Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Justiça organizacional: uma revisão crítica da literatura

Pretende-se demonstrar, atraves de revisao critica da literatura atual, o papel da justica nas relacoes entre trabalhadores e organizacoes, bem como a fecundidade de seu estudo para o alargamento da compreensao de relevantes fenomenos organizacionais. Discutem-se questoes conceituais acerca das dimensoes da justica organizacional, bem como seus antecedentes e consequentes no contexto das organizacoes. Secundariamente, examina-se um modelo integrado de estudo da justica organizacional. A guisa de conclusao, comentam-se pontos criticos da pesquisa em justica organizacional, que devem, necessariamente, ser levados em conta por pesquisadores da area.
Area-Time Estimation of Controller for Porting C-Based Functions onto FPGA

Rapid area-time estimation is an essential step for efficient design exploration of FPGA-based implementations. In this paper, we focus on area-time estimation of the controller for porting C-based functions onto commercial FPGA devices. We have adopted the one-hot encoding scheme for our FSM model, and devised techniques to estimate area-time of the next-state and control signal decoding logic. Experimental results for the Xilinx Spartan FPGA device show that the proposed model and techniques can lead to reliable area-time estimation. In particular, when compared to results from the commercial tool, the proposed area estimation strategy leads to an average absolute error of only about 10%. In addition, the maximum delay estimation error for the FSM is less than 1ns.
Monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator with dual-waveguide spot-size converter input

We have demonstrated a semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a novel dual-waveguide spot-size converter at the input for low-loss coupling to planar lightguide circuit silica waveguides or cleaved single-mode optical fiber. These devices exhibit greater than 10 dB fiber-to-fiber gain, output power of +4 dBm, 3-dB modulation bandwidth of 6 GHz, and modulator extinction ratios of 20 dB dc and 14.4 dB RF for a 2.4-V/sub pp/ drive.
HTR2C promoter polymorphisms are associated with risperidone efficacy in Chinese female patients.

AIMS A number of studies demonstrate that the polymorphisms in the 5 region of HTR2C play a pivotal role in antipsychotic drug efficacy. Since risperidone is an antagonist of HTR2C, polymorphic variations in HTR2C may explain variability in response to risperidone treatment. We analyzed HTR2C polymorphisms for association with efficacy of risperidone monotherapy. MATERIALS & METHODS We genotyped five SNPs distributed throughout the HTR2C gene and examined them for association using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale score in 130 Chinese schizophrenic patients following an 8-week period of risperidone monotherapy. All the patients were receiving the atypical antipsychotic drug treatment for the first time and had a 4-week medication-free period before research began. RESULTS We found rs518147, rs1023574 and rs9698290 were significantly associated with risperidone treatment in female patients (F = 4.75, degrees of freedom = 2 and p = 0.011; F = 4.329, degrees of freedom = 2 and p = 0.016; F = 4.188, degrees of freedom = 2 and p = 0.019, respectively) and they were also found to be in one linkage disequilibrium block. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that variants in the HTR2C promoter region are likely to affect the risperidone therapeutic effect in female mainland patients. It may be helpful to investigate a combination of other clinical factors to predict atypical antipsychotic efficacy.
Model-based fault detection in Diesel engines air-path. (Diagnostic à base de modèle de la boucle d'air des moteurs Diesel)

The study of model-based fault detection for mass production Diesel engines is the aim of this thesis. The necessity of continuous vehicles health monitoring is now enforced by the Euro VI pollutant legislation, which will probably be tightened in its future revisions. In this context developing a robust strategy that could be easily calibrated and work with different systems (due to production variability) would be a tremendous advantage for car manufacturers. The study developed here tries to answer to those necessities by proposing a generic methodology based on local adaptive observers for scalar nonlinear state-affine systems. The fault detection, isolation and estimation problems are thus solved in a compact way. Moreover, the uncertainties due to measurement or model biases and time drifts lead to the necessity of improving the detection methodology by the use of robust thresholds that could avoid undesired false alarms. In this thesis a variable threshold is proposed based on the observability condition and the sensitivity analysis of the parameter impacted by the fault with respect to input or model uncertainties. This approach allows, among other things, to be used as an analysis tool for the individuation of the system operating points for which the diagnosis is more reliable and more robust to inputs uncertainties. The discussed approach has been successfully implemented and experimentally tested on a real Diesel engine for the intake leak detection and for the turbine efficiency loss drift detection in a co-simulation environment showing its advantages in term of detection reliability, calibration effort and engines diagnosis operating condition analysis.
Influential user recommendation through SVD based topic diversification

