Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gene expression of adhesion molecules and matrix metalloproteinases in endometriosis

Various types of cell adhesion molecules and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) seem to play an important role in the invasion process of endometriosis; however, limited investigation has focused on their gene expression in human peritoneal endometriotic lesions. A total of 63 endometriotic tissues were surgically obtained from 35 women with endometriosis, which included 43 pigmented and 20 non-pigmented lesions. Gene expression levels of E-cadherin, α- and β-catenin, MMP-2, MMP-9 and membrane-type 1 (MT1)-MMP in these endometriotic lesions were compared with those in normal eutopic endometrium obtained from 12 women without endometriosis. MMP-2, MMP-9 and MT1-MMP mRNA expression in pigmented lesions was significantly higher than that in normal endometrium (p < 0.05), whereas E-cadherin, α- and β-catenin mRNA expression was not suppressed in endometriotic lesions. There was a close correlation between MMP-2 or MT1-MMP and E-cadherin, α- or β-catenin gene expression in 63 endometriotic tissues examined (p < 0.01). Immunohistochemical expression of E-cadherin, α- and β-catenin in glandular epithelial cells was positive not only for all of seven cases with normal eutopic endometrium but also for 9 of 11 with ovarian endometriosis. MMP expression in ectopic endometrium was much greater than that in eutopic endometrium. These results suggest that endometriotic tissues expressing MMPs might be invasive and simultaneously possess cell-to-cell adhesion property in pelvic peritoneal foci.
Evaluation of PECAM-1 Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Periodontal Disease and Healthy Individuals

Objective. Our aim in this paper was to investigate the possible genetic association between three Ser563Asn, Leu125Val and Arg670Gly polymorphisms of the PECAM-1 gene and periodontitis. Methods. Genomic DNA was isolated from whole blood of 105 periodontal patient (52 with chronic periodontitis and 53 with aggressive periodontitis) and 101 healthy individuals. Samples were genotyped and analyzed for the three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of PECAM-1 using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSPs). Results. A statistically significant difference was found between the genotypic distribution of the Ser563Asn polymorphism in patients with periodontitis compared to controls (P = 0.02). But there were no statistically significant difference between the allele frequencies in the different groups (P = 0.05). The other two polymorphisms did not show a statistically significant difference in their allele and genotype frequencies between the groups. There was no statistically significant difference found for any of the polymorphisms allele and genotype distribution in aggressive and chronic periodontitis either. Conclusions. No significant association was found between the polymorphism tested and the subgroups of periodontitis, further research is still necessary to determine whether this polymorphism can be used as a genetic marker of periodontitis.
The Engagement Model of Person-Environment Interaction

This article focuses on growth-promoting aspects in the environment, and the authors propose a strength-based, dynamic model of person-environment interaction. The authors begin by briefly discussing the typical recognition of contextual variables in models that rely on the concept of person-environment fit. This is followed by a review of recent approaches to incorporating positive environmental factors in conceptualizations of human functioning. These approaches lead to an alternative model of personenvironment interaction in which the engagement construct (i.e., the quality of a personenvironment relationship determined by the extent to which negotiation, participation, and evaluation processes occur during the interaction) replaces the static notion of fit. Finally, the authors outline recommendations for overcoming environmental neglect in research, practice, and training.
Public communication strategies of international humanitarian organizations

Abstract The article studies the public communication strategies of large humanitarian NGOs as well as UN organizations with regard to the humanitarian principles. It shows that different strategies concerning impartiality vs. solidarity and independence vs. subcontracting cause a wide diversity of humanitarian positions, which lead to different types of public communication strategies. It also discusses several recent trends and three scenarios concerning humanitarian public communication, focusing on interaction with donors and the military, as well as the security situation on the ground. The article concludes that it is essential for humanitarian organizations to understand the different interpretations of the humanitarian principles and that this will help in establishing a strategic approach toward public communication at headquarters, as well as in the field.
Intergenerational offending: an analysis of families in jail

The current study seeks to identify and describe low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk families within a county jail in Pennsylvania. Using official incarceration data, a subsample of individuals admitted to the jail during September to December 2009 were selected as study participants. Next, 20 years of official incarceration data from 1990–2009 were searched in an effort to identify family members of study participants to determine the level of risk for each identified family. It was hypothesized and found that a small percentage of families would account for a large percentage of jail admissions. A discussion of the financial and social costs of high-risk families to county system resources and communities is provided.
Crystal bases and two-sided cells of quantum affine algebras

