Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of weaning, week postweaning and diet composition on pancreatic and small intestinal luminal lipase response in young swine.

The effects of weaning, week postweaning and diet composition on concentration of lipase in the pancreas and small intestinal lumen were investigated in weanling swine. In Exp. 1, lipase levels were evaluated in suckling pigs from 2 to 35 d of age and in pigs weaned at 21 or 35 d of age. Pigs weaned at 21 d of age were fed a corn-soybean meal diet with lipase levels measured from 3 to 28 d postweaning. Pancreas weights increased during the suckling period; they were lowered at 3 d postweaning and were lower at 7 d postweaning than in suckling pigs but increased linearly from 3 to 28 d postweaning. Lipase level per unit wet tissue and total pancreatic levels increased from 2 to 35 d of age in suckling pigs (P less than .01). Weaning at 21 d of age resulted in a decline (P less than .05) in lipase levels in the pancreas at 3 and 7 d postweaning, but the levels subsequently tended to increase between 7 and 28 d postweaning. Whereas relative lipase levels in the intestinal lumen increased from 2 to 35 d of age in suckling pigs, total luminal enzyme did not decline upon weaning when pigs were weaned at either 21 or 35 d of age. Total luminal lipase per unit empty body increased linearly (P less than .01) each week postweaning. In Exp. 2, a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement of corn oil (0 or 6%) and dried whey (0 or 25%) was used to evaluate digestive lipase levels in pigs weaned at 21 d of age. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Therapeutic Angiogenesis With Recombinant Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Improves Stress and Rest Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities in Patients With Severe Symptomatic Chronic Coronary Artery Disease

BackgroundWe report the effects of the administration of recombinant fibroblast growth factor-2 (rFGF-2) protein on myocardial perfusion using single photon emission computed tomography imaging in humans with advanced coronary disease. Methods and ResultsA total of 59 patients with coronary disease that was not amenable to mechanical revascularization underwent intracoronary (n=45) or intravenous (n=14) administration of rFGF-2 in ascending doses. Changes in perfusion were evaluated at baseline and again at 29, 57, and 180 days after rFGF-2 administration. In this uncontrolled study, perfusion scans were analyzed by 2 observers who were blinded to patient identity and test sequence; scans were displayed in random order, with scans from nonstudy patients randomly interspersed to enhance blinding. Combining all dose groups, a reduction occurred in the per-segment reversibility score (reflecting the magnitude of inducible ischemia) from 1.7±0.4 at baseline to 1.1±0.6 at day 29 (P <0.001), 1.2±0.7 at day 57 (P <0.001), and 1.1±0.7 at day 180 (P <0.001). The 37 patients with evidence of resting hypoperfusion had evidence of improved resting perfusion: their per-segment rest perfusion score of 1.5±0.5 at baseline decreased to 1.0±0.8 at day 29 (P <0.001), 1.0±0.8 at day 57 (P =0.003), and 1.1±0.9 at day 180 (P =0.11). ConclusionsThese preliminary data suggest that the administration of rFGF-2 to patients with advanced coronary disease resulted in an attenuation of stress-induced ischemia and an improvement in resting myocardial perfusion; these findings are consistent with a favorable effect of therapeutic angiogenesis.
Relationships among selected practice behaviours and achievement in jazz improvisation

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the practice strategies that collegiate music majors chose to employ in preparing for a jazz improvisation performance, and the relationships among selected practice behaviours and achievement in instrumental jazz improvisation. Participants for the study (N = 62) were enrolled as music majors at one of six universities in the USA. Expert judges assessed participants' improvisation performances, and participants' practice sessions were coded for time spent on various practice behaviours. Reliability for both achievement assessment and practice time coding was found to be high. Results indicated low, non-significant correlations between achievement scores and time spent on various practice behaviours, with participants spending the greatest amount of practice time improvising with a play-along recording.
Learning by Living the Language: The Benefits of Foreign Exchange Programs

