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ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOURS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ANDSUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

The purpose of this paper is to explain how to improve organizational citizenship behaviour and how to develop a plan to obtain continual OCB through formal system and informal environmental setting in work place. Organizational citizenship behaviours (OCB) describeactions in which employees are willing to go above and beyond their prescribed role requirements. Some studies have shown that OCB are positively related to indicators of individual, unit, and organizational performance. This paper focuses on clearly definin g the relationship between organizational effectiveness and OCB. This paper will also discuss the implications of the OCB and try to find out how to improve OCB. Results indicate that positive work climate, organization resources, employee’s personality, organizational culture and so on are all related to OCB. This research is important for any businesses which want to create competence and organizational effectiveness. To improve OCB is lowest cost and best way for businesses to reach organizational effect iveness. The rapid growth of research on organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs) has resulted in some conceptual confusion about the nature of the construct, and made it difficult for all but the most avid readers to keep up with developments in this domain. This paper critically examines the literature on organizational citizenship behaviour and other related constructs. More specifically, it: (a) explores the conceptual similarities and differences between the various forms of “citizenship” behaviour constructs identified in the literature; (b) summarizes the empirical findings of both the antecedents and consequences of OCBs; and (c) identifies several interesting directions for future research
Virtual Cane Creation for Glassblowers

One of the fundamental color application techniques used by advanced glass artists is the creation and use of thin glass rods called cane. Producing and applying glass cane is a many-step process, making its use daunting for intermediate-level glassblowers. In this work, we present VirtualGlass, a computer program designed to help intermediate glassblowers plan and visualize all the steps involved in the application of cane. This allows them to rapidly iterate and explore virtually, rather than spending hours in a glass shop. By way of evaluation, we present side-by-side results of cane patterns designed in our program and the final pieces; and discuss the results of a user test among intermediate-level glass blowers.
Precision genome editing using synthesis-dependent repair of Cas9-induced DNA breaks

Significance Genome editing, the introduction of precise changes in the genome, is revolutionizing our ability to decode the genome. Here we describe a simple method for genome editing in mammalian cells that takes advantage of an efficient mechanism for gene conversion that utilizes linear donors. We demonstrate that PCR fragments containing edits up to 1 kb require only 35-bp homology sequences to initiate repair of Cas9-induced double-stranded breaks in human cells and mouse embryos. We experimentally determine donor DNA design rules that maximize the recovery of edits without cloning or selection. The RNA-guided DNA endonuclease Cas9 has emerged as a powerful tool for genome engineering. Cas9 creates targeted double-stranded breaks (DSBs) in the genome. Knockin of specific mutations (precision genome editing) requires homology-directed repair (HDR) of the DSB by synthetic donor DNAs containing the desired edits, but HDR has been reported to be variably efficient. Here, we report that linear DNAs (single and double stranded) engage in a high-efficiency HDR mechanism that requires only ∼35 nucleotides of homology with the targeted locus to introduce edits ranging from 1 to 1,000 nucleotides. We demonstrate the utility of linear donors by introducing fluorescent protein tags in human cells and mouse embryos using PCR fragments. We find that repair is local, polarity sensitive, and prone to template switching, characteristics that are consistent with gene conversion by synthesis-dependent strand annealing. Our findings enable rational design of synthetic donor DNAs for efficient genome editing.
Perception of prejudice and self-esteem among adolescents in a familiar context and in out-of-home care context

This paper studies the relation between perception of prejudice and selfesteem in a group of 556 adolescent students, living with their families, compared to a group of 96 adolescents living in out-of-home care. The Anelise Lopes Rodrigues, Lara Lages Gava, Jorge Castella Sarriera, Debora Dalbosco Dell’Aglio Percepcao de preconceito e autoestima entre adolescentes em contexto familiar e em situacao de acolhimento institucional Estud. pesqui. psicol. , Rio de Janeiro, v. 14, n. 2, p. 389-407, 2014. 390 Brazilian Youth Questionnaire was employed, in which questions about perception of prejudice and self-esteem were asked to both groups. Univariate Analyses of Variance indicated significant differences between the two groups with respect to prejudice, as well as between genders with regards to self-esteem. The out-of-home care group showed a greater prejudice perception and the female participants in both groups showed lower self-esteem. It can be concluded that, although institutionalization may contribute to a greater perception of prejudice, this did not reflect in a significantly lower mean for self-esteem. This result indicates that these institutions may represent a place capable of, even temporarily, providing protection and conditions for a healthy development.
Resource Allocation for Wireless Network Virtualization in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

