Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Meta–Analytic and Conceptual Update on the Associations between Procrastination and Multidimensional Perfectionism

The equivocal and debated findings from a 2007 meta–analysis, which viewed perfectionism as a unidimensional construct, suggested that perfectionism was unrelated to procrastination. The present meta–analysis aimed to provide a conceptual update and reanalysis of the procrastination–perfectionism association guided by both a multidimensional view of perfectionism and self–regulation theory. The random–effects meta–analyses revealed a small to medium positive average effect size (r = .23; k = 43, N = 10 000; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) [0.19, 0.27]) for trait procrastination and perfectionistic concerns and a small to medium negative average effect size (r = −.22; k = 38, N = 9544; 95% CI [−0.26, −0.18]) for procrastination and perfectionistic strivings. The average correlations remained significant after statistically accounting for the joint variance between the two perfectionism dimensions via semi–partial correlations. For perfectionistic concerns, but not perfectionistic strivings, the effects depended on the perfectionism measure used. All effects did not vary by the trait procrastination measure used or the respondent's sex. Our findings confirm that from a multidimensional perspective, trait procrastination is both positively and negatively associated with higher–order perfectionism dimensions and further highlights the value of a self–regulation perspective for understanding the cognitive, affective and behavioural dynamics that characterise these traits. Copyright © 2017 European Association of Personality Psychology
IMPLICIT LEARNING OF LATIN STRESS REGULARITIES

This study examines whether Japanese native (L1) listeners can implicitly learn stress pattern regularities, not present in their L1, after a brief auditory exposure. In the exposure phase, the participants listened to and repeated words bearing stress patterned after Latin, but with a highly restricted consonant inventory. They performed a judgment task designed to test whether they had learned the relevant stress pattern regularities from the brief listening experience. We assessed participants’ awareness of the inherent stress regularities by analyzing confidence in making decisions and by verbal report. Results suggest that although participants remained unaware of the underlying stress regularities they performed significantly above chance in endorsing correctly stressed novel items even when they claimed to be guessing. In addition, there was no difference in confidence between correct and incorrect judgments. These results suggest that brief exposure resulted in implicit knowledge of abstract stress assignment rules. However, participants rejected correctly stressed words that contained consonants that were not present in the test phase. On the basis of this finding, we speculate that in the acquisition of second language phonology, a violation at the segmental level may be deemed more costly than a violation in the prosodic domain.
PERTIMBANGAN ETIS, DAN KOMPONEN PERILAKU TERENCANA TERHADAP INTENSI WHISTLEBLOWING INTERNAL

This study empirically examine the influence of professional commitment, ethical judgements, and the components of planned behavior to the intention of internal whistleblowing. The data in this study are primary data which obtained by distributing questionnaires directly to the respondents, undergraduated accounting students at the University of Muhammadiyah. The sampling technique using purposive sampling method. Hypothesis testing is done by multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the only variable subjective norms has positive effects on internal whistleblowing intentions, while the other variables are professional commitment, ethical judgements, attitudes, and perceived behavior control is not having an effect to the intention of internal whistleblowing. Results of regression estimates indicate the predictive ability of the model by 39.2% while the remaining 60.8% is influenced by other factors outside the research model.
Empowering End Users for Social Internet of Things

We present Socialite, a novel end user programming tool for the Social Internet of Things (SIoT). SIoT is a new paradigm where IoT merges with social networks, allowing people and connected devices as well as the devices themselves to interact within a social network framework. Through an online survey with 60 potential users, we identified eight desired features for the SIoT, which were then clustered into four rule categories that can be programmed by end users and/or imposed by systems. The rules created by end users are used to reason about both devices and people in their social relationships to support automated decisions during runtime. Socialite uses ontology/semantic models for basic/low-level knowledge representation (e.g., device and user) to encapsulate the heterogeneity in devices from various manufacturers, and uses production rules (trigger-action programming) for high-level reasoning. With the ontology model, our reasoning supports both device type automation (e.g., current temperature from a thermostat) and capability-based automation (e.g., current temperature from any devices with the same capability). Furthermore, the Socialite rules leverage social relationships and device capabilities to facilitate collaboration by efficiently sharing configuration and information among users/friends and even with devices from people unknown to a user. In a 24-participant user study (12 with no programming experience), we found that Socialite was easy to learn and use, for both programmers and non-programmers. Participants were able to create automation based rules, social relationship involved rules, as well rules they created during the study.
A blinded, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of the Janus kinase inhibitor oclacitinib (Apoquel®) in client‐owned dogs with atopic dermatitis

