Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Worksite Wellness: An Administrative Perspective

Objective: To develop a better understanding of businesses’ goals and purpose for offering worksite wellness opportunities and the level of administrative support for worksite wellness programs. Method: Human resource directors, benefit managers, or other administrators of 76 businesses that have contracted with Premier Community Health in the past 2 years were contacted by email to complete a standardized online survey on SurveyMonkey. The survey included questions about the businesses worksite wellness current programs and future interests. In addition, data on how often businesses have utilized each of the PCH worksite offerings over the past 2 years was collected from the PCH health screenings database. Results: 36 of the 76 (47 percent) businesses contacted responded to the survey. Of those, about 60 percent reported having a worksite wellness program with half of those reported as being comprehensive. Reducing health care cost and improving employee health status were equally ranked as the highest priorities for implementing worksite wellness. 70 percent of respondents indicated that their organization has a wellness committee with the majority of these committees (58 percent) consisting of diverse representation from throughout the organization. According to the PCH database, almost half (45 percent) of worksite events conducted by PCH consisted of flu shots only, about 35 percent were screenings only and only about 6 percent of the events included both screenings and education. Conclusion: The workplace is an ideal place to reach a large population of people easily and therefore employers could play a key role in the implementation of public health interventions. It is important that organizations like PCH that implement worksite wellness consider the goals and interests of the businesses in the area when developing their business approach to worksite wellness. As such, the results of this study may be useful in determining how to better meet the needs of businesses with worksite wellness programs and how to approach businesses without worksite wellness programs. 5 WORKSITE WELLNESS: AN ADMINSTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Trophic ecology of the chiton Acanthopleura echinata on Chilean rocky shores

Los poliplacoforos son herbivoros comunes en costas rocosas, pero los aspectos basicos de su ecologia han sido escasamente estudiados y su rol trofico dentro de las comunidades podria ser mas complejo de lo considerado hasta ahora. Tal es el caso de Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes), uno de los chitones mas grandes y conspicuos en el mundo, pero a la vez una de las especies intermareales menos conocidas del Pacifico sudeste. A fin de mejorar el conocimiento ecologico basico de este consumidor intermareal potencialmente importante, estudiamos la dieta de A. echinata y su variacion entre sitios con distintos niveles de surgencia costera distribuidos a traves de 1000 km en la costa del norte de Chile. Una evaluacion estacional de la dieta, distribucion de tamano corporal y densidad en sitios con diferencias esperables en aporte total de nutrientes, productividad de algas bentonicas y temperatura superficial del mar, permitio examinar la plasticidad de la dieta y el tamano corporal de Acanthopleura. Globalmente, A. echinata consumio 85 itemes de algas (64.7 %, principalmente algas incrustantes calcificadas y blandas) e invertebrados (35.3 %, principalmente cirripedios). Su dieta estuvo siempre dominada por coralinas incrustantes, aunque la proporcion de algas aumento con el tamano corporal sugiriendo una variacion ontogenetica en sus habitos troficos. Aunque el numero y frecuencia de ocurrencia de itemes dietarios variaron significativamente en tiempo y espacio, no hubo patrones estacionales consistentes y los itemes dominantes en la dieta fueron los mismos en todos los lugares. La densidad de A. echinata no vario significativamente a traves del espacio, pero su tamano corporal y su amplitud dietaria se correlacionaron positivamente entre sitios y ambos tendieron a aumentar con la latitud. Nuestros resultados muestran que A. echinata es un consumidor generalista y polifago con alto potencial para afectar la dinamica de ocupacion del espacio en el sistema intermareal, y ademas que la variacion dietaria entre sitios no tiene una relacion evidente con la variacion en intensidad de surgencia y temperatura superficial del mar.
Methods in Audiovisual Dialectology in a Bilingual Context

Today's rapid technological developments have encouraged a much wider range of approaches to observing, portraying and interpreting objects of research in many different disciplines. Thanks to dramatic advances in digital and film technology, dialectology has also seen the number of interdisciplinary approaches increase since the second half of the 1980s. Communication and data capture technology enable researchers to exploit multimedia to present language maps, spoken dialects and individual linguistic phenomena on video, film and in the internet. Portraying the general context of linguistic and social interaction in film means that dynamic/visual elements are included in multidimensional space and time alongside the spoken text, making it possible to observe and research the objects being investigated from a more profound perspective (Maurer-Lausegger 2006:283). As Hess-Uiltich points out (I 987:220f.), studies on the complementarity of language and image, sound and music, and verbal and non-verbal codes in films and on TV have revealed that these intermedial relationships between symbols are usually too complex to be quantifiable in static and statistical terms but have to be evaluated in a dynamic and functional manner. The additional visual-contextual information provided by audiovisual media in contrast to sound alone can be very informative and sometimes even essential when working on an interpretation.
Phosphorus forms in leaves and their relationships with must composition and yield in grapevines

