Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mediating Effect of Strategic Alliance between Product Innovation and Organizational Performance in the Tourism Industry

Organizational capability of adopting countermeasure when facing frequent environment changes is the key to industrial survival. This study mainly aims to explore the relationships among product innovation, organizational culture, strategic alliance, and organizational performance in the tourism industry. Research participants were Taiwan travel agencies. A stratified random sampling approach on senior managers with decisionmaking power and familiar with internal strategies was utilized to collect data. Out of 1987 distributed questionnaires, 507 usable responses were received. SPSS 12.0 and LISREL 8.7 were used to analyze data. The results show that the degree of industry investment positively influences strategic alliance tendency and strategic alliance tendency positively affects organizational performance. However, organizational culture has no impact on strategic alliance. This study provides deep understanding of product innovation and strategic alliance in the tourism industry and offers the industry with useful implications for sustainable development. [Huang MY, Chen TL, Chen YW. Mediating Effect of Strategic Alliance between Product Innovation and Organizational Performance in the Tourism Industry. Life Sci J 2013;10(3):943-950] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 138
On the Rank Function of the 3-Dimensional Rigidity Matroid Bill Jackson ? and

It is an open problem to find a good characterization for independence or, more generally, the rank function in the d-dimensional rigidity matroid of a graph when d ≥ 3. In this paper we give a brief survey of existing lower and upper bounds on the rank of the 3-dimensional rigidity matroid of a graph and introduce a new upper bound, which may lead to the desired good characterization.
Efficient and Constructive Algorithms for the Pathwidth and Treewidth of Graphs

In this paper we give, for all constantsk,l, explicit algorithms that, given a graphG=(V,E) with a tree-decomposition ofGwith treewidth at mostl, decide whether the treewidth (or pathwidth) ofGis at mostk, and, if so, find a tree-decomposition (or path-decomposition) ofGof width at mostk, and that useO(|V|) time. In contrast with previous solutions, our algorithms do not rely on non-constructive reasoning and are single exponential inkandl. This result can be combined with a result of B. Reed in“Proceedings of the 24th Annual Symposium on Theory of Computing,” pp. 221? 228, 1992, yielding explicitO(nlogn) algorithms for the problem, given a graphG, to determine whether the treewidth (or pathwidth) ofGis at mostk, and, if so, to find a tree- (or path-) decomposition of width at mostk(kconstant). Also, H. L. Bodlaender in“Proceedings of the 25th Annual Symposium on Theory of Computing,” pp. 226? 234, 1993 has used the result of this paper to obtain linear time algorithms for these problems. We also show that for all constantsk, there exists a polynomial time algorithm that, when given a graphG=(V,E) with treewidth ? k, computes the pathwidth ofGand a path-decomposition ofGof minimum width.
Novice Nurses Experience of Clinical Stress in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Among all health care professionals, nursing is said to be a highly ranking profession who are the victims of stress. Novice nurses have a period of transition before they become competent to provide patient care. It may be very strenuous for the novice nurses to get orientation about the new work environment, rendering patient care, learning new roles and responsibilities, meeting the expectation of colleagues and superiors. The objective of the study was to evaluate the clinical stress among novice nurses and to associate the clinical stress among novice nurses with their selected socio demographic variables. Using a cross sectional research design , study was conducted in Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore.120 Nurses were selected by non probability purposive sampling technique. The instrument used to collect data was Expanded Nursing Stress Scale. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics such as one way ANOVA . Results revealed that frequent stressful event was rated to be the uncertainty concerning the treatment, workload, death and dying, problems with supervisors, conflict with physicians, problems with peers, inadequate emotional preparation, patients and their families and discrimination. Age, marital status, educational qualification , area of work and duration of work showed a statistical significant difference in observation with each of the nine subscales denoting stress in ANOVA analysis (p=0.001,p=0.01,p=0.05). The study concludes that novice nurses experience a highest stress. Managing stressor is vital to prevent employee turnover. Motivation, cultivating confidence and promoting interpersonal skills will facilitate the reduction of stress and increases job satisfaction.
Toward a Context-Specific Chevron Deference

