jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Linking ethical leadership and behavioral outcomes through workplace spirituality: a study on Indian hotel industry

Purpose This study aims to understand and examine the mediating role of workplace spirituality on ethical leadership and behavioral outcomes. The study used the social exchange theory and social learning theory to study the underlying mechanism. Design/methodology/approach The data was collected from 348 frontline hotel employees of North India using convenience sampling. The study used structural equation modeling and Macro PROCESS Hayes (2017) to test the hypothesized model. Findings The study found a positive association between ethical leadership and organizational citizenship behavior and a negative association between ethical leadership and unethical pro-organizational behavior. Workplace spirituality mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and its outcomes. Practical implications The study brings out the significance of ethical leadership and workplace spirituality in enhancing organizational citizenship behavior and reducing unethical pro-organizational behavior. Originality/value There is a paucity of research done on the mediating role of workplace spirituality in understanding its significance in aligning ethical leadership and behavioral outcomes. Hence, the authors attempt to address this gap by understanding the role of workplace spirituality and its association with ethical leadership, unethical pro-organizational behavior and organizational citizenship behavior among the employees of the hotel industry.

Topic: Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
With Friends Like These

This chapter illustrates how the fight in US Congress for a favorable nuclear freeze resolution is a cautionary example of how popular social movements can create alliances with factions that ultimately do not share the same goal. Although the Freeze movement drew bipartisan support, many in Congress embraced the popularity of the idea but cared little for the movement's larger objectives. As a result of the congressional embrace, the campaign took on a much more partisan and professional attitude, contrary to its original grassroots objectives. Despite the major flaws in the Congress–Freeze alliance, the push from congressional circles ultimately placed domestic political pressure on the Reagan administration to make arms control and diplomacy central to its foreign policy concerns. As a result of Freeze pressure, the administration moved from arms control proposals seemingly designed to fail to an openness on arms control summits previously conditioned on Soviet actions.

Topic: Nuclear Issues and Defense
Subfield: Political Science and International Relations
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Theoretical perspectives of the HCD integration in software development process

HCD is an approach that covers all of the human aspects including aesthetic and ergonomics, which will provide a better approach in strengthening the HCI approaches to strengthen the software development process. Lack of guidelines to guide the software practitioners to adopt the HCD in software development process become the main concern in this study. Among the problems that faced by the organizations that have adopted HCD, including problem of managing the resources such as human, financial and infrastructure. Therefore, this study used a theoretical lens to get a better understanding of HCD integration form management perspective, namely operational, tactical (management) and strategy perspective in software development process. Furthermore, the HCDP model is employed in this study because it covers the HCD activities from the project planning stage to the implementation stage of the software development process and it emphasizes on the larger scope of human factors and require broader skills in software development process. As a result, a conceptual model of HCD integration has been developed which emphasizes on the importance of managing the resources and long term strategic planning for the organization. This is due to long term strategic planning and managing organization resources appropriately will contribute to the success of the organization which will increase organizational performance.

Topic: Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
PREPARATION OF GINGIVAL MARGIN FOR METALLO-CERAMIC CROWNS

