Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Playing with food waste: Experimenting with ethical entanglements in the Anthropocene

Anthropocentric thinking produces fractured ecological perspectives that perpetuate destructive, wasteful behaviours. Recognition of the relational entanglements of humans and more-than-humans, particularly through our everyday visceral encounters with food, may be able to encourage ethical ecological thinking and practices that lay the foundations for more sustainable lifestyles. This paper explores possible ways embodied, convivial and experimental interactions with food waste and its avoidance – along with the various assemblages through which it both acts and is enacted – can support recognition of the entangled relations in which humans and more-than-humans co-become. Excess food, its prevention, reuse and disposal, requires management through intimate human bodily engagements where the very vitality of food is inescapable. The affective force of these necessarily multispecies interactions –which can prompt desires for both attachment and detachment and manifest in a myriad of forms of togetherness – exposes mutual vulnerabilities in living together. Through analysis of ethnographic data gathered from 38 food-producing gardeners and Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) participants in the Australian Capital Territory, this paper maps out how experimental, playful interactions with leftover, surplus or wasted food could contribute to the development of the skills and competencies necessary for adapting to our contingent futures. Encounters with excess food are shown to be capable of assisting in training sensitivities to become attuned and responsive to our more-than-human entanglements and mutual vulnerabilities. This responsive attunement can induce and support ethico-political beliefs and practices that have the potential to disrupt anthropocentric thinking.
MULTIPLE INFERENCE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECTS OF PRESCHOOL: A REEVALUATION OF THE ABECEDARIAN, PERRY PRESCHOOL, AND EARLY TRAINING PROJECTS

A working vehicle has a grass cutting unit vertically movable relative to a vehicle body, a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the grass cutting unit, a clutch for making and breaking transmission of blade driving power to the grass cutting unit, and a device for controlling the lift mechanism. The control device controls the lift mechanism to lower the grass cutting unit when the clutch is operated to transmit power to the grass cutting unit, and to raise the grass cutting unit when the clutch is operated to break power tranmission to the grass cutting unit. According to this construction, only a device for actuating the clutch may be operated to switch between an operative condition in which the grass cutting unit is lowered and its cutting blades driven, and an inoperative condition in which the grass cutting unit is raised with the cutting blades stopped. Alternatively, the control device may control the clutch through a device for actuating the lift mechanism. In this case, only the device for actuating the lift mechanism may be operated to switch between the operative condition in which the grass cutting unit is lowered and its cutting blades driven, and the inoperative condition in which the grass cutting unit is raised with the cutting blades stopped.
Why are they being so nice to us? Social identity threat and the suspicion of Whites’ motives

Abstract Stigmatizing racism has made Whites’ kindness attributional ambiguous to people of color (POC). When this ambiguity is experienced in domains where stereotypes are active, POC may experience praise from Whites as a form of social identity threat. The current article reviews how POC are predicted to respond to Whites’ positivity as a function of their beliefs about Whites’ motives. To the extent that POC are suspicious of Whites’ motives and chronically discount positivity from Whites, praise and positive overtures from Whites were predicted to be threatening. Evidence suggests that POC suspicious of Whites motives are the most sensitive to positive responses from Whites, reacting with both greater threat and social accuracy compared to non-suspicious POC. The current work reviews the empirical evidence on suspicion and highlights avenues for future research that explores suspicion’s origins and capacity to shape the academic and professional identities of POC.
1 TECHNOLOGY AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE VEHICLE : IMPACTS ON JOB SCOPE AND AFFECTIVE JOB OUTCOMES

