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The mediating roles of personality and job satisfaction on internal marketing and customer orientation in the Nigerian Banking Industry

More than 45,000 jobs have been lost in the consolidation reforms of Nigerian banking industry since 2005. The bank reformations often led to higher workloads on the remaining staff which affected the quality of service. This is due to extra workloads on employees who remain working in the banking sector to carry out several jobs or workloads due to downsizing exercise which contribute to many stress-related sickness. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationships between internal marketing, employee personality factors, job satisfaction and customer orientation of employees in Nigerian banking industry. In addition, the mediating effects of employee personality factors and job satisfaction on the relationship between internal marketing and customer orientation of employees in Nigerian banks were examined. A convenience sample of 221 frontline bank employees in Nigeria were selected as respondents in the study. Questionnaires served as the main instrument of the study for data collection and structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The mediated theory of internal marketing and the big five personality theories were used to underpin the research framework which consisted of internal marketing, employee personality factors, job satisfaction and customer orientation. Results showed direct significant relationships between internal marketing and employee personality factors; internal marketing and customer orientation; employee personality and customer orientation; as well as internal marketing and job satisfaction. However, it was found that job satisfaction have no influence on customer orientation. In addition, internal marketing is found to be partially mediation through employee personality factors; while job satisfaction does not mediate the relationship between internal marketing and customer orientation of employees in Nigerian banks. Findings from this study serve as future guidelines for Nigerian banks to incorporate internal marketing as a core strategy in order to meet employees’ demands and fulfill customers’ needs.
Induction and Propagation of a Bacillus subtilis L Form in Natural and Synthetic Media

The L form of Bacillus subtilis NRRL B-3275 was induced in a 7% NaCl broth medium and subsequently propagated in natural and synthetic media. The L form grew readily in tryptone broth supplemented with glucose, NaCl, and phosphate buffer, and in a synthetic medium containing only glucose and biotin, in addition to the required salts. Successive transfers from the bacillus inoculum and subsequent large bodies in the tryptone broth with 7% NaCl resulted in gradual selection or transition from the bacillary form to a stable L form without the addition of an antibiotic. The number of viable granules attained in the broth culture exceeded 9 × 107 per ml, and numerous large bodies were always present in rapidly growing cultures.
Variability of the 5‘‐end of the large subunit rDNA and presence of a new short class of rRNA in Rhizobiaceae

E. EVGUENIEVA‐HACKENBERG AND S. SELENSKA‐POBELL. 1995. A highly variable region of DNA was found between positions 115 and 388 (Escherichia coli numeration) of the large subunit (ls) rRNA genes of 55 rhizobial and agrobacterial strains. In each case this heterogeneity was accompanied by the presence of a new rRNA species approximately 130 bp long. This novel rRNA species corresponded to the 5'‐end of the ls rRNA genes. An additional rRNA processing site was located in the central region of the remaining ls rRNA of many of the Rhizobium leguminosarum and Rh. etli strains, and in all of the agrobacteria studied, excepting the type strain of Agrobacterium vitis NCPPB 3554 and Agrobacterium sp. strain ChAg4.
Phénomènes neuro-inflammatoires au cours de l'état de mal épileptique induit par le soman. Correction par des combinaisons atropine-kétamine.

