Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identity Formation, Newcomer Dynamics and Organisational Change in a Higher Educational Institution

2 Introduction Context Format 6 7 8 Project One The Early Years Engineering Trades and Professions Design Biculturalism We tried design once, it didn’t work Explicitly Systems Creativity and Innovation Senior Management Conclusions 10 10 11 12 13 15 16 19 20 22 25 Project Two: Organisational Identity Who do we think we are? Identity Memorability Hierarchy and Status Performance and Denial of Self Presenting an Image I, Me, We, Us and Them Making Meaning Symbolic Construction of Identity The Presentation of Organisations in Everyday Life Conclusions 28 29 31 34 35 38 42 44 50 52 55 57 Project Three: Institutionalising Identity What is it that we think we are doing together? Institutionalisation and Organisation Dialogue, Conversation and Discussion It’s not a Democracy Intentionality Language and Behaviour Charisma Conclusions 60 62 68 73 78 84 86 89 91
The HOMA-Adiponectin (HOMA-AD) Closely Mirrors the HOMA-IR Index in the Screening of Insulin Resistance in the Brazilian Metabolic Syndrome Study (BRAMS)

Background The major adverse consequences of obesity are associated with the development of insulin resistance (IR) and adiposopathy. The Homeostasis Model Assessment-Adiponectin (HOMA-AD) was proposed as a modified version of the HOMA1-IR, which incorporates adiponectin in the denominator of the index. Objectives To evaluate the performance of the HOMA-AD index compared with the HOMA1-IR index as a surrogate marker of IR in women, and to establish the cutoff value of the HOMA-AD. Subjects/Methods The Brazilian Metabolic Syndrome Study (BRAMS) is a cross-sectional multicenter survey. The data from 1,061 subjects met the desired criteria: 18–65 years old, BMI: 18.5–49.9 Kg/m² and without diabetes. The IR was assessed by the indexes HOMA1-IR and HOMA-AD (total sample) and by the hyperglycemic clamp (n = 49). Metabolic syndrome was defined using the IDF criteria. Results For the IR assessed by the clamp, the HOMA-AD demonstrated a stronger coefficient of correlation (r = -0.64) compared with the HOMA1-IR (r = -0.56); p < 0.0001. In the ROC analysis, compared with the HOMA1-IR, the HOMA-AD showed higher values of the AUC for the identification of IR based on the clamp test (AUC: 0.844 vs. AUC: 0.804) and on the metabolic syndrome (AUC: 0.703 vs. AUC: 0.689), respectively; p < 0.001 for all. However, the pairwise comparison did not show evidence of superiority for the HOMA-AD in comparison with the HOMA1-IR in the diagnosis of IR and metabolic syndrome (p > 0.05). The optimal cutoff identified for the HOMA-AD for the diagnosis of IR was 0.95. Conclusions The HOMA-AD index was demonstrated to be a useful surrogate marker for detecting IR among adult women and presented a similar performance compared with the HOMA1-IR index. These results may assist physicians and researchers in determining which method to use to evaluate IR in light of the available facilities.
Analysis and development of a ride-through device for ac contactors

Contactors with AC coils are among the most widely utilized electromechanical devices in industry. However, since this kind of equipment is usually very sensitive to disturbances in the utility voltages, they can be responsible for load misoperation and loss of production. This work presents an electronic device to protect AC contactors from power disturbances, such as voltage sags. Using the proposed system, it is possible to keep AC contactors operating continuously, even during voltage sags with residual voltages as low as 10% of the nominal system voltage or short-term interruptions.
Association of the MTHFR A1298C Variant with Unexplained Severe Male Infertility

The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene is one of the main regulatory enzymes involved in folate metabolism, DNA synthesis and remethylation reactions. The influence of MTHFR variants on male infertility is not completely understood. The objective of this study was to analyze the distribution of the MTHFR C677T and A1298C variants using PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) in a case group consisting of 344 men with unexplained reduced sperm counts compared to 617 ancestry-matched fertile or normozoospermic controls. The Chi square test was used to analyze the genotype distributions of MTHFR polymorphisms. Our data indicated a lack of association of the C677T variant with infertility. However, the homozygous (C/C) A1298C polymorphism of the MTHFR gene was present at a statistically high significance in severe oligozoospermia group compared with controls (OR = 3.372, 95% confidence interval CI = 1.27–8.238; p = 0.01431). The genotype distribution of the A1298C variants showed significant deviation from the expected Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, suggesting that purifying selection may be acting on the 1298CC genotype. Further studies are necessary to determine the influence of the environment, especially the consumption of diet folate on sperm counts of men with different MTHFR variants.
Assertional Reasoning about Dynamic Systems Technical Report UMCIS – 1993 – 07

The desire to model in a straightforward manner complex features of real physical systems is often tempered by difficulties associated with reasoning about the resulting computational models. UNITY, Swarm and Dynamic Synchrony are three models of concurrency that accommodate successively more dynamic systems: from systems that can be characterized in terms of a fixed set of actions to systems involving arbitrary runtime changes in the synchronization pattern among dynamically created actions. This paper shows how, despite fundamental differences in computing styles, the three models were designed to share the same basic assertional proof logic. A sample problem, synchronous array summation, is used to illustrate the features of the three models and their impact on program verification.
A half-volume coil for efficient proton decoupling in humans at 4 tesla.

