Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attitudes and Intentions to Acquire Music 1 Towards a Framework for Identifying Attitudes and Intentions to Music Acquisition from Legal and Illegal Channels

Dilmperi, Athina and King, Tamira and Dennis, Charles (2017) Towards a framework for identifying attitudes and intentions to music acquisition from legal and illegal channels. Psychology & Marketing, 34 (4). pp. 428-447. ISSN 0742-6046 http://dx.doi. org/10.1002/mar.20998 Final accepted version (with author's formatting) Available from Middlesex University’s Research Repository at http://eprints.mdx. ac.uk/21046/
Inference of Oligopoly Power with Limited Data: Manufacturing in Morocco

Researchers’ enthusiasm for estimating industry oligopoly power in developing countries is often not matched with availability of data. Even when available, datasets are often incomplete, inconsistent, too aggregated, and almost always collected by government agencies for purposes different from those of the researcher. This paper demonstrates how some of the theoretical restrictions implied by firm optimizing behavior can be used to specify and make inference about market power in a conjectural elasticity model when data availability is a problem. For illustration, we specify and make inference of market power in an empirical model of 7 manufacturing industries in Morocco. The model requires observations on only two variables likely to be found in most industry statistics collected for tax purposes by governments in developing countries: Sales revenue and payroll.
Critical Factors of the Adoption of e-Textbooks: A Comparison Between Experienced and Inexperienced Users

The use of e-textbooks has become popular in certain countries, yet there is debate in the literature about whether it is advantageous to adopt e-textbooks and if they positively influence students’ learning and performance. Prior studies on the acceptance of e-textbooks were mainly based on one theoretical perspective, and did not differentiate samples between experienced and inexperienced users. From a social- and task-related view, this study aims to identify the critical factors that stimulate acceptance intentions of e-textbooks among tertiary students, particularly between experienced and inexperienced users. Based on 912 questionnaires, this study found that performance expectancy, perceived enjoyment, and perceived task-technology fit are the factors affecting students’ behavioral intention for acceptance in both sampling groups. However, social impact only has significant influence on acceptance intention of inexperienced users. Also, gender has a moderating effect on the relationship of performance expectancy and behavioral intention of inexperienced users only. This study provides useful implications for marketing e-textbooks, and fills the literature gap.
On Design and Evaluation of Harmonic Transponders

Performance and characterization of harmonic transponders is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The harmonic response of a transponder based on a Schottky diode is analytically derived in the case when the excitation power is low. Theoretical calculations prove that at high frequencies, capacitive nonlinearity contributes more to frequency multiplication than resistive nonlinearity. This means that the feasibility of a particular diode for harmonic transponder applications largely depends on its varactor properties. Figures-of-merit (FOM) are derived both for the mixing diode and the transponder antenna. The validity of the proposed theoretical model is investigated experimentally using a harmonic transponder operating at 1 GHz fundamental frequency.
Audit Committee Effectiveness in The Late Reporting Firms : Indonesian Evidence

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of audit committee effectiveness on timeliness of reporting. Specifically, the study investigates whether there is any difference in the effectiveness of an audit committee between timely and late firms in submitting their audited financial statement to the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Audit committee effectiveness is measured by an index developed by Ika and Ghazali(2012). The index includes 10 requirements related to aspects of structure, membership, independence, job duties, and disclosure of audit committee in company’s annual report. The sample comprises 76 late-filing and the matched pair of 76 timely-filing listed companies. Mann-Whitney U test analysis suggests that timelyfiling firms have statistically higher audit committee effectiveness score and more profitable than late-filing firms. In addition, timely-filing firms provide more detailed explanation concerning their responsibilities in annual reports, conduct more meetings in a year, and have statistically more initiative to disclose voluntary disclosure in their audit committee report as compared to late filing firms.Logistic regressions analysis indicates that timeliness of reporting is associated with public companies’ audit committee effectiveness and profitability (the existence of loss). Further analysis also indicates that among the aspects in the audit committee effectiveness index, the presence of clear mandate (detail explanation) defining the responsibilities of the audit committee decrease the likelihood of late-filing behavior. The findings suggest that audit committee effectiveness may enhance company’s financial reporting quality in terms of timeliness. Unlike the majority of prior studies which measure timeliness by time lag, this study categorizes and examines the different characteristics of late and timely filing firms in terms of audit committee effectiveness
Patterns of male‐specific inter‐population divergence in Europe, West Asia and North Africa

