Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The effects of traffic light labels and involvement on consumer choices for food and financial products

Des feux de signalisation (FS) qui sont affiches sur les produits et qui informent les consommateurs sur la securite des produits ont recu une attention croissante dans differents domaines. Ce document presente les resultats d'une experience menee en Allemagne, afin d'evaluer l'impact de l'etiquetage des FS sur les achats d’alimentation et de produits financiers. Les resultats montrent que les FS affectent les achats des consommateurs pour les deux types de produits. Pour l’alimentation, alors que l'attribut « faible en gras » n’a pas d’impact significatif sur les choix d’aliments sans FS, cet attribut a un impact positif sur le choix d’aliments une fois qu'il est signale par un FS. L'impact positif de l’etiquette BIO d'un produit alimentaire sans FS diminue lorsque le meme produit est aussi marque avec un FS. Dans le cas des produits financiers, un FS renforce considerablement l'impact de toutes les caracteristiques sur la probabilite de choix des produits.
Filipino Entrepreneurs on the Internet

This study explores the evolving landscape of e–commerce in the Philippines. It looks at two information and communication technology (ICT) applications that are being used innovatively by Filipinos: mobile phone–based cash systems and social networking websites to enable small entrepreneurs to venture into e–commerce. The article investigates how these two technologies help overcome barriers for individuals to participate in e–commerce, and explores how small and informal markets are evolving in the information age. The research samples individuals already doing business online (through Multiply.com), investigates the profile of these new entrepreneurs, the limitations of their market and explore how they nurture their business. While this phenomenon of using social networks and m–cash may primarily involve an urban population, it is significant for development, nonetheless, considering the growing segment of the poor found in urban locales. Further, lessons for the rural population can still be derived by analysing the barriers to entry in the online world, provided that access to infrastructure (that is, the Internet, courier and G–Cash services) is available. In this regard, the linking enablers/disablers of online commerce to offline contexts remains crucial.
Size and culture as determinants of the web policy of listed firms: The case of web accessibility in Western European countries

Web accessibility (WA) is an innovation in Web design; it can be considered as part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy of the firms. As adoption of innovations and CSR commitment are linked with firm size and national culture/legislation, we hypothesize that size and national culture/legislation, may have an effect on WA level. The authors studied an international sample made up of companies included in EUROSTOXX600 (The STOXX Europe 600 Index). The main results suggest that both size and culture have a significant effect on WA. Large firms as well as Anglo-Saxon companies are more prone to have higher WA levels. A deeper analysis, which was done through the estimation of quantile regression equations, showed that the influence of size is significant for companies trying to excel or for those trying to avoid the worst WA. However, the effect of size is significant only in the lowest part of the conditional distribution. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Chinese and English language versions: intellectual capital disclosure

Purpose – The paper of this paper is to assess the extent and quality of IC disclosure in the Chinese and English language versions of the annual reports of 50 Chinese companies which are dual listed in both Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong stock markets. Design/methodology/approach – An IC disclosure index is constructed. Content analysis is used to code the 100 annual reports in accordance to a five-point scale. Findings – The Chinese version annual reports disclose more internal capital than the English versions, yet the English versions showed greater external capital. There was found to be a strong relationship between type of industries, the size of companies and the level of IC disclosure. Research limitations/implications – The paper only examines one year's annual reports of the top 50 Chinese companies by market capitalisation. Practical implications – It is hoped that by highlighting the IC disclosure of companies in China this will raise the level of debate around this issue and will lead to gre.
The Privatization of Public Space: Modeling and Measuring Publicness

Privately owned public spaces are frequently criticized for diminishing the publicness of public space by restricting social interaction, constraining individual liberties, and excluding undesirable populations. This study empirically determines whether, as is commonly believed, privately owned public spaces are more controlled than publicly owned spaces. To frame our empirical work, we propose a conceptual model that identifies publicness as the interaction between the ownership, management, and uses/users of a space. We then examine the management dimension using an observation-based index to assess spatial management paradigms in publicly and privately owned spaces. We find that the use of the private sector to provide publicly accessible space leads to increased control over use, behavior, and access. Furthermore, while both publicly and privately owned public spaces tend equally to encourage public use and access, managers of privately owned spaces tend to employ more features that control behavior within those spaces. More specifically, spatial control in privately owned spaces is normally achieved through the use of surveillance and policing techniques as well as design measures that ‘code’ spaces as private. Important findings are presented for planners, policy makers, and others concerned with the future of publicly accessible spaces.
Proteinuria: not a small problem in the little ones.

