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Factors affecting the Staff Turnover Intention: A Case study of a Malaysian Steel Manufacturing Company

Organizational performance is very important in order to ensure business sustainability. However, staff turnover is among the most challenging issues which has great impacts the performance of organization. It is concerning the management and human resource professionals because it involves high turnover costs and creates huge challenging tasks to the human resource management in the organization. Understanding the factors affecting the staff turnover in organization provides valuable inputs to human resource professionals in order to reduce the staff turnover issues in the organization. The company chosen for this research is a steel manufacturing company in Malaysia. Quantitative research methodologies are applied in this research. Closed-ended questionnaires developed to gather feedbacks from staffs regarding the major factors causing staffs to leave the company. Convenience and stratified techniques are used to select sample size from the population within the company. Frequency distribution is used to interpret survey data into frequency, percentage and cumulative percentage. Data analysis tools such as Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Correlation and Multiple regression is applied to analyse the relationship between the factors causing staff turnover and the staffs’ intention to leave the organization. The outcome of this research showed the factors studied such as staff benefits, working environment and training and development opportunities influenced the staff turnover intention.
Precession‐ and Obliquity‐Induced Changes in Moisture Sources for Enhanced Precipitation Over the Mediterranean Sea

Enhanced winter precipitation over the Mediterranean Sea at times of minimum precession and maximum obliquity, that is, times of enhanced insolation seasonality, could provide freshwater required to form orbitally paced sedimentary cycles across the Mediterranean, offering a possible alternative to monsoonal runoff. We investigate the sources of the enhanced winter precipitation, by applying a moisture tracking model on the results of idealized orbital extreme experiments with a state‐of‐the‐art climate model. Precession and obliquity enhance precipitation in fall and winter. Our study shows that the source of enhanced precipitation over the Mediterranean Sea differs during the winter half‐year. In fall, the majority of the precession‐induced precipitation increase originates from the Mediterranean itself. However, in late winter, the increase can be attributed to enhanced moisture advection from the Atlantic. This agrees with changes in evaporation and air‐sea temperature differences over the Mediterranean. The obliquity‐induced precipitation increase shows much less differences, with an equal contribution of local and Atlantic sources. The mechanism behind the Atlantic source of moisture, particularly important in late winter for precession‐induced precipitation changes, is related to a weakened Azores High and slightly higher surface pressure over North Africa. The resulting anomalous circulation patterns generate enhanced Atlantic moisture transport toward the Mediterranean. These mechanisms coincide with weaker storm track activity over the North Atlantic, opposite to previous studies that often attribute enhanced Mediterranean winter precipitation to a southward shift and intensification of the Atlantic storm track. We thus provide an alternative mechanism for Atlantic sources of orbitally paced Mediterranean precipitation changes.
Cerebral microbleeds and Alzheimer’s disease

Introduction In Alzheimer's disease (AD), cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are of special interest as they may have a crucial role in the pathophysiology of the disorder. Moreover, they may affect the clinical course of the disease and may have therapeutic consequences. This chapter will review the available data that help in considering the meaning of CMBs in clinical terms and the underlying pathology in the context of AD. Prevalence of cerebral microbleeds in Alzheimer's disease Five studies have reported the prevalence of CMBs in patients with AD (Table 13.1) [1-5]. One study reported the prevalence of lobar CMBs in 61 demented patients, half having AD [6]. Unfortunately, data from the AD subgroup could not be extracted. In total, we have extracted data from 450 patients with AD and the prevalence of CMBs was 22% (95% confidence interval (CI), 18-26) (Table 13.1). Figure 13.1 shows the prevalence of CMBs in different disease settings compared with that in AD. Even when CMBs are quite prevalent in a disorder, the majority of patients with CMBs only show one CMB. It is possible that CMBs exert their effect in a dose-dependent manner, so a high number of CMBs would predispose to a more aggressive disease course. Whether or not one or only a few CMBs should be regarded as silent lesions without clinical implications, remains to be demonstrated in large studies of sufficient power.
Population Responses Represent Vocalization Identity, Intensity, and Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Primary Auditory Cortex

