Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
RELATIONSHIP OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARDINESS WITH JOB STRESS OF NURSES OF PUBLIC SECTOR HOSPITALS IN SHIRAZ

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of personality characteristics and psychological hardiness with job stress of nurses in state hospitals of Shiraz. The research method was correlational and the population was all nurses of state hospitals in Shiraz, among them 141 nurses were selected through multi-stage sampling method. Research instruments were the big five personality factors questionnaire (McCrae & Costa, 1985), psychological hardiness questionnaire (Barton, 1984) and Job Stress Questionnaire (Steinmetz, 1977). The data were analyzed using Pearson s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis stepwise method). The findings indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between neuroticism and job stress (P<0.01), but negative significant relationships between extraversion, openness to experience and consciousness, and also between commitment and control with job stress in nurses (P<0.01). Also, in multiple regression analysis it was shown that the consciousness, neuroticism along with commitment and challenging were the strongest predictors for job stress.
Performance Evaluation of Disk Type Variable Reluctance Resolvers

In this paper, a new disk type variable reluctance (DTVR) resolver is introduced. The proposed resolver works based on the sinusoidal variation of the coupling area between stator and rotor. An analytical model based on winding function theory is proposed for the performance analysis of the sensor. Then, the influence of stator slot shape, radial and peripheral slot width, pole numbers, and slot skewing and harmonic injection into the rotor couture on the accuracy of the proposed resolver is examined. The 3-D time stepping finite element method is used to show the effect of optimizations. Finally, the prototypes of the two-pole, four-pole, and eight-pole DTVR resolvers are constructed and tested. Good agreement is obtained between the analytical, finite element, and the experimental results, validating the success of the proposed resolvers.
Love and Hate: Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World

This paper investigates the perceptions of the United States in the mass publics in eight predominantly Islamic countries. It distinguishes two types of attitudes, namely attitudes towards American culture and society and attitudes towards American policies. Using a Bayesian Multi-Level Item-Response Theory Model, it analyzes the combinations of individual and country factors that account for the patterns of antiAmericanism. It finds that ambivalence is a prominent feature of people’s attitude towards America in the Islamic world. It also finds that most of the variation is explained by individual-level variables. It is people who are younger, speak languages, are non-Muslim, and are connected to the global information society through the internet and satellite television who are more likely to appreciate America on its cultural, political, and institutional dimensions, but not necessarily so on the policy dimension. At the country level, few strong systematic relations emerge linking military, economic and cultural engagement with the United States and patterns of anti-American opinion.
A 9-band WCDMA/EDGE transceiver supporting HSPA evolution

The future of cellular radio ICs lies in the integration of an ever-increasing number of bands and channel bandwidths. Figure 21.2. 1 shows the block diagram of our transceiver, together with the associated discrete front-end components. The transceiver supports 4 EDGE bands and 9 WCDMA bands (I-VI and VIII-X), while the radio can be configured to simultaneously support the 4 EDGE bands and up to 5 WCDMA bands: 3 high bands (HB) and 2 low bands (LB). The RX is a SAW-less homodyne composed of a main RX and a diversity RX. To reduce package complexity with so many bands, we chose to minimize the number of ports by using single-ended RF interfaces for both RX and TX. This saves several package pins, but requires careful attention to grounding. The main RX has 8 LNA ports and the diversity RX has 5, with some LNAs supporting multiple bands. On the TX side, 2 ports are used for all EDGE bands and 4 for the WCDMA bands.
Global Communication Skills and Its Relationship with Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence comprises of five components: Self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skill. These components have a direct relationship on a person's emotional intelligence that further drives a person's performance and business. Communication skills vary globally. Collectively, we studied these components of Emotional Intelligence and our studies reveal that all five components have "communication skills" in common and that it is one of the chief requirements that will determine a leader's effectiveness. This paper explains how Emotional Intelligence helps a person to communicate better and its benefits in understanding global communication skills.
Investigating Randomly Generated Adjacency Matrices For Their Use In Modeling Wireless Topologies

Generation of realistic topologies plays an important role in determining the accuracy and validity of simulation studies. This study presents a discussion to justify why, and how often randomly generated adjacency matrices may not not conform to wireless topologies in the physical world. Specifically, it shows through analysis and random trials that, more than 90% of times, a randomly generated adjacency matrix will not conform to a valid wireless topology, when it has more than 3 nodes. By showing that node triplets in the adjacency graph need to adhere to rules of a geometric vector space, the study shows that the number of randomly chosen node triplets failing consistency checks grow at the order of O(base^3), where base is the granularity of the distance metric. Further, the study models and presents a probability estimate with which any randomly generated adjacency matrix would fail realization. This information could be used to design simpler algorithms for generating k-connected wireless topologies.
Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize: Seed to Seed in 60 Days

