Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How Do Actors and Actresses Age?: Self- Monitoring and Aging

This study investigates the relationship between life events, self-monitoring, and aging. This relationship is explored in the following five areas: religious practices, social networks, intergenerational relationships, retirement, and leisure. It was hypothesized that, compared to low self-monitors, high self-monitors would (a) spend less time in private devotional activities as they age, (b) feel a heavier impact from the reduction in the quantity of social networks, (c) have more distant intergenerational ties, (d) adjust to forced retirement more quickly, and ( e) be less satisfied with leisure time as they age. The 120 volunteer participants ranged in age from 51 through 93. The Self-Monitoring Scale ( Snyder, 1974) and the Impact of Events Inventory were administered in structured individual interviews. Findings support the hypothesis that high self-monitors will experience more impact from the reduction in the quantity of social networks as they age. However, the results fail to support the other four hypotheses. Possible alternative explanations for these findings are explored. An appeal is made for future research on the topic of self-monitoring and aging.
Updated radiative forcing estimates of 65 halocarbons and nonmethane hydrocarbons

The direct radiative forcing of 65 chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, halons, iodoalkanes, chloroalkanes, bromoalkanes, perfluorocarbons and nonmethane hydrocarbons has been evaluated using a consistent set of infrared absorption cross sections. For the radiative transfer models, both line-by-line and random band model approaches were employed for each gas. The line-by-line model was first validated against measurements taken by the Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES) of the U.K. Meteorological Office; the computed spectrally integrated radiance of agreed to within 2% with experimental measurements. Three model atmospheres, derived from a three-dimensional climatology, were used in the radiative forcing calculations to more accurately represent hemispheric differences in water vapor, ozone concentrations, and cloud cover. Instantaneous, clear-sky radiative forcing values calculated by the line-by-line and band models were in close agreement. The band model values were subsequently modified to ensure exact agreement with the line-by-line model values. Calibrated band model radiative forcing values, for atmospheric profiles with clouds and using stratospheric adjustment, are reported and compared with previous literature values. Fourteen of the 65 molecules have forcings that differ by more than 15% from those in the World Meteorological Organization [1999] compilation. Eleven of the molecules have not been reported previously. The 65-molecule data set reported here is the most comprehensive and consistent database yet available to evaluate the relative impact of halocarbons and hydrocarbons on climate change.
Toward genomic identification of β‐barrel membrane proteins: Composition and architecture of known structures

The amino acid composition and architecture of all β‐barrel membrane proteins of known three‐dimensional structure have been examined to generate information that will be useful in identifying β‐barrels in genome databases. The database consists of 15 nonredundant structures, including several novel, recent structures. Known structures include monomeric, dimeric, and trimeric β‐barrels with between 8 and 22 membrane‐spanning β‐strands each. For this analysis the membrane‐interacting surfaces of the β‐barrels were identified with an experimentally derived, whole‐residue hydrophobicity scale, and then the barrels were aligned normal to the bilayer and the position of the bilayer midplane was determined for each protein from the hydrophobicity profile. The abundance of each amino acid, relative to the genomic abundance, was calculated for the barrel exterior and interior. The architecture and diversity of known β‐barrels was also examined. For example, the distribution of rise‐per‐residue values perpendicular to the bilayer plane was found to be 2.7 ± 0.25 Å per residue, or about 10 ± 1 residues across the membrane. Also, as noted by other authors, nearly every known membrane‐spanning β‐barrel strand was found to have a short loop of seven residues or less connecting it to at least one adjacent strand. Using this information we have begun to generate rapid screening algorithms for the identification of β‐barrel membrane proteins in genomic databases. Application of one algorithm to the genomes of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa confirms its ability to identify β‐barrels, and reveals dozens of unidentified open reading frames that potentially code for β‐barrel outer membrane proteins.
An Empirical Investigation on the Adoption of e-Government in Developing Countries: The Case of Jordan

While e-Government has the potential to improve public administration effectiveness as well as efficiency by increasing convenience, performance and accessibility of different government services to citizens, the success of these initiatives is dependent not only on government support, but also on citizens’ willingness to accept and adopt those e-government services. Although there is a great body of literature that discuss e-Government in developed countries, e-government in developing countries, in general, and Arab countries, in particular, has not received equal attention. The objective of this study is to determine the factors that influence the adoption of e-government services in a developing country, namely Jordan. An extended version of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is utilized as the theoretical base of this study. Overall, the study proposes that citizens’ perceptions about e-Government services influence their attitude towards adopting e-government initiatives. A survey collected data from 853 online users of Jordan’s e-government services. Using partial least squares (PLS) of structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis technique, the results show that all the four factors, namely: Perceived Credibility, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use and Computer Self Efficacy have significant effect on the adoption of e-government services in Jordan. Moreover, the study findings show that Perceived Ease of Use as the most important factor in predicting Jordanian citizens’ adoption of e-government services. The research limitations, implications for research and practice are discussed.
Epidemiological Risk Analysis of Home Injuries in Italy (1999–2006)

