Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Social Capital Effects on the Career and Development Outcomes of HR Professionals

HR professionals’ roles require them to be responsive to both employee needs and top management strategies. However, the need to respond to the often competing employee and strategic agendas makes relationship-building efforts challenging. This study examines the social capital characteristics of HR professionals and the impact on receipt of network benefits and career outcomes. Results indicate that HR professionals benefit from relationships with other HR professionals for career sponsorship and role-related benefits. However, it is contacts who are in higher positions or in other organizations that transfer the most influential benefits, which in turn relate to objective career outcomes. Few benefits are obtained from contacts in non-HR functions. The results illuminate relationship development opportunities for HR professionals
Awareness To Accounting And Role Of Accounting At Religious Organisations. The Case Of Brotherhoods Of Seville At The Last Decade Of 16th Century

This work questions if religious organizations with common shared beliefs and sacred objectives, but which members had a different level of awareness to accounting, should show a different behaviour concerning: a) the status of accounting in their internal organisations; and b) the permeability of such organizations to new accounting techniques. To reach our aim, we have analysed the content of 6 rules of brotherhoods located in the city of Seville (Spain), and enacted at the last decade of the 16th century. We have split the brotherhoods depending on its link or not with a guild or professional group.We can conclude that the awareness to accounting of its members and the perception of the belief system are explanations to cover the dissimilar behaviour of the brotherhoods in relation to accounting.
Amplitude enhancement using vibration mode localization with a single micro-mechanically coupled beam-shaped resonator array

The use of vibration mode localization in arrays of micro-mechanically coupled, nearly identical beam-shaped resonators has been studied for ultrasensitive mass detection and analyte identification. Eigenstate shifts that are 3 to 4 times (compared to single resonator), and orders (compared to resonator array) of magnitude greater than corresponding shifts in resonant frequency for an induced mass perturbation are theoretically analyzed, from the view points of geometrical design of the coupling overhang, cantilever length, as well as number of the identical coupled cantilevers. Furthermore, the shifts in eigenstates are unique to the resonator to which the stiffness or mass perturbation is induced, therefore providing a characteristic “fingerprint” that identifies the particular resonator where the stiffness or mass perturbation is induced.
Spectroscopic Observation of the Stardust Re-Entry in the Near UV with SLIT: Deduction of Surface Temperatures and Plasma Radiation

Thermal radiation of the heat-shield and the emission of the post-shock layer around the Stardust capsule, during its re-entry, were detected by a NASA-led observation campaign aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne observatory involving teams from several nations. The German SLIT experiment used a conventional spectrometer, in a Czerny-Turner configuration (300 mm focal length and a 600 lines/mm grating), fed by fiber optics, to cover a wavelength range from 324 nm to 456 nm with a pixel resolution of 0.08 nm. The reentering spacecraft was tracked m uansuinaglly a camera with a view angle of 20 degrees, and light from the capsule was collected using a small mirror telescope with a view angle of only 0.45 degrees. Data were gathered with a measurement frequency of 5 Hz in a 30-second time interval around the point of maximum heating until the capsule left the field of view. The emission of CN (as a major ablation product), N2(+) and different atoms were monitored successfully during that time. Due to the nature of the experimental set up, spatial resolution of the radiation field was not possible. Therefore, all measured values represent an integration of radiation from the visible part of the glowing heat shield, and from the plasma in the post-shock region. Further, due to challenges in tracking not every spectrum gathered contained data. The measured spectra can be split up into two parts: (i) continuum spectra which represent a superposition of the heat shield radiation and the continuum radiation of potential dust particles in the plasma, and (ii) line spectra from the plasma in the shock layer. Planck temperatures (interpreted as the surface temperatures of the Stardust heat shield) were determined assuming either a constant surface temperature, or a temperature distribution deduced from numerical simulation. The constant surface temperatures are in good agreement with numerical simulations, but the peak values at the stagnation point are significantly lower than those in the numerical simulation if a temperature distribution over the surface is assumed. Emission bands of CN and N2(+) were tracked along the visible trajectory and compared to a spectral simulation with satisfying agreement. Values for the integrated radiation of the transitions of interest for these species were extracted from this comparison.
MALDI‐MS derived prognostic protein markers for resected non‐small cell lung cancer

