Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What About the Hyperlocals?

Using a survey of a sample of hyperlocal actors in Sweden (N = 178), this article examines preconditions, motivations and sustainability for hyperlocal media operations, outside the traditional media chains, in order to provide a picture of their function in the current media landscape, and to further build on the understanding of the hyperlocal business model. This study extends the hyperlocal definition by including media platforms other than websites. The results show that the operations indeed aim to support and foster citizenship, strengthen democracy and mirror the local community. At the same time, as shown by other studies, the fact that they are not large-scale, highly profitable operations may challenge their sustainability. Nonetheless, most of them claim to be profitable, largely because of the print platform, and have a positive outlook on the future. Revenues from advertising and readership are currently less substantial for Web-based operations, which reinforces the need to broaden the definition of hyperlocal publishing platforms when talking about financial sustainability. Currently, hyperlocal media in Sweden, with small resources and a lower publishing frequency, cannot be viewed as a replacement of established media, but play important roles as complementary alternative voices and contribute to media plurality in the local community.
The Horizontal Kinetic Energy Spectrum and Spectral Budget Simulated by a High-Resolution Troposphere–Stratosphere–Mesosphere GCM

Abstract Horizontal kinetic energy spectra simulated by high-resolution versions of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory SKYHI middle-atmosphere general circulation model are examined. The model versions considered resolve heights between the ground and ∼80 km, and the horizontal grid spacing of the highest-resolution version is about 35 km. Tropospheric kinetic energy spectra show the familiar ∼−3 power-law dependence on horizontal wavenumber for wavelengths between about 5000 and 500 km and have a slope of ∼−5/3 at smaller wavelengths. Qualitatively similar behavior is seen in the stratosphere and mesosphere, but the wavelength marking the transition to the shallow regime increases with height, taking a value of ∼2000 km in the stratosphere and ∼4000 km in the mesosphere. The global spectral kinetic energy budget for various height ranges is computed as a function of total horizontal wavenumber. Contributions to the kinetic energy tendency from nonlinear advective processes, from conversion of avai.
Modular forms and some cases of the Inverse Galois Problem

Abstract We prove new cases of the Inverse Galois Problem by considering the residual Galois representations arising from a fixed newform. Specific choices of weight $3$ newforms will show that there are Galois extensions of ${\mathbb Q}$ with Galois group $\operatorname {PSL}_2({\mathbb F}_p)$ for all primes p and $\operatorname {PSL}_2({\mathbb F}_{p^3})$ for all odd primes $p \equiv \pm 2, \pm 3, \pm 4, \pm 6 \ \pmod {13}$ .
Dark Leadership and its Impact on Work Place Spirituality: An Empirical Study