Irina Terehoff (Terehoffi@nassp.org) i program manager for international programs in the office of Partnerships International at NASSP, Reston, Va. t t their heart, foreign exchange programs are about JL opening minds, seeing things in a new way, and looking at old problems in a fresh light. They are about realizing that our way is neither necessarily the best nor the only way to handle a certain situa-
A Vertically Integrated CMOS Microsystem for Time-Resolved Fluorescence Analysis

We describe a two-chip micro-scale time-resolved fluorescence analyzer integrating excitation, detection, and filtering. A new 8×8 array of drivers realized in standard low-voltage 0.35-μm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor is bump-bonded to AlInGaN blue micro-pixellated light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs). The array is capable of producing sample excitation pulses with a width of 777 ps (FWHM), enabling short lifetime fluorophores to be investigated. The fluorescence emission is detected by a second, vertically-opposed 16 × 4 array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) fabricated in 0.35-μm high-voltage CMOS technology with in-pixel time-gated photon counting circuitry. Captured chip data are transferred to a PC for further processing, including histogramming, lifetime extraction, calibration and background/noise compensation. This constitutes the smallest reported solid-state microsystem for fluorescence decay analysis, replacing lasers, photomultiplier tubes, bulk optics, and discrete electronics. The system is demonstrated with measurements of fluorescent colloidal quantum dot and Rhodamine samples.
Neural correlates of economic game playing

The theory of games provides a mathematical formalization of strategic choices, which have been studied in both economics and neuroscience, and more recently has become the focus of neuroeconomics experiments with human and non-human actors. This paper reviews the results from a number of game experiments that establish a unitary system for forming subjective expected utility maps in the brain, and acting on these maps to produce choices. Social situations require the brain to build an understanding of the other person using neuronal mechanisms that share affective and intentional mental states. These systems allow subjects to better predict other players' choices, and allow them to modify their subjective utility maps to value pro-social strategies. New results for a trust game are presented, which show that the trust relationship includes systems common to both trusting and trustworthy behaviour, but they also show that the relative temporal positions of first and second players require computations unique to that role.
The role of BMP signalling in the control of ID3 expression in the hair follicle

Abstract: Both the production of the hair shaft in anagen and the initiation of a new hair cycle at telogen are the result of reciprocal interactions between the dermal papilla and the overlying epithelial cells. Secreted factors, such as those of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family, play a crucial role in moderating these interactions. Analysis of hair follicles in different stages of the hair cycle showed that BMP signalling was only active during anagen and again during telogen. During catagen, no BMP signalling occurred in the dermal papilla. ID3, a gene expressed in the dermal papilla of both vibrissa and pelage follicles, is a BMP target, and as such, we found that ID3 was expressed from the earliest stages of morphogenesis. During the hair cycle, ID3 was only expressed in the dermal papilla at middle anagen and telogen. To test the significance of ID3 expression in the dermal papilla, we cultured dermal papilla cells and found that ID3 expression fell significantly after a single passage. ID3 expression was returned to in vivo levels in low‐ and high‐passage cells by culturing to high confluence or by the addition of BMP4. These studies reinforce the requirement for active BMP signalling and cell–cell contacts in the dermal papilla during specific stages in the hair cycle.
Foaming three-charge black holes

We find a very large set of smooth horizonless geometries that have the same charges and angular momenta as the five-dimensional, maximally spinning, three-charge, supersymmetric black hole (J{sup 2}=Q{sup 3}). Our solutions are constructed using a four-dimensional Gibbons-Hawking base space that has a very large number of two-cycles. The entropy of our solutions is proportional to {radical}(Q). In the same class of solutions we also find microstates corresponding to zero-entropy black rings, and these are related to the microstates of the black hole by continuous deformations.
Another Look At The Effects Of Appearance, Gender, And Job Type On Performance-Based Decisions

