Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identity Negotiation, Pathways to Housing and “Place”: The Experience of Refugees in Glasgow

Abstract The links between how individuals construct and negotiate identity as they navigate their way through the housing system and “place” have, to date, not been explicitly articulated. Yet, greater understanding of such links is important given the significance of location of housing in decision‐making processes and the often close relationship between “who we are” and “where we are”. The site of the current study is the city of Glasgow, one of the main sites in the UK for the government’s policy of “no‐choice” dispersal. Based on empirical data from individual interviews with 32 refugees and a sample of housing and other service providers, this paper explores the usefulness of the housing pathways approach to understanding the experiences of refugees in this city. It reveals that the housing pathways approach has much to offer as an analytical tool for illuminating the specific nature of refugees’ contact with, and progression through, the housing system and their changing identity/identities. More explicit links with “place” within the framework as the site for negotiated identity are important for understanding whether or not refugees choose to stay in the city or move on, and their negotiation of identity in the longer term.
OIL PRICE SHOCKS, FIRM UNCERTAINTY, AND INVESTMENT

This paper seeks to answer the following questions: Do oil price shocks affect firms' investment decisions? Do oil price shocks affect investment decisions differentially depending on firm-specific uncertainty? Over what time horizon do oil price shocks affect high-uncertainty firms? Is the intensity of the oil price shock important, or just its existence? It is found that oil price shocks depress firms' investment decisions, and do so differentially by depressing investment more for more uncertain firms. Oil shocks affect investment for at least the first and second year after the shock. In the short term, the mere existence of a shock drives most of the effect. In the long term, the intensity of the oil shock is also important. Bloom, Bond, and Van Reenan's result [Review of Economic Studies 74, 391–415 (2007)] regarding responsiveness to demand shocks being eroded at more uncertain firms for data on U.K. firms is replicated using data on U.S. firms and persists after oil shocks are considered.
The Relationship Between Equity-Based Compensation and Managerial Risk Taking: Evidence from China

The authors analyze the impact of equity-based compensation on managerial risk-taking behavior in Chinese listed firms from January 2006 to July 2011. They find that greater risk-taking incentives lead executives to invest more in research and development (R&D) projects and less in capital expenditures. Greater managerial risk-taking incentive increases firm focus. Managerial risk-taking incentives have positive effects on firms' leverage. Overall, increasing the sensitivity of chief executive officers' portfolio value to stock return volatility helps incentivize executives to work harder, as sharing gains and losses with shareholders aligns the interests of executives and shareholders. In addition, the results indicate that state control of firms has a negative effect on R&D investment, and this suggests that state-controlled firms should take more initiative to innovate.
[ALK fusion gene assessment by fully automatic immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung cancer].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of fully automated immunohistochemistry (IHC), with comparison to FISH, in the detection of EML4-ALK rearrangement in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC); and the use of IHC as a pre-screening tool. METHODS A total of 404 paraffin-embedded NSCLC samples from surgical resections were tested by IHC with Ventana anti-ALK rabbit monoclonal antibody (D5F3) and ultrasensitive detection kit. ALK rearrangement was further confirmed by FISH. RESULTS Twenty-nine of 404 lung ADCs (7.2%) were positive for ALK by IHC. ALK positive tumor cells demonstrated strong and diffused granular cytoplasmic staining. All the ALK IHC-positive cases were confirmed to harbor ALK rearrangement by FISH. None of the ALK IHC-negative cases was FISH-positive. CONCLUSIONS IHC can effectively detect ALK rearrangement in lung cancer. It may provide a reliable and cost-effective diagnostic approach in routine pathologic laboratories for the identification of suitable candidates for ALK-targeted therapy.
The role of the state and emergent actors in the development of human resource management in China

This article examines the strategic role of the Chinese state in influencing human resource management (HRM) practices. It outlines the relationships between the state and other institutional actors and how the state promotes its HRM ideas by targeting actors in different ways on different HRM issues. It reveals the bargaining powers of actors and the dynamic interactions amongst them in shaping HRM practices. The role of educational institutes and business schools in management development is analysed. The article contributes to the understanding of the role of the developmental state in shaping – or even in parts transforming – HRM practices through institutional isomorphic changes in emerging economies to support their national development goals.
ROOTS AND WINGS: GLOCALIZED NETWORKS AND TRANSNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

This work aims to develop a systematic understanding of how glocalized networks of intensive local embeddedness and far-flung global connections facilitate transnational entrepreneurship. We used mixed methods to triangulate qualitative and quantitative data. The interview data reveal that glocalized networks enable entrepreneurs to discover and enact on opportunities across geographic boundaries. These findings are supported by the survey data that the geographic configuration of networks has distinct impact on transnational entrepreneurship, independent of brokerage, network closure, and weak ties. The research demonstrates the potential of glocalized networks for understanding border-crossing economic action such as transnational and international entrepreneurship.
Immediate Postoperative Inflammation Is an Important Prognostic Factor in Breast Cancer