Les dommages cellulaires consecutifs a l'EME induits par une intoxication par le soman sont accompagnes par une reaction neuro-inflammatoire dont les consequences sur le les lesions cerebrales restent mal connues. Les antagonistes du recepteur glutamatergique NMDA, comme la ketamine (KET), ont prouve leur efficacite antiepileptique et neuroprotectrice meme pendant la periode refractaire au traitement par benzodiazepines, au-dela de 10 a 20 min apres le debut des crises. La KET semble posseder egalement une action anti-inflammatoire peripherique. Pour completer les donnees existantes, nous avons evalue l'impact de l'intoxication sur la reponse inflammatoire au moyen de differentes approches (RT-qPCR, dosages proteiques multiplex, histologie) dans le cortex et l'hippocampe de souris intoxiquees par le soman. Afin d'etudier l'efficacite de la KET sur la neuro-inflammation induite, nous avons mesure, 48 h apres l'intoxication, les effets de deux combinaisons de KET associee au sulfate d'atropine (SA) administrees a partir de 30 min ou 60 min apres l'intoxication sur l'evolution de la masse corporelle, les dommages cerebraux, l'activation gliale et les taux des ARNm et des proteines de cytokines pro-inflammatoires, de chimiokines et de molecules d'adhesion. Apres intoxication par le soman, nous avons mis en evidence une importante activation gliale et une augmentation des ARNm et des proteines de la plupart des mediateurs de l'inflammation etudies. Les deux protocoles KET/SA ont montre une importante efficacite neuroprotectrice sans totalement supprimer la gliose mais en limitant la production des parametres inflammatoires etudies. En conclusion, nos resultats indiquent que de multiples voies inflammatoires sont activees apres l'intoxication par le soman. L'utilisation d'une combinaison KET/SA est neuroprotectrice et limite la reponse inflammatoire meme lorsque le debut du traitement est retarde une heure apres l'intoxication.
Predicting and communicating the risk of recurrence and death in women with early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review of risk prediction models.

BACKGROUND It is a challenge for oncologists to distinguish patients with breast cancer who can forego adjuvant systemic treatment without negatively affecting survival from those who cannot. Risk prediction models (RPMs) have been developed for this purpose. Oncologists seem to have embraced RPMs (particularly Adjuvant! ) in clinical practice and often use them to communicate prognosis to patients. We performed a systematic review of published RPMs and provide an overview of the prognosticators incorporated and reported clinical validity. Subsequently, we selected the RPMs that are currently used in the clinic for a more in-depth assessment of clinical validity. Finally, we assessed lay comprehensibility of the reports generated by RPMs. METHODS Pubmed, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched. Two reviewers independently selected relevant articles and extracted data. Agreement on article selection and data extraction was achieved in consensus meetings. RESULTS We identified RPMs based on clinical prognosticators (N = 6) and biomolecular features (N = 14). Generally predictions from RPMs seem to be accurate, except for patients ≤ 50 years or ≥ 75 years at diagnosis, in addition to Asian populations. RPM reports contain much medical jargon or technical details, which are seldom explained in lay terms. CONCLUSION The accuracy of RPMs' prognostic estimates is suboptimal in some patient subgroups. This urgently needs to be addressed. In their current format, RPM reports are not conducive to patient comprehension. Communicating survival probabilities using RPM might seem straightforward, but it is fraught with difficulties. If not done properly, it can backfire and confuse patients. Evidence to guide best communication practice is needed.
Basal and Exercise-Induced Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Capillarization

Regulation of skeletal muscle capillarization involves distinct signaling pathways and growth factors including nitric oxide and vascular endothelial growth factor. Our understanding of this complex regulation continues to expand with the identification of new angiogenic growth factors. Future work needs to increase the use of advanced molecular techniques to expand our knowledge of the regulation of basal and exercise-induced capillarization.
Clinical Studies of Phenylbutazone (Butazolidin) and Butapyrin (Irgapyrin) in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Spondylitis, and Gout *

Clinical trials oftwodrugs newtotheAmerican continent, phenylbutazone (Butazolidin) andbutapyrin, werebegunwiththeassumption thatany beneficial effect fromtheminvarious rheumatic diseases wouldbechiefly that ofproducing analgesia. Asthestudies progressed itbecameapparent that thedrugs hadmorethanananalgesic action inacute goutyarthritis, thatstudies ofbutapyrin couldbe discontinued, andthattheinvestigation couldbe focused onphenylbutazone. "Butazolidin" isthetrade nameforphenylbutazone,a totally newcompoundoriginally usedin Europeasasolubilizing agent forvarious analgesics givenbyintramuscular injection, notably fordimethylamino-antipyrin (aminopyrin). Butapyrin (marketed insomecountries under thenameof"Irgapyrin") isasimple mixture ofequal parts ofphenylbutazone anddimethylamino-antipyrin
Activités documentaires des usagers au sein de l'organisation. Amélioration par la pratique d'annotation collective

