measurement relative to triple-pulse PIV. Experimental validation of the acceleration measurement from triple-pulse PIV is conducted by measuring the mean centerline acceleration profile of a round impinging air jet. A custom 8-pulse laser system in combination with an ultra high-speed 4-channel camera are utilized to well satisfy the requirements of multiple-pulse PIV. Conventional double-pulse PIV, together with the polynomial curve fitting, are used to obtain the ground truth for the mean centerline acceleration profile. The comparison between the ground truth and acceleration measurements by triple-pulse PIV shows a good agreement with the maximum error being 10% of the full scale acceleration. Several potential error sources are also discussed to provide the direction of making improvements in the following stage.
The Shade of a Criminal Record

Recent high-profile research suggests that social indicators like incarceration influence racial categorization. Yet, this research has largely ignored colorism—intraracial differences in skin tone that matter for stratification outcomes. In two experiments, we address how skin tone interacts with criminal background to produce external racial classification and skin tone attributions. We find no evidence that criminal history affects external racial classification or skin tone attribution. However, we find that skin tone is a strong and consistent predictor of external racial classification and skin tone attribution.
Contribution to knowledge of the distribution of the rare great silver water beetle Hydrophilus piceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) in Greece

Abstract This study contributes to the currently poor knowledge of the distribution of Hydrophilus piceus (LINNAEUS, 1758) in Greece, an important and elsewhere threatened and critically endangered aquatic beetle. The large great silver water beetle was recorded in various aquatic habitats in the north-western Peloponnesus, being the southernmost record of the species in Greece. Photographs of the adult of the species are presented, and some notes on its ecology are provided. This work highlights the importance of revising the current status of the species in Greece, protecting its habitat and including it as a target species for conservation efforts.
Estimation of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid from leaves of Plumeria obtusa by HPTLC method after iodine derivatization

Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid are an anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory pentacyclic triterpenoids, an active constituent of plant Plumeria obtusa. Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid content in Plumeria obtusa has not been reported till date. Thus HPTLC method was developed for quantification of Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid in leaves of Plumeria obtusa. The separation of Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid were performed on aluminum backed silica gel G 60 F254 as stationary phase. Mobile phase system optimized was Hexane: Ethyl acetate: Methanol (8.2: 1.8: 0.5 v/v/v) with pre-saturation time of 45 min. Spectrophotometric evaluation was performed at 540 nm. Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid are chemical isomers and they not separated as such. Ursolic acid and Oleanolic acid were resolved at Rf 0.28 ± 0.03 and 0.41 ± 0.03 respectively by pre chromatographic derivatization with iodine. The polynomial regression of method was found to be within range 400-1400 ng/spot with mean percentage recovery of 97.59 ± 0.99% for ursolic acid and 1200-4200 ng/spot with mean percentage recovery of 96.61 ± 0.83% for Oleanolic acid. The amount of Ursolic acid and Oleanolic in leaves were found to be 0.197 % and 0.0253 % respectively.
Work-based identity and work engagement as potential antecedents of task performance and turnover intention: Unravelling a complex relationship

Orientation: Work-based identity, used as a reference to the self, is the answer to the question ’Who am I at work? ’ Work-related identities, derived from different social foci through identity formation processes, have as behavioural guides a significant influence on employee behaviour, which, in turn has an impact on work outcomes. Engagement, presented in different conceptualisations, is viewed by practitioners and academic researchers as an important antecedent of employee behaviour. Research purpose: The main purpose of the study was to investigate whether work-based identity and work engagement differed (in combination with personal alienation, helping behaviour and burnout) as potential antecedents (amongst numerous others) of task performance and turnover intention. Research design: A census-based sampling approach amongst 23 134 employees in the employment of an ICT company yielded a sample of 2429 usable questionnaires. Scales used in the study were the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS-20), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES), Work-based Identity, Personal Alienation, Helping Behaviour, Turnover Intention and Task Performance Scales. Main findings: The findings indicate that work-based identity and work engagement give similar appearing results as potential predictors of turnover intention and task performance. Practical/managerial implications: Reducing withdrawal behaviours and enhancing work performance are everyday challenges for organisations. Interventions focused on enhancing work-based identity and work engagement in the work environment should have a meaningful impact when these behaviours need to be addressed. Contribution/value-add: Work-based identity as a multidimensional construct has the potential, with further refinement, to become a valuable construct that can play a leading role in future work engagement research.
A Matrix-Vector Analytic Construction for the Pappus-Euler Problem

