Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The role of corporate culture as a contributor to fraud and corruption in Australia: Perceptions of forensic accountants and industry professionals

The role organisational culture plays as a contributor to incidents of fraud and corruption is examined through semi-structured interviews with forensic accountants and senior management who have worked in multiple fraud and corruption investigations. Based on the findings, common characteristics around firm culture that impact incident rates are identified. Findings lend support to prior literature evidencing shared values within an organisation can influence employees' perceptions of what is acceptable, that employee conduct will mirror that of management, and that a combination of ethical culture, ethical education and ethical climate can serve as preventative measures with proactive risk assessments minimising risk of event occurrence.
Behavioral and neuroanatomical characterization of the Fmr1 knockout mouse

Previous studies showed the Fmr1 knockout (KO) mouse to be an excellent animal model for human fragile‐X syndrome. The aim of this study was to further characterize the phenotype of these animals. Neuroanatomically, KO male mice were compared to wild‐types (littermates) with respect to their sizes of hippocampal intra‐ and infrapyramidal mossy fiber (IIPMF) terminal fields. Behaviorally, they were tested in four different paradigms, each measuring different aspects of cognitive and emotional behavior: elevated plus maze (anxiety), neutral cage (aggression), open field (exploration), and radial maze (spatial memory). The results showed a diminished ability for radial maze learning associated with smaller sizes of IIPMF terminal fields. In addition, Fmr1 knockout animals exhibited increased locomotor activity, while no differences were found for aggression and anxiety. These data suggest the involvement of FMRP protein in the development of spatial learning and the sprouting of IIPMF terminal fields. Hippocampus 2002;12:39–46. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
A Steganographic Approach to Data Obfuscation using Random Keyboard Mapping Technique

This paper proposes a hybrid approach to enhanced data security using special matrices in conjunction with Steganography. The special matrices are used for mapping the actual characters to numbers which are actually pointers to the location of the characters in the matrices. The generated numbers corresponding to each character of the message are embedded in the image pixels at the least significant bit position prior to transmission. The change of LSB values of the image pixels do not distort the image significantly, allowing for undetected transmission of any message to its intended receiver.
B.4 Mesures entre objets surfaciques. Application à la qualification des liens d'appariement

Egalement, le fait de considerer les entites geographiques comme des entites bien definies dans l’espace, en les modelisant d’une maniere rigide (Crisp modeling en anglais), peut induire des incertitudes supplementaires [ALESHEIKH 99]. En effet, la definition des entites geographiques est le plus souvent sujet a une modelisation par les techniques dites “ floues ”, du fait que certaines primitives ne peuvent etre jamais definies d’une facon exacte (exemple: les contours des lacs, des forets, etc.).
Cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART62–76)-induced changes in regional monoamine levels in ratbrain

Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) is a novel neuropeptide with neurotransmitter-like effects. In the present study we examined the influence of CART peptide fragment, CART(62-76), on the levels of catecholamines (dopamine and norepinephrine), serotonin and their metabolites in five regions of the rat brain. CART(62-76) was administered at 0.5 or 5.0 microg dose intracerebroventricularly. A high-pressure liquid chromatograph coupled to electrochemical array detector was used to analyse the tissue homogenates. In the frontal cortex, CART(62-76) increased the levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a metabolite of serotonin (5-HT). In the striatum, CART(62-76) decreased the levels of noradrenaline and 5-HT. In the hypothalamus, CART(62-76) increased the levels of 5-HIAA. CART(62-76) had no significant effect in the hippocampus and cerebellum. Our data suggest that CART(62-76) peptide has no major effect on dopaminergic pathways, but it modulates the activity of striatal noradrenergic and corticostriatal and hypothalamic serotoninergic system in the rat brain. These regionally selective neurochemical changes may explain the effects of CART peptides on appetitive, emotional and locomotor behaviour.
Accurate rational model extraction method for lossy filter based on modified Cauchy method

A lossy filter rational model extraction technique based on modified Cauchy method is presented in this paper. The conventional Cauchy method is only for lossless case, not suitable for lossy filter. The rational polynomials model is the prerequisite to synthesize the low-pass prototype (the evaluation of the coupling matrix) for computer-aided tuning. To this purpose, we modify the conventional Cauchy method to extract the accurate rational model of lossy filters. Three numerical examples verify the new technique successfully.
SUPPORTING CLOUD ASSESSMENT WITH KEY UPDATES CHECKED

