Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of the Nomological Networks Associated With Forced-Choice and Likert Formats of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory

ABSTRACT The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is one of the most popular measures of narcissism. However, its use of a forced-choice response set might negatively affect some of its psychometric properties. The purpose of this research was to compare a Likert version of the NPI, in which only the narcissistic response of each pair was given, to the original NPI, in 3 samples of participants (N = 1,109). To this end, we compared the nomological networks of the forced-choice and Likert formats of the NPI in relation to alternative measures of narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, entitlement, self-esteem, general personality traits (reported by self and informants), interpersonal styles, and general pathological traits included in the DSM–5. The Likert format NPI—total and subscales—manifested similar construct validity to the original forced-choice format across all criteria with only minor differences that seem to be due mainly to the increased reliability and variability found in the Likert NPI Entitlement/Exploitativeness subscale. These results provide evidence that a version of the NPI that employs a Likert format can justifiably be used in place of the original.
How Does the Effort Spent to Hold a Door Affect Verbal Thanks and Reciprocal Help?

When someone holds a door for us we often respond with a verbal “thanks. ” But given such a trivial favor, our feelings can vary considerably depending on how the door is held. Studies have shown that verbal thanking increases in relation to door-holding effort. However, it is unclear how such a favor can lead to verbal thanks in addition to reciprocal help. We examined how holding a door in an effortful or non-effortful manner relates to verbal thanking and reciprocal helping. We measured: (1) whether participants verbally thanked the experimenter, (2) whether they agreed to help another person by taking a survey, and (3) whether they helped pick up objects (pens) that the door-holder subsequently dropped. Participants in the effortful condition were more likely to offer verbal thanks, to help pick up the pens, and to walk a greater distance to pick them up. Participants who thanked the door-holder, however, were not more likely to provide help.
A Nonsense Mutation in a Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Is Responsible for the Sorghum brown midrib6 Phenotype1[W][OA]

brown midrib6 (bmr6) affects phenylpropanoid metabolism, resulting in reduced lignin concentrations and altered lignin composition in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Recently, bmr6 plants were shown to have limited cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase activity (CAD; EC 1.1.1.195), the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of hydroxycinnamoyl aldehydes (monolignals) to monolignols. A candidate gene approach was taken to identify Bmr6. Two CAD genes (Sb02g024190 and Sb04g005950) were identified in the sorghum genome based on similarity to known CAD genes and through DNA sequencing a nonsense mutation was discovered in Sb04g005950 that results in a truncated protein lacking the NADPH-binding and C-terminal catalytic domains. Immunoblotting confirmed that the Bmr6 protein was absent in protein extracts from bmr6 plants. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Bmr6 is a member of an evolutionarily conserved group of CAD proteins, which function in lignin biosynthesis. In addition, Bmr6 is distinct from the other CAD-like proteins in sorghum, including SbCAD4 (Sb02g024190). Although both Bmr6 and SbCAD4 are expressed in sorghum internodes, an examination of enzymatic activity of recombinant Bmr6 and SbCAD4 showed that Bmr6 had 1 to 2 orders of magnitude greater activity for monolignol substrates. Modeling of Bmr6 and SbCAD4 protein structures showed differences in the amino acid composition of the active site that could explain the difference in enzyme activity. These differences include His-57, which is unique to Bmr6 and other grass CADs. In summary, Bmr6 encodes the major CAD protein involved in lignin synthesis in sorghum, and the bmr6 mutant is a null allele.
Rate Regions for Relay Broadcast Channels

A partially cooperative relay broadcast channel (RBC) is a three-node network with one source node and two destination nodes (destinations 1 and 2) where destination 1 can act as a relay to assist destination 2. Inner and outer bounds on the capacity region of the discrete memoryless partially cooperative RBC are obtained. When the relay function is disabled, the inner bound reduces to an inner bound on the capacity region of broadcast channels that includes an inner bound of Marton, and GePfand and Pinsker. The outer bound reduces to a new outer bound on the capacity region of broadcast channels that generalizes an outer bound of Marton to include a common message, and that generalizes an outer bound of GePfand and Pinsker to apply to general discrete memoryless broadcast channels. The proof for the outer bound simplifies the proof of GePfand and Pinsker that was based on a recursive approach. Four classes of RBCs are studied in detail. For the partially cooperative RBC with degraded message sets, inner and outer bounds are obtained. For the semideterministic partially cooperative RBC and the orthogonal partially cooperative RBC, the capacity regions are established. For the parallel partially cooperative RBC with unmatched degraded subchannels, the capacity region is established for the case of degraded message sets. The capacity is also established when the source node has only a private message for destination 2, i.e., the channel reduces to a parallel relay channel with unmatched degraded subchannels.
Does "Could" Lead to Good? Toward a Theory of Moral Insight

We introduce the construct of moral insight and study how it can be elicited when people face ethical dilemmas—challenging decisions that feature tradeoffs between competing and seemingly incompatible values. Moral insight consists of discovering solutions that move beyond selecting one conflicting ethical option over another. Moral insight encompasses both a cognitive process and a discernible output: it involves the realization that an ethical dilemma might be addressed other than by conceding one set of moral imperatives to meet another, and it involves the generation of solutions that allow competing objectives to be met. Across four studies, we find that moral insight is generated when individuals are prompted to consider the question “What could I do? ” in place of their intuitive approach of considering “What should I do? ” Together, these studies point toward a theory of moral insight and important practical implications.
Specific genetic etiology, psychodynamics, and therapeutic nihilism.

Dr. Erlenmeyer-Kimling has assigned to me one of the most difficult and unrewarding of scholarly tasks, to wit, expounding the obvious. My feeling is that if a clinician or behavior-scientist needs the clarifications of this paper, it can only be because he is so ideologically committed that he will be psychologically unable to receive them. For the others it will be just one more exposition of "what every informed and sophisticated person knows. " But I accepted the job, so I shall do my best, endeavoring to keep in mind Gide's all-too-true comment that "It has all been said before, but you must say it again, since nobody listens. "
Análisis factorial exploratorio y propiedades psicométricas de la escala de valencia de actitudes y creencias hacia la hipnosis, versión terapeuta

Investigamos las propiedades psicometricas y la estructura factorial, con metodologia exploratoria, de la Escala de Valencia de Actitudes y Creencias hacia la Hipnosis version Terapeuta. La muestra para el test fue de 775 profesionales adscritos al Colegio Oficial de Psicologos, y de 426 para el retest. El analisis factorial mostro ocho factores (Miedo, Memoria, Ayuda, Control, Colaboracion, Interes, Magica y Marginal), con una consistencia interna y fiabilidad adecuadas, similares a la version Cliente de la escala. Los ANOVAS mostraron que algunas variables (tener conocimientos cientificos, haber recibido informacion practica sobre la hipnosis, utilizarla, y mostrar interes en recibir mas informacion teorica y practica sobre hipnosis) tienden a reducir las creencias inadecuadas y actitudes negativas hacia la hipnosis. Nuestros resultados proporcionan una base para realizar analisis factoriales confirmatorios, estudios de validez convergente y de sensibilidad de la escala al cambio.
Source Memory and Appearance-Based Bias in Older Adults

Earlier research on the influence of babyfaceness on source memory indicates this facial characteristic may lead to source memory bias in younger adults. Data suggests the neonatal features of babyfaceness illicit first impressions of social submissiveness, physical weakness and a lack of cleverness. A previous study of source memory bias and babyfaceness collected data from an exclusively young adult sample, thus little is known about the influence of babyfaceness of the source memory of older adults. Repeating the earlier study of younger adults using the same procedure and stimuli, this experiment attempts to extend our knowledge of this phenomena to a more diverse population. We will expose older adults to pictures of mature-faced and babyfaced individuals paired with either a submissive or dominant sentence (some congruently, i.e. babyfaced individual/submissive sentence; some incongruently, i.e. babyfaced individual/dominant sentence). Later, we will test them for their memory of these pairings. We predict that older adults may experience bias in one of two ways, depending upon which cognitive mechanism has a stronger influence on memory. If older adults rely most strongly on trait-diagnostic information rather than stereotypes and schematic knowledge when forming impressions, their memory for incongruent behaviors of baby-faced or mature-faced individuals will be better than that of younger adults. Alternatively, because executive functioning declines with age, we may see older adults relying more heavily on schematic knowledge and stereotypes to make decisions about baby-faced or mature-faced individuals. Should this be the case, we would expect to see that older adults’ memory for incongruent behaviors of baby-faced or mature-faced individuals would be worse than that of younger adults. Appearance-Based Bias and Older Adults
Efficacy of goserelin plus anastrozole in premenopausal women with advanced or recurrent breast cancer refractory to an LH-RH analogue with tamoxifen: Results of the JMTO BC08-01 phase II trial