, the proton-coil efﬁ-body system. Images and spectra show excellent sensitivity ciency may determine the feasibility of decoupling withinat both frequencies. Broadband decoupling depicting narrow the FDA guidelines (2–7). metabolite resonances from glutamate, taurine, and creatine Several surface-coil conﬁgurations have been used forin the human leg and human brain was possible within FDA broadband-decoupled
Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Star-forming Regions in Nearby Galaxies: Stellar Populations and Abundance Indicators

We present Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spectroscopy and supporting data for star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, to examine their massive-star content and explore the use of abundance and population indicators in this spectral range for high-redshift galaxies. New far-ultraviolet spectra are shown for four bright H II regions in M33 (NGC 588, 592, 595, and 604), the H II region NGC 5461 in M101, and the starburst nucleus of NGC 7714, supplemented by the very low metallicity galaxy I Zw 18. In each case we see strong Milky Way absorption systems from H2, but intrinsic absorption within each galaxy is weak or undetectable, perhaps because of the "UV bias" in which reddened stars that lie behind molecular-rich areas are also heavily reddened. We see striking changes in the stellar wind lines from these populations with metallicity, suggesting that C II, C III, C IV, N II, N III, and P V lines are potential tracers of stellar metallicity in star-forming galaxies. Three of these relations—involving N IV, C III, and P V—are nearly linear over the range from O/H = 0.05–0.8 solar. The major difference in continuum shapes among these systems is that the giant H II complex NGC 604 has a stronger continuum shortward of 950 Å than any other object in this sample. Small number statistics would likely go in the other direction; we favor this as the result of a discrete star-forming event ≈3 Myr ago, as suggested by previous studies of its stellar population.
A Nolan Committee for the German ethics infrastructure

Abstract. An international trend towards establishing and conforming standards of ethical behaviour in the public sector has repeatedly been stated. Germany, however, remains surprisingly reluctant to adopt such recommendations. This article argues that the likelihood of German decision makers implementing new, and especially soft, ethics measures depends on the demand for such measures, on the one hand, and their supply, on the other. The analysis shows that contradictory forces have an impact on Germany. The demand for new ethics measures is relatively low as a high level of hard ethics measures incorporated in the longstanding formal legal system of rules and regulations make the implementation of new measures seem unnecessary. Also, the demand for soft ethics measures is less marked in Germany than in the United Kingdom. This comparatively weak pressure meets the natural inertia caused by cognitive and institutional path–dependency in institutional choices of political decision makers. On the other hand, external bodies (such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD) provide blueprints for soft ethics measures and encourage the implementation of uniform standards across countries. Which of these forces will prevail in the long run, however, cannot be deduced from the present situation.
Thermal OH (1667/1665 MHz) Absorption and Nonthermal OH (1720 MHz) Emission toward the W28 Supernova Remnant

The W28 supernova remnant (SNR) is an excellent prototype for observing shocked gas resulting from the interaction of SNRs and adjacent molecular clouds (MCs). We present two new signatures of shocked molecular gas in this remnant. One is the detection of mainline extended OH (1667 MHz) absorption with broad line widths. The column density of OH estimated from the optical depth profiles is consistent with a theoretical model in which OH is formed behind a C-type shock front. The second is the detection of extended, weak OH (1720 MHz) line emission with narrow line widths distributed throughout the shocked region of W28. These give observational support to the idea that compact maser sources delineate the brightest component of a much larger region of mainline OH absorption and nonthermal OH (1720 MHz) emission tracing the global structure of shocked molecular gas. Mainline OH (1665/1667 MHz) absorption and extended OH (1720 MHz) emission line studies can serve as powerful tools to detect SNR-MC interaction even when bright OH (1720 MHz) masers are absent.
Online Class Imbalance Learning and its Applications in Fault Detection