Leadership has an imperative mastery on employee and organisational outcomes. In particular, leaders shapes the culture of the organisation, role model behaviour for employees and develop inter and intra personal relationships between themselves and their followers. states that employees with low spiritual intelligence has a strongly relationship between abusive supervision and workplace deviance compared to individuals with high spiritual intelligence. This paper examines the leader's destructive behaviour and its impact on work place spirituality. The structured questionnaire was adopted to collect the data from 217 BPO employees in Coimbatore. The results of the study shows there is a significant positive and negative relationship between the variables of destructive leadership on workplace spirituality. The study highlights the findings of previous research, and suggestions for future studies, and provides a practically useful measure of destructive leader behaviour in organizations. Background of the study: Leadership has an imperative mastery on employee and organisational outcomes. In particular, leaders shape the culture of the organisation, role model behaviour for employees and develop personal relationships between themselves and their followers. Research objective: The objectives of the study is to explore a the destructive behaviour and its impact on workplace spirituality Method: Questionnaire method was used with the sample of 217 respondents working in BPO companies in Coimbatore by using snow ball sampling. The researcher had adopted ex-post facto research design. Results: The results of the study shows there is a significant positive and negative relationship between the variables of destructive leadership and workplace spirituality. Conclusion: The study offers a range of applicable suggestions for the policy makers and the organizations of this sector.
Secreted Klotho and FGF23 in chronic kidney disease Stage 1 to 5: a sequence suggested from a cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND Klotho and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are key regulators of mineral metabolism in renal insufficiency. FGF23 levels have been shown to increase early in chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the corresponding soluble Klotho levels at the different CKD stages are not known. METHODS Soluble Klotho, FGF23, parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D(3) (1,25D) and other parameters of mineral metabolism were measured in an observational cross-sectional study in 87 patients. Locally weighted scatter plot smoothing function of these parameters were plotted versus estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to illustrate the pattern of the relationship. Linear and non-linear regression analyses were performed to estimate changes in mineral metabolism parameters per 1mL/min/1.73 m(2) decline. RESULTS In CKD 1-5, Klotho and 1,25D linearly decreased, whereas both FGF23 and PTH showed a baseline at early CKD stages and then a curvilinear increase. Crude mean Klotho level declined by 4.8 pg/mL (95% CI 3.5-6.2 pg/mL, P < 0.0001) and 1,25D levels by 0.30 ng/L (95% CI 0.18-0.41 ng/L, P < 0.0001) as GFR declined by 1 mL/min/1.73 m(2). After adjustment for age, gender, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and concomitant medications (calcium, supplemental vitamin D and calcitriol), we estimated that the mean Klotho change was 3.2 pg/mL (95% CI 1.2-5.2 pg/mL, P = 0.0019) for each 1 mL/min/1.73 m(2) GFR change. FGF23 departed from the baseline at an eGFR of 47 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (95% CI 39-56 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), whereas PTH departed at an eGFR of 34 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (95% CI 19-50 mL/min/1.73 m(2)). CONCLUSIONS Soluble Klotho and 1,25D levels decrease and FGF23 levels increase at early CKD stages, whereas PTH levels increase at more advanced CKD stages.
Counselor Self-care and Mindfulness

Abstract In recent years, self-care has become the topic of much discussion within the helping professions. The goal of this article is to examine the issue of counselor burnout prevention through the practice of self-care. Mindfulness is recommended as one of the most well-studied and effective forms of counselor self-care, providing relief from the risk factors associated with burnout and enhancing protective factors. While counselor burnout, compassion fatigue, self-care, and mindfulness have all been well represented in the literature, this is the first paper to use the latest research to discuss all of these concepts as interrelated. This review is meant to be a call to counselors to practice self-care in the form of mindfulness, both for their own well-being and that of their clients. Suggestions for future research are discussed.
Accounting Earnings and Gross Domestic Product

We document that aggregate accounting earnings growth is an incrementally significant leading indicator of growth in nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Professional macro forecasters, however, do not fully incorporate the predictive content embedded in publicly available accounting earnings data. As a result, future nominal GDP growth forecast errors are predictable based on accounting earnings data that are available to professional macro forecasters in real time.
The abundance and radial distribution of satellite galaxies

Using detailed mock galaxy redshift surveys (MGRSs) we investigate the abundance and radial distribution of satellite galaxies. The mock surveys are constructed using large numerical simulations and the conditional luminosity function (CLF), and are compared against data from the Two Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS). We use Monte Carlo Markov chains to explore the full posterior distribution of the CLF parameter space, and show that the average relation between light and mass is tightly constrained and in excellent agreement with our previous models and with that of Vale & Ostriker. The radial number density distribution of satellite galaxies in the 2dFGRS reveals a pronounced absence of satellites at small projected separations from their host galaxies. This is (at least partly) owing to the overlap and merging of galaxy images in the 2dFGRS parent catalogue. Owing to the resulting close-pair incompleteness we are unfortunately unable to put meaningful constraints on the radial distribution of satellite galaxies; the data are consistent with a radial number density distribution that follows that of the dark matter particles, but we cannot rule out alternatives with a constant number density core. Marginalizing over the full CLF parameter space, we show that in a ACDM concordance cosmology the observed abundances of host and satellite galaxies in the 2dFGRS indicate a power spectrum normalization of σ 8 ≃ 0.7. The same cosmology but with σ 8 = 0.9 is unable to match simultaneously the abundances of host and satellite galaxies. This confirms our previous conclusions based on the pairwise peculiar velocity dispersions and the group multiplicity function.
Comparative Clinical Study of Two Tooth Bleaching Protocols with 6% Hydrogen Peroxide