This paper deals with document-related activities that knowledge workers use to manage within their organization. They have to master various applications, each one being specific to a given document-related activity. This current situation implies a high cognitive load for the user. Regarding the organizational level, although relevant information was costly to find, it is poorly shared thus constituting a dormant capital. A multi-user architecture along with suited processes is presented. Our proposal intends to federate and improve document- related activities based on a win-win principle, fostering the improvement of an activity thanks to the other ones. This proposal makes extensive use of people's personal annotation spaces so as to capitalize on any information entering the organization.
Highly Infectious CJD Particles Lack Prion Protein but Contain Many Viral‐Linked Peptides by LC‐MS/MS

It is widely believed that host prion protein (PrP), without nucleic acid, converts itself into an infectious form (PrP‐res) that causes transmissible encephalopathies (TSEs), such as human sporadic CJD (sCJD), endemic sheep scrapie, and epidemic BSE. There are many detailed investigations of PrP, but proteomic studies of other proteins in verified infectious TSE particles have not been pursued, even though brain homogenates without PrP retain their complete infectious titer. To define proteins that may be integral to, process, or protect an agent genome, we developed a streamlined, high‐yield purification of infectious FU‐CJD mouse brain particles with minimal PrP. Proteinase K (PK) abolished all residual particle PrP, but did not reduce infectivity, and viral‐size particles lacking PrP were ∼70S (vs. 90–120S without PK). Furthermore, over 1,500 non‐PrP proteins were still present and positively identified in high titer FU‐CJD particles without detectable PrP by mass spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS); 114 of these peptides were linked to viral motifs in the environmental–viral database, and not evident in parallel uninfected controls. Host components were also identified in both PK and non‐PK treated particles from FU‐CJD mouse brain and human sCJD brain. This abundant cellular data had several surprises, including finding Huntingtin in the sCJD but not normal human brain samples. Similarly, the neural Wiskott–Aldrich sequence and multivesicular and endosome components associated with retromer APP (Alzheimer amyloid) processing were only in sCJD. These cellular findings suggest that new therapies directed at retromer–vesicular trafficking in other neurodegenerative diseases may also counteract late‐onset sCJD PrP amyloid pathology. J. Cell. Biochem. 115: 2012–2021, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Engaging theatre audiences before the play: the design of playful interactive storytelling experiences

In this paper I present Mobile Stories, a design-led project that explored ways of playfully motivating and engaging theatre audiences in their journey before the premiere of a theatrical play. The project used the art of storytelling and mobile technology to engage the audience in a creative way. The ultimate goal was to investigate innovative ways of connecting theatres with their audiences in meaningful organic relationships that can be sustained. I discuss the design mechanisms that were developed to enable participation, describe issues and opportunities with the specific approach and discuss the value of the project for the audience, the theatre, and the research on designing for audience engagement.
Toxicity of Shiga Toxin 1 in the Central Nervous System of Rabbits

ABSTRACT The action of Shiga toxin (Stx) on the central nervous system was examined in rabbits. Intravenous Stx1 was 44 times more lethal than Stx2 and acted more rapidly than Stx2. However, Stx1 accumulated more slowly in the cerebrospinal fluid than did Stx2. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a predominance of Stx1-dependent lesions in the spinal cord. Pretreatment of the animals with anti-Stx1 antiserum intravenously completely protected against both development of brain lesions and mortality.
A new eremophilane-type sesquiterpene from the phytopatogen fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Sphaeropsidaceae)