We typed 1801 males from 55 locations for the Y‐specific binary markers YAP, DYZ3, SRY10831 and the (CA)n microsatellites YCAII and DYS413. Phylogenetic relationships of chromosomes with the same binary haplotype were condensed in seven large one‐step networks, which accounted for 95% of all chromosomes. Their coalescence ages were estimated based on microsatellite diversity. The three largest and oldest networks undergo sharp frequency changes in three areas. The more recent network 3.1A clearly discriminates between Western and Eastern European populations. Pairwise Fst showed an overall increment with increasing geographic distance but with a slope greatly reduced when compared to previous reports. By sectioning the entire data set according to geographic and linguistic criteria, we found higher Fst‐on‐distance slopes within Europe than in West Asia or across the two continents.
Etude physique de quelques problèmes de biologie : de la molécule individuelle à la cellule vivante

Des progres recents dans la detection et la manipulation des molecules individuelles offrent de nouveaux outils pour etudier les molecules biologiques et leurs assemblages en conditions physiologiques. Ces outils permettent d'observer la dynamique, les etats conformationnels, et l'activite de molecules biologiques individuelles, non masques par une moyenne d'ensemble. Dans ce cadre, je presente trois etudes que j'ai realisees de 1998 a 2006. La premiere concerne l'etude d'une proteine du cytosquelette, la spectrine. A l'aide d'un microscope a force atomique, nous suivons les etats et les transitions de depliement de proteines polymeriques constituees de domaines identiques de la spectrine et montrons que le depliement d'un domaine de spectrine peut se produire par etapes pendant son etirement. Le second sujet porte sur l'organisation et la dynamique des membranes des cellules vivantes. Nous exposons une methode fondee sur la spectroscopie de correlation de fluorescence permettant de detecter des domaines membranaires. Nous revisitons les questions controversees dʹorganisation membranaire en etudiant une grande variete de marqueurs membranaires. Nous montrons que les analogues fluorescents des sphingolipides et les proteines ancrees par un glycosylphosphatidylinositol sont seulement confines par des microdomaines dʹorigine lipidique. En revanche, le recepteur a la transferrine est compartimente a la fois par lʹorganisation lipidique et le reseau du cytosquelette. Nous confirmons ainsi lʹexistence dʹune micro‐architecture dʹorigine lipidique par des mesures sur cellules vivantes. Pour ameliorer la detection de molecules fluorescentes individuelles et reduire les volumes d'observation sous la limite de diffraction optique, nous utilisons des structures photoniques tels que des miroirs dielectriques ou des trous de taille sub‐longueur d'onde perces dans des films metalliques. A l'aide de ces structures, nous examinons la diffusion membranaire a l'echelle nanometrique et en inferons la structure fine des membranes. Enfin, je presente un projet de recherche sur la geometrie et la mecanique de l'epithelium de l'embryon de drosophile lors de la morphogenese. Ce projet vise en particulier a developper des methodes specifiques pour mesurer et determiner le role des forces de tension corticale du reseau dʹacto‐myosine dans le remodelage des interfaces cellulaires.
Protein kinase A regulates gene-specific translational adaptation in differentiating yeast

While translational regulation is widely thought to contribute significantly to cellular differentiation programs, there are few genome-wide studies approaching this question. Here, the authors use ribosome profiling and mRNA-seq to assess gene-specific translation activity genome-wide in response to glucose starvation in yeast. Interestingly, a minority of transcripts comprise the majority of translating mRNA in both rapidly dividing and glucose-starved cells, though the identities of the translationally enriched mRNAs are distinct. Additionally, the authors identify features of the translational response that are specifically mediated by protein kinase A (PKA). These studies nicely reveal growth-state specialization of the “translatome. ”
Effect of electromigration on the Cu-Ni cross-interaction in line-type Cu/Sn/Ni interconnect

