Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
HORMONAL ADAPTATIONS TO MODERATE-INTENSITY ENDURANCE TRAINING IN SEDENTARY OBESE MEN

Introduction: Exercise and physical activity improve obesity and its complications via affecting on hormones regulating energy homeostasis and metabolism. This study examined the influence of moderate-intensity endurance training on serum levels of leptin, cortisol, testosterone, growth hormone and insulin Resistance Index (HOMA-IR) in sedentary obese men. Materials and Methods: 20 sedentary obese men (BMI ≥ 30) in two experimental and control groups participated in 16 weeks of moderate- intensity endurance training (60-70% of reserve heart rate), three days per week. Serum levels of leptin, cortisol, testosterone, growth hormone and insulin, and anthropometric indices were measured before and after the last training session. Results: Although 16 weeks of moderate- intensity endurance training significantly decreased leptin level (P=0.003) and increased cortisol (P=0.009) and growth hormone (P=0.040) levels, but no significant changes was observed in testosterone and insulin concentrations, and insulin resistance index in training group (P>0.05). Pearson correlation did not mentioned significant correlations between the primary level of leptin and primary values of anthropometric indices and HOMA-IR (P>0.05). However following the intervention, there were significant correlations between changes in leptin concentrations and changes in weight, BMI, waist circumference and WHR (P<0.05). Conclusion: Moderate- intensity endurance training improves body composition and changes leptin, cortisol and growth hormone concentration; and therefore ameliorates metabolic hormonal profile in obese men. However, these changes may not be in the line with changes in insulin and testosterone.
Generational Diversity at Work: New Research Perspectives

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in understanding generational dynamics in contemporary organizations (Parry and Urwin, 2011). This interest seems to reflect a growing realization of the impact that changes in organizations and society-at-large have on the employment relationship and the experience of the individual employee of the relationship with the employer. A number of dramatic social, economic and political shifts have taken place over the last decades that have created a new work reality. For instance, life expectancy in most societies has increased, and the aging of a demographically large “Baby Boom” generation is placing a strain on social security and pension plans (Dencker et al., 2008). Moreover, globalization and technological advances have forced organizations to become more competitive (Kalleberg, 2009). Organizations’ attempts to achieve increased competitiveness have led to a range of corporate restructuring efforts, which in turn have led to a growth in less secure employment contracts and transformations in the nature of the employment relationship (Osterman, 1999). This had, and continues to have, far-reaching effects on all of society. New generational cohorts, having grown up in a different societal reality, are likely to expect and experience different employment relationships from those that grew up in earlier decades in a setting where full-time employment and lifelong tenure with one organization was the standard (Anderson and Schalk, 1998).
Dualité étrange de Le Potier et cohomologie du schéma de Hilbert ponctuel d'une surface

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Theory of pulsating-field machines

Of the two main groups of electrical machines, those with alternating, mostly rotating, and those with pulsating, mostly swinging, fields, the second has advanced more rapidly in recent years. A variety of new inductor-type machines have been developed for telecommunication and industrial purposes. The paper suggests that, instead of attempting to adapt the rotating-field theory to pulsating-field machines, it is more satisfactory to employ an independent theory developed by finding an expression for the pulsating permeance of the magnetic path and considering the total m.m. f. acting upon that permeance, both on open-circuit and on load. A new method for determining rapidly the air-path permeance as a function of time leads to the ? belt characteristics,? thence to the e.m. f. and its waveform on open-circuit, to the armature reaction including its effect on the waveform, and to the necessary excitation for a given load. The analytical results are supplemented by simple vector diagrams. The means for controlling the waveform are then discussed, among them a new device for eliminating undesirable odd harmonics in addition to the even harmonics. Finally, suggestions are made for simplifying the work in design offices by standardizing the most favourable slotting and the corresponding characteristics.
Fibrocytes: New Insights into Tissue Repair and Systemic Fibroses

Fibrocytes: Discovery of a Circulating Connective Tissue Cell Progenitor (R Bucala) Fibrocytes: Immunologic Features (J Chesney) Regulatory Pathways for Fibrocyte Differentiation (D Pilling & R H Gomer) Hematopoietic Origin of Fibrocytes (A C LaRue & M Ogawa) The Role of Fibrocytes in Post-burn Hypertrophic Scarring (J-F Wang et al.) Role in Asthmatic Lung Disease (S Mattoli & M Schmidt) Fibrocytes and Other Fibroblast/Myofibroblast Progenitors in Systemic Sclerosis (A E Postlethwaite) Fibrocytes in Interstitial Lung Disease (B N Gomperts & R M Strieter) Role of Fibrocytes in Renal Fibrosis (N Sakai et al.) Role of Fibrocytes in Atherogenesis (H Medbury) Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: A Prototype Fibrocyte Disease (C L Kucher & S E Cowper) CD34+ Fibrocytes in Normal and Neoplastic Human Tissues (P J Barth).
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Nowadays the terms organizational behavior and human resource management are being increasingly used by both practitioners and researchers. The changes in today’s business environment, triggered a number of changes in management and organizational practice that pointed in the organizational behavior and human resource management direction. Therefore, a relatively critical body of academic literature concerning organizational behavior and human resource management has emerged. In this essence, this book attempts to develop an understanding of the important issues and challenges in the fields of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. It is a must for business students and the busy professional manager alike. This collection covers some of the main issues associated with people management. Each essay provides a valuable shorthand to understanding the content of the main issues and the contested debates around it. In this book, some contemporary issues in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management will be reviewed and discussed.
Radiation Protection of Patients