Background Pruritus is the hallmark clinical sign of atopic dermatitis (AD) in dogs. Preliminary study results suggest that oclacitinib, a selective Janus kinase inhibitor, could reduce pruritus and associated inflammatory skin lesions in dogs with AD. Hypothesis/Objectives The objective was to evaluate efficacy and safety of oclacitinib (Apoquel®) for the control of AD in a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial. Animals Clinicians at 18 specialty clinics enrolled client‐owned dogs (n = 299) with a history of chronic AD. Methods Dogs were randomized to receive either oclacitinib (0.4–0.6 mg/kg twice daily for 14 days and then once daily for up to 112 days) or an excipient‐matched placebo. Owners assessed visual analog scale (VAS) scores of pruritus on days 0, 1, 2, 7, 14, 28, 56, 84 and 112. Clinicians assessed Canine AD Extent and Severity Index (CADESI‐02) scores on days 0, 14, 28, 56, 84 and 112. Results On days 1, 2, 7, 14 and 28, oclacitinib‐treated dogs had a 29.5, 42.3, 61.5, 66.7 and 47.4% reduction from baseline in owner‐assessed pruritus scores, respectively, compared with a 6.5, 9.1, 6.5, 3.9 and 10.4% reduction in placebo‐treated dogs. On days 14 and 28, dermatologists recorded a 48.4% reduction in CADESI‐02 scores in oclacitinib‐treated dogs compared with a 1.7% reduction and a 3.6% increase in placebo‐treated dogs. After day 28, >86% of all placebo‐treated dogs had moved to an open‐label study, making between‐group comparisons biased. Differences were significant at all time points assessed (P < 0.0001). Conclusions and clinical importance Oclacitinib provided rapid, effective and safe control of AD, with substantial improvement in VAS and CADESI‐02 scores.
Chemical Composition and Amino Acid Profile of Channidae Collected from Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Family channidae occurs abundantly in Central Kalimantan, cheap price, has high albumin level, and benefits in wound healing process and post-surgery. So far, general public knows channidae as snakehead, Channa striata, but there are several members of this family that have not been used as high fish albumin yet. Based on proximate analysis, the highest protein level was recorded in common snakehead (Channa striata), 20.83%, the lowest fat and water content were recorded in giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), 0.22%,The highest albumin level was recorded in Toman (channa micropelthes), 8.26 % in filtrate and 3.50 in flesh, respectively, and the highest zn was also found in Toman (channa micropelthes), 2.59%. As a whole, there are 14 amino acids distributed among members of family channidase
Rapid facile biofuel synthesis by microwave irradiation

Heterogeneously catalyzed syntheses of two promising biofuels (i. e. biodiesel and bioETBE) by microwave irradiation was investigated. Results showed a significant increase in the yield of biodiesel even at short time less than 1 min. The attained bulk temperatures were below 60°C. In case of ETBE synthesis, at a microwave power of 350W, and irradiation time of 1 min, the mixture reached solvothermal conditions obtaining EtOH conversion closed to 90%. The conversion and yield were found to be dependent on operating parameters such as temperature, microwave irradiation power, time and amount of catalysts. The proposed method offer benefits including energy efficiency, development of a compact process, rapid heating and instant on-off process (instant heating-cooling process).
Night Blindness and the Mechanism of Constitutive Signaling of Mutant G90D Rhodopsin