This research investigates how changes in job scope resulting from the implementation of technology influence key job outcomes in the workplace. Based on a 12-month field study of 2,794 employees in a telecommunications firm, we found that the changes between preand post-technology implementation perceptions of job scope brought about by new information technology implementation have a complex, curvilinear influence on job satisfaction and, indirectly, organizational commitment. The polynomial model developed as part of this research highlights the dynamic nature of individual reactions to changes in job scope brought about by new technology implementation and demonstrates the potential problem of relying on relatively straightforward linear models only. The findings of this study also build on current perspectives on technology adoption by moving beyond a focus on technology usage as the sole dependent variable of interest to other key outcomes important to IS and organizational researchers. INTRODUCTION For several decades now, one of the most major challenges for organizations has been the ability to cope with change. Both information systems (IS) and management researchers alike have suggested that such adaptability is critical to creating and/or sustaining competitive advantage to the point where it is now a maxim (Porter 2001). One of the most pervasive changes in the organizational environment in the last decade has been a focus on managing and redesigning organizational processes, particularly through leveraging the capabilities offered by new information technologies (Davenport 2000; Jarvenpaa and Stoddard 1998). Yet many technologies implemented in organizations today fail. Thus, understanding the drivers of technology success continues to be critical. Prior information systems (IS) research tended to focus on technology-centric perceptions and outcomes (see Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, and Davis for a recent review and synthesis). Thus, an under-investigated phenomenon is the impact of technology implementation on other, broader individual outcomes in the workplace. As with
Proteolytic Cleavage of the Catalytic Subunit of DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase during Poliovirus Infection

ABSTRACT DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a serine/threonine kinase that has critical roles in DNA double-strand break repair, as well as B- and T-cell antigen receptor rearrangement. The DNA-PK enzyme consists of the Ku regulatory subunit and a 450-kDa catalytic subunit termed DNA-PKCS. Both of these subunits are autoantigens associated with connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and scleroderma. In this report, we show that DNA-PKCS is cleaved during poliovirus infection of HeLa cells. Cleavage was visible as early as 1.5 h postinfection (hpi) and resulted in an approximately 40% reduction in the levels of native protein by 5.5 hpi. Consistent with this observation, the activity of the DNA-PKCS enzyme was also reduced during viral infection, as determined by immunoprecipitation kinase assays. Although it has previously been shown that DNA-PKCS is a substrate of caspase-3 in vitro, the protein was still cleaved during poliovirus infection of the caspase-3-deficient MCF-7 cell line. Cleavage was not prevented by infection in the presence of a soluble caspase inhibitor, suggesting that cleavage in vivo was independent of host caspase activation. DNA-PKCS is directly cleaved by a picornaviral 2A protease in vitro, producing a fragment similar in size to the cleavage product observed in vivo. Taken together, our results indicate that DNA-PKCS is cleaved by the 2A protease during poliovirus infection. Proteolytic cleavage of DNA-PKCS during poliovirus infection may contribute to inhibition of host immune responses. Furthermore, cleavage of autoantigens by viral proteases may target these proteins for the autoimmune response by generating novel, or “immunocryptic,” protein fragments.
Coordination and Cooperation in Local, Random and Small World Networks: Experimental Evidence

A laboratory experiment studies coordination and cooperation in games played in different networks - local, random and small-world. Coordination on the payoff-dominant equilibrium was faster in small-world networks than in local and random networks. However, in a prisoner's dilemma game, cooperation was the hardest to achieve in small-world networks. Two graph-theoretic characteristics - clustering coefficient and characteristic path length - accounted for differences in individual behavior, possibly explaining why equilibrium convergence is most rapid in small-world networks.
Are Bayesian Networks Sensitive to Precision of Their Parameters

In this paper, we examine whether Bayesian networks are sensitive to precision of their parameters in the context of Hepar II, a sizeable Bayesian network model for diagnosis of liver disorders. Rather than entering noise into probability distributions, which was done in prior studies, we change their precision, starting with the original values and rounding them systematically to progressively rougher scales. It appears that the diagnostic accuracy of Hepar II is very sensitive to imprecision in probabilities, if these are rounded. However, the main source of this sensitivity appears to be in rounding small probabilities to zero. When zeros introduced by rounding are replaced by very small non-zero values, imprecision resulting from rounding has minimal impact on Hepar II’s performance.
An advanced low-frequency noise model of GaInP-GaAs HBT for accurate prediction of phase noise in oscillators

