Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of the Innovation Climate on Turnover Intention in the Australian Public Service

Employee turnover is an important concern for many public organizations, and research is increasingly seeking to understand the factors associated with this phenomenon. This article analyzes the effect of innovation climate on turnover intention (TI); it theorizes that an innovation climate encourages employee participation and creativity, thereby making jobs more interesting and reducing TI. Using data from the Australian Public Service (APS), an organization concerned with innovation and reducing TI, this study finds that innovation climate reduces three types of TIs to another agency, to the private sector, and to retire. This result is robust across a broad range of occupations and types of employees (frontline, senior, and management), and we have controlled for measures that are frequently studied, such as job satisfaction and salary satisfaction. This article suggests that policy makers should remove barriers to innovation and encourage activities and supervisory practices that make jobs more interesting—and, thus, the innovation climate stronger—as these actions may reduce employee turnover.
Long-term results of revision endolymphatic sac surgery

Abstract The results of revision endolymphatic sac surgery on 30 patients with unilateral Meniére's disease are presented. Good control is achieved in 73.3 per cent of cases at six months, falling to 56.7 per cent at one year and only 33.3 per cent by four years. The long-term results are disappointing but are more favourable if the initial surgery was successful, if the hearing remains fluctuant and improves on glycerol dehydration prior to the revision procedure and also if the sac is intubated. The current place of endolymphatic sac surgery is discussed and revision surgery only recommended for carefully selected cases.
An efficient FDTD algorithm for computation of resonance frequencies of an inhomogeneous cylindrical structure

In this paper, an efficient modeling technique has been presented for interfaced field in finite difference time domain analysis. Present modeling technique gives the more accurate results over the conventional modeling technique in FDTD method. In present modeling technique, only selective fields are updated with average permittivity at the interfaces. This technique is mainly advantageous for the modeling of any dielectric-dielectric interface or air dielectric interface. Efficiency of present modeling technique has been presented for rotationally symmetric structures using 2-D FDTD by calculating eigenvalues of resonating structures. Pade method has been used for the fast computation of resonant frequency. To show accuracy of modeling, the comparison results have been provided for the dielectric rod loaded cavity and ring dielectric resonator loaded cavity.
Personal verification using ear and palm-print biometrics

This paper presents a multimodal biometric identification system based on new features extraction of palm and ear. We describe a new biometric approach to personal identification using robust pattern recognition Each element of this set is a complex feature obtained by combining position- and scale-tolerant edge detectors over neighboring positions and multiple orientations. Our system¿s architecture is motivated by a quantitative model of visual cortex, with fusion applied at the matching-score level. The identification process can be divided into the following phases: capturing the image; pre-processing; extracting and normalizing the palm and ear; feature extraction; matching and fusion; and finally, a decision based on the k-NN and SVM classifiers. The system was tested on a database of 600 people (300 palm and 300 ear images). The experimental results showed the effectiveness of the system in terms of the recognition rate (100 percent).
Projection from the nucleus reuniens thalami to the hippocampal region: Light and electron microscopic tracing study in the rat with the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris‐leucoagglutinin

In order to study the morphological substrate of possible thalamic influence on the cells of origin and area of termination of the projection from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal formation, we examined the pathways, terminal distribution, and ultrastructure of the innervation of the hippocampal formation and parahippocampal region by the nucleus reuniens of the thalamus (NRT). We employed anterograde tracing with Phaseolus vulgaris‐leucoagglutinin (PHA‐L). Injections of PHA‐L in the NRT produce fiber and terminal labeling in the stratum lacunosum‐moleculare of field CA1 of the hippocampus, the molecular layer of the subiculum, layers I and III/IV of the dorsal subdivision of the lateral entorhinal area (DLEA), and layers I and III‐VI of the ventral lateral (VLEA) and medial (MEA) divisions of the entorhinal cortex. Terminal labeling is most dense in the stratum lacunosum‐moleculare of field CA1, the molecular layer of the ventral part of the subiculum, MEA, and layer I of the perirhinal cortex. In layer I of the caudal part of DLEA and in MEA, terminal labeling is present in clusters. Injections in the rostral half of the NRT produce the same distribution in the hippocampal region as those in the caudal half of the NRT, although the projections from the rostral half of the NRT are much stronger. A topographical organization is present in the projections from the head of the NRT, so that the dorsal part projects predominantly to dorsal parts of field CA1 and the subiculum and to lateral parts of the entorhinal cortex, whereas the ventral part projects in greatest volume to ventral parts of field CA1 and the subiculum and to medial parts of the entorhinal cortex.
Incidence of influenza in Finnish children

