Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Enhancing the intercultural effectiveness of exchange programmes: formal and non-formal educational interventions

Abstract This paper examines how the addition of intercultural interventions carried out throughout European credit-bearing exchange programmes can enhance sojourners’ development of intercultural competencies, and it explores how both formal and non-formal pedagogical interventions may be designed and implemented. Such interventions were conducted at a Portuguese university with 31 sojourners throughout one academic year, and their impact was assessed using a mixed methods research design. Sojourners included incoming students of the exchange programmes Campus Europae and Erasmus, as well as highly skilled immigrants. Findings confirm the positive impact of interventions on the development of intercultural competencies and, in turn, their contribution to internationalisation efforts. Implications for further research suggest a need to increase interventions and to develop a systematic approach for fostering intercultural competencies throughout the study abroad cycle.
Enhancing Learners' Cognitive Skills Through Multimedia Design

This paper examines how to design interactive multimedia learning environments to provide necessary support for developing higher level cognitive skills. We looked at one approach of engaging learners as multimedia designers using a project-based learning approach. We described this learner-as-multimedia-designer environment and synthesized the research, conducted over the past several years, of the effect of such a learning environment on cognitive skills development for high school, middle school, and elementary school students. Research findings at each level were discussed and insights on designing such a learning environment were shared. Cognitive skills in this case refer to the design skills and resource management skills as needed in producing a multimedia product.
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User Selection for Maximum Sum-rate in Multi-user and MISO System with Evolutionary Algorithm

In this paper, departing from perfect knowledge on the channel state information at the base station transmitter, we introduce a novel evolutionary algorithm that is based upon the principles of natural evolution and allows for an optimum mobile user selection in a multi-user multiple-input single-output (MISO) system. The algorithm achieves the maximum sum-rate for given degrees of spatial multiplexing and multi-user diversity. According to optimal or sub-optimal system capacity schemes, the proposed intelligent algorithm selects a user combination for a fixed number of users within few generation iterations. Therefore, our method represents a practical candidate scheme for downlink data transmissions.
Cannabinoid-hypocretin cross-talk in the central nervous system: what we know so far

Emerging findings suggest the existence of a cross-talk between hypocretinergic and endocannabinoid systems. Although few studies have examined this relationship, the apparent overlap observed in the neuroanatomical distribution of both systems as well as their putative functions strongly point to the existence of such cross-modulation. In agreement, biochemical and functional studies have revealed the existence of heterodimers between CB1 cannabinoid receptor and hypocretin receptor-1, which modulates the cellular localization and downstream signaling of both receptors. Moreover, the activation of hypocretin receptor-1 stimulates the synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol culminating in the retrograde inhibition of neighboring cells and suggesting that endocannabinoids could contribute to some hypocretin effects. Pharmacological data indicate that endocannabinoids and hypocretins might have common physiological functions in the regulation of appetite, reward and analgesia. In contrast, these neuromodulatory systems seem to play antagonistic roles in the regulation of sleep/wake cycle and anxiety-like responses. The present review attempts to piece together what is known about this interesting interaction and describes its potential therapeutic implications.
Fulfilling iron requirements by a coastal diatom under different temperatures and irradiances

The strategies used by a coastal diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana, for potentially different iron (Fe) requirements under different temperatures and irradiances were examined on the basis of three parameters: Fe uptake rate, cellspecific growth rate, and Fe efflux rate constant. These three variables determined the cellular Fe concentration, and they were all quantified under different temperatures and irradiances during long‐term (days) and short‐term (hours) 59Fe exposures. Results obtained from both exposures were consistent. Although more Fe was required under the lower irradiance, Fe uptake rate decreased 1.78X and 2.20X as the irradiance decreased from 340 to 40 µmol photons m−2 s−1 when measured by short‐ and long‐term exposures, respectively. Under this condition, the cellspecific growth rate decreased from 1.30−1.50 to 0.51−0.63 d−1 to keep a relatively high intracellular Fe concentration under lower irradiance. The opposite trend was observed for temperature. The higher Fe requirement at higher temperature was fulfilled mainly through an increase of Fe uptake rate with increasing temperature. For example, the Fe uptake rate increased by 1.21X and 2.55X as the temperature increased from 15°C to 24°C in the short‐ and long‐term exposures, respectively. In contrast, the cell‐specific growth rate was relatively constant (0.92‐ 1.06 d−1) under these three temperatures. Fe efflux from the diatoms was significant, with an efflux rate constant ranging from 0.008 to 0.017 h−1. Such a high Fe efflux suggested that it should not be neglected in the calculation of intracellular Fe concentration. Furthermore, Fe efflux might be an important process for Fe regeneration in surface seawater. However, Fe efflux had a negligible effect on the different Fe requirements under different temperatures and irradiances.
PENGARUH MOTIVASI MEMBAYAR PAJAK DAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN TERHADAP KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK ORANG PRIBADI