The objective of this work was to evaluate phosphorus forms in grape leaves and their relationships with must composition and yield in grapevines grown in a Typic Hapludalf with different available P contents. Two experiments were carried out with Vitis vinifera cultivars, one with 'Tannat' and the other with 'Cabernet Franc' grapes. Experiment 1 consisted of two vineyards of 'Tannat', with the following P content in the soil: V1, 11.8 mg kg-1 P; and V2, 34.6 mg kg-1 P. Experiment 2 consisted of two vineyards of 'Cabernet Franc', with the following P content in the soil: V1, 16.0 mg kg-1 P; and V2, 37.0 mg kg-1 P. Leaves were collected at flowering (FL) and veraison (V), and, after their preparation, P forms were evaluated. Yield and must composition were assessed. The highest yield was observed in V2 of experiment 1 and in V2 of experiment 2. Total P content and P forms in leaves at FL and V have no relationship with yield parameters; however, total P content in leaves has a relationship with anthocyanin content in the must of 'Tannat' grapevines. Therefore, P fractionation in leaves predicts neither grapevine yield nor must composition.
Gritty students: The effect of perseverance on retention for traditional and nontraditional students

It is important to examine characteristics that con tribute to successful retention in an engineering program, particularly among nontraditional and tran sfer students. One characteristic trait that has been experimentally linked to success is grit, which is defined as “perseverance and passion for long-term goals” [1]. Although grit is widely seen as a personality trait, it has also been shown to be something that people can be taught; th at is, interventions can be enacted to increase a person’s grit. The simplicity of measuring someo ne’s grit score, and the straight-forward intervention path for those with lower scores, make s this trait an attractive candidate for examination among students. Preliminary studies es tabli h net grit scores of students at beginning stages of the engineering program, at a t wo-year and four-year institute. Intermediate and advanced students within a mechanical engineeri ng p ogram are also studied. The longitudinal aspect of this study will follow indiv iduals as they progress through or abandon the program. The mechanical engineering program at the Universit y of Wisconsin Platteville (UW Platteville) has a collaborative program relationsh ip with thirteen two-year Colleges that allows any student who has achieved an associate’s degree to stay at their two-year Colleges campus while obtaining a mechanical engineering BS degree from UW Platteville. This program increases educational access to nontraditional, pla ce-bound students across the state. Preliminary results of a longitudinal study involvi ng grit in nontraditional and traditional students are presented. While the longitudinal stu dy involves following students throughout their academic career, this study compares grit sco re between groups of students at different academic stages. Traditional students are surveyed at a freshman introductory Success Skills course, and nontraditional and traditional students at he Colleges are surveyed in a transferequivalent course. Traditional and nontraditional students are surveyed together in an intermediate course, which is one of the first that students take after having been accepted into the mechanical engineering program, early in their junior year. Students are surveyed again in their senior design course. Comparisons are made b etween the different academic levels as well as between traditional and nontraditional students, with attention paid to confounding factors such as gender and racial identity.
A ACEITAÇÃO DOS APLICATIVOS MÓVEIS BANCÁRIOS NO BRASIL

Os recursos tecnológicos que vêm transformando as relações sociotécnicas da atualidade podem ser associados aossmartphonese seus aplicativos. Diante de umaressignificação no uso das tecnologias, as organizações buscam se adequar a uma realidade onde osaplicativos móveis fazem parte do cotidiano social das pessoas. Nesse contexto, este estudo analisa aaceitação deaplicativos móveis bancários porusuários da plataforma Google Play. Tal abordagem se justifica pelosaltos investimentos do setor bancário em tecnologia e inovação,além dodomínio e popularização do smartphone como dispositivo mais utilizado para conectividadee atividades diárias. O objetivo deste estudo foiverificar e avaliar a opinião dos usuários de aplicativos móveis bancários quanto às suas experiências de uso e utilidade. Este intento foialcançadomediante abordagem quantitativa,com aplicação de estatística descritiva e análise léxica por meiodo software IRAMUTEQ.Aplicou-se astécnicas de nuvem de palavras e análise de similitude a umtotal de cinco mil depoimentos de usuários de aplicativos móveis bancários. Os resultados foram analisados à luz do Modelo de Aceitação de Tecnologia (TAM –Technology Acceptance Model). As análises demonstraramque grande parte dos usuários de aplicativos móveis bancários possuem valores cognitivos associados à utilidade do aplicativo e considerama facilidade de uso um aspecto secundário. O estudo evidenciouainda que defeitos em funcionalidades dos aplicativos podem comprometer a confiançado usuário nainstituição bancária.
Quantifying internally generated and externally forced climate signals at regional scales in CMIP5 models