Objective: Inflammation is associated with worse outcomes in cancer. Operations induce an acute inflammatory response and could impact the clinical outcomes in breast cancer. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a well-known indicator of inflammation. We investigated the prognostic significance of perioperative inflammation with the NLR in breast cancer. Methods: We reviewed the clinical and pathological records of women diagnosed with invasive breast carcinoma at the Samsung Medical Center between 2000 and 2010. The NLR levels in the immediate preoperative period and the postoperative periods (1 week and 1 month) were assessed. Results: The NLRs of a total of 3,116 breast cancer patients were examined. In the univariate analysis, the NLR in postoperative week 1, total mastectomy, the presence of lymphovascular invasion, a higher nuclear grade and pathologic TNM stage, and negative hormone receptor and subtypes were factors associated with poor disease-specific survival. The NLR in postoperative week 1 remained a significant prognostic factor in the multivariate analysis. A cutoff level of 5.2, determined by the minimum p value approach, was found to be a significant level for discriminating the impact on breast cancer-specific mortality (p = 0.0116 adjusted by the Bonferroni correction). Conclusions: Immediate postoperative inflammation is an important prognostic marker in breast cancer patients.
How well are long-run commodity price series characterized by trend components?

Various studies have investigated trends in commodity prices in the context of the Prebisch Singer Hypothesis. This paper applies new evidence on significance tests for trends in differenced and correlated stationary processes, to individual price series. It is also investigated how well trends are suited for price forecasts and what these findings imply for developing countries. Few commodity price series are well characterized by a trend and trends are useful for forecasting in even fewer cases. Commodity specialization is still problematic for LDCs but the main issue is a lack of predictability rather than a secular decline. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Depressed or not depressed: untangling symptoms of depression in patients hospitalized with coronary heart disease.

BACKGROUND Assessing depression in patients hospitalized with coronary heart disease is clinically challenging because depressive symptoms are often confounded by poor somatic health. OBJECTIVE To identify symptom clusters associated with clinical depression in patients hospitalized with coronary heart disease. METHOD Secondary analyses of 3 similar data sets for hospitalized patients with coronary heart disease who had diagnostic screening for depression (99 depressed, 224 not depressed) were done. Depressive symptoms were assessed by using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale or the Beck Depression Inventory. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed on 11 symptom variables: anhedonia, dysphoria, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, fatigue, guilt, suicidal symptoms, hypochondriasis, loss of libido, psychomotor impairment, and nervous irritability. Associations between symptom clusters and presence or absence of clinical depression were estimated by using logistic regression. RESULTS Fatigue (69%) and sleep disturbance (55%) were the most prevalent symptoms. Guilt (25%) and suicidal symptoms (9%) were the least common. Three symptom clusters (cognitive/affective, somatic/affective, and somatic) were identified. Compared with patients without cognitive/affective symptoms, patients with the cognitive/affective symptom cluster (anhedonia, dysphoria, guilt, suicidal symptoms, nervous irritability) had an odds ratio of 1.41 (P<.001; 95% CI, 1.223-1.631) for clinical depression. CONCLUSION Clinicians should be alert for clinical depression in hospitalized patients with coronary heart disease who have the cognitive/affective symptom cluster.
Abscisic Acid Regulation of Root Hydraulic Conductivity and Aquaporin Gene Expression Is Crucial to the Plant Shoot Growth Enhancement Caused by Rhizosphere Humic Acids1

An ABA-dependent increase of root hydraulic conductivity and aquaporin expression mediates the plant shoot enhancement caused by dissolved sedimentary humic acids. The physiological and metabolic mechanisms behind the humic acid-mediated plant growth enhancement are discussed in detail. Experiments using cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants show that the shoot growth enhancement caused by a structurally well-characterized humic acid with sedimentary origin is functionally associated with significant increases in abscisic acid (ABA) root concentration and root hydraulic conductivity. Complementary experiments involving a blocking agent of cell wall pores and water root transport (polyethylenglycol) show that increases in root hydraulic conductivity are essential in the shoot growth-promoting action of the model humic acid. Further experiments involving an inhibitor of ABA biosynthesis in root and shoot (fluridone) show that the humic acid-mediated enhancement of both root hydraulic conductivity and shoot growth depended on ABA signaling pathways. These experiments also show that a significant increase in the gene expression of the main root plasma membrane aquaporins is associated with the increase of root hydraulic conductivity caused by the model humic acid. Finally, experimental data suggest that all of these actions of model humic acid on root functionality, which are linked to its beneficial action on plant shoot growth, are likely related to the conformational structure of humic acid in solution and its interaction with the cell wall at the root surface.
A multi-item inventory system with expected shortage level-dependent backorder rate with working capital and space restrictions