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The jobs puzzle: Taking on the challenge via controlled natural language processing

Abstract In this paper we take on Stuart C. Shapiro's challenge of solving the Jobs Puzzle automatically and do this via controlled natural language processing. Instead of encoding the puzzle in a formal language that might be difficult to use and understand, we employ a controlled natural language as a high-level specification language that adheres closely to the original notation of the puzzle and allows us to reconstruct the puzzle in a machine-processable way and add missing and implicit information to the problem description. We show how the resulting specification can be translated into an answer set program and be processed by a state-of-the-art answer set solver to find the solutions to the puzzle.
EUS-guided FNA for biliary disease as first-line modality to obtain histological evidence

Background: Few reports have described endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) for biliary lesions. In addition, adverse events were not completely examined in previous reports, due to the inclusion of cases in which biliary stents had already been placed. The present study aimed to investigate the diagnostic yield and adverse events of EUS-FNA for biliary lesions as the first-line diagnostic modality for consecutive prospectively registered patients. Methods: Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) patients with suspected cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) based on computed tomography or other imaging modalities; (2) patients who had not previously undergone endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or EUS-FNA; (3) absence of surgically altered anatomy, such as Roux-en-Y anastomosis or duodenal obstruction caused by tumor invasion, through which an endoscope could not pass; and (4) provision of written informed consent to all procedures associated with the study. Results: A total of 47 consecutive patients with suspected CCA were registered to this study. Sensitivity and accuracy were 89% and 87%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, puncture site was the only factor associated with reduced diagnostic yield (hazard ration, 6.879; 95% confidence interval, 1.172–40.374; P = 0.033). Remarkably, no adverse events such as bleeding or bile leakage were associated with EUS-FNA in any of the 47 patients. Conclusions: Our results suggest that EUS-FNA can be safely performed for biliary disease without biliary stenting. Furthermore, this procedure may warrant use as the first-line diagnostic method, although our results need to be validated in future prospective studies.
Training for Cost-Effectiveness vs. Training as Tax Evasion Tool – A Study on Selected Private Companies in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi organizations consider employee training as an indispensable strategic tool for enhancing employee’s performance. Although training seems to be an expense, it is regarded as an investment. Every company is increasing the amount of the budget on training programs showing the reason that training brings the competitive edge. The study is focused on analyzing the tendency of increasing the training budget to know whether it is an investment or an evasion medium of tax in Bangladesh. A survey has been administered to find the degree of effectiveness of training programs, the utilization of budget on training, the cost-effectiveness of training programs and the possibility of training programs used as a tax evasion medium in Bangladesh. We have collected data through a semi-structured questionnaire from a sample of 200 employees working in 20 private organizations located in Dhaka city. We have observed from our survey that most of the time training programs held in different organizations in Bangladesh are not always effective. Trainees are not getting the most out of it. Contrary to the expectation, the analysis showed that the training budget is not sufficient. Although companies are increasing the amount of the training budget every year, it is not enough to give best results. And the budget is not utilized effectively in many cases. For this, many company’s performance in cost-effectiveness of training is not satisfactory. The formal evaluation method is not followed in every company, and the training programs are not improved always. Every organization doesn’t conduct cost and benefit analysis of training programs. The study has also found that training can be used as a tax evasion tool and in many organizations, it is somewhat being used. Training program opens up the opportunity to include false expenses which increases the total cost. The result of increased expense is a decrease in taxable profit. We have used mean, standard deviation, variance, percentage analysis, hypothesis testing, etc. for statistical analysis.
The Special/General Education Integration Initiative for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

As part of a broader investigation, this study sought to (a) provide a statewide “snapshot” of educators' views regarding the current status of and process associated with increased integration efforts for serving students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in Virginia, and (b) document factors serving as the basis of or creating reluctance toward such efforts. Survey respondents included the population of special education supervisors and samples of general education supervisors, building principals, general secondary and elementary education teachers, and LD teachers (N = 788). Results suggest active efforts to increase the amount of time students with SLD spend in general classroom settings; however, limited program change-related guidelines or category-specific outcome-monitoring measures were reported. Across groups, participants expressed doubts regarding the adequacy of general education teachers' skills for making needed instructional adaptations. Over half of the respondents tended to disagree or disagreed that general education teachers were willing to make needed adaptations for students with SLD. Differences in the views expressed by the different respondent groups were examined.
Consumers' Willingness to Pay and to Patronize According to Major Restaurant Attributes