Let $\g$ be an affine Kac-Moody Lie algebra. Let $\U^+$ be the positive part of the Drinfeld-Jimbo quantum enveloping algebra associated to $\g$. We construct a basis of $\U^+$ which is related to the Kashiwara-Lusztig global crystal basis (or canonical basis) by an upper triangular matrix (with respect to an explicitly defined ordering) with 1's on the diagonal and with above diagonal entries in $q_s^{-1} \Z[q_s^{-1}]$. Using this construction we study the global crystal basis $\B(\Um)$ of the modified quantum enveloping algebra defined by Lusztig. We obtain a Peter-Weyl like decomposition of the crystal $\B(\Um)$ (Theorem 4.18), as well as an explicit description of two-sided cells of $\B(\Um)$ and the limit algebra of $\Um$ at $q=0$ (Theorem 6.45).
Human Echolocation as a Basic Form of Perception and Action

In this article we discuss known and possible uses of echolocation by humans. We argue that echolocation may be a basic perception-action ability of humans. We review studies which suggest that both blind and sighted humans are capable of substantial precision in the perception of properties of distal objects, such as distance, size, shape, substance, and relative motion. We analyze relations between acoustic pulse and echo that may provide information to support these percepts and others. Our analysis predicts echolocation-based sensitivity in humans and other animals to a number of properties of the animal-environment interaction. We also discuss echolocation-based acoustic specification of time-to-contact. We develop a new variable that provides this information and discuss acoustic Τs recently developed by Shaw, McGowan, and Turvey (1991) and by Lee, van der Weel, Hitchcock, Matejowsky, and Pettigrew (1992). Our analysis suggests that there may be important insights to be gained from an ecological .
Gender, ICTs, and Productivity in Low-Income Countries

This essay presents the first analysis of gender differences in productivity using panel data on scientists in low-income countries. About 540 researchers in Ghana, Kenya, and Kerala (India) were studied using the same survey instrument in 2001 and 2005. Results indicate very few gender disparities in outcomes at either period of the study with one exception: productivity in international journals. The authors show that substantial gains in access to technology and higher education by women have not reduced the gender gap on this important career dimension.
Relational coordination between community health nurses and other professionals in delivering care to community-dwelling frail people.

AIMS The first aim of this study was to investigate whether relational coordination is higher between primary care professionals and community health nurses than among other professionals. The second aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between different levels of relational coordination and primary care professionals' satisfaction with the care delivery of community health nurses. BACKGROUND Community health nursing is based on the notion that all activities should respond to frail people's needs in a coordinated way, together with other professionals. Relational coordination is therefore important for the effective health-care delivery by these nurses. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed among 167 professionals (n = 323, response rate 52%) who regularly worked with community health nurses. RESULTS The results showed a higher degree of relational coordination with community health nurses than with other primary care professionals. Multilevel analyses revealed that professionals' satisfaction with the care delivered by community health nurses was influenced positively by relational coordination. CONCLUSION Enhancing relational coordination between community health nurses and other primary care professionals in the neighborhood may improve the delivery of care to community-dwelling frail people. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Comprehensive care delivery to community-dwelling frail people requires strong connections between all health and social care professionals. Community health nurses may be an important factor in strengthening these connections.
Sexual Attitudes among Hispanic College Students: Differences between Males and Females

ABSTRACT Sexual attitudes were studied in 59 Hispanic university students, at a university in deep South Texas, near the Mexican border. Males and females rated their level of agreement to 42 items on a l-to-5 scale. There were 31 items that showed statistically significant sex differences at the . 05 level or better. For 13 items, males were more likely than females to endorse items reflecting sexual permissiveness, or other male cultural stereotypes (e.g., disapproval of homosexuality). For females, 18 items showed greater acceptance of certain attitudes, ranging from disapproval of masturbation, to feeling they had to have sex when aroused. Females showed significantly more jealousy than males on both jealousy items, one on partner sexual intercourse, and the other on partner emotional involvement, which contradicts, at least in part, Buss's evolutionary psychology theory of jealousy (Buss, 2000). Possible reasons for the findings are discussed.
Tracing the origin and history of the HIV-2 epidemic