With the development of web 2.0, online community websites have become one of the most interactive ways for disabilities to communicate with others and understand the world. However, new disabled users may sometimes find it difficult to learn about existing communities and the topics they feel interested in are drastically different from normal users. On the other hand, influential users have already developed their impact in different topics within communities and are hence able to help disabilities quickly adapt to the communities. As the result, a method that can recommend influential users in diverse topics is necessary. However, traditional approaches to identify influential users are not very comprehensive and accurate without the consideration of topic diversity. In this paper, we present an evaluation index system and a SVD based influence model which can evaluate influence comprehensively. The discussions in online communities are then classified by the topics that attract disabilities most. Finally, a combined influential users recommendation with diverse topics is proposed. We conduct experiments on an online disability community dataset and results show that our approach significantly outperforms other traditional methods.
Applicants' and Employees' Reactions to Corporate Social Responsibility: The Moderating Effects of First‐Party Justice Perceptions and Moral Identity

This research explored individuals� reactions to perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) using a multimotive framework. In 2 studies, the authors explored the boundary conditions of CSR effects among job applicants and internal employees. A scenario-based experiment (N = 81) showed that the effect of CSR perceptions on job applicants� job pursuit intentions was mitigated by applicants� first-party justice experiences, whereas it was amplified by their moral identity (Study 1). Survey data from 245 full-time employees (Study 2) further supported the interactive effects revealed in Study 1. Specifically, first-party justice perceptions attenuated the positive relationship between employees� CSR perceptions and their organizational citizenship behavior (OCB); and the relationship between CSR perceptions and OCB was more pronounced among employees high (versus low) in moral identity. Our findings bridge the CSR and organizational justice literatures, and reveal that the effects of individuals� CSR perceptions are more complicated than previously thought. The findings shed light on micro (employee)-level CSR phenomena and offer implications for both research and practice.
High accuracy retrieval with multiple nested ranker

High precision at the top ranks has become a new focus of research in information retrieval. This paper presents the multiple nested ranker approach that improves the accuracy at the top ranks by iteratively re-ranking the top scoring documents. At each iteration, this approach uses the RankNet learning algorithm to re-rank a subset of the results. This splits the problem into smaller and easier tasks and generates a new distribution of the results to be learned by the algorithm. We evaluate this approach using different settings on a data set labeled with several degrees of relevance. We use the normalized discounted cumulative gain (NDCG) to measure the performance because it depends not only on the position but also on the relevance score of the document in the ranked list. Our experiments show that making the learning algorithm concentrate on the top scoring results improves precision at the top ten documents in terms of the NDCG score.
Effects of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor antagonist ZD7155 on angiotensin II-mediated regulation of renin secretion and renal renin gene expression, renal vasoconstriction, and blood pressure in rats.

Angiotensin II receptors have recently been subclassified as type-1 or type-2 receptors. The in vitro and in vivo effects of blocking the angiotensin II type-1 receptor with ZD7155, an angiotensin II type-1 selective receptor antagonist, have been studied in angiotensin II-mediated increases in cytosolic calcium in rat mesangial cells, in angiotensin II-induced renal and systemic vasoconstriction, and in angiotensin II-mediated regulation of renin secretion and renal renin gene expression. ZD7155 completely blocked the ability of angiotensin II to elicit an increase in free intracellular calcium concentrations in rat mesangial cells. In isolated perfused rat kidneys, ZD7155 completely abolished the angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction and increased renin secretion to 700% of baseline levels. Furthermore, ZD7155 decreased systolic blood pressure by 16 mm Hg, increased plasma renin activity 3.7-fold, and stimulated renal renin gene expression 4.2-fold in Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo. Our results suggest that ZD7155 is a potent antagonist of the angiotensin II type-1 receptor, which mediates angiotensin II-induced increases of free intracellular calcium concentrations in (e.g., renal mesangial cells), constriction of the renal and systemic vasculature, and inhibition of renin secretion and synthesis.
Community College Students Can Never Drop Out

Community college educators who insist that their students can never drop out of college would be considered much the same way as a doctor who said that his patients are not allowed to die. Contrary to first reactions, the community college educator who holds this view is likely to elicit a great deal of respect as in the case of Dr. Alton Ochsner who refuses to give death any advantage. Ochsner, a living legend at the age of 80, was the first to connect lung cancer with smoking and was the first to use a surgical recovery room. He still practices medicine at the New Orleans Clinic which bears his name and the guiding principle of his career has been that every person should have a useful, prolonged life. The tacit philosophy of the Ochsner Clinic is that no one can die there! One wonders how people of science, steeped in the pragmatic approach, can follow a contrary-tofact dictum. This denial of the inevitable is neither the repression of failure nor an over exuberant confidence in what technology has wrought. Acting as though none of their patients can die, for these doctors, means an aggressive dedication of one's entire energy toward healing.
Bioceramic-Based Root Canal Sealers: A Review

