Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Beyond state/non-state divides: Global cities and the governing of climate change

This article challenges the assumption that the boundaries of state versus non-state and public versus private can readily be drawn. It argues that the roles of actors — as state or non-state — and the forms of authority — public or private — are not pre-given but are forged through the process of governing. Drawing on neo-Gramscian and governmentality perspectives, it suggests that a more dynamic account of the state can offer a more nuanced means of analysing the process of governing global environmental affairs. In order to understand this process and the outcomes of governing climate change, we argue that analysis should focus on the hegemonic projects and programmes through which the objects and subjects of governing are constituted and contested, and through which the form and nature of the state and authority are accomplished. We suggest that this is a process achieved and held in place through ‘forging alignment’ between diverse social and material entities in order to achieve the ‘right disposition of things’ through which the will to govern climate change can be realized (Murray Li, 2007a). We illustrate this argument by examining the governing of climate change in two global cities, London and Los Angeles.
Emotional labour in service work: Psychological flexibility and emotion regulation

Drawing from job demands–resources theory (Demerouti et al., 2001), this article investigates the effect of psychological flexibility, relative to surface and deep acting, in the relationship between day-level emotional demands and exhaustion. A total of 170 not-for-profit service workers first filled in a questionnaire and then completed a diary survey over three consecutive workdays. The results of multilevel analyses suggest that person-level psychological flexibility was associated with lower levels of daily emotional exhaustion (measured at bedtime). Moreover, person-level psychological flexibility was found to attenuate, whereas person-level surface acting was found to strengthen, the association between day-level emotional demands and day-level exhaustion. Person-level deep acting had no significant effect on daily exhaustion. These findings extend previous research by demonstrating the role of psychological flexibility in encouraging employees to handle their emotions primarily by accepting them rather than actively regulating (i.e. suppressing or changing) them.
The Five Factor Model of Personality and Sales Performance

Abstract. Research and meta-analysis has suggested that individuals with high Conscientiousness and Extraversion, as well as low Neuroticism, perform better in sales occupations. In the present study 66 sales consultants from a sports organization completed the NEO-FFI and scores were correlated with their sales performance. Conscientiousness and Openness did show a positive relationship and Agreeableness a negative relationship with sales, however, Extraversion and Neuroticism showed no statistically significant relationship. The implications of these results and the applicability of the Five Factor model or personality traits for personnel selection are discussed.
Estudio de los predictores de la lectura

This research centres in the predictors of reading "phonological awareness" and "rapid naming". In this study, 326 students aged 4, 5 and 6 years old (171 in the experimental group and 155 in the control group) attending 4 different schools (two public and two private) participated. The experimental group received explicit instruction in phonological awareness and naming speed and the control group followed the official curriculum. Four year old children attended the program for three years; five year olds received instruction for two years while six year olds received instruction for one year. They all were evaluated when they were finishing the first year of Primary education. Results showed that training relates with greater improvements in the experimental group compared to the control group especially in phonological awareness. Intervention relates to improvements in reading speed of words in the three participant age groups. These results have educational implications as they give information that facilitates the process of learning to read through the teacher work in the classroom and it also helps to prevent learning disabilities.
Influence of immediate implant loading on peri-implant soft tissue morphology in the edentulous maxilla.

PURPOSE This study investigates the pre- and posttreatment morphology of the mucosa around immediately loaded implants in the edentulous maxilla. MATERIALS AND METHODS Implants were placed and immediately loaded in edentulous maxillae; pre- and posttreatment impressions were obtained. The resulting casts were digitalized into 3-dimensional images, and the pre- and posttreatment images were superimposed. The width and height of the maxillary alveolar process were measured at central and interproximal implant sites in a vertical section of the superimposed holograms. For statistical analysis, the Delta value (d) was defined as the difference between the pre- and posttreatment images for all measurements. RESULTS Sixty-seven Straumann implants placed in 9 patients and immediately restored with provisional fixed restorations were analyzed. An increase in width at all measurement sites was observed after treatment. Width increased for both central implant (1.51 +/- 1.16 mm, P < .001) and interproximal implant sections (1.02 +/- 1.21 mm, P < .001). Mean d for height was found to be decreased at central implant sites (-1.21 +/- 1.67 mm, P = .012) and at interproximal sections (-0.72 +/- 1.68 mm, P = .098). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Clinically, it has been observed that the placement of an immediate provisional affects the peri-implant tissue morphology according to its emergence profile. The result after treatment was a wider contour of the peri-implant soft tissue, located in a more apical position than the original mucosal level. The most coronal part of the papilla-like mucosa at interproximal sites would be nearest to the original mucosal level before treatment. The scalloped mucosal configuration obtained was consistent along the rehabilitated arch. Statistically significant dimensional changes of the peri-implant mucosa were observed with an immediate loading approach.
Transcriptional profiling of reactive metabolites for elucidating toxicological mechanisms: a case study of quinoneimine-forming agents