Objective. The objective was to compare the clinical efficacy of two different tooth bleaching protocols after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment with an over-the-counter paint-on gel containing 6% hydrogen peroxide. Material and methods. Sixteen volunteer patients (minimum shade A2 or darker on maxillary teeth) were selected to participate in this randomized, single-blind (examiner-blinded), single-center, 2-group clinical trial using a divided mouth model. The product was applied in our clinic to one hemi-arch (Group I) in each patient at two sessions one week apart, making five applications at each session (separated by 10 min intervals). The patients themselves applied the product once a day for 10 days in the other hemiarch (Group II). Efficacy was measured according to the Vita Classical shade guide at baseline and at one and two weeks. Differences between groups (office-treated vs. home-treated hemiarches) were tested by repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results. Significant (P < .05) differences in shade values were detected between pre- and post-bleaching in both groups. The two groups did not significantly differ in tooth shade at the end of the treatment. Conclusions. Treatment with 6% hydrogen peroxide gel using the paint-on system shows significant clinical efficacy whether applied by clinicians or by the patients themselves.
Testing a Model of Causal Relationships of Family Communication Patterns, Metacognition, and Personality Traits with Critical Thinking Disposition, Mediated by Epistemic Beliefs of Female High School Students in Ahvaz

The purpose of this study was to test a model of causal relationships of family communication patterns (conversation and conformity), metacognition and personality traits (openness to experience and conscientiousness) with critical thinking disposition mediated by epistemic beliefs of female high school students in Ahvaz in 2016. The sample consisted of 402 high school students, who were selected by a multi-stage random sampling method. In this study, five questionnaires were used for collecting data, Family Communication Patterns of Koerner and Fitzpatrick, Metacognitive Awareness of Schraw and Dennison, NEO Five-Factor Questionnaire, Epistemic Beliefs of Bayless, and Critical Thinking Disposition of Ricketts. The structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used for analyzing the data. The results showed that all the path coefficients were statistically significant. The relationships of conversation, metacognition, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and epistemic beliefs with critical thinking disposition were positive and significant, and the relationship of conformity with critical thinking disposition was significant but negative. The model fit indices showed that the model fitted the data properly (CMIN = 273.649, df = 50, CMIN / df = 5.473 (P <.001), GFI = . 90, AGFI = . 83, NFI =. 91, IFI = . 92, TLI = . 89, CFI = . 92, NFI = . 91, and RMSEA = . 09). The indirect paths were also tested using the bootstrap procedure of Preacher and Hayes. The results indicated that all the indirect hypotheses had been confirmed.
TCP Traffic Modeling via Limit Theorems by Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap

Traditional TCP traffic modeling has focused on “micro-scale” modeling of TCP, i.e., detailed modeling of a single TCP flow. While micro-scale models of TCP are suitable for understanding the precise behavior of individual flows, they are not well suited to the situation when a large number of TCP flows interact with each other as is the case in realistic networks. In this survey, we present several works which focus on “macro-scale” modeling of TCP, where the aggregate behavior of TCP traffic can be simplified by applications of limit theorems.
Leptin in Sarcopenic Visceral Obesity: Possible Link between Adipocytes and Myocytes

The combination of sarcopenia, age-related loss of muscle strength and mass, and obesity has been recognized as a new category of obesity among the elderly. Given that leptin has been hypothesized to be involved in the pathogenesis of sarcopenic obesity, we investigated the relationship between plasma leptin levels and thigh muscle sarcopenia and visceral obesity. Thigh muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and visceral fat area were measured using computed tomography as indices for muscle mass and visceral fat, respectively, in 782 middle-aged to elderly subjects (303 men and 479 women), participating in a medical check-up program. Visceral obesity was defined as visceral fat area >100 cm2, and sarcopenia was defined as < (one standard deviation − mean of thigh muscle CSA/body weight of young subjects [aged <50 years]). Thigh muscle CSA was significantly and negatively associated with plasma levels of leptin in both men (β = -0.28, p<0.0001) and women (β = -0.20, p<0.0001), even after correcting for other confounding parameters, including age, body weight, body height, visceral fat area, blood pressure, homeostatic model assessment index, and high sensitive C reactive protein. Subjects were divided into four groups based on presence or absence of sarcopenia or visceral obesity. Plasma levels of leptin were higher in subjects with sarcopenic visceral obesity than in those with either sarcopenia or visceral obesity alone. These findings indicate that sarcopenic visceral obesity is a more advanced, and suggest that leptin may link visceral obesity and sarcopenia.
Several Classes of Concatenated Quantum Codes: Constructions and Bounds