Bioceramic-based root canal sealers are considered to be an advantageous technology in endodontics. The aim of this review was to consider laboratory experiments and clinical studies of these sealers. An extensive search of the endodontic literature was made to identify publications related to bioceramic-based root canal sealers. The outcome of laboratory and clinical studies on the biological and physical properties of bioceramic-based sealers along with comparative studies with other sealers was assessed. Several studies were evaluated covering different properties of bioceramic-based sealers including physical properties, biocompatibility, sealing ability, adhesion, solubility, and antibacterial efficacy. Bioceramic-based sealers were found to be biocompatible and comparable to other commercial sealers. The clinical outcomes associated with the use of bioceramic-based root canal sealers are not established in the literature.
A spoonful of fairness: Training in fairness principles helps communicate bad news

Abstract Fairness training was examined in its effect on resulting third party perceptions of communicating a negative outcome. Twenty-nine students were videotaped communicating an unfavourable decision twice within a one-week interval: before and after having participated in fairness training, or – in the control group – remaining untrained. Results showed that the training had positive effects on ratings of trainees’ fairness, trustworthiness, identification with trainees, and the acceptance of the communicated decision compared with the control group. This is the first study to examine the impact of training fairness principles on the acceptance of disadvantageous decisions. Practical implications are that training in fairness principles seems to be an effective and propitious way of enabling leaders to interact, communicate and make decisions in an efficient and psychologically sustainable manner in different contexts.
Discussion of Challenges for User Interfaces in Human-Robot Teams

—This paper describes the challenges for user interfaces in human-robot teams and elaborates requirements considering the different roles that human can take over in such teams. The implementation of various test interfaces and observations from experiments support the claimed requirements. The discussed human-robot teams consist of a remote supervisor and several team members (humans and robots) in the workspace. Humans and robots incorporate their different capabilities into the team for the accomplishment of a common goal. The supervisor guides the team and monitors the overall situation. The humans in the workspace work side-by-side with the robots and interact with them as peers.
INTERVENCIÓN PSICOLÓGICA EN AGRESIÓN: TÉCNICAS, PROGRAMAS Y PREVENCIÓN PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION ON AGGRESSION: TECHNIQUES, PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTION

The aggressive behavior and the violence have passed to take a place of relevance in the problems of our society, requiring interventions at multiple levels: singular, of group and also a boarding at system level. We present here, the strategies more used in the field of the intervention to reduce the aggressive behavior, and later we will make reference to the programs that include them, multicomponents and multimodalities programs. Due to the stability and the existent relationship between the infantile aggressive behavior and the development of behavior dysfunctions and later delinquency, we will also refer to the programs that are implemented in the prevention area, primary and secondary, from application to universal level and application at risk groups.
A decision support model for cost-effectiveness of radical prostatectomy in localized prostate cancer

Abstract Objective. This study aimed to develop a probabilistic decision support model to calculate the lifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) between radical prostatectomy and watchful waiting for different patient groups. Material and methods. A randomized trial (SPCG-4) provided most data for this study. Data on survival, costs and quality of life were inputs in a decision analysis, and a decision support model was developed. The model can generate cost-effectiveness information on subgroups of patients with different characteristics. Results. Age was the most important independent factor explaining cost-effectiveness. The cost-effectiveness value varied from 21 026 Swedish kronor (SEK) to 858 703 SEK for those aged 65 to 75 years, depending on Gleason scores and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values. Information from the decision support model can support decision makers in judging whether or not radical prostatectomy (RP) should be used to treat a specific patient group. Conclusions. The cost-effectiveness ratio for RP varies with age, Gleason scores, and PSA values. Assuming a threshold value of 200 000 SEK per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gained, for patients aged ≤70 years the treatment was always cost-effective, except at age 70, Gleason 0–4 and PSA ≤10. Using the same threshold value at age 75, Gleason 7–9 (regardless of PSA) and Gleason 5–6 (with PSA >20) were cost-effective. Hence, RP was not perceived to be cost-effective in men aged 75 years with low Gleason and low PSA. Higher threshold values for patients with clinically localized prostate cancer could be discussed.
Media Attention and Exposure in Relation to Support for Agricultural Biotechnology