The Earth's climate evolves because of both internal variability and external forcings. Using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) models, here we quantify the ratio of externally forced variance to total variance on interannual and longer time scales for regional surface air temperature (SAT) and sea level, which depends on the relative strength of externally forced signal compared to internal variability. The highest ratios are found in tropical areas for SAT but at high latitudes for sea level over the historical period when ocean dynamics and global mean thermosteric contributions are considered. Averaged globally, the ratios over a fixed time interval (e.g., 30 years) are projected to increase during the 21st century under the business‐as‐usual scenario (RCP8.5). In contrast, under two mitigation scenarios (RCP2.6 and RCP4.5), the ratio declines sharply by the end of the 21st century for SAT, but only declines slightly or stabilizes for sea level, indicating a slower response of sea level to climate mitigation.
Survival of radiomarked canvasback ducklings in northwestern Minnesota

Duckling survival, an important factor affecting annual recruitment, has not been determined adequately for canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria). We investigated the magnitude, timing, and causes of mortality of canvasback ducklings from hatch to fledging at the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in northwestern Minnesota during 1987-90. During the 4 years, 217 day-old ducklings were radiomarked and released in 52 broods. Another 141 ducklings were radiomarked at ≥ 4 weeks of age. Survival was estimated with the Kaplan-Meier nonparametric estimator and the Weibull parametric model. Most mortalities occurred within 10 days after hatch. Total brood loss occurred in 18 (35%) of 52 broods released. The primary sources of mortality were predation, principally by mink (Mustela vison), and exposure to precipitation and cold temperature. For combined years, females had lower survival than males (P = 0.03). If the disparate survival between sexes of canvasbacks observed in this study is representative of canvasbacks in their breeding range, this phenomenon contributes to reduced reproductive potential and the male-biased sex ratio of the species.
Design and Implementation of a Compact Sup er-Wideband Printed Antipodal Antenna Usin g Fractal Elements

A compact printed fractal antipodal bow-tie antenna is designe d and implemented to simultaneously cover the operations in the C, X, a nd Ku-bands. It is demonstrated that by addition of small fractal elemen ts at the sides of hexagonal arms of the bow-tie, a wide operating freque ncy range of 3.3 to 19.1 GHz can be covered while antenna size is only 3 0×34×1.2 mm. In order to match the antenna to the 50Ù SMA connecto r, a multi-section microstrip line of different widths is designed. The sim ulation results obtained from HFSS simulator package are verified by e xperimental measurements. Measured data are in good agreement with the simulated results. The frequencyand time-domain characteristics o f the antenna including impedance matching, far-field patterns, radiatio n efficiency, gain, and fidelity factor are presented and discussed. The p roposed antenna features 141% impedance bandwidth (defined by -10-d B reflection coefficient), small size, and desirable radiation patterns that make it excellent candidate for integration in broadband array systems.
Testing Infrastructure for Operating System Kernel Development

Testing is an important part of system development, and to test eﬀectively we require knowledge of the internal state of the system under test. Testing an operating system kernel is a challenge as it is the operating system that typically provides access to this internal state information. Multi-core kernels pose an even greater challenge due to concurrency and their shared kernel state. In this paper, we present a testing framework that addresses these challenges by running the operating system in a virtual machine, and using virtual machine introspection to both communicate with the kernel and obtain information about the system. We have also developed an in-kernel testing API that we can use to develop a suite of unit tests in the kernel. We are using our framework for for the development of our own multi-core research kernel
A Lattice-Based Identity-Based Proxy Blind Signature Scheme in the Standard Model

A proxy blind signature scheme is a special form of blind signature which allowed a designated person called proxy signer to sign on behalf of original signers without knowing the content of the message. It combines the advantages of proxy signature and blind signature. Up to date, most proxy blind signature schemes rely on hard number theory problems, discrete logarithm, and bilinear pairings. Unfortunately, the above underlying number theory problems will be solvable in the postquantum era. Lattice-based cryptography is enjoying great interest these days, due to implementation simplicity and provable security reductions. Moreover, lattice-based cryptography is believed to be hard even for quantum computers. In this paper, we present a new identity-based proxy blind signature scheme from lattices without random oracles. The new scheme is proven to be strongly unforgeable under the standard hardness assumption of the short integer solution problem (SIS) and the inhomogeneous small integer solution problem (ISIS). Furthermore, the secret key size and the signature length of our scheme are invariant and much shorter than those of the previous lattice-based proxy blind signature schemes. To the best of our knowledge, our construction is the first short lattice-based identity-based proxy blind signature scheme in the standard model.
Singular Boundary Method: Three RegularizationApproaches and ExteriorWave Applications