Background. Influenza is an important cause of respiratory illness in children, but data on virologically confirmed influenza infections in children treated as outpatients are limited. Methods. We carried out a prospective cohort study of normal children younger than 13 years (n = 1338) in the winter of 2000 to 2001. During the study period of 32 weeks, the children were examined at the study clinic whenever they had fever or signs of respiratory infection. Nasal swabs were obtained during each episode of infection for determination of the viral etiology of the illness. Results. The overall attack rate of influenza in the cohort was 18.8%. Influenza viruses were isolated from the children from the beginning of November 2000 through May 2001. Virtually in each week between mid-November and the end of April (a period of 24 weeks), influenza viruses accounted for at least 5% of all respiratory infections in the children. During the peak of the epidemic, the percentage of influenza-positive children exceeded 20%. Conclusions. This study confirms the important role of influenza as a cause of acute respiratory infections in children, even in winters of mild or moderate influenza activity. The study also shows that influenza viruses may circulate in the community at substantial levels much longer than previously thought.
Review of ophthalmic factors in dyslexia

Dyslexia and the effect of visual problems on reading ability have long been subjects of controversy. This paper critically reviews the literature on the relationship between reading disability and visual acuity, refractive error, binocular vision anomalies, eye movements, ocular pathology and the transient and sustained visual systems. The limitations of much of the work in this field are described, with particular reference to the problems of subject selection and group matching. Tentative conclusions, with deference to the complex nature of dyslexia, are drawn and suggestions are made for future research.
Central Bank Communication and Monetary Policy Surprises in Chile

This paper assesses the quality of the CBC’s communication policy by looking at the predictability and effectiveness of monetary policy communications by the Central Bank of Chile (CBC). To do so, we construct indeces of monetary policy surprises for the three major communication channels of the CBC: the release of policy meetings’ statements, minutes, and monetary policy reports (IPoM). We assess monetary policy predictability and efficacy by looking at the size and time-evolution of monetary policy surprises associated with meeting statements and the impact of the above communication channels on asset markets. We find that, in general, the CBC’s has been effective in its forward guidance through its statements and IPoM. Policy actions are quite predictable, especially post the global financia crisis. The response of equity prices and the exchange rate to monetary policy surprises have the right sign but are not robust. We also find an asymmetric response of equity prices to minutes suggesting that market participants extract information on the status of the economy especially when minutes have a loosening effect. Finally, to look at the macroeconomic impact we find that a 100 bps monetary policy tightening shock implies a decline in economic activity (IMACEC) of about 2 pp. after one year, while the response of inflation is more muted.
Ruminal fermentation patterns and parameters of the acid base metabolism in the urine as influenced by the proportion of concentrate in the ration of dairy cows with and without Fusarium toxin-contaminated triticale