With Justice Scalia’s passing, the Supreme Court is unlikely to consider overturning the administrative law doctrines affording deference to agency statutory interpretations (Chevron deference) or agency regulatory interpretations (Auer deference). Without Justice Scalia on the Court, however, a different kind of narrowing becomes more likely. The Court may well embrace Chief Justice Roberts’ context-specific Chevron doctrine, as articulated in his dissent in City of Arlington and his opinion for the Court in King v. Burwell. This Essay, which is part of a symposium on the future of the administrative state, explores the Chief Justice’s more-limited approach to Chevron deference and details how recent empirical studies of congressional drafters and agency rule drafters may well provide some support for a context-specific Chevron doctrine (as well as King’s major questions doctrine). Although the wisdom of such a reform lies outside the scope of this Essay, litigants and scholars should pay more attention to the Chief Justice’s dissent in City of Arlington as it may well soon become the law of the land.
Finding software fault relevant subgraphs a new graph mining approach for software debugging

In this paper, a new approach for analyzing program behavioral graphs to detect fault suspicious subgraphs is presented. The existing graph mining approaches for bug localization merely detect discriminative subgraphs between failing and passing runs, which are not applicable when the context of a failure is not appeared in a discriminative pattern. In our proposed method, the suspicious transitions are identified by contrasting nearest neighbor failing and passing dynamic behavioral graphs. The technique takes advantage of null hypothesis testing and a new formula for ranking edges is presented. To construct the most bug relevant subgraph, the high ranked edges are applied and presented to the debugger. The experimental results on Siemens test suite and Space program reveal effectiveness of the proposed method on weighted dynamic graphs for locating bugs in comparison with other methods.
Early Development of Medically At-Risk Twins: An Analysis of Mastery Motivation and Executive Function

Increasing prevalence of twin births prompts the need for progress in our efforts to understand unique developmental characteristics of twins compared to singletons. When considering differences in twins’ and singletons’ cognitive, psychological, and social development, previous literature has demonstrated inconsistencies depending on the construct. Therefore, a global assumption that twins will differ from singletons in early development is refutable, and specific constructs must be examined individually. One consistency found in the literature is that early medical risk factors (e.g., prematurity, low birth weight) contribute to developmental differences found between twins and singletons. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between medically high-risk twins’ and singletons’ executive function and mastery motivation development during the first few years of life. Fourty twins and 40 singletons who participated in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) follow-up evaluation were matched for three risk variables: birth weight, gestational age, and number of days spent in the NICU. Existing clinical data, including demographic information and scores from the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley III) and the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire, 17 were analyzed. A chi-square test revealed no significant differences between twins’ and singletons’ executive function scores, as measured by object permanence items on the Bayley III. Results from an analysis of variance revealed differences between twins and singletons on the mastery motivation subscale of negative reaction to failure, and this finding approached significance at the adjusted p-value. No other group differences were found for mastery motivation subscales. This study serves as a catalyst for additional research into differences between twins’ and singletons’ executive function and mastery motivation development. Improved understanding of twins’ unique development will promote optimum EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICALLY AT-RISK TWINS iv clinical service delivery (e.g., developmental evaluations, early intervention, parent support, etc.), as well as better early childhood outcomes. EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICALLY AT-RISK TWINS v
Compositions of the Microbial Consortia Present in Biological Sulphate Reduction Processes During Mine Effluent Treatment

The microbial consortia in sulphate-reducing bioreactors with different operating conditions were studied and compared to the sulphate reduction efficiencies. The results showed vast differences in microbial communities among the reactors. The fraction of sulphate-reducing bacteria correlated with the bioreactor performance. This study sheds new light to the biological sulphate-reducing process applied in bioreactors, which is traditionally seen as a black box.
Because I'm Worth It: A Lab-Field Experiment on the Spillover Effects of Incentives in Health