The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy and tolerability of a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) analogue plus an aromatase inhibitor following failure to respond to standard LH-RH analogue plus tamoxifen (TAM) in premenopausal patients. Premenopausal women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and/or progesterone-receptor positive, advanced or recurrent breast cancer refractory to an LH-RH analogue plus TAM received goserelin (GOS) in conjunction with anastrozole (ANA). The primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR). Secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), clinical benefit rate (CBR) and safety. Between September 2008 and November 2010, 37 patients were enrolled. Thirty-five patients (94.6%) had ER-positive tumors, and 36 (97.3%) had human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) 2-negative tumors. Thirty-six (97.3%) had measurable lesions and 1 (2.7%) had only bone metastasis. The ORR was 18.9% [95% confidence interval (CI), 8.0–35.2%], the CBR was 62.2% (95% CI, 44.8–77.5%) and the median PFS was 7.3 months. Eight patients had adverse drug reactions but none resulted in discontinuation of treatment. GOS plus ANA is a safe effective treatment for premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, recurrent or advanced breast cancer. The treatment may become viable treatment in the future, particularly when TAM is ineffective or contraindicated. Further studies and discussion are warranted.
"What do you mean my grade is not an A?": an investigation of academic entitlement, causal attributions, and self-regulation in college students

This dissertation is dedicated to the love of my life, Joey Achacoso. I am so richly blessed to know you and privileged to call you my husband. Acknowledgments Although my dissertation process included many solitary nights of burning the midnight oil in front of a computer screen, I was blessed with the help of many wonderful people without whom this process would have never come to fruition. First, I would like to recognize my dissertation advisor, Diane Schallert, for her input and guidance. Working with Diane was like being in the presence of a Zen master. Through her many years of experience working with graduate students, she always knew exactly what I needed to do next and was able to communicate it in a way that I understood. Her calming presence and patience helped me to understand and love the research process. Diane always went above and beyond the call of duty to help me. She also made feel as though my dissertation was very important to her, even while working with many other students. I was inspired by her enthusiasm for my project and I am honored to have been her student. It would be an understatement to say that I had an amazing dissertation committee. The support, humor, enthusiasm, and insight of Frank Wicker, Marilla Svinicki, JoyLynn Reed, and Tasha Beretvas helped make this process exciting and fun. My dissertation is a far richer document because of their contributions. My committee members always made me feel that I understood what I was doing, even if I was not quite sure if I did. I became a better graduate student for working with them. I am also in debt to many other people who helped me throughout this process. First, Claire Ellen Weinstein gave me the teaching experience that was the v impetus for this dissertation. Lynda Cleveland's invaluable support of my project was also most helpful. Jeannine Turner helped me name my research interest and helped me to survive and thrive during graduate school for which I will be eternally grateful. The transcription and data mining efforts of and Linda Hardwick also made this dissertation possible. I would also like to recognize my Area I cohort: Pam Way, Sunny Do, and Jessica Summers. It was their friendship, love, and intellectual input that helped me through even the most difficult times during graduate school. My dear friends Laurie helped …
The study of frequency domine analysis of HRV in traffic police

Heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) is the measurement of noninvasive and quantitative marker of cardiac autonomic control. We have examined the autonomic activity of traffic police by calculating HRV to evaluate, predict and thereby prevent any hazardous occupation-induced health disorder that may set in as to precipitate in future; this may help them to improve their life expectancy.30 young adult traffic police were compared with that of 30 Normal controls to assess the relative sensitivity of each for distinguishing between a periods of cognitive workload. The frequency domain parameters such as HF, LF, HF/LF ratio, LF/HF ratio were recorded and evaluated. Comparison of HF, LF, HF/LF ratio, LF/HF ratio values in frequency domain analysis of the normal and deep breathing periods between group I and group II it showed that data of group II were highly significant when compared with that of group I in both the periods. (p<0.001).
Sparsity-Aware Adaptive Algorithms Based on Alternating Optimization and Shrinkage

This letter proposes a novel sparsity-aware adaptive filtering scheme and algorithms based on an alternating optimization strategy with shrinkage. The proposed scheme employs a two-stage structure that consists of an alternating optimization of a diagonally-structured matrix that speeds up the convergence and an adaptive filter with a shrinkage function that forces the coefficients with small magnitudes to zero. We devise alternating optimization least-mean square (LMS) algorithms for the proposed scheme and analyze its mean-square error. Simulations for a system identification application show that the proposed scheme and algorithms outperform in convergence and tracking existing sparsity-aware algorithms.
Research on Resource Self-Organizing Model for Cloud Computing

The primary problem to be solved for Cloud Computing is the formation of resource cloud. Cloud formation is from small to large process and dynamic complex process that can be achieved well using a self-organizing method. A new resource management method for Cloud Computing, resource self-organizing model that can form self-government resource groups in the absence of centralized management control and dynamically optimize the organizational structure of resources in accordance with resource changes, is proposed. The management protocol and the management node election algorithm for resource self-organizing model are presented. The simulation experiment to test the performance of resource self-organizing system is designed and the experiment results show that the proposed model can optimize the organizational structure of resources in dynamic system and improve the system performance
Extracorporeal photopheresis: a review.

Extracorporeal phototherapy (ECP) is a therapeutic approach based on the biological effect of psoralen 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and ultraviolet light A (UVA) on mononuclear cells collected by apheresis, and reinfused into the patient. Photopheresis is widely used for the treatment of patients with advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTLC). Evidence suggests that it prolongs life, and also induces 50-75% response rates. In addition, more and more reports indicate that photopheresis is a potent agent in the therapy of acute allograft rejection among cardiac, lung and renal transplant recipients. There are increasing amounts of data showing that patients with chronic graft versus host disease benefit from this therapy. Likewise, there are indications that there may be a potential role for ECP in the therapy of certain autoimmune diseases resistant to conventional therapy. The mechanism of this treatment is likely due to the induction of anticlonotypic immunity directed against pathogenic clones of T lymphocytes. Treatment induces apoptotic death of pathogenic T-cells, and it is postulated that activation of antigen-presenting cells has important effects in this process.
Sex does not matter: gender bias and gender differences in peer assessments of contributions to group work

This paper considers the possibility of gender bias in peer ratings for contributions to team assignments, as measured by an online self-and-peer assessment tool. The research was conducted to determine whether peer assessment led to reliable and fair marking outcomes. The methodology of Falchikov and Magin was followed in order to test their finding that gender has no discernable impact on peer ratings. Data from over 1500 participants at two universities enrolled in four different degree programmes were analysed. The research indicates an absence of gender bias in six case studies. The research also found that women received significantly higher ratings than men.
Metastable prograde mineral reactions in contact aureoles

Extrapolation of reaction paths and rates of metamorphic mineral growth from experimental to natural systems is complicated by a number of factors. Many of these factors are difficult to evaluate for natural systems. A combination of textural modeling and stable isotope analysis allows for a distinction between several possible reaction paths for olivine growth in a siliceous dolomite contact aureole. It is suggested that olivine forms directly from dolomite and quartz. The formation of olivine from this metastable reaction implies metamorphic crystallization far from equilibrium. Stable and metastable reaction paths predict the textures observed (calcite haloes around bladed olivine crystals) well. It is possible to discriminate between individual reaction paths only on the basis of the oxygen isotope compositions of the minerals involved. Products were found to be in stable isotope equilibrium, but in disequilibrium with the reactants. Only the metastable overall reaction dolomite + quartz → olivine + calcite + CO 2 produces no dolomite by local reactions, and hence agrees with the oxygen isotope data. Thus, significant mineral growth occurred far from equilibrium with respect to the thermodynamically stable reactions of the system. This amazing finding implies that metamorphism of contact aureoles has to be reinterpreted in a more complex, dynamic fashion, involving metastable reactions and metastable equilibria as well. The spatial distribution of metamorphic mineral assemblages in a contact aureole cannot be interpreted as a proxy for the temporal evolution of a single rock specimen, because each rock undergoes a different reaction path, depending on temperature, heating rate, and fluid-infiltration rate.
A new method for the joint visualization of vascular structures and connective tissues: Corrosion casting and 1 N NaOH maceration

Corrosion casting combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been widely used to study the morphofunctional aspects of microcirculation in many organs. In this study, we present an optimization of the corrosion casting (CC) technique associating it with NaOH 1 N maceration method to obtain a clear visualization of the relationships existing between the microvascular architecture of an organ and its extracellular matrix. Briefly, experiments were performed macerating the tissue previously injected with a low viscosity acrylic resin in 1 N NaOH and then observing it at SEM. In this study, we present an application of this technique to better evaluate the extracellular components of the vascular wall in medium‐sized and capillary vessels both in skin and in kidney. The results obtained yielded clear images of the three‐dimensional layout of medium‐sized and capillary vessels in comparison with the extracellular environment. Furthermore, detailed information was obtained on the three‐dimensional layout of fibers constituting the walls of venules, arterioles, and capillaries. In addition, the tubular collagenic structures surrounding the excretory tubules of the kidney and the dermal glands of the skin were depicted and their relationships with their vascular supply described in detail. Microsc. Res. Tech. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Towards a Categorisation of Cognitive Styles and Learning Styles

Abstract This paper considers the construct, ‘style’, in the study of individual differences and learning. The origin and elaboration of learning style as a concept is discussed, tracing the influence of a cognition and a learning‐centred approach to the psychology of individual difference. The authors argue that a contemporary overview of style can contribute to a rationalisation of the theory and facilitate a greater application of learning style in educational practice. A case is made for the need to integrate more fully various models of style into a single construct of learning style.