Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling Customer Relationship Management Pattern Using Human Factors Approach in the Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Background: Studies show that the transformation of organizations to become customercentric businesses is one of the strategic issues today. Objectives: The present study aimed to design a customer relationship management protocol with the approach of human resources. Methods: This was a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) research that has been conducted on hospital administrators (n = 290) based on the structural equations by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The software used for data analysis were Smart PLS version 2 and SPSS version 22. Constructions and items were selected through repeated scale according to the opinions of scientists, experts and comparatives studies. Confirmation of the researcher-made questionnaire reliability was performed using the judgments of experts and their reliability. The reliability upon Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.935. Results: Factors including employee satisfaction, organizational culture, communication management, organizational commitment, empowerment, teamwork, organizational structure, management change and organizational mission influenced the implementation of customer relationship management. Factor load of employee satisfaction (0.802) had the highest impact while the organizational mission had the least impact (0.587). Goodness of Fit of the model was 0.566. Conclusions: Human resources management has an important role in the implementation of customer relationship management. Therefore, hospital administrators should provide cultural context and support staff to encourage customer-oriented culture.
A deep learning approach for optical autonomous planetary relative terrain navigation

Autonomous relative terrain navigation is a problem at the forefront of many space missions involving close proximity operations which does not have any definitive answer. There are many techniques to help cope with this issue using both passive and active sensors, but almost all require very sophisticated dynamical models. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) trained with images rendered from a digital terrain map (DTM) can provide a way to side-step the issue of unknown or complex dynamics while still providing reliable autonomous navigation by directly mapping an image to position. The portability of trained CNNs allows offline training that can yield a matured network capable of being loaded onto a spacecraft for real-time position acquisition.
Logic, Meaning, and Conversation: Semantical Underdeterminacy, Implicature, and Their Interface

This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics-a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language use and its contexts. Here, Atlas develops the contrast between verbal ambiguity and verbal generality, works out a detailed theory of conversational inference using the work of Paul Grice on Implicature as a starting point, and gives an account of their interface as an example of the relationship between Chomsky's Internalist Semantics and Language Performance. Atlas then discusses consequences of his theory of the Interface for the distinction between metaphorical and literal language, for Grice's account of meaning, for the Analytic/Synthetic distinction, for Meaning Holism, and for Formal Semantics of Natural Language. This book makes an important contribution to the philosophy of language and will appeal to philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists.
Communication-Efficient Stochastic Gradient Descent, with Applications to Neural Networks

Parallel implementations of stochastic gradient descent (SGD) have received significant research attention, thanks to its excellent scalability properties. A fundamental barrier when parallelizing SGD is the high bandwidth cost of communicating gradient updates between nodes; consequently, several lossy compresion heuristics have been proposed, by which nodes only communicate quantized gradients. Although effective in practice, these heuristics do not always guarantee convergence, and it is not clear whether they can be improved. In this paper, we propose Quantized SGD (QSGD), a family of compression schemes for gradient updates which provides convergence guarantees. QSGD allows the user to smoothly trade off \emph{communication bandwidth} and \emph{convergence time}: nodes can adjust the number of bits sent per iteration, at the cost of possibly higher variance. We show that this trade-off is inherent, in the sense that improving it past some threshold would violate information-theoretic lower bounds. QSGD guarantees convergence for convex and non-convex objectives, under asynchrony, and can be extended to stochastic variance-reduced techniques. When applied to training deep neural networks for image classification and automated speech recognition, QSGD leads to significant reductions in end-to-end training time. For example, on 16GPUs, we can train the ResNet152 network to full accuracy on ImageNet 1.8x faster than the full-precision variant.
“It’s Not Just a Simple Meal. It’s So Much More”: Interactions Between Meals on Wheels Clients and Drivers

Background and Objectives: Meals on Wheels (MOW) programs provide home-delivered meals to over 1.5 million older adults; yet, very little is known about the drivers who make meal deliveries possible. Specifically, we do not have clear insight into their interaction with clients or the benefits that they may receive through their service. The objective of this article is to describe the characteristics of MOW drivers, the interactions among drivers and clients, and the benefits of the program to both. Research Design and Method: This qualitative research study reports on interviews with 84 MOW staff (leadership, case managers/client assessors, volunteer coordinators) and drivers at six geographically and operationally distinct programs across the United States. Results: Qualitative analysis of the interviews with MOW staff and drivers revealed the following key themes: (a) clients have multiple vulnerabilities; (b) clients appear to derive social, as well as nutritional benefit from receiving meals; (c) drivers report they provide additional support to their clients beyond delivering the meal; (d) social bonds between drivers and clients were reported to strengthen over time; (e) drivers claim that they, too, derive validation and personal benefit through their meal delivery. Discussion and Implications: This research highlights the significant contributions that meal delivery drivers made in the lives of MOW clients beyond the actual meal itself. This research also spotlights the perceived benefits experienced by the drivers and points to the importance of conducting further research to determine the effects of meal delivery on client and drivers’ outcomes, more broadly.
Cultural Competence Integration in the Nursing Curriculum.