The G90D rhodopsin mutation is known to produce congenital night blindness in humans. This mutation produces a similar condition in mice, because rods of animals heterozygous (D+) or homozygous (D+/+) for this mutation have decreased dark current and sensitivity, reduced Ca2+, and accelerated values of τREC and τD, similar to light-adapted wild-type (WT) rods. Our experiments indicate that G90D pigment activates the cascade, producing an equivalent background light of ∼130 Rh* rod−1 for D+ and 890 Rh* rod−1 for D+/+. The active species of the G90D pigment could be unregenerated G90D opsin or G90D rhodopsin, either spontaneously activated (as Rh*) or in some other form. Addition of 11-cis-retinal in lipid vesicles, which produces regeneration of both WT and G90D opsin in intact rods and ROS membranes, had no effect on the waveform or sensitivity of dark-adapted G90D responses, indicating that the active species is not G90D opsin. The noise spectra of dark-adapted G90D and WT rods are similar, and the G90D noise variance is much less than of a WT rod exposed to background light of about the same intensity as the G90D equivalent light, indicating that Rh* is not the active species. We hypothesize that G90D rhodopsin undergoes spontaneous changes in molecular conformation which activate the transduction cascade with low gain. Our experiments provide the first indication that a mutant form of the rhodopsin molecule bound to its 11-cis-chromophore can stimulate the visual cascade spontaneously at a rate large enough to produce visual dysfunction.
The contrasting phylodynamics of human influenza B viruses

A complex interplay of viral, host, and ecological factors shapes the spatio-temporal incidence and evolution of human influenza viruses. Although considerable attention has been paid to influenza A viruses, a lack of equivalent data means that an integrated evolutionary and epidemiological framework has until now not been available for influenza B viruses, despite their significant disease burden. Through the analysis of over 900 full genomes from an epidemiological collection of more than 26,000 strains from Australia and New Zealand, we reveal fundamental differences in the phylodynamics of the two co-circulating lineages of influenza B virus (Victoria and Yamagata), showing that their individual dynamics are determined by a complex relationship between virus transmission, age of infection, and receptor binding preference. In sum, this work identifies new factors that are important determinants of influenza B evolution and epidemiology. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.05055. 001
EFFECT OF THERMAL-MECHANICAL TREATMENT ON THE FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION BEHAVIOR OF NEWLY DEVELOPED ALLVACì 718PLUSï ALLOY

The newly developed Allvaci 718Plusi alloy has shown mechanical properties superior to alloy 718 and comparable to Waspaloy at the temperature up to 704qC. Previous results showed that fatigue crack propagation (FCP) resistance without holding time has no significant difference between three alloys with 718Plus being the best and 718 the lowest. During the holdtime FCP tests, 718Plus shows comparable results to those of Waspaloy and better than Alloy 718. In this paper, the effect of various thermal-mechanical treatments, including direct aging, pre-treatment, and long-term exposure, on the hold-time fatigue crack propagation behavior of 718Plus alloy were investigated and the results are summarized as follows: (1) The hold-time fatigue crack propagation rates (FCPRs) of DA sample are almost the same as that of the alloy after conventional solution plus age heat treatment, while the FCP of DA sample is slower than conventional 718Plus alloy under the 650qC, 3S loading condition; (2) the longterm exposure tests showq that the alloy’s hold-time fatigue cracking resistance is improved after exposed at 760qC for 350 hours; (3) the fine-grain alloy shows better hold-time FCP resistance than that of coarse-grain alloy, which is attributed to the delta-phase effect; and (4) it is indicated that after pre-treatment at 857qC for up to 24 hours, the alloy’s fatigue cracking resistance is improved because of delta-phase at grain boundaries.
Mutation p.G83R in the transthyretin gene is associated with hereditary vitreous amyloidosis in Han Chinese families