A matrix-vector analytic approach is developed which yields a new straightedge-compass construction for the Pappus-Euler problem of the Euclidean construction of the principal axes of an ellipse from a pair of its conjugate diameters. Mathematics Subject Classification: 15A72, 51M15, 51N20
Title Selection Effects in Roll Call Voting Permalink

An increasing number of studies comparing legislatures relies on analyses of roll call votes. These analyses are used to infer characteristics of the way in which the legislature works and how their members vote. This inference is, however, problematic, if not all votes in parliament are recorded or the recorded votes are systematically distinct from the rest of the votes. Neglecting the way in which roll call votes are triggered or decided may result in selection bias. In this paper I discuss these problems of selection bias regarding various rules employed in legislatures which may lead to roll call votes. I then present evidence for these selection biases from a unique source of electronically recorded votes, namely all votes decided on between 1995 and 2003 in the Swiss lower house. A careful analysis illustrates to what extent commonly used figures on party discipline are biased because of the selective nature of roll call votes. ∗ An earlier version of this paper was prepared for presentation at ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Granada, Spain; 14-19 April, 2005, while parts of it were presented at the “European Governance Conference” Halle Institute, Emory University, Atlanta and a seminar at Trinity College Dublin. Thanks are due to the participants at these events for their helpful comments, as well as the Swiss Parliamentsdienste and especially Andreas Sidler, who provided the main bulk of the empirical data used here and helped us using it. Michael Hermann, Hans Hirter, and Tobias Hohl made available additional data, while Ladina Caluori, Tobias Schulz and Franziska Spörri provided gratefully appreciated research assistance. Many of the ideas presented here have strongly benefited from discussions with Cliff Carrubba and Matt Gabel. † Center for Comparative and International Studies; Institut für Politikwissenschaft; Universität Zürich; Hirschengraben 56; 8001 Zürich; Switzerland; phone +41 (0)44 634 50 90/1; fax: +41 (0)71 224 2974; email: hug@pwi.unizh. ch
Contextual Influences on the Individual Life Course: building a Research Framework for Social Epidemiology

Individual health is not only individual responsibility, but also depends on the social contexts that condition the individual across the life course. However, while it is of high public health relevance to identify these contextual influences, they still remain poorly understood, and the research performed so far has suffered from severe limitations. This paper presents a research agenda for social epidemiology that underlines a number of novel concepts, ideas, and unanswered questions deserving future investigation. The paper presents a conceptual framework intended to organize the investigation of geographical, socioeconomic, and cultural disparities in health. This framework identifies five main areas of research: (1) identifying the relevant contexts that influence individual health by measuring general contextual effects, (2) measuring contextual characteristics, the specific effects of these characteristics on individual health and their underlying cross-level mechanisms, (3) investigating general and specific contextual effects from a longitudinal, a life-course perspective and across generations, (4) developing quasi-experimental methods (e.g., family-based designs) for the analysis of causal effects in contextual analyses, and (5) using the achieved scientific knowledge for planning and evaluating interventions. The proposed framework emphasizes that future research in social epidemiology should question the current means-centric reductionism that is mostly concerned with the identification of (contextual) risk factors, and it stresses the need to deliberately investigate determinants of variance. In fact, social epidemiology is not only interested in increasing the (mean) health of the population, but also in understanding and decreasing inappropriate health inequalities (variance).
Deconstructing Theories of Overeducation in Europe: A Wage Decomposition Approach