Home injuries are an important public health issue in both developed and developing countries. This study focused on the Italian epidemiological framework between 1999 and 2006, using a nation-representative sample provided by the National Institute of Statistics. Every year, about 3,000,000 Italian residents reported at least one home injury, with an overall annual rate of 5.2/100 (95% CI 5.1–5.4); 3.2/100 (3.0–3.4) for males and 7.2/100 (6.9–7.4) for females. Poisson regression models were used for different age-specific populations (children, young/adults and older people), to evaluate the effects of socio-demographic, health/income satisfaction and housing variables. For children, non-applicable variables (including smoking and health satisfaction) were taken as those of the head of family, while housework time was taken the family mean time. Evidence of decreasing time trend in risk of home injury was found only among young/adults (p < 0.01). The following were risk factors: female gender (adjusted relative risk—RR 2.0 for older people and RR 1.9 for young/adults, p < 0.01); one additional hour of work at home (RR 1.009, p < 0.01 for young/adults and RR 1.016, p = 0.01 for children); smoking (RR 1.3, p < 0.01 for young/adults and p = 0.02 for children); health dissatisfaction (RR 1.3, p = 0.05 for children, RR 1.6 for young/adults and RR 1.7 for older people, p < 0.01); income dissatisfaction (RR 1.2, p < 0.01 for young/adults ); living alone (RR 1.5, p < 0.01 for young/adults and RR 1.2, p < 0.02 for the older people); having a garden (RR 1.1, p < 0.01 for young/adults ). Awareness of the need for safety at home could be boosted by information campaigns on the risk, and its social cost could be reduced by specific prevention schemes. Developing tools for assessing the risk at home and for removing the main hazards would be useful for both informative and prevention interventions.
Gendered patterns in high achievement in mathematics for grades 4, 6, and 8

The issue of underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers is especially important to the future of the United States in current times when STEM careers play an increasingly important role in the global economy (Toulmin & Groome, 2007; United States Department of Labor, 2007). The pool of students who enter careers in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics first appear in elementary school and overwhelmingly come from those with high achievement in mathematics (Berryman, 1983; Tai, Liu, Maltese, & Fan, 2006). This study examined mathematics achievement data for students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in one northeastern state to determine whether inequitable patterns exist along gendered lines. This study used quantile regression methodology to examine mathematics achievement as a function of gender and other student characteristics to reveal if differences exist in the top percentiles of achievement densities for this population. The use of a quantile model enabled the capture of any percentile of the distribution to reveal changes by student characteristics, allowing a more precise picture of achievement in mathematics than could be revealed by means-based methods. Results of the analyses required a rejection of the null hypothesis there is no difference in mathematics achievement by gender in this population. Further, the point advantages and disadvantages revealed are potentially important for both males and females and may reflect impactful patterns of achievement at both the high and low ends of achievement in mathematics. Additionally, patterns of lower mathematics achievement were revealed for students with limited proficiency in English, lower socioeconomic status, and/or membership in a racial minority group.
Structural Change in an Open Economy

We study the importance of international trade in structural change. Our framework has both productivity and trade cost shocks, and allows for non-unitary income and substitution elasticities. We calibrate our model to investigate South Korea's structural change between 1971 and 2005. We find that the shock processes, propagated through the model's two main transmission mechanisms, non-homothetic preferences and the open economy, explain virtually all of the evolution of agriculture and services labor shares, and the rising part of the hump-shape in manufacturing. Counterfactual exercises show that the role of the open economy is quantitatively important for explaining South Korea's structural change.
UTB GeOI 6T SRAM cell and sense amplifier considering BTI reliability

