bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Creative leadership and motivation of university employees
Authors: Blaskova Martina , Trskova Kristina 
Published: January 2023

Â High quality work of scientific, pedagogical and administrative staff of universities is conditioned by their high motivation and conviction about the meaningfulness of their contribution to the science, students, and society. A deeper examination of academic motivation, made through analysis, synthesis, comparison and generalization of theoretical knowledge on leadership and motivation, indicates that motivation is influenced by many objective and subjective, quantitative and qualitative factors. Quality of managersâ€™ influence, respectively creative content of leadership and general managerial facilitation that managers utilize in affecting work behavior and performance of employees can be include to the strongest factors which affect the motivation. Paper is intended to investigate the motivation of universities members and its conditionalities. Methodological part of the paper contains the results of sociological questioning conducted on a sample of 122 employees of University of Zilina and focuses on examining dependence of the leadership style performed from the part of managers and the strength of motivation perceived by the university members. Specifically, three basic leadership styles are examined: authoritative, neutral and participative, versus three basic dimensions of the motivation: motivation to quality work; motivation to increase own knowledge and skills; and motivation to submitting new proposals. Applying chi-square test, the dependence of leadership style and level of motivation was confirmed in all three motivational dimensions; application of creative, participative leadership causes a higher degree of motivation. Subsequently, there is investigated in the paper whether the strength of motivation is also influenced by creating an atmosphere of trust, belongingness and encouraging to new proposals by the manager, and whether creating such a positive atmosphere is affected by the quality of leadership style. Through the use of Pearsonâ€™s test and Kendallâ€™s test, dependence was also confirmed. Conclusion of the paper presents a set of recommendations which might be contributive for the universities executives when strengthening the motivation of universities members and improving their competitiveness and contribution to society and its progress. Â Â Keywords: university employees and managers; leadership; motivation; survey, dependence
Municipal Tax Policy as a Tool of Local Development
Authors: Poliak Ladislav 
Published: January 2023

Municipality as basic unit of territorial government, needs to be fiscally autonomous. This autonomy is reflected both on the expenditure side as well as on the revenue side. The basic revenue group of municipalities is tax revenue. But the real reflection of using the tax jurisdiction is found in case of local taxes.Â Since 2005 there is a new system of local taxation in Slovakia. Slovak municipalities are able to use their taxing powers in order to support the other local policies. Aim of the paper is to evaluate a local taxes and local taxation as a tool of local (social and economic) development. The paper discusses the relation of tax, social and economic policies of municipality. It also contains a short legal analysis of local taxes use as a tool of supporting social and economic policies in the legal system of Slovak Republic. The paper also contains a proposition and implementation of methodology for quantification the social and stabilizing function of local taxes and its application in district towns of Slovak Republic. Results have shown that in Slovak district towns is no relation between local social and stabilizing policy and their current budgets development.Keywords: local development; local taxes; municipalities; real estate tax; tax policy; social policy; stabilizing policy
Historical Cost Accounting and International Accounting Harmonization
Authors: Cristea Valentin Gabriel 
Published: January 2023

The relationship between international accounting harmonization and fair value accounting is one biunivocal: fair value accounting has the effect of catalyst for international accounting harmonization generating relevant information required to the quality of fair value accounting figures.Management Accounting is focused on the historical cost. This is highlighted in the revaluation: the notes must be submitted separately for each item in the balance of nature revalued property and equipment, the following information: the value of assets at historical cost and revalued amount cumulative value adjustments; or value at the balance sheet date of the difference between the unrealized gains and historical cost accounting and the cumulative amount of the additional value adjustments.
Keywords: historical cost; harmonization; fair value; accounting;
Effective Leadership: A Study on the Administrative Staff
Authors: Bektas Cetin 
Published: January 2023

The content of this research is related with the non-academic personnel who work for a state university in Turkey. The research universe is composed of departments under presidency, institutes, faculties, colleges, vocational schools and coordinatorships. The study was presented to 34 units of the university and 300 of 350 administrative personnel. However, the was study conducted just among 260 administrative personnel. The questionnaire form was prepared to investigate the perception of ideal manager according to the personnel.Â Some of the questions on the questionnaire forms were prepared as closed-ended, while others were prepared as open-ended. The questions referring the perception of ideal manager were presented as open-ended. The data was analysed at a statistical program.Keywords: leadership; personnel; perception
Local currency as a means of alleviating the negative impact of the financial crisis on quality of life
Authors: Michal Butek , Tomas Kliestik 
Published: January 2023

