Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Objective and subjective sleep disturbances in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

OBJECTIVE To assess objective and subjective evidence of sleep disorders in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to examine correlations between parameters of lupus activity, depression, and sleep disturbances. METHODS Fourteen SLE patients and 11 normal control subjects of similar age underwent all-night polysomnography on 3 consecutive nights. The patients and controls were also evaluated for daytime sleepiness by the Multiple Sleep Latency Test and completed a sleep disorders questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS The polysomnographic data showed that sleep in SLE patients was characterized by respiratory and movement disorders. These intrinsic primary sleep disorders are related to the symptom of restless, poor sleep at night. Lupus patients were more sleepy during the day, and their sleepiness was related to sleep fragmentation, with more arousals and stage transitions than the control group. Disease activity was associated with decreases in sleep efficiency and delta sleep and with increases in sleep fragmentation. Depression was not correlated with the activity of the disease. CONCLUSION There is an enhanced presence of sleep disorders in patients with SLE. The most frequent primary sleep disorders are respiratory and movement disorders.
Adolescents' Psychosocial Maturity, Problem Behavior, and Subjective Age: In Search of the Adultoid

The objectives of this study were to seek empirical confirmation for the existence of a group of adolescents whose maturity status could be labeled as adultoid, and to identify psychosocial correlates of adolescents' maturity status. Cluster analysis of questionnaire data from 209 predominantly White adolescents (10-18 years old) in working- and middle-class 2-parent families identified 3 maturity status groups: adultoids (low psychosocial maturity, high problem behavior, older subjective age); matures (high psychosocial maturity, low problem behavior, slightly older subjective age); and immatures (low psychosocial maturity, low problem behavior, young subjective age). Regressions revealed that several adolescent- and mother-reported variables were linked to maturity status. Relative to their mature and immature counterparts, adultoid adolescents exhibited more advanced physical maturity, earlier expectations for attaining privileges, higher social involvement, and in boys, higher mother-adolescent conflict. Adultoid adolescents do exist, and they differ from mature and immature adolescents in important ways. These results have implications for understanding the diversity in adolescents' levels of maturity.
Similarity measures between interval neutrosophic sets and their applications in multicriteria decision-making

An interval neutrosophic set is an instance of a neutrosophic set, which can be used in real scientific and engineering applications. In the paper, the Hamming and Euclidean distances between interval neutrosophic sets INSs are defined and the similarity measures between INSs are proposed based on the relationship between similarity measures and distances. In the applications of the similarity measures, a multicriteria decision-making method is established in interval neutrosophic setting, in which criterion values with respect to alternatives are evaluated by the form of interval neutrosophic values INVs and the criterion weights are known information. We utilize the similarity measures between each alternative and the ideal alternative to rank the alternatives and to determine the best one. Finally, an illustrative example demonstrates the applications of the proposed decision-making method.
EFFECTS OF PICTORIAL MNEMONIC STRATEGY USAGE ON PROSE RECALL OF YOUNG, MIDDLE‐AGED, AND OLDER ADULTS

Young, middle‐aged, and older adults were assigned to either a keyword illustration, keyword imagery, or a no‐strategy control condition to learn concrete information about fictitious cities presented in short prose passages. The keyword illustration strategy facilitated recall performance in all three age groups, although the older adults’ keyword illustration vs. control comparison reached significance only when verbal ability was used as a covariate. Usage of the keyword illustration strategy also enhanced the young, middle‐aged, and older adults’ performance with respect to accurately grouping together (clustering) a city's features, regardless of whether the features were associated with the correct city name. Usage of the keyword imagery strategy enhanced recall clustering in only the young and middle‐aged groups. Implications of the findings and possibilities for future research are discussed.
Eysenck's Personality Model and Criminal Thinking Style within a Violent and Nonviolent Offender Sample: Application of Propensity Score Analysis

Previous studies within criminal population have indicated a significant relationship between personality traits and criminal thinking style. However, none of the empirical research has adequately addressed selection bias in cross-sectional data investigating criminal thinking style. The current study investigates the impact of personality traits (Eysenck's model) on criminal thinking style using propensity score matching methodology. The research is based on 133 violent and 179 nonviolent male recidivistic prisoners incarcerated in high-security prison. A post-matching multiple regression model explained 49% of variance in the criminal thinking style indicating five significant predictors: psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism, associations with criminal friends, and criminal identity. Our results suggest for the first time that personality traits predict the ways of thinking that are characteristic of persistent criminals and that individual differences in these psychological traits can have profound effects on an individual who operates within an environment dominated by criminal others. Further implications in relation to theory and previous studies are discussed.
The Moral Significance of Gestures