We present a new low-frequency noise model of a GaInP-GaAs HBT and the associated extraction process from measurements. Specific measurements enable us to locate the two dominant low-frequency noise sources. Their spectral densities extraction as a function of the emitter bias current is then performed and a normalized scalable model is deduced. The cyclostationarity of the low-frequency noise sources is justified. The whole noise model including the shot noise source is implemented in the nonlinear HBT model used in the United Monolithic Semiconductors foundry. In order to verify the validity of the scalable noise model, several voltage-controlled oscillators with different center frequencies and tuning bandwidth have been designed and processed. Comparisons between the predicted performances and experimental results show an excellent agreement and validate the proposed low-frequency noise modeling of multifinger HBTs.
A grounded theory study of time-limited therapy for complex trauma : how NHS psychologists manage the challenge of working with developmentally traumatised clients within a time-limited therapeutic frame

Psychological research in the field of childhood trauma indicates that the earlier the age of onset and the more severe the traumatisation in terms of intensity, duration and repetition, the more extensively impaired individuals become. In such cases long-term, phase-oriented treatment is recommended. Over the last decade, the NHS has undergone significant changes in the delivery of psychological therapies. There has been a substantial rise in the use of evidence-based practice and time-limited psychological treatment has become a focal point in the delivery of clinical interventions within community mental health services working mainly with complex traumatised individuals. As such, there appears to be a tension between clinical need, resources available, and a requirement to adopt a more results-driven, time-limited therapeutic framework as the primary treatment. This research sought to examine how clinicians contend with the dilemma of working within a time-limited frame with developmentally traumatised clients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven NHS psychologists. Findings suggest that the imbalance between demand and resources generates an imbalance of emotional resources and a tentative model is presented outlining the process of progressive emotional depletion experienced by participants as a direct result of the various and conflicting demands placed on them by the client, the organisation and the clinical task. Key implications arising from this research surround the implementation of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for the management of dilemmas on a client, organisational and clinician level. Implications of this for theory and practice are discussed with an emphasis on enhancing knowledge in the field of Counselling Psychology and recommendations for future research are provided.
Assessment of Some Inflammatory Biomarkers as Predictors of Outcome of Acute Respiratory Failure on Top of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Evaluation of the Role of Bacteria

Objective. To study the value of the inflammatory markers (interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and C-reactive protein (CRP)) in predicting the outcome of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF) on top of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the role of bacteria in the systemic inflammation. Methods. Thirty three patients were subjected to standard treatment plus NIV, and accordingly, they were classified into responders and nonresponders. Serum samples were collected for IL-6, IL-8, and CRP analysis. Sputum samples were taken for microbiological evaluation. Results. A wide spectrum of bacteria was revealed; Gram-negative and atypical bacteria were the most common (31% and 28% resp.; single or copathogen). IL-8 and dyspnea grade was significantly higher in the non-responder group (P = 0.01 and 0.023 resp.). IL-6 correlated positivity with the presence of infection and type of pathogen (P = 0.038 and 0.034 resp.). Gram-negative bacteria were associated with higher significant IL-6 in comparison between others (196.4 ± 239.1 pg/dL; P = 0.011) but insignificantly affected NIV outcome (P > 0.05). Conclusions. High systemic inflammation could predict failure of NIV. G-ve bacteria correlated with high IL-6 but did not affect the response to NIV.
On Collecting Underlying Topology in the Selfish Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A feasible way to stimulate cooperation in the selfish ad hoc networks is to reimburse the forwarding service providers for their cost. However, to get more payments and maximize their utility, selfish nodes may lie about their cost. This poses the requirement of truth protocol. Up to now, the VCG mechanism is the only truthful mechanism for the least cost path (LCP) problem. But the dynamic topology of mobile ad hoc network makes it very difficulty to apply VCG mechanism. We propose a novel and efficient method to gather the topology information of selfish ad hoc networks. Based on this method, we propose a low overhead truthful energy-efficient routing protocol called LOTER. In LOTER, the node collects its neighbors' information. The destination selects several RREP paths. The node on the RREP paths sends its collected information to the source node. Based on such information, the source constructs a subgraph, finds the LCP to the destination and calculates the VCG payments. Simulation results show that LOTER provides better performance than LSTOP (Wang and Singhal, 2006), LOTTO (Wang and Singhal, 2007) and ad hoc-VCG (Anderegg and Eidenbenz, 2003). Furthermore, we evaluate the successful route discovery ratios of LOTER as well as the other three protocols in the simulation. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to introduce the successful route discovery ratio in selfish wireless mobile ad hoc networks and evaluate this ratio by means of simulation.
Swaying to the extreme: Group relative deprivation predicts voting for an extreme right party in the French presidential election

