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Exploring the determinants of viewers' loyalty toward beauty YouTubers: a parasocial interaction perspective

Managing a YouTube channel has become a key strategy for YouTubers to establish personal branding. Popular YouTubers even have the opportunities to work with businesses and create mutual benefits for both sides. However, as the Internet celebrity market becomes more and more competitive, how YouTubers could continue maintain popularity by attracting viewers to revisit their channels regularly and enhancing viewers' loyalty has become a highly important issue that both YouTubers and businesses have to think about. Based on the Parasocial Interaction (PSI) perspective and self-disclosure theory, the aim of this study is to explore the role of PSI in influencing viewers' loyalty toward beauty YouTuber, as well as the determinants of PSI, empirically. The research results show that viewers' perception of beauty YouTubers' self-disclosure, similarity, expertise, and likability are the significant determinants of PSI. Moreover, the PSI can positively boost viewers' loyalty toward beauty YouTubers. Finally, this study also proposes several practical suggestions for Internet celebrities and businesses.
“Living in Each Other's Pockets”: The Navigation of Social Distances by Middle Class Families in Los Angeles

In Hollywood movies and dystopian critiques, Los Angeles is two cities: one wealthy, white, and gated, the other impoverished, dark, and carceral. This depiction verges on caricature, eliding the diversity and maneuvers of the region's middle class. Drawing upon ethnographies of middle class families (black, white, Latino, Asian) in affluent areas of West Los Angeles and the Valley and in the low‐income areas that are located south and east of downtown Los Angeles, I explore how and why, and at what costs, parents engage in daily maneuvers to place their children in beneficial settings across the region's vast sprawl. I describe these maneuvers that resemble a game of “musical chairs” as selective flight. In contrast to middle class flight to the suburbs, selective flight involves diurnal rather than residential shifts. Enabling middle‐class families who reside amidst the crumbling infrastructure of the urban core to chase cultural capital and physical safety in ever‐receding advantaged areas, the post‐Civil Rights State expands spatial mobility yet does not close racial distances. The pursuit of ever‐receding spaces of advantage is particularly paradoxical and burdensome for black middle‐class parents.
First-year medical students' knowledge of and attitudes toward primary care careers.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study compared the knowledge of and attitudes toward primary care in relation to anticipated career choices of first-year medical students at two medical schools that differ significantly in production of primary care physicians. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted at a private, urban school in the Northeast where only a small percentage of students enter family practice residencies and a public, rural school in the Southeast where entry into family practice is among the highest in the country. The survey was conducted during the first semester of medical school. RESULTS Ninety-six percent of students correctly identified general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family practice as primary care fields; 51.8% identified these fields as "specialties. " Statistically significant differences were seen between the percentages of students at the two schools who planned careers in primary care, suggesting that selection processes may differ between the two schools. There were no significant differences between students at the two schools in correctly identifying the characteristics of primary care practice. Only minor differences between the schools were found in assessments of the need for or importance of primary care. CONCLUSIONS Although a significant difference in student interest in becoming primary care physicians was detected at the two schools, a surprising similarity was shown in their knowledge and attitudes about primary care. New attitudinal markers will need to be developed to help admissions committees select students most likely to enter primary care careers.
Analytical modeling of partially shaded photovoltaic systems

As of today, the considerable influence of select environmental variables, especially irradiance intensity, must still be accounted for whenever discussing the performance of a solar system. Therefore, an extensive, dependable modeling method is required in investigating the most suitable Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method under different conditions. Following these requirements, MATLAB-programmed modeling and simulation of photovoltaic systems is presented here, by focusing on the effects of partial shading on the output of the photovoltaic (PV) systems. End results prove the reliability of the proposed model in replicating the aforementioned output characteristics in the prescribed setting. The proposed model is chosen because it can, conveniently, simulate the behavior of different ranges of PV systems from a single PV module through the multidimensional PV structure.
Autonomy and Functionalist Linguistics

Functional analyses of grammatical phenomena, and the functionalist approaches that promote them, are appealing to those who believe that an integrated view of language structure and language function is desirable. But functional analyses have been held to founder on basic grammatical facts that are taken to support the autonomy of grammar. The concept of autonomy is a complex one, and at least two different notions are found in current linguistic theory: arbitrariness and self-containedness. These notions of autonomy apply either to the syntactic component of the grammar, or (a more recent claim) to the grammar itself, with respect to change, use, and acquisition. The arbitrariness of syntax must be accepted; and many functional analyses are compatible with selfcontainedness. However, mixed formal/functional analyses provide an argument against the self-containedness of syntax, and in fact even many formal theories of syntax accept non-self-containedness. The arbitrariness of grammatical knowledge must also be accepted; and many functional analyses of the dynamic process affecting grammar are compatible with self-containedness. An argument against the self-containedness of grammar comes not from these functional analyses but from sociolinguistics. *
Direct evidence for the involvement of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in the development of a neuropathic pain‐like state in mice

