Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON EMPLOYEE- ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS AND TEAM CREATIVITY

We develop a social–structural perspective on the relationship between employee–organization relationships (EORs) and team creativity. We argue that the mutual investment EOR approach, in which employers expect high levels of employee contributions and offer extensive inducements, will be associated with higher team creativity relative to other EOR approaches. We also advance the argument that this relationship will be mediated by team member work-related communication density and that the mediated relationship will be stronger when team members’ tasks are complex. We find support for the model in a two-wave study of 1,807 employees in 229 teams in 55 Chinese high-technology organizations. We discuss the implications for future employment relationship research and practice.
Three-way Philadelphia translocation t(9;10;22)(q34;p11.2;q11.2) as a secondary abnormality in an imatinib mesylate-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia patient

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is characterized by the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome created by the reciprocal translocation t(9:22)(q34;q11), resulting in the chimeric gene breakpoint cluster region (BCR)-Abelson (ABL). Variant Ph chromosome translocations involving chromosomes other than 9 and 22 occur in 5–10% of CML cases. In the present study, a novel case of a Ph chromosome-positive CML in the chronic phase (CP) is reported, with a three-way Ph translocation involving three chromosomal regions, 9q34, 10p11.2 and 22q11.2, in addition to the loss of the Y chromosome, where the latter was a secondary abnormality. Since the majority of CML cases are currently treated with imatinib, variant rearrangements generally have no specific prognostic significance, although the mechanisms involved in resistance to therapy have yet to be investigated. The underlying mechanisms and prognostic implications of these cytogenetic abnormalities are discussed in the present study.
Dollar Spot Fungus Sclerotinla homoeocarpa Produces Oxalic Acid

263 Dollar spot, caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa,. is one of the most devastating diseases of turfgrass worldwide. Many fungi belonging to the genus Sclerotinia produce oxalic acid along with pectolytic cell wall-degrading enzymes. A series of in vitro experiments showed the relationships among temperature, pH, mycelial growth and acid production. Mycelial growth and acid production were most abundant when S. homoeocarpa was grown between 20 and 30°C. Acid production by S. homoeocarpa appeared to be dependent upon the pH of the environment in which it was grown. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of spent broth revealed the presence of oxalic acid. Thus, as reported in other species of Sclerotinia, oxalic acid is produced by S. homoeocarpa. This is the first published report describing the production of oxalic acid by S. homoeocarpa.
An analysis of domestic violence in Asian American communities : a multicultural approach to counseling

This article presents a preliminary analysis of domestic violence in Asian American communities, and reports results from a focus group study on domestic violence in Southeast Asians (Laotians, Khmer, Vietnamese, and Chinese). It examines the influence of traditional Asian values, the assimilation process into American cultures, and the impact of sexism and racism on the oppression of Asian women. It is suggested that traditional Asian values of close family ties, harmony, and order may not discourage physical and verbal abuse in the privacy of one's home; these values may only support the minimization and hiding of such problems. The role of the cultural values of fatalism, perseverance, and self-restraint reduce the incentive of Asian American women to change their oppressive situations. The results from the focus group study have implications for clinical and community intervention.
Identification of the O-linked sialyloligosaccharides of glycophorin A as the erythrocyte receptors for S-fimbriated Escherichia coli

The erythrocyte receptors for S-fimbriated Escherichia coli, which causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, were investigated. Neuraminidase and trypsin treatments of erythrocytes abolished the hemagglutination ability of the bacteria. To identify the receptor glycoproteins, we separated erythrocyte membrane proteins by gel electrophoresis, blotted them to nitrocellulose, and incubated them with 125I-labeled bacteria. The only bacterium-binding bands identified corresponded to glycophorin A dimer and monomer, and the binding was abolished by neuraminidase treatment of the blot. Radiolabeled bacteria also bound to purified glycophorin A adsorbed to polyvinyl chloride microwells, and the binding was inhibited by other sialoglycoproteins and isolated sialyloligosaccharides containing the NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal sequence. Oligosaccharides which contain the NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3GalNAc and NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3(NeuAc alpha 2-6)GalNAc sequence and which are identical to the O-linked saccharides of glycophorin A were twofold more effective inhibitors of binding than were other oligosaccharides containing the NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal sequence. The replacement of sialic acid in asialoerythrocytes with a purified Gal beta 1-3GalNAc alpha 2-3 sialyltransferase, which forms the O-linked NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3GalNAc sequence in asialoglycophorins, restored bacterial hemagglutination. These results indicated that the major erythrocyte receptor for S-fimbriated E. coli is the NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3GalNAc sequence of the O-linked oligosaccharide chains of glycophorin A.
Genetic and Clinical Markers of Elevated Liver Fat Content in Overweight and Obese Hispanic Children