Abstract Toxicogenomics can be broadly defined as the study of how the genetic material responds to toxicant exposure. This sub-discipline of toxicology utilizes numerous genomic technologies to relate adverse toxicologic effects with their associated changes in gene expression. The scope of this review will focus on microarray technology and its use in identifying key biomarkers at both the single gene and pathway levels to elucidate toxicologic mechanisms in the liver. Microarrays have been used to study global transcriptomic changes associated with toxicants for years; however, limited emphasis has been placed on what role their reactive metabolites play in this process. Reactive metabolites, which can be generated by normal oxidative metabolism, have the potential to react with endogenous biomolecules, alter their function, and elicit a toxicogenomic response. Quinoneimines are an example of such a species, eliciting toxicity through the generation of oxidative and electrophilic stress. Five compounds with differing toxicity profiles are evaluated herein that are capable of forming quinoneimine intermediates by cytochrome P450 enzymes. They include acetaminophen (APAP), amodiaquine, atorvastatin, carvedilol, and diclofenac. Perspectives on the consistency between the hepatic gene expression profiles of these quinoneimine-forming agents as well as the untapped value of structure-based transcriptome profiling are discussed in this review.
Elucidation of Sigma Factor-Associated Networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals a Modular Architecture with Limited and Function-Specific Crosstalk

Sigma factors are essential global regulators of transcription initiation in bacteria which confer promoter recognition specificity to the RNA polymerase core enzyme. They provide effective mechanisms for simultaneously regulating expression of large numbers of genes in response to challenging conditions, and their presence has been linked to bacterial virulence and pathogenicity. In this study, we constructed nine his-tagged sigma factor expressing and/or deletion mutant strains in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To uncover the direct and indirect sigma factor regulons, we performed mRNA profiling, as well as chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to high-throughput sequencing. We furthermore elucidated the de novo binding motif of each sigma factor, and validated the RNA- and ChIP-seq results by global motif searches in the proximity of transcriptional start sites (TSS). Our integrated approach revealed a highly modular network architecture which is composed of insulated functional sigma factor modules. Analysis of the interconnectivity of the various sigma factor networks uncovered a limited, but highly function-specific, crosstalk which orchestrates complex cellular processes. Our data indicate that the modular structure of sigma factor networks enables P. aeruginosa to function adequately in its environment and at the same time is exploited to build up higher-level functions by specific interconnections that are dominated by a participation of RpoN.
Strategic Planning Openness

The effect of top management team demography on the strategic planning dimension of planning openness was examined in a sample of retail banks. The following demographic characteristics were analyzed: mean tenure, age, and education level, and heterogeneity on educational major and functional background. After controlling for firm size and performance volatility, low tenure mean, low education mean, and functional heterogeneity were found to have an influence on planning openness.
WiFi-Based Real-Time Calibration-Free Passive Human Motion Detection †

With the rapid development of WLAN technology, wireless device-free passive human detection becomes a newly-developing technique and holds more potential to worldwide and ubiquitous smart applications. Recently, indoor fine-grained device-free passive human motion detection based on the PHY layer information is rapidly developed. Previous wireless device-free passive human detection systems either rely on deploying specialized systems with dense transmitter-receiver links or elaborate off-line training process, which blocks rapid deployment and weakens system robustness. In the paper, we explore to research a novel fine-grained real-time calibration-free device-free passive human motion via physical layer information, which is independent of indoor scenarios and needs no prior-calibration and normal profile. We investigate sensitivities of amplitude and phase to human motion, and discover that phase feature is more sensitive to human motion, especially to slow human motion. Aiming at lightweight and robust device-free passive human motion detection, we develop two novel and practical schemes: short-term averaged variance ratio (SVR) and long-term averaged variance ratio (LVR). We realize system design with commercial WiFi devices and evaluate it in typical multipath-rich indoor scenarios. As demonstrated in the experiments, our approach can achieve a high detection rate and low false positive rate.
The discrepancy between hearing impairment and handicap in the elderly: Balancing transaction and interaction in conversation