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) pengaruh Motivasi Membayar Pajak terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi pada Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015, (2) pengaruh Tingkat Pendidikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi pada Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015, (3) pengaruh Motivasi Membayar Pajak dan Tingkat Pendidikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi pada Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015. Metode pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner. Sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 159 Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana dan analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) Motivasi Membayar Pajak berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi pada Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015, (2) Tingkat Pendidikan berpengaruh positif namun tidak signifikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015, (3) Motivasi Membayar Pajak dan Tingkat Pendidikan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi pada Kanwil DJP DIY tahun 2015. Kata kunci: Motivasi Membayar Pajak, Tingkat Pendidikan, Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi
Nod1 acts as an intracellular receptor to stimulate chemokine production and neutrophil recruitment in vivo

Nod1 is a member of family of intracellular proteins that mediate host recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan. To characterize immune responses mediated by Nod1, synthetic ligand compounds possessing enhanced ability to stimulate Nod1 were developed to study the function of Nod1. Stimulation of epithelial cells with Nod1 stimulatory molecules induced chemokines and other proinflammatory molecules that are important for innate immune responses and recruitment of acute inflammatory cells. Administration of Nod1 ligands into mice induced chemokines and recruitment of acute inflammatory cells, an activity that was abolished in Nod1-null mice. Microarray analysis revealed that Nod1 stimulation induces a restricted number of genes in intestinal epithelial cells compared with that induced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α. Nod1 stimulation did not induce TNFα, interleukin 12, and interferon γ, suggesting that the primary role of Nod1 is to induce the recruitment of immune cells. These results indicate that Nod1 functions as a pathogen recognition molecule to induce expression of molecules involved in the early stages of the innate immune response.
Bird-Like Anatomy, Posture, and Behavior Revealed by an Early Jurassic Theropod Dinosaur Resting Trace

Background Fossil tracks made by non-avian theropod dinosaurs commonly reflect the habitual bipedal stance retained in living birds. Only rarely-captured behaviors, such as crouching, might create impressions made by the hands. Such tracks provide valuable information concerning the often poorly understood functional morphology of the early theropod forelimb. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we describe a well-preserved theropod trackway in a Lower Jurassic (∼198 million-year-old) lacustrine beach sandstone in the Whitmore Point Member of the Moenave Formation in southwestern Utah. The trackway consists of prints of typical morphology, intermittent tail drags and, unusually, traces made by the animal resting on the substrate in a posture very similar to modern birds. The resting trace includes symmetrical pes impressions and well-defined impressions made by both hands, the tail, and the ischial callosity. Conclusions/Significance The manus impressions corroborate that early theropods, like later birds, held their palms facing medially, in contrast to manus prints previously attributed to theropods that have forward-pointing digits. Both the symmetrical resting posture and the medially-facing palms therefore evolved by the Early Jurassic, much earlier in the theropod lineage than previously recognized, and may characterize all theropods.
Does Academic Research Destroy Stock Return Predictability?

We study the out-of-sample and post-publication return predictability of 97 variables shown to predict cross-sectional stock returns. Portfolio returns are 26% lower out-of-sample and 58% lower post-publication. The out-of-sample decline is an upper bound estimate of data mining effects. We estimate a 32% (58%–26%) lower return from publication-informed trading. Post-publication declines are greater for predictors with higher in-sample returns, and returns are higher for portfolios concentrated in stocks with high idiosyncratic risk and low liquidity. Predictor portfolios exhibit post-publication increases in correlations with other published-predictor portfolios. Our findings suggest that investors learn about mispricing from academic publications.
Existence of Generalized Totally Umbilic 2-Spheres in Perturbed 3-Spheres

It was recently shown by R. Souam and E. Toubiana that the (non constantly curved) Berger spheres do not contain totally umbilic surfaces. Nevertheless in this article we show, by perturbative arguments, that all analytic metrics sufficiently close to the round metric $g_{0}$ on $\mathbb{S}^{3}$ possess \textsl{generalized} totally umbilic 2-spheres, namely critical points of the conformal Willmore functional $\int_{\Sigma}|A^\circ|^{2}\,d\mu_{\gamma}$. The same is true in the smooth setting provided a suitable non-degeneracy condition on the traceless Ricci tensor holds. The proof involves a gluing process of two different finite-dimensional reduction schemes, a sharp asymptotic analysis of the functional on perturbed umbilic spheres of small radius and a quantitative Schur-type Lemma in order to treat the cases when the traceless Ricci tensor of the perturbation is degenerate but not identically zero. For left-invariant metrics on $SU(2)\cong \mathbb{S}^{3}$ our result implies the existence of uncountably many distinct Willmore spheres.
Adaptação à escola de ensino fundamental: indicadores e condições associadas