We conduct a controlled lab-field experiment to directly test the short-run spillover effects of one-off financial incentives in health. We consider how incentives affect effort in a physical activity task – and then how they spillover to subsequent eating behaviour. Compared to a control group, we find that low incentives increase effort and have little effect on eating behaviour. High incentives also induce more effort but lead to significantly more excess calories consumed. The key behavioural driver appears to be the level of satisfaction associated with the physical activity task, which ‘licensed’ highly paid subjects to indulge in more energy-dense food.
Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-Grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Solar lanterns are promoted across rural sub-Saharan Africa to improve both lighting in homes and educational outcomes. It undertakes a randomized controlled trial in Zimba District, Zambia, to evaluate whether solar lanterns help children study more effectively and improve academic performance. The research design has accounted for potential income effects arising from the giveaways of lanterns and also â€œblindsâ€ participants to the studyâ€™s purpose. The paper finds no evidence that receipt of a lantern improved performance on important national examinations (even though an ex post statistical power analysis demonstrates that the research should detect economically significant impacts, if present). The paper has also did not observe impacts on self-reported study habits. Several features of Zimba District that are likely to exist in other developing regions appear to drive our results. First, flashlights are the dominant lighting source in rural Zambia rather than traditional options like kerosene lamps or candles. In such environments, solar lights may hold only limited appeal for prospective users. Second, the survey data suggests that other major barriers to educational attainment likely render improved energy access (whether through solar lanterns or otherwise) a relatively unimportant educational input.
Planck 2013 results. X. HFI energetic particle effects: characterization, removal, and simulation

This paper presents the detection, interpretation and removal of the signal resulting from interactions of high energy particles with the Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI). These interactions fall into two categories, heating the 0.1 K bolometer plate and glitches in each detector time stream. Glitch shapes are not simple single pole exponential decays and fall into a three families. The glitch shape for each family has been characterized empirically in flight data and removed from the detector time streams. The spectrum of the count rate/unit energy is computed for each family and a correspondence to where on the detector the particle hit is made. Most of the detected glitches are from galactic protons incident on the Si die frame supporting the micromachined bolometric detectors. At HFI, the particle flux is ~ 5 per square cm and per second and is dominated by protons incident on the spacecraft with an energy >39 MeV, leading to a rate of typically one event per second and per detector. Different categories of glitches have different signature in timestreams. Two of the glitch types have a low amplitude component that decays over nearly 1 second. This component produces an excess noise if not properly removed from the time ordered data. We have used a glitch detection and subtraction method based on the joint fit of population templates. The application of this novel glitch removal method removes excess noise from glitches. Using realistic simulations, we find this method does not introduce signal bias.
Effect of bis(hydroxymethyl) alkanoate curcuminoid derivative MTH-3 on cell cycle arrest, apoptotic and autophagic pathway in triple-negative breast adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells: An in vitro study

Curcumin has been shown to exert potential antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo involved in multiple signaling pathways. However, the application of curcumin is still limited because of its poor hydrophilicity and low bio-availability. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of a novel and water soluble bis(hydroxymethyl) alkanoate curcuminoid derivative, MTH-3, on human breast adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells. This study investigated the effect of MTH-3 on cell viability, cell cycle and induction of autophagy and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells. After 24-h treatment with MTH-3, a concentration-dependent decrease in MDA-MB-231 cell viability was observed, and the IC50 value was 5.37±1.22 μM. MTH-3 significantly triggered G2/M phase arrest and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 cells. Within a 24-h treatment, MTH-3 decreased the CDK1 activity by decreasing CDK1 and cyclin B1 protein levels. MTH-3-induced apoptosis was further confirmed by morphological assessment and Annexin V/PI staining assay. Induction of apoptosis caused by MTH-3 was accompanied by an apparent increase of DR3, DR5 and FADD and, as well as a marked decrease of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL protein expression. MTH-3 also decreased the protein levels of Ero1, PDI, PERK and calnexin, as well as increased the expression of IRE1α, CHOP and Bip that consequently led to ER stress and MDA-MB-231 cell apoptosis. In addition, MTH-3-treated cells were involved in the autophagic process and cleavage of LC3B was observed. MTH-3 enhanced the protein levels of LC3B, Atg5, Atg7, Atg12, p62 and Beclin-1 in MDA-MB-231 cells. Finally, DNA microarray was carried out to investigate the level changes of gene expression modulated by MTH-3 in MDA-MB-231 cells. Taken together, our results suggest that MTH-3 might be a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer in the near future.
St’át'imcets intonation contours: a preliminary study*