Thermal hyperalgesia and tactile allodynia induced by sciatic nerve ligation were completely suppressed by repeated intrathecal (i.t.) injection of a TrkB/Fc chimera protein, which sequesters endogenous brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In addition, BDNF heterozygous (+/–) knockout mice exhibited a significant suppression of nerve ligation‐induced thermal hyperalgesia and tactile allodynia compared with wild‐type mice. After nerve ligation, BDNF‐like immunoreactivity on the superficial laminae of the ipsilateral side of the spinal dorsal horn was clearly increased compared with that of the contralateral side. It should be noted that a single i.t. injection of BDNF produced a long‐lasting thermal hyperalgesia and tactile allodynia in normal mice, and these responses were abolished by i.t. pre‐treatment with either a Trk‐dependent tyrosine kinase inhibitor K‐252a or a selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Ro‐32‐0432. Supporting these findings, we demonstrated here for the first time that the increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration by application of BDNF in cultured mouse spinal neurons was abolished by pre‐treatment with either K‐252a or Ro‐32‐0432. Taken together, these findings suggest that the binding of spinally released BDNF to TrkB by nerve ligation may activate PKC within the spinal cord, resulting in the development of a neuropathic pain‐like state in mice.
Nearly Utopian, Nearly Normal: Post-Fordist Affect in La Promesse and Rosetta

Two nearly utopian moments mark the heart of the films La Promesse (1996) and Rosetta (1999), written and directed by Luc and JeanPierre Dardenne. In the first, we find Rosetta at the end of a very long day. She has a made a friend, Riquet, and through that friendship found an off-the-books job at a waffle maker, escaped her alcoholic and sexually profligate mother, and, with Riquet, spent the evening imitating what it might be like sometime to have fun with a friend or in a couple. She is awkward at this thing called relaxing, but she is game; she’ll take the risk of submitting to someone else’s pleasure economy in order to get that thing she wants, whose qualities she describes as she goes to sleep: “Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You have a friend. I’ve got a friend. You have a normal life. I have a normal life. You won’t fall through the cracks. I won’t fall through the cracks. Good night. Good night. ” Many reviews of Rosetta call this catechistic quasi-prayer the film’s most heartbreaking moment: for Rosetta, all the world of possible desires has been paired down to a friend and a job, a state of attaining some bare minimum of social recognition. Moreover, this is an episode of intimacy, belonging, and sociability that, ultimately, Rosetta can have only with herself, in a private, hoarded space that’s usually occupied by the pain of her ulcer, a condition of attrition that the film suggests is a symbol and consequence of the intensity of aching life-making activity
Smoking, Green Tea Consumption, Genetic Polymorphisms in the Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Lung Cancer Risk

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are mediators of growth hormones; they have an influence on cell proliferation and differentiation. In addition, IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 could suppress the mitogenic action of IGFs. Interestingly, tea polyphenols could substantially reduce IGF1 and increase IGFBP3. In this study, we evaluated the effects of smoking, green tea consumption, as well as IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3 polymorphisms, on lung cancer risk. Questionnaires were administered to obtain the subjects' characteristics, including smoking habits and green tea consumption from 170 primary lung cancer cases and 340 healthy controls. Genotypes for IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3 were identified by polymerase chain reaction. Lung cancer cases had a higher proportion of smoking, green tea consumption of less than one cup per day, exposure to cooking fumes, and family history of lung cancer than controls. After adjusting the confounding effect, an elevated risk was observed in smokers who never drank green tea, as compared to smokers who drank green tea more than one cup per day (odds ratio (OR) = 13.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.96–58.51). Interaction between smoking and green tea consumption on lung cancer risk was also observed. Among green tea drinkers who drank more than one cup per day, IGF1 (CA)19/(CA)19 and (CA)19/X genotypes carriers had a significantly reduced risk of lung cancer (OR = 0.06, 95% CI = 0.01–0.44) compared with IGF1 X/X carriers. Smoking-induced pulmonary carcinogenesis could be modulated by green tea consumption and their growth factor environment.
Towards a unified analysis of brain maturation and aging across the entire lifespan: A MRI analysis

