Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Harnessing Sustainable Motivation: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Public Service Motivation in Local Governments of the State of Oregon, United States

Employee motivation has always been a matter of concern for both public and private sector organizations. Since the industrial revolution in the late 18th century, organizations have struggled to foster workforce motivation and morale to enhance productivity. While a plethora of literature focuses on private sector motivation research, public sector organizations receive only modest scholarly attention. However, a new concept has emerged in public management literature during the late 1980s and 1990s, later known as public service motivation (PSM). The debate about PSM is premised on the notion that the motivation of public sector employees is quite different from their private sector counterparts because of their orientation to public service. Perry and Wise (1990) expressed this concept in the theory of PSM. Subsequently, a growing stream of scholarship has emerged which explores the many aspects of antecedents and outcomes related to PSM. However, questions remain about how to best keep the motivation of public sector employees sustainably high, and about what factors embolden or enervate the motivation and morale of public sector employees. This study focuses on the sustainable work motivation of local government employees. Its arguments and discussions draw from PSM theory, total quality management (TQM) principles, and inspiration from Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study examines and attempts to uncover the career trajectories of local government employees in the State of Oregon, United States, through a rigorous grounded theory method (GTM) of inquiry. The study reveals a number of factors that facilitate and/or inhibit employees’ PSM. We expect the findings to be useful for both practitioners and government human resource policymakers in understanding the subtlety and vicissitudes of public sector employee careers and motivations.
EFFECT OF SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE, COMPENSATION AND MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN PT. BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA (PERSERO), Tbk. KEDIRI BRANCH

This research was conducted at PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) KCP Ringinrejo Tbk. Branch Kediri This study uses Styles Situational Leadership and Compensation Committee as an independent variable, motivation as an intervening variable and performance as the dependent variable. The purpose of this study to analyze and determine the influence of leadership style and Compensation for performance through motivation as an intervening variable. The samples used were employees of PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero), Tbk. Branch Kediri with a total sample of 52 respondents using simple random sampling method. The analysis includes the validity, reliability, classic assumption test, test models, linear regression analysis and intervening. Based on the above results it can be seen that the Situational Leadership Styles and Compensation positive and significant impact on motivation, Situational Leadership Style and Compensation positive and significant impact on performance. Based on the two above analysis can be tested mediating (intervening) so that it is known that the variables of motivation to become an intervening variable because the calculation of standardized coefficients for the indirect effect of leadership style Situational and Compensation for Performance through work motivation is greater than the direct influence Styles Situational Leadership and Compensation on performance
Financial policy of Italian SMEs: The impact of mini-bond

Matter of interest is the financing policies adopted by Italian SMEs to sustain their business cycles and competitive strategies; more specifically, the paper attempts to verify the role played by the “mini-bond”, a financing instrument introduced in 2012 by the Italian government. So, this paper can be framed in the part of the wide financial literature that examines the financing decisions of SMEs. In this field, it provides a contribution in this field by analyzing the impacts on the financing policy and choices, generated by the introduction of new and alternative financial instruments. Therefore, focusing on the Italian context, the research analyses whether the mini-bonds have actually triggered variations in capital structure, solvency and profitability of Italian SMEs that have issued mini-bond. After having considered trends and statistics about the mini-bond market, the paper examines the effects of financial policies adopted by Italian companies that tapped the bond market in the last 7 years. The analysis is based on a dataset extracted from database AIDA; this dataset includes accounting data and financial ratios taken from financial statements of Italian SMEs that issued mini-bond between 2012-2016. The research covers a sample of 246 Italian companies and focuses on their accounting ratios related to financial leverage, solvency, and profitability. Considering the variation between the years before and after the issues for each of 12 considered ratios, we measured average, median and standard deviation of variations to analyze the financial behaviour of SMEs in the sample. This research framework is slightly different from previous researches because, to correctly interpret the average variations, we carried out a preliminary significance check using the Student distribution, and we observed the coherence between average and median, also considering if positive variations were less or more than negative ones. The main results we obtain are that mini-bonds have: an impact on the issuer’s capital structure, with clear impacts on the level and maturity of indebtness; a positive influence on the short-term solvency level of the issuers.
A 1.8V 450mW VDSL 4-band analog front end IC in 0.18μm CMOS