Although class imbalance learning and online learning have been extensively studied in the literature separately, online class imbalance learning that considers the challenges of both fields has not drawn much attention. It deals with data streams having very skewed class distributions, such as fault diagnosis of real-time control monitoring systems and intrusion detection in computer networks. To fill in this research gap and contribute to a wide range of real-world applications, this paper first formulates online class imbalance learning problems. Based on the problem formulation, a new online learning algorithm, sampling-based online bagging (SOB), is proposed to tackle class imbalance adaptively. Then, we study how SOB and other state-of-the-art methods can benefit a class of fault detection data under various scenarios and analyze their performance in depth. Through extensive experiments, we find that SOB can balance the performance between classes very well across different data domains and produce stable G-mean when learning constantly imbalanced data streams, but it is sensitive to sudden changes in class imbalance, in which case SOB's predecessor undersampling-based online bagging (UOB) is more robust.
Reified Temporal Logic For Nonlinear Planning

Deductive planning treats planning as a reasoning process within a formal logic. Several formal logics have been applied in various deductive planning systems, but none is completely satisfactory and widely accepted by planning researchers. Almost all the formal logics applied in deductive planning are proposed for more general purpose than planning. Usually, the more general and the more expressive a language is, the less eecient that language is for dealing with problems in a speciic domain. In this report, we propose a temporal logic speciically for representing and reasoning about nonlinear planning. Our temporal logic naturally captures the persistence assumption and, when applied in deductive planning, can deal with the frame problem eeciently. Also, in this temporal logic, planning problem can be concisely and clearly speciied. Directly upon this temporal logic, we build a deductive nonlinear planning framework, constraint logic planning, which is proved to be sound, complete and is showed to be eecient. In this report, we brieey describe how the temporal logic provides the basis for constraint logic planning. educational or research purposes on condition that (1) this copyright notice is included, (2) proper attribution to the author or authors is made and (3) no commercial gain is involved.
Highly Resonant Wireless Power Transfer: Safe, Efficient, and over Distance

Introduction Driving home from the airport, Marin noticed his new smart phone was low on battery once again. Its HD display, and apps using GPS, Bluetooth, and LTE/4G data communications conspired to drain the battery quickly. Without looking, he dropped his phone into an open cup-holder in the center console. Hidden several centimeters below the console, a wireless power source sensed the presence of the phone, and queried the device to determine whether or not it was wireless power enabled. The phone gave a valid response and configured itself for resonant wireless power transfer. Under the console, the source electronics turned on and began charging the phone wirelessly—with no need for a charging cradle, power cord, or especially accurate placement of the phone. Marin relaxed when he heard the recharging chime and focused his attention on the road ahead. After exiting the highway, Marin was surprised to see that the price of gasoline had climbed to over $4.00 per gallon, as it had been months since he had last filled his tank of his new car-a wirelessly charged hybrid electric vehicle. Since installing a wireless 3.3 kW charger in his home and office garage, his car's traction battery was fully charged every morning before work and every evening as he began his commute home. As Marin's car silently pulled into his driveway, it communicated with the wireless charger in his garage. The wall mounted charger electronics ran through its diagnostics and sent a low-power pulse to the mat on the garage floor. Sensors in the mat confirmed it was safe to begin charging. As Marin drove into the garage, he simply parked his car as usual. The resonant charger had enough positioning tolerance that it would work without needing any special parking procedures. Marin smiled upon the realization that he no longer had to recharge or refuel two of his most important high tech devices, his smart phone and his hybrid vehicle. Highly resonant wireless WiTricity ©WiTricity Corporation, 2013 pg. 3 power transfer had succeeded to make these essential products more available, convenient, and reliable. Although the story above is fictitious, the wireless power technology described is very real. This article explores the advances in wireless power technology enabled by the use of highly resonant wireless power transfer, how those advances are being applied across a broad spectrum of applications, and how they address the safety concerns in typical applications.
Protecting Sensitive Labels in Social Network Data Anonymization

Privacy is one of the major concerns when publishing or sharing social network data for social science research and business analysis. Recently, researchers have developed privacy models similar to k-anonymity to prevent node reidentification through structure information. However, even when these privacy models are enforced, an attacker may still be able to infer one's private information if a group of nodes largely share the same sensitive labels (i.e., attributes). In other words, the label-node relationship is not well protected by pure structure anonymization methods. Furthermore, existing approaches, which rely on edge editing or node clustering, may significantly alter key graph properties. In this paper, we define a k-degree-l-diversity anonymity model that considers the protection of structural information as well as sensitive labels of individuals. We further propose a novel anonymization methodology based on adding noise nodes. We develop a new algorithm by adding noise nodes into the original graph with the consideration of introducing the least distortion to graph properties. Most importantly, we provide a rigorous analysis of the theoretical bounds on the number of noise nodes added and their impacts on an important graph property. We conduct extensive experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.
Improving the Sgp Through a Proper Accounting of Public Investment