Acknowledgements Foreword Abbreviations 1. The need for radiation protection of the patient R. Wootton 2. Nature of ionising radiation and its interaction with tissue R. Wootton 3. Genetic and somatic effects of ionising radiation and how to assess their risks M. J. Meyers 4. Radiation doses M. J. Meyers 5. The principles of dose limitation and the various means of dose reduction to the patient including protection of the gonads M. West 6. The principles of quality assurance and quality control applied to both equipment and techniques M. West 7. The specific requirements of women who are, or who may be, pregnant and also of children M. J. Meyers 8. The precautions necessary for handling sealed and unsealed sources K. C. Kam 9. Organisation for radiation protection. The organisational arrangements for advice on radiation protection and how to deal with a suspected case of overexposure A. Bradley 10. Statutory responsibilities M. J. Meyers 11. Factors influencing the choice of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures M. Roddie 12. The value of pre-existing patient information M. Roddie 13. Priorities for spending in the National Health Service B. F. Wall 14. Dental radiography J. Shekdar 15. Cardiology and orthopaedic work M. West Appendix. Making the best use of a Department of Radiology Royal College of Radiologists.
Economic growth effect of private capital inflows: a structural VAR approach for Nigeria

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of shocks in the various components of private capital inflows on economic growth in Nigeria using quarterly data in the period 1986Q1–2016Q4. Design/methodology/approach The study employs the impulse response function and the forecast error variance decomposition of the structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model. Findings The research result shows that shocks in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and portfolio investment inflows have a positive and significant impact on economic growth in Nigeria. In addition, FDIs accounted for significant variation in the growth of the Nigerian economy followed by portfolio investments, while personal remittances exerted the least variation in growth. Practical implications The government should promote a favorable macroeconomic environment for existing and potential foreign investors to ensure the continued inflows of FDI and portfolio investment. Originality/value The novelty of this study lies in disaggregating private capital inflows and analyzing the effect of the shock of each component on the growth of the Nigerian economy using SVAR.
Living with a sick child in hospital : the experiences of parents and nurses

Traditional "visiting hours", or, rather, the hour, gave way to free visiting only two decades ago. Many problems were solved but new tensions arose in the implementation of the developing ideas of partnership in care. This is an account of the everyday experiences of parents in hospital from their perspective and a detailed and sustained description and critique of family-centred care.
Molecular Genetics of Hyperparathyroidism

and Comprehensive Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is characterized by tumor development in the parathyroid glands and excessive production of parathyroid hormone. Parathyroidectomy is the only considered therapy for the majority of patients. LOH (loss of heterozygosity) analysis revealed putative tumor suppressor genes on chromosome regions 1p and 11q in tumors from patients with truly mild hypercalcemia. tumors may indicate possibilities for novel treatment of sHPT and perhaps pHPT.
ZUM PROLEM DES ENDOGENEN ALKOHOLS

ES WURDEN DREI PATIENTENKOLLEKTIVE AUF DAS VORHANDENSEIN ENDOGENEN ALKOHOLS UNTERSUCHT; BEIM DRITTEN KOLLEKTIV HANDELTE ES SICH UM PATIENTEN, DIE WEGEN STOFFWECHSELERKRANKUNGEN (DIABETES, HEPATITIS, LEBERCIRRHOSE U.A.) IN BEHANDLUNG WAREN. INSGESAMT 170 VERSUCHSPERSONEN. DIE PHYSIOLOGISCHE BLUT-AETHANOLALKOHOLKONZENTRATION LAG IN ALLEN FAELLEN UNTER 0,75 MG/L MIT EINER HAEUFUNG BEI 0,1 BIS 0,2 MG/L. IN DEM KOLLEKTIV DER STOFFWECHSELKRANKEN KONNTEN KEINE ABWEICHUNGEN DER PHYSIOLOGISCHEN AETHANOLALKOHOLKONZENTRATION FESTGESTELLT WERDEN.
Un campement magdalénien à Étiolles (Essonne)