With an increasingly diverse population, it is important to ensure that graduates of nursing programs are able to deliver culturally competent care (Krainovich-Miller et al., 2008; Allen, 2010). This study was undertaken to address this call to include cultural competence integration into nursing curriculum. The purpose of this study was to discover evidence of cultural competence integration in the nursing curriculum as perceived by faculty and students in a baccalaureate nursing program. This study addressed the following research questions: a) Does the undergraduate nursing curriculum integrate cultural competence? , b) Do the undergraduate nursing faculty perceive cultural competence content in the nursing courses? , and c) Do the undergraduate nursing students perceive cultural competence content in the nursing courses? The design for this research was a non-experiment post-test only study using descriptive and correlation methods. The instrument used was the Blueprint for Integration of Cultural Competence in the Curriculum Questionnaire (BICCCQ), a 31item questionnaire involving five factors (α = .96). Analysis of means and standard deviations of the nursing faculty and students responses on the BICCCQ revealed that there is a perception of cultural competency content in the nursing curriculum and courses. Almost 84% of the questions had a mean score of over 1 which would indicate medium or high level of inclusion in the curriculum while only 16% mean scored less than one which would indicate a low level of inclusion in the curriculum. The results of the study suggest that there is an integration of cultural competence in the nursing curriculum in the baccalaureate nursing program. Table of
A token passing network for powerline communications

The AC powerline is the ideal communications medium for enabling control and monitoring applications in the home. The authors describe a low-level network architecture for reliable powerline communications. It uses a robust token passing protocol that supports network access and device response under worst-case powerline impairments. The approach is hierarchical, building upon both a spread-spectrum physical layer enabling short-duration powerline transmissions and adaptation to changing powerline conditions and upon a packet structure designed for error correction. >
An Online Question and Answering System for Support Teacher-Student Interaction in the Blended Learning Course

—Student-teacher interaction plays a major role in teaching and learning in blended learning courses. During each lesson, students often do not have time to ask the instructor about the relevant issues of the subject that they want to answer. In addition, students often hesitate to talk directly with teachers about issues related to the content of the subject. The Question Answering (Q&A) system, therefore, is a useful tool to assist students and teachers to engage in interactive activities, especially in online courses. This research focuses on reviewing the state of the art of two respects as methods and techniques for developing question and answer systems, including issues of question classification, retrieval of information and extraction of answers as core components of the Q&A system. In addition, the paper proposes a model of an online questionnaire system for blended interactive learning activities which are being tested at a university training institution. Initially, the test results show that students are interested in this form of online question and answer.
A 900-mV low-power ΔΣ A/D converter with 77-dB dynamic range

The design of a low-voltage and low-power /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ analog-to-digital (A/D) converter is presented. A third-order single-loop /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ modulator topology is implemented with the differential modified switched op-amp technique. The modulator topology has been transformed as to accommodate half-delay integrators. Dedicated low-voltage circuit building blocks, such as a class AB operational transconductance amplifier, a common-mode feedback amplifier, and a comparator are treated, as well as low-voltage design techniques. The influence of very low supply voltage on power consumption is discussed. Measurement results of the 900-mV /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ A/D converter show a 77-dB dynamic range in a 16-kHz bandwidth and a 62-dB peak signal-to-noise ratio for a 40-/spl mu/W power consumption.
Music of the common tongue: Survival and celebration in Afro-American music

In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life the African American tradition, that which stems from the collision between African and European ways of doing music which occurred in the Americas and the Caribbean during and after slavery, is the major western music of the twentieth century. In showing why this is so, the author presents not only an account of African American music from its origins but also a more general consideration of the nature of the music act and of its function in human life. The two streams of discussion occupy alternate chapters so that each casts light on the other. The author offers also an answer to what the Musical Times called the "seldom posed though glaringly obtrusive" question: "why is it that the music of an alienated, oppressed, often persecuted black minority should have made so powerful an impact on the entire industrialized world, whatever the color of its skin or economic status? "
Nosocomial Oral Myiasis– A Rare Case Report