There is no consensus in literature about lifespan brain maturation and senescence, mainly because previous lifespan studies have been performed on restricted age periods and/or with a limited number of scans, making results instable and their comparison very difficult. Moreover, the use of nonharmonized tools and different volumetric measurements lead to a great discrepancy in reported results. Thanks to the new paradigm of BigData sharing in neuroimaging and the last advances in image processing enabling to process baby as well as elderly scans with the same tool, new insights on brain maturation and aging can be obtained. This study presents brain volume trajectory over the entire lifespan using the largest age range to date (from few months of life to elderly) and one of the largest number of subjects (N = 2,944). First, we found that white matter trajectory based on absolute and normalized volumes follows an inverted U‐shape with a maturation peak around middle life. Second, we found that from 1 to 8–10 y there is an absolute gray matter (GM) increase related to body growth followed by a GM decrease. However, when normalized volumes were considered, GM continuously decreases all along the life. Finally, we found that this observation holds for almost all the considered subcortical structures except for amygdala which is rather stable and hippocampus which exhibits an inverted U‐shape with a longer maturation period. By revealing the entire brain trajectory picture, a consensus can be drawn since most of the previously discussed discrepancies can be explained. Hum Brain Mapp 38:5501–5518, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Pleiotropic Roles of the Msi1-Like Protein Msl1 in Cryptococcus neoformans

ABSTRACT Msi1-like (MSIL) proteins contain WD40 motifs and have a pleiotropic cellular function as negative regulators of the Ras/cyclic AMP (cAMP) pathway and components of chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1), yet they have not been studied in fungal pathogens. Here we identified and characterized an MSIL protein, Msl1, in Cryptococcus neoformans, which causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in humans. Notably, Msl1 plays pleiotropic roles in C. neoformans in both cAMP-dependent and -independent manners largely independent of Ras. Msl1 negatively controls antioxidant melanin production and sexual differentiation, and this was repressed by the inhibition of the cAMP-signaling pathway. In contrast, Msl1 controls thermotolerance, diverse stress responses, and antifungal drug resistance in a Ras/cAMP-independent manner. Cac2, which is the second CAF-1 component, appears to play both redundant and distinct functions compared to the functions of Msl1. Msl1 is required for the full virulence of C. neoformans. Transcriptome analysis identified a group of Msl1-regulated genes, which include stress-related genes such as HSP12 and HSP78. In conclusion, this study demonstrates pleiotropic roles of Msl1 in the human fungal pathogen C. neoformans, providing insight into a potential novel antifungal therapeutic target.
A Study of the Quality-Impacting Practices of Modern Code Review at Sony Mobile

Nowadays, a flexible, lightweight variant of the code review process (i.e., the practice of having other team members critique software changes) is adopted by open source and proprietary software projects. While this flexibility is a blessing (e.g., enabling code reviews to span the globe), it does not mandate minimum review quality criteria like the formal code inspections of the past. Recent work shows that lax reviewing can impact the quality of open source systems. In this paper, we investigate the impact that code reviewing practices have on the quality of a proprietary system that is developed by Sony Mobile. We begin by replicating open source analyses of the relationship between software quality (as approximated by post-release defect-proneness) and: (1) code review coverage, i.e., the proportion of code changes that have been reviewed and (2) code review participation, i.e., the degree of reviewer involvement in the code review process. We also perform a qualitative analysis, with a survey of 93 stakeholders, semi-structured interviews with 15 stakeholders, and a follow-up survey of 25 senior engineers. Our results indicate that while past measures of review coverage and participation do not share a relationship with defect-proneness at Sony Mobile, reviewing measures that are aware of the Sony Mobile development context are associated with defect-proneness. Our results have lead to improvements of the Sony Mobile code review process.
Carry on Caring: the work of women teachers

This paper is based on an ethnographic study in one English primary school, ‘Hillview’. First, I review feminist and other approaches in the literature to the familiar association between women and caring. After a description of the school and the study, I consider Hillview teachers’ caring activities in the classroom and whether maternal imagery is justified. Sources of stress and struggle, which lend a sober side to romanticized notions of teachers as mothers in the classroom, are noted. Next, I look at the ways in which the Hillview teachers cared for each other, creating a workplace culture characterized by collaboration, compassion, and community. Although a gender analysis is extremely important in understanding teachers’ work, this does not mean that teachers’ caring activities or workplace cultures are simply derived from any essential qualities of women. Hillview teachers struggled with ‘their’ children and with material conditions that contained sources of stress and frustration. Their close‐kni.
Animation of curve constrained drawings of planar graphs