Abstract Acoustic research on the prosody and intonation of Northwest Coast languages has until recently been under-researched. This paper joins the growing body of research on the subject and reports on the results of the first study of intonation in St’át'imcets (Lillooet Salish; Northern Interior Salish). It tests the generalization proposed by Davis (2007) that information structure is not correlated with prosody in Salish languages by comparing the intonation contours of declaratives and yes/no questions. Specifically, I ask two questions: is nuclear accent rightmost? And are yes/no questions associated with higher pitch, as predicted by the Universality of Intonational Meaning? Results are comparable to those reported for other Salish languages, namely Koch (2008, 2011) on Nɬeʔkepmxcín, Jacobs (2007) on Skwxwú7mesh and Benner (2004, 2006) and Leonard (2011) on SENĆOŦEN. Nuclear accent is associated with the rightmost stressed vowel, regardless of focus, and while no speaker signals yes/no questions with a final rise, each has higher pitch within typologically common parameters. Résumé Les recherches acoustiques portant sur la prosodie et l'intonation des langues de la côte nord-ouest ont, jusqu’à très récemment, été peu nombreuses. Cet article complémente ces recherches et présente la première étude de l'intonation du St’át'imcets (le salish Lillooet; le salish de l'Intérieur du nord). L'article a pour but de tester la généralisation de Davis (2007) selon laquelle il n'y a pas de corrélation entre la structure de l'information et la prosodie dans les langues salish, en comparant l'intonation des phrases déclaratives et des phrases interrogatives totales. Deux questions de recherche nous préoccupent : Est-ce que l'accent tonique est à droite? et Est-ce que les phrases interrogatives totales sont caractérisées par un ton plus aigu, tel que prédit par l'Universalité du sens intonationnel? Nos résultats sont similaires à ceux obtenus dans des études portant sur d'autres langues salishiennes, en particulier Koch (2008, 2011) pour le Nɬeʔkepmxcín, Jacobs (2007) pour le Skwxwú7mesh et Benner (2004, 2006) et Leonard (2011) pour le SENĆOŦEN. L'accent tonique est associé à la dernière voyelle accentuée, peu importe le focus, et alors qu'aucun locuteur n'emploie un ton final aigu dans une phrase interrogative totale, chacun a un ton plus aigu dans le cadre de paramètres typologiques communs.
A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Precarious Manhood in U.S. and Danish Men

Manhood and masculinity have been studied extensively in different academic disciplines and in a variety of contexts. Research shows that becoming (and being) a man in the United States is not an easy task, as manhood is a precarious status that must be actively and publicly achieved and maintained. Previous research has not, to our knowledge, asked men to explain their own perceptions of precariousness or contrasted modern, industrialized countries that differ on key cultural variables, such as egalitarianism. In the current study, we interviewed college-aged, heterosexual, Caucasian men (9 from the United States and 9 from Denmark). We asked how manhood is achieved, how it is maintained, if it can be lost, and the role of masculinity. Results showed similarities in the men’s understanding of manhood (e.g., U.S. and Danish men both talked about manhood in terms of acting like an adult and protecting others), but the 2 groups also differed in important ways. The U.S. men described the need to show manhood through athleticism (what the male body “does”) and the rejection of femininity whereas the Danish men described the physical embodiment of manhood (what the male body “is”) and the importance of having a feminine side. Furthermore, U.S. men contrasted manhood to womanhood whereas Danish men contrasted manhood to boyhood. Based on these conceptualizations, we argue that the Danish men viewed manhood as less precarious than the U.S. men did, and conclude that understandings of masculinity and the precariousness of manhood vary cross-culturally and are tied to broader sociocultural values.
Source geometry from exceptionally high resolution long period event observations at Mt Etna during the 2008 eruption