This study identifies the most important factors in the consumer decision-making process when choosing a restaurant. Using a dynamic comparison process, this study additionally explores consumers’ willingness to pay for each of three major attributes of restaurants: food quality, service, and ambience. Understanding this relationship is important for managers in attaining the aspired level of consumer satisfaction. Results indicate that food quality is more important than service and ambiance in upscale restaurants, while speed of service is more important than food quality and ambiance in quick-service restaurants. Thus, consumers are willing to pay more for high-quality food at upscale restaurants and for speed of service at quick-service restaurants. Economic literature states that the relationship between consumers’ willingness to pay and the elasticity for a restaurant’s attributes is linear (positive and direct), while the current results do not support this assumption. This study should have a significant impact on the restaurant industry, as it identifies the scope of differential returns on investment on various restaurant attributes. Republication not permitted without written consent of the author. 1 Perutkova: Consumers’ Willingness to Pay & Patronize Restaurant Attributes Published by STARS, 2009 THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL 2 www.URJ. ucf.edu INTRODUCTION This study examines the most important factors in quick-service and upscale-service restaurants in a consumer selection process, using four different scenarios. The ranking order method was used in much previous research to identify consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP). In the rank-order method, consumers consider restaurant attributes in a sequential manner, in order of importance, in making decisions about which restaurants to patronize. In the current study, by contrast, we substituted the sequential process with a dynamic comparison for consumers’ willingness to pay for three major restaurant attributes: food quality, service, and ambiance. The levels of restaurant attributes were separated as high and low and the WTP was measured in dollar amounts. This study includes an understanding of the nature of the relationship between restaurant attributes and the consumers’ WTP. Understanding the functional structure of this relationship can help restaurants to make wise decisions in terms of allocating their funds for maximum return on investment. For reading ease, the following abbreviations were used in this paper: WTP (willingness to pay), ROI (return on investment), CS (customer satisfaction), and WTR (willingness to return).
Conversational Group Recommender Systems

Recommending to a group of users is multifaceted as people naturally adapt to other members, and it may turn out that what they choose in a group does not fully match individual interests. Besides, it has been shown that the recommendation needs of groups go beyond the aggregation of individual preferences. In practice, it is much more difficult to predict group choices because users take into account the others' reactions and different users react to the group in different ways. Thus, in this research, we aim at exploiting an interactive and conversational approach to facilitate the group decision-making process where the complex trade-off between the satisfaction of an individual and the group as a whole typically occurs and needs to be resolved. To attain this goal, we investigate approaches that can access a group situation and autonomously learn an adaptive interaction in a specific condition of the group.
Pharmacokinetics of levosimendan in healthy volunteers and patients with congestive heart failure.

Levosimendan is a new inodilatory agent that sensitizes troponin-C in heart muscle cells to calcium, thus improving contractility. The pharmacokinetics of levosimendan were evaluated using a double-isotope technique in eight healthy volunteers and in eight patients with mild congestive heart failure (CHF). A single i.v. dose of 0.50 mg 14C-labeled levosimendan and a single oral dose of 0.50 mg 13C15N-labeled levosimendan were administered concomitantly. The elimination half-lives (mean +/- SD) of levosimendan were 0.96 +/- 0.16 h in healthy volunteers and 1.03 +/- 0.11 h in patients. The respective figures for total drug were 5.73 +/- 1.53 h and 5.23 +/- 0.99 h. Clearances of levosimendan averaged 359 +/- 69 ml/min in healthy volunteers and 296 +/- 61 ml/min in patients and of total drug 104 +/- 15 and 85 +/- 20 ml/min, respectively. Volumes of distribution at steady state were for levosimendan 21.9 +/- 5.9 L in healthy volunteers and 19.5 +/- 4.5 L in patients and for 14C-drug 27.9 +/- 5.3 L and 23.8 +/- 2.8 L, respectively. The bioavailability of oral levosimendan was 85 +/- 6% in healthy volunteers and 84 +/- 4% in patients.
[The modern approach in surgical treatment of skull base tumors in experience of neurotraumatology Department, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum from years 2003-2006].