In this paper we present several classes of asymptotically good concatenated quantum codes and derive lower bounds on the minimum distance and rate of the codes. We compare these bounds with the best-known bound of Ashikhmin--Litsyn--Tsfasman and Matsumoto. We also give a polynomial-time decoding algorithm for the codes that can decode up to one fourth of the lower bound on the minimum distance of the codes.
Induction of the Cholesterol Transporter ABCA1 in Central Nervous System Cells by Liver X Receptor Agonists Increases Secreted Aβ Levels*

The expression, function, and regulation of the cholesterol efflux molecule, ABCA1, has been extensively examined in peripheral tissues but only poorly studied in the brain. Brain cholesterol metabolism is of interest because several lines of evidence suggest that elevated cholesterol increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. We found a largely neuronal expression of ABCA1 in normal rat brain by in situ hybridization. ABCA1 message was dramatically up-regulated in neurons and glia in areas of damage by hippocampal AMPA lesion after 3–7 days. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated ABCA1 protein in cultured neuronal and glial cells, and expression was induced by ligands of the nuclear hormone receptors of the retinoid X receptor and liver X receptor family. ABCA1 was induced by treatment with retinoic acid and several oxysterols, including 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol and 24-hydroxycholesterol. Expression of an ABCA1-green fluorescent protein construct in neuroblastoma cells demonstrated fluorescence in perinuclear compartments and on the plasma membrane. Because the Aβ peptide is important in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, we examined whether ABCA1 induction altered Aβ levels. Treatment of neuroblastoma cells with retinoic acid and 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol caused significant increases in secreted Aβ40 (29%) and Aβ42 (65%). Treatment with a nonsteroidal liver X receptor ligand, TO-901317, similarly increased levels of secreted Aβ40 (25%) and Aβ42 (126%). The increase in secreted Aβ levels was reduced by RNAi blocking of ABCA1 expression. These data suggest that the cholesterol efflux molecule ABCA1 may also be involved in the secretion of the membrane-associated molecule, Aβ.
Mannose‐binding lectin deficiency alters the development of fungal asthma: effects on airway response, inflammation, and cytokine profile

Aspergillus fumigatus is a major fungal pathogen that may be fatal to immunocompromised individuals and causes airway hyperreactivity and remodeling in sensitized individuals. Herein, we examined the role of mannose‐binding lectin (MBL), a complement‐activating plasma protein, during ulmonary innate and allergic immune responses directed against A. fumigatus spores or conidia. Neither group of nonsensitized MBL‐A‐sufficient (MBL‐A+/+) nor ‐deficient (MBL‐A−/−) mice challenged with an intravenous or intratracheal (i.t.) bolus of A. fumigatus spores experienced fungus‐induced mortality, but marked airway remodeling was observed in MBL‐A−/− mice challenged i.t. with conidia. In a model of chronic fungal asthma, MBL‐A+/+ and MBL‐A−/− A. fumigatus‐sensitized mice were examined at days 4 and 28 after an i.t. challenge with A. fumigatus conidia. Airway hyperresponsiveness in sensitized MBL‐A−/− mice was significantly decreased at both times after conidia challenge compared with the sensitized MBL‐A+/+ group. In the sensitized MBL‐A−/− mice, whole lung T helper cell type 2 cytokine levels were significantly decreased at day 4 after conidia, and whole lung interferon‐γ levels were significantly increased at day 28 after conidia when compared with controls. However, histological evidence showed similar airway remodeling at day 28 after conidia (i.e., subepithelial fibrosis and goblet cell metaplasia) in the two groups of mice. Thus, these findings show that MBL‐A is not required for mouse survival following exposure to A. fumigatus conidia, and this murine collectin isoform contributes to the development and maintenance of airway hyperresponsiveness but not chronic airway remodeling during chronic fungal asthma.
Traffic safety and vehicle choice: quantifying the effects of the ‘arms race’ on American roads