A fim de investigar condicoes associadas a adaptacao da crianca ao ensino fundamental - EF, avaliaram-se indicadores de desempenho academico, habilidades sociais, problemas de comportamento e estresse, em associacao com anos na educacao infantil - EI, qualidade do EF, nivel socioeconomico - NSE e genero. Participaram 186 alunos do 1o ano do EF com idade media de 6,7 anos, sendo 100 meninos. As professoras preencheram o Sistema de Avaliacao de Habilidades Sociais. As criancas responderam a Prova Brasil, a Escala de Stress Infantil e ao Inventario de Estressores Escolares. Por meio de comparacoes de grupo, verificou-se que o tempo na EI e a qualidade do EF foram associados ao desempenho academico. Modelos de predicao mostraram que diferentes indicadores de adaptacao ao EF variaram em funcao de medidas de qualidade do EF, genero e NSE.
Atomistic Studies of Mechanical Properties of Graphene

Recent progress of simulations/modeling at the atomic level has led to a better understanding of the mechanical behaviors of graphene, which include the linear elastic modulus E, the nonlinear elastic modulus D, the Poisson’s ratio ν, the intrinsic strength σint and the corresponding strain eint as well as the ultimate strain emax (the fracture strain beyond which the graphene lattice will be unstable). Due to the two-dimensional geometric characteristic, the in-plane tensile response and the free-standing indentation response of graphene are the focal points in this review. The studies are based on multiscale levels: including quantum mechanical and classical molecular dynamics simulations, and parallel continuum models. The numerical studies offer useful links between scientific research with engineering application, which may help to fulfill graphene potential applications such as nano sensors, nanotransistors, and other nanodevices.
Investigating Coopetitive Learning and Knowledge Exchange Networks (colkens) as Emerging Concept in Management Literature and Practice 2. Cooperative Learning and Knowledge Exchange Networks (colkens) and Their Fundamental Components

Behind the emerging digital facade companies start to operate in a distributed fashion. The intricate connectivity among contributing firms implies exchange of valuable resources like knowledge and information. Such 'cooperation' or 'collaboration' is what enables organizations and individuals to make decisions together, learn from one another, communicate effectively, and thus create knowledge. However, cooperating organizations often compete at the same time (coopetition). While reciprocal knowledge sharing may enhance the summed and individual added value, inter-firm knowledge sharing may also affect the uniqueness and thus competitive contribution of a firm's knowledge repository. Such a setting becomes increasingly relevant in business practice, as ever more learning networks are composed of members stemming from competing organizations. In this context, this paper develops the concept of 'Coopetitive Learning and Knowledge Exchange Networks (CoLKENs) and introduces one CoLKEN case study. Besides analyzing the motivation for joining CoLKENs and the key value-creation processes of such networks, a * My thanks go to my hosts at INSEAD's Technology Management Department, where this paper came to life during my sabbatical from Sept. – Dec. 2002 as well as to the EU funded 'eFactors' project. ** My thanks go to all the dedicated researchers involved in the EU funded 'Knowlaboration' project, and in particular to Katerina Nicolopoulou and Michael Gibbert, Karen Askov and Lynn Selhat.
Engaging older people using participatory design

The use of digital technologies is increasingly proposed in health and social care to address the aging population phenomenon but, in practice, the designers of these technologies are ill equipped to design for older people. We suggest participatory design as an approach to improving the quality of design for older people but, based on previous work and our own experiences, identify four central issues that participatory design approaches need to address. We describe an approach to early engagement in design with older people that address each of these issues and some of our experiences applying the approach in a variety of different design projects. We conclude by discussing some of the issues that have been highlighted when attempting apply this approach in different design contexts and the issues that have been raised when working with partners who are less committed to the idea of engaging with older adults in participatory design.
A Two-Staged Model of Na+ Exclusion in Rice Explained by 3D Modeling of HKT Transporters and Alternative Splicing

The HKT family of Na+ and Na+/K+ transporters is implicated in plant salinity tolerance. Amongst these transporters, the cereal HKT1;4 and HKT1;5 are responsible for Na+ exclusion from photosynthetic tissues, a key mechanism for plant salinity tolerance. It has been suggested that Na+ is retrieved from the xylem transpiration stream either in the root or the leaf sheath, protecting the leaf blades from excessive Na+ accumulation. However, direct evidence for this scenario is scarce. Comparative modeling and evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa) HKT-transporters based on the recent crystal structure of the bacterial TrkH K+ transporter allowed to reconcile transcriptomic and physiological data. For OsHKT1;5, both transcript abundance and protein structural features within the selectivity filter could control shoot Na+ accumulation in a range of rice varieties. For OsHKT1;4, alternative splicing of transcript and the anatomical complexity of the sheath needed to be taken into account. Thus, Na+ accumulation in a specific leaf blade seems to be regulated by abundance of a correctly spliced OsHKT1;4 transcript in a corresponding sheath. Overall, allelic variation of leaf blade Na+ accumulation can be explained by a complex interplay of gene transcription, alternative splicing and protein structure.
Cortical Shape and Curvedness Analysis of Structural Deficits in Remitting and Non-Remitting Depression