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of modern methods in surgical treatment of skull base tumors (multidisciplinary operating teams, new methods of dura and bone defects repair) on extension of tumor resection considering complications rate. MATERIAL AND METHODS The retrospective study for 26 patients of Neurotraumatology Department, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum was carried out. All of patients were operated due to skull base tumor in period 2003 - 2006. In our series 9 patients (34.62%) was admitted with recurrence of skull base pathology. The age average for the sample was 57.38 +/- 14.84 years. RESULTS In 16 cases (61.54%) dura was involved in pathological process. Every time if dura resection was performed, the resulting defect was repaired with Tachocomb, tissue glue, artificial meninge, fascia lata femoris, pericranium. In case of bone infiltration (especially in anterior fossa of the skull), the resection was followed by the cranioplasty (Norian, cranioplast) - prevention of brain herniation, and opened during the operation sinuses were closed with use of temporal muscle and biomaterials. 15 patients (57.69%) were operated in mixed multidisciplinary teams (cooperation with Maxillofacial Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department). The resection of pathological mass was evaluated as completed in 69.23% (n=18) cases. The most common histopathological finding was neoplasm from meninges: 11 (42.31%) and epithelial neoplasm 7 (26.92%). CONCLUSIONS The modern micro- and neurosurgical techniques, new reconstructive methods of dura and bone defects (biomaterials) and multidisciplinary operating teams (craniofacial approach) diminished limitations for extended resection of tumors in very complexed area that skull base is, by complications on accepted level. Typical for skull base tumors' treatment is varied histopathological nature of mass lesions, what in relation to grading of tumors still has the strongest impact on long term results of treatment.
Visualization properties for data quality visual assessment: An exploratory case study

Data quality assessment outcomes are essential to ensure useful analytical processes results. Relevant computational approaches provide assessment support, especially to data defects that present more precise rules. However, data defects that are more dependent of data context knowledge challenge the data quality assessment since the process involves human supervision. Visualization systems belong to a class of supervised tools that can make visible data defect structures. Despite their considerable design knowledge encodings, there is little support design to visual quality assessment of data defects. Therefore, this work reports a case study that has explored which and how visualization properties facilitate visual detection of data defect. Its outcomes offer a first set of implications to design visualization system to permit data quality visual assessment.
The dual process model of coping with bereavement: rationale and description.

There are shortcomings in traditional theorizing about effective ways of coping with bereavement, most notably, with respect to the so-called "grief work hypothesis. " Criticisms include imprecise definition, failure to represent dynamic processing that is characteristic of grieving, lack of empirical evidence and validation across cultures and historical periods, and a limited focus on intrapersonal processes and on health outcomes. Therefore, a revised model of coping with bereavement, the dual process model, is proposed. This model identifies two types of stressors, loss- and restoration-oriented, and a dynamic, regulatory coping process of oscillation, whereby the grieving individual at times confronts, at other times avoids, the different tasks of grieving. This model proposes that adaptive coping is composed of confrontation--avoidance of loss and restoration stressors. It also argues the need for dosage of grieving, that is, the need to take respite from dealing with either of these stressors, as an integral part of adaptive coping. Empirical research to support this conceptualization is discussed, and the model's relevance to the examination of complicated grief, analysis of subgroup phenomena, as well as interpersonal coping processes, is described.
Bringing Local Knowledge Into Program Implementation Process (Case Study Of PIJAR Program)

Currently, local knowledge is an important consideration for practitioners and public policy academics. Some parties argued that the failure of program implementation was caused by the fact that policy did not pay attention to the reality of society and tended to make the community as a passive target group. This study aimed to illustrate the importance of including local knowledge in program implementation, especially program for local economic development. This research was a case study on PIJAR Program in Dompu Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. Researchers argued that local knowledge became an inseparable part in the implementation of the program and public policy in order to improve the welfare of the community. The data in this study was taken through the process of interviewing the community and related agencies, and observation. The results showed that considering local knowledge would improve program effectiveness due to (1) recognition that local communities were active in implementing programs that accommodate local knowledge and context; (2) local knowledge as an inseparable part of the community; (3) awareness of the development of local potentials owned by communities, local governments and private sectors. This research is expected to be useful for practitioners and academics to make the knowledge of local people as part of the values that must be included in every process of program implementation.