Nosocomial oral myiasis, though a rare entity, do occur under certain circumstances. Early diagnosis and treatment of such conditions prevent further damage/complication, especially in patients who are in intensive care. Dentists, in co-ordination with other medical faculty, play an important role in managing such infections. Further, a greater emphasis should be paid for maintaining better hygiene in public places and in the vicinity of the hospital. This paper is an attempt to illustrate the rare occurrence of oral myiasis that was hospital acquired. Only one case has been reported till now following a search through pubmed.
Thrill seeking vacations : A life span perspective : La recherche en loisir au Canada et dans le monde

Les activites sportives et recreatives a haut risque ont recemment suscite beaucoup d'interet. Les psychologues attribuent la participation a ce genre de loisir a des traits innes de la personnalite et les sociologues, a l'influence des structures sociales. L'A. adopte pour sa part la perspective des parcours de vie pour analyser les modeles de preference du type de recreotouristes appeles « chercheurs de sensations fortes ». Son echantillon est constitue de 1277 residants de la Nouvelle-Angleterre ; de ce nombre, 124 hommes et 107 femmes disent s'adonner a ce type de vacances. Des tabulations recoupees permettent d'etablir les modeles de preference relies au role de chercheur de sensations fortes pour les deux sexes en fonction du parcours de vie. L'analyse factorielle discriminante pas a pas permet de mettre au point des profils d'hommes et de femmes correspondant a ce type de touristes. Les resultats de l'analyse revelent que cette preference se manifeste principalement au debut de la vie adulte chez les personnes des deux sexes. Ces donnees sont discutees a la lumiere du modele de parcours de vie adulte de Levinson et al. (1978)
Writing Biology Texts In The Social Construction Of Scientific Knowledge

Thank you very much for reading writing biology texts in the social construction of scientific knowledge. Maybe you have knowledge that, people have search numerous times for their favorite novels like this writing biology texts in the social construction of scientific knowledge, but end up in infectious downloads. Rather than enjoying a good book with a cup of tea in the afternoon, instead they are facing with some harmful bugs inside their laptop.
Green Houses and Nursing Homes: Changes in Resident Function Over the Course of 1 Year - A Pilot Study

Background and purpose: Seniors face difficult decisions if their physical and mental functioning begins to decline. Seniors may require assistance as they become elderly, but they never want to burden family members with that responsibility. Some choose to move to traditional nursing homes (NH), and another option that is growing in demand is green houses (GH). Whether the elderly can safely maintain their movement ability over time in green houses has not been studied. The purpose of this study is to examine the changes in impairments and activity limitations in residents of green houses and nursing homes over the course of one year. Participants: Of the 23 volunteer participants in this study over the age of 65, 17 were residents of area nursing homes and 6 were residents of area green houses. Methods: Participants completed a series of outcome measures including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), Active Ankle Range of Motion (AROM), Handgrip Strength, Five Time Sit to Stand (5xSTS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Gait Speed (GS) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores. Result: 15 completed the final data collection (GH=2, NH=13). Before the final data collection, 4 participants from both the NH and the GH passed away equaling 8 total expired. Regarding impairments, the overall lower extremity strength of all surviving participants decreased from initial to final testing, with left knee extension strength and bilateral dorsiflexion strength being the two most distinct declines. Ankle range of motion (ROM) decreased for 14 out 15 surviving participants, with the exception of the D2 GH resident increasing right DF ROM by 1.5 degrees. The activity limitation changes included all participants of both groups performing slower on the TUG from initial to final testing with the 2 GH residents performing 2-10 times slower than the average NH resident. Discussion and conclusion: This study demonstrates that there are impairments and activity limitation measurements that can be used to assess change in function over the course of one year in green house (GH) residents compared to traditional nursing home (NH) residents. Interventions provided by physical therapists for elderly residents at a green house or traditional nursing home facility can potentially slow the development of such impairments and activity limitations that may compromise longevity, independence and quality of life.
PENGARUH HARGA DAN PROMOSI TERHADAP PROSES KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PADA CAFE COFFEE TIME KOPO BANDUNG