Abstract Many seniors adapt their conversation to compensate for hearing loss. They may talk more to reduce listening demand, or pretend to understand rather than repairing conversation to recover unheard or misheard information. Such adaptations may differentially affect the transactional and interactional functions of discourse. Clinicians and researchers must appreciate the ‘normal’ bounds of these adaptations. The relationship between auditory and conversational function was explored in a case study of one 80‐year old woman with moderate hearing impairment who had little communication handicap in everyday life but often pretended to understand. She conversed with an audiologist in favorable and unfavorable listening conditions. Comprehension was measured using free and recognition recall, and conversational behaviors were analyzed. Recall was influenced more by the cognitive and emotional‐social engagement of the senior than by auditory status. The findings illustrate how the interactional function of.
Self-control: Beyond commitment.

Self-control, so important in the theory and practice of psychology, has usually been understood introspectively. This target article adopts a behavioral view of the self (as an abstract class of behavioral actions) and of self-control (as an abstract behavioral pattern dominating a particular act) according to which the development of self-control is a molar/molecular conflict in the development of behavioral patterns. This subsumes the more typical view ofself-control as a now/later conflict in which an act of self-control is a choice of a larger but later reinforcer over a smaller but sooner reinforcer. If at some future time the smaller-sooner reinforcer will be more valuable than the larger-later reinforcer, self-control may be achieved through a commitment to the larger-later reinforcer prior to that point. According to some, there is a progressive internalization of commitment in the development of self-control. This presents theoretical and empirical problems. In two experiments - one with pigeons choosing between smaller-sooner and larger-later reinforcers, the other with adult humans choosing between short-term particular and long-term abstract reinforcers - temporal patterning of choices increased self-control.
Bayesian modelling of Jumping-to-Conclusions bias in delusional patients

Introduction. When deciding about the cause underlying serially presented events, patients with delusions utilise fewer events than controls, showing a “Jumping-to-Conclusions” bias. This has been widely hypothesised to be because patients expect to incur higher costs if they sample more information. This hypothesis is, however, unconfirmed. Methods. The hypothesis was tested by analysing patient and control data using two models. The models provided explicit, quantitative variables characterising decision making. One model was based on calculating the potential costs of making a decision; the other compared a measure of certainty to a fixed threshold. Results. Differences between paranoid participants and controls were found, but not in the way that was previously hypothesised. A greater “noise” in decision making (relative to the effective motivation to get the task right), rather than greater perceived costs, best accounted for group differences. Paranoid participants also deviated from ideal Bayesian reasoning more than healthy controls. Conclusions. The Jumping-to-Conclusions Bias is unlikely to be due to an overestimation of the cost of gathering more information. The analytic approach we used, involving a Bayesian model to estimate the parameters characterising different participant populations, is well suited to testing hypotheses regarding “hidden” variables underpinning observed behaviours.
Non-sexist Spanish policies: an attempt bound to fail?

My aim in this paper is to analyse Spanish non-sexist language reform from a language-planning perspective. Supportive of the intent of the official policy, I will first criticize it for its failure to analyze the conditions in which it is to be implemented and for the lack of provision for its implementation. I will also show the tensions between two different types of policies carried out within the State – in favour of non-sexist language but, simultaneously, in favour of complying with la Academia Española [‘the Spanish Academy’], which opposes it. I then will discuss likely reasons why, in spite of the aforementioned failures, non-sexist language policy and planning in Spain have achieved relative success, as manifested in verbal usage and in attitudes.
A Critical Evaluation of 200 Rhinoplasties

Since few comprehensive statistics on results of rhinoplasties have been published since Klabunde and Falces' article [1] in 1964, a retrospective study of 200 consecutive patients was undertaken. These patients underwent rhinoplasty by a single surgeon and were followed for a minimum of six months. A separate reviewer studied patient satisfaction, physician satisfaction, rate of revision, and type of complications, including obstruction of airway, nasal deformity, hematoma, infection, hemorrhage, and psychological reactions. The incidence of infection, hemorrhage, and revisions has lessened in the past fifteen years. Patients not referred by a physician were more than twice as likely to be dissatisfied as those who were physicianreferred (p < 0.005). A higher percentage of female patients was dissatisfied than of male patients (p < 0.05). The incidence of dissatisfaction increased significantly among patients in their fifth decade as compared with that in younger patients (p < 0.01). No statistically significant difference was found in the incidence of dissatisfaction among single, married, widowed, or divorced patients.
Calcific Myonecrosis of the Antetibial Area