Protein signals obtained directly from frozen lung tissue sections using MALDI‐MS were used to predict nodal involvement and survival in resected non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We have identified a list of these protein signals and further evaluated their prognostic values for NSCLC using immunohistochemistry (IHC). Kaplan‐Meier analysis was used to assess the mortality risk associated with the prognostic protein IHC‐staining intensities. The combined IHC scores of calmodulin, thymosin β4, and thymosin β10 were found to be correlated with NSCLC patient survival (p = 0.004). Furthermore, low cofilin‐1 IHC‐staining intensity was found to be correlated with a better outcome for patients with negative lymph node status (p = 0.006) while high cofilin‐1 IHC‐staining intensity was found to be correlated with a better outcome for patients with positive node status (p = 0.034). In conclusion, the prognostic protein signals selected using MALDI‐MS can be identified and tested by IHC in formalin‐fixed tissue samples. MALDI‐MS‐derived protein signals can be potentially translated to a conventional clinical setting to aid in the prognosis of patients with NSCLC at the molecular level.
Facilitation by adenosine of the action of insulin on the accumulation of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate, lipolysis, and glucose oxidation in isolated fat cells.

The modulation of insulin action by adenosine has been studied in lipid and glucose metabolism of isolated rat fat cells. When 20000 cells per ml were incubated, insulin failed to antagonize the effect of 1 μM noradrenaline on adenosine 3′:5′-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) levels and lipolysis. At high concentrations (100000 cells per ml) both parameters were strongly depressed by insulin. The addition of 0.1 μM adenosine to dilute cell suspensions decreased cyclic AMP accumulation in response to noradrenaline, but only marginally reduced lipolysis, thus producing the same situation as seen in concentrated cell suspensions. Furthermore, insulin antagonized the cyclic AMP accumulation and lipolysis caused by adenosine deaminase (1 μg per ml) or theophylline (0.3 mM). These two agents only moderately elevated cyclic AMP levels similar to the effect of noradrenaline in the presence of adenosine. These data strongly indicate that insulin is able to counteract hormone effects on cyclic AMP formation and lipolysis only at low cellular levels of the cyclic nucleotide. Stimulation of glucose oxidation by insulin in the range between 10 and 100 μU per ml was markedly enhanced in the presence of 0.1 μM adenosine when only 5000 fat cells per ml were incubated. On the other hand, adenosine deaminase reduced the action of insulin in the range between 1 and 300 μU per ml in concentrated cell suspensions (100000 cells per ml). The uptake of adenosine and the ATP levels in fat cells were not altered by insulin, except at high concentrations of adenosine (0.1 mM). Theophylline (0.5 mM) and dipyridamole (20μM) abolished the stimulatory effect of both insulin and adenosine on glucose oxidation. Increasing concentrations of adenosine were able to overcome the inhibitory effect of theophylline but not that of dipyridamole. These data suggest that adenosine may have an essential regulatory role which can be described as facilitation of insulin actions, even though different mechanisms apply to lipolysis and glucose oxidation.
The Interaction of Smoking with Gene Polymorphisms on Four Digestive Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The main purpose of this study was to perform a meta-analysis to assess the interaction between smoking and nine genes (GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, CYP1A1, NAT2, SULT1A1, hOGG1, XRCC1 and p53) on colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer and oesophageal cancer. Published articles from the PubMed, ISI and EMBASE databases were retrieved. A total of 67 case-control studies or nested case-control studies were identified for the analysis. The pooled jodds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated using the random effect model. The overall study showed that the GSTM1 polymorphism was associated with the risk of the four digestive cancers among Asian population (OR 1.284, 95% CI: 1.122-1.470, p: 0). Subgroup analyses by cancer site showed that GSTM1 null genotype increased the gastric cancer risk in total population (OR 1.335, 95% CI: 1.145-1.556, p: 0). However, the association of GSTM1 null genotype with the oesophageal cancer risk was found in smokers (OR 1.382, 95% CI: 1.009-1.894, p:0.044), but not in non-smokers (OR 1.250, 95% CI: 0.826-1.891, p:0.290). Moreover, smokers with the CYP1A1 IIe462Val polymorphism were at an increased cancer risk in Asian population (OR=1.585, 95% CI 1.029-2.442, p: 0.037). None of the other gene-smoking interactions was observed in the above cancers. This meta-analysis reveals two potential gene-smoking interactions, one is between smoking and GSTM1 on oesophageal cancer, and the other is between smoking and CYP1A1 IIe462Val on the four cancers in Asian population. Future studies need to be conducted to verify the conclusions.
Kekuatan Rasio Keuangan dalam Memprediksi Kondisi Financial Distress Perusahaan Manufaktur di BEI