In wireless network virtualization, the isolation between MVNOs which is how to divide the resources between MVNOs without affecting each other is a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose one approach to achieve this isolation problem. Fraction of radio resources is allocated to each MVNO proportionally according to its number of users which changes over time. Moreover, we consider the backhaul topology of small cell and macro cell base stations. We formulate the joint resource allocation and user association as an optimization problem to maximize the sum rate of users and solve it by nonconvex alternating direction method of multipliers (NC-ADMM) method. Then, simulation is performed to show that the proposed approach is better than the fixed allocation of radio resources.
Differential localization of mRNAs of collagen types I and II in chick fibroblasts, chondrocytes, and corneal cells by in situ hybridization using cDNA probes

We have employed a highly specific in situ hybridization protocol that allows differential detection of mRNAs of collagen types I and II in paraffin sections from chick embryo tissues. All probes were cDNA restriction fragments encoding portions of the C-propeptide region of the pro alpha-chain, and some of the fragments also encoded the 3'- untranslated region of mRNAs of either type I or type II collagen. Smears of tendon fibroblasts and those of sternal chondrocytes from 17- d-old chick embryos as well as paraffin sections of 10-d-old whole embryos and of the cornea of 6.5-d-old embryos were hybridized with 3H- labeled probes for either type I or type II collagen mRNA. Autoradiographs revealed that the labeling was prominent in tendon fibroblasts with the type I collagen probe and in sternal chondrocytes with the type II collagen probe; that in the cartilage of sclera and limbs from 10-d-old embryos, the type I probe showed strong labeling of fibroblast sheets surrounding the cartilage and of a few chondrocytes in the cartilage, whereas the type II probe labeled chondrocytes intensely and only a few fibroblasts; and that in the cornea of 6.5-d- old embryos, the type I probe labeled the epithelial cells and fibroblasts in the stroma heavily, and the endothelial cells slightly, whereas the type II probe labeled almost exclusively the epithelial cells except for a slight labeling in the endothelial cells. These data indicate that embryonic tissues express these two collagen genes separately and/or simultaneously and offer new approaches to the study of the cellular regulation of extracellular matrix components.
Evidence for Calcium Carbonate at the Phoenix Landing Site

Ming, B. Sutter, R. E. Arvidson, J Hoffman, P.B. Niles, P. Smith and the Phoenix Science Team 1 Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, 2 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX 77058, 3 Jacobs/ESCG, Houston TX , 4 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Saint Louis MO 63130, 5 Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080
Color Blindness and Basket Making Are Not the Answers: Confronting the Dilemmas of Race, Culture, and Language Diversity in Teacher Education

Although the American educational system is dysfunctional for large numbers of children who are not part of the racial and language mainstream, there are no universal strategies for teaching children who are culturally and linguistically different from one another, from their teachers, or from students whose interests are already well served by the system. Drawing on the inquiries of student teachers working in urban elementary schools, I argue that we need to go beyond color blindness and basket making as responses to cultural diversity. Instead, I propose that we need generative ways for student teachers and teacher educators to reconsider their assumptions, understand the values and practices of families and cultures different from their own, and construct pedagogy that not only takes these into account in locally appropriate ways but also makes issues of diversity an explicit part of the curriculum.
The true role of accelerometers in quadrotor's Inertial Navigation System

Quadrotors are Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicles which use Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) in the heart of their navigation and instrumentation systems. Mostly, IMUs containing three accelerometers are used to measure the tilt angles and robot's position (attitude and location) when they are integrated in an Inertial Navigation System (INS). The role of the accelerometers in this INS is measuring both the vehicle's linear accelerations and the gravity. As an exception for VTOL platforms, in this paper it is shown that the values measured by the accelerometers of a quadrotor are affected by neither the vehicle's linear accelerations nor the gravity. Therefore, different elements affecting on the quadrotor's accelerometers are studied and it is shown that the most significant element is the quadrotor's linear velocity expressed in the earth frame. So, it is shown that using the accelerometers to measure the vehicle's linear velocity is possible in quadrotors, whereas their measurements are not suitable to be used to estimate the tilt angles and position. The simulation results are presented in a previous version of this paper [1] and, following that, the experimental results are shown here to validate the proposed idea. This research is developed using a Genetic Algorithm (GA) based method.
Rul Estimation Using an Adaptive Inverse Gaussian Model