Article history: Received 1 June 2011 Received in revised form July, 29, 2011 Accepted 30 July 2011 Available online 3 August 2011 In this paper, a new multi-item inventory system is considered with random demand and random lead time including working capital and space constraints with three decision variables: order quantity, safety factor and backorder rate. The demand rate during lead time is stochastic with unknown distribution function and known mean and variance. Random constraints are transformed to crisp constraints with using the chance-constrained method. The Minimax distribution free procedure has been used to lead proposed model to the optimal solution. The shortage is allowed and the backlogging rate is dependent on the expected shortage quantity at the end of cycle. Two numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed solution method. © 2012 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved
THE INFLUENCE OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND PROFITABILITY ON FIRM VALUE (A Study in Retail Companies Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange 2010-2013 period)

The study investigated the influence of capital structure and profitability on firm value of retail companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 until 2013. Capital structure is measured by Debt to Total Asset Ratio, and Debt to Equity Ratio. The indicators used to measure profitability are Net Profit Margin, Return on Equity, Return on Asset, and Earning per Share, while firm value is represented by Closing Price, Price to Book Value, and Tobin's Q. The measurement model of PLS shows that DAR, and DER are valid indicators used as proxies for capital structure. NPM, ROE, ROA and EPS are also valid indicators used to measure profitability and only Tobin's Q is rejected to be used as proxy for firm value. The structural model assessment reveals that capital structure has significant and negative influence on profitability. Thus, the lower debt USAge will be followed by higher profitability. Profitability proves to be significant and has positive influence on firm value. This means that a company with high profitability will be followed by high firm value. The capital structure also proves to be significant and has negative influence on firm value means that a company with low capital structure has higher firm value.
International Shocks and the Role of Domestic Policy in Australia

In the presence of large international disturbances small open economies are faced with difficult policy choices. International conditions impact on domestic outcomes. Using a structural VAR model of the Australian economy I explore the ways in which domestic monetary policy contributes to the output outcomes experienced in the economy. The focus is on the impact of international shocks. Monetary policy is modelled using a cash rate response to GNE, inflation and real exchange rate shocks. The results show that removing the focus on either GNE or inflation leads to lower GDP outcomes for the economy. The challenge for domestic policy is to recognise and respond to international and domestic shocks to the maximum benefit of the domestic economy.
Parallelizing DBSCaN Algorithm Using MPI

The last years, huge bundles of information are extracted by computational systems and electronic devices. To exploit the derived amount of data, new innovative algorithms must be employed or the established ones maybe changed. One of the most fascinating and productive techniques, in order to locate and extract information from data repositories is clustering, and DBSCAN is a successful density based algorithm which clusters data according its characteristics. However, its main disadvantage is its severe computational complexity which proves the technique very inadequate to apply on big datasets. Although DBSCAN is a very well studied technique, a fully operational parallel version of it, has not been accepted yet by the scientific community. In this work, a three phase parallel version of DBSCAN is presented. The obtained experimental results are very promising and prove the correctness, the scalability, and the effectiveness of the technique.
Fashion matters Berlin; city-spaces, women's working lives, new social enterprise?

Available, well-positioned urban space at relatively low cost has permitted the growth of a lively small-scale and independent fashion sector in Berlin, mostly female-led. These shops, workshops, boutiques and ‘ateliers’ have also benefited from support in the form of reduced rents for business start-ups (Zwischennutzung) and other provisions which encourage job creation and self-employment. Within and alongside the imperative to self-organise according to the requirements of contemporary entrepreneurial governance, different, proliferating forms of activity can be seen where there are co-operative and collaborative modes of ‘co-working’. Fashion design workshops in Berlin both subscribe to and undermine commercial imperatives, offering embedded forms of job creation where ethical fashion and urban regeneration enter into partnership. This article proceeds by ‘lifting out’ fashion design from current debates about creative economy where the specificities of this sector are often submerged, and, considering recent changes within the fashion industry per se, it offers some reflections, in a period of austerity and cuts to public spending, as well as high unemployment for young women, on the possibilities for localized practice within a neo-artisanal frame. The question of entrepreneurship understood within a broadly Foucauldian frame is interrupted on the basis of the tendency to homogenize and flatten practices within the terms of neo-liberal governmentality. By paying attention to the many multi-mediated associations, and networked arrangements where elements from an earlier tradition of feminist projects, third sector and not-for-profit activities can be drawn on, the assemblages of fashion emerge as a pathway for local growth, meaningful non-standard jobs and a merging of craft with ethical and sustainable practice.
Off‐Market Buybacks in Australia: Evidence of Abnormal Trading Around Key Dates