Calcific myonecrosis is a rare late post-traumatic condition, in which a single muscle is replaced by a fusiform mass with central liquefaction and peripheral calcification. Compartment syndrome is suggested to be the underlying cause. The resulting mass may expand with time due to recurrent intralesional hemorrhage into the chronic calcified mass. A diagnosis may be difficult due to the long time between the original trauma and the symptoms of calcific myonecrosis. We encountered a 53-year-old male patient diagnosed with calcific myonecrosis in the lower leg. We report the case with a review of the relevant literature.
Sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay compared with Pastorex latex agglutination test for diagnosing invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

The performance of a direct sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Aspergillus galactomannan was compared with that of the Pastorex Aspergillus antigen latex agglutination (LA) test by using 532 serum samples from 61 patients at risk for invasive aspergillosis. The ELISA gave positive results earlier in the course of infection than did the LA test. A sensitivity of 70% and a specificity of 86% were obtained for the LA test and corresponding values of 90 and 84% were obtained for the ELISA when a series of serum samples was employed.
The Bullet in the Living Room: Linking Security and Development in a Colombo Neighbourhood

This article investigates the security—development nexus through a study of local experiences in a neighbourhood in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. As the Sri Lankan state struggles to secure ‘the nation’ from ‘terrorism’, and to develop it towards a twin vision of modernization and return to a glorious past, large parts of the population in Colombo 15 remain at the margins of this ‘nation’. They are ethnic and religious minorities, forgotten tsunami victims, terrorist suspects and unauthorized dwellers — those often depicted as threats to, rather than subjects of, ‘security’ and ‘development’. This study reveals that the security—development nexus constitutes a complex web of linkages between factors related to housing, income, tsunami reconstruction, party politics, crime, political violence and counter-violence, social relations, and religious beliefs and rituals. People’s perceptions of and opportunities to pursue security/development are intimately linked to their position as dominant or marginalized within ‘the nation’, ‘the community’ and ‘the family’. ‘Security’ and ‘development’ issues are mutually reinforcing at times, but just as often undermine each other, forcing people to make tough choices between different types of security/development.
The effects of reengineering: fad or competitive factor?

Healthcare organizations have often participated in managerial innovations that have promised to revolutionize their operations (e.g., management by objectives, quality circles, total quality management, and reengineering). Historically, such managerial innovations began with a few devout adherents, snowballed into widespread acceptance, and then faded as their popularity waned. This cycle of managerial adoption generally has been complicated by a lack of a consistent, clear definition of the innovation and little or no evaluation of its organizational effects. This article examines a current managerial innovation, reengineering, that after widespread adoption has now begun to fall out of favor with many executives. A clear, practical definition of reengineering is first offered, followed by an evaluation of the effect of reengineering on competitive hospital costs. Finally, factors that influence the results of reengineering are explored. Overall, reengineering did not statistically improve a hospital's cost position; however, we suggest that providing clear and consistent feedback, codifying the reengineering process, and involving executives in core changes are key means for improving reengineering outcomes. Specific examples of how these factors may be used to facilitate reengineering are provided. Reengineering may still be beneficial if it is properly implemented.
USES AND GRATIFICATIONS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES AMONG YOUTHS IN UYO, NIGERIA

This study examined the Uses and Gratifications of Social Networking Websites among Youths in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. The population of the study was 86,662 with a sample of 381 respondents derived from the multi-stage sampling procedure. The study used the survey method as the research technique while the measuring instrument was the questionnaire which contained 13 items – eight close-ended and five open-ended questions. The data for the study were analysed through the use of tables and were expressed in simple percentages. The study found out that youths in Uyo registered in at least 46 social networking websites which indicates that they are internet-savvy and is part of the global social networking. It also found that the youths were active users of social networking websites and accessed the websites for various purposes and gratifications. It also established that the youths were not always fulfilled in their expectations of social networking sites, although they made use of these websites daily. The study recommended that service providers should, as their contribution to national development, reduce the cost of access to enable more youths in Uyo metropolis to register with and use social networking websites.