The ability to process speech signals under challenging listening environments is critical for speech perception. Great efforts have been made to reveal the underlying single unit encoding mechanism. However, big variability is usually discovered in single-unit responses, and the population coding mechanism is yet to be revealed. In this study, we are aimed to study how a population of neurons encodes behaviorally relevant signals subjective to change in intensity and signal-noise-ratio (SNR). We recorded single-unit activity from the primary auditory cortex of awake common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) while delivering conspecific vocalizations degraded by two different background noises: broadband white noise (WGN) and vocalization babble (Babble). By pooling all single units together, the pseudo-population analysis showed the population neural responses track intra- and inter-trajectory angle evolutions track vocalization identity and intensity/SNR, respectively. The ability of the trajectory to track the vocalizations attribute was degraded to a different degree by different noises. Discrimination of neural populations evaluated by neural response classifiers revealed that a finer optimal temporal resolution and longer time scale of temporal dynamics were needed for vocalizations in noise than vocalizations at multiple different intensities. The ability of population responses to discriminate between different vocalizations were mostly retained above the detection threshold. Significance Statement How our brain excels in the challenge of precise acoustic signal encoding against noisy environment is of great interest for scientists. Relatively few studies have strived to tackle this mystery from the perspective of neural population responses. Population analysis reveals the underlying neural encoding mechanism of complex acoustic stimuli based upon a pool of single units via vector coding. We suggest the spatial population response vectors as one important way for neurons to integrate multiple attributes of natural acoustic signals, specifically, marmots’ vocalizations.
Assessment of Hepatoprotective Activity of Rajata Bhasma in CCl­4 Induced Hepatotoxicity Rats

Rajata Bhasma (RB) is an Ayurvedic formulation and used for the treatment of liver disorders. Till date scientific validation according to modern tool of RB has been not performed. Hence it was planned to evaluate the hepatoprotective activity of RB in CCl­4 induced liver cirrhosis rats. The different formulation RB1 (9 puta) and RB2 (17 puta) were prepared by following classical methods. The SGOT, SGPT, ALP, ACP, total bilirubin and direct bilirubin in blood significantly enhance in CCl4 treated rats compared to normal group rats. After treatment with the different doses of RB1 (50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) and RB2 (50 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) significantly decreased the CCl4 induced alteration in SGOT, SGPT, ALP, ACP, total bilirubin and direct bilirubin in blood. The RB1 and RB2 treated rats significantly increased the level of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase enzyme, whereas lipid peroxidation was decreased, when compared to CCl4 treated group rats. Theses property confirmed the antioxidant properties of RB. The findings suggest that hepatoprotective activity of RB may be due to free radical scavenging property.
The Evaluation of Second- and Third-Party Punishers

Although punishment can promote cooperative behavior, the evolution of punishment requires benefits which override the cost. One possible source of the benefit of punishing uncooperative behavior is obtaining a positive evaluation. This study compares evaluations of punishers and non-punishers. Two hundred and thirty-four undergraduate students participated in two studies. Study 1 revealed that, in the public goods game, punishers were not positively evaluated, while punishers were positively evaluated in the third-party punishment game. In Study 2, where the non-cooperator was a participant of a public goods game, we manipulated the punishers participation in the game. The results showed that punishers received no positive evaluations, regardless of their participation in the game, indicating that negative evaluation may not be a reaction toward aggression with retaliatory intentions.
Hazards and adverse effects for the assessment of animal welfare on farm and during transport: A preliminary table for bulls, veal calves and slaughter pigs

The mission of Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) is ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’. Within Wageningen UR, nine specialised research institutes of the DLO Foundation have joined forces with Wageningen University to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With approximately 30 locations, 6,000 members of staff and 9,000 students, Wageningen UR is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. The integral approach to problems and the cooperation between the various disciplines are at the heart of the unique Wageningen Approach. Wageningen UR Livestock Research P.O. Box 338 6700 AH Wageningen The Netherlands T +31 (0)317 48 39 53 E info.livestockresearch@wur.nl www.wageningenUR. nl/livestockresearch
A Novel System To Improve Over-Speeding Traffic Violation Ticketing using a Black Box

The paper will discuss the implementation of a novel system using a black box to make the overspeeding ticketing system more robust. The system will provide a physical proof of the drivers driving statistics. The system consist of three parts. First being a black box implementation using a raspberry pi 3b+ on the drivers side. It will track the current speed of the car via OBD-ii port with timestamp. Second being IOT device on the sheriff’s side which can fetch the speed information for past 20 minutes (speed information before vehicle came to compelete stantstill) from the black box and push it to the cloud. And the third part is cloud infrastructure which will receive the information from all the IoT devices and store in a S3 bucket. The sheriff can see the visualization of this data w.r. t. time on IoT device. The system will help sheriff make much informed decision as they will have past driving statistics of the driver. This will also help eliminate the corner cases such as over-speeding ticket when changing lanes or overtaking a vehicle.
Genome instability in childhood obesity: A conceptual framework for an assessment, intervention and monitoring programme of inflammation and DNA damage in paediatric obesity