This paper investigates the impacts of negative and positive bias temperature instabilities (NBTI and PBTI) on the stability of ultra-thin-body (UTB) GeOI 6T SRAM cell and performance of sense amplifier compared with the SOI counterparts. Worst case stress scenarios for read and write operations are analyzed. For UTB GeOI SRAMs, PBTI dominates the degradations in read static noise margin (RSNM), while for UTB SOI SRAMs, NBTI dominates the degradations in RSNM. Write static noise margin (WSNM) only slightly degrades due to NBTI and PBTI. Current latch sense amplifier (CLSA) and voltage latch sense amplifier (VLSA) are analyzed considering NBTI/PBTI for GeOI and SOI devices. GeOI CLSA and VLSA show smaller word-line to SAE buffer delay (TBL) and sense amplifier sensing delay (TSA) than the SOI counterparts. As aging time increases, GeOI CLSA and VLSA show larger degradations of TSA than the SOI counterparts.
A short-form version of the Boston Naming Test for language screening in dementia in a bilingual rural community in Galicia (Spain)

ABSTRACT Background: Aphasia, one of the core symptoms of cortical dementia, is routinely evaluated using graded naming tests like the Boston Naming Test (BNT). However, the application of this 60-item test is time-consuming and shortened versions have been devised for screening. The hypothesis of this research is that a specifically designed shortened version of the BNT could replace the original 60-item BNT as part of a mini-battery for screening for dementia. The objective of this study was to design a short version of the BNT for a rural population in Galicia (Spain). Methods: A clinic group of 102 patients including 43 with dementia was recruited along with 78 healthy volunteers. The clinic and control groups were scored on the Spanish version of the Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and BNT. In addition, the clinic group was tested with standard neuropsychological instruments and underwent brain investigations and routine neurological examination. BNT items with specificity and sensitivity above 0.5 were selected to compose a short battery of 11 pictures named BNTOu11. ANOVA and mean comparisons were made for MMSE and BNT versions. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves and internal consistency were calculated. Results: Areas under ROC curves (AUC) did not show statistically significant differences; therefore BNTOu11's AUC (0.814) was similar to the 60-item BNT versions (0.785 and 0.779), to the short versions from Argentina (0.772) and Andalusia (0.799) and to the Spanish MMSE (0.866). BNTOu11 had higher internal consistency than the other short versions. Conclusions: BNTOu11 is a useful and time-saving method as part of a battery for screening for dementia in a psychogeriatric outpatient unit.
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate

About Ernest L. Boyer vii About the Editors ix About the Contributors xi Editors Acknowledgments xv A Note to the Reader xvii Foreword: Scholarship Reconsidered s Influence in Later Carnegie Foundation Work xxi Mary Taylor Huber PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED ON TODAY S ACADEMY 1 The Origins of Scholarship Reconsidered 3 Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream Boyer s Impact on Faculty Development 13 Andrea L. Beach The Influence of Scholarship Reconsidered on Institutional Types and Academic Disciplines 19 John M. Braxton Scholarship Reconsidered s Impact on Doctoral and Professional Education 31 Ann E. Austin and Melissa McDaniels How Scholarship Reconsidered Disrupted the Promotion and Tenure System 41 KerryAnn O Meara Acknowledgments 49 PART TWO: SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED BY ERNEST L. BOYER 53 Scholarship over Time 55 Enlarging the Perspective 67 The Faculty: A Mosaic of Talent 77 The Creativity Contract 91 The Campuses: Diversity with Dignity 99 A New Generation of Scholars 109 Scholarship and Community 117 Appendix A: National Survey of Faculty (1989) 123 Appendix B: Technical Notes 157 Appendix C: Carnegie Classifications 159 Afterword: Advancing the Conversation around Scholarship Reconsidered 161 Cynthia A. Wells Discussion Guide 167 Notes 173 Index 195
Treatment of complicated mourning

This is the first book to focus specifically on complicated mourning, often referred to as pathological, unresolved, or abnormal grief. It provides caregivers with practical therapeutic strategies and specific interventions that are necessary when traditional grief counseling is insufficient. ""The goal is to turn 'complicated' into 'uncomplicated' mourning. "" Rando examines the unique issues in bereavement situations that put mourners at high risk for complicated mourning. She synthesizes the literature and integrates it with specific treatment approaches.
Mitochondrial Expression of the Drosophila melanogaster Multisubstrate Deoxyribonucleoside Kinase

The multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase (Dm-dNK) is studied as a candidate suicide gene for applications in combined gene/chemotherapy of cancer. We have created an engineered Dm-dNK nucleoside kinase that is targeted to the mitochondrial matrix. The enzyme was expressed in a thymidine kinase 1-deficient osteosarcoma cell line, and the sensitivity of the cells to cytotoxic nucleoside analogs was determined when the enzyme was targeted to either the nucleus or the mitochondrial matrix. Although the total deoxythymidine (dThd) phosphorylation activity was similar in cells expressing Dm-dNK in the nucleus or in the mitochondria, the cells expressing the enzyme in the mitochondria showed higher sensitivity to the antiproliferative activity of several pyrimidine nucleoside analogs, such as (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2′-deoxyuridine, 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine, and 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine. Labeling studies using [3H]dThd showed that the cells expressing the mitochondrial enzyme had an increased incorporation of [3H]dThd into DNA, shown to be due to a higher [3H]dTTP specific activity of the total dTTP pool in the cells in which Dm-dNK was targeted to the mitochondria. The difference in the specific activity of the dTTP pool is a result of different contributions of the de novo and the salvage pathways for the dTTP synthesis in transduced cells. In summary, these findings suggest that mitochondrial targeting of Dm-dNK facilitates nucleoside and nucleoside analog phosphorylation and could be used as a strategy to enhance the efficacy of nucleoside analog phosphorylation and concomitantly their cytostatic potential.
Nuevas formas, viejos intereses: neosexismo en varones españoles

New forms, old interests: Neosexism among Spanish men. In the present paper the construct of «Neosexism», as one of the new forms of sexism, and the Spanish version of the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Beaton & Joly,(1995) are presented. Using a sample of 1 191 men, we tested the psychometric properties of the scale and the relationship between Neosexism and some other sociodemographic cha racteristics and with old-fashioned sexism, attitudes toward af firmative action and men’ s collective in terest. Ours results show that «Neosexism», a construct created in a cultural and economic context different to Spain, could be applied to a Spanish context. W e also found that the Neosexism scale can be an appropriate instrument to measure modern forms of sexism, specially in or ganizational and work settings. A mediational analysis performed on the data suggest that, among men, neosexist beliefs in fluence subjective threat to collective interests, this perceived threat triggering an opposition to af firmative action programs.
Simple Technical Trading Rules and the Stochastic Properties of Stock Returns

This paper tests two of the simplest and most popular trading rules--moving average and trading range break--by utilizing the Dow Jones Index from 1897 to 1986. Standard statistical analysis is extended through the use of bootstrap techniques. Overall, their results provide strong support for the technical strategies. The returns obtained from these strategies are not consistent with four popular null models: the random walk, the AR(1), the GARCH-M, and the Exponential GARCH. Buy signals consistently generate higher returns than sell signals, and further, the returns following buy signals are less volatile than returns following sell signals. Moreover, returns following sell signals are negative, which is not easily explained by any of the currently existing equilibrium models. Copyright 1992 by American Finance Association.
Large Scale Comparison of Gene Expression Levels by Microarrays and RNAseq Using TCGA Data

RNAseq and microarray methods are frequently used to measure gene expression level. While similar in purpose, there are fundamental differences between the two technologies. Here, we present the largest comparative study between microarray and RNAseq methods to date using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data. We found high correlations between expression data obtained from the Affymetrix one-channel microarray and RNAseq (Spearman correlations coefficients of ∼0.8). We also observed that the low abundance genes had poorer correlations between microarray and RNAseq data than high abundance genes. As expected, due to measurement and normalization differences, Agilent two-channel microarray and RNAseq data were poorly correlated (Spearman correlations coefficients of only ∼0.2). By examining the differentially expressed genes between tumor and normal samples we observed reasonable concordance in directionality between Agilent two-channel microarray and RNAseq data, although a small group of genes were found to have expression changes reported in opposite directions using these two technologies. Overall, RNAseq produces comparable results to microarray technologies in term of expression profiling. The RNAseq normalization methods RPKM and RSEM produce similar results on the gene level and reasonably concordant results on the exon level. Longer exons tended to have better concordance between the two normalization methods than shorter exons.
Designing Mobile Social Networking Service Through UCD Process: LifeDiary

Socialization is one of the basic human needs that has been capitalized on by various industries. The main features of socialization include content sharing and people networking. These features from web service have been expanded to mobile devices and provide users the same experience in the context of these devices. However, most of the mobile web services merely push data to the mobile device and do not fully utilize the nature of mobility itself. The present article argues that these mobile web services presented to customers do not match the users' expectation due to a lack of interactivity between mobile and web. The present study uses a user-centered design process to better understand social network users' needs and pattern of device usage within this service. Through this process, the main concept of the service is initially to be decided and followed by personas and functions. Then, the role of each device is set by analyzing users' expectation around each device. Finally, a design prototype is proposed and its quality is estimated by conducting usability evaluation. As a result, the present study illustrates the differences among traditional mobile social networking services and shows how mobile phones may improve the traditional social network service experience while interacting with websites and PCs.