A highly integrated AFE chip for VDSL-4band in 0.18/spl mu/m CMOS draws 450mW from a single 1.8V supply. The 12MHz bandwidth transceiver employs an 11 b ADC, a 12b DAC, automatically tuned anti-aliasing and reconstruction filters, and programmable gain amplifiers. Beside the basic transceiver circuitry, it also provides clock generation and wake-up circuitry on a 7.5mm/sup 2/ die.
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

HNSCC is classified by its location: it can occur in the mouth (oral cavity), the middle part of the throat near the mouth (oropharynx), the space behind the nose (nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses), the upper part of the throat near the nasal cavity (nasopharynx), the voicebox (larynx), or the lower part of the throat near the larynx (hypopharynx). Depending on the location, the cancer can cause abnormal patches or open sores (ulcers) in the mouth and throat, unusual bleeding or pain in the mouth, sinus congestion that does not clear, sore throat, earache, pain when swallowing or difficulty swallowing, a hoarse voice, difficulty breathing, or enlarged lymph nodes.
Human and Natural Impacts on the Water Resources in the Syr Darya River Basin, Central Asia

Water resources are increasingly under stress in Central Asia because downstream countries are highly dependent on upstream countries. Water is essential for irrigation and is becoming scarcer due to climate change and human activities. Based on 20 hydrological stations, this study firstly analyzed the annual and seasonal spatial–temporal changes of the river discharges, precipitation, and temperature in the Syr Darya River Basin and then the possible relationships between these factors were detected. Finally, the potential reasons for the river discharge variations have been discussed. The results show that the river discharges in the upper stream of the basin had significantly risen from 1930 to 2006, mainly due to the increase in temperature (approximately 0.3 °C per decade), which accelerated the melting of glaciers, while it decreased in the middle and lower regions due to the rising irrigation. In the middle of the basin, the expansion of the construction land (128.83 km2/year) and agricultural land (66.68 km2/year) from 1992 to 2015 has significantly augmented the water consumption. The operations of reservoirs and irrigation canals significantly intercepted the river discharge from the upper streams, causing a sharp decline in the river discharges in the middle and lower reaches of the Syr Darya River in 1973. The outcomes obtained from this study allowed us to understand the changes in the river discharges and provided essential information for effective water resource management in the Syr Darya River Basin.
Leadership practices by senior position holders in Higher Educational Research Institutes: Stealth power in action?

Using the concept of stealth power and a critical realist perspective, this article identifies leadership practices that obscure the centralisation of power, drawing on data from interviews with 25 academic decision-makers in formal leadership positions in HERIs in Ireland, Italy and Turkey. Its key contribution is the innovative operationalisation of stealth power and the inductive identification of four practices which obscure that centralised power, i.e. rhetorical collegiality, agenda control, in-group loyalty and (at a deeper level) the invisibility of gendered power. The purpose of the article is emancipatory: by creating an awareness of these leadership practices, it challenges their persistence.
Two-dimensional Channel Estimation for Millimeter-wave MIMO Systems with Hybrid Precoding

Channel estimation for the millimeter wave (mm-wave) MIMO systems with hybrid precoding can be performed by estimating the path directions of the channel and corresponding path gains. Researchers often apply the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) method to estimate angle of arrivals (AoAs) and angle of departures (AoDs), however their schemes are all based on the communication systems equipped with uniform linear arrays (ULAs), which means that only azimuth angle is considered and we cannot get more accurate channel state information (CSI). Different from the previous work, this paper does not ignore the effection of the elevation parameters by proposing a two-dimensional (2-d) channel estimation scheme in the systems with L-shape arrays and uniform planar arrays (UPAs). The simulation results show that the proposed channel estimation scheme can achieve higher accuracy in the two types of arrays, thus obtaining more comprehensive channel information than conventional solutions.
Reanalysis of the association of high-redshift 1-Jansky quasars with IRAS galaxies

