Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Respect for persons in the intergroup context: Self—other overlap and intergroup emotions as mediators of the impact of respect on action tendencies

Two studies examined self—other overlap and intergroup emotions as mediators of the effects of respect for persons on action tendencies towards outgroup members. In contexts of both mild (Study 1) and more severe (Study 2) intergroup conflict, respect for persons predicted action tendencies towards outgroup members: those who value the intrinsic worth of others (high respect for persons) expressed less negative and more positive action tendencies towards outgroup members than did those with low respect for persons. These effects were obtained while controlling for Social Dominance Orientation and Agreeableness (Study 1). Further, the effects of respect for persons on action tendencies were shown to be partially mediated by self—other overlap and intergroup emotions. The findings support previous work in suggesting that respect for persons is an important predictor in intergroup contexts, and they highlight potential mechanisms through which respect might operate.
David Storey’s optimism and chance perspective: A case of the Emperor’s new clothes?

David Storey offers a novel theory to explain temporal variations in novel firm development. The article challenges this approach; it is suggested that it does not take account of important developments in recent entrepreneurship research. The themes of human capital, entrepreneurial learning, entrepreneurial prior experience, attitudes and networks and networking to illustrate ‘one-way bets’, which can shape temporal firm growth, are critically evaluated. With reference to these themes, the article seeks to stimulate additional research attention with regard to several emerging relationships that are ignored or partially discussed, relating to diversity of the entrepreneur, venture and external environmental contexts.
The cryoglobulins: an overview

Cryoglobulins are cold‐precipitable immunoglobulins associated with a number of infectious, autoimmune and neoplastic disorders. Their appearance along with rheumatoid factor (RF) can be considered a normal event in the clearance of immune complexes and rarely produces any symptoms. The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) has been rendered evident since the recognition of serological markers of HCV infection. There is thus every reason to suppose that direct or indirect involvement of B cells on the part of the HCV results in their persistent stimulation, clonal expansion and release of molecules with RF activity. The formation of RF/IgG immune complexes is the key pathogenetic mechanism. The close correlation between HCV infection and MC also throws new light on the interpretation of autoimmune phenomena in the course of viral infection and on the close link between autoimmune diseases and lymphoproliferative disorders. The higher risk of non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) displayed by HCV positive subjects, especially in the Mediterranean basin, suggests that the HCV's chronic lymphoproliferative drive may progress towards frank lymphoid neoplasia. The presence of MC does not represent an in situ or ‘occult’ NHL, because recent evidences indicate that none of the clones interpreted as predominant displays the molecular features of a true neoplastic process. The cryoglobulinemic syndrome is probably the consequence of pathogenic noxae that act upon the immune system of a host in which regulation of the peripheral T cell response appears to be in some way altered.
Relaxation and Guided Imagery in Hispanic Persons Diagnosed With Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder affecting 2% of the population in the United States. Another 16 million Hispanics suffer from generically identified rheumatic diseases that likely include FM. Because there are few reported studies of Hispanics with FM, a pilot study using a repeated-measures pretest–posttest design investigated the effects of a 10-week mind–body intervention (visual imagery with relaxation) on symptom management. The change in means from baseline to week 10 demonstrated improvement in self-efficacy for managing pain and other symptoms and functional status. Visual imagery with relaxation is a mind–body intervention that may be used for symptom management in this population.
Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: A Review of Empirical Literature

This article presents a review of the empirical literature examining the initial effects of witnessing domestic violence on children's functioning. Previous reviews of the literature suggested that witnessing was harmful to children, but they also indicated that the state of knowledge was quite limited due to an emphasis on exploratory methodologies, reliance on untested theories, and inconsistent findings. Nearly a decade of research has been conducted since the most recent review. Although results are still somewhat inconclusive regarding children's social, cognitive, and physical development, the findings of recently conducted investigations, when combined and compared with the previously reviewed literature, suggest much less equivocation concerning the negative effects of witnessing domestic violence on children's emotional and behavioral development. Theoretical developments and methodological refinements appear related to the recent findings.
Practices and Perceptions of Family Practice Residency Directors toward International Medical Graduate Applicants: A National Survey

Abstract Purpose - International Medical Graduates (IMGs) are increasingly filling Family Medicine residency positions. (1) To what extent are residency programs recruiting and accepting IMG applicants? (2) What are program directors’ perceptions of IMG applicants? (3) What program characteristics are associated with their practices and perceptions? Methods - A 2002 national survey of Family Medicine program directors assessed program demographics and directors’ recruiting practices and perceptions regarding IMG applicants. Results - Although 88% of respondents would rank IMG applicants, only 40% agreed that they would perform as well as U.S. graduates. Programs with IMG faculty were more likely to have IMG residents (p˂0.01). Program directors with IMG faculty or more IMG residents reported more positive perceptions of IMG residents’ performance (p˂0.01). Conclusion - More experience with IMGs, such as having IMG faculty or higher numbers of IMG residents, is associated with recruitment of IMG residents and may contribute to more positive beliefs about their performance.
From Mother to Disability Professional: Role Change, Resilience, and Rewards

This qualitative research study examined professional mothers' views about their employment in the. field of early intervention, their roles with other families, and the place such employment has in their lives. Fourteen mothers working in the field of early intervention after having children with disabilities were interviewed. We examined their experiences with, reactions to, and views of their employment situation and its relationship to adaptation and coping. Factors that influenced these views also were examined. Four themes were identified: (a) benefits of listening and sharing, (b) impact of personal experiences on career and credibility with clients, (c) impact of career on personal and professional growth, and (d) recognition of mothers' expertise by professionals. Implications for families and state and local early intervention service delivery systems are discussed.
Rhizobium etli and Rhizobium gallicum Nodulate Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in a Traditionally Managed Milpa Plot in Mexico: Population Genetics and Biogeographic Implications

ABSTRACT The stability of the genetic structure of rhizobial populations nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris cultivated in a traditionally managed milpa plot in Mexico was studied over three consecutive years. The set of molecular markers analyzed (including partial rrs, glnII, nifH, and nodB sequences), along with host range experiments, placed the isolates examined in Rhizobium etli bv. phaseoli and Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum. Cluster analysis of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and plasmid profile data separated the two species and identified numerically dominant clones within each of them. Population genetic analyses showed that there was high genetic differentiation between the two species and that there was low intrapopulation differentiation of the species over the 3 years. The results of linkage disequilibrium analyses are consistent with an epidemic genetic structure for both species, with frequent genetic exchange taking place within conspecific populations but not between the R. etli and R. gallicum populations. A subsample of isolates was selected and used for 16S ribosomal DNA PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, nifH copy number determination, and host range experiments. Plasmid profiles and nifH hybridization patterns also revealed the occurrence of lateral plasmid transfer among distinct multilocus genotypes within species but not between species. Both species were recovered from nodules of the same plants, indicating that mechanisms other than host, spatial, or temporal isolation may account for the genetic barrier between the species. The biogeographic implications of finding an R. gallicum bv. gallicum population nodulating common bean in America are discussed.
Objections to evolutionary psychology: Reflections, implications and the leadership exemplar

A recent exchange of articles in Human Relations debated the validity, philosophical coherence and applicability of the ideas of evolutionary psychology (EP), with specific reference, inter alia, to previous writings where the author has sought to apply EP to the field of organizational behaviour. This article aims to analyse key areas of controversy about the logic and assumptions on both sides of the debate and to explore the possibilities for common ground to be found between them. It is argued that this entails an inter-actionist approach to the analysis of individual agency and action, and a co-evolutionary perspective on the social context. Leadership is taken as an exemplar of how this would be applied.
Values and prejudice: Predictors of attitudes towards Australian Aborigines

This study related prejudice towards Australian Aborigines to value types assessed by the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), and social dominance orientation (SDO). One hundred and forty-eight students in Adelaide, South Australia, completed a Modern Racism Scale adapted for Australian Aborigines, the SVS, the RWA Scale, and the SDO Scale. We predicted that prejudice would be positively related to the importance of self-enhancement and conservation values from the SVS such as power and security and negatively related to the importance of self-transcendence values such as universalism and benevolence. Relations between the prejudice measures and RWA and SDO were also expected to reflect their degree of overlap with discrete value types from the SVS. These predictions were supported. Results were discussed in relation to the importance of considering how prejudice relates to a person's specific value priorities as well as to more general value variables such as RWA and SDO.
Tuberculosis Transmission from Healthcare Workers to Patients and Co-workers: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB), and potentially of being infectious themselves when they are ill. To assess the magnitude of healthcare-associated TB (HCA-TB) transmission from HCWs to patients and colleagues, we searched three electronic databases up to February 2014 to select primary studies on HCA-TB incidents in which a HCW was the index case and possibly exposed patients and co-workers were screened.We identified 34 studies out of 2,714 citations. In 29 individual investigations, active TB was diagnosed in 3/6,080 (0.05%) infants, 18/3,167 (0.57%) children, 1/3,600 (0.03%) adult patients and 0/2,407 HCWs. The quantitative analysis of 28 individual reports showed that combined proportions of active TB among exposed individuals were: 0.11% (95% CI 0.04–0.21) for infants, 0.38% (95% CI 0.01–1.60) for children, 0.09% (95% CI 0.02–0.22) for adults and 0.00% (95% CI 0.00–0.38) for HCWs. Combined proportions of individuals who acquired TB infection were: 0.57% (95% CI 7.28E-03 – 2.02) for infants, 0.9% (95% CI 0.40–1.60) for children, 4.32% (95% CI 1.43–8.67) for adults and 2.62% (95% CI 1.05–4.88) for HCWs. The risk of TB transmission from HCWs appears to be lower than that recorded in other settings or in the healthcare setting when the index case is not a HCW. To provide a firm evidence base for the screening strategies, more and better information is needed on the infectivity of the source cases, the actual exposure level of screened contacts, and the environmental characteristics of the healthcare setting.
Hiring Internal Employees: A View from the Field

In small athletic departments, particularly at the NCAA Division III level, the challenge of building effective coaching staffs can be great because financial and other barriers often limit the pool of job applicants. This challenge is often addressed by hiring former athletes who have just graduated from the same program. This consultation-based study analyzed the positive and negative effects of hiring former athletes as assistant coaches within the same institution. Findings indicated that advantages of hiring former athletes include a reliable assessment of fit, quick time for socialization and valuable contribution, and already established trust between all parties. Disadvantages included limitations on specialization, a dearth of new ideas and new innovations, and issues caused by the role transition from former athlete to coach or assistant coach. Recommendations offered for practice include broadening the search for candidates, and for internal hires, external training and development, and assista.
Colonial Histories and Decolonial Dreams in the Ecuadorean Amazon

The political changes sweeping Latin America have inspired scholars to declare a “post-neoliberal” era, some even suggesting a potential reversal of colonialism. Despite progressive political discourse in Ecuador, the indigenous movement continues to resist the state. Underlying the conflict between the indigenous and the state is a long-standing conflict between economic growth and the environment. Since Ecuador’s economy relies on Amazonian natural resources, the post-neoliberal Ecuadorean state requires colonial advances into indigenous territory to fund its progressive social programs. The opposite of colonialism is autonomy, which in the right hands can represent a true development alternative. Los cambios políticos arrasando América Latina han inspirado a los académicos a declarar una era “posneoliberal,” algunos incluso sugiriendo una inversión potencial de colonialismo. A pesar del discurso político progresista en el Ecuador, el movimiento indígena continúa resistiendo el Estado. Detrás del conflicto entre los indígenas y el Estado es un conflicto antiguo entre el crecimiento económico y el medio ambiente. Como la economía de Ecuador se basa en los recursos naturales de la Amazonía, el Estado ecuatoriano posneoliberal requiere avances coloniales en territorio indígena para financiar sus programas sociales progresistas. Lo contrario del colonialismo es la autonomía, que en las manos adecuadas puede representar una verdadera alternativa de desarrollo.
A large number of mature and functional dendritic cells can be efficiently generated from umbilical cord blood–derived mononuclear cells by a simple two‐step culture method

BACKGROUND: Advances in the past two decades in dendritic cell (DC) biology paved the way to exploit them as a promising tool in cancer immunotherapy. The prerequisite for DC vaccine preparations is large‐scale in vitro generations of homogeneous, mature, and functional DCs. Frequent improvements are being made in the existing in vitro DC production protocols to achieve this goal. In our previous study we reported a large‐scale generation of mature, functional DCs from umbilical cord blood (UCB) CD34+ cells. Here we report that this method can be used for the efficient generation of DCs from UCB mononuclear cells (MNCs) and thus the hematopoietic stem cell isolation step is not essential.
Divorce and psychiatric disease.

We report the findings from a study of 139 divorced probands and married, never divorced or widowed controls, to determine the incidence and relationship of psychiatric illness, as well as other demographic and domestic variables, to marital turmoil and divorce. Three fourths of the divorced women and two thirds of the divorced men had, or currently have, a psychiatric disease (specific diagnostic criteria for psychiatric illnesses were used). The psychiatric disorders seen frequently in the divorced probands were: Primary affective disease (unipolar depression), antisocial personality, and hysteria. Demographic data were used to identify the demographic variables which predict divorce and to compare to available census data, demonstrating that both the divorced and control populations are representative of the corresponding segments of the general population.
Set Reduction In Nonlinear Equations

In this paper, an idea to solve nonlinear equations is presented. During the solution of any problem with Newton's Method, it might happen that some of the unknowns satisfy the convergence criteria where the others fail. The convergence happens only when all variables reach to the convergence limit. A method to reduce the dimension of the overall system by excluding some of the unknowns that satisfy an intermediate tolerance is introduced. In this approach, a smaller system is solved in less amount of time and already established local solutions are preserved and kept as constants while the other variables that belong to the "set" will be relaxed. To realize the idea, an algorithm is given that utilizes applications of pointers to reduce and evaluate the sets. Matrix-free Newton-Krylov Techniques are used on a test problem and it is shown that proposed idea improves the overall convergence.
Chiral versus racemic building blocks in supramolecular chemistry: tartrate salts of organic diamines.