ABSTRAK Objek dalam penelitian ini adalah Cafe coffee time taman kopo indah II Ruko 3 No. 7. Penelitian ini mempunyai tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Harga dan Promosi terhadap Proses keputusan pembelian. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini yaitu Bagaimana tanggapan konsumen terhadap harga yang ada di Cafe Coffee Time, bagaimana tanggapan konsumen terhadap promosi yang ditawarkan di Cafe Coffee Time, bagaimana tanggapan konsumen mengenai proses keputusan pembelian di Cafe Coffe Time, seberapa besar pengaruh harga dan promosi terhadap proses keputusan pembelian konsumen di Cafe Coffee Time baik secara simultan maupun parsial. Metode yang digunakan penulis dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriftif dan verifikatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data studi kepustakaan, studi di lapangan, dan kuisioner. Adapun ukurang populasinya 3275 orang dengan sampel yang diteliti adalah berjumlah 98 orang, sedangkan teknik sampling yang digunakan untuk menghitung besarnya ukuran sampel adalah non-probability sampling adalah metode incidental sampling. Sesuai dengan perhitungan statistik, harga, dan promosi memberikan kontribusi terhadap proses keputusan pembelian pada Cafe Coffee Time sebesar 62,3% sedangkan sisanya sebesar 37,7% merupakan pengaruh dari variabel lain yang tidak diteliti. Kata Kunci : Harga, Promosi, Proses keputusan pembelian
Study of antibiotic resistance pattern in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples of hospitals in Tabriz – Iran

Introduction:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is commonly a cause of nosocomial infections. The increase in infection rates caused by this bacteriain developing countries has led to many problems. The aim of this study is to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern in methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains isolated from clinical specimens. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 256 isolates of S. aureus were collected from Tabriz hospitals and treatment centers. The isolates were identified by standard laboratory methods and cultured in a specific environment. Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains was made through phenotypic method. In order to evaluate antibiotic susceptibility patterns of strains, a disk diffusion method based on CLSI protocol was also performed. Data was analyzed by Chi-square test and SPSS 16 software. Results:Out of 256 examined samples, 197 (76.95%) of them were methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The phenotypic evaluation of the antibiotic resistance pattern of methicillin-resistant S. aureus showed that the highest resistance was for 100% penicillin antibiotics, 94.22% co-amoxiclav and 81.22% gentamicin antibiotics and the lowest resistance was observed as chloramphenicol (16.75%). There was no significant relationship between age, sex, and MRSA infections (P> 0.05). Conclusion: High resistance S. aureus to penicillin, co-amoxiclav, gentamicin and also the high frequency of isolation of MRSA of hospital studied samples are remarkable. The present study demonstrates the need for continuous monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility in S. aureus in order to determine the optimal drug regimens.
Teacher training quality and effectiveness in the context of basic education: an examination of primary education studies (PES) programme in two colleges of education Nigeria (Special issue: Quality of education in Africa: Africa-Asia university dialogue for basic education development (2))

The need to ensure quality teachers that will implement basic education motivated this study. Teacher education in Nigeria is aimed at providing trainees with intellectual and professional background adequate for their assignment and to make them adaptable to any changing situations in the country and the world. This goal remains a mere wish as most teachers do not exhibit the required competencies needed, especially to teach at the foundation level. This calls into question the quality of their training. The study therefore undertakes an examination of the Primary Education Studies (PES) curriculum used in training teachers for basic education. Two Colleges of Education were isolated as a case study, using the Integrated Curriculum evaluation model. It employed purposive and random sampling procedures to select subjects from teacher trainees, trainers, in-service teachers, headteachers of basic schools, and offi cials of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). The fi ndings showed, among other things, that the content of PES curriculum is adequate, but the teaching strategies need a lot of improvement. This has serious implications for the successful implementation of basic education in Nigeria.
Cavity Dimension Effect on MOD Dental Restoration Filled with Resin Composite-A Finite Element Interface Stress Evaluation

Resin composite has been one of the widely used materials in dental restorations. The polymerization shrinkage of this material is one of the critical defects provoking failures for the restoration. The biomechanical responses resulted from the interface stress between the resin and tooth (generated by the polymerization shrinkage) would be an important issue in determining the success of restoration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical effects of cavity dimension in Class Ⅱ MOD (mesial-occlusal-distal) restoration using finite element analysis. Solid model of a plastic synthetic second premolar was established by the transverse section slices of the plastic tooth. The model was then revised to create a sub-volume in the crown region to represent the resin filled cavity with various cavity dimensions. Resin material properties were applied in the elements within the cavity and shrinkage of these elements was simulated by a negative thermal expansion. The interface normal stress between the resin and tooth structure induced by this resin shrinkage was evaluated. The results shown that a larger cavity dimension is not always generated a greater interface stress. Since a larger cavity could increase the degree of contraction that leads to the interface stress, it also weakens the remaining tooth structure thus reduce the interface stress.