Off-market share buybacks in Australia are often structured with the buyback price comprising a large dividend component (which may carry imputation tax credits) and a small capital component. This unique structure has the consequence that institutions on low tax rates stand to benefit most from selling shares into the buyback. In this article, we explore evidence of abnormal trading activities around key dates in the conduct of off-market buybacks and investigate the drivers of these activities. We find evidence of abnormal trading activities around the initial announcement and the final announcement dates of the buyback. The significant differences in abnormal volumes between the buybacks with and without imputation tax credits highlight the importance of tax motivations in explaining abnormal trading activities in the shares of companies conducting off-market buybacks, and are consistent with observed buying pressure around the announcement of the buyback.
Differential Glucose-Regulation of MicroRNAs in Pancreatic Islets of Non-Obese Type 2 Diabetes Model Goto-Kakizaki Rat

Background The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is a well-studied non-obese spontaneous type 2 diabetes (T2D) animal model characterized by impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in the pancreatic beta cells. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short regulatory RNAs involved in many fundamental biological processes. We aim to identify miRNAs that are differentially-expressed in the pancreatic islets of the GK rats and investigate both their short- and long term glucose-dependence during glucose-stimulatory conditions. Methodology/Principal Findings Global profiling of 348 miRNAs in the islets of GK rats and Wistar controls (females, 60 days, N = 6 for both sets) using locked nucleic acid (LNA)-based microarrays allowed for the clear separation of the two groups. Significant analysis of microarrays (SAM) identified 30 differentially-expressed miRNAs, 24 of which are predominantly upregulated in the GK rat islets. Monitoring of qPCR-validated miRNAs during GSIS experiments on isolated islets showed disparate expression trajectories between GK and controls indicating distinct short- and long-term glucose dependence. We specifically found expression of rno-miR-130a, rno-miR-132, rno-miR-212 and rno-miR-335 to be regulated by hyperglycaemia. The putative targets of upregulated miRNAs in the GK, filtered with glucose-regulated mRNAs, were found to be enriched for insulin-secretion genes known to be downregulated in T2D patients. Finally, the binding of rno-miR-335 to a fragment of the 3′UTR of one of known down-regulated exocytotic genes in GK islets, Stxbp1 was shown by luciferase assay. Conclusions/Significance The perturbed miRNA network found in the GK rat islets is indicative of a system-wide impairment in the regulation of genes important for the normal functions of pancreatic islets, particularly in processes involving insulin secretion during glucose stimulatory conditions. Our findings suggest that the reduced insulin secretion observed in the GK rat may be partly due to upregulated miRNA expression leading to decreased production of key proteins of the insulin exocytotic machinery.
Forms of Bounded Rationality: The Reception and Redefinition of Herbert A. Simon's Perspective

First, the paper seeks to show that Herbert Simon's notion of bounded rationality should be interpreted in light of its connection with artificial intelligence. Second, offering four paradigmatic examples, the article presents the view that recent approaches that draw upon Simon's heterodox theory only partially accept the teachings of their inspirer, splitting bounded rationality from the context of artificial intelligence, and replacing it with different analytical tools that help give new configurations to bounded rationality. The thesis is that these events can be interpreted as an implicit (and ideal) challenge for redefining what bounded rationality is.
The role of schools in area regeneration

There is evidence in recent Government policy in England of the emergence of a wider role for schools in relation to the neighbourhoods they serve. In particular, the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal in England sets the work of schools within the context of an overarching regeneration strategy. The study reported here, sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, aimed to explore the ways in which schools were conceptualizing this new role and the contributions they were making to area regeneration. It did so through case studies of nine schools serving two disadvantaged housing estates in the North East of England. In each area, interviews were undertaken with head teachers, teachers, local authority and local education authority officers, councillors, representatives of community organizations, residents, parents and children. Access to school performance data and (some) neighbourhood statistics was negotiated and these were analysed for evidence of school impacts. Schools were found to be engaging in a wide range of community‐oriented activity. Although this tended to lack coherence in any one school, it was possible to identify three analytical models of the role of schools in relation to area regeneration—the ‘community resourcing’, ‘individual transformation’ and ‘contextual transformation’ models. Evidence of impact suggested that each of these models had important small‐scale and short‐term impacts, but that none of them offered a means of addressing the underlying problems of disadvantaged areas. The paper argues, therefore, that the work of schools needs to be more coherent and better coordinated with other aspects of national and local policy which have a bearing on regeneration. There is also a need for research to test and elaborate the models developed here and to explore impacts more systematically than was possible in this study. This research will require education researchers to collaborate with their colleagues in other applied disciplines.