Genetic variation in six genes has been associated with elevated liver fat and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adults. The influence of these genes on liver fat and whether a genetic risk score (GRS) would improve upon the ability of common clinical risk factors to predict elevated liver fat content (ELF) in Hispanic children was determined.
A "fragilização das funções parentais" na família contemporânea: determinantes e consequências

The phenomenon of the "weakening of parental role" is related to difficulties that parents have in educating their children, nowadays, due to insecurity and doubts in the exercise of their functions. This article aims to show the determinants of this phenomenon and its consequences for the contemporary family. The historical, sociocultural and economic aspects of this phenomenon were covered, as well as, from a psychoanalytic referential, rather Freudian and Winnicottian, the consequences of that were raised for the construction of child development. Thus, it appears that this phenomenon is articulated with the changes in the child's role in the family, with the development of "specialized science", with the "culture of narcissism" and, finally, that children exposed to this phenomenon may develop themselves in a environment of excessive freedom, which may be harmful
Observations of Ozone Formation in Power Plant Plumes and Implications for Ozone Control Strategies

Data taken in aircraft transects of emissions plumes from rural U.S. coal-fired power plants were used to confirm and quantify the nonlinear dependence of tropospheric ozone formation on plume NOx (NO plus NO2) concentration, which is determined by plant NOxemission rate and atmospheric dispersion. The ambient availability of reactive volatile organic compounds, principally biogenic isoprene, was also found to modulate ozone production rate and yield in these rural plumes. Differences of a factor of 2 or greater in plume ozone formation rates and yields as a function of NOxand volatile organic compound concentrations were consistently observed. These large differences suggest that consideration of power plant NOx emission rates and geographic locations in current and future U.S. ozone control strategies could substantially enhance the efficacy of NOxreductions from these sources.
Influence of Different Information Presentation Formats on Consumer Acceptability: The Case of Goat Milk Presented as Obtained from Different Rearing Systems

The present study aimed to evaluate whether information about the main aspects related to milk production practices adopted in the two major systems of small ruminant farming (i.e., intensive and semi-extensive rearing systems) can affect consumer acceptability of two different types of goat milk: semi-skimmed and whole milk. Four milk-information combinations were evaluated in two experiments, which differed for the information presentation formats (i.e., textual description versus video with narration). Information about semi-extensive rearing system had a high positive effect on milk liking, especially in video-with-narration condition. Moreover, this information presentation format generated higher hedonic expectations for milk presented as obtained from intensive rearing system than did textual description only. We conclude that information about some farming practices related to milk production may be important for helping consumers to make informed food choices, especially when conveying it by a video-with-narration format. Practical Applications The disclosure of information about livestock production practices is important for shortening the distance between those who produce food and their consumers. Illustrating such information may help consumers to understand how food is produced and, hence, to build their trust in food production. Our results show that video with narration seems to be an effective presentation format for conveying such information. In a purchase situation, this may be achieved via the Internet, for instance, by voluntarily printing a matrix barcode on a food label. When scanned by a smartphone, the barcode can direct the smartphone to display a video, text or other information, which may help consumers to make more informed food choices. The adoption of this strategy may contribute to differentiate animal products from farms aimed at boosting their transparency in the global market of food.
Does Cattle Milieu Provide a Potential Point to Target Wild Exophilic Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) with Entomopathogenic Fungus? A Bioinsecticide Zooprophylaxis Strategy for Vector Control

Background. Anopheles arabiensis is increasingly dominating malaria transmission in Africa. The exophagy in mosquitoes threatens the effectiveness of indoor vector control strategies. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of fungus against An. arabiensis when applied on cattle and their environments. Methods. Experiments were conducted under semi-field and small-scale field conditions within Kilombero valley. The semi-field reared females of 5–7 days old An. arabiensis were exposed to fungus-treated and untreated calf. Further, wild An. arabiensis were exposed to fungus-treated calves, mud-huts, and their controls. Mosquitoes were recaptured the next morning and proportion fed, infected, and survived were evaluated. Experiments were replicated three times using different individuals of calves. Results. A high proportion of An. arabiensis was fed on calves (>0.90) and become infected (0.94) while resting on fungus-treated mud walls than on other surfaces. However, fungus treatments reduced fecundity and survival of mosquitoes. Conclusion. This study demonstrates for the first time the potential of cattle and their milieu for controlling An. arabiensis. Most of An. arabiensis were fed and infected while resting on fungus-treated mud walls than on other surfaces. Fungus treatments reduced fecundity and survival of mosquitoes. These results suggest deployment of bioinsecticide zooprophylaxis against exophilic An. arabiensis.
Between Sex and Power: Family in the World 1900-2000