Our current state of knowledge regarding the predictive value and pathomechanistic importance of proteinuria in progressive renal failure has been established mostly by studying glomerular disorders usually acquired in adult life, such as diabetic or IgA nephropathy. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is caused by a quite different spectrum of underlying disorders. At least 60% of children with CKD have a variety of hypo- and dysplastic malformations of the kidneys commonly associated with refluxive or obstructive uropathies and termed “congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract” (CAKUT). Primary glomerulopathies account for only 15 to 20% of pediatric CKD cases and comprise mainly inherited structural disorders of the podocytes. The rest of the spectrum is formed by various rare disorders, including hereditary kidney disorders such as nephronophthisis or Alport syndrome; systemic diseases involving the kidneys, such as hemolytic uremic syndrome, lupus erythematosus, cystinosis, and oxalosis; and development of CKD after peri- or postnatal acute kidney injury. Few studies have addressed the prevalence, extent, covariates, and prognostic value of proteinuria in this heterogeneous pediatric population. In this issue of CJASN , Wong et al. (1) characterize proteinuria in a large, unselected pediatric cohort followed in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study. Their report is remarkable for a large sample size and high methodologic quality applied in a multicenter effort, including GFR assessments by iohexol clearance and centralized proteinuria measurements. The cross-sectional analysis at time of enrollment revealed that 75% of pediatric patients with stages 2 through 4 CKD exhibit some degree of proteinuria, although only 14% reach the nephrotic range. Notably, in 81% of the children with “significant” and 52% of those with nephrotic-range proteinuria, CKD was due to nonglomerular …
A Twin Study of Psychosis and Criminality

Lifetime criminal and psychiatric histories were examined in a consecutive series of 280 individuals of twin birth with a diagnosis of major functional psychosis who were seen and followed up at the Maudsley Hospital between 1948 and 1988. Their 210 co-twins, 35% of whom had a similar diagnosis, were ascertained and followed up over the same period. In the absence of reliable general-population estimates for lifetime conviction rates, co-twins were used as case controls. Among the 220 complete pairs, significantly more probands (25.7%) than co-twins (14.0%) were convicted, although there was no evidence for an independent genetic basis for criminal behaviour. Criminal conviction was significantly related to psychiatric diagnosis. There were specific patterns of offending, particularly among the schizophrenic men, who were also significantly more often convicted (48.6%) than the men with affective psychosis (19.4%), and more likely to receive a prison sentence. The schizophrenic patients were younger at their first conviction (mean age 22.6 years v. 30.8 years) and they had committed more violent offences than the affective group. In both diagnostic groups, ages at first psychiatric contact and first conviction were highly correlated.
Traumatic neuromas of the penis: a clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical study of 17 cases

We present 17 penile traumatic neuromas. The mean patient age at presentation was 38 years (range 23–59 years). The most common site involved was the penile shaft. The lesions ranged from 1 to 7 mm in greatest dimension. The clinical diagnosis in all cases included condyloma acuminatum. In all cases, a history of trauma because of prior biopsy and/or circumcision was found. Histologically, all lesions showed similar features consisting of an increased number of dermal nerve bundles embedded within a fibrous stroma. Often, single or multiple Meissner corpuscle‐like structures were noted in the papillary dermis. Our study suggests that circumcision or other forms of trauma to the skin of the penis likely plays an important role in the pathogenesis and clinical presentation of this peculiar neural neoplasm. We call attention to this entity because it is often clinically misdiagnosed as condyloma acuminatum.
Morrison healthcare food services finds the key ingredients in operational excellence and great customer service

Although its new initiative had met three-year goals for customer service and operating excellence in just two years, MHFS discovered it had uneven acceptance and implementation in the field. By making associate engagement, pride, and empowerment part of the new customer service strategy, MHFS is finally getting the results it wants. The organization appropriated talent and tools from other industries, got some outside help, and leveraged a powerful grass-roots program to make customer service relevant, compelling, and actionable for its mostly hourly field associates in 450 facilities. This article is printed by permission of Morrison Management Services. © 2007 Morrison Management Services.
Individualized Dosimetry of Kidney and Bone Marrow in Patients Undergoing 177Lu-DOTA-Octreotate Treatment