Two lines of Zea mays were developed as a short-generation model for maize. The Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize (FFMM) lines A and B are robust inbred lines with a significantly shorter generation time, much smaller stature, and better greenhouse adaptation than traditional maize varieties. Five generations a year are typical. FFMM is the result of a modified double-cross hybrid between four fast-flowering lines: Neuffer’s Early ACR (full color), Alexander’s Early Early Synthetic, Tom Thumb Popcorn, and Gaspe Flint, followed by selection for early flowering and desirable morphology throughout an 11-generation selfing regime. Lines A and B were derived from different progeny of the initial hybrid, and crosses between Mini-Maize A and B exhibit heterosis. The ancestry of each genomic region of Mini-Maize A and B was inferred from the four founder populations using genotyping by sequencing. Other genetic and genomic tools for these lines include karyotypes for both lines A and B, kernel genetic markers y1 (white endosperm) and R1-scm2 (purple endosperm and embryo) introgressed into Mini-Maize A, and ∼24× whole-genome resequencing data for Mini-Maize A.
The Study of the Relationship between the Personality Types (Extroversion, Neurotic, Psychotic) & Job Satisfaction in Teachers of Secondary School in Rasht District I

Purpose: This study seeks to find the relationship between personality types (extroverts, Neurotic, psychotic) and job satisfaction of teachers at the secondary school. Materials and Methods: This is a correlative-descriptive study of all 594, 90 teachers are randomly selected and evaluated by Eysenck personality and job satisfaction questionnaires (the modified version). The analysis of results employing multiregression analysis was conducted by SPSS software, version 18. Findings: There is no significant relationship between neurotic and psychotic personality types and job satisfaction of male and female teachers (p>0/05). There exists a significant relationship between extrovert personality type and job satisfaction among male and female teachers (p<0/05). Results & Discussion: based on the results, there is no difference between neurotic and psychotic personality types and job satisfaction; so both genders are equally satisfied with their jobs. But the study shows differences between extroverts and job satisfaction among male and female teachers. The results also proved that female teachers are more satisfied than males and men are more psychoneurotic. Their income may be one of the reasons why they are psychoneurotic. Since men are more expected to be the breadwinner as well as to be under economic pressure. Hence, as the variables of job satisfaction determined, the payments of male teachers should be considered important in order to increase their performance and to improve the quality of educational system.
Effectiveness of brief interventions to reduce alcohol intake in primary health care populations: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND Earlier meta-analyses have not made a distinction between very brief (5- to 20-min) interventions and extended (several visits) brief interventions. METHODS Literature searches identified seven publications, comprising 14 data sets, meeting the inclusion criteria: sampling from primary care populations, random allocation to intervention and to control groups, and follow-up time 6-12 months. RESULTS For very brief interventions, the change in alcohol consumption was not significant among men nor among women. For extended brief interventions, the pooled effect estimate of change in alcohol intake was -51 g of alcohol per week (95% confidence interval -74, -29) among women. Among men the estimate was of similar magnitude, but significant lack of statistical homogeneity implied that the summary estimate was not meaningful. Significant statistical heterogeneity was observed when data on very brief interventions among men and women were pooled. That was the case also for gamma-glutamyltransferase activity. CONCLUSIONS Extended brief interventions were effective among women. Other brief interventions seem to be effective sometimes, but not always, and the average effect cannot be reliably estimated. The reasons for the lack of uniform effectiveness should be explored.
Supervised Meta-blocking

Entity Resolution matches mentions of the same entity. Being an expensive task for large data, its performance can be improved by blocking, i.e., grouping similar entities and comparing only entities in the same group. Blocking improves the run-time of Entity Resolution, but it still involves unnecessary comparisons that limit its performance. Meta-blocking is the process of restructuring a block collection in order to prune such comparisons. Existing unsupervised meta-blocking methods use simple pruning rules, which offer a rather coarse-grained filtering technique that can be conservative (i.e., keeping too many unnecessary comparisons) or aggressive (i.e., pruning good comparisons). In this work, we introduce supervised meta-blocking techniques that learn classification models for distinguishing promising comparisons. For this task, we propose a small set of generic features that combine a low extraction cost with high discriminatory power. We show that supervised meta-blocking can achieve high performance with small training sets that can be manually created. We analytically compare our supervised approaches with baseline and competitor methods over 10 large-scale datasets, both real and synthetic.
ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The purpose of this study is to examine the entrepreneurial intentions among university students. The study examines the personality traits, family and individual background, education and experience and also perceived desirability. A total of 200 university students took part in this study. It was found that personality traits such as locus of control and the need for achievement had a stronger correlation in comparison with other elements such as education. The background of the student plays an important role as well. Where of the parents is involved in business, the student will be influence by it.
Factors Affecting the Learning of Foreign Language Vocabulary: Imagery Keyword Mediators and Phonological Short-Term Memory