The concept of the gesture is explored in relationship with its moral significance rather than, for example, its aesthetic significance. It is argued that the concept can be used in order to make clear how morality relates to the body. This is not to suggest that gestures can be neatly defined. On the contrary, they always seem to be ambivalent and somewhat nebular. However, it will be shown that some of their significance might well be related to popular concepts such as ‘transparency’, ‘authenticity’, ‘integrity’ and ‘responsibility’. In order to make this clear, the role of some particular gestures in politics and organizational life, most notably ‘apology’ and ‘trust’, will be discussed throughout the paper.
Telecenters and Internet cafés: the case of ICTs in small businesses

Telecenter initiatives run by non-profit agents are widely believed to be critical access points for digital inclusion. By contrast, Internet or cyber cafés are viewed generally merely as commercial sites, thus falling outside the purview of non-profit initiatives promoting e-literacy. From a contextual study of Internet cafés in urban and suburban Mumbai and in peri-urban small towns of Maharashtra state, India, we report on the localization of information and communication technology (ICTs), including how Internet cafés discern survival niches and how they often serve as reasonably-priced initiation nodes for first-time users. This article discusses a variety of context-specific and commercial instances of ICT services as manifest in everyday commerce. We argue that for-profit spaces like Internet cafés make a major contribution to digital immersion in information-poor contexts and that these so-called ‘non-developmental’ (read commercial) spaces successfully use ICTs to sustain businesses, to generate regular clientele, and to adapt to local demand. In an effort to open up debate around telecenters as privileged sites of digital inclusion, the functions of Internet cafés are then compared and contrasted with processes and behaviors associated with telecenters.
IT investment management based on Information Technology Portfolio Management (ITPM): a study in Brazilian companies

The objective of this research is to analyze some Brazilian companies' use of ITPM technique as an aid to their IT investments management. It was carried out in five case studies in different Brazilian companies from several economic sectors which were using the technique or were in the initial implementation phase. Eight interviews were conducted. The persons interviewed were high-level executives working in the IT department in the studied companies. Different levels of ITPM use was found regarding IT investment management (planning, control and evaluation). It was observed, in the analyzed cases, that ITPM is used most frequently in IT investment planning, which is the process most discussed and used in analyzed companies. The ITPM technique is used more frequently in Company 2 than in the other cases because the organization of the IT area in the company is structured according to ITPM dimensions. The technique has received little attention in IT research and ITPM research is still very limited in the information systems literature, a possible reflection of its academic importance. To highlight its practical use, ITPM has been considered a useful and accessible tool which aid IT executives in better managing and justifying investments in technology.
Innate immune response adaptation in mice subjected to administration of DMBA and physical activity

Although there is growing interest in studies that promote the benefits of exercise and the correlation between exercise and fighting cancer, previous studies have not been able to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. The aim of the present study was to investigate cytokine synthesis by peritoneal macrophages in the presence of mammary tumors and the effect of physical activity. Female BALB/c virgin mice (age, eight weeks) were obtained for the present study and divided into four groups: A no tumor/non-trained control group; a no tumor/trained group subjected to swim training; a tumor/non-trained group in which the mice received the carcinogenic drug, DMBA and a tumor/trained group in which the mice were subjected to DMBA and swim training protocols. Following the experimental period, immune cells were collected from the peritoneal fluid, placed in culture medium and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide. The presence of the cluster of differentiation-14 marker and expression of the interleukin (IL)-12 cytokine was assessed by flow cytometry and measured via an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The following cytokines were also identified: Interferon-γ, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12, tumor necrosis factor-α and transforming growth factor-β. Physical activity increased the quantity of IL-12 producing macrophages, whereas the presence of a tumor decreased the quantity of macrophages expressing IL-12. Tumor induction, in the absence of swim training, reduced macrophage-profile 1 (M1) cytokine levels while increasing the presence of macrophage-profile 2 cytokines. Physical activity in mice with tumors resulted in reductions in tumor development and promoted immune system polarization towards an antitumor M1 response pattern profile.
Superoxide anion radicals induce IGF-1 resistance through concomitant activation of PTP1B and PTEN