We develop a new statistical method to reanalyse an- gular correlations between background QSOs and foreground galaxiesthataresupposedtobeaconsequenceofdarkmatterin- homogeneities acting as weak gravitational lenses. The method is based on a weighted average over the galaxy positions and is optimized to distinguish between a random distribution of galaxies around QSOs and a distribution which follows an as- sumedQSO-galaxytwo-pointcorrelationfunction,bychoosing an appropriate weight function. With simulations we demon- strate that this weighted average is slightly more sensitive than Spearman's rank-order test which was used in previous inves- tigations. In particular, the advantages of the weighted average show up if the correlation is weak. We then reanalyze the correlation between high-redshift 1- Jansky QSOs and IRAS galaxies taken from the IRAS Faint Source Catalog; these samples were analyzed previously us- ing Spearman's rank-order test. In agreement with the previous work,wendmoderatetostrongcorrelationsbetweenthesetwo samples;consideringtheangulartwo-pointcorrelationfunction of these samples, we nd a typical scale of order 5 0 from which most of the correlation signal derives. However, the statistical signicanceofthecorrelationchangeswiththeredshiftslicesof theQSOsampleoneconsiders.Comparingwithsimpletheoret- icalestimatesoftheexpectedcorrelation,wendthatthesignal we derive is considerably stronger than expected. On the other hand, recent direct verications of the overdensity of matter in the line-of-sight to high-redshift radio QSOs obtained from the shear eld around these sources indicate that the observed association can be attributed to a gravitational lens effect.
Impact Analysis of Strategic Cost Management on Business Quality Modern Corporation

The aim of research was to study Impact Analysis of Strategic Cost Management on Business Quality Modern Corporation. This research was descriptive and to analyze this research we used an independent T test. Results show that There was not a significant difference in the scores for Cost Management based (M=36.6, SD=1.51) and normal (M=39.0, SD=3.51) conditions; t (8) =-1.39, p = 0.201. These results suggest that Cost Management does not have an effect on Business Quality. Specifically, our results suggest that Corporations that use cost management do not necessarily have higher business quality. An independent-samples t-test was conducted to compare Business Quality in Cost Management based Corporations and normal Corporations. There was not a significant difference in the scores for Cost Management based (M=36.6, SD=1.51) and normal (M=39.0, SD=3.51) conditions; t (8) =-1.39, p = 0.201. These results suggest that Cost Management does not have an effect on Business Quality. Specifically, our results suggest that Corporations that use cost management do not necessarily have higher business quality.
Austrian pharmacy students’ views, experiences and attitudes on an elective clinical pharmacy teaching event delivered in the English language

Introduction: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) recommend emphasising clinical education within a balanced pharmacy curriculum. During the summer of 2016 the University of Graz (KFU), sponsored an elective English language teaching event on clinical pharmacy for undergraduate pharmacy students. This project aimed to evaluate the views, experiences and attitudes of Austrian students taking part in this clinical pharmacy teaching event. Methods: A mixed method study using a quantitative questionnaire survey followed by qualitative semi-structured, one-to-one telephone interviews. Results: The response rate to the questionnaire and telephone interview study was 67% (n=20) and 30% (n=6) respectively. Students were satisfied with the teaching event (very good: 90% (n=18); good: (10% (n=2). They felt inspired to learn more about clinical pharmacy in the future (100% (n=20)). Main themes included opportunity, relevance and the desire to shape their own future profession. Conclusion: Students at KFU welcomed the opportunity to learn about clinical pharmacy at undergraduate level.
Automatic Shadow Detection and Compensation of Aerial Remote Sensing Images