In order to investigate the cognitive processes involved in learning Foreign Language (FL) vocabulary, this study evaluates different methods of instruction. It demonstrates that keyword techniques are effective for receptive learning but that repetition is a superior strategy for learning to produce the foreign word. Performance is optimal when learners combine both strategies. The nature of the keyword is crucial–-whereas imageable noun keywords promote learning, verb keywords actually impede it. A theoretical analysis of the roles of phonological short-term memory, imagery, and lexical factors in FL vocabulary learning is presented.
Planned quit attempts among Ontario smokers: impact on abstinence.

AIMS To examine the use and role of planned quit attempts by smokers and their impact on abstinence. DESIGN Retrospective, using longitudinal data from the Ontario Tobacco Survey. SETTING Ontario, Canada. PARTICIPANTS A total of 551 adult smokers who reported having made a quit attempt during 2007-08. MEASUREMENTS Reported planning of the most recent quit attempt (i.e. unplanned or planned some time in advance), engaging in preparatory behaviours believed to be related to planning (i.e. use of quit aids such as pharmacotherapy, formal support or health professionals) and abstinence at 1 week and 1 month following the attempt. FINDINGS Of the smokers, 73.6% planned their quit attempt in advance. Reported planning was more likely among those who thought they were very addicted, compared with those who were less addicted [odds ratio (OR)=2.22, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.15-4.28]. Smokers who planned a quit attempt were much more likely to use a quit aid (OR=3.50, 95% CI: 1.80-6.79), particularly pharmacotherapy (OR=6.13, 95% CI: 3.05-12.34). The odds of abstaining for 1 week were lower among those who planned (OR=0.45, 95% CI: 0.22-0.89), independent of perceived addiction. No significant difference was observed for abstinence lasting 1 month. Other factors associated with abstinence were smoking fewer cigarettes per day and having personal support. CONCLUSIONS Although most quit attempts were planned and planners had higher odds of using quit aids, planning did not increase the likelihood of success.
Registration method between ToF and color cameras for face recognition

Since 3D data has additional depth information than 2D image, it can be used various researches and applications such as robot vision, car navigation and human computer interaction. Especially, 3D face recognition is robust against facial pose and light variation since it can use 3D face shape information such as facial profile, curvature and depth map. However, it is difficult to acquire 3D face data in real-time since conventional 3D data acquisition systems like laser scanner or structured light system are very slow for the data capturing. Recently, Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera provides full range distance data at high framerates and thus comes into the spotlight as an alternative to conventional 3D acquisition systems. ToF camera provides both distance images and gray-scale images simultaneously in realtime. However, it has drawbacks which are low resolution and gray-scale image, not color image. In this paper, a registration method of color and ToF cameras is presented to find precise corresponding color pixel information with range distance data from ToF camera.
How Far Do Owners Reach Into the Divestiture Process? Blockholders and the Choice Between Spin-Off and Sell-Off

Recently, outside blockholders, external owners that hold 5% or more of their firms’ outstanding common stockholdings, have been pressuring their firms to engage in divestiture activities. This study considers whether the influence of those owners also extends to how the divestiture is implemented, whether through spin-off or sell-off. Tests of an agency theory model using data from 205 divestitures show that the adoption of spin-offs or sell-offs is associated with the amount of outstanding common stockholdings held by outside blockholders and the size of the unit divested. Spin-offs are used more frequently when outside blockholders own more of the divesting firm’s stockholdings and the divested unit is larger, while sell-offs tend to be selected when outside blockholders own less stock and the divested business is smaller. Consistent with agency theory expectations, spin-offs would allow the blockholders to decide whether to hold or sell their interests in the divested firm, a decision they could make in accordance with their individual portfolio risks. Sell-offs of small units could be used to preserve organizational diversity and produce proceeds that would help the divesting firm’s managers pursue their self-interests. Overall, outside blockholders appear to shape how divestitures are done, even if they cannot directly intervene in their firms’ operations.
Leptin Signaling Is Required for Augmented Therapeutic Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Conferred by Hypoxia Preconditioning