Purpose: Recent studies have raised concerns that obese children may present an increased pre-disposition towards age–related disorders such as cancer. Initial evidence would suggest that the increased risk of developing cancer later in life might be linked to the reported presence of chronic low–grade inflammation in childhood obesity and the sustained accumulation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) capable of inflicting DNA damage, a well–known promoter and driver of carcinogenesis. This conceptual framework outlines the clinical and laboratory investigations required for the combined assessment and monitoring of systemic inflammation, micro–nutritional deficiencies and acquired genome damage in childhood obesity. Approach: A case–control study is proposed in a cohort of obese and healthy weight 11–15 year olds. This study combines assessments of blood, together with minimally invasive investigations of saliva and urine samples to obtain an overview of inflammation and DNA damage status in obesity. Furthermore, we present a nutrition sensitive intervention programme to investigate the reversibility of these pathological states. Findings: It is hypothesised that chronic inflammation in childhood obesity can establish a harmful microenvironment that inflicts damage to DNA. It is postulated that a nutrition sensitive intervention may reverse implications of inflammation and DNA damage in obese children. Value: An evaluation of the role of genomic instability and cumulative DNA damage early in life as a possible causative link between childhood obesity and the ncreased risk of developing cancer in adulthood. The conceptual framework proposes a personalised approach to disease diagnosis and monitoring of ‘genome health’ that can inform the prioritisation and severity of intervention measures in the clinical setting.
NYLON’S PRE-EMINENCE: THE PERMEABILITY OF WORLD REGIONS IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBALIZATION

ABSTRACT In this paper we provide a detailed geographical analysis of the role of the New York-London (NYLON) connection in the world city network. We find that its pre-eminence is much greater and much more diverse than previously considered. Our analysis draws on a data collection of the worldwide office networks of producer services firms across cities in 2018, and applies a purposeful combination of principal components analysis and network analysis to identify the relative importance of city-dyads in different regional geographies of globalization. We review the role of NYLON in the the different city sub-nets thus identified, and provide a more focused discussion of NYLON’s role in the production of three of these. In a short conclusion, we consider the meaning of our results for the broader literature.
A high-speed world with fake news: brand managers take warning

Purpose In an increasingly dangerous era for brands because of the emergence of fake news on the internet, brand managers need to know what is happening with fake news. This study aims to present perspectives on how to cope in an era of fake news. Design/methodology/approach The author provides a general review of fake news and what its sudden rise means for brand managers. Findings The study highlights the importance of context for news and the role of institutions, such as businesses and governments. The study calls brand managers to slow down in the high-speed world of the infosphere to preserve the integrity of their brands. Research limitations/implications The study is limited by its time frame as the internet continues to evolve. However, for times when fake news presents a threat to brands and other institutions, the study is relevant. Practical implications Brand managers need to slow down their activity levels just as savvy readers need to slow down their own reading on the internet. By doing this, brand managers will be better able to defend their brands in an era characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). Social implications The study suggests that resistance to fake news and its pernicious effects can be improved by taking an approach to processing content on the internet characterized by the scientific method. In this way, a context for news can be derived and fake news can be identified. In this way, societal trust can be improved. Originality/value This study is original because it analyzes the implications of fake news for brand managers and presents the most workable steps for identifying fake news.
An Efficient Single-Anchor Localization Method Using Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Systems

Ultra-wideband technology has the merits of high temporal resolution and stability, and it has been widely used for high-accuracy localization and tracking. However, most ultra-wideband localization systems need multiple anchors for trilateration, which results in high system cost, large messages overhead, and insufficient extraction of information. In this paper, we propose a single-anchor localization (SAL) mehtod that achieves high-accuracy multi-agent localization with high efficiency. In the proposed method, the anchor broadcasts the first two messages and then each agent responds one message to the anchor (quasi-)simultaneously. Based on the received message with superpositioned agent responses, the time-of-flight and angle-of-arrival information from all agents to the anchor can be extracted altogether. We implement the localization system in two indoor environments, and show that the proposed method can achieve decimeter-level accuracy for multiple agents using three messages. Our method provides design guidelines for high-accuracy and high-efficiency multi-agent localization systems.
“Sulcus Sink”: A Compact Binary and Semi-Automated Inverse Dijkstra-based System for Describing Sulcal Trajectories