The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) contains a serious error: the way governments are expected to account for public investment. Correcting this error and applying, as article 104.3 of the EU Treaty allows, the current rules of the Pact to a measure of the budget where the treatment of investment expenditures is done properly would, over time, drive the debt-GDP ratio to the ratio of public capital to GDP. Excluding net public investment from the definition of the budget that is relevant for the Pact would also help in the short run, by inducing countries to shift the composition of domestic demand, rather than to reduce its level.
Exogenously Applied Plant Growth Regulators Enhance the Morpho-Physiological Growth and Yield of Rice under High Temperature

A 2-year experiment was conducted to ascertain the effects of exogenously applied plant growth regulators (PGR) on rice growth and yield attributes under high day (HDT) and high night temperature (HNT). Two rice cultivars (IR-64 and Huanghuazhan) were subjected to temperature treatments in controlled growth chambers and four different combinations of ascorbic acid (Vc), alpha-tocopherol (Ve), brassinosteroids (Br), methyl jasmonates (MeJA), and triazoles (Tr) were applied. High temperature severely affected rice morphology, and also reduced leaf area, above-, and below-ground biomass, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency, while increased the leaf water potential of both rice cultivars. Grain yield and its related attributes except number of panicles, were reduced under high temperature. The HDT posed more negative effects on rice physiological attributes, while HNT was more detrimental for grain formation and yield. The Huanghuazhan performed better than IR-64 under high temperature stress with better growth and higher grain yield. Exogenous application of PGRs was helpful in alleviating the adverse effects of high temperature. Among PGR combinations, the Vc+Ve+MejA+Br was the most effective treatment for both cultivars under high temperature stress. The highest grain production by Vc+Ve+MejA+Br treated plants was due to enhanced photosynthesis, spikelet fertility and grain filling, which compensated the adversities of high temperature stress. Taken together, these results will be of worth for further understanding the adaptation and survival mechanisms of rice to high temperature and will assist in developing heat-resistant rice germplasm in future.
Mobile Converged Rich Communication Services: A Conjoint Analysis

To enable rich communication services, mobile operators are developing various IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based technologies for they fear that their present voice and SMS business will soon be substituted by newer IP-based services from Internet companies. They reason that since the new rich communication services -- such as enhanced presence, group communication and seamless switching between devices and media types within the same communication session -- provide secure and more reliable services than those offered by Internet companies --Skype, What Sapp and Google, for instance-- consumers will readily appreciate their values and consequently use them. To validate these claims, this paper analyzes the results of a conjoint survey among 82 respondents in Netherlands, France and Spain, examines if users are really willing to adopt these rich communication services and, if so, whether or not issues like reliability and security impact their decision to do so. Results indicate that while users are most interested in "presence" features of rich communication services, they hardly appreciate other services like "switching devices" and "media during communication sessions", "file sharing" and "group communication". Still, for any of these services, reliability, security and interoperability are valued as important requirements. These findings contribute to theoretical debate on platform competition.
Critical Role of the Virus-Encoded MicroRNA-155 Ortholog in the Induction of Marek's Disease Lymphomas

Notwithstanding the well-characterised roles of a number of oncogenes in neoplastic transformation, microRNAs (miRNAs) are increasingly implicated in several human cancers. Discovery of miRNAs in several oncogenic herpesviruses such as KSHV has further highlighted the potential of virus-encoded miRNAs to contribute to their oncogenic capabilities. Nevertheless, despite the identification of several possible cancer-related genes as their targets, the direct in vivo role of virus-encoded miRNAs in neoplastic diseases such as those induced by KSHV is difficult to demonstrate in the absence of suitable models. However, excellent natural disease models of rapid-onset Marek's disease (MD) lymphomas in chickens allow examination of the oncogenic potential of virus-encoded miRNAs. Using viruses modified by reverse genetics of the infectious BAC clone of the oncogenic RB-1B strain of MDV, we show that the deletion of the six-miRNA cluster 1 from the viral genome abolished the oncogenicity of the virus. This loss of oncogenicity appeared to be primarily due to the single miRNA within the cluster, miR-M4, the ortholog of cellular miR-155, since its deletion or a 2-nucleotide mutation within its seed region was sufficient to inhibit the induction of lymphomas. The definitive role of this miR-155 ortholog in oncogenicity was further confirmed by the rescue of oncogenic phenotype by revertant viruses that expressed either the miR-M4 or the cellular homolog gga-miR-155. This is the first demonstration of the direct in vivo role of a virus-encoded miRNA in inducing tumors in a natural infection model. Furthermore, the use of viruses deleted in miRNAs as effective vaccines against virulent MDV challenge, enables the prospects of generating genetically defined attenuated vaccines.