O fungo fitopatogenico Lasiodiplodia theobromae, isolado de goiaba, foi cultivado em arroz por 32 dias a temperatura ambiente. Extracao com CH2Cl2:MeOH (3:7), seguido de fracionamento cromatografico do extrato forneceu o esteroide ergosterol. Da cultura fungica em meio de Czapeck por 40 dias a temperatura ambiente, foram isolados a isocumarina cis-4-hidroximeleina e um sesquiterpeno do tipo eremofilano. O sesquiterpeno eremofilano esta sendo descrito pela primeira vez na literatura. Este e o primeiro relato do isolamento de um sesquiterpeno eremofilano para o genero Lasiodiplodia.
Interpretation of DNA vibration modes: I--The guanosine and cytidine residues involved in poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) and d(CG)3.d(CG)3.

A normal coordinate analysis has been carried out on guanosine and cytidine residues appearing in oligo and polynucleotides by using a simplified valence force field that allows the vibrational spectra of 5'-dGMP and 2'-deoxycytidine molecules to be reproduced. The role of both C2'-endo and C3'-endo conformations on sugar pucker, as well as that of glycosidic torsion angle (X), on several characteristic vibration modes of these residues have been studied. The present calculations based on a non-redundant set of internal coordinates preserving the harmonic approximation of the potential field, allows us to explain quite satisfactorily the modifications of the vibrational spectra in the 1550-1250 cm-1 and 785-500 cm-1 regions, when the right----left-handed conformational transition occurs.
Exploring the Prevalence and Correlates Associated With Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy in Bangladesh

Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is known to have multiple detrimental consequences for the woman and potentially for her unborn child. However, little is known about the nature and extent of IPV during pregnancy, particularly in developing countries, which compromises efforts to address the problem. Relying on population-based data, this article examines the extent, patterns, and correlates associated with physical, sexual, and psychological IPV during pregnancy in Bangladesh. Cross-sectional survey data were collected between October 2015 and January 2016 from 426 new mothers, aged 15 to 49 years, who were in the first 6 months postpartum. IPV was assessed with a validated set of survey items. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate correlates associated with different types of IPV. Overall, 66.4% of women experienced any IPV during pregnancy. The prevalence of physical, sexual, and psychological IPV was 35.2%, 18.5%, and 65%, respectively. These forms of IPV often overlap, particularly physical and psychological IPV. Pregnant women who report limited social support and have controlling husbands are at significantly increased risk for all three types of IPV during pregnancy. Women who cling to traditional gender roles and those with low self-esteem exhibit increased risk for physical and psychological IPV during pregnancy. Psychological IPV during pregnancy is also correlated with low decision-making autonomy and childhood exposure to violence. Women whose husband’s demand a dowry at marriage are at increased risk of sexual IPV during pregnancy. Results reinforce the need to conduct routine screening during pregnancy to identify women with a history of IPV and to be able to offer help and support. The findings also reinforce calls for gender equity and women’s equal access to family and social resources thereby increasing women’s social support networks, their self-esteem, and autonomy, and reducing their risk of IPV during pregnancy.
Bridgeless High Efficiency Boost Rectifier For Energy Harvesting

The conventional ac-dc converters for energy harvesting system with diode rectifiers suffers considerable voltage drop results increase in power loss of circuitry and complexity. The bridgeless boost rectifier which is a unique integration of boost and buckboost to condition the positive and negative half portions of the input ac voltage, respectively. Such a single stage ac-dc converter has been designed and simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK at 50-kHz switching frequency. The boost and buck-boost topologies could share same inductor and capacitor to meet the miniature size and weight requirements. The input ac voltage with 10V amplitude is rectified and stepped up to 30V dc. Detailed design guidelines are provided with the purpose of minimizing the size, weight, and power losses
42, A Component-Based Approach to Virtual Prototyping of Heterogeneous Embedded Systems. (42, Une Approche à Composants pour le Prototypage Virtuel des Systèmes Embarqués Hétérogènes)