The increasing market share of light trucks in the U.S. in recent years has been characterized as an “arms race” where individual purchase of light trucks for better self-protection in collisions nevertheless leads to worse traffic safety for the society. This paper investigates the interrelation between traffic safety and vehicle choice by quantifying the effects of the arms race on vehicle demand, producer performance, and traffic safety. The empirical analysis shows that the accident externality of a light truck amounts to $2,444 in 2006 dollars during vehicle lifetime. Counterfactual simulations suggest that about 12 percent of new light trucks sold in 2006 and 204 traffic fatalities could be attributed to the arms race.
Deterministic software-based self-testing of embedded processor cores

A deterministic software-based self-testing methodology for processor cores is introduced that efficiently tests the processor datapath modules without any modification of the processor structure. It provides a guaranteed high fault coverage without repetitive fault simulation experiments which is necessary in pseudorandom software-based processor self-testing approaches. Test generation and output analysis are performed by utilizing the processor functional modules like accumulators (arithmetic part of ALU) and shifters (if they exist) through processor instructions. No extra hardware is required and there is no performance degradation.
Let your older self decide: effects of regulatory focus and temporal variations of anticipated regret on self-control an indulgence

Diese Studie basiert auf Ergebnissen fruherer Untersuchungen, die zeigten, dass eine Veranderung des zeitlichen Betrachtungsrahmens die menschliche Tendenz zu einer utilitaristischen vs. hedonistischen Wahl beeinflussen kann. Keinan und Kivetz (2008) stellten fest, dass die Antizipation des Bedauerns einer Entscheidung in zehn Jahren zu hedonischerer Produktwahl fuhrt als jene in einem Tag. Weiters zeigten Leder, Florack, und Keller (2013), dass der regulatorische Fokus (Higgins, 1997), also die individuelle Neigung von Menschen, tendenziell entweder konservativ, Verlust- und Risiko vermeidend zu handeln, versus jene, Zugewinne anzustreben und Idealziele zu verfolgen, einen Einfluss darauf hat, in welcher Form Bedauern formuliert wird. Dabei sind zwei verschiedene Arten von Bedauern relevant, bei denen jeweils unterschiedliche Emotionen und Uberlegungen im Mittelpunkt stehen. In meiner Arbeit soll nun ein potenzieller moderierender Einfluss des regulatorischen Fokus auf die Effekte des zeitlichen Betrachtungsrahmens untersucht werden. Dafur wurde ein Experiment von Keinan und Kivetz (2008) als Online-Experiment nachempfunden, bei dem sich Versuchspersonen in vier verschiedenen zeitlichen Bedingungen fur die Teilnahme an einer von zwei Verlosungen entscheiden mussen. Eine dieser Verlosungen bietet einen utilitaristischen Gewinn, die andere einen hedonistischen. Als abhangige Variable wurden sowohl die Attraktivitatsbewertungen der Preise als auch die tatsachliche Entscheidung der Versuchspersonen berucksichtigt. In einem ersten Analyseschritt konnten die allgemeinen Ergebnisse von Keinan und Kivetz (2008) weitestgehend repliziert werden, derart, dass sich bei Versuchspersonen, die ihr Bedauern in zehn Jahren (gegenuber in einem Tag und einer Kontrollgruppe) einschatzen sollten, eine hedonistischere Tendenz zeigte. Ein moderierender Einfluss von regulatorischem Fokus zeigte sich dann, wenn Attraktivitatsbewertungen als abhangige Variable genutzt wurden. Dieser war so gerichtet, dass lediglich uberwiegend praventionsorientierte Versuchspersonen die bekannten Effekte des zeitlichen Betrachtungsrahmens zeigten. Bei diesen kam es zu der erwarteten besseren Beurteilung des hedonistischen Preises in einem ferneren Zeitrahmen. Promotionsorientierte Versuchspersonen zeigten diesen Effekt nicht. Neben einer Exploration der Daten werden Erklarungsansatze sowie praktische Implikationen und Anregungen fur zukunftige Forschung detailliert diskutiert.