The evolutionarily conserved IGF‐1 signalling pathway is associated with longevity, metabolism, tissue homeostasis, and cancer progression. Its regulation relies on the delicate balance between activating kinases and suppressing phosphatases and is still not very well understood. We report here that IGF‐1 signalling in vitro and in a murine ageing model in vivo is suppressed in response to accumulation of superoxide anions ( O2∙− ) in mitochondria, either by chemical inhibition of complex I or by genetic silencing of O2∙− ‐dismutating mitochondrial Sod2. The O2∙− ‐dependent suppression of IGF‐1 signalling resulted in decreased proliferation of murine dermal fibroblasts, affected translation initiation factors and suppressed the expression of α1(I), α1(III), and α2(I) collagen, the hallmarks of skin ageing. Enhanced O2∙− led to activation of the phosphatases PTP1B and PTEN, which via dephosphorylation of the IGF‐1 receptor and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5‐triphosphate dampened IGF‐1 signalling. Genetic and pharmacologic inhibition of PTP1B and PTEN abrogated O2∙− ‐induced IGF‐1 resistance and rescued the ageing skin phenotype. We thus identify previously unreported signature events with O2∙− , PTP1B, and PTEN as promising targets for drug development to prevent IGF‐1 resistance‐related pathologies.
Rejoinder: Evaluating Standard Setting Methods Using Error Models Proposed by Schulz.

Schulz (2006)provides a different perspective on standard setting than that provided in Reckase (2006). He also suggests a modification to the bookmark procedure and some alternative models for errors in panelists' judgments than those provided by Reckase. This article provides a response to some of the points made by Schulz and reports some additional analyses of the bookmark and modified Angoff method using the suggestions made by Schulz. The results support considering a range of items when placing a bookmark using that method and they show that the regression of panelists' probability of correct response estimates toward . 5 can have serious effects on the recovery of intended cut scores. The complexity of the standard setting processes, and the need for detailed descriptions of standard setting processes are also discussed.
Immigrant Status as a Potential Correlate of Organizational Commitment

Propositions for the relationship between immigrant status and organizational commitment are developed. A limited test of part of the conceptual framework is tested to examine the influence of immigrant status on continuance and affective commitment. Based on a sample of 506 nurses working in Israeli hospitals who completed self-report surveys, it was found that age and immigrant status (or `years in Israel') were significant correlates of affective and continuance commitment. However, whereas the relationship between `years in Israel' and affective commitment was not significant when age was controlled, additional variance in continuance commitment could be accounted for by `years in Israel' after controlling for age. Furthermore, nurses born in Israel had significantly lower continuance commitment than those who had immigrated to the country. These results suggest that the number of years after immigration has an impact on an individual's attachment to his/her organization. Immigrant status and years living in host country are important factors to consider when assessing organizational commitment, especially in multicultural organizations composed of immigrant workers. Le statut des immigrant comme corrélat possible de l'engagement organisationnel (Sharon Glazer and Gabriel M. De La Rosa) Sont élaborées ici des propositions de relations entre le statut d'immigrant et l'engagement organisationnel. Une partie du cadre conceptuel est testée afin d'examiner l'influence du statut d'immigrant sur l'engagement affectif et l'engagement dans la durée. En se fondant sur un échantillon de 506 infirmières travaillant dans le système hospitalier israélien, qui toutes ont rempli un questionnaire, il a été établi que l'âge et le statut d'immigrant (ou années en Israël) sont des corrélats significatifs de l'engagement affectif et dans la durée. En revanche, alors que la relation entre “années en Israël” et engagement affectif ne s'est pas révélée significative lorsque l'on ajoute le paramètre de l'âge, des écarts supplémentaires en termes d'engagement dans la durée sont apparus pour « années en Israël » et âge. En outre, les infirmier(ère)s né(e)s en Israël ont nettement moins d'engagement dans la durée que celles et ceux qui avaient immigré. Ces résultats suggèrent que le nombre d'années après l'immigration a un impact sur la relation affective d'un employé pour son organisation. Le statut d'immigrant et le nombre d'années passées dans le pays d'accueil sont des facteurs importants lorsque l'on évalue l'engagement organisationnel, particulièrement dans des organisations multiculturelles composées de travailleurs immigrants.
Re-examination of spermatogonial renewal in the rat by means of seminiferous tubules mounted "in toto".

Observations on dissected tubules, fixed in Carnoy, stained with hematoxylin and mounted “in toto” revealed that there were five distinct classes of type A spermatogonia. The type A1 found in stages II–VIII of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium had round, pale-stained nuclei, typically arranged in linear clusters of four or eight along the tubular wall. They all divided at stage IX to produce type A2 cells. These in turn divided at stage XII to produce type A3 spermatogonia. The type A2 and A3 cells had large ovoid nuclei containing globular masses of deeply stained chromatin and were randomly distributed in the space between Sertoli nuclei. The type A3 spermatogonia divided at stage XIV to produce type A4 cells. These had smaller nuclei, sometimes lobulated, containing more deeply stained chromatin granulation, free in the nucleus or adhering to the nuclear membrane. They divided in stage I of the cycle to yield two classes of spermatogonia: intermediate type and new type A1. Hence, type A1–type A4 spermatogonia were considered as “renewing stem cells. ” The fifth class of type A spermatogonia (A0) was found at all stages of the cycle. Rare, isolated or in pairs, they had oval nuclei with deeply stained chromatin granulations. Seldom seen to divide, they did not appear to be actively involved in cell renewal and were tentatively considered as “reserve stem cells”.
Dynamic Common Agency, Vertical Integration, and Investment: The Economics of Movie Distribution