In this paper, an adaptive inverse Gaussian stochastic process is developed to characterize the degradation process of condition monitored components. The knowledge of the degradation process is updated through the parameter of the process when new observations are available. The updating is performed through a general Bayesian filtering process within a state space model setting. The proposed adaptive model is history-dependent and can adjust itself to the sudden changes in degradation signals. The numerical case study shows that the variance of the RUL distribution obtained from the adaptive model is less than that of the conventional inverse Gaussian model and the predictive accuracy is improved by using the adaptive model in terms of TMSE. To validate our adaptive model further, we conduct a model prediction accuracy test. Our test result enables us to conclude that our model is stable, robust and beneficial for the application in prognostics and health management of systems.
Dendritic cell control of tolerogenic responses

Summary: One of the most fundamental problems in immunology is the seemingly schizophrenic ability of the immune system to launch robust immunity against pathogens, while acquiring and maintaining a state of tolerance to the body’s own tissues and the trillions of commensal microorganisms and food antigens that confront it every day. A fundamental role for the innate immune system, particularly dendritic cells (DCs), in orchestrating immunological tolerance has been appreciated, but emerging studies have highlighted the nature of the innate receptors and the signaling pathways that program DCs to a tolerogenic state. Furthermore, several studies have emphasized the major role played by cellular interactions and the microenvironment in programming tolerogenic DCs. Here, we review these studies and suggest that the innate control of tolerogenic responses can be viewed as different hierarchies of organization, in which DCs, their innate receptors and signaling networks, and their interactions with other cells and local microenvironments represent different levels of the hierarchy.
Age and intergenerational exchange among older parents in rural China

Zuo D, Wu Z, Li S. Age and intergenerational exchange among older parents in rural China Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: S30–S46 © 2011 The Author(s), International Journal of Social Welfare © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This study examined life-course differences in the flow of intergenerational exchange in rural China. The analysis used longitudinal data and growth curve models to decompose the distinct effects of age and cohort on the receipt and provision of economic and instrumental support among elder parents and their adult children. The study highlighted the importance of examining the age trajectories of intergenerational support according to cohort-specific experiences and family life stage. There was a net age effect on intergenerational exchange, with elder parents tending to receive more support from children over time. However, there were indeed significant cohort effects that represented socio-historical variation in the relationship between aging and intergenerational exchange. The study also observed gender differences in the flow and growth of intergenerational exchange.
The language situation in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste celebrated its formal political independence on 20th May 2002. The National Constitution of the new nation declared the endogenous lingua franca (Tetum) and the former colonial language (Portuguese) to be co-official. The remaining local languages were given the status of national languages. Indonesian and English were designated as working languages ‘for as long as is deemed necessary’. In this monograph, I consider the origins and implications of these constitutional provisions. The paper consists of five parts. 1. A social and economic profile of the polity. This section also discusses migration, communications and the media in relation to language policy and practice. 2. A language profile of the country, followed by a discussion of diglossia, multilingualism, literacy and official language choice. 3. An account of the sociolinguistic consequences of language contact and an historical analysis of social policies and practices that have shaped the habitus. 4. A discussion and analysis of current language policy development in terms of goals, motives and orientations. 5. An assessment of the prospects for language maintenance with special reference to policy outcomes and options. I advocate a rights-oriented approach to language management, arguing that in the absence of such an approach, ad hoc power relationships between languages will continue to dominate social discourse and language politics.
Self-harm among UK female prisoners: a cross-sectional study

Psychiatric morbidity and suicide rates in prisoners are high. The detection of mental illness and its associated risks in prison are low. The aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of psychiatric symptomatology, needs and self-harming behaviour among UK female prisoners and to identify differences between individuals with and without a history of self-harm. We conducted a cross-sectional study including 638 female prisoners from two prisons in the North-West of England. Outcome measures used were the Prison Screening Questionnaire (PriSnQuest), a questionnaire on self-harming behaviour and suicidal ideation and the Camberwell Assessment of Need – Forensic Version (CANFOR). 241 women (37.8%) screened positive on the PriSnQuest; 281 women (45.9%) had a history of self-harm. An average of 8.5 needs was identified with more than half of those needs classified as unmet. Differences between women with and without history of self-harm were identified on offending history, PriSnQuest scores and the CANFOR total and unmet needs. Previous contact with a psychiatrist, total and symptoms of depression on the PriSnQuest were independently associated with a history of self-harm. This study confirmed that the prevalence of psychiatric symptomatology and self-harm in female UK prisoners is high. Individuals at risk of self-harming behaviour may be identified using screening questionnaires.
Ensemble Selection for Water Quality Prediction