Identifikasi kondisi financial distress merupakan hal yang lebih penting daripada kebangkrutan, karena perusahaan pasti akan mengalami kondisi financial distress terlebih dahulu kemudian bangkrut. Penelitan ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan dan menganalisis pengaruh likuiditas (current ratio), profitabilitas (return on total assets dan profit margin on sales) dan leverage (current liabilities total asset) terhadap kondisi financial distress perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia pada periode 2007-2010. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah regresi logit. Hasil penelitian menunjukan koefisien regresi variabel current ratio sebesar -0,006 dan memiliki nilai sig sebesar 0,793; koefisien regresi variabel return on total assets sebesar -6,803 dan memiliki nilai sig sebesar 0,024; koefisien regresi variabel profit margin on sales sebesar -0,488 dan memiliki nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,459 serta koefisien regresi variabel current liabilities total assets sebesar -1,546 dan memiliki nilai sig sebesar 0,029, sehingga rasio likuiditas (current ratio) dan rasio profitabilitas (profit margin on sales) tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kondisi financial distress perusahaan meskipun bertanda negatif sedangkan rasio profitabilitas (return on total assets) dan rasio leverage (current liabilities total asset) berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap kondisi financial distress perusahaan Identifying financial distress condition is more important than identifying bankruptcy, because firstly, company will get financial distress condition and after that it will go bankrupt. This study aims to describe and analyze the effect of current ratio, return on total assets, profit margin on sales and leverage (current liabilities total asset) to condition of financial distress in manufacturing company listed in stock exchange of Indonesia in the year 2007-2010. The method of this study is logit or logistic regression. The result of this study showed that regression coefficient of current ratio variable was -0,006 and the sig value was 0,793; regression coefficient return on total assets variable was -6,803 and the sig value was 0,024; regression coefficient profit margin on sales variable was -0,488 and the sig value 0,459; furthermore, regression coefficient current liabilities total assets variable was -1,546 and the sig value was 0,029, it means that current ratio and profit margin on sales did not significantly influence the condition of company financial distress although it was showed negative sign. Meanwhile, return on total assets and leverage (current liabilities total asset) negatively and significantly affected to condition of company financial distress
Export Variety and Economic Growth in East European Transition Economies

Utilising panel data for 14 East European transition economies, we find support for the hypothesis that a greater degree of export variety relative to the U.S. helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 5-digit OECD trade data. Although the issue is far from settled, the emerging view is that the index of relative export variety across countries correlates significantly with relative per capita income levels.
Do Rockets Rise Faster and Feathers Fall Slower in an Atmosphere of Local Market Power? Evidence from the Retail Gasoline Market