The present study attempted to replicate and extend Heilman and Stopeck's (1985a) Lack of Fit Model. Using the Lack of Fit Model's proposal that attractiveness enhances perceived gender characteristics, we examined the effects of attractiveness and performance evaluations of persons in jobs rated as masculine, feminine, and neutral. Results were not consistent with the Model and did not replicate the results of the earlier study. Instead, attractiveness emerged as an asset regardless of job type or gender of employee. Attractive men and women were given higher overall ratings in all three jobs. In addition, attractive ratings were related to masculinity-femininity ratings. These findings are discussed in light of demographic and attitudinal changes in the workplace.
Job resourcefulness, symptoms of burnout and service recovery performance: an examination of call centre frontline employees

Purpose – This study aims to extend previous research on the relationship between role stressors and symptoms of burnout by examining the influence of job resourcefulness as a situational personality trait in the burnout process, and its impact on service recovery performance. Using data from call centre frontline employees (FLEs) in New Zealand, it seeks to investigate the moderating influence of job resourcefulness on the relationships between role stressors, burnout symptoms and FLE service recovery performance.Design/methodology/approach – In this study, call centre FLEs completed a self‐administered online survey questionnaire on role stressors, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, job resourcefulness and service recovery performance. Data were analyzed using structural equations modelling (SEM) by means of LISREL 8.53. Findings – The results show that job resourcefulness buffers both the dysfunctional effects of role stressors on symptoms of burnout and the effects of role stressors on FLE servic.
The Utility of Measures of Self-Efficacy for the Holland Themes in African American and European American College Students

Three inventories of self-efficacy or confidence with respect to the six Holland themes were compared in samples of European American and African American college students. Results indicated that the reliabilities of all subscales were sufficiently high for use in research and that all subscales were as reliable for African Americans as for European Americans. There were significant gender differences in confidence levels but few race differences. A multitrait-multimethod analysis indicated differential degrees of convergent and discriminant validity and the presence of method variance across the scales examined herein.
On The Security of Mesh-Based Media Hash-Dependent Watermarking Against Protocol Attacks

A common way of resisting protocol attacks is to employ cryptographic techniques so that provable security can be retained. However, some desired requirements of watermarking such as blind detection and robustness are lost. This paper studies the issue of security against protocol attacks based on a mesh-based media hash-dependent image watermarking approach while maintaining the aforementioned requirements. Our main contributions include (1) media hashing instead of cryptographic hashing is used so that blind detection is still satisfied; (2) robustness against signal processing attacks is retained; (3) the difficulty of resisting ambiguity attack is derived to be equivalent to that of resisting challenging geometric attacks including cropping with larger parts discarded and rotation with larger degrees so that an acceptable trade-off between false positive and false negative can be achieved.
The pragmatics of pronominal clitics and propositional attitudes

Abstract In this paper I have used pronominal clitics in Italian in combination with verbs of propositional attitude to shed light on opacity effects due to intrusive pragmatics (at the level of free enrichments/explicatures). Certain problems discussed by Schiffer (2000) disappear completely, when the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of propositional clitics are discussed and such considerations are extended to propositional attitudes in general. In this paper, I add that a propositional clause must be in an appositional relationship (resulting from free enrichment and, thus, not actually present in the syntax) with the that-clause embedded in verbs of propositional attitude. I consider the consequences of this position. One of the most cogent results of this paper is that pronominal clitics generally refer back to full propositions (if they refer to propositions at all) and not to minimal propositions. I take my own considerations on clitics to give support to interesting and important considerations on emergent presuppositions by Kecskes and Zhang (2009).
Retinol-binding Protein and Asialo-orosomucoid Are Taken Up by Different Pathways in Liver Cells (*)