The financial crisis of 2008 has not only shaken the financial markets but also undermined basic pillars of developed globalized society. Some economists talk about aÂ coming era of deglobalisation, others about â€žrelocalisaton of economyâ€œ.Â Voices questioning the growth of GDP as aÂ tool for solving socio-economic problems became more significant.Â Liquidity is shifted from the real economy to speculative sector of the financial markets, leading to inflation of the prices of financial assets and on the other hand, the lack of liquidity in the real economy leads to the strengthening importance of alternative means of exchange and to international and local spread of barter trade. There is aÂ trend in development of local monetary systems with elements of regional protectionism. At the time of rapidly developing automation, government maintains employment only through the unproductive state sector financed by large government deficits. The unsustainably growing indebtedness in private, corporate and state level is obvious and apparently the future will bring significant changes in the economic, political and social setting of the society. The aim of the article is to describe the economic and social importance of local currencies in today's rapidly changing society.Keywords: local currency; crisis, relocalisation
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of National Awards for Social Responsibility in the Slovakia and Czech Republic
Authors: Jankalova Miriam , Jankal Radoslav 
Published: January 2023

Between current trends belongs ever increasing pressure on companies to respect the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR). If companies want to be successful on the markets with strong competitive pressure, they have to focus their attention not only to make a profit, increase market share, but also to increase protection of the environment, or help the local community. It is important to operate responsibly towards all stakeholders and apply the principles of CSR.Â The aim of the paper is to point on the benefits for companies from participating in national awards for social responsibility and to compare the approaches used in the evaluation within national awards in the Slovakia and Czech Republic. Results are based on analytical research. It can be concluded that purpose of these awards is to increase interest in the CSR problematics not only among companies (organizations and industrial enterprises), but also between citizens.Keywords: corporate social responsibility; stakeholder; award;
Estimating the residence price by linear regression model and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Authors: Turk Tarik , Tuna Murat Fatih , Kitapci Olgun 
Published: January 2023

Owning a residence is also considered as an investment tool, determining the price of a residence with the desired properties has become one of the most important questions to be answered in social life. In this study, price estimations of residences located in nine of the central districts of Ankara city (Turkey) were carried out via multi linear regression model and geographical distributions of these residences were revealed on GIS environment to perform various query, spatial analysis and documentation operations. In addition, thematic maps regarding residence prices in the study region were produced.Â Keywords: estimating the residence price; Geographical Information Systems; online marketing; regression analysis
PET-CT in the Evaluation of Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Treatment Response of Soft-tissue Sarcomas
Authors: Castillo-Flores Samy , Gonzalez Marcos R. , Bryce-Alberti Mayte , de Souza Felipe , Subhawong Ty K. , Kuker Russ , Pretell-Mazzini Juan 
Published: January 2023

➢ In soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs), the use of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) through a standardized uptake value reduction rate correlates well with histopathological response to neoadjuvant treatment and survival.➢ PET-CT has shown a better sensitivity to diagnose systemic involvement compared with magnetic resonance imaging and CT; therefore, it has an important role in detecting recurrent systemic disease. However, delaying the use of PET-CT scan, to differentiate tumor recurrence from benign fluorodeoxyglucose uptake changes after surgical treatment and radiotherapy, is essential.➢ PET-CT limitations such as difficult differentiation between benign inflammatory and malignant processes, inefficient discrimination between benign soft-tissue tumors and STSs, and low sensitivity when evaluating small pulmonary metastases must be of special consideration.
Event-Related Alpha Oscillatory Response in Early Stage of Facial Expression Processing in Social Anxiety: Influence of Language Context
Authors: Song Sutao , Liu Aixin , Shang Haiqing , Gao Shihao , Gao Zeyuan , Zhang Mingxian , Zhao Shimeng , Zheng Yuanjie , Ge’s Ruiyang 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackground: Accurate interpretation of the emotional information conveyed by others’ facial expression is crucial for social interactions. The alpha oscillation response, which is an important event-related potential-based metric in studies of emotional information processing, to emotional facial processing in social anxiety is unclear.Method: In this case-control study, participants viewed facial expressions (angry, happy, neutral) preceded by a contextual sentence conveying either positive or negative evaluations about the participant. Contextual influences were reflected in rating and occipital and frontal alpha oscillation measured by event-related potentials (ERP).Results: With congruently emotional context and expression, occipital alpha oscillation power was significantly lower in social anxiety group than that in healthy control group. And in negative context, frontal alpha lateralization was significantly lower in social anxiety group than that in healthy control group.Conclusion: Social anxiety individuals showed stronger attentional inhibition of face expression processing only when the language context was emotionally congruent with the facial expression. The effect of context on facial expression processing in social anxiety individuals was manifested in the early stage of face processing as a contextual consistency effect, and the effect of negative information may be more pronounced.
Brain structural and functional changes in asymptomatic chronic internal carotid artery occlusion: protocol for a multi-modal MRI trial
Authors: Zhang Chi , He Yan-Li , He Chao , Li Yu-ting , Chen Zhu-Hong , Sun Jing-Ting , Shang Yu-Xuan , Hu Bo , Yu Ying , Zhao Yuan-Fang , Fan Yun-Yun , Cui Guang-bin , Wang Wen , Deng Jian-Ping , Sun Li-Li 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Background: Whether asymptomatic chronicinternal carotid artery occlusion (CICAO) can cause cognitive impairment as well as its underlying neuroimaging alterations remain controversial. Multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been extensively utilized in the study of cognitive impairment to reveal the potential brain functional or structural changes. We aim to investigate the underlying brain changes in asymptomatic CICAO patients with or without cognitive impairment by using multimodal MRI techniques.
Methods: First, patients with asymptomatic CICAO will be recruited from Tangdu hospital, and individuals without CICAO will be recruited as health controls (HC) from the local community. Then, these subjects will undergo a series of neuropsychology tests focusing on the cognition and multi-modal MRI brain scans. Appropriate statistical software will be utilized to investigate the neuropsychological performance and multimodal MRI data to investigate the potential associations between cognition and the neuroimaging features in patients with asymptomatic CICAO.
Discussion: In this study, multi-modal MRI will be used to evaluate the characteristics of asymptomatic CICAO. Imaging features that will be assessed include volumetric characteristics, functional characteristics and perfusion properties. Clinical information, such as basic information, age, gender, body mass index and educational level for asymptomatic CICAO will be collected for statistical analysis. Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Self-rating Depression Scale and Self-rating Anxiety Scale will be applied to access cognition, sleep disorder, depression and anxiety, respectively. This clinical trial will help establish an effective screening system to assess cognitive impairment and the underlying neuroimaging biomarkers for asymptomatic CICAO disease.
Trial registration: This study has already been registered at Clinical Trials. Gov (ID: NCT04443439) on May 27, 2020.
Big data on the prevalence of injury deaths among 187 000 elderly Chinese in the past 20 years (2000-2020): a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Yang Shanlan , Zhang Langlang , Zhu Xiang , Tu Jiaxin , Huang Helang , Yu Chao , Wu Lei 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Background
This study systematically reviewed injury death and causes in the elderly population in China from 2000 to 2020, to prevent or reduce the occurrence of injuries and death.
Methods
The CNKI, VIP, Wan Fang, MEDLINE, Embase, SinoMed, and Web of Science databases were searched to collect epidemiological characteristics of injury death among elderly over 60 years old in China from January 2000 to December 2020. Random effects meta-analysis was performed to pool injury mortality rate and identify publication bias, with study quality assessed using the AHRQ risk of bias tool.
Results
(1) A total of 21 studies with 187 488 subjects were included, covering 125 million elderly. The pooled injury mortality rate was 135.58/105 (95% CI 113.36/105 to 162.14/105), ranking second in the total death cause of the elderly. (2)Subgroup analysis showed that male injury death (146.00/105) was significantly higher than that of females (127.90/105), and overall injury mortality increased exponentially with age (R2=0.957), especially in those over 80 years old; the spatial distribution shows that the injury death rate in the central region is higher than that in the east and west and that in the countryside is higher than that in the city; the distribution of death time shows that after entering an aging society (2000-2020) is significantly higher than before (1990-2000). (3)There are more than 12 types of injury death, and the top three are falling, traffic accidents, and suicide.