In morphometric neuroimaging studies, the relationship between brain structural changes and the antidepressant treatment response in patients with major depressive disorder has been explored to search depression-trait biomarkers. Although patients were treated with serotonin-related drugs, whether the same treatment resulted in remission and non-remission in depressed patients is currently under investigation. We recruited 25 depressed patients and 25 healthy controls and acquired volumetric magnetic resonance imaging of each participant. We used the shape index and curvedness to classify cortical shapes and quantify shape complexities, respectively, in studying the pharmacological effect on brain morphology. The results showed that different regions of structural abnormalities emerged between remitting and non-remitting patients when contrasted with healthy controls. In addition to comparing structural metrics in each cortical parcellation, similar to the traditional voxel-based morphometric method, we highlighted the importance of structural integrity along the serotonin pathway in response to medication treatment. We discovered that disrupted serotonin-related cortical regions might cause non-remission to antidepressant treatment from a pharmacological perspective. The anomalous areas manifested in non-remitting patients were mainly in the frontolimbic areas, which can be used to differentiate remitting from non-remitting participants before medication treatment. Because non-remission is the failure to respond to treatment with serotonin-related drugs, our method may help clinicians choose appropriate medications for non-remitting patients.
An Alternative Open Reading Frame of the Human Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Gene Is Independently Translated and Codes for an Antigenic Peptide of 14 Amino Acids Recognized by Tumor-Infiltrating Cd8 T Lymphocytes

We show that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) infiltrating a kidney tumor recognize a peptide encoded by an alternative open reading frame (ORF) of the macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) gene. Remarkably, this alternative ORF, which is translated in many tumors concurrently with the major ORF, is also translated in some tissues that do not produce M-CSF, such as liver and kidney. Such a dissociation of the translation of two overlapping ORFs from the same gene is unexpected. The antigenic peptide encoded by the alternative ORF is presented by human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*3501 and has a length of 14 residues. Peptide elution indicated that tumor cells naturally present this 14 mer, which is the longest peptide known to be recognized by CTLs. Binding studies of peptide analogues suggest that it binds by its two extremities and bulges out of the HLA groove to compensate for its length.
Revealing the Main Determinants of Employee Job Satisfaction in Jordanian Hospitals. An Empirical Analysis based on McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale

The paper aims to reveal the main determinants of job satisfaction based on McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) using exploratory factor analysis and for a sample of 325 employees from six hospitals at the level of the year 2015. The empirical results revealed the existence of a four factor structure, highlighting the main factors of job satisfaction from the perspective of Jordanian employees as -“satisfaction with praise/recognition”, “satisfaction with extrinsic rewards and satisfaction with the balance of family”, “satisfaction with interaction opportunities”, and “satisfaction with professional opportunities”. The findings revealed that the financial incentives are very important but also non-financial incentives are fundamental in enhancing motivation among health employees. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.uk
Allelotype analysis of mouse skin tumors using polymorphic microsatellites: sequential genetic alterations on chromosomes 6, 7, and 11.

Allelotype analysis of human tumors has been instrumental in the effort to discover and clone novel tumor suppressor genes. However, this approach has not been systematically applied to animal models of carcinogenesis. We describe here the first attempt to allelotype a nonhuman tumor, i.e., chemically induced mouse skin tumors, using a panel of polymorphic microsatellite markers. The results indicated that markers on chromosomes 6 and 7 were imbalanced, consistent with trisomy in both benign and malignant skin tumors. A proportion of carcinomas also showed loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 11, where the p53 gene is located, and more rarely, on chromosomes 4, 6, and 15. The significance of these alterations is highlighted by the observations of no allelic imbalance for markers on 12 other chromosomes.
Neoliberalism and Health: The Linkages and the Dangers

A recent book addresses the health effects of neoliberalism using the provocative rubric of ‘neoliberal epidemics’. This article reviews literature on the health effects of neoliberalism starting with the structural adjustment conditionalities mandated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. It continues with an analysis of how neoliberalism increases economic insecurity and inequality, and the effects on health, with a section specific to the health impacts of austerity measures undertaken after the financial crisis that began in 2007. The next section considers contemporary trade policy as an embodiment of neoliberal ideology, and reviews current and anticipated health effects. The article concludes with a brief examination of two paradoxes that are evident in the research literature on neoliberalism and health.