Preface Introduction: Sex, Power, and Families of the World Part 1: Patriarchy and Its Exits - and Closures 1. Modernities and Family Systems: Patriarchy around l900 2. A Long Night's Journey into Dawn 3. The Patriarchal Burden of the 21st Century Part 2: Marriage and Mutations of the Socio-Sexual Order 4. Sex and Marriage in l900 5. Marital Curvatures of the 20th Century 6. The Return of Cohabitation and the Sexual Revolution Part 3: Couples, Babies, and States 7. Fertility Decline and Political Natalism 8. The Politics and the Sociology of Birth Control List of Tables A Note on Primary Sources References
1-mW CW-RT monolithic VCSEL at 1.55 μm

In this letter, we demonstrate the first result of a high-power (1 mW) continuous-wave room-temperature vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser emitting at 1.55 /spl mu/m using a single InP substrate. The whole structure was grown monolithically using gas source molecular beam epitaxy and incorporates two original approaches. The first originality consists in the growth of a metamorphic GaAs-AlAs Bragg mirror directly on an InP-based cavity. The second novel idea is to use a tunnel junction for current injection. Moreover by using these two approaches the processing is very simple and, therefore, fulfills the goal for low-cost laser production in access and interconnections applications.
TEMPORAL COORDINATION OF SIMULATED TIMED TRAJECTORIES FOR TWO VISION-GUIDED VEHICLES: A NONLINEAR

We present an attractor based dynamics that autonomously generates temporally discrete movements and temporally coordinated movements for two vehicles, stably adapted to changing online sensory information. Movement ter- mination is entirely sensor driven. We build on a previously proposed solution in which timed trajectories and sequences of movements were generated as at- tractor solutions of dynamic systems. We present a novel system composed of two coupled dynamical architectures that temporally coordinate the solutions of these dynamical systems. The coupled dynamics enable synchronization of the different components providing an independence relatively to the specification of their individual parameters. We apply this architecture to generate temporally coordinated trajectories for two vision-guided mobile robots in a simulated environment, whose goal is to reach a target in an approximately constant time while navigating within a non-structured environment. The results illustrate the robustness of the proposed decision- making mechanism and show that the two vehicles are temporal coordinated: they terminate their movements approximately simultaneously.
Population Policy Dilemmas in Europe at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

The article discusses issues raised by persistent below-replacement fertility in Europe. The continent's demographic predicament is highlighted by comparing age structures and relative population sizes between populations in and outside Europe-such as those of Russia and Yemen and those of an enlarged 25-country European Union and a 25-country hinterland to the EU in North Africa and West Asia-during the past 50 years and prospectively up to 2050, based on United Nations estimates and projections. Potential geopolitical aspects of the population shifts are considered. European policy responses to them are found largely wanting. With respect to the key demographic variable, fertility, explicit pronatalism is rejected by most European governments. A set of policy measures that commands wide support, with the hoped-for side effect of raising birth rates, seeks to make women's participation in the formal labor force compatible with childrearing. The effectiveness of such measures, however, is likely to be limited. Continued below-replacement fertility, higher immigration from outside Europe, negative population growth, and loss of demographic weight within the global population are safe predictions for the Europe of the twenty-first century. Copyright 2003 by The Population Council, Inc.
Limbal Conjunctival Mini-Autografting for Preventing Recurrence after Pterygium Surgery

Purpose The aim of the present study was to evaluate limbal conjunctival mini-autografting procedure based on recurrence rates following pterygium surgery. Methods A total of 63 eyes (53 patients) with pterygium, of which 60 were primary and 3 were recurrent, underwent surgery for the removal of pterygia with limbal conjunctival mini-autograft. After the pterygium excision, the limbal portion of the graft was oriented and sutured to the limbus at the recipient bed with the epithelial surface upside. Recurrence was defined as fibrovascular tissue of more than 1 mm over the cornea in the area of previous pterygium excision. The mean follow-up period was 12.5 months (ranging between 6 and 29 months). Results The time required for the surgery was approximately 30 minutes (range 20–40 minutes). Recurrence of pterygium was observed in 6 of 63 eyes (9.52%). No eyes with recurrent pterygium developed recurrence postoperatively. There were no severe complications during the operative and postoperative period. Most patients had temporary graft edema, lasting a few days after the operation, and they experienced and complained of foreign body sensations and epiphora. Conclusions Limbal conjunctival mini-autografting appears to be an effective procedure for pterygium surgery resulting in a low recurrence rate.
On the Maximum Number of Linearly Independent Cycles and Paths in a Network