Feeding a total mixed ration with 50% concentrate and a mean deoxynivalenol (DON) concentration of 5.3 mg/kg DM to 13 German Holstein cows in early lactation (Myco group) resulted in alterations in the ruminal fermentation patterns (lower molar percentage of acetate and isobutyrate, higher molar percentage of valerate) compared to the 14 control cows (Period 1, 11 weeks). In the Myco group, significantly lower ruminal pH value occurred in weeks 4 and 8 and lower minimum pH values critical for developing subacute ruminal acidosis were detected. Accordingly, the net acid base excretion in the urine and the base-to-acid ratio were lower (significant in week 8 only). These effects probably resulted from a higher dry matter intake and are not related to the presence of Fusarium toxin. In Period 2, the same 27 cows plus five additional cows were divided into four groups over 18 weeks. The effects of an elevated concentrate proportion of 60% were tested with and without Fusarium toxin (Control-60, 0.4 mg DON/kg DM and Myco-60, 4.6 mg DON/kg DM) and compared to two groups fed 30% concentrate (Control-30, 0.6 mg DON/kg DM and Myco-30, 4.4 mg DON/kg DM). As expected, a high concentrate proportion significantly affected the ruminal fermentation patterns. Net acid base excretion and base-to-acid ratio did not reveal a distinct concentrate effect and the ruminal pH values were on a high level in all groups when ruminal fluids were taken after 3–5 hours of feed restriction (median between 6.8 and 7.2). Additional effects were observed on the profile of short chain fatty acids in the presence of Fusarium toxin at both concentrate levels. This indicates a switch in the microbial community due to direct mycotoxin effects and/or indirect effects of the Fusarium infection related alterations in the physico-chemical properties of the infected cereal on ruminal microbes.
Crosslinking and modification of dermal sheep collagen using 1, 4-butanediol diglycidyl ether.

Crosslinking of dermal sheep collagen (DSC) was accomplished using 1, 4-butanediol diglycidyl ether (BDDGE). At pH values > 8.0, epoxide groups of BDDGE will react with amine groups of collagen. The effects of BDDGE concentration, pH, time, and temperature were studied. Utilization of a 4-wt % BDDGE instead of 1-wt % resulted in a faster reaction. Whereas similar values of shrinkage temperature were obtained, fewer primary amine groups had reacted at a lower BDDGE concentration, which implies that the crosslinking reaction had a higher efficacy. An increase in pH from 8.5 to 10.5 resulted in a faster reaction but reduced crosslink efficacy. Furthermore, an increase in reaction temperature accelerated the reaction without changing the crosslink efficacy. Crosslinking under acidic conditions (pH < 6.0) evoked a reaction between epoxide groups and carboxylic acid groups of collagen. Additional studies showed that no oligomeric crosslinks could be formed. However, hydrolysis of the epoxide groups played a role in the crosslink mechanism especially under acidic reaction conditions. The macroscopic properties of these materials were dependent on the crosslinking method. Whereas a flexible and soft tissue was found if crosslinking was performed at pH < 6.0, a stiff sponge was obtained under alkaline conditions. Reaction of DSC with a monofunctional compound (glycidyl isopropyl ether) led to comparable trends in reaction rate and in similar macroscopical differences in materials as observed with BDDGE.
Performance analysis of a wearable and dual band planar antenna using a mushroom-like electromagentic bandgap (EBG) ground plane

In this paper a dual band (2.4 GHz and 5.4 GHz) microstrip patch antenna is designed and compared using a conventional and artificial ground planes for Wi-Fi and WLAN applications. In the design of both antennas a wearable wash cotton substrate having relative permittivity, thickness and loss tangent of 1.51, 3 mm and 0.025 respectively, has been used. Since the proposed antenna is dual band, therefore a dual band artificial ground plane (mushroom-like) has been designed using a square slot in the conventional single band artificial ground plane. The conventional antenna offers an adequate wider bandwidth (308.8 MHz) at 5.4 GHz which is further enhanced using the EBG ground plane (363 MHz). Efficiency of the proposed patch antenna with and without artificial ground plane is slightly higher than 60% at both the lower and upper resonant bands. A trivial improvement of 1.25 dBi in the directivity of the proposed antenna is achieved at 5.4 GHz. This improvement can be enhanced by optimizing the EBG surface for surface wave suppression. The gain of the conventional antenna is enhanced from 5.55 dB to 6.92 dB at 2.4 GHz and 6.17 dB to 7.25 dB at 5.4 GHz using the EBG ground plane. Antenna presented in this paper can be used in off-body communications as well as wearable electronics. CST MWS has been used to analyze the antennas and EBGs.
DiscMLA: An Efficient Discriminative Motif Learning Algorithm over High-Throughput Datasets