Purpose Hereditary vitreous amyloidosis (HVA) is a genetic ophthalmological disorder. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a mutation in the transthyretin (TTR) gene is associated with HVA in Han Chinese families. Methods We performed clinical evaluation of three Han Chinese families with HVA and sequenced the entire exon of the TTR gene in probands and normal individuals from the families. The identified mutation was further genotyped in 196 unrelated healthy controls. Evolutionary conservation analysis and structural prediction were used to infer the potential pathogenicity of the mutation. Results Clinical penetrance of HVA varied in the three families (11/30 in Family A, 8/83 in Family B, and 7/47 in Family C). A comprehensive medical examination of the patients showed no signs of abnormality except ophthalmologic symptoms, in which floccular turbidity and high echo in both vitreous bodies were observed in all probands. Further histochemical examination of the vitrectomy specimen with Congo red staining identified amyloid deposits. A heterozygous mutation c.307G>C (p.G83R) in exon 3 of the TTR gene was identified in all patients, but not in some unaffected family members. Screening of 196 unrelated normal controls revealed no presence of this mutation. This mutation changed the highly conserved glycine to arginine in the 83rd position and altered the tertiary structure of the TTR protein. Conclusions Mutation p.G83R in the TTR protein is associated with HVA in Chinese families. The seemingly specific distribution of this mutation in Han Chinese may be used for clinical diagnosis.
Regularized Extreme Learning Machine

Extreme Learning Machine proposed by Huang G-B has attracted many attentions for its extremely fast training speed and good generalization performance. But it still can be considered as empirical risk minimization theme and tends to generate over-fitting model. Additionally, since ELM doesn't considering heteroskedasticity in real applications, its performance will be affected seriously when outliers exist in the dataset. In order to address these drawbacks, we propose a novel algorithm called Regularized Extreme Learning Machine based on structural risk minimization principle and weighted least square. The generalization performance of the proposed algorithm was improved significantly in most cases without increasing training time.
Sport and Organizational Studies

A number of phenomena of interest to management and organizational scholars have been investigated within the context of sport (e.g., compensation-performance relationships, escalating commitment, executive succession, sustainable competitive advantage). The authors are unaware, however, of any systematic effort to address the rationale, benefits, and potential of conducting organizational research within sport. The purpose of this article is to investigate how studying within the context of sport can contribute to an understanding of management and of organizations with a focus on how such contribution can be achieved with creative and innovative research approaches. The authors present a general overview of the rationale for studying organizational phenomena within sport and provide a concise review of such research. With this as background, the authors discuss a number of organizational phenomena that they have studied within the domain of sport. The article suggests how organizational research might benefit by using sport as a context in ways not yet evident in the literature.
Stitching the Gadgets: On the Ineffectiveness of Coarse-Grained Control-Flow Integrity Protection

Return-oriented programming (ROP) offers a robust attack technique that has, not surprisingly, been extensively used to exploit bugs in modern software programs (e.g., web browsers and PDF readers). ROP attacks require no code injection, and have already been shown to be powerful enough to bypass fine-grained memory randomization (ASLR) defenses. To counter this ingenious attack strategy, several proposals for enforcement of (coarse-grained) control-flow integrity (CFI) have emerged. The key argument put forth by these works is that coarse-grained CFI policies are sufficient to prevent ROP attacks. As this reasoning has gained traction, ideas put forth in these proposals have even been incorporated into coarse-grained CFI defenses in widely adopted tools (e.g., Microsoft's EMET framework). In this paper, we provide the first comprehensive security analysis of various CFI solutions (covering kBouncer, ROPecker, CFI for COTS binaries, ROP-Guard, and Microsoft EMET 4.1). A key contribution is in demonstrating that these techniques can be effectively undermined, even under weak adversarial assumptions. More specifically, we show that with bare minimum assumptions, turing-complete and real-world ROP attacks can still be launched even when the strictest of enforcement policies is in use. To do so, we introduce several new ROP attack primitives, and demonstrate the practicality of our approach by transforming existing real-world exploits into more stealthy attacks that bypass coarse-grained CFI defenses.
Application of vincristine-loaded platelet therapy in three dogs with refractory immune-mediated thrombocytopenia