Why do people vote for the extreme right (ER)? Despite considerable evidence suggesting therole of group relative deprivation (GRD) in accounting for prejudice, collective action andsupport for protest movements, there is surprisingly little research that has tested the impactof various types of relative deprivation in explaining the support for the ER. Using a large andrepresentative sample of the French population tested before the 2012 presidential election,we hypothesised and found that GRD is a better predictor of the intention to vote for MarineLe Pen, the ER candidate, than individual relative deprivation. GRD remained a significantpredictor of voting for the ER even when controlling for social dominance orientation andprejudice, while it did not predict self-placement on the left-right political continuum. Thus,the sense that the French as a group are unjustly treated compared to immigrants living inFrance underpins the vote for the ER but not, as we demonstrate, for any other populist party.We discuss how the rhetoric of the ER parties can appeal to voters and expand their base overand above the support coming from those who are overtly prejudiced. Data andsupplementary materials [doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/C3K9Y]
RAMBLE ON: Tracing Movements of Popular Historical Figures

We present RAMBLE ON, an application integrating a pipeline for frame-based information extraction and an interface to track and display movement trajectories. The code of the extraction pipeline and a navigator are freely available; moreover we display in a demonstrator the outcome of a case study carried out on trajectories of notable persons of the XX Century.
Altered Cellular Distribution and Subcellular Sorting of &ggr;-Tubulin in Diffuse Astrocytic Gliomas and Human Glioblastoma Cell Lines

Centrosome amplification is a pivotal mechanism underlying tumorigenesis but its role in gliomas is underinvestigated. The present study specifically examines the expression and distribution of the centrosome-associated cytoskeletal protein &ggr;-tubulin in 56 primary diffuse astrocytic gliomas (grades II-IV) and in 4 human glioblastoma cell lines (U87MG, U118MG, U138MG, and T98G). Monoclonal anti-peptide antibodies recognizing epitopes in C-terminal or N-terminal domains of the &ggr;-tubulin molecule were used in immunohistochemical, immunofluorescence, and immunoblotting studies. In tumors in adults (n = 46), varying degrees of localization were detected in all tumor grades, but immunoreactivity was significantly increased in high-grade anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastomas multiforme as compared to low-grade diffuse astrocytomas (p = 0.0001). A similar trend was noted in diffuse gliomas in children but the sample of cases was too small as to be statistically meaningful. Two overlapping patterns of ectopic cellular localization were identified in both primary tumors and glioblastoma cell lines: A punctate pattern, in which &ggr;-tubulin was partially co-distributed with pericentrin in the pericentriolar region, and a diffuse pattern, independent of pericentrin staining, denoting a soluble pool of &ggr;-tubulin. Cellular &ggr;-tubulin was detected in both soluble and insoluble (nocodazole-resistant) fractions of glioblastoma cells. Divergent localizations of &ggr;-tubulin and pericentrin suggest a differential distribution of these 2 centrosome-associated proteins in glioblastoma cell lines. Our results indicate that overexpression and ectopic cellular distribution of &ggr;-tubulin in astrocytic gliomas may be significant in the context of centrosome protein amplification and may be linked to tumor progression and anaplastic potential.
Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecule-2 Reduces Intestinal Epithelial Tight-Junction Damage and Mortality in Septic Rats