The line-type Cu/Sn/Ni interconnects were used to determine the effect of electromigration (EM) on the Cu-Ni cross-interaction under the current density of 1.0×10<sup>4</sup> A/cm<sup>2</sup> at 150 °C for 100 h and 200 h. For the purpose of comparison, the line-type Cu/Sn/Ni interconnects were also aged at 150 °C for 100 h and 200 h. After soldering, Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> and Cu<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> IMCs formed at the Sn/Ni and Sn/Cu interfaces, respectively. No cross-interaction occurred during soldering. The Cu concentration in the IMCs at the Sn/Ni interface increased with the increasing aging time, and the original Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> IMC at the Sn/Ni interface transformed into (Cu<inf>0.56</inf>Ni<inf>0.44</inf>)<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> IMC after being aged at 150 °C for 200 h; while the IMC at the Sn/Cu interface remained Cu<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> even after being aged at 150 °C for 200 h. A thermal-electric finite element simulation showed that no thermomigration (TM) effect occurred. During EM, the direction of electric current played an important role. When Cu atoms were under downwind diffusion and Ni atoms were under upwind diffusion (electrons flowed from Cu side to Ni side), more Cu atoms were driven to the opposite side than that of the aging case. The original interfacial Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> IMC at the Sn/Ni interface (anode side) had already transformed into (Cu<inf>0.53</inf>Ni<inf>0.47</inf>)<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> after EM at 150 °C for 100 h, which was faster than the aging case. After EM for 200 h, (Cu<inf>0.60</inf>Ni<inf>0.40</inf>)<inf>6</inf>Sn<inf>5</inf> IMC layer formed at the Sn/Ni interface. When Cu atoms were under upwind diffusion and Ni atoms were under downwind diffusion (electrons flowed from Ni side to the Cu side), Cu atom diffusion was retarded, while Ni atom diffusion was enhanced. More Ni atoms were dissolved into the Sn. The interface between Ni and Sn became uneven after EM for 100 h and became rougher after EM for 200 h. Large Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> particles precipitated in the Sn near the Sn/Ni interface (cathode side). The size of Ni<inf>3</inf>Sn<inf>4</inf> particles that precipitated in the Sn increased with the increasing EM time. Cu atoms were very sensitive to the direction of electron flow. When Cu atoms were under downwind diffusion, more Cu atoms could diffuse across the solder to the Ni side and alter the interfacial IMC type. When Cu atoms were under upwind diffusion, few Cu atoms could diffuse across the solder to the Ni side and no interfacial IMC transformation occurred at the Ni side. Regardless of electron flow direction, few Ni atoms could diffuse across the solder to the Cu side due to its high diffusion activation energy.
Sixth International Conference on Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output How to avoid a perfunctory sensitivity analysis

The most popular SA practice seen in the literature is that of 'one-factor-at-a-time' (OAT). This consists of analyzing the effect of varying one model input factor at a time while keeping all other fixed. While the shortcomings of OAT are known from the statistical literature, its widespread use among modellers raises concern on the quality of the associated sensitivity analyses. We introduce a novel geometric proof of the inefficiency of OAT, with the purpose of providing the modelling community with a convincing and possibly definitive argument against OAT. Alternatives to OAT are indicated which are based on statistical theory, drawing from experimental design, regression analysis and sensitivity analysis proper.
Helicobacter pylori HopQoutermembraneproteinattenuates bacterial adherence togastric epithelial cells

Helicobacter pylori HopQoutermembraneproteinattenuates bacterial adherence togastric epithelial cells John T. Loh, Victor J. Torres, Holly M. Scott Algood, Mark S. McClain & Timothy L. Cover Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; and Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
Psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in the Spanish population

espanolAunque el numero de estudios sobre las propiedades psicometricas de la CD-RISC es notablemente amplio, aun hay gran falta de consenso sobre su estructura interna en poblacion general. Por ello, el objetivo de este estudio ha sido triple, verificar sus propiedades psicometricas, explorar la estructura factorial y calcular baremos de la escala de resiliencia CD-RISC para una muestra de poblacion espanola. Para ello participaron 1119 personas, 324 hombres y 795 mujeres, cumplimentando las siguientes escalas: CD-RISC, Escala de Estres Percibido, Escala de Apoyo Social Percibido, Escala de Autoeficacia, Escala de Vulnerabilidad al Estres, Cuestionario de Personalidad Resistente y subescalas de ansiedad y depresion del SCL-90. Las evidencias de validez confirmaron las relaciones teoricas esperadas correlacionandose con las medidas descritas. El analisis factorial encontro un apoyo razonable a la hipotesis de unidimensionalidad. En cuanto a la fiabilidad se obtuvieron valores aceptables con un alfa de 0.866 y una omega de 0.862. Se obtienen resultados satisfactorios que refuerzan la utilidad y precision de esta escala para su uso en poblacion espanola, apoyando la hipotesis de unidimensionalidad y aportando baremos que permiten interpretar las puntuaciones para su aplicacion tanto en investigacion como en la practica clinica. EnglishAlthough the number of studies in the literature on the psychometric properties of the CD-RISC measures is remarkably high, there is still a great lack of consensus about its internal structure among the general population. Therefore, the aim of this study has been threefold: to analyze the psychometric properties, explore the factorial structure and calculate percentiles of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) for a sample of the Spanish population. For this purpose, the study sample consisted of 1119 participants consisting of 324 males and 795 females and they completed the following scales: CD-RISC, Perceived Stress Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Stress Vulnerability Inventory, Personality Hardiness Questionnaire and the anxiety and depression subscales of the SCL-90-R. In terms of reliability, an adequate Cronbach's coefficient alpha value of . 86 was obtained. The evidence for the validity of the internal structure supports the unidimensionality of the CD-RISC measurements, as well as confirming the expected theoretical relationships and correlating with the described measures in the expected direction. Satisfactory results are obtained in the present study that reinforce the usefulness and precision of this scale for its application using the Spanish population, presenting percentiles that can provide guidance in the interpretation and use of the scores with respect to its application in both research and clinical practice.
SNAPSHOT ON POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT OF ENZYME SECRETASE IN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. It is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder and characterized clinically by progressive loss of memory, cognition, reasoning, judgment and emotional stability. The brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease have two abnormal structures such as the senile plaques containing amyloid β and the neurofibrillary tangles containing Tau, which are the hallmarks of the disease. Over time, this damage spreads to other areas of the brain, such as the grey matter (responsible for processing thoughts) and the hippocampus (responsible for memory). This results in decline in the neuronal mass and cognitive functions. The actual pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease is thought to begin many years before the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Thus such a long "preclinical" phase of Alzheimer’s disease would provide a critical opportunity for therapeutic intervention and prevent the disease in future. These amyloid plaques are formed due to the proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-secretase and γ-secretase. This article reviews on the secretases, that are responsible for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, molecular explanation of the possible neuropathogenesis, the cleavage products generated by different processing patterns and the potential role of those cleavage products.
INFLATION TARGETING POLICY: THE EXPERIENCES OF INDONESIA AND THAILAND