Central to network tomography is the problem of identifiability, the ability to identify internal network characteristics uniquely from end-to-end measurements. This problem is often underconstrained even when internal network characteristics such as link delays are modeled as additive constants. While it is known that the network topology can play a role in determining the extent of identifiability, there is a lack in the fundamental understanding of being able to quantify it for a given network. In this paper, we consider the problem of identifying additive link metrics in an arbitrary undirected network using measurement nodes and establishing paths/cycles between them. For a given placement of measurement nodes, we define and derive the “link rank” of the network-the maximum number of linearly independent cycles/paths that may be established between the measurement nodes. We achieve this in linear time. The link rank helps quantify the exact extent of identifiability in a network. We also develop a quadratic time algorithm to compute a set of cycles/paths that achieves the maximum rank.
Conversational AI: The Science Behind the Alexa Prize

Conversational agents are exploding in popularity. However, much work remains in the area of social conversation as well as free-form conversation over a broad range of domains and topics. To advance the state of the art in conversational AI, Amazon launched the Alexa Prize, a 2.5-million-dollar university competition where sixteen selected university teams were challenged to build conversational agents, known as socialbots, to converse coherently and engagingly with humans on popular topics such as Sports, Politics, Entertainment, Fashion and Technology for 20 minutes. The Alexa Prize offers the academic community a unique opportunity to perform research with a live system used by millions of users. The competition provided university teams with real user conversational data at scale, along with the user-provided ratings and feedback augmented with annotations by the Alexa team. This enabled teams to effectively iterate and make improvements throughout the competition while being evaluated in real-time through live user interactions. To build their socialbots, university teams combined state-of-the-art techniques with novel strategies in the areas of Natural Language Understanding, Context Modeling, Dialog Management, Response Generation, and Knowledge Acquisition. To support the efforts of participating teams, the Alexa Prize team made significant scientific and engineering investments to build and improve Conversational Speech Recognition, Topic Tracking, Dialog Evaluation, Voice User Experience, and tools for traffic management and scalability. This paper outlines the advances created by the university teams as well as the Alexa Prize team to achieve the common goal of solving the problem of Conversational AI.
Scaphoid mal-union--current concept and perspectives.

Scaphoid fracture is among the most common carpal injuries. Diagnosis and treatment involve a variety of problems, which have been well-reviewed by Barton in the article entitled “Twenty Questions About Scaphoid Fractures”. 3 One of the questions Barton raised was the issue of “how bad” is scaphoid malunion? Although most acute stable scaphoid fractures unite with cast immobilisation alone‚19 non-union is frequent when the fracture is displaced,8,10 or when the diagnosis and treatment are delayed either because patients failed to seek treatment or because the physician failed to make the correct initial diagnosis. Consequently, the management of scaphoid non-union remains a challenge to hand surgeons, and a number of different techniques for managing this problem have been developed over the years. The union rate with the Matti-Russe bone graft23,28 is satisfactory, but this technique does not adequately correct carpal mal-alignment or scaphoid deformity. Subsequently, Fisk13 developed volar wedge grafting, which can correct both scaphoid deformity and carpal mal-alignment. In 1984, Herbert and Fisher15 devised a screw for scaphoid fractures and non-unions which permits rigid fixation. Together, these efforts improved rates of union in cases of scaphoid non-union and have created the techniques for performing corrective osteotomy in cases of symptomatic scaphoid mal-union. HOW BAD IS MAL-UNION?
A new mechanism of action for skin whitening agents: binding to the peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor 1

Octadecenedioic acid is known as a skin whitening agent but its activity is not mediated via a direct inhibition of tyrosinase. Based on the secondary properties of this molecule, such as its anti‐inflammatory and anti‐ageing effects, we postulated that octadecenedioic acid interacted with the peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor (PPAR) as this nuclear receptor also mediates these effects. Using reporter gene technology, we were indeed able to demonstrate binding of octadecenedioic acid to all three PPAR subtypes, in particular PPARγ with an EC50‐value of approx. 1 × 10−6 m. Binding to PPARγ of octadecenedioic acid or rosiglitazone, a known pharmaceutical PPARγ agonist, led to reduced melanogenesis. Subsequently also tyrosinase mRNA (as measured by real‐time polymerase chain reaction) and tyrosinase levels (as measured by Western blot) were reduced, suggesting the existence of a complete novel mechanism of skin whitening agents: binding to PPARγ results in reduced tyrosinase mRNA expression which in turn results in less tyrosinase being formed. This in turn leads to reduced melanogenesis both in vitro and in vivo Because octadecenedioic acid binds not only to PPARγ but also to PPARα and PPARδ, other efficacies mediated via these receptors may also be expected.
Culture-Independent Identification of the Source of an Infection by Direct Amplification and Sequencing of Legionella pneumophila DNA from a Clinical Specimen

Legionella spp. are a common cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia ([1][1]). So far, cultured legionellae are required for epidemiological typing of isolated strains to detect the source of the infection ([1][1], [2][2], [3][3]). However, due to the fastidious nature of these bacteria