L’ambition de cet article est d’apprehender la structure sociale d’une petite communaute de Magdaleniens a travers l’analyse palethnographique d’un niveau d’occupation d’Etiolles, le niveau U5-P15. Fouille sur 700 m2, ce niveau est interprete comme une partie de campement, composee de deux habitations, U5 et P15, abritant chacune une unite familiale, et associees a quatre foyers annexes. L’analyse spatiale met en evidence l’organisation des activites dans l’habitat et les remontages de silex attestent une circulation importante des produits de la taille entre les unites, essentiellement des nucleus et des lames. Cette circulation traduit la mobilite des individus dans l’espace du campement et aussi dans le temps du sejour. De nombreux echanges entre les habitations revelent une realite sociale complexe qui se manifeste par des comportements d’entraide et de partage, et une certaine forme de hierarchie entre les deux familles. En outre, une temporalite inegale des deux habitations pose la question d’une recomposition du groupe magdalenien durant son sejour a Etiolles
Does Pregnancy Immunize Against Breast Cancer

Abstract : Epidemiological evidence suggests that pregnancy at an early age and multiparity provide protection against the development of breast cancer. However, the mechanism(s) of this protection remains unclear. Endocrinological factors have been proposed to play a role. In addition, a few studies have suggested that immunological factors may be involved. We are interested in these latter immununological factors. Our overall objective is to answer the question: Does pregnancy immunize against breast cancer and can this explain, at least m part, the protective effect of pregnancy on breast cancer? Our hypothesis is that immune responses generated against normal breast tissue antigens during pregnancy/lactation protect against subsequent development of breast cancer by targeting the same antigens expressed on breast cancer cells. Our long range goals are to determine how pregnancy might immunize against breast cancer, identify the antigens involved, and use this information for developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. In this study, we generated phage display libraries from breast cancer cell lines and screened these libraries with sera from nulliparous or multiparous women to identity antigens that were specifically recognized by only the multiparous sera. If pregnancy is immunizing against breast cancer, then the antigens identified from these studies may be ideal candidates for preventative vaccines.
Common method bias in applied settings: The dilemma of researching in organizations

Authors are experiencing increasing competition for their articles to be published. One way of ensuring their work is given the best chance of being published is to underpin their research with rigorous methods that are characterized by robustness, accuracy and reliability. A common factor that can stymie research rigour is common method bias. Our aim in this article is to outline the nature of, concerns about and examine reasons why researchers still conduct studies that are susceptible to common method bias. We also provide some solutions for avoiding or managing common method bias concerns. In doing this, we acknowledge the substantial work that has been produced on this topic to date and, therefore, focus our contribution specifically on issues that affect research in applied and managerial settings. JEL Classification: C90, D23
Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), lecteur de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī (VIIe/XIIIe siècle), et deux lithographies indiennes

Cet article présente deux lithographies indiennes du Šarḥ al-Kāfiya et du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī (m. en ou après 688/1289), faites à Delhi, respectivement en 1282/1866 et 1283/1866. Elles ont appartenu à Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), magistrat britannique en Inde et auteur d’une grammaire arabe en sept volumes parus à Allahabad entre 1880 et 1911. La grammaire de Howell suit le plan du Mufaṣṣal de Zamaḫšarī (m. 538/1144) en quatre parties : nom, verbe, particule, ce qui est commun aux trois parties précédentes ou à deux d’entre elles. Le Šarḥ al-Šāfiya est couvert d’annotations, très certainement de la main même de Howell, mais le Šarḥ al-Kāfiya en est vierge. Cela semble devoir être mis en relation avec le développement que Howell donne, dans la lignée du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, à la quatrième partie du Mufaṣṣal, qui traite essentiellement de phonologie. C’est ce développement qui a attiré l’attention sur la grammaire de Howell et, à travers elle, le Šarḥ al-Šāfiya de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī de linguistes arabisants comme Jean Cantineau (1899–1956) et Henri Fleisch (1904–1985). Une enquête dans la grammaire de Howell montre que l’autre partie du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, qui traite de morphologie, et le Šarḥ al-Kāfiya, qui traite de syntaxe, en sont des sources tout aussi importantes et, par suite, que Howell peut encore servir de médiateur entre Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī et les arabisants.
Nationwide Study for Epidemiological Change of Atopic Dermatitis in School Aged Children between 1995 and 2000 and Kindergarten Aged Children in 2003 in Korea