This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration on investment and other strategies in a dynamic common agency framework. Movie distribution is used as a motivating example. The model matches several facts about movie distribution; distributors avoid head-to-head new hit releases, hits have longer runs than flops, and distributors receive the lion’s share of value generated by hits. Welfare comparisons show that integration is privately profitable and may improve social welfare even though it reduces industry profits. The e.ects of integration on strategies and welfare depend critically on how integration a.ects the bargaining power of the non-integrated firm.
Cognitive and behavioral factors in insomnia comorbid with depression and anxiety

Maladaptive sleep-related cognitions and behaviors have been recognized as important etiological factors for primary insomnia. The contribution of these factors in insomnia comorbid with mood disturbances, however, is controversial. This study compared sleep-related beliefs and sleep hygiene practices among primary insomnia and insomnia comorbid with depression and/or anxiety. A total of 292 participants, including 97 good sleepers (GS), 73 primary insomnia patients (PI), 17 insomnia patients with anxiety (AI), 39 insomnia patients with depression (DI), and 66 insomnia patients with anxiety and depression (ADI) were included in the study. All participants went through a clinical interview and completed a package of questionnaires, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to assess anxiety and depression levels, as well as the Dysfunctional Belief and Attitude about Sleep Scale (DBAS) and the Sleep Hygiene Practice Scale (SHPS) to assess sleep-related cognitions and sleep hygiene practices. The results showed that there were no significant differences between PI group and the groups with comorbid mood disturbances on the DBAS and the SHPS scores, even with control of the influences of mood symptoms. The results suggest that patients with comorbid insomnia have similar dysfunctional sleep beliefs and mala-daptive sleep hygiene practices as in those with primary insomnia. Sleep related cognition and behavior also play an important role in the pathology of comorbid insomnia. In addition to their mood symptoms, interventions targeting these factors might be helpful to alleviate the insomnia in comorbid populations.
Evolution and Online Instruction: Using a Grounded Metaphor to Explore the Advantageous and Less Advantageous Characteristics of Online Instruction

This research presents a case study of the first-time experience of the instructor-researcher in teaching an online class. Through thematic analysis and grounded metaphor, evolution was identified as the metaphor used to illuminate the emerging themes in creating a narrative. Advantageous and less-than-advantageous characteristics of online instruction were identified. The advantageous characteristics identified were (a) students actively involved in their own education, assessing their own learning and seeking additional information; (b) students constructing knowledge; (c) measured responses by students; (d) an increase in the quality of students work because of open access to peers' work; and (e) students' increases in technological confidence. The less-than-advantageous characteristics found were (a) concerns for clarity, (b) concerns for loss of personal or intimate interactions, and (c) misinterpretations resulting from communicating online. It is hoped that this work will assist the in understanding and the continued investigation of online instruction.
Behaviour delay and robot expressiveness in child-robot interactions: A user study on interaction kinesics

This paper presents results of a novel study on interaction kinesics where 18 children interacted with a humanoid child-sized robot called KASPAR. Based on findings in psychology and social sciences we propose the temporal behaviour matching hypothesis which predicts that children will adapt to and match the robot's temporal behaviour. Each child took part in six experimental trials involving two games in which the dynamics of interactions played a key part: a body expression imitation game, where the robot imitated expressions demonstrated by the children, and a drumming game where the robot mirrored the children's drumming. In both games KASPAR responded either with or without a delay. Additionally, in the drumming game, KASPAR responded with or without exhibiting facial/gestural expressions. Individual case studies as well as statistical analysis of the complete sample are presented. Results show that a delay of the robot's drumming response lead to larger pauses (with and without robot nonverbal gestural expressions) and longer drumming durations (with nonverbal gestural expressions only). In the imitation game, the robot's delay lead to longer imitation eliciting behaviour with longer pauses for the children, but systematic individual differences are observed in regards to the effects on the children's pauses. Results are generally consistent with the temporal behaviour matching hypothesis, i.e. children adapted the timing of their behaviour, e.g. by mirroring to the robot's temporal behaviour.