We submit an animation of an algorithm for drawing an arbitrary planar graph with vertices located on a semi-circle and edges drawn as straight line segments with at most one bend per edge. The animation,produced in . avi format, is available at:www.cs. uleth.ca/~vpak/socg05 .
European Integration and the Radical Right: Three Patterns of Opposition

Abstract This article argues that radical right parties can be seen as displaying three patterns of opposition towards European integration: rejecting, conditional and compromising. These three patterns are identified through the careful examination of party attitudes on four different aspects related to European integration and the EU. These include the idea of a common identity of European peoples, the principle of cooperation at a European multilateral level, the EU policy practice and the desire to build a future European polity. In light of this conceptualization of radical right opposition to European integration, the article conducts a qualitative analysis of party literature of 12 radical right parties from 10 European countries during the latter part of the 2000s.
Cognitive and Personality Predictors of Leader Performance in West Point Cadets

The question of how to develop effective leaders is one of major importance to military organizations. This study, which examines a large cohort of U.S. Military Academy cadets over time, tests the influence of cognitive and personality variables on military leadership performance over a 4-year period. Hierarchical multiple regression procedures are used to identify factors at entry into the Academy that successfully predict military development grades as upperclassmen, 3 to 4 years later. A moderately stable cross-validated model reveals cognitive factors (college entrance scores, social judgment skills, and logical reasoning) and personality factors (agreeableness and conscientiousness) that contribute to later leader performance. A main effect for gender on leader performance was also identified, with women performing better than men. The amount of variance in leader performance scores accounted for by variables examined here, although modest, is notable considering the time interval involved. Nevertheless, future studies should explore additional factors, particularly personality ones, that may influence leader performance in developing leaders.
Voice recognition and self-deception: a reply to Sackeim and Gur

Sackeim and Gur (1983) have rejected our claim that voice recognition is inadequate as a demonstration of self-deception, asserting that our argument contains a logical error and consequently misrepresents their position. They present evidence, (Sackeim & Gur, 1985), to support their position especially with reference to the motivational aspects of self-deception. We reassert our view, on the basis of our experiments, that it is clear that Sackeim and Gur's data do not necessarily require the operation of a self-deception process. Sackeim and Gur argue that subjects' reports and their galvanic skin responses (GSRs) are both measures of recognition. They claim that when people are faced with their own tape-recorded voices, the overt and covert measures of recognition often do not coincide and that this lack of agreement implies that self-deception is operating. We argue that the evidence cannot be regarded as watertight, because almost exactly the same results are obtained when the target is a voice that is not their own. Sackeim and Gur, however, feel that their interpretation rests, not just on this approach, but on evidence from studies in which, they believe, relevant motives are varied. We present what we believe to be plausible alternative explanations of this evidence, thus leaving the burden of proof of their theory with Sackeim and Gur.
Long‐Term Prognosis of Convulsive Disorders in the First Year of Life: Mental and Physical Development and Seizure Persistence

Summary: A follow‐up study was made on 304 children (164 boys, 140 girls) with convulsive disorders, excluding occasional convulsions, in the first year of life. All patients except 45 who died were followed until 6 years of age or older. At the final follow‐up, the subjects were divided into six groups according to the degree of mental and physical development (groups I‐VI). Seizures were regarded as absent if the patient had been seizure free for more than 3 years. At the final follow‐up, seizures had ceased in 57.7%, and 43.4% had normal mental and physical development (group I). As to the initial diagnosis, the percentage of group I at the final follow‐up was 81.8% with febrile convulsions and 37.6% with epilepsy. In patients without seizures it was 69.7% with febrile convulsions and 55.8% with epilepsy. Some 80.6% of patients with unclassified generalized motor seizures, 11.5% of those with infantile spasms, 2.9% of those with secondary generalized epilepsy other than infantile spasms, 46.4% of those with partial seizures, and 25.0% of those with hemiconvulsive seizures were finally placed in group I. The percentage of patients without seizures was 81.4, 33.0, 34.4, 57.7, and 100%, respectively. As has been suggested, among the first‐year epilepsies, a subgroup with a more favorable prognosis may exist. Further studies regarding the etiology, ictal EEGs, and effectiveness of treatment and long‐term prognosis of these cryptogenic benign infantile convulsions are needed to provide a firm basis for understanding convulsive disorders in the first year of life.