This study explores the possibility that local market power influences the observed asymmetric relationship between changes in wholesale gasoline costs and changes in retail gasoline prices. I exploit an original data set of weekly gas station prices in Southern California from September, 2002 to May, 2003, and take advantage of detailed station and local market level characteristics to determine the extent to which geographic and product differentiation influence price response asymmetry. I find that brand identity, proximity to rival stations and local market features and demographics each influence a station's predicted price-response asymmetry.
Identification of novel regions of amplification and deletion within mantle cell lymphoma DNA by comparative genomic hybridization

Summary. We have carried out comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis on archival biopsy material from a series of 30 UK mantle cell lymphomas. The most frequent aberrations were gains of 3q (21 cases), 6p (19 cases), 7q (8 cases), 12p (8 cases), 12q (9 cases) and 17q11q21 (8 cases), and losses of 1p13p32 (10 cases), 5p13p15.3 (9 cases), 6q14q27 (11 cases), 8p (7 cases), 11q13q23 (8 cases) and 13q (18 cases). Nineteen cases (63%) had a common region of amplification at 3q28q29, which was highly amplified in three cases, suggesting the presence of a mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)‐related oncogene in this region. There was a minimal common region of deletion at 6q25q26 in nine cases (30%). No MCL‐specific locus has previously been identified on chromosome 6 and this region may contain a tumour suppressor gene specifically implicated in the development of this subtype of lymphoma. An increased number of chromosome aberrations, gain of Xq and loss of 17p were all significantly associated with a worse prognosis. A greater understanding of the genetics of mantle cell lymphoma may allow the identification of prognostic factors which will aid the identification of appropriate treatment regimens.
A Study Of The Perceptions Of Pastoral Crisis Intervention As A Crisis Debriefing Strategy Among Resident Directors At Select Catholic Colleges And Universities

This dissertation examined the postcrisis intervention preferences of a purposeful sample of 23 Resident Directors from 17 Catholic colleges and universities in New England. Using survey and interview data, this study explored whether Resident Directors at the sample institution had preferences regarding services they needed following exposure to a student death and whether these support preferences were aligned with the Catholic identities of their institutions. The research questions that guided this study were: (a) How do Resident Directors at Catholic colleges and universities describe their roles as first responders during a campus crisis? , (b) How do Resident Directors at Catholic colleges and universities identify and describe the support they need following crisis? , (c) How do Resident Directors at Catholic colleges and universities interpret the pastoral element of their institutional identity as part of a postcrisis support strategy? , and (d) Is there a crisis debriefing strategy that is preferred by Resident Directors who have experienced a campus crisis? Findings indicate that Resident Directors are susceptible to compassion fatigue on a chronic basis. For those that have experienced a crisis, the findings suggest preferences towards community and peer-centered support services, with an emphasis on time off. Data does not indicate a preference towards pastoral crisis interventions with campus ministry staff, despite a positive association with religious gatherings. Whereas the community elements of the Catholic institutions were identified as a positive asset, meetings with individual clerical staff were not identified as a specific postcrisis preferences. This study may support student affairs administrators in their supervision of Resident Directors on their campuses in understanding the stressors of these positions and the impacts on work performance and staff retention. This study may also assist Catholic institutions of higher education in their assessment of how mission-driven practices influence employee impressions and attitudes.
Sensitivity of multiangle imaging to natural mixtures of aerosols over ocean