Objective Damage to intestinal epithelial tight junctions plays an important role in sepsis. Recently we found that Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecule-2 (CORM-2) is able to protect LPS-induced intestinal epithelial tight junction damage and in this study we will investigate if CORM-2 could protect intestinal epithelial tight junctions in the rat cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model. Materials and Methods The CLP model was generated using male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats according to standard procedure and treated with CORM-2 or inactive CORM-2 (iCORM-2), 8 mg/kg, i.v. immediately after CLP induction and euthanized after 24h or 72h (for mortality rate only). Morphological changes were investigated using both transmission electron and confocal microscopy. The levels of important TJ proteins and phosphorylation of myosin light chain (MLC) were examined using Western blotting. Cytokines, IL-1β and TNF-α were measured using ELISA kits. The overall intestinal epithelial permeability was evaluated using FD-4 as a marker. Results CORM-2, but not iCORM-2, significantly reduced sepsis-induced damage of intestinal mucosa (including TJ disruption), TJ protein reduction (including zonula occludens-l (ZO-1), claudin-1 and occludin), MLC phosphorylation and proinflammatory cytokine release. The overall outcomes showed that CORM-2 suppressed sepsis-induced intestinal epithelial permeability changes and reduced mortality rate of those septic rats. Conclusions Our data strongly suggest that CORM-2 could be a potential therapeutic reagent for sepsis by suppressing inflammation, restoring intestinal epithelial barrier and reducing mortality.
Suzaku Observation of HCG 62: Temperature, Abundance, and Extended Hard X-Ray Emission Profiles

We present results of 120 ks observation of a compact group of galaxies HCG~62 ($z=0.0145$) with Suzaku XIS and HXD-PIN\@. The XIS spectra for four annular regions were fitted with two temperature {\it vapec} model with variable abundance, combined with the foreground Galactic component. The Galactic component was constrained to have a common surface brightness among the four annuli, and two temperature {\it apec} model was preferred to single temperature model. We confirmed the multi-temperature nature of the intra-group medium reported with Chandra and XMM-Newton, with a doughnut-like high temperature ring at radii 3.3--6.5$'$ in a hardness image. We found Mg, Si, S, and Fe abundances to be fairly robust. We examined the possible ``high-abundance arc'' at $\sim 2'$ southwest from the center, however Suzaku data did not confirm it. We suspect that it is a misidentification of an excess hot component in this region as the Fe line. Careful background study showed no positive detection of the extended hard X-rays previously reported with ASCA, in 5--12 keV with XIS and 12--40 keV with HXD-PIN, although our upper limit did not exclude the ASCA result. There is an indication that the X-ray intensity in $r<3.3'$ region is $70\pm 19$% higher than the nominal CXB level (5--12 keV), and Chandra and Suzaku data suggest that most of this excess could be due to concentration of hard X-ray sources with an average photon index of $\Gamma=1.38\pm 0.06$. Cumulative mass of O, Fe and Mg in the group gas and the metal mass-to-light ratio were derived and compared with those in other groups. Possible role of AGN or galaxy mergers in this group is also discussed.
Berkeley 29, the most distant old open cluster

We present CCD BVI photometry of the old open cluster (OC) Berkeley 29, located in the anticentre direction. Using the synthetic colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) technique we estimate at the same time its age, reddening, distance and approximate metallicity using three types of stellar evolutionary tracks. The best solutions give: age = 3.4 or 3.7 Gyr, (m - M) 0 = 15.6 or 15.8 with E(B - V) = 0.13 or 0.10, and metallicity lower than solar (Z = 0.006 or 0.004), depending on the adopted stellar models. Using these derived values, Be 29 turns out to be the most distant OC known, with Galactocentric distance R GC = 21.4 to 22.6 kpc. Hence, Be 29 qualitatively follows both the age-metallicity relation and the metal abundance gradient typical of Galactic disc objects. The cluster position and radial velocity, however, appear to link Be 29 to the family of the Canis Maior debris.