목적 : 최근 세계적으로 아토피피부염과 함께 여러 알레르기질환의 유병률이 증가하는 추세이며, 특히 소아에서의 발병률은 성인에 비해 훨씬 높은 것으로 알려져 있다. 구미, 유럽에서의 유병률이 매우 높으며 이러한 추세는 치료와 예방이 개선되고 있음에도 불구하고 계속 증가하고 있다. 이에 저자들은 대한소아알레르기 및 호흡기학회 주관으로 1995년과 2000년 초등학생과 중학생, 그리고 2003년 유치원생을 대상으로 전국적인 아토피피부염 유병률의 역학적 변화와
Notes on group-work based tutorials in a large service teaching module

We report on a teaching project that involved the use of peer-supported group-work tutorials in a large (n = 414) service teaching module in Dublin City University in the academic year 2010-11. We describe the background and motivation for the project, and its design and execution. This includes a corresponding tutor training element. We report on feedback on the tutorials obtained from students and tutors, and discuss the students’ performance on the module assessments in the light of the group-work tutorials. We found little evidence of success in the project, and attempt to relate this to existing conceptual frameworks describing the effective implementation of group-work.
The Committee System: Powers, Appointments and Report Allocation

The European Parliament (EP), like the US Congress, is often depicted as a parliament with strong committees and weak parties. This article compares the powers of the EP's committees with their counterparts in national legislatures and examines the role of party groups in the committees. Analysing the principles guiding the appointments to committees, the selection of committee chairs, and the distribution of reports within the committees, we show that national party delegations inside the transnational groups are often key gatekeepers in the division of spoils within the groups, with group leaders restricted in their ability to direct the actions of their committee members. The distribution of reports between party groups and national delegations produces interesting variation, with the two largest groups (PES and EPP) largely in control of key reports, while the size of national parties inside the main groups is the primary factor in explaining the output of national delegations.
Sustainable Development of Enterprises: Barriers and Policy Recommendations

Enterprise development towards sustainability is a strategy that needs to set for enterprises if all existing and long-term development in the context of deeper integration and intense competition. In order to achieve the objective of sustainable development of enterprises, on the one hand, there is a need for changes of enterprises themselves, on the other hand, need to be oriented and supported by the state. In the context of open economy and fierce competition, Vietnamese enterprises have encountered barriers to the implementation of sustainable development. This study gives the concepts of sustainable enterprise development that emphasizes enterprise development activities. Then, from the identification and multidimensional analysis of these barriers, recommendations have been proposed to unravel in order to achieve the goal of sustainable enterprise development in the coming time. Keywords: Enterprise, Sustainable, Green, Technology, Energy, Quality DOI : 10.7176/JESD/10-16-11 Publication date : August 31 st 2019
Improving the delivery of PPP housing projects in developing countries

The supply of adequate and affordable houses is still a big challenge in many developing countries. Governments have sought to use different housing strategies, such as public private partnerships (PPPs), to solve these urban housing problems, but with limited success. The aim of this study is, firstly, to examine the challenges affecting the delivery of HPPP projects in developing countries and, secondly, to propose a PPP conceptual model to address the identified challenges. A mixed-methods approach was used to collect data from various stakeholders involved with housing public private partnership (HPPP) projects. Purposive sampling was used to select the targeted respondents. The quantitative data were analysed through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 22.0) whereas the qualitative data were analysed by content analysis. This study identified several challenges hindering the success of HPPP projects with the highest ranked challenge found to be: inadequate PPP skills and knowledge. Results demonstrate that PPP can be adopted as an alternative approach; however; the identified challenges need to be addressed for a successful outcome to be achieved. The key contributions to knowledge include: bridging the literature gap as this study is the first that identifies and ranks the HPPP challenges within the developing country context. Additionally, a conceptual model has been developed by adopting (and modifying as appropriate) success factors from international best practice. It is anticipated that the proposed conceptual model, validated by PPP experts, will provide a valuable road map for the successful delivery of HPPP projects in developing countries.
The health of Australia's prisoners 2009

Prisoners have significant health issues, with high rates of mental health problems communicable diseases, alcohol misuse, smoking and illicit drug use. The health of Australia’s prisoners 2012 is the 3rd report produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on the health and wellbeing of prisoners. The report explores the conditions and diseases experienced by prisoners; compares, where possible, the health of prisoners to the general Australian community and prisoners internationally; and provides valuable insight into the use of prison health services. The vast majority of prisoners are male (93%). The prison population is also relatively young, with almost two-thirds (65%) aged 20–39. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are significantly overrepresented in the prison system. At 30 June 2012, 27% of the prisoner population in Australia was Indigenous, compared with 2.5% of the general population (ABS 2012). New to the 2012 report was the inclusion of data from prison dischargees—those prisoners expecting to be released in the 4 weeks following the data collection period. As 2012 was the first year discharge information has been included, the participation rate was relatively low. It is expected that this rate will improve in subsequent collections. For present purposes however, the data presented about dischargees should be treated with caution. This report profile summarises some of the key findings of the full report: