Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Pros and Cons of Applying Big Data Analytics to Consumers’ Responses in an E-Commerce Context

The era of Big Data analytics has begun in most industries within developed countries. This new analytics tool has raised motivation for experts and researchers to study its impacts to business values and challenges. However, studies which help to understand customers’ views and their behavior towards the applications of Big Data analytics are lacking. This research aims to explore and determine the pros and cons of applying Big Data analytics that affects customers’ responses in an e-commerce environment. Data analyses were conducted in a sample of 273 respondents from Vietnam. The findings found that information search, recommendation system, dynamic pricing, and customer services had significant positive effects on customers’ responses. Privacy and security, shopping addiction, and group influences were found to have significant negative effects on customers’ responses. Customers’ responses were measured at intention and behavior stages. Moreover, positive and negative effects simultaneously presented significant effect on customers’ responses. Each dimension of positive and negative factors had different significant impacts on customers’ intention and behavior. Specifically, information search had a significant influence on customers’ intention and improved customers’ behavior. Shopping addiction had a drastic change from intention to behavior compared to group influences and privacy and security. This study contributes to improve understanding of customers’ responses under big data era. This could play an important role to develop sustainable consumers market. E-vendors can rely on Big Data analytics but over usage may have some negative applications.
A direct interaction between a glutamine-rich activator and the N terminus of TFIIB can mediate transcriptional activation in vivo

Studies examining the mechanism by which transcriptional activators function have suggested that the general transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) can be a target for certain regulatory proteins. For example, we showed previously that expression of a mutant form of TFIIB can specifically inhibit activation in vivo mediated by the strong, glutamine-rich activator protein GAL4-ftzQ. Using transient cotransfection assays, we have defined the regions in both GAL4-ftzQ and TFIIB that are required for activity in vivo and provide evidence that a potential zinc finger structure at the N terminus of TFIIB is necessary for the observed functional interaction between the two proteins. Using a protein binding assay, we have demonstrated that GAL4-ftzQ can specifically interact with TFIIB in vitro. This interaction requires the same regions in both molecules necessary for function in vivo and is reduced or eliminated by mutations predicted to disrupt the zinc finger in TFIIB. These results support the idea that a direct interaction between a regulatory protein and TFIIB can be important for transcriptional activation in vivo and, combined with previous data of others, suggest that different activators can function by contacting distinct regions of TFIIB.
A study on problem and pathological gambling among university students in South Australia

This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the correlates of problem and pathological gambling among university students in South Australia. Convenience sampling method was used to select participants (n = 163; 55.2 per cent women, 44.8 per cent men; age range 17–57 years) from two faculties in a South Australian university. A questionnaire was designed to collect information related to participants’ background characteristics and other gambling-related details. The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) was used to obtain data pertaining to gambling behaviour. Data were analysed using Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney U Tests and Exploratory Principal Component analysis. There was an estimated prevalence rate of 8.6 per cent for problem gamblers and 3.1 per cent for probable pathological gamblers among university students, leading to the argument that the overall prevalence rate of gambling within the university community could be high in comparison to a prevalence rate of 2 per cent among the general South Australian adult population. Participation rates in gambling activities observed in the study were considerably higher than in similar studies conducted outside Australia. The authors concluded that there is an urgent need for large-scale studies on gambling among university students in Australia.
Aspirin improves endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis.

BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of aspirin in atherosclerosis are generally attributed to its antiplatelet activities, but its influence on endothelial function remains uncertain. We hypothesized that a cyclooxygenase-dependent constricting factor contributes to the endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis and that its action can be reversed by aspirin. METHODS AND RESULTS In 14 patients with coronary atherosclerosis and 5 with risk factors, we tested femoral vascular endothelial function with acetylcholine and substance P and endothelium-independent function with sodium nitroprusside before and after intravenous aspirin. Drugs were infused into the femoral artery, and Doppler flow velocity was measured. Acetylcholine-induced but not substance P-or sodium nitroprusside-induced vasodilation was lower in patients with atherosclerosis than in those with only risk factors. Aspirin had no baseline effect but improved acetylcholine-mediated vasodilation only in patients with atherosclerosis; at the peak dose, acetylcholine-mediated femoral vascular resistance index was 19 +/- 5%, P=. 002 lower. There was a correlation between the baseline response to acetylcholine and the magnitude of improvement with aspirin (r=.5, P=.05). Thus, patients with a depressed response to acetylcholine had greater improvement with aspirin, and vice versa. The presence of atherosclerosis was an independent determinant of improvement with aspirin. Aspirin had no effect on the responses to either substance P or sodium nitroprusside. CONCLUSIONS Cyclooxygenase-dependent, endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor release modulates acetylcholine-induced peripheral vasodilation in patients with atherosclerosis. Improvement of endothelial dysfunction with aspirin may improve vasodilation, reduce thrombosis, and inhibit progression of atherosclerosis and provides a pathophysiological basis for the beneficial effects of aspirin in atherosclerosis.
Hypertension in adult American Indians. The Strong Heart Study.

Hypertension is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the United States. Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among American Indians, the prevalence of hypertension, its awareness and control, and its association with other cardiovascular disease risk factors and physiological variables have not been well studied in this population. The Strong Heart Study is a longitudinal study of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in American Indians. Participants (2703 women and 1846 men) were members of 13 tribes in central Arizona, southwestern Oklahoma, and regions of South and North Dakota. At least 1500 individuals between 45 and 74 years of age participated from each center in a baseline clinical examination conducted between July 1989 and January 1992. The examination consisted of a personal interview and physical examination that included an oral glucose tolerance test and three consecutive blood pressure measurements. This study reports data from the baseline examination on the prevalence of hypertension and correlates of blood pressure. Results indicated that despite the high frequency of diabetes and obesity, prevalence rates of hypertension in Arizona and Oklahoma were similar to those in the US population in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), and rates among South/North Dakota participants were significantly lower (P < .0001). Blood pressure was higher in individuals with diabetes (P < .0001) and was significantly correlated with age (P < .0001) and albuminuria (P < .0001) but only weakly related to obesity. There was no independent relation between blood pressure and insulin. Blood pressure seems to be less affected by obesity and hyperinsulinemia in American Indians compared with other populations. Nevertheless, hypertension should be aggressively treated and controlled in American Indians because it is a known precursor to morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Dealing with Relational Conflict: A Picture in Milliseconds

Although behavioral research has provided important insights into the relational features of conflict, it leaves open the whole field of conflict-related processes that are unavailable for self-report or behavioral observation. The information-processing paradigm offers a useful approach to the study of these important and unexplored aspects of relational conflict. The present article describes a first attempt to `translate' and test some of the most intriguing aspects of relational conflict in more information-processing terms. We start from three observations derived from observational and self-report research: (1) Avoidance is a frequent response to relational conflict; (2) the outcome of avoidance of relational conflict varies, depending on the extent to which the conflict threatens the relationship; and (3) husbands avoid more frequently than wives. The specific aim of the present article is to understand two processes that give rise to male avoidance in response to relationship-threatening conflicts: Defensive protection, a motivational process, and the management of cognitive dissonance, a cognitive process. In line with the information-processing paradigm, a reaction time and recognition study is reported in which 126 partners of 63 couples were exposed to conflict information in an experimental dual task paradigm. The experiment provided a set of findings that is consistent with previous research and supports the case of motivated distraction in males, but also breaks new ground because it offers insight into processes unavailable for self-report or behavioral observation.
The Impact of News Use and News Content Characteristics on Political Knowledge and Participation

Research has examined the relationship between traditional news media use and normatively important political outcomes such as knowledge and participation. However, most research fails to account for variations in the nature of news over time and across communities that could alter the fundamental relationship between exposure and these outcomes. Here two studies are presented—one with variation in news characteristics over time based on the American National Election Studies time series data and another with variation across local communities and newspapers within a single state during a single election year—to assess the hypothesis that the relationship between news use and political outcomes are moderated by natural variations in the nature of the news content and news outlets.
Differential Sorting of Lysosomal Enzymes Out of the Regulated Secretory Pathway in Pancreatic β-Cells

