Kecerdasan Emosi dengan Organizational Citizenship Behavior pada Karyawan di Kantor Universitas Pattimura Ambon

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara Kecerdasan Emosi dengan Organizational Citizenship Behavior pada karyawan di Universitas Pattimura Ambon. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini terdapat 41 karyawan di Kantor Universitas Pattimura Ambon melalui Teknik Saturation Sampling. Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan Google Form yakni dimana varaibel Kecerdasan Emosi terdapat 28 aitem dan OCB terdapat 30 aitem. Variabel Kecerdasan Emosi diukur menggunakan lima dimensi Goleman (2000) yaitu; mengenal emosi diri, mengelola emosi, motivasi diri, empati dan membina membina hubungan. Sedangkan, variable OCB diukur menggunakan lima dimensi Organ (1988) yaitu; altruism, civic virtue, sportsmanship, dan conscientiousness. Dari hasil penelitian tersebut dinyatakan bahwa terdapat hubungan Positif yang signifikan antara Kecerdasan Emosi dan Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Dengan kata lain semakin tinggi kecerdasan emosi, maka semakin tinggi pula OCB karyawan. Sebaliknya semakin rendah Kecerdasan Emosi, maka semakin rendah pula OCB karyawa

Identification of a two-marker-haplotype on Bos taurus autosome 18 associated with somatic cell score in German Holstein cattle

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The somatic cell score (SCS) is implemented in routine sire evaluations in many countries as an indicator trait for udder health. Somatic cell score is highly correlated with clinical mastitis, and in the German Holstein population quantitative trait loci (QTL) for SCS have been repeatedly mapped on <it>Bos taurus </it>autosome 18 (BTA18). In the present study, we report a refined analysis of previously detected QTL regions on BTA18 with the aim of identifying marker and marker haplotypes in linkage disequilibrium with SCS. A combined linkage and linkage disequilibrium approach was implemented, and association analyses of marker genotypes and maternally inherited two-marker-haplotypes were conducted to identify marker and haplotypes in linkage disequilibrium with a locus affecting SCS in the German Holstein population.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We detected a genome-wide significant QTL within marker interval 9 (<it>HAMP_c.366+109G>A </it>- <it>BMS833</it>) in the middle to telomeric region on BTA18 and a second putative QTL in marker interval 12-13 (<it>BB710 </it>- <it>PVRL2_c.392G>A</it>). Association analyses with genotypes of markers flanking the most likely QTL positions revealed the microsatellite marker <it>BMS833 </it>(interval 9) to be associated with a locus affecting SCS within the families investigated. A further analysis of maternally inherited two-marker haplotypes and effects of maternally inherited two-marker-interval gametes indicated haplotype <it>249-G </it>in marker interval 12-13 (<it>BB710 </it>- <it>PVRL2_c.392G>A</it>) to be associated with SCS in the German Holstein population.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our results confirmed previous QTL mapping results for SCS and support the hypothesis that more than one locus presumably affects udder health in the middle to telomeric region of BTA18. However, a subsequent investigation of the reported QTL regions is necessary to verify the two-QTL hypothesis and confirm the association of two-marker-haplotype <it>249-G </it>in marker interval 12-13 (<it>BB710 </it>- <it>PVRL2_c.392G>A</it>) with SCS. For this purpose, higher marker density and multiple-trait and multiple-QTL models are required to narrow down the position of the causal mutation or mutations affecting SCS in German Holstein cattle.</p

L’espace de la fiction

Le fil conducteur est la notion de “l’espace de la fiction”. Qu’est-ce qui inspire la fiction de Montalbetti, et comment est-ce que les lieux réels trouvent une place dans ses mondes fictifs ? Quelle relation y a-t-il entre les road novels et les paysages qu’ils parcourent ? Est-ce que les romans ont un espace pour le lecteur, et si oui, comment est-ce que les lecteurs “trouvent une place” dans les romans qu’ils lisent ? La littérature offre-t-elle un miroir au monde, ou à nous comme lecteurs ? Comment la relation entre auteur et lecteur a-t-elle changé après le Nouveau Roman, et y a-t-il de nouvelles connexions potentielles que l’on pourrait envisager 

Quick Reference Guide, Best Practice Statement for Screening, Assessment and Management of Vision Problems in the First 30 Days After an Acute Stroke

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Quick Reference Guide, Best Practice Statement for Screening, Assessment and Management of Vision Problems in the First 30 Days After an Acute Stroke

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Distinct and Conserved Prominin-1/CD133–Positive Retinal Cell Populations Identified across Species