The organs at risk in radionuclide therapy with 177Lu-octreotate are the bone marrow and the kidneys. The primary aim of this study was to develop an individualized dosimetry protocol for the bone marrow. The secondary aim was to identify those patients, undergoing fractionated therapy with 7.4 GBq/cycle, who first reached an accumulated dose of either 2 Gy to the bone marrow or 23 Gy to the kidneys. Methods: Two hundred patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors with high somatostatin receptor expression were included. After the administration of 7.4 GBq of 177Lu-octreotate, blood samples were drawn 6 times within the first 24 h. In 50 patients, additional blood samples were obtained at 96 and 168 h. Moreover, urine was collected from 30 patients during the first 24 h. Planar whole-body and SPECT/CT images over the abdomen were acquired at 24, 96, and 168 h after the infusion. Calculation of the absorbed radiation dose to the bone marrow was based on blood and urinary activity curves combined with organ-based analysis of the whole-body images. The absorbed dose to the kidney was calculated from the pharmacokinetic data obtained from SPECT/CT. Results: For a single cycle of 7.4 GBq, the absorbed dose to the bone marrow and the kidney ranged from 0.05 to 0.4 Gy and from 2 to 10 Gy, respectively. In 197 of 200 patients, the kidneys accumulated an absorbed dose of 23 Gy before the bone marrow reached 2 Gy. Between 2 and 10 cycles of 177Lu-octreotate could be administered before the upper dose limit for the individual patient was reached. Conclusion: A method based on repeated whole-body imaging in combination with blood and urinary activity data over time was developed to determine the absorbed dose to the bone marrow. The dose-limiting organ was the kidney in 197 of 200 patients. In 50% of the patients, more than 4 cycles of 7.4 GBq of 177Lu-octreotate could be administered, whereas 20% of the subjects were treated with fewer than 4 cycles. Individualized absorbed dose calculation is essential to optimize the therapy.
Experience of Orthodontic Treatment and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint in South Korean Adults

Background: No epidemiological studies have targeted the association between experience of orthodontic treatment and symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in a large adult population. In this study, we investigated whether experience of orthodontic treatment is associated with symptoms of TMJ in adults. Methods: We used data from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES V), conducted in 2011. Trained dentists asked subjects to report their experience of orthodontic treatment and symptoms of TMJ. Overall, 5936 subjects aged over 19 yr were included in this study (2528 males). The data were analyzed using the chi-square test and multiple logistic regression tests. Results: The group with experience of orthodontic treatment had more symptoms of TMJ than the group without orthodontic experience. After adjusting for all covariates (i.e., age, sex, marital status, income, education, stress, teeth injury, and occupation), the adjusted odds ratio was 2.53 (95%CI 1.74–3.67). Conclusion: Experience of orthodontic treatment could be related to increased symptoms of TMJ.
WHY INNOVATIONS FAIL — THE CASE OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE INNOVATION RESISTANCE

Innovation literature reports high failure rates for innovations, ranging from 50% to 90%. Hence, most new products fail as they are rejected by consumers due to their resistance to innovation, indicating that innovations remain a critical challenge for managers. In order to expand our current knowledge of consumers' new product adoption behaviour, we propose to consider the concepts of passive and active innovation resistance. Within a large scaled empirical study, we show that passive innovation resistance evolves from an individual's resistance to change disposition and status quo satisfaction, while active innovation resistance is primarily driven by product-specific barriers. Our results indicate that both passive and active innovation resistance represent strong inhibitors within new product evaluation, significantly reducing consumers' intention to adopt new products.
Proteomic biomarkers in combination with CA 125 for detection of epithelial ovarian cancer using prediagnostic serum samples from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial

When epithelial ovarian cancer is detected at an early stage (I‐II), the 5‐year survival rate is between 70% and 90%; whereas, when it is detected in late stages (III‐IV), the 5‐year survival rate slips to <30%. In a previous report, the authors observed that proteomic biomarkers and cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) exhibited a sensitivity of 84% at a specificity of 98% for identifying sera from patients who had stage I disease at the time of surgery, significantly improving the sensitivity of CA 125 alone. The challenge, however, is to detect ovarian cancer before clinical diagnosis. The current study was part of a large effort to compare different multimarker biomarker panels for the early detection of ovarian cancer. Several biomarkers were evaluated alone and in combination with CA 125 in prediagnostically collected sera from women in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.
Noninvasive acoustical detection of coronary artery disease: a comparative study of signal processing methods

Previous studies have indicated that, during diastole, the sounds associated with turbulent blood flow through partially occluded coronary arteries should be detectable. To detect such sounds, recordings of diastolic heart sound segments were analyzed using four signal processing techniques: the fast Fourier transform (FFT) autoregressive (AR), autoregressive moving-average (ARMA), and minimum-norm (eigenvector) methods. To further enhance the diastolic heart sounds and reduce background noise, an adaptive filter was used as a preprocessor. The power ratios of the FFT method and the poles of the AR, ARMA, and eigenvector methods were used to diagnose patients as having diseased or normal arteries using a blind protocol without prior knowledge of the actual disease states of the patients to guard against human bias. Of 80 cases, results showed that normal and abnormal records were correctly distinguished in 56 using the fast Fourier transform (FFT), in 63 using the AR, in 62 using the ARMA method, and in 67 using the eigenvector method. These results confirm that high-frequency acoustic energy between 300 and 800 Hz is associated with coronary stenosis. <<ETX>>
A novel adaptation of a parent–child observational assessment tool for appraisals and coping in children exposed to acute trauma