In cells specialized for secretory granule exocytosis, lysosomal hydrolases may enter the regulated secretory pathway. Using mouse pancreatic islets and the INS-1 β-cell line as models, we have compared the itineraries of procathepsins L and B, two closely related members of the papain superfamily known to exhibit low and high affinity for mannose-6-phosphate receptors (MPRs), respectively. Interestingly, shortly after pulse labeling INS cells, a substantial fraction of both proenzymes exhibit regulated exocytosis. After several hours, much procathepsin L remains as precursor in a compartment that persists in its ability to undergo regulated exocytosis in parallel with insulin, while procathepsin B is efficiently converted to the mature form and can no longer be secreted. However, in islets from transgenic mice devoid of cation-dependent MPRs, the modest fraction of procathepsin B normally remaining within mature secretory granules is increased approximately fourfold. In normal mouse islets, immunoelectron microscopy established that both cathepsins are present in immature β-granules, while immunolabeling for cathepsin L, but not B, persists in mature β-granules. By contrast, in islets from normal male SpragueDawley rats, much of the proenzyme sorting appears to occur earlier, significantly diminishing the stimulusdependent release of procathepsin B. Evidently, in the context of different systems, MPR-mediated sorting of lysosomal proenzymes occurs to a variable extent within the trans-Golgi network and is continued, as needed, within immature secretory granules. Lysosomal proenzymes that fail to be sorted at both sites remain as residents of mature secretory granules.
Symptoms and traits of personality disorder: Two new methods for their assessment.

This study examines the reliability and validity of 2 dimensional methods for the assessment of personality disorder symptoms and traits. In Study 1, three groups that varied in personality pathology level completed the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; Clark, 1993), a self-report questionnaire that measures traits relevant to Axis II pathology. Differences among the groups, which were patterned in theoretically interesting ways, are discussed. In Study 2, two independent judges rated 22 clusters of Axis II symptoms in 56 state hospital inpatients based on chart information. Good interrater reliability was obtained (median coefficient =.71), and personality-related pathology was quite prevalent. Relations among symptom ratings, SNAP scores, and chart diagnoses were generally systematic, but anomalous findings also emerged
The Moderator in Control: Use of Names, the Particle ne, and Response Tokens on a Japanese Discussion TV Program

Research on media broadcasts has often focused on the interactional work engaged in by news interviewers and program hosts. In this report, I contribute to this line of inquiry by describing the work of the moderator of a Japanese roundtable discussion program that is known for its argumentative character. More specifically, in the analysis, I concentrate on an interactional progression consisting of three linguistic practices—naming, the particle ne, and short response tokens—that is employed by the moderator to maintain control of the program's interaction. I show that this sequence enables the moderator to place panelists on specific sides of an issue and ultimately provide them with opportunities to argue directly with one another, thereby creating, at a local, interactional level, the argumentative nature for which the program is known.
The cognitive effects of jury aids on decision-making in complex civil litigation

Two hundred seventy nine individuals served as mock jury members in a civil trial that involved multiple plaintiffs and several expert witnesses. Juries were or were not provided with written summary statements of the testimony of expert scientific witnesses, and were either permitted or not permitted to take notes. The results showed that the combination of summary statements and note-taking had a synergistic effect on the quality of decision-making. Mock juries enabled by both cognitive aids provided significantly higher awards, as compared to mock juries aided by one or none of the jury-aids, to the most severely injured plaintiffs without increasing compensation for those less worthy. Aided mock juries also recalled more probative evidence than non-aided jurors, and were more satisfied with the efficacy of their deliberations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Language: en
SWEAT SUPPRESSION BY FORCED BREATHING IN MAN.

Thermal sweating from the forehead was suppressed by forced air breathing in two normal male subjects. The decreased sweat rate was associated with symptoms of respiratory alkalosis. This sweat suppression was blocked by the introduction of excess carbon dioxide into the respired gas. sweating and hyperventilation; hyperventilation and sweating; respiratory alkalosis and sweating Submitted on February 7, 1964
Adolescent Peer Groups and Social Identity.

This study investigated processes by which adolescents form positive evaluations of their peer groups. One-hundred and fifteen male and female adolescents aged 14–15 years made a series of comparisons between their own peer group (the ingroup) and a group of which they were not a member (the outgroup). In line with the predictions of social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner, 1979), participants behaved consistently in ways which favoured the ingroup: compared to the outgroup, the ingroup was associated to a greater extent with positive characteristics (e.g. being fun, nice, and honest) and to a lesser extent with negative characteristics (e.g. being ignorant, unfriendly, and boring). Their responses were also related to levels of identification with the ingroup: at higher levels of identification participants reported more favourable evaluations of their groups. These findings extend earlier research and show how the benefits derived from group membership in adolescence are in part realised through intergroup processes.
When the Ignored Gets Bound: Sequential Effects in the Flanker Task