Hypoxia preconditioning enhances the therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). However, the mechanism underlying hypoxia‐induced augmentation of the protective effect of MSCs on myocardial infarction (MI) is poorly understood. We show that hypoxia‐enhanced survival, mobility, and protection of cocultured cardiomyocytes were paralleled by increased expression of leptin and cell surface receptor CXCR4. The enhanced activities were abolished by either knockdown of leptin with a selective shRNA or by genetic deficiency of leptin or its receptor in MSCs derived, respectively, from ob/ob or db/db mice. To characterize the role of leptin in the regulation of MSC functions by hypoxia and its possible contribution to enhanced therapeutic efficacy, cell therapy using MSCs derived from wild‐type, ob/ob, or db/db mice was implemented in mouse models of acute MI. Augmented protection by hypoxia pretreatment was only seen with MSCs from wild‐type mice. Parameters that were differentially affected by hypoxia pretreatment included MSC engraftment, c‐Kit+ cell recruitment to the infarct, vascular density, infarct size, and long‐term contractile function. These data show that leptin signaling is an early and essential step for the enhanced survival, chemotaxis, and therapeutic properties of MSCs conferred by preculture under hypoxia. Leptin may play a physiological role in priming MSCs resident in the bone marrow endosteum for optimal response to systemic signaling molecules and subsequent tissue repair. Stem Cells 2014;32:2702–2713
Acute pain after thoracic surgery predicts long-term post-thoracotomy pain.

OBJECTIVE Long-term pain is a common sequela of thoracotomy, occurring in approximately 50% of patients 2 years after thoracic surgery. Despite this alarming statistic, little is known about the factors responsible for the transition of acute to chronic pain. The aim of the present study is to identify predictors of long-term post-thoracotomy pain. DESIGN Follow-up was for 1.5 years for patients who had participated in a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of preemptive, multimodal analgesia. SETTING Subjects were recruited from a tertiary care center. PATIENTS Thirty patients who had undergone lateral thoracotomy were followed up by telephone, administered a structured interview, and classified according to long-term pain status. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Present pain status was measured by a verbal rating scale (VAS). Measures obtained within the first 48 h after surgery were compared between patients with and without pain 1.5 years later. These include VAS pain scores at rest and after movement, McGill Pain Questionnaire data, patient-controlled morphine consumption (mg), and pain thresholds to pressure applied to a rib contralateral to the thoracotomy incision. RESULTS Fifty-two percent of patients reported long-term pain. Early postoperative pain was the only factor that significantly predicted long-term pain. Pain intensity 24 h after surgery, at rest, and after movement was significantly greater among patients who developed long-term pain compared with pain-free patients. A significant predictive relationship was also found at 24 and 48 h using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Cumulative morphine was comparable for the two groups. Pain thresholds to pressure applied to a rib contralateral to the incision did not differ significantly between the groups. CONCLUSION Aggressive management of early postoperative pain may reduce the likelihood of long-term post-thoracotomy pain.
ENERGY SOURCES UTILIZED BY VIBRIO FETUS

Vibrio fetus is significant in the sheep and cattle industries because it causes abortion and infertility. However, little is known of the metabolism of this organism. Smith and Taylor (1919) described V. fetus as being relatively difficult to cultivate immediately after isolation, but after repeated transfers cultivation became less difficult. The organism produced no gas and the reaction remained neutral or slightly acid in fermented bouillon with 0.1 per cent glucose, lactose, or sucrose. A reduced oxygen tension was reported to be necessary for growth. According to Stockman (1919), V. fetus can not grow either in a free supply of air or under strictly anaerobic conditions. Plastridge and Williams (1943) found no evidence for acid production by V. fetus with arabinose, glucose, dextrin, raffinose, salicin, sucrose, sorbitol, or trehalose. This organism is apparently microaerophilic (May, 1953; Reich et al., 1956; Kiggins and Plastridge, 1956). V. fetus appears to be totally lacking in fermentative ability, and therefore is restricted to oxidative processes for obtaining energy. Since little is known of the metabolic character of microaerophilic bacteria, it was thought that a study of the compounds which could be used as energy sources would be of interest.
Espaço social (visões e revisões): experimentos de uma atividade interdisciplinar

O trabalho partiu de um grupo de professores e pesquisadores de universidades da Paraiba, cujas reflexoes no campo das Ciencias Humanas demonstraram a possibilidade de discussoes com egressos do ensino superior em uma extensao, por meio de um projeto. O objetivo foi analisar a nocao de espaco desde o debate classico ao contemporâneo, considerando a sua importância para se refletir sobre a sociedade, tanto em um nivel macro como micro, que tem sido abordado pelas ciencias humanas. Como metodologia, foi adotado um sistema de 12 modulos ministrados por profissionais de varias areas, versando sobre temas envolvendo a perspectiva espacial. Um dos resultados da proposta foi a percepcao, por parte dos envolvidos, de estabelecer relacoes criticas com as naturalizacoes feitas sobre o espaco, bem como de avalia-lo como uma dimensao relacional entre representacoes e praticas sociais. Com efeito, percebeu-se que a atividade possibilitou um avanco no dialogo sobre a construcao social dos espacos. Palavras chave: Conflitos, espaco social, identidades sociais. Areas tematicas: Cultura e educacao.