In this study we date the introduction of HIV-2 into the human population and estimate the epidemic history of HIV-2 subtype A in Guinea-Bissau, the putative geographic origin of HIV-2. The evolutionary history of the simian immunodeficiency virussooty mangabey/HIV-2 lineage was reconstructed by using available database sequences with known sampling dates, and a timescale for this history was calculated by using maximum likelihood methods. The date of the most recent common ancestor of HIV-2 subtype A strains was estimated to be 1940 ± 16 and that of B strains was estimated to be 1945 ± 14. In addition we used coalescent theory to estimate the past population dynamics of HIV-2 subtype A in a rural population of Guinea-Bissau. Parametric and nonparametric estimates of the effective number of infections through time were obtained for an equal sample of gag, pol, and env sequences. Our estimates of the epidemic history of HIV-2 subtype A in Guinea-Bissau show a transition from constant size to rapid exponential growth around 1955–1970. Our analysis provides evidence for a zoonotic transfer of HIV-2 during the first half of the 20th century and an epidemic initiation in Guinea-Bissau that coincides with the independence war (1963–1974), suggesting that war-related changes in sociocultural patterns had a major impact on the HIV-2 epidemic.
Political ground truth: How personal issue experience counters partisan biases

Abstract Partisan attachments create pervasive bias in the way citizens process information.Political scientists, psychologists, and recently neuroscientists nd that people willbelieve nearly anything if a favored politician espouses the view. Yet, even thoughpartisan aliation is one of the most, if not the most, stable political attitudes, largesegments of the public switch their vote choice from one party to the other betweenelections or split their tickets within a single election. This dissertation examinesone explanation for shifting political views: personal experience with speci c issues.Campaigns work to attract more support, but partisan biases hinder their e ortswhen predispositions lead voters to doubt statements made by disfavored politicians.This dissertation explores the theory that campaigns can successfully target voterswho have experience on a particular political issue. The voter will use her indepen-dent knowledge on the topic to judge, or \ground truth," the politician’s views; ifthe voter and the politician agree, the voter will hold the candidate in higher esteem.With the advent of massive campaign databases of information on voters, campaignsare now able to identify these critical voter-issue linkages.The Personal Experience Model explores why personal experience plays such acrucial role in political judgments. This formal model is an extension of Zaller’sReceive-Accept-Sample model. The theory behind the Personal Experience Model ispresented, related to existing theories, and supported by empirical evidence. Obser-vational data from the 2000 presidential campaign, two survey experiments, and two eld experiments all support the model’s hypotheses. Finally, the strategic implica-tions for campaigns, and the normative implications for democracy, are considered.iii
Rethinking Social Reactions to Crime: Personal and Altruistic Fear in Family Households1

Research on fear of crime in the United States has concentrated on personal fear while overlooking the fear that people have for others in their lives—children, spouses, friends—whose safety they value. Sample survey data reveal that altruistic fear (fear for others) has a distinctive structure in family households and is more common and often more intense than personal fear. Many of the everyday precautions practiced by Americans and conventionally assumed to be self‐protective appear to be a consequence of altruistic fear. These and other findings underscore the need to understand fear of crime as a social rather than an individual phenomenon.
From Wise to Foolish: The Portrayal of the Sitcom Father, 1950s-1990s

An exploratory content analysis of family-oriented sitcoms shows modern television fathers and working class television fathers are more likely to be portrayed foolishly than fathers of the past or fathers of higher socioeconomic classes. A sample of long-running and top rated domestic sitcoms from the 1950s through the 1990s is examined. A theoretical argument is made that the portrayal of sitcom fathers can be linked to changing social climates in which certain jokes become "fair game. "
The Arts Make a Difference

wo decades of efforts to raise standards, focus schools on academic fundamentals, and close the achievement gap have steadily eroded the place of the arts in public education. Amid growing concern that U.S. students are falling behind internationally and that U.S. schools are insufficiently rigorous, the arts compete for a place at the education table with subjects that appear to make more compelling claims for time and resources. Broadly understood as affective and expressive—not academic or cognitive—the arts survive at the margins of education as curriculum enrichments, rewards to good students, or electives for the talented. But evidence is now emerging that shows that arts education can have powerful effects on student achievement. Moreover, these effects may be most profound for struggling students. Investigators who sliced and diced the massive National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS: 88) database found a significant correlation, growing over time, between arts participation and academic performance. Gains associated with high arts partici-
Automatic Cloud Bursting under FermiCloud