The intracellular transport and degradation of in vivo endocytosed retinol-binding protein was compared with that of asialo-orosomucoid, a marker for receptor-mediated endocytosis through coated pits. The transport pathways were studied in rat liver cells by means of subcellular fractionation in Nycodenz and sucrose density gradients and by immunoelectron microscopy. Retinol-binding protein and asialo-orosomucoid were labeled by covalent attachment of radioiodinated tyramine cellobiose, an adduct which is incapable of crossing cellular membranes and thus provides a marker for the organelles where the protein has been taken up and degraded. The data obtained from subcellular fractionation studies, as well as from immunoelectron microscopy, showed that retinol-binding protein and asialo-orosomucoid were initially localized in different endocytic vesicles. Retinol-binding protein co-localized in density gradients with markers for potocytosis, an alternative endocytic pathway which uses internalization through caveolae instead of clathrin-coated pits. Later, retinol-binding protein and asialo-orosomucoid comigrated in the gradients and they were also observed in the same larger vesicles by immunoelectron microscopy. These data suggest that retinol-binding protein is taken up by liver cells by potocytosis and that a fraction of the retinol-binding protein is later transferred to larger vesicles located deeper in the cytoplasm where degradation takes place.
Adult Prey Neutralizes Predator Nonconsumptive Limitation of Prey Recruitment

Recent studies have shown that predator chemical cues can limit prey demographic rates such as recruitment. For instance, barnacle pelagic larvae reduce settlement where predatory dogwhelk cues are detected, thereby limiting benthic recruitment. However, adult barnacles attract conspecific larvae through chemical and visual cues, aiding larvae to find suitable habitat for development. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that the presence of adult barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) can neutralize dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus) nonconsumptive effects on barnacle recruitment. We did a field experiment in Atlantic Canada during the 2012 and 2013 barnacle recruitment seasons (May–June). We manipulated the presence of dogwhelks (without allowing them to physically contact barnacles) and adult barnacles in cages established in rocky intertidal habitats. At the end of both recruitment seasons, we measured barnacle recruit density on tiles kept inside the cages. Without adult barnacles, the nearby presence of dogwhelks limited barnacle recruitment by 51%. However, the presence of adult barnacles increased barnacle recruitment by 44% and neutralized dogwhelk nonconsumptive effects on barnacle recruitment, as recruit density was unaffected by dogwhelk presence. For species from several invertebrate phyla, benthic adult organisms attract conspecific pelagic larvae. Thus, adult prey might commonly constitute a key factor preventing negative predator nonconsumptive effects on prey recruitment.
Inhibition-Related ERP Components: Variation with Modality, Age, and Time-on-Task

Abstract In Go/Nogo tasks, the ERP after Nogo stimuli generally reveals a negativity (Nogo-)N2 and a subsequent positivity (Nogo-)P3 over fronto-central scalp regions. These components are probably related to different subprocesses serving response inhibition, namely, modality-specific and general inhibition, respectively. In the present study we investigate whether aging or prolonged work (“time-on-task”) have an effect on N2 and P3. Twelve young and 12 elderly subjects performed simple Go/Nogo tasks to visual or auditory letter stimuli. Reaction times were longer after visual than after auditory stimuli, and longer in the elderly than in the young. The ERP results reveal a slight impairment of modality-specific inhibition (N2) in the elderly after visual, but not after auditory, stimuli. General inhibition (P3) was delayed in the elderly for both modalities, as was Go-P3 and RT. Hence, it appears that the response slowing of the elderly is the result of a slowing of the decision process whether to respo.
Prevalence of HBV infection among different HIV‐risk groups in Hai Phong, Vietnam