Besides being a marker of various somatic stem cells in mammals, prominin-1 (CD133) plays a role in maintaining the photoreceptor integrity since mutations in the PROM1 gene are linked with retinal degeneration. In spite of that, little information is available regarding its distribution in eyes of non-mammalian vertebrates endowed with high regenerative abilities. To address this subject, prominin-1 cognates were isolated from axolotl, zebrafish and chicken, and their retinal compartmentalization was investigated and compared to that of their mammalian orthologue. Interestingly, prominin-1 transcripts—except for the axolotl—were not strictly restricted to the outer nuclear layer (i.e., photoreceptor cells), but they also marked distinct subdivisions of the inner nuclear layer (INL). In zebrafish, where the prominin-1 gene is duplicated (i.e., prominin-1a and prominin-1b), a differential expression was noted for both paralogues within the INL being localized either to its vitreal or scleral subdivision, respectively. Interestingly, expression of prominin-1a within the former domain coincided with Pax-6–positive cells that are known to act as progenitors upon injury-induced retino-neurogenesis. A similar, but minute population of prominin-1–positive cells located at the vitreal side of the INL was also detected in developing and adult mice. In chicken, however, prominin-1–positive cells appeared to be aligned along the scleral side of the INL reminiscent of zebrafish prominin-1b. Taken together our data indicate that in addition to conserved expression of prominin-1 in photoreceptors, significant prominin-1–expressing non-photoreceptor retinal cell populations are present in the vertebrate eye that might represent potential sources of stem/progenitor cells for regenerative therapies

Automated Code Generation for Lattice QCD Simulation

Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of strong nuclear force, responsible of the interactions between sub-nuclear particles. QCD simulations are typically performed through the lattice gauge theory approach, which provides a discrete analytical formalism called LQCD (Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics). LQCD simulations usually involve generating and then processing data on petabyte scale which demands multiple teraflop-years on supercomputers. Large parts of both, generation and analysis, can be reduced to the inversion of an extremely large matrix, the so-called Wilson-Dirac operator. For this purpose, and because this matrix is always sparse and structured, iterative methods are definitely considered. Therefore, the procedure of the application of this operator, resulting in a vector-matrix product, appears as a critical computation kernel that should be optimized as much as possible. Evaluating the Wilson-Dirac operator involves symmetric stencil calculations where each node has 8 neighbors. Such configuration is really hindering when it comes to memory accesses and data exchanges among processors. For current and future generation of supercomputers the hierarchical memory structure make it next to impossible for a physicist to write an efficient code. Addressing these issues in other to harvest an acceptable amount of computing cycles for the real need, which means reaching a good level of efficiency, is the main concern of this paper. We present here a Domain Specific Language and corresponding toolkit, called QIRAL, which is a complete solution from symbolic notation to simulation code

The progenitor mass of the magnetar SGR1900+14

Magnetars are young neutron stars with extreme magnetic fields (B > 10^{14}-10^{15}G). How these fields relate to the properties of their progenitor stars is not yet clearly established. However, from the few objects associated with young clusters it has been possible to estimate the initial masses of the progenitors, with results indicating that a very massive progenitor star (M_prog >40Msun) is required to produce a magnetar. Here we present adaptive-optics assisted Keck/NIRC2 imaging and Keck/NIRSPEC spectroscopy of the cluster associated with the magnetar SGR 1900+14, and report that the initial progenitor star mass of the magnetar was a factor of two lower than this limit, M_prog=17 \pm 2 Msun. Our result presents a strong challenge to the concept that magnetars can only result from very massive progenitors. Instead, we favour a mechanism which is dependent on more than just initial stellar mass for the production of these extreme magnetic fields, such as the "fossil-field" model or a process involving close binary evolution.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figs. Accepted to Ap

Problematic use of the Internet is a unidimensional quasi-trait with impulsive and compulsive subtypes

Abstract: Background: Problematic use of the Internet has been highlighted as needing further study by international bodies, including the European Union and American Psychiatric Association. Knowledge regarding the optimal classification of problematic use of the Internet, subtypes, and associations with clinical disorders has been hindered by reliance on measurement instruments characterized by limited psychometric properties and external validation. Methods: Non-treatment seeking individuals were recruited from the community of Stellenbosch, South Africa (N = 1661), and Chicago, United States of America (N = 827). Participants completed an online version of the Internet Addiction Test, a widely used measure of problematic use of the Internet consisting of 20-items, measured on a 5-point Likert-scale. The online questions also included demographic measures, time spent engaging in different online activities, and clinical scales. The psychometric properties of the Internet Addiction Test, and potential problematic use of the Internet subtypes, were characterized using factor analysis and latent class analysis. Results: Internet Addiction Test data were optimally conceptualized as unidimensional. Latent class analysis identified two groups: those essentially free from Internet use problems, and those with problematic use of the Internet situated along a unidimensional spectrum. Internet Addiction Test scores clearly differentiated these groups, but with different optimal cut-offs at each site. In the larger Stellenbosch dataset, there was evidence for two subtypes of problematic use of the Internet that differed in severity: a lower severity “impulsive” subtype (linked with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), and a higher severity “compulsive” subtype (linked with obsessive-compulsive personality traits). Conclusions: Problematic use of the Internet as measured by the Internet Addiction Test reflects a quasi-trait - a unipolar dimension in which most variance is restricted to a subset of people with problems regulating Internet use. There was no evidence for subtypes based on the type of online activities engaged in, which increased similarly with overall severity of Internet use problems. Measures of comorbid psychiatric symptoms, along with impulsivity, and compulsivity, appear valuable for differentiating clinical subtypes and could be included in the development of new instruments for assessing the presence and severity of Internet use problems