We present a description of a system that uses a compact binary representation to describe and trace sulci on a reconstructed human cortical surface, based on a set of human-generated targets. The inputs to the system were manually created on a training set of 20 normal subjects (11 females, 9 males) with ages 22 – 40 years. T1 weighted MPRAGE images were collected on a Siemens 3T Trio scanner, with TR/TE = 2530/3.3, matrix = 256×256, FOV = 256mm, slice thickness 1.33mm. The resultant images were reconstructed with Freesurfer, and 10 sulci on each hemisphere were traced by an expert human operator and independently assessed for accuracy. Presented with these input trajectories in its training phase, the system attempted to determine a compact binary feature vector of each sulcus on each subject using as descriptor a binary parametrized function of several surface-geometry variables (such as mean curvature, sulcal depth, edge length, etc.). This function was optimized in a supervised learning fashion using a Dijkstra-based graph theory formulation, in which the binary weights were used to define graph edge costs. In the setup phase, the system was presented with sulcal trajectories already defined on surfaces, and then adjusted its parametrized weights in a binary fashion to minimize differences between the training input path and its Dijkstra-generated output path. Once the setup phase was complete and sulci had been described in a per-sulcus, per-subject manner, we generalized the per-sulcus description across all the subjects to construct a template binary word for each specific sulcus. The performance of the system for each subject and each sulcus, and for each template sulcus group was measured against the original human reference in both a quantitative and qualitative manner. Individual subjects generally showed very good optimization to their manually traced training samples across all sulci, with 91% average overlap within 4mm of the human target. Generalized group results, as expected, showed less overlap with the original human targets, but still performed on average with 80% overlap. Quantitatively, the group results were nonetheless for the most part quite acceptable to an independent human evaluator. The parametrized binary weight description that drives the Dijkstra path optimization is presented as a mechanism to succinctly and compactly describe individual human sulci and groups of sulci.
Methane emission, nutrient utilization, microbial protein synthesis and growth performance in finisher lambs fed complete feed blocks containing phytochemical-rich forages of semi-arid region

Abstract Tree leaves of Ailanthus excelsa, Ziziphus nummularia and Prosopis cineraria were fed in complete feed block (CFB) to 36 weaner (91 d) lambs distributed equally (20.6 ± 0.55 kg) in three groups (T1, T2 and T3). The CFB of T1 consisted of 40% A. excelsa leaves, which was replaced at 50% level with phytochemical rich Z. nummularia leaves in T2 and P. cineraria leaves in T3. There was decline (p < 0.05) in methane emission per kg digestible OM intake by 10.7 and 15.5% in T2 and T3 compared to T1. Rumen fermentation pattern showed an increased trichloroacetic acid precipitable N with decreased ammonia N and ciliate protozoa population in T3 compared to other two groups. Ruminal microbial protein synthesis as assessed from urinary purine derivatives excretion was higher (p = 0.012) in T3 than T1, while T2 had an intermediate value. There was decreased (p < 0.05) digestibility of dry matter, organic matter (OM) and ADF in T3, and that of crude protein (CP) and NDF in both T2 and T3. Lambs in T1 and T2 had higher (p < 0.05) intake of digestible OM, metabolizable energy (ME) and digestible CP than T3. There was improved (p = 0.038) N utilization efficiency with a reduced (p = 0.041) excretion through urine, but increased (p = 0.004) excretion through feces in T2 and T3 compared to T1. The live weight gain was lower in T3 compared to T1 with an intermediate performance in T2, but feed conversion ratio with respect to digestible OM and ME intake was similar in all the three groups. It is inferred that inclusion of Z. nummularia and P. cineraria leaves in CFB reduced methane emission, improved ruminal attributes including microbial protein synthesis and N utilization, but lower digestibility and ME intake lead to lower gain. Thus, ration with phytochemicals-rich tree forages would support finished lamb production under greener environment.
The Evolution of Aesthetics and Beauty

For over two millennia philosophical discussions tied aesthetics mainly to art and led to meager insights, if any, into why humans experience aesthetic reactions. Current scientific discussions on the issue, on the other hand, have turned to biology, evolution, and neuroscience. They link aesthetics with beauty in art, faces, scenery, and a variety of other sources. The biology of beauty is now viewed as having roots that extend far into the human ancestry, specifically to animal mate selection strategies. This chapter traces and explains the biological role in the human beauty response and its usefulness in various domains of human interactions.
Analysis of the condition of the nutritional status of early age orphan children in children's homes of the republic of Kazakhstan

Research objective was an assessment of adequacy of food with needs of an organism for energy and the main feedstuffs, and also improvement of a measure of prevention of the main forms of food violations at orphan children and children without parental support, in children’s homes of health system. Methods. The principle of the analysis of the nutritional status of children in our research consisted in comparison of the received results of anthropometry with reference standard sizes for children of this age category. The standards of reference population recom mended by WHO and used in the present report conform to standards of the national center for medical statistics of the USA (NCHS). In research results of inspection of orphan children as the main group (n=226) and children who are brought up in the families (n=100) which made group of control were used. Results. As it became clear, from 74 orphan children at the age of 6-12 months of 18.9% suffer from chronic insufficiency of food (-2 WITH), 6,8% from them have the expressed growth inhibition (-3 WITH), and 9,3% exceed standards of the age category. In control group of 10% have the expressed growth inhibition, and 2.04% advance own development. Conclusion. Analysis showed that the actual children nutrition scheme is obsolete and needs to be revised in a short time.