The work presented in this thesis deals with virtual prototyping of heterogeneous embedded systems. The complexity of these systems make it difficult to find an optimal solution. Hence, engineers usually make simulations that require virtual prototyping of the system. Virtual prototyping of an embedded system aims at providing an executable model of it, in order to study its functional as well as its non-functional aspects. Our contribution is the definition of a new component-based approach for the virtual prototyping of embedded systems, called 42. 42 is not a new language for the design of embedded systems, it is a tool for describing components and assemblies for embedded systems at the system-level. Virtual prototyping of embedded systems must take into account their heterogeneous aspect. Following Ptolemy, several approaches propose a catalog of MoCCs (Models of Computation and Communication) and a framework for hierarchically combining them in order to model heterogeneity. As in Ptolemy, 42 allows to organize components and MoCCs in hierarchy. However, the MoCCs in 42 are described by means of programs manipulating a small set of basic primitives to activate components and to manage their communication. A component-based approach like 42 requires a formalism for specifying components. 42 proposes several means for specifying components. We will present these means an give particular interest to 42 control contracts. 42 is designed independently from any language or formalism and may be used jointly with the existing approaches. We provide a proof of concept to demonstrate the interest of using 42 and its control contracts with the existing approaches.
The Effect of Incentive System on Job Performance Motivation as Mediator for Public Sector Organization in Uae

The main purpose of this research is to study the effect of motivation and incentive system on the job performance of public sector employees in UAE. The details of this research will be provided in an attempt to validate whether incentives have a potential effect on motivating employee and enhance job performance in the public sector. The purpose of the research is also to illustrate to what extent incentives are used in the UAE’s public service sector. To fulfill the objective of the research as well as to obtain real and reliable data, a research study will be conducted at was conducted at the Economic Development Department (EDD) in Al Sharjah. This research has adopted a quantitative approach to assess the effect of the incentive system in public sector in UAE on the job performance, and to identify the mediating effect of employees’ motivation in two dimensions (intrinsic and extrinsic) on the relationship between the incentive systems (monetary and tangible and non-monetary and intangible), and employees’ performance. The research method will quantitatively analyze the structured questioner’s data using a statistical approach. On completion of the qualitative research, it is expected that the findings will concur with the consensus of the findings in the literature review. The data analysis will prove that there is a significant relation between incentives in the form of rewards and recognition and better work performance. This research study, hopes to determine whether most of the public employees in the abovementioned organisation are motivated by the financial and non-financial incentives and are encouraged and motivated towards greater work performance.
Evaluation and remediation of bulk soap dispensers for biofilm

Recent studies evaluating bulk soap in public restroom soap dispensers have demonstrated up to 25% of open refillable bulk-soap dispensers were contaminated with ∼ 6 log10(CFU ml−1) heterotrophic bacteria. In this study, plastic counter-mounted, plastic wall-mounted and stainless steel wall-mounted dispensers were analyzed for suspended and biofilm bacteria using total cell and viable plate counts. Independent of dispenser type or construction material, the bulk soap was contaminated with 4–7 log10(CFU ml−1) bacteria, while 4–6 log10(CFU cm−2) biofilm bacteria were isolated from the inside surfaces of the dispensers (n = 6). Dispenser remediation studies, including a 10 min soak with 5000 mg l−1 sodium hypochlorite, were then conducted to determine the efficacy of cleaning and disinfectant procedures against established biofilms. The testing showed that contamination of the bulk soap returned to pre-test levels within 7–14 days. These results demonstrate biofilm is present in contaminated bulk-soap dispensers and remediation studies to clean and sanitize the dispensers are temporary.
Analysis of Z-source DC-DC Converter in Discontinuous Current Mode

Z-source converter has a new topology. To obtain better boost/buck effect, a unique Z-source network is placed in between input power and output converter. This paper presents the operation states of the Z-source DC-DC converter in discontinuous current mode (DCM). The analysis of boost factor and critical inductor are also described. Finally, the validity of this theory is verified by simulation.