This paper studies the greedy ensemble selection algorithm for ensembles of regression models. We explore two interesting parameters of this algorithm: a) the direction of search (forward, backward), and b) the performance evaluation dataset (training set, validation set) on a large ensemble (200 models) of neural networks and support vector machines. Experimental comparison of the different parameters are performed on an application domain with important social and commercial value: water quality monitoring. In specific we experiment on real data collected from an underwater sensor system.
Theory and experiment of miniaturized laser source for accurate timing applications

This paper presents the theoretical and experimental results of an injection-locked laser (ILL) device constructed by the MEMS technology to provide a wavelength-stabilized laser source for the applications of accurate time keeping. The device mainly consists of a MEMS tunable laser and a FP laser chip by a scheme of external injection. The combination of the injection locking and the MEMS technology produces a stabilized wavelength (> plusmn0.001 nm) at a small size (3 mm times 2 mm times 0.6 mm); both are crucial for portable atomic clocks
Two novel human B‐cell lymphoma lines of lymphatic follicle origin: Cytogenetic, molecular genetic and histopathological characterisation

Abstract: Two B‐cell lines, designated as HF‐1 and HF‐4, were characterised. The cell lines have complicated karyotype abnormalities including a 14;18 translocation and an 8q24 breakpoint originating from t(2;8)(p11;q24) (HF‐1) or t(1;8)(p21:q24) (HF‐4). The lines have BCL2 rearrangement and they are positive for CD19, CD20, CD22, CD39. HF‐1 is also positive for IgG, and HF‐4 is positive for IgM and IgD. On Northern blot analyses, the 2.6‐kb and 4.2‐kb transcripts corresponding to the major transcripts of CMYC and BCL2, respectively, were seen. In Western blot as well as in FACS (fluorescence‐activated cell sorting) analysis the presence of BCL2 protein in the both HF‐1 and HF‐4 cells was demonstrated. The cell lines are expected to serve as an important tool in the study of the chromosomal mechanism activating cellular oncogenes, the somatic hypermutation mechanism of antigen‐activated B cells and the apoptosis of B cells.
Fuzzy nonlinear regression with fuzzified radial basis function network

A fuzzified radial basis function network (FRBFN) is a kind of fuzzy neural network that is obtained by direct fuzzification of the well known neural model RBFN. A FRBFN contains fuzzy weights and can handle fuzzy-in fuzzy-out data. This paper shows that a FRBFN can also be interpreted as a kind of fuzzy expert system. Hence it owns the advantages of simple structure and clear physical meaning. Some metrics for fuzzy numbers have been extended to the metrics for n-dimensional fuzzy vectors, which are applicable to computations in FRBFNs. The corresponding metric spaces for n-dimensional fuzzy vectors are proved to be complete. Further, FRBFNs are proved to be able to act as universal function approximators for any continuous fuzzy function defined on a compact set. This paper applies the proposed FRBFN to nonparametric fuzzy nonlinear regression problems for multidimensional LR-type fuzzy data. Fuzzy nonlinear regression with FRBFNs can be formulated as a nonlinear mathematical programming problem. Two training algorithms are proposed to quickly solve the two types of problems under different criteria and constraint conditions, namely, the two-stage and BP (Back-Propagation) training algorithms. Simulation studies are carried out to verify the feasibility and demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approaches.
Advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: current evidence and future perspectives

The identification of activating mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain of the EGF receptor (EGFR) predictive of response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) led to a therapeutic revolution in the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To date, eight randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that first-line treatment with TKIs in advanced NSCLC patients harboring activating EGFR mutations is associated with significant improvement in response rate, progression-free survival, quality of life and tolerability, compared with platinum-based chemotherapy. These results prompted the EGFR TKIs as the current standard first-line treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC harboring activating EGFR mutations. However, there are several questions that need to be addressed, including the best choice among different EGFR TKIs, the treatment of resistant disease and of patients with specific clinical conditions. Ongoing and future, well-designed trials should answer all these questions.
Outcome of surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome in Washington state workers’ compensation

Article abstract The reason cerebral edema in postpartum cerebral angiopathy (PPCA) occurs preferentially in the posterior brain is poorly understood. The authors present two patients with PPCA who showed vasospasm occurring earlier and more severely in the basilar artery than in the middle cerebral artery. Our patients demonstrate the difference in vascular change between the anterior and posterior cerebral vessels, explaining the susceptibility of the posterior brain to PPCA.