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Hai Phong, northern Vietnam, was characterized by analyzing the prevalence and genotype distribution of HBV as well as co‐infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) among five different risk groups for HIV infection. Plasma samples were collected from intravenous drug users (n = 760, anti‐HIV‐1 antibody positive rate: 35.9%), female sex workers (FSWs; n = 91, 23.1%), seafarers (n = 94, 0%), pregnant women (n = 200, 0.5%), and blood donors (n = 210, 2.9%) in 2007 [Ishizaki et al. (2009): AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 25:175–182]. Samples were screened for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti‐HBs antibody and analyzed genetically. The cumulative HBV incidence rate (HBsAg + anti‐HBs) was 53.2% (10.7 + 42.5%) in intravenous drug users, 51.6% (11.0 + 40.6%) in FSWs, 54.3% (9.6 + 44.7%) in seafarers, 50.5% (12.5 + 38.0%) in pregnant women, and 51.0% (18.1 + 32.9%) in blood donors; there was no significant difference among these groups. Of 163 HBsAg‐positive samples, 113 could be analyzed genetically. Phylogenetic analysis, based on the preS1 region, revealed genotype B4 was most prevalent (90/113; 79.6%), followed by C1 (17.7%), I1 (1.8%), and B2 (0.9%). There was no significant difference in HBV genotype distribution among different HIV infection‐risk groups. The prevalence of HBsAg was 10.3% (31/301) in HIV‐1‐infected individuals and 12.5% (132/1,054) in non‐HIV‐1‐infected individuals, which was not significant. In addition, no significant difference in HBV genotype distribution was observed between HBV/HIV‐1 co‐infected and HBV mono‐infected groups. These results suggest that, although HBV and HIV‐1 share modes of transmission, major transmission routes of HBV have been different from those of HIV‐1 in Hai Phong, Vietnam. J. Med. Virol. 83:399–404, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Police beliefs about women who offend

Objectives. This study looked at police and non-police beliefs about offenders. It was hypothesized that police officers would have a more negative attitude than non-police officers towards offenders, and that female offenders would be viewed in a more positive way than male offenders. Police officers were expected to perceive greater differences between male and female offenders than the public. Methods. An adapted version of Melvin, Gramling & Gardner's (1985) Attitude Towards Prisoners scale was used to measure attitudes towards male and female offenders. The sample consisted of 135 police officers and 201 non-police officers. Results. Factor analysis of responses suggested three main factors: one concerning the ‘fundamental badness’ of offenders; one concerning the similarity of offenders and non-offenders; and one concerning the extent to which offenders can be trusted. Analyses of variance indicated that police officers viewed offenders as less similar to non-offenders, and less trustworthy, than the public did. Both police and non-police respondents saw women offenders as less ‘fundamentally bad’ than male offenders, as more similar to non-offenders, and as more trustworthy than male offenders. No significant interactions were found. Conclusions. Women offenders are believed to be significantly different from male offenders, but police and non-police respondents' beliefs about male and female offenders do not differ significantly. Future research could usefully look at the relationship betweeen policewomen and female offenders, and a more qualitative approach would allow a more contextual analysis to be made of beliefs about women offenders.
Outlook of Female Students Towards Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of a Selection of Business Students in Dubai

Purpose - In today’s world, entrepreneurship is seen as the vital source for economic growth and education is a vital component in the creation and development of entrepreneurial attitudes. It is, therefore, natural to consider students as the primary resource of future entrepreneurs. To this end, our paper carries out an empirical research amongst females in their first year of Business Studies in Dubai, providing a descriptive analysis of students’ entrepreneurial intentions.Design/methodology/approach - We conducted a primary survey amongst female first year Business Studies students in Dubai. A Five-Point Likert scale was used for each question and mean scores were generated from the ranks.Findings - Our results show that the young female students in Dubai are positive regarding the role that universities can play in fostering their interest towards entrepreneurship, both for their education as well as the incubator for their new venture. Practical implications - We found significant scope for promotion of entrepreneurship in the education system in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati females students showed a high inclination to become entrepreneurs provided they underwent a specialized entrepreneurial Business Program. More attention is required by policy makers and higher education authorities to foster ‘hands-on’ Entrepreneurship as a part of Business Studies Program.Originality/value - Both academia and practitioners have increased their efforts in promoting entrepreneurial mindset within the society. However only a few studies have investigated entrepreneurial attitudes amongst students; even fewer have considered entrepreneurial intentions of females and no studies have been conducted in the Middle East. Our research fills this gap.