This article shows that attention to television news, science television, and entertainment television are all significantly related to a composite measure of agricultural biotechnology support after controlling for demographics as well as self-reported biotechnology awareness, trust in institutions, and perceived role of science. These findings contradict previous commentary that suggested that no measurable relationship exists between communication variables and biotechnology support. It is also hypothesized that some biotechnology support may be an outcome of heuristic processing by survey respondents.
Transcriptional Regulation of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthetic Genes Explains Abscisic Acid-Induced Heme Accumulation in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Abscisic acid (ABA), a pivotal phytohormone that is synthesized in response to abiotic stresses and other environmental changes, induces various physiological responses. Heme, in its unbound form, has a positive signaling role in cell-cycle initiation in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. ABA induces heme accumulation, but also prevents cell-cycle initiation through the titration of the unbound heme by inducing the heme scavenging protein tryptophan-rich sensory protein-related protein O. In this study, we analyzed the accumulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic gene transcripts after the addition of ABA to the medium and found that transcripts of a ferrochelatase and a magnesium-chelatase subunit increased, while other examined transcripts decreased. Under the same conditions, the heme and magnesium-protoporphyrin IX contents increased, while the protoporphyrin IX content decreased. Thus, ABA may regulate the intracellular heme and other tetrapyrrole contents through the transcriptional regulation of biosynthetic genes.
Decreased proteoglycan synthesis associated with form deprivation myopia in mature primate eyes.

PURPOSE The rate of proteoglycan synthesis was measured in the scleras of adolescent marmosets that had undergone monocular form deprivation to characterize the scleral extracellular matrix changes associated with the development of myopia in a mature primate. METHODS Form deprivation myopia was induced in adolescent marmosets by unilateral lid suture for an average of 108 days. After the lids were reopened, the axial lengths and refractions were measured at intervals for up to 39 weeks. At the end of the study period, sclera were isolated and immediately radiolabeled with 35SO4 in organ culture. Proteoglycan synthesis rates were determined by measurement of 35SO4 incorporation into cetylpyridinium chloride-precipitable glycosaminoglycans after digestion of the scleral samples with proteinase K. Collagen content was determined by measurement of total hydroxyproline in scleral digests. Newly synthesized proteoglycans were separated on a Sepharose CL-4B molecular sieve column and identified by their core proteins by Western blot analyses. RESULTS Lid suture resulted in myopia due to a significant increase in vitreous chamber depth. After Sepharose CL-4B chromatography, newly synthesized scleral proteoglycans isolated from normal, form-deprived, and contralateral control eyes, resolved into one major peak that eluted in the position of decorin, a small chondroitin-dermatan sulfate proteoglycan. After digestion of the major peak with chondroitinase ABC, an approximately 45-kDa core protein was detected by Western blot analyses, confirming the presence of decorin. Form deprivation resulted in a significant reduction in the rate of proteoglycan synthesis in the posterior sclera (-43.55%, P < or = 0.001). Proteoglycan synthesis was also significantly reduced in the posterior sclera of form-deprived eyes relative to total collagen content (-36.19%, P < or = 0.01) and was negatively correlated with the rate of vitreous chamber elongation in the deprived eye (r2 = 0.779, P < or = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Significant extracellular matrix remodeling occurs in the posterior sclera of the adolescent primate eye during vitreous chamber elongation and myopia development. The negative correlation between vitreous chamber elongation rates and the synthesis rates of decorin in form-deprived eyes suggests that proteoglycan synthesis within the posterior sclera plays a role in the regulation of ocular size and refraction in the adolescent marmoset.
Strategic reputation risk management and corporate social responsibility reporting

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Corporate social reporting and reputation risk management”, by Bebbington, Larrinaga-Gonzales and Moneva, published in Design/methodology/approach - A personal viewpoint is articulated on the potential contribution and importance of Bebbington Findings - This commentary reinforces the importance of Bebbington Originality/value - Makes suggestions for three areas where Bebbington
Onset, duration and efficacy of four methods of local anesthesia of the horn bud in calves.

OBJECTIVE To determine the onset, duration and efficacy of four local anesthetic methods for the horn bud in calves. STUDY DESIGN Crossover study. ANIMALS Eight, 2 month-old Holstein Friesian bull calves. METHODS Calves were subjected to one of the four following treatments: 1) cornual nerve block (C), 2) ring block (R), 3) cornual nerve block using a percutaneous jet delivery technique (JET) all using 2% lidocaine with epinephrine (0.01 mg mL(-1)), and 4) topical eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream. A peripheral nerve stimulator was used to assess cutaneous sensation over the horn bud using a graded response. Onset, duration and efficacy of anesthesia were determined. RESULTS The efficacy of the blocks was as follows: C 87.5%, R 100%, JET 37.5%, EMLA 0%. The median onset time and duration of anesthesia for C and R were: 2 (range 0.5-5) and 304 (range 107-512), and 3.25 (range 1-9) and 147 (range 62-299) minutes, respectively. Three of eight JET injections had a median onset and duration of 8 (range 0.5-9) and 132 (range 101-155) minutes, respectively. The duration of the C block was significantly longer than the R block (p = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE The relatively rapid onset and long duration of anesthesia with C or R blocks using 2% lidocaine with epinephrine validates their practical use in dehorning calves while jet injection and EMLA cream provided insufficient analgesia to be clinically useful. The efficacy of the C block requires further study.