The transcription factors (TFs) can activate or suppress gene expression by binding to specific sites, hence are crucial regulatory elements for transcription. Recently, series of discriminative motif finders have been tailored to offering promising strategy for harnessing the power of large quantities of accumulated high-throughput experimental data. However, in order to achieve high speed, these algorithms have to sacrifice accuracy by employing simplified statistical models during the searching process. In this paper, we propose a novel approach named Discriminative Motif Learning via AUC (DiscMLA) to discover motifs on high-throughput datasets. Unlike previous approaches, DiscMLA tries to optimize with a more comprehensive criterion (AUC) during motifs searching. In addition, based on an experimental observation of motif identification on large-scale datasets, some novel procedures are designed to accelerate DiscMLA. The experimental results on 52 real-world datasets demonstrate that our approach substantially outperforms previous methods on discriminative motif learning problems. DiscMLA’ stability, discriminability, and validity will help to exploit high-throughput datasets and answer many fundamental biological questions.
blaNDM-5-Bearing IncFII-Type Plasmids of Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 147 Transmitted by Cross-Border Transfer of a Patient

ABSTRACT The two plasmids extracted from Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 147 (ST147) isolates were analyzed. The first isolate was obtained from a patient transferred from United Arab Emirates to South Korea. The second isolate was obtained from a Korean patient and was suspected to be transmitted from the first patient. Sequences of two plasmids were almost the same, and genetic structures, including blaNDM-5, of these plasmids were similar to plasmids of NDM-1-producing Escherichia coli ST131 isolates found in Europe.
Liraglutide narrows the range of circadian glycemic variations in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients and nearly flattens these variations in drug-naive type 2 diabetes patients: a continuous glucose monitoring-based study.

BACKGROUND Liraglutide was examined for its effects on 24-h glucose fluctuations in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients as well as for its differential effects depending on glucose tolerance status after favorable glycemic control was obtained in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this prospective open-label pilot study, a total of 20 type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized for glycemic control were given liraglutide 0.3 mg, followed by liraglutide 0.6 mg and 0.9 mg, with each given at 1-week intervals. The patients were continuously monitored for their 24-h glucose levels before treatment and during the course of treatment with liraglutide 0.3 mg, 0.6 mg, and 0.9 mg, respectively, using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). At the start of treatment with liraglutide, 12 patients were on diet therapy alone, of which six were drug-naive, and eight were being treated with glimepiride. RESULTS Liraglutide not only significantly reduced 24-h mean glucose levels but also significantly improved all the indices for glycemic variation evaluated, which included SDs of 24-h glucose levels, mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE), and total area under the glucose fluctuation curve (AUC) for 24 h. The study showed a significant negative correlation for mean glucose levels, SD, and AUC immediately before treatment versus their changes with liraglutide. A 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was given in 11 patients treated with liraglutide monotherapy once favorable glycemic control was achieved. The OGTT revealed that of these, six were found to have normal glucose tolerance, four had impaired glucose tolerance, and one had diabetes, and that of the six drug-naive patients, five patients were found to have normal glucose tolerance, and one had impaired glucose tolerance. CONCLUSIONS Study results showed that liraglutide is expected not only to reduce mean glucose levels but also to improve 24-h glucose fluctuations, including postprandial glucose excursions, with its effects being particularly conspicuous in patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes.
MSX1 and Orofacial Clefting with and without Tooth Agenesis