During the second half of June, 2008, 50 broadband seismic stations were deployed on Mt Etna volcano in close proximity to the summit, allowing us to observe seismic activity with exceptionally high resolution. 129 long period events (LP) with dominant frequencies ranging between 0.3 and 1.2 Hz, were extracted from this dataset. These events form two families of similar waveforms with different temporal distributions. Event locations are performed by cross‐correlating signals for all pairs of stations in a two‐step scheme. In the first step, the absolute location of the centre of the clusters was found. In the second step, all events are located using this position. The hypocentres are found at shallow depths (20 to 700 m deep) below the summit craters. The very high location resolution allows us to detect the temporal migration of the events along a dike‐like structure and 2 pipe shaped bodies, yielding an unprecedented view of some elements of the shallow plumbing system at Mount Etna. These events do not seem to be a direct indicator of the ongoing lava flow or magma upwelling.
Age-related Changes in Concentration and Histological Distribution of Br , Ca , Cl , K , Mg , Mn , and Na in Nonhyperplastic Prostate of Adults

The variation with age of the Br, Ca, Cl, K, Mg, Mn, and Na concentration in prostatic parenchyma and the relationship of these chemical elements with basic histological structures of nonhyperplastic prostate glands of 65 subjects aged 21–87 years was investigated by an instrumental neutron activation analysis and a quantitative morphometric analysis. Mean values ± standard error of the mean (MSΕΜ) for the concentrations (mg/L) of these trace elements were: Br 7.070.75, Ca 44227, Cl 2688142, K 245594, Mg 23615, Sr 0.2850.015, and Na 223873. A significant trend for decrease with age in Mn concentration as well as for increase with age in relative volume of stroma and decrease in relative volume of epithelium was found. It was demonstrated that the glandular lumen is a main pool of Ca accumulation in the normal human prostate, for the age range 21 to 40 years. For ages above 40 years a significant direct correlation between the prostatic K concentration and per cent volume of the stroma as well as a significant inverse correlation between the prostatic K concentration and per cent volume of the lumen was seen. Thus, for ages above 40 years conclusive evidence of a disturbance in prostatic chemical element concentrations and their histological distribution was shown.
LARGE SCALE BIOREMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED WASTE AT INDIAN OIL REFINERIES : CASE STUDIES

The petroleum industry effluents, oily sludge and oil spills cause a serious threat to the environment as their constituents are toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic. Safe disposal of these wastes is serious problem. None of the available conventional disposal methods are environment friendly. Biological methods have been well reviewed and acknowledged for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated waste (oily waste). An indigenous microbial consortium was developed by assemble of four species of bacteria, isolated from various oil contaminated sites of India, which could biodegrade different fractions of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) of the oily waste to environment friendly end products. The said consortium was applied on field scale at different oil refineries in India and successfully bioremediated 48,914 tons of different types of oily waste. In 44 field case studies of different batch size of ex situ bioremediation process, the initial TPH content varying from 83.50 to 531.30 gm/kg of oily waste, has been biodegraded to 20 months. The bioremediated soil was non3toxic and natural vegetation was found to be grown on the same. Bioremediation technology has helped various oil industries for the management of their hazardous oily wastes in environment friendly manner.