Shadow detection and compensation in high resolution remote sensing images is very critical for target identification and information recovering.Based on a series of analysis about shadow properties,several properties were selected to compose together to detect shadow.Through improving Otsu method,more suitable thresholds of each property could be acquired automatically,which realized automatic detection of shadow.In order to highlight the information of objects inside shadow areas,an improved shadow compensation strategy based on the Wallis filter principle was proposed.Experiments indicate that the detection method is effective,and the accuracy and application range are improved,the compensation result is outstanding,and details sheltered by shadow also reappear.
More Schools, Larger Schools, or Both? Patterns of Enrollment Growth in
 K12 Catholic Schools Globally

After the governments of China and India, the Catholic Church is probably the third largest provider of K12 education in the world. How has growth in enrollment in K12 Catholic schools varied across countries over the last two decades? Which countries have accounted for most of the growth at the regional and global level? What has been the role of the number of schools and the size of schools in enrollment growth, or in the decline observed in some countries? Given trends towards higher enrollment in the developing world due to population growth and higher educational attainment, has enrollment growth in Catholic schools enabled them to maintain their market share over time? Finally, what do the data suggest for some of the constraints and strategic choices faced by Catholic schools in various countries? The objective of this paper is to answer these questions with a focus on trends in Catholic school enrollment and market shares across countries from 1995 to 2016.
Effectiviteit van SPRINT: Screening en PReventieve INTerventie ter voorkoming van antisociale gedragsproblemen

Doel van dit onderzoek was SPRINT te evalueren op de meerwaarde van longitudinale screening en de effectiviteit van de interventie ter vermindering van antisociale gedragsproblemen. Hiertoe werden 10 basisscholen random toegewezen aan de SPRINT conditie of aan de controleconditie waarin wel gescreend werd maar geen SPRINT behandelaanbod werd gedaan. Van deze scholen vielen gedurende het onderzoek drie controlegroep scholen uit, waardoor in feite sprake was van een quasi-experimentele onderzoeksopzet. De longitudinale screening van SPRINT blijkt van toegevoegde waarde boven eenmalige screening. Door de herhaalde meting blijkt dat slechts de helft van de op het eerste meetmoment positief gescreende kinderen blijvend probleemgedrag vertoont. De longitudinale screening door SPRINT voorkomt dat deze kinderen onnodig worden geselecteerd voor een interventie. De hierdoor bespaarde middelen maken intensievere behandeling van de terecht geselecteerde kinderen mogelijk. Opvallend is dat lang niet alle positief gescreende kinderen daadwerkelijk in de SPRINT interventie instromen, veelal omdat zij deelnemen aan ander hulpaanbod. De SPRINT interventie blijkt effectiever dan reguliere behandeling in het verminderen van agressief probleemgedrag volgens leerkrachten, maar niet in het verminderen van regelovertredend probleemgedrag. Het effect op agressief probleemgedrag heeft een grootte van d = . 36, hetgeen vergelijkbaar is met het gemiddelde effect van bewezen effectieve selectieve preventie in de wetenschappelijke literatuur. Klasgenoten zien geen groter effect van SPRINT dan van reguliere behandeling op het gedrag van deelnemers in de klas. Over langere termijn effecten kan op basis van zeer beperkte gegevens alleen geconcludeerd worden dat zowel het behoud als het verlies van het effect van SPRINT op agressief gedrag binnen een onzekerheidsmarge van 95% mogelijk is. Samenvattend blijkt het mogelijk door longitudinale screening een beperkte groep kinderen met aanhoudend probleemgedrag te selecteren op scholen, en deze kinderen en hun ouders een interventie aan te bieden die agressieve gedragsproblemen vermindert.
Hyperinsulinemic response to oral glucose in obese patients with essential hypertension