In the 1:1 adducts C(12)H(10)N(2). C(4)H(6)O(6) formed between 1,2-bis(4'-pyridyl)ethene and racemic tartaric acid [(I), triclinic P1;, Z' = 1] and (2R,3R)-tartaric acid [(II), triclinic P1, Z' = 2], the ionic components are linked by hard hydrogen bonds into single sheets, which are further linked by C-H.O hydrogen bonds. In the analogous adducts C(10)H(18)N(2). C(4)H(6)O(6) formed by 4,4'-bipyridyl with racemic tartaric acid [(III), triclinic P1;, Z' = 1] and the chiral acid [(IV), monoclinic P2(1), Z' = 1], the hard hydrogen bonds generate bilayers which are again linked by C-H.O hydrogen bonds. Piperazine forms a 1:1 salt [((C(4)H(10)N(2))H(2))(2+)]. [(C(4)H(4)O(6))(2-)] with (2R,3R)-tartaric acid [(V), monoclinic P2(1)] sheets, which are linked by the cations to form a pillared-layer framework. In each of the 1:2 salts formed by racemic tartaric acid with piperazine [(VI), monoclinic P2(1)/n, Z' = 0.5] and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2. 2]octane (DABCO) [(VII), monoclinic P2(1)/n, Z' = 0.5], the cation lies across a centre of inversion, with the [(HN(CH(2)CH(2))(3)NH)(2+)] cation disordered over two sets of sites: in both (VI) and (VII) the anions form a three-dimensional framework encapsulating large voids which accommodate the cations. The salt formed between DABCO and (2R,3R)-tartaric acid [(VIII), orthorhombic P2(1)2(1)2(1), Z' = 1] has 3:4 stoichiometry and contains four different types of ion, [(HN(CH(2)CH(2))(3)NH)(2+)](2). [N(CH(2)CH(2))(3)NH](+). 3(C(4)H(5)O(6))(-). C(4)H(4)O(6)(2-): the hard hydrogen bonds generate a three-dimensional framework.
Punishing and compensating others at your own expense: The role of empathic concern on reactions to distributive injustice

When confronted with violations of justice, people may be motivated not only to punish the violator, but also to compensate the victim. Whereas prior research has primarily concentrated on the question of when people are willing to punish, we provide a more comprehensive picture by also studying the willingness to compensate and by assessing the moderating role of empathic concern. Study 1 introduces the altruistic compensation game and shows that especially high empathic (compared to low empathic) people are willing to give up parts of their own resources to financially compensate the victims of distributive injustice. Study 2 completes the picture by directly comparing altruistic compensation with altruistic punishment. The study showed that high empathic people decided to compensate the victim, but low empathic people decided to punish the offender. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Harmony and Patriarchy: The Cultural Basis for 'Paternalistic Headship' Among the Overseas Chinese

This paper outlines a model of leadership attuned to the cultural specificities of the Overseas Chinese (OSC) context. The model is developed in a contrast ive mode to U.S. approaches to leadership which are depicted as being cultur ally bounded and non-transferable to the OSC situation. The model is extrapol ated from the persisting cultural values and traditions still prevalent in OSC organizations and management style. The concept of headship is heuristically adopted to demarcate the underlying orientation towards legitimized influen cing of followers by leaders and the structuring of relationships among the OSC. Chinese organizational 'heads' are seen to function on the basis of meet ing the mutually reinforcing dual requirements for legitimized order and com pliance achievement and the maintenance of social harmony. The cultural basis for meeting these requirements is examined in detail. The resulting 'leadership' orientation is depicted as 'paternalistic headship', the behavioural and attitu dinal elements of which are explored. The arguments are situated in the context of a burgeoning interest in, and recognition of a distinctive OSC management and business orientation.
Brucella alters endocytic pathway in J774 macrophages

Brucella is a facultative intracellular bacterium which causes chronic infections in mammals by surviving and replicating within host cells. The putative role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in the formation of the phagosome in non-professional phagocytes is supported by several research groups, but still leaves open the question of the fate of Brucella inside professional phagocytes and its resistance mechanisms therein. Macrophages are particularly important for the survival and spreading of Brucella during infection. The intracellular transport of Brucella in these cells has not been thoroughly characterized. To study the maturation process of Brucella-containing phagosomes in phagocytes, we comparatively monitored the intracellular transport of a virulent strain (2308) with two vaccine strains (S19 and RB51) in J 774 macrophages. Then, we compared the behavior of all three strains studied through transmission electron microscopy. The results indicate that the virulent strain not only occupies two different kinds of compartments but also alters the endocytic pathway of the cell it parasitizes, unlike what has been reported for non-professional phagocytes, like HeLa cell. Besides, differences are observed in the behavior of both Brucella abortus vaccine strains.