This paper uses data from the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey, a new international dataset of adult workers in 28 EU countries, to decompose the wage penalty of overeducated workers. The ESJ survey allows for integration of a rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the estimation of the effect of overeducation on earnings. Oaxaca decomposition techniques are employed to uncover the extent to which the overeducation wage penalty can be attributed to either (i) human capital attributes, (ii) job characteristics, (iii) information asymmetries, (iv) compensating job attributes or (v) skill needs of jobs. Differences in human capital and job-skill requirements are important factors in explaining the wage premium. It is found that asymmetry of information accounts for a significant part of the overeducation wage penalty for tertiary education graduates, whereas job characteristics and low skill content of jobs explain most of the wage gap for medium-qualified employees. Little evidence is found in favour of equilibrium theories of skills matching and compensating wage differentials. The paper thus highlights the need for customised policy responses (e.g. career guidance; policies to raise job quality) to tackle overeducation.
Survival and Movements of Translocated White-tailed Deer in South Texas

In south Texas, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) translocations have become a common technique for non-lethal means of deer re- moval with the implementation of a Trap, Transport, and Transplant (TTT) permit program. However, the effectiveness of TTT as a management tool has not been evaluated. We monitored survival, movements, and body condition of 51 adult white-tailed deer from two translocations to two 2,000-ha south Texas properties, one of which was partially enclosed by a 2.5-m net-wire fence. Annual survival of all translocated deer was lower in the partially fenced property (64%) compared to the unfenced property (80%), but overall survival was similar to survival rates of adult native south Texas deer reported in previous studies (68%-74%). As expected, more deer left the unfenced property (52%) than the partially enclosed property (14%). Cumu - latively, 40% of deer survived and remained on the release area after one year. Young (1.5-3.5 years old) translocated males had below average antler gain, body condition scores, and rump fat measurements 6-8 months post-release compared to resident males. Results of this study indicate reasonable survival rates can be achieved, but released deer may not remain in the vicinity of the release site and tend to have below-average body condition 6-8 months after release compared to native deer.
HOW CONTRACTS AND CULTURE MEDIATE JOINT TRANSACTIONS OF INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS

Although the literature suggests that matters of contracting and governance in strategic innovation partnerships are interrelated and that governance of partnerships generally occurs with contractual heterogeneity, our understanding about the specific relationships between contracting and the partnership culture that facilitates joint transactions is rather vague. In this study, we clarify how the complexity of contractual agreements between partners in conjunction with the alignment of their innovation objectives and the ambiguity inherent in their mutual contributions to the partnership can be used to predict the culture of the partnership. We find that innovation partnerships result to be one of four types: bureaucratic, market, clan, or adhocracy. Our result emphasises the central role of contractual complexity as a suitable and relevant concept to capture the nature of inter-organisational innovation partnerships.
Migration & self-rated health: comparing occupational cohorts in California & Spain (MICASA and ITSAL Projects)

International migration is a growing global phenomenon. The magnitude of the global population living outside their countries of origin substantiates the value of considering potential public health issues and their population-wide burden. As migration has yet to be generally accepted as an exposure in and of itself, and encompasses a wide range of experiences and health effects, a measure of overall health is well suited for this research. This study compares self-rated health between two independently collected occupational cohorts as part of the ITSAL study in Spain and the MICASA study in Mendota, California, USA. We observed greater gender balance in the MICASA sample than the ITSAL sample, where there was a substantial male majority. Mexican-born workers in the MICASA sample tended to be older, less educated, and more likely to work in agriculture than their Moroccan-born counterparts in the ITSAL study. We also observed a higher prevalence of poor self-rated health in the MICASA sample compared to the ITSAL sample. Differences may be due to sampling and data collection issues, cultural issues and the subjectivity of self-rated health as an outcome, as well as actual health differences. Further research is needed to determine common and distinct migration-related public health issues.