Background and objectives: Hypertension is a common health problem. The prevalence of hypertension increases progressively with increasing Body Mass Index. The aim of this study is to investigate changes in blood pressure (BP), plasma glucose (PG) and insulin level after ingestion of oral glucose; and to assess the relation between insulin level and BP in obese and non-obese normo-tensive and hypertensive subjects. Materials and Methods: Seventy five g glucose dissolved in 250 ml of water was given orally to 20 fasting newly diagnosed untreated patients with essential hypertension and 15 normo-tenisve control subjects matched for age, gender and Body Mass Index (BMI). Smokers and subjects with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiac or renal disease or those taking medications were excluded. Subjects were monitored for 2 hours. Half hourly BP, PG and insulin were measured. Results: Subjects were classified into obese (BMI≥ 30 Kg/m2) (11 patients, 8 normo-tensives) and nonobese (BMI< 30 Kg/m2) (9 patients, 7 normo-tensives). In obese hypertensive patients, insulin showed significant positive correlation with: systolic BP (SBP) (P=.04), diastolic BP (DBP) (P=.04) and mean BP (MBP) (P=.03). Obese hypertensive patients showed a significantly higher insulin response to oral glucose than obese normo-tensive subjects (P=.02). In obese and non-obese hypertensive patients glucose intake was associated with significant drop in DBP ((P≤ .005), (P< .05)) and MBP ((P< .005), (P< .05)) respectively. Conclusions: In obese hypertensive patients, the hyperinsulinemic response to oral glucose and the positive correlation of insulin with BP suggest that insulin may be involved in development of essential hypertension especially in obese patients
Interactive comment on “Semiannual variation of Pc5 ULF waves and relativistic electrons over two solar cycles of observations: comparison with predictions of the classical hypotheses” by

“Semiannual variations of Pc5 ULF waves and relativistic electrons over two solar cycles of observations: comparison with predictions of the classical hypotheses”, Poblet et al. explore variations of power in the Pc5 frequency range observed by ground magnetometers and of relativistic electron ﬂuence measured along the geosynchronous orbit. Through analysis of autocorrelation and superposed epoch analysis of data covering two solar cycles (22 and 23), the authors show variations in time scales ranging from days to months. Speciﬁcally, periodicities of approximately 9, 13 and 27 days, due to solar rotation have been identiﬁed in both relativistic elec-C1
PUBLICATIONS' CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS USING CONCEPT LATTICES

The definitive classification of scientific journals depends on their aims and scopes details. In this paper, we present an approach to facilitate the journals classification of the DBLP datasets. For the analysis, the DBLP data sets were preprocessed by assigning each journal attributes defined by its topics and then the theory of formal concept analysis is introduced. It is subsequently shown how this theory can be applied to analyze the relations between journals and the extracted topics from their aims and scopes. The result is a concept lattice that contains information on journal-topic relational context depending on how they are associated. It is shown how this approach can be used to facilitate the classifications of scientific journals.
Four essays on ageing, health and labour market participation

This paper examines the effect of retirement on health and healthcare utilisation. To accomplish this, I exploit the Norwegian 2011 pension reform that increased the monetary incentives to delay retiring for nearly half of the private sector workers at age 62. I take advantage of rich panel data and estimate the effect on health and labour market participation at ages 62–64 years. The intention-to-treat estimates shows that the targeted group of workers did increase their labour market participation at these ages. The results on health, however, are mixed. For the entire sample, I find no effect on acute hospitalisation, hospital days, visits to a physician or diagnoses related to cardiovascular, musculoskeletal or phsychological issues, or on the probability of dying by the age of 64. There is a degree of heterogeneity in the outcomes, and these results indicate that the probability of experiencing an acute hospitalisation increased for individuals with high education. Yet, for females, the probability of dying by age 64 decreased. Altogether, the results suggests that gender and education are important sources of heterogeneity, but increased employment for workers aged 62 is in general not coupled with a worsening in health or an increase in public healthcare expenditures through changes in objective measures of health and healthcare utilisations.