This study investigates the singular boundary method (SBM) with three regularization approaches for solving 2D and 3D exterior wave problems. The singular boundary method is a recent meshless boundary collocation method, which introduces the concept of source intensity factors to eliminate the singularity of the fundamental solutions. Recently, three approaches, the inverse interpolation technique (IIT), the semi-analytical technique with boundary IIT (SAT1) and the semi-analytical technique with integral mean value (SAT2), have been proposed to determine the source intensity factors for removing the singularities of Helmholtz fundamental solutions at origin. This study compares numerical accuracy and sta- bility of these three approaches on some benchmark examples under 2D and 3D exterior wave radiation and scattering problems. Numerical investigations show that SAT1>IIT>SAT2 in numercial accuracy and SAT2>SAT1>IIT in numerical stability. Then the SBM with SAT1 is applied to water wave-structure interaction and SH wave scattering problem. For water wave-structure interaction, numerical results show that both the porosity of the cylinder sidewall and the disorder arrange- ment have a great effect on the free-surface elevations in the vicinity of the wave structure. For SH wave scattering by a semi-circular hill, the focusing phenomenon is revisited.
Improving the absorptive capacity through unlearning context: an empirical investigation in hospital-in-the-home units

The Spanish healthcare system has undergone important changes, particularly in the development of new homecare services. In practice, however, results have been mixed. Some homecare services have been successful, but implementation failures are common and the intended patients are frequently reluctant to use the homecare services. A possible explanation for efficiency and effectiveness gaps of services provided by hospital-in-the-home units (HHUs) may relate to the advantages and disadvantages of the knowledge processes that these units highlight as a result of their different structural properties. This study examines the impact of an unlearning (forgetting) context on the HHU's ability to challenge basic beliefs and to implement processes that are explicitly or tacitly helpful in the reception of new ideas (absorptive capacity). These relationships are examined through an empirical investigation of 54 doctors and 62 nurses belonging to 44 HHUs. The results show that the unlearning context plays a key role in managing the tension between potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity.
Antimicrobial Resistance and genes associated to the host-microbe interaction of Pasteurella multocida isolates from swine in Western Cuba

Pasteurella multocida is an important veterinary pathogen that causes a range of animal diseases, including fowl cholera, hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle and atrophic rhinitis in swine. P. multocida is generally recognized as a secondary invader contributing substantially to respiratory diseases in pigs by aggravation of lung lesions. Five capsule serogroups are routinely identified in P. multocida (A, B, D, E, and F) and each is generally associated with, but not completely restricted, to a specific host. A total of 16 isolates of Pasteurella multocida capsular genotype A and two isolates capsular genotype D were characterized for their susceptibilities to 10 antibiotics and the presence of four genes for virulence factors associated to adherence. The use of PCR showed that colonization factors (ptfA), sialidases (nanH) and outer membrane proteins (ompH) occurred in 100% porcine strains, while nanB as a further colonization-related gene was detected in 22% of isolates. The 94% of the isolates showed multiple-drug resistance. It was observed that 100% were resistant to amoxicillin and spectinomicin. The resistance profiles suggested that cephalosporins and sulphametozaxole were the drugs most likely to be active against P. multocida in vitro .
Evaluation of scute thickness to infer life history records in the carapace of green and loggerhead turtles

Use of scute in biochemical studies to infer ontogenetic changes of habitat and diet in sea turtles is becoming more frequent because scute is an inert tissue with continuous growth that can record habitat and diet changes through time. Changes are detectable through biochem- ical markers such as stable isotopes and trace elements. These studies are critical for the manage- ment of endangered sea turtles because location and foraging requirements of these animals must be known in order to be able to provide effective protection measures. However, scute thickness is not homogeneous throughout the carapace. Depending on where in the scute a sample is col- lected, a different version of the history of an individual turtle could be obtained. Our goal was to determine where on the carapace the thickest scute is found in green turtles Chelonia mydas and loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta and whether this area reveals the longest life history of the tur- tle based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Our results show that regardless of size, the thickest part of the scute is found in the central region of the second lateral scute in green turtles and of the third lateral scute in loggerheads. Furthermore, the thickest areas do provide the longest records of the history of green turtles and, perhaps, of loggerhead turtles. We were able to observe a clear shift of habitat from the stable isotope values in the central region of the scute of several green turtles that was not observed in the posterior margin. Thus, the central region site should be used to collect scute tissue as this provides information on the life history of sea turtles over the longest period of time.