Three dogs presented with refractory immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (IMT). All patients failed to respond to prednisone, which is considered a mainstay of immunosuppressive therapy. Vincristine-loaded platelets (VLPs), which act selectively on mononuclear phagocytes,were introduced. After the VLPs were transfused, two dogs responded quickly withimproved clinical signs while the third dogwith recurrent IMT was euthanized due to its deteriorating condition. This case report describesthe efficacy of VLP therapy in refractory IMT patients.
Children and advergames: the role of product involvement, prior brand attitude, persuasion knowledge and game attitude in purchase intentions and changing attitudes

The central aim of this study is to build upon previous research by investigating the role of product involvement, prior brand attitude, persuasion knowledge and game attitude in the brand attitude changes and purchase intentions of children after playing an advergame. In all, 279 respondents between the ages of 10 and 12 years participated in the study. First, they were asked to complete a pre-test survey addressing product involvement and prior brand attitude towards several products and brands. Two weeks later, the respondents were asked to play an advergame and complete a survey addressing brand attitude, purchase intention, persuasion knowledge and attitude towards the game. Our analysis reveals that a positive attitude change is more likely when the game player has already evaluated the brand positively. Furthermore, game attitude is positively related to attitude changes towards the advertised brands, consistent with affect transfer theory. Counterintuitively, a higher level of persuasion knowledge is associated with a higher intention to buy the advertised product. Finally, children who had a more positive attitude towards the game were more likely to report higher purchase intentions, indicating that games which provide good experiences positively influence behavioural intentions. We conclude the paper by discussing the study's limitations and suggestions for future research.
Achieving fair bandwidth distribution in WiFi Networks: a Game Theoretical Approach

Abstract Achieving fair bandwidth distribution among uplink and downlink flows in IEEE 802.11 infrastructure networks is a complex issue, due to the well-known features of the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) which regulates the access to the shared medium. Indeed, the dynamic adaptation of the contention windows causes phenomena of short-term unfairness, while the use of homogeneous contention parameters among the contending nodes makes the aggregated downlink bandwidth equal to the uplink bandwidth of a single node. We propose a dynamic tuning of the contention parameters used by the nodes, based on simple network monitoring functionalities and rational strategies. Specifically, we propose a game-theoretic analysis of such tuning, devised to guarantee a fair resource sharing among the nodes, while optimizing the per-node uploading and downloading bandwidth.
The Leptin Gene Family and Colorectal Cancer: Interaction with Smoking Behavior and Family History of Cancer

Background Pathologic condition associated with metabolic syndrome traits seems to increase the risk of colorectal cancer. One mechanism underlying this relationship may involve the growth-promoting effects of the circulation hormones associated with obesity and insulin resistance, such as leptin. Methodology/Principal Findings A two-stage case-control study was used to explore the role of polymorphisms of Leptin (LEP) and Leptin receptor (LEPR), either alone or in combination with environmental factors in colorectal carcinogenesis. In stage 1, 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that tag common SNPs in these two genes were genotyped among 470 cases and 458 controls. In stage 2, another population with 314 cases and 355 controls were genotyped for the two most promising SNPs from stage 1. LEPR rs12037879 only presented modestly increased colorectal cancer risk, with odds ratios of 1.41 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13–1.76) and 1.74 (95%CI 1.08–2.81) for GA and AA genotype when compared with GG genotype in combined population. Smokers carrying LEPR rs12037879 A allele presented 1.67-fold (95%CI 1.39-fold to 2.01-fold) increased colorectal cancer risk when compared with non-smokers carrying GG genotype in combined analysis. Individuals with family history of cancer harboring LEPR rs12037879 A allele showed 1.52-fold (95%CI: 1.24-fold to 1.86-fold) increased colorectal cancer risk, compared with individuals without family history of cancer harboring GG genotype. Multifactor gene-environment interaction analysis revealed significant interactions among LEPR rs12037879, LEPR rs6690625, smoking status and family history of cancer, exhibiting a gradient of increased colorectal cancer risk along with the increasing number of risk factors (P = 9.82×10−10). Conclusions/Significance Our research supports that polymorphisms in LEPR may be associated with marginal increase in the risk for colorectal cancer. Moreover, this association could be strengthened by cigarette smoking and family history of cancer.