Recent research on attentional control processes in the Eriksen flanker task has focused on the so-called congruency sequence effect a.k. a. the Gratton effect, which is the observation of a smaller flanker interference effect after incongruent than after congruent trials. There is growing support for the view that in this paradigm, the congruency sequence effect is due to repetition of the target or response across trials. Here, results from two experiments are presented that separate the contributions of target, flanker, and response repetition. The results suggest that neither response repetition alone nor conflict is necessary to produce the effect. Instead, the data reveal that only flanker repetition is sufficient to produce congruency sequence effects. In other words, information that is associated with a response irrespective whether it is relevant for the current trial is bound to response representations. An account is presented in which the fleeting event files are the activated part of the task set in which flankers, targets, and response representations are associatively linked and updated through conflict-modulated reinforcement learning.
School-Age Children With Diabetes

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between maternal environment (child behavior and coping resources), diabetes self-efficacy, diabetes management behaviors, and child glycemic control. METHODS Study participants were recruited from 3 outpatient clinics in the Midwest and included 41 mothers of children with type 1 diabetes, ages 6 to 10. All participants completed the following measures: Coping Resources Inventory, Behavioral Assessment System for Children-Parent Report, Maternal Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Scale, Diabetes Management Scale-Parent, and 24-hour diabetes behavior recall. Downloaded glucose data and child HgbA1c were obtained by chart review. Stepwise multiple regression was used to determine the influence of maternal environment on maternal diabetes self-efficacy and diabetes management behavior. Pearson product moment correlations were used to determine if relationships existed between maternal self-efficacy, diabetes management behaviors, and child metabolic control. RESULTS Coping resources contributed significantly to mothers' diabetes self-efficacy. No significant relationship was found between the mothers' environment and diabetes management behavior. Self-efficacy did not predict maternal diabetes management behaviors. The blood glucose testing and maternal recall of diabetes behaviors were correlated to metabolic control. CONCLUSIONS Mothers with coping resources felt more confident in managing their children's diabetes. Child behavior did not influence a mother's diabetes management behaviors. Mothers who were consistent in their diabetes management behaviors had children in better metabolic control. More information is needed to determine what mothers view as barriers in providing diabetes care for their children.
Marital Satisfaction in the Elderly

Although marital satisfaction across the lifespan has received considerable research attention, results to date do little to describe marital satisfaction in advanced age. In fact, current models of marital satisfaction across the lifespan conflict greatly on the topic of later life. One hundred and sixty-eight married persons between the ages of 55 and 88 were surveyed to explore this topic in the attempt to produce a model. The model developed demonstrates that there are apparently no changes from adulthood through the various sub-stages of later life. There were, however, several changes in marital satisfaction observed in several "symptom" areas of marital satisfcation/distress. Recommendations are made for the development of marital enhancement programs tailored to the special needs of the elderly.
Two parallel mechanisms of the relationship between justice perceptions and employees' citizenship behaviour: A comparison of the organizational identification and social exchange perspective

Based on the widely accepted relationship between procedural justice and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), this study examines and compares two mechanisms—social exchange with organization and organizational identification, through which employees are motivated to engage in organizational citizenship behaviour. A total of 152 teachers and their corresponding peers in a middle school completed the survey. We used bootstrapping to test our hypotheses. We found that procedural justice perception of employees is associated with their OCB-I (individual-oriented OCB) and OCB-O (organizational-oriented OCB) through two different mechanisms. Justice perception was related to OCB-I mainly through social exchange. Meanwhile the effect of justice perception on OCB-O was mainly channelled through organizational identification of the employees. Social exchange and identification are two parallel mechanisms, which may explain the relationship between procedural justice and OCB. However, their psychological mechanisms are different, which could be manifested in their relationships to different patterns of citizenship behaviours. On top of emphasizing various exchanges with employees, organizations should help employees to form a clear and positive organizational identity so that employees are proud of being one of its members. This study is the first to compare directly the effects of social exchange with organizational identification on employee citizenship behaviours.
A Sociolinguistic and Cross-cultural Investigation into the Speech Act of Suggestion

This study investigated the pragmatic strategies employed by 30 Iranian EFL learners in making suggestions in their L2. Their suggestions were compared with 30 American and another 30 Iranian students who made suggestions in their first language (English and Persian, respectively). Triangulated data obtained from DCT and open role-plays were analyzed based on three aspects of making suggestions at macro level (perspective, directness and politeness) and a number of micro strategies. While the general tendency was to make suggestions from the perspective of both the speaker and hearer (S+H) using almost direct language and redressive actions, at micro level significant differences were observed between the three groups of participants. Moreover, gender, relationship between interlocutors and the topic on which suggestions were made, also appeared to contribute to the observed differences. The findings of the study are discussed in the light of cross-cultural differences and its pedagogical implications are elaborated on.