The chief objective of our paper is to highlight basic features of the IT policies adopted by Indonesia and Thailand, and to evaluate their overall performances. These economies have seen their inflation rates to decline during the post-IT period, and pass-through rates for both tradable and non-tradable prices in the two emerging markets have also declined. More importantly, no trade-offs between output growth and inflation have been reported. The implementations of the IT policy in these two Southeast Asian economies have however largely been “flexible” rather than “strict”, seeking the balance between minimizing output gap and achieving price stability.
Economic evaluation of the use of irbesartan and amlodipine in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy in patients with hypertension in Canada.

BACKGROUND Irbesartan has been shown to reduce the doubling of serum creatinine (a strong predictor of progression to end-stage renal disease), the onset of end-stage renal disease and all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes when compared with standard care and amlodipine. OBJECTIVE The present study assessed the cost effectiveness of irbesartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, and amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, in the treatment of Canadian patients with diabetic nephropathy and hypertension. METHODS The analysis was conducted based on a Markov model using Monte Carlo simulation analysis to estimate the expected values for outcomes of interest. Transition probabilities were obtained from a comparative trial of amlodipine, irbesartan and standard care (antihypertensive treatment excluding other angiotensin II receptor antagonists or calcium channel blockers) in patients with overt diabetic nephropathy and hypertension. Canadian costs for the health states studied were obtained from published data. RESULTS Based on the results of the Monte Carlo simulation, irbesartan was dominant over standard care and amlodipine because it both reduces costs and leads to greater life expectancy. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for amlodipine in comparison with standard care was 102,000 dollars. Estimates of net benefit were correlated with transition probabilities relating to progression from the initial health state. The results were insensitive to univariate sensitivity analysis. CONCLUSIONS Irbesartan use would lead to a reduction in medical costs and an increase in life expectancy when compared with amlodipine or standard care.
Gamification in Health Behavior Change Support Systems - A Synthesis of Unintended Side Effects

Gamification has become a popular and promising tool to positively impact the usage of health behavior change support systems (HBCSSs). Fun and engaging components are purposefully integrated in the design of HBCSSs in an effort to encourage users to employ the system in a more regular manner or over a longer period of time. Although extant research has made extensive efforts to understand the psychological and behavioral outcomes of gamification, its potential unintended side effects have been mostly neglected. We approached this gap by reviewing 33 articles on gamification in HBCSSs. We identified 16 potential unintended side effects in five categories. By taking a critical view, our research contributes to a more nuanced approach to gamification, which helps to understand how it can be utilized as a valuable tool for developers that motivates and does not harm users of HBCSSs.
SUNDANESE ETHNOMATHEMATICS: MATHEMATICAL ACTIVITIES IN ESTIMATING, MEASURING, AND MAKING PATTERNS

Mathematics is a form of culture integrated in all aspects of society, wherever there are, including the sundanese ethnic communities. This enables the mathematical concepts embedded in cultural practices and recognizes that all people develop a special way of doing mathematics called ethnomathematics activities. Sundanese ethnomathematics is mathematics in sundanese culture implemented in community activities. Sundanese ethnic sundanese people living in the area of West Java Indonesia, speaking sundanese language, and having activitiesÂ reflecting sundanese culture. Sundanese ethnomathematics in this study has three activities, namely estimating, measuring, and making patterns appearing in the activities in term of kibik (a unit for measuring volume), bata (a unit for measuring surface area), and path pihuntuan (a model of cane work). DOI :Â http://dx.doi. org/10.22342/jme.8. 2.4055. 185-198