Cloud computing is changing the infrastructure upon which scientific computing depends from supercomputers and distributed computing clusters to a more elastic cloud-based structure. The service-oriented focus and elasticity of clouds can not only facilitate technology needs of emerging business but also shorten response time and reduce operational costs of traditional scientific applications. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) is currently in the process of building its own private cloud, FermiCloud, which allows the existing grid infrastructure to use dynamically provisioned resources on FermiCloud to accommodate increased but dynamic computation demand from scientists in the domains of High Energy Physics (HEP) and other research areas. Cloud infrastructure also allows to increase a private cloud's resource capacity through "bursting" by borrowing or renting resources from other community or commercial clouds when needed. This paper introduces a joint project on building a cloud federation to support HEP applications between Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Korea Institution of Science and Technology Information, with technical contributions from the Illinois Institute of Technology. In particular, this paper presents two recent accomplishments of the joint project: (a) cloud bursting automation and (b) load balancer. Automatic cloud bursting allows computer resources to be dynamically reconfigured to meet users' demands. The load balance algorithm which the cloud bursting depends on decides when and where new resources need to be allocated. Our preliminary prototyping and experiments have shown promising success, yet, they also have opened new challenges to be studied.
“Whatever!” The Wonderful Possibilities of Adolescence

The purpose of this article is to challenge mainstream understanding of the function and nature of adolescence. The author explores features of adolescence common in Western culture and specifically the way in which the teenage years are perceived to provoke and antagonize older adults. He suggests that adolescents present a significant opportunity for community-supported change and development and considers ideas from neuroscience and script development (Berne, 1961). A relevant case study is offered to illustrate these issues.
Shyness, Sibling Relationships, and Young Children's Socioemotional Adjustment at Preschool

The purpose of this research was to examine the moderating role of sibling relationship quality in the associations between shyness and indices of socioemotional adjustment in an early childhood education context. Participants were 79 children ages 4 to 6 (M = 4.74 years) who had at least one sibling. Parents completed ratings of child shyness, sibling relationship quality was assessed with parent and child self-report, and teachers and children completed assessments of child socioemotional functioning at preschool. Among the results, shyness and sibling relationship quality uniquely predicted adjustment at preschool. In addition, positive sibling relationships moderated relations between shyness and indices of preschool adjustment. For example, among children with less positive sibling relationships, shyness was more strongly associated with indices of internalizing problems. In contrast, these associations were attenuated among children with more positive sibling relationships. Results are discussed in terms of the protective role siblings may play in shy children's socioemotional adjustment at preschool.
The AGN content of hard X-ray surveys

Multiwavelength observations of the hard X-ray selected sources discovered by BeppoSAX, Chandra and XMM-Newton surveys have significantly improved our knowledge of the AGN population. The increasing number of X-ray obscured AGN so far discovered confirms the prediction of those AGN synthesis models for the X-ray background based on the Unified scheme. However, follow-up optical observations of hard X-ray selected sources indicate that their optical properties are quite varied and the simple relations between optical and X-ray absorption are by no means without exception. Moreover, there is evidence of a substantial number of luminous X-ray sources hosted by apparently normal galaxies. In this paper the results obtained from multiwavelength observations of hard X-ray selected sources discovered by BeppoSAX and XMM-Newton are presented and briefly discussed.
The Importance of Distinguishing the Belief in a Just World for Self Versus for Others: Implications for Psychological Well-Being

Studies have shown that the belief in a just world (BJW) is related to psychological well-being. The authors suggest that studies exploring this relationship might benefit by making the distinction between the BJW for self versus for others or in general. In two studies, the authors assessed subjects' perceptions of depression, stress, and life satisfaction for self and for others. Subjects also completed measures of the five-factor model of personality. As predicted, the BJW for self most strongly and consistently predicted decreases in depression and stress, and increases in life satisfaction. When the five personality dimensions were included in the analyses, the BJW for self and for others continued to predict life satisfaction but not depression and stress. The implications of these results concerning the relationship between the BJW and psychological well-being, and how the just world is conceptualized, are discussed.
Putting working-class mothers in their place: social stratification, the field of education, and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice

This article explores how a small sample of working-class mothers encounters the field of education. In the management of family and their children's schooling, mothers bring to bear and replicate ways of knowing that are embodied, are historical and that offer many-sided insights into profoundly stratified societies. Here I draw on Bourdieu's theory of practice as a heuristic device and focus only on the field while leaving in suspension his other conceptual arsenal. Bourdieu argued that understanding the social space in which interactions occur is pivotal, characterised as it is by ‘permanent relationships of inequality'. This study shows that mothers bring to the field their embodied history, their habituated practice, and their access to capitals. The women I interviewed know the precariousness of how they occupy the field of schooling, negotiated through a matrix of intersected positionings and classifications that are embodied.