MSX1 has been considered a strong candidate for orofacial clefting, based on mouse expression studies and knockout models, as well as association and linkage studies in humans. MSX1 mutations are also causal for hereditary tooth agenesis. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with orofacial clefting with or without tooth agenesis have MSX1 coding mutations by screening 33 individuals with cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) and 19 individuals with both orofacial clefting and tooth agenesis. Although no MSX1 coding mutations were identified, the known 101C>G variant occurred more often in subjects with both CL/P and tooth agenesis (p = 0.0008), while the *6C-T variant was found more often in CL/P subjects (p = 0.001). Coding mutations in MSX1 are not the cause of orofacial clefting with or without tooth agenesis in this study population. However, the significant association of MSX1 with both phenotypes implies that MSX1 regulatory elements may be mutated.
Prevalence of Enamel Defects in Permanent Teeth of Patients with Complete Cleft Lip and Palate

Objective To evaluate the prevalence, types, location, and characteristics of enamel defects in anterior permanent teeth of patients with complete unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate, as well as the relation with the cleft. Setting Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. Participants Eighty patients of both genders, 12 years and older, with unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate. Methods A single examiner carried out clinical examination under artificial light with a dental probe and mirror after drying teeth according to the modified DDE index. Results Seventy-four of 80 patients presented with at least one tooth affected by enamel defects: 165 of 325 evaluated teeth (50.8%) presented enamel defects, with hypoplasia being the most prevalent (50.7%), followed by diffuse opacity (23.1%) and demarcated opacity (18.4%). The most affected tooth was 21 (36.5%), followed by 11 (34%), located at the middle (40%) and incisal (33%) thirds. Most defects occur at the buccal surface (47.7%), followed by the distal (22.7%), the mesial (19%), and the palatal (10.6%) surfaces. A significant relationship was found between the cleft side and enamel defects. Conclusion Upper anterior teeth of patients with complete cleft lip and palate present a high prevalence of enamel defects; the highest percentage on the cleft side suggests that the cleft does influence the occurrence of enamel defects in permanent teeth.
Association of clinical symptoms and neurocognitive performance in bipolar disorder: a longitudinal study.

OBJECTIVE Despite evidence that individuals with bipolar disorder have neurocognitive impairment that persists during euthymia, the impact of changes in affective symptoms on cognitive function has not been well established. Here, we sought to determine whether specific neurocognitive functions are sensitive to mood changes in individuals with bipolar disorder assessed three months apart without changes in treatment regimen. METHODS A total of 29 individuals with DSM-IV bipolar disorder and 30 healthy controls participated in the study. All participants received a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment and ratings of depressive [Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD)] and manic [Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)] symptoms at baseline and follow-up. Changes in symptoms over time were calculated and were examined in relation to changes in neurocognitive performance. RESULTS At baseline, clinically stable but symptomatic patients were impaired on measures of speed of processing and attention. Over the three-month follow-up period, HAMD scores changed by 6 points on average [range: -10 to +18] and YMRS scores changed by 5.31 points on average [range -11 to +15]. Changes in depressive symptoms were correlated with poorer verbal fluency, while no relationship between manic symptoms and neuropsychological performance was detected. CONCLUSIONS Individuals with bipolar disorder showed consistent impairment on speed of processing and attention over time, despite significant changes in mood.
Emigration from the Perspective of the School-to-Work Transition in Bulgaria

The aim of this article is to analyse the extent to which differences between young people’s education, employment status, and social background can explain the differences in their emigration intentions and actual experience with emigration. The goal is to create a profile of youth with emigration experience and examine the interrelation between two transitions, from education to work and from youth into adulthood, as measured by the degree of independence from parents, and also to investigate social inequalities among people with emigration experience in the transition from education to finding a first job. The analysis is based on theories of the individual life-course transition and social status theories. The empirical data were gathered from a representative survey conducted in Bulgaria in 2014 that focused on young people aged 15–34 who had left education within the previous five years. The results show that young people from large families with many siblings more often have emigration intentions and that previous emigration experience is the strongest predictor of emigration intentions. Emigration intentions are also more likely among people who have emigrated and later returned and ended up economically inactive. This fact is important in understanding the large number of young people who are not in education or employment (NEETs) in Bulgaria.