Background Millions of children worldwide are exposed to acute potentially traumatic events (PTEs) annually. Many children and their families experience significant emotional distress and/or functional impairment following PTEs. While current research has begun to highlight a role for early appraisals and coping in promoting or preventing full recovery from PTEs, the exact nature of the relationships among appraisals, coping, and traumatic stress reactions as well as how appraisals and coping behaviors are influenced by the child's environment (e.g., parents) remains unclear; assessment tools that reach beyond self-report are needed to improve this understanding. Objective The objective of the current study is to describe the newly created Trauma Ambiguous Situations Tool (TAST; i.e., an observational child–parent interview and discussion task that allows assessment of appraisals, coping, and parent–child processes) and to report on initial feasibility and validation of TAST implemented with child–parent dyads in which children were exposed to a PTE. Method As part of a larger study on the role of biopsychosocial factors in posttraumatic stress reactions, children (aged 8–13) and parents (n=25 child–parent dyads) completed the TAST during the child's hospitalization for injury. Results Children and parents engaged well with the TAST. The time to administer the TAST was feasible, even in a peri-trauma context. The TAST solicited a wide array of appraisals (threat and neutral) and coping solutions (proactive and avoidant). Forced-choice and open-ended appraisal assessments provided unique information. The parent–child discussion portion of the TAST allowed for direct observation of parent–child processes and demonstrated parental influence on children's appraisals and coping solutions. Conclusions The TAST is a promising new research tool, which may help to explicate how parents influence their child's developing appraisals and coping solutions following a PTE. More research should examine the relationships of appraisals, coping, and parent–child processes assessed by the TAST with traumatic stress outcomes. Highlights of the article The Trauma Ambiguous Situations Tool (TAST) is a promising method to assess children’s appraisals and coping solutions and how parents influence these following a potentially traumatic event. The use of open-ended and forced-choice response sets yielded different results regarding child’s appraisals of events as either neutral or threatening. More research is needed to determine how the TAST assessment aligns with child health outcomes (e.g., current or subsequent traumatic stress reactions).
R&D reporting methods and firm value: evidence from China

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different research and development (R&D) accounting choice (capitalization and expensing) affects the value of the listed companies under the new Chinese Accounting Standards (CAS) background. According to new CAS, R&D expenditure can either be expensed as incurred as a whole or partly capitalized and partly expensed from 2007. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an empirical study using a hand-collected sample of 3,664 observations from Chinese listed companies over 2007–2012 timeframe. Findings – It is found that different methods of reporting R&D investments do affect the value of listed firms in China. Specifically, the firms that chose to capitalize their R&D investments have higher stock price and return. On the contrary, the companies that select to expense their R&D expenditures have lower stock price and return. It is also found that capitalized R&D investments are positively connected to stock price, while expensed R.
Supplier selection under technological uncertainty in new product development projects

Increasingly, firms involve external companies in the innovation process to integrate new technology. However, under technological uncertainty, it may not be obvious which technology will be the most suitable to incorporate. Few studies have investigated how technological uncertainty affects firms' supplier selection for new product development (NPD). Hence, this paper aims to investigate how firms select suppliers for collaborative NPD under varied levels of technological uncertainty. This research is based on seven case studies in which 53 interviews were conducted. Two strategies for supplier selection under technological uncertainty are discussed. These are based on an evaluation of: i) the supplier's present situation; ii) previous experience. The findings show that technological capabilities were an important criterion in the assessment of suppliers in projects with both low and high technological uncertainty. Moreover, in projects with high technological uncertainty, relational capabilities were important.
- 1-Donor T-cell alloreactivity against host thymic epithelium limits T-cell development after bone marrow transplantation

Acute graft-vs.-host disease (aGVHD) impairs thymus-dependent T-cell regeneration in recipients of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) through yet to be defined mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate in mice that MHC-mismatched donor T-cells home into the thymus of unconditioned recipients. There, activated donor T-cells secrete IFN-γ which in turn stimulates the programmed cell death of thymic epithelial cells (TEC). As TECs themselves are competent and sufficient to prime naive allospecific T-cells and to elicit their effector function, the elimination of host-type professional APC does not prevent donor T-cell activation and TEC apoptosis, thus precluding normal thymopoiesis in transplant recipients. Hence, strategies that protect TECs may be necessary to improve immune reconstitution following allogeneic BMT. For personal use only. on November 16, 2017. by guest www.bloodjournal. org From