Екатеринбург Аннотация. Проведен метрический анализ боров, выведено уравнение для расчета положения бора с целью получения необходимой проточки гингивального уступа. Ключевые слова: шаровидный бор, гингивальный уступ, препарирование. Одним из самых распространенных способов ортопедического лечения зубных рядов в современной стоматологии являются металлокерамические конструкции, большинство недостатков при применении которых связано с обнажением металлической шейки или воспалением десны вокруг края реставрации, что часто происходит из-за неправильного препарирования зубов [1]. Одним из перспективных нововведений в препарировании зубов является этап препарирования гингивального края шаровидным бором для создания равномерного кругового уступа. Этот этап представлен в методике реверсивного препарирования по Michael DiTolla, методике Diafutur. Однако остается неясным расположение бора относительно твердых тканей. Цель исследования – Повышение эффективности протезирования металлокерамическими конструкциями путем совершенствования этапа препарирования уступа. Объектом исследования служил бор SS White FG 801/023. Метрический анализ боров проводился с помощью электронного штангенциркуля Kraftool по стандартам ISO. Материал исследования - 10 интактных человеческий удаленных зубов по ортопедическим и ортодонтическим показаниям. В пришеечной области зубов с использованием бора, турбинной бормашины, водяного охлаждения формировали уступ по методике реверсивного препарирования при различном положении шаровидного бора относительно твердых тканей. Математические расчеты проводились с помощью программы MathCad 14. Метрический анализ трех боров SS White FG 801/023 дал следующие результаты: диаметр рабочей части бора составил 2,27 мм, места соединения составил 0,957 мм, хвостовика составил 1,53 мм, длина конусной части хвостовика составила 3,823 мм. С учетом полученных данных нами составлени схема расположения бора при формировании проточки определенной глубины. Используя данную схему, выведена взаимосвязь между метрическими характеристиками бора, позиционированием бора относительно препарируемых тканей и требуемой глубины проточки. С учетом полученных данных в методику создания гингивальной ориентировочной проточки шаровидным бором внесены изменения в позиционировании бора относительно препарируемых тканей. При использовании бора SS White FG 801/023 для создания уступа шириной 1,2 мм рекомендуется располагать бор под углом 27,3 градусов. Учитывая, что работать в полости рта более сложно, выдержать такой угол на протяжении всего этапа представляется крайне затруднительным даже для опытного врача. Но если врач сможет выдержать угол от 22,3 до 32,3 градусов, он получит уступ шириной от 1.06 до 1.34 мм. Используя выведенное уравнение, клиницист сможет рассчитать сектор положения любого шаровидного бора для получения проточки требуемой ширины. Полученные экспериментальные данные в настоящее время проходят этап клинической аппробации. ЛИТЕРАТУРА 1. Арутюнов С

Topic: Engineering Technology and Methodologies
Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Gigantic apricot tree

Gigantic apricot tree Get access R. H. R. H. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s2-III, Issue 59, 14 February 1857, Page 125, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s2-III.59.125a Published: 14 February 1857

Topic: Cassava research and cyanide
Subfield: Plant Science
Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Domain: Life Sciences
Sequence variation in the human dopamine transporter gene in subjects with bipolar disorder

The dopamine (DA) transporter (hDAT, SLC6A3) plays a critical role in terminating synaptic DA neurotransmission and maintaining DA homeostasis. Dysfunction of hDAT is believed to contribute to various neuropsychiatric disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder (BPD). Recently, we identified a rare hDAT variant, Ala559Val, in two ADHD subjects, which has also been identified in a subject with BPD [Grunhage et al., 2000]. In this study, we are evaluating whether functional variants in hDAT exist in BPD and ascertain the transmission pattern and functional nature of identified polymorphisms. We utilize PCR and temperature‐gradient capillary electrophoresis (TGCE) to screen for mutations in the entire coding region and adjacent non‐coding sequence of the hDAT gene in a cohort of &gt;400 BPD (Type 1 and II) subjects. Preliminary analyses reveal a number of both novel and common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the gene. Our study constitutes the largest analysis to date of DAT coding sequences in BPD, permitting the identification of both common and rare variants that could contribute to DAT dysfunction in the disorder. Supported by NIH grant #T32NS06120106 and T32MH064913; NIMH grant # MH073991, MH47612, MH59567, MH68503 and Veterans Affairs VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center.

Topic: Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
LMI-Based Robust Stabilization of Linear Uncertain Systems with Input Time-Delay

To robust stabilization problems for a linear uncertain system with parametric uncertainties,state delay and input delay were considered,where the parametric uncertainties are norm-bounded,and the state and input delays are time-varying and bounded.For robust stabilization of this system,a memoryless state-feedback robust stabilization controller was designed,and LMI-formed(linear matrix inequalities) sufficient conditions for robust exponential stability of the closed-loop system under the controller were given.These sufficient conditions don not require that the derivative of delays be less than 1,so they are less conservative than those in the current researches.Furthermore,they can be applied in both fast-and slow-varying time delay systems.Finally,a numerical example was given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed robust stability conditions.