Conclusions
China's elderly injury death rate is at a high level in the world, with more males than females, especially after the age of 80. There are regional differences. The main types of injury death are falling, traffic, and suicide. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, for accidental injuries and death, a rectification list for aging and barrier-free environments was issued.
PROSPERO Registration
The systematic review was registered in PROSPERO under protocol number CRD42022359992.
The Effects of Probiotics on Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Microbiota in Patients with Celiac Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Clinical Trials
Authors: Mozafarybazargany Mohammadhossein , Khonsari Nami Mohammadian , Sokoty Leily , Ejtahed Hanieh-Sadat , Qorbani Mostafa 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Objectives
Gluten-free diet (GFD) is the most effective method to manage celiac disease (CD). Many patients do not reach the complete symptom alleviation, even by strict GFD. Recent studies have reported inconsistent results regarding the beneficial benefits of taking probiotics. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effects of probiotics on gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and the possible underlying causes in CD and celiac disease autoimmunity (CDA) patients.
Methods
Databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched for clinical trials published until July 2022 about assessing the effects of probiotics or synbiotics on CD or CDA patients. We collected data on GI symptoms, CD markers, inflammatory and immune responses, adverse events, and gut microbiota. A random effect meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled standardized mean difference (SMD) and confidence interval (CI).
Results
We screened 7234 articles, of which 14 were included in the qualitative analysis and 5 in the quantitative analysis. Probiotics might alleviate GI symptoms, especially in the highly symptomatic patients and improve immune response in CD and CDA patients. Results of the meta-analysis showed that probiotics increased the abundance of Bifidobacterium (SMD:0.72, 95%CI (0.13,1.30) and Lactobacillus (SMD:0.49, 95%CI (0.18,0.80) as compared with placebo. Probiotics did not increase the adverse events compared to the placebo.
Conclusion
Probiotics might alleviate GI symptoms and immune response and improve dysbiosis in CD and CDA patients. However, high-quality clinical trials are needed to increase the level of evidence. Also, the most suitable combination of probiotics is yet to find.
LncRNA UCA1 promotes keratinocyte inflammation via suppressing METTL14 and activating the HIF-1α/NF-κB axis in psoriasis
Authors: Hu Yibo , Lei Li , Jiang Ling , Zeng Hongliang , Zhang Yushan , Fu Chuhan , Guo Haoran , Dong Yumeng , Ouyang Yujie , Zhang Xiaolin , Huang Jinhua , Zeng Qinghai , Chen Jing 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Psoriatic inflammation can be regulated by epigenetic factors, but little is known about their role. This work aims to reveal the effects of lncRNA UCA1 in keratinocyte inflammation. UCA1 was a psoriasis-related lncRNA in eight GEO transcriptome datasets and psoriatic skin. When we over-expressed or knocked down UCA1 in the keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT), the transcriptome and proteomic data showed that UCA1 could positively regulate inflammatory functions, such as response to cytokine. Experimental findings confirmed that UCA1 could increase inflammatory cytokine secretion, innate immunity gene expression, and ability of vascular endothelial cells. Besides, UCA1 could activate the NF-κB signaling pathway, which might be the target of UCA1-incuded HIF-1α and STAT3. We then uncovered the direct interactions between UCA1 and N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methyltransferase METTL14. METTL14 proved to be a functional suppressor of inflammation, it could antagonize the functions of UCA1. Subsequently, we found the m6A levels of HIF-1α were decreased in psoriatic lesions, thus HIF-1α could be the target of METTL14. In general, this work indicates that UCA1 can positively regulate keratinocytes inflammation and psoriasis development, it binds METTL14 and then activates HIF-1α and NF-κB signaling pathway. Our work presents a new understanding of UCA1 and METTL14 in psoriatic inflammation.
Use of imaging prediction model for omission of axillary surgery in early-stage breast cancer patients
Authors: Kim Soo-Yeon , Choi Yunhee , Kim Yeon Soo , Ha Su Min , Lee Su Hyun , Han Wonshik , Kim Hong‑Kyu , Cho Nariya , Moon Woo Kyung , Chang Jung Min 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Purpose
To develop a prediction model incorporating clinicopathological information, US, and MRI to diagnose axillary lymph node (LN) metastasis with acceptable false negative rate (FNR) in patients with early stage, clinically node-negative breast cancers.
Methods
In this single center retrospective study, the inclusion criteria comprised women with clinical T1 or T2 and N0 breast cancers who underwent preoperative US and MRI between January 2017 and July 2018. Patients were temporally divided into the development and validation cohorts. Clinicopathological information, US, and MRI findings were collected. Two prediction models (US model and combined US and MRI model) were created using logistic regression analysis from the development cohort. FNRs of the two models were compared using the McNemar test.
Results
A total of 964 women comprised the development (603 women, 54 ± 11 years) and validation (361 women, 53 ± 10 years) cohorts with 107 (18%) and 77 (21%) axillary LN metastases in each cohort, respectively. The US model consisted of tumor size and morphology of LN on US. The combined US and MRI model consisted of asymmetry of LN number, long diameter of LN, tumor type, and multiplicity of breast cancers on MRI, in addition to tumor size and morphology of LN on US. The combined model showed significantly lower FNR than the US model in both development (5% vs. 32%, P < .001) and validation (9% vs. 35%, P < .001) cohorts.
Conclusion
Our prediction model combining US and MRI lowered FNR compared to using US alone.