Multiangle remote sensing data can discriminate among aerosol air mass types, as represented by climatologically probable, external mixtures of component particles. Retrievals are performed over a comparison space of four-component mixtures, selected from six commonly observed components having assumed, fixed microphysical properties but with mixing ratios free to vary from 0% to 100%. We refer to this approach, which assumes climatologically probable component particles and derives aerosol mixtures from the observations, as a “climatological retrieval. ” On the basis of simulated Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) observations over dark water, the retrieval can distinguish mixtures containing large, spherical particles (sea salt), nonspherical particles (accumulation and coarse mode dust), and small, dark particles (black carbon) to within 20% or better of each component's true mixing ratio. This is sufficient to distinguish maritime from continental aerosol air masses. The retrievals, which use all nine MISR angles and the two wavelengths least affected by ocean surface reflectance (672 and 867 nm), are not good at distinguishing medium, spherical, nonabsorbing (sulfate) from medium, spherical, absorbing (carbonaceous) particles. However, the sum is retrieved to within 20% of the true mixing ratio or better. This is significantly more detail about the properties of particle mixtures than has previously been retrieved from satellite data, and in all cases, the derived total column aerosol optical depth remains well constrained, to at least 0.05 or 20%, whichever is larger. We expect the MISR data, with its frequent global coverage, to complement in situ and field data, which can provide greater detail about aerosol size and composition locally. This combined effort should advance our knowledge of aerosol behavior globally and our ability to model the impact of aerosols on the climatically important solar radiation budget.
Collusion Over the Business Cycle

We present a theory of collusive pricing in markets subject to business cycle fluctuations. In the business cycle model that we adopt, market demand alternates stochastically between fast-growth (boom) and slow-growth (recession) phases. We provide a complete characterization of the most-collusive prices and show that: (1) the most-collusive prices may be procyclical (countercyclical) when demand growth rates are positively (negatively) correlated through time, and (2) the amplitude of the collusive pricing cycle is larger when the expected duration of boom phases decreases and when the expected duration of recession phases increases. We also offer a generalization of Rotemberg and Saloner's (1986) model, and interpret their findings in terms of transitory demand shocks that occur within broader business cycle phases.
World Oil Demand and Its Effect on Oil Prices

Demand patterns for world oil and oil products show significant diversity by country, region, and product groupings. As a result of this diversity it is not possible to attach blame for the current level of price to any one nation, region, or product segment. The view that the oil market is international in scope and tightly interrelated is enhanced by the demand data. As a result of the integrated nature of the world oil market it is unlikely that any one nation acting on its own can implement policies that isolate its market from broader price behavior. As new major oil importers, notably China, and potentially India, expand their demand, the oil market likely will have to expand production capacity. This promises to increase the world’s dependence on the Persian Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, especially Saudi Arabia, and maintain upward pressure on price.
Visual Emotion & Depression Recognition using LSTM

Automatic emotion & depression recognition has been studied over a decade. very work has striven to develop a system that automates the recognition process with minimum error. Better systems enable better human-computer interaction & better diagnostic tools for mental health. Our approach tackles emotion recognition & depression recognition as two separate problems using the Audio/Visual Emotion Challenge (AVEC) 2017 dataset. We have restricted our approach to using only visual features, wherein we use a temporal LSTN-RNN model for scoring emotional dimensions such as Arousal, Valence & Likability per frame of the subject video & for identifying a depression possibility per subject. Our trust in temporallearning for improving the error for both problems has paid rich dividends. Our proposed method helped us fetch 0.125, 0.116 & 0.108 RMSE over Arousal, Valence & Likability dimension respectively, and 2.8310 RMSE for the depression problem.
Asset pricing theory for two price economies

We show that nonlinearly discounted nonlinear martingales are related to no arbitrage in two price economies as linearly discounted martingales were related to no arbitrage in economies satisfying the law of one price. Furthermore, assuming risk acceptability requires a positive physical expectation, we demonstrate that expected rates of return on ask prices should be dominated by expected rates of return on bid prices. A preliminary investigation conducted here, supports this hypothesis. In general we observe that asset pricing theory in two price economies leads to asset pricing inequalities. A model incorporating both nonlinear discounting and nonlinear martingales is developed for the valuation of contingent claims in two price economies. Examples illustrate the interactions present between the severity of measure changes and their associated discount rates. As a consequence arbitrage free two price economies can involve unique discount curves and measure changes that are however specific to both the product being priced and the trade direction. Furthermore the developed valuation operators call into question the current practice of Debt Valuation Adjustments.