Topic: Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Genomic and phenotypic comparison of environmental and patient-derived isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggest that antimicrobial resistance is rare within the environment

Patient-derived isolates of the opportunistic pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> are frequently resistant to antibiotics due to the presence of sequence variants in resistance-associated genes. However, the frequency of antibiotic resistance and of resistance-associated sequence variants in environmental isolates of <i>P. aeruginosa</i> has not been well studied. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, meropenem, tobramycin) of environmental (<i>n</i>=50) and cystic fibrosis (<i>n</i>=42) <i>P. aeruginosa</i> isolates was carried out. Following whole genome sequencing of all isolates, 25 resistance-associated genes were analysed for the presence of likely function-altering sequence variants. Environmental isolates were susceptible to all antibiotics with one exception, whereas patient-derived isolates had significant frequencies of resistance to each antibiotic and a greater number of likely resistance-associated genetic variants. These findings indicate that the natural environment does not act as a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant <i>P. aeruginosa,</i> supporting a model in which antibiotic susceptible environmental bacteria infect patients and develop resistance during infection.

Topic: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Subfield: Molecular Medicine
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Stewing in Its Own Juices? The Permeability of PET by Water and Acetic Acid

Abstract Historic documents are frequently protected by placing them in a sealed polyethylene-terephthalate (PET) envelope. Although the paper is mechanically stabilized, the PET film may limit transmission of moisture or acidic degradation by-products of the paper. This creates a microenvironment for the encapsulated document. The permeation of water and acetic acid vapor through the PET film was measured to understand the microenvironment within an encapsulated enclosure. For encapsulation with a 102 μm (4 mil) PET film, the water vapor mass flux through the encapsulated film was measured. The water vapor was found to flow into or out of the PET film depending on the sample and environmental conditions. Because the encapsulated paper needed a longer time to dry than paper in open air, PET encapsulation provides a microenvironment that will buffer the encapsulated object from large swings in humidity. Acetic acid either did not diffuse through the PET, or it diffused at such a slow rate as to not be measured, due to the larger size of the acetic acid molecule than the water molecule. Keeping one edge of an encapsulation open allowed a drying rate that was four times faster than when all four sides were sealed. Because acetic acid vapor does not readily diffuse through the PET, these results reinforce the recommendations for deacidification and/or addition of buffering agents to the paper or enclosure. The results of this study point to a critical need for the investigation of new materials in conjunction with further evaluation of currently used materials.

Topic: Material Properties and Processing
Subfield: Mechanics of Materials
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Adversaries or Partners? Science and the Precautionary Principle in International Wildlife Treaty Regimes

In 1992, the precautionary principle emerged from the sidelines to make a splash at Rio and make its debut on the international environmental law stage. Since then, the principle has been adopted in numerous international agreements and has become an important principle of international environmental law. It has also, however, experienced something of a backlash. Among other things, commentators have argued that it is incoherent and paralyzing or anti-scientific. This article identifies and analyzes four themes that emerge from the way in which the principle has been addressed by four major international conventions for the conservation of wildlife - the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). These themes shed light on how the parties to these conventions perceive the precautionary principle, its role in decision-making, and its relationship to science. The principle's use suggests that the principle is primarily perceived as a stop-gap measure to be applied at the operational level when information is clearly absent. Where, however, information is available, the principle is frequently treated as irrelevant. This in turn leads to arguments that those who see a role for the principle in these circumstances are acting contrary to the science. This article argues that this approach misconceives the nature and level of uncertainty in conservation. It proposes that decision-makers recognize the pervasiveness of uncertainty. As such, they should develop a distinct role for the precautionary principle that is complementary to science and that will allow the inevitable value judgments implicated in conservation activities to be made openly and with a background principle of ensuring conservation. To the extent this role takes the principle beyond its beginnings in Rio, this article argues that the role is necessary as part of the principle's maturing process.

Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Recursively Arbitrarily Vertex-Decomposable Graphs ∗

A graph G = (V, E) is arbitrarily vertex decomposable if for any sequence τ of positive integers adding up to |V |, there is a sequence of vertex-disjoints subsets of V whose orders are given by τ, and which induce connected graphs. The main aim of this paper is to study the recursive version of this problem. We present a solution for trees, suns, and partially for a class of 2-connected graphs called balloons. 1

Topic: Advanced Graph Theory Research
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Principles of image processing in machine vision systems for the color analysis of minerals

At the moment color sorting method is one of promising methods of mineral raw materials enrichment. This method is based on registration of color differences between images of analyzed objects. As is generally known the problem with delimitation of close color tints when sorting low-contrast minerals is one of the main disadvantages of color sorting method. It is can be related with wrong choice of a color model and incomplete image processing in machine vision system for realizing color sorting algorithm. Another problem is a necessity of image processing features reconfiguration when changing the type of analyzed minerals. This is due to the fact that optical properties of mineral samples vary from one mineral deposit to another. Therefore searching for values of image processing features is non-trivial task. And this task doesn't always have an acceptable solution. In addition there are no uniform guidelines for determining criteria of mineral samples separation. It is assumed that the process of image processing features reconfiguration had to be made by machine learning. But in practice it's carried out by adjusting the operating parameters which are satisfactory for one specific enrichment task. This approach usually leads to the fact that machine vision system unable to estimate rapidly the concentration rate of analyzed mineral ore by using color sorting method. This paper presents the results of research aimed at addressing mentioned shortcomings in image processing organization for machine vision systems which are used to color sorting of mineral samples. The principles of color analysis for low-contrast minerals by using machine vision systems are also studied. In addition, a special processing algorithm for color images of mineral samples is developed. Mentioned algorithm allows you to determine automatically the criteria of mineral samples separation based on an analysis of representative mineral samples. Experimental studies of the proposed algorithm were performed using samples of gold and copper-nickel ores. And obtained results confirmed its efficiency with respect to mineral objects. The research results will allow: expanding the use of the color sorting method in the field of mineral raw materials enrichment; facilitating the search for values of image processing features for machine vision systems which are used to the color analysis of minerals; reducing the time required for reconfiguration of image processing features when changing the type of analyzed minerals; realizing the process of rapid estimating the concentration rate of analyzed mineral ore by using color sorting method.

Topic: Mining and Gasification Technologies
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Quantifying the impact of unscheduled line outages on Locational Marginal Prices

In this paper, we present a systematic approach for quantifying the impact of unscheduled line outages on real-time Locational Marginal Price (LMP). The probabilistic LMP is formulated with consideration of generation, load, and topology uncertainties. A computationally efficient 2n + 1 point estimation method is adopted to calculate statistical moments of LMP due to unscheduled transmission line outages. The proposed approach is demonstrated in a modified PJM five-bus system. Result of such study is beneficial for power market participants in developing a more comprehensive bidding strategy.

Topic: Electric Power System Optimization
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Network Sensitivity Analysis

Incremental as well as large change sensitivity computation is frequently required for design optimization and computer aided design. For probabilistic analysis need also exists for multi variable sensitivity computation. In general incremental sensitivity computation can be handled using sensitivity network, adjoint network and algebraic matrix techniques. With sensitivity and adjoint network approaches, the algebraic differential operator notation presents an integrated approach for derivation of results in frequency and time domain. The main difference in the two approaches consists in solution of all or one network variable with respect to one or all m parameters undergoing change. Further difference exists when considering higher order sensitivity co-efficients since use of sensitivity network approach for nth order co-efficients necessitates solution of all (n—1) order sensitivity networks but adjoint network technique entails solution of (m+2) networks of which one is original and (m+1) are adjoint networks with unit drivers. The adjoint networks results also facilitate extension to a variety of applications. The algebraic matrix approach as applicable to linear time invariant networks in frequency domain is based on sensitivity network concept but results in ex plicit sensitivity vectors corresponding to hybrid formulation. The latter formulation is also used to derive explicit expression for large change sensitivity in terms of a modified system matrix of order typically equal to number of varying parameters. Since the number of parameters undergoing change is generally small as compared to total number of components in a large system, the method results in computational saving.

Topic: Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Unplanned pregnancy and awareness of emergency contraception: a postpartum period survey

EC awareness among the study population was low and was related to household income and educational level. Household income, educational level and gravidity were the most important factors associated with unplanned pregnancy. Governments must therefore establish appropriate health policies and provide contraceptive education to women from adolescence onwards.

Topic: Reproductive Health and Contraception
Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences