Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Unfolding the dynamics of emotions : how emotion drives or counteracts strategising

This article sets out to unfold the dynamics of emotions in strategising. Drawing on evidence from two in-depth field studies, each of which followed the work of a strategist over a period of 20 months, we illustrate the decisive role of the display and interpretation of emotions in strategising. We conclude that depending on the way they are experienced, displayed and interpreted, emotions act as a driving or restraining force engendering a low or high level of emotional energy. This in turn either drives or counteracts strategising. The article contributes by conceptualising the dynamics of emotions in strategising, whereby strategising is regarded as an ongoing stream of emotional activity related to strategic outcome. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Brundin, E. and Melin, L. (2006) 'Unfolding the dynamics of emotions: how emotion drives or counteracts strategising', Int. J. Work Organisation and Emotion, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.277-302.
Point Selection under Emerging Wireless Technologies

Users of wireless networks increasingly face a choice among multiple available access points. Clients generally make this decision with limited information about the access points or traffic trends in the system. We examine the strategic implications of an emerging wireless technology: utilizing multiple access points (APs) simultaneously. Clients using this technology require up-to-date information about the expected delays at available APs, which can be obtained through active probing. We model this scenario as a load balancing game, augmented to incorporate abstractions of these two technologies. Using techniques of empirical game-theoretic analysis, we evaluate a range of plausible strategies through simulation. We find that variants of the Hedge algorithms, previously shown effective at the single unit load balancing game under the bulletin board model, remain promising for scheduling multiple jobs per period; however, when delay information can only be obtained from using or probing an access point, all variants of the Hedge algorithm we examined were outperformed by simple decision-theoretic optimization policies.
Mental health, social functioning, and disability in postwar Afghanistan.

CONTEXT More than 2 decades of conflict have led to widespread human suffering and population displacement in Afghanistan. In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other collaborating partners performed a national population-based mental health survey in Afghanistan. OBJECTIVE To provide national estimates of mental health status of the disabled (any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner considered normal for a human being) and nondisabled Afghan population aged at least 15 years. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A national multistage, cluster, population-based mental health survey of 799 adult household members (699 nondisabled and 100 disabled respondents) aged 15 years or older conducted from July to September 2002. Fifty district-level clusters were selected based on probability proportional to size sampling. One village was randomly selected in each cluster and 15 households were randomly selected in each village, yielding 750 households. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Demographics, social functioning as measured by selected questions from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, depressive symptoms measured by the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25, trauma events and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) measured by the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, and culture-specific symptoms of mental illness and coping mechanisms. RESULTS A total of 407 respondents (62.0%) reported experiencing at least 4 trauma events during the previous 10 years. The most common trauma events experienced by the respondents were lack of food and water (56.1%) for nondisabled persons and lack of shelter (69.7%) for disabled persons. The prevalence of respondents with symptoms of depression was 67.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 54.6%-80.7%) and 71.7% (95% CI, 65.0%-78.4%), and symptoms of anxiety 72.2% (95% CI, 63.8%-80.7%) and 84.6% (95% CI, 74.1%-95.0%) for nondisabled and disabled respondents, respectively. The prevalence of symptoms of PTSD was similar for both groups (nondisabled, 42.1%; 95% CI, 34.2%-50.1%; and disabled, 42.2%; 95% CI, 29.2%-55.2%). Women had significantly poorer mental health status than men did. Respondents who were disabled had significantly lower social functioning and poorer mental health status than those who were nondisabled. Feelings of hatred were high (84% of nondisabled and 81% of disabled respondents). Coping mechanisms included religious and spiritual practices; focusing on basic needs, such as higher income, better housing, and more food; and seeking medical assistance. CONCLUSIONS In this nationally representative survey of Afghans, prevalence rates of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD were high. These data underscore the need for donors and health care planners to address the current lack of mental health care resources, facilities, and trained mental health care professionals in Afghanistan.
Consistencia interna, confiabilidad test-retest y validez de constructo de la Escala Multidimensional de Perfeccionismo de Frost

Abstract The purpose of this research was to evaluate the internal consistency, the test-retest reliability and the construct validity of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) in women. The total sample was made up of 325 university women, with an average age of 20.75 years ( SD = 2.81). The scale was administered twice ( n = 189) with an interval of one or two months between the first and second time of administration. Results showed that Cronbach’s Alpha for the total score of instrument was . 87 and for the factors ranged from . 66 to . 80. The one-month test-retest reliability was . 80 and for the two-months was . 67. People with symptomatology of eating disorders showed significantly higher scores than the control group in the total score of the FMPS and three of its factors, Concerns about Mistakes, Doubts about Actions and Parental Expectations. These findings provide favorable evidences for internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity of the FMPS. Resumen El proposito de esta investigacion fue evaluar la consistencia interna, la confiabilidad test-retest y la validez de constructo de la Frost Multidimensional Perfectio- nism Scale (FMPS) en mujeres. Se trabajo con una muestra de 325 mujeres universitarias, con una edad promedio de 20.75 anos ( DE = 2.81). Una muestra ( n = 189) de participantes contesto la FMPS en dos ocasiones para el test-retest, con una diferencia de un mes o dos meses entre la primera y la segunda aplicacion. Los resultados mostraron que el Alpha de Cronbach para el total del instrumento fue de . 87 y para los factores el rango fue de . 66 a . 80. La confiabilidad test retest a un mes fue de . 80 y a dos meses fue de . 67. Las personas con sintomatologia de trastornos del comportamiento alimentario presentaron puntuaciones significativamente mayores que el grupo control en el total de la escala y tres de sus factores, Preocupacion por los Errores, Indecision de Accion y Expectativas Paternas. Se concluye que existe evidencia favorable sobre la consistencia interna, confiabilidad test retest y validez de constructo de la FMPS.
When trauma hinders learning

Many kindergarten teachers have encountered children who enter school lacking the ability to control their behavior, but they may not understand the social and biological processes behind these children’s disruptive behavior. The author reviews research into early childhood brain development to explain how trauma and chronic stress can make it difficult for them to build the executive function skills needed in the classroom. By incorporating social-emotional learning, teachers in the early grades can help these children manage their emotional responses and succeed in school.
The burden of acute myocardial infarction after a regional cardiovascular center project in Korea.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a government-directed regional cardiovascular center (RCVC) project on the length of stay (LOS) and medical costs due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DESIGN A retrospective claim data review. SETTING Forty hospitals including four RCVCs in Korea. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1469 AMI patients who visited a RCVC in two regions between February 2009 and December 2011. INTERVENTIONS RCVC project has been fostering specialized center by region for management of cardiovascular disease. It has built a system that could receive intensive care quickly within 3 h when disease occurred. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in the LOS and cost were evaluated using the difference-in-differences (DIDs) method combined with propensity score matching (1:1) and multilevel analysis with adjustment for patient's and institutional factors. RESULTS The net effect of RCVC project implementation showed decline of LOS (-0.71 days) and total medical costs (-797 US dollars) by DID. After the RCVC project, the LOS for patients with AMI hospitalized in a RCVC was decreased by 8.9% (β = -0.094, P = 0.041) compared with patients hospitalized in a hospital not designed as a RCVC. Compared with costs before the RCVC project, they were decreased by 11.5% (β = -0.122, P = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS We provided evidence regarding the change in the societal burden due to AMI after regionalization. Although there was a reduction of LOS and direct medical costs reported in limited number of regionalized hospitals, in the long term we can anticipate an expanding impact in all regionalized hospitals.
The secular practice of a spiritual technique:mindfulness-based interventions and spirituality

Mindfulness meditation (MM) is an ancient Buddhist spiritual practice that has been secularised into popular and effective therapeutic interventions. This is the first empirical study to investigate the spiritual and secular context of mindfulness-based interventions through the prism of Common Factors theory, specifically focusing on the work of Frank (1973) and the concept of a healing ‘myth’ or story. The hypotheses predicted that a philosophically integrated role-induction to MM, would be more effective at improving credibility and expectations, state mindfulness and affect outcomes compared to philosophically narrower spiritual or secular presentations. Participants were randomly allocated to a role-induction group (integrated / spiritual / secular) and all received the same MM-intervention. Additionally, congruency effects between participants’ dispositional spirituality / secularity and induction group were tested. 165 participants (82 % female, mean age 25 years, SD=11.15) completed the online study. While all groups showed improvements on measures of credibility and expectations, state mindfulness and negative affect across timepoints, contrary to hypotheses the integrated induction group did not improve more than the secular or spiritual groups, nor were strong congruency effects found. Results are discussed in the context of a possible primary ‘myth’ of MM that overrides secondary divisions between secularity / spirituality; the ‘myth’ of finding peace in a frantic world.
Characterization of the serological biomarkers associated with Sjögren’s syndrome in patients with recalcitrant dry eye disease

Purpose The purpose was to characterize the biomarkers associated with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) identified in the serological samples of patients with recalcitrant dry eye disease; additionally, the modalities utilized in the treatment of dry eye disease were evaluated for subsets of patients with and without SS. Patients and methods Data for this retrospective, single-center, pilot study were based on a chart review of 48 sequential patients with recalcitrant dry eye who were evaluated for SS via serological analysis. Data presented include the presence of the autoantibodies identified through the serological biomarker analysis and identification of the concurrent dry eye treatment modalities. Results Eleven out of 48 patients (23%) tested positive for biomarkers associated with SS. Autoantibodies for salivary protein-1, parotid secretory protein 1, and carbonic anhydrase VI, markers associated with the early development of SS, were detected in 91% (ten out of eleven) of the patients who tested positive for SS, whereas 27% (three out of eleven) of patients tested positive for the traditional SS markers, SS-A and/or SS-B. Common treatment modalities utilized in SS patients included omega-3 supplements (82%), topical cyclosporine (74%), and artificial tear solutions (64%), as compared to omega-3 supplements (80%), hot-mask therapy (77%), and artificial tear solutions (77%), in SS-negative patients. Conclusion Evaluation for salivary protein-1, parotid secretory protein 1, and carbonic anhydrase VI biomarkers allows for identification of a subset of patients with biomarkers associated with SS that may not be identified through the traditional assessments (SS-A/SS-B). Earlier recognition of SS biomarkers allows for a confirmatory diagnosis and appropriate management of this systemic, progressive condition.
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus blood and skin and soft tissue infections in the US military health system, 2005-2010.

CONTEXT Rates of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are reported as decreasing, but recent rates of community-onset S. aureus infections are less known. OBJECTIVES To characterize the overall and annual incidence rates of community-onset and hospital-onset S. aureus bacteremia and skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in a national health care system and to evaluate trends in the incidence rates of S. aureus bacteremia and SSTIs and the proportion due to MRSA. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Observational study of all Department of Defense TRICARE beneficiaries from January 2005 through December 2010. Medical record databases were used to identify and classify all annual first-positive S. aureus blood and wound or abscess cultures as methicillin-susceptible S. aureus or MRSA, and as community-onset or hospital-onset infections (isolates collected >3 days after hospital admission). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Unadjusted incidence rates per 100,000 person-years of observation, the proportion of infections that was due to MRSA, and annual trends for 2005 through 2010 (examined using the Spearman rank correlation test or the Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test for linear trend). RESULTS During 56 million person-years (nonactive duty: 47 million person-years; active duty: 9 million person-years), there were 2643 blood and 80,281 wound or abscess annual first-positive S. aureus cultures. Annual incidence rates varied from 3.6 to 6.0 per 100,000 person-years for S. aureus bacteremia and 122.7 to 168.9 per 100,000 person-years for S. aureus SSTIs. The annual incidence rates for community-onset MRSA bacteremia decreased from 1.7 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 1.5-2.0 per 100,000 person-years) in 2005 to 1.2 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 0.9-1.4 per 100,000 person-years) in 2010 (P = .005 for trend). The annual incidence rates for hospital-onset MRSA bacteremia also decreased from 0.7 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 0.6-0.9 per 100,000 person-years) in 2005 to 0.4 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 0.3-0.5 per 100,000 person-years) in 2010 (P = .005 for trend). Concurrently, the proportion of community-onset SSTI due to MRSA peaked at 62% in 2006 before decreasing annually to 52% in 2010 (P < .001 for trend). CONCLUSION In the Department of Defense population consisting of men and women of all ages from across the United States, the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset MRSA bacteremia decreased in parallel, while the proportion of community-onset SSTIs due to MRSA has more recently declined.
Amplitude analysis of B- →d+π-π- decays

The Dalitz plot analysis technique is used to study the resonant substructures of $B^{-} \to D^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{-}$ decays in a data sample corresponding to 3.0 ${\rm fb}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. A model-independent analysis of the angular moments demonstrates the presence of resonances with spins 1, 2 and 3 at high $D^{+}\pi^{-}$ mass. The data are fitted with an amplitude model composed of a quasi-model-independent function to describe the $D^{+}\pi^{-}$ S-wave together with virtual contributions from the $D^{*}(2007)^{0}$ and $B^{*0}$ states, and components corresponding to the $D^{*}_{2}(2460)^{0}$, $D^{*}_{1}(2680)^{0}$, $D^{*}_{3}(2760)^{0}$ and $D^{*}_{2}(3000)^{0}$ resonances. The masses and widths of these resonances are determined together with the branching fractions for their production in $B^{-} \to D^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{-}$ decays. The $D^{+}\pi^{-}$ S-wave has phase motion consistent with that expected due to the presence of the $D^{*}_{0}(2400)^{0}$ state. These results constitute the first observations of the $D^{*}_{3}(2760)^{0}$ and $D^{*}_{2}(3000)^{0}$ resonances.
The Role of IL-17 in the Association between Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Allergic Sensitization

Interleukin- (IL-) 17 is important in the development of asthma and host defense against pneumococci. We determined the role of IL-17 in the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia. We challenged mice intranasally with a bioluminescent Streptococcus pneumoniae strain after sensitization and challenge with ovalbumin (OVA). We measured the levels of cytokines, including IL-17 (pg/mL), in the lung homogenate in experimental mice with and without OVA sensitization/challenge, as well as those with and without pneumococcal pneumonia. IL-17 levels were significantly lower in OVA-sensitized/challenged mice (9.69 ± 1.49), compared to the control mice (20.92 ± 1.82, P < 0.001). In our overall analysis, including IL-4 and IL-17 levels and OVA sensitization/challenge, IL-4 levels (OR: 81.9, 95%CI: 4.3–1523 per increment of 1.0 pg/mL, P = 0.003) were more significant than IL-17 levels (OR: 1.1, 95%CI: 1.03–1.17 per increment of 1.0 pg/mL, P = 0.003) in determining the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia. IL-17 levels result in a much smaller impact on the risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, compared to IL-4 levels.
Internet Marketing: The New Era of Innovation in E-commerce

Internet marketing is an interesting topic especially for researchers in the marketing field. It is a new way of marketing a product/service globally to the targeted market around the world. This paper introduces a new approach concerning Internet marketing in electronic commerce; showing how advertisers need this innovation to be successful. This also relieves marketing managers for more value added tasks such as marketing plans for better development of the company.
Effect of handover on the performance of scheduling algorithms in LTE networks

In this work, using ns-3 and different mobility models, we simulate realistic LTE network scenarios to study the effect of handover on two popular schedulers, namely the Proportional Fair (PF) and Max Weight (MW) scheduler. The performances of these schedulers are widely studied in the literature via simulation and mathematical analysis in the absence of handovers. Specifically, it has been shown that MW is throughput optimal among all scheduling policies that stabilize the system in the sense of bounding the user queues. In our experiments, however, we observe that such general conclusions may not be accurate in the presence of mobile users that hand over across multiple cells. To this end, we show that: i) MW achieves higher throughput than PF when users are confined to a single cell, but ii) when there is handover in the network across multiple cells, PF achieves a throughput similar to that of MW, and in some cases even slightly outperforms MW. Furthermore, these observations are consistent across a wide range of network scenarios in terms of round-trip delay, buffer size and channel fading.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Affects Performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task during Provision of Feedback

Early functional neuroimaging studies of tasks evaluating executive processes, such as the Wisconsin card sorting task (WCST), only assessed trials in blocks that may contain a large amount of different cognitive processes. More recently, we showed using event-related fMRI that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DL-PFC) significantly increased activity during feedback but not matching periods of the WCST, consistent with its proposed role in the monitoring of information in working memory. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a method that allows to disrupt processing within a given cortical region and to affect task performance for which this region is significantly solicited. Here we applied rTMS to test the hypothesis that the DL-PFC stimulation influences monitoring of working memory without interfering with other executive functions. We applied rTMS to the right DL-PFC and the vertex (control site) in different time points of the WCST. When rTMS was applied to the DL-PFC specifically during the period when subjects were receiving feedback regarding their previous response, WCST performance deteriorated, while rTMS did not affect performance during matching either when maintaining set or during set-shifting. This selective impairment of the DL-PFC is consistent with its proposed role in monitoring of events in working memory.
Pre-treatment assay of 5-fluorouracil degradation rate (5-FUDR) to improve prediction of 5-fluorouracil toxicity in gastro-esophageal cancer

Background 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) based chemotherapy is the most common first line regimen used in gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer, but development of severe toxicity is a main concern in the treatment. The present study is aimed to evaluate a novel pre-treatment assay, known as the 5-FU degradation rate (5-FUDR), as a predictive factor for 5-FU toxicity. Methods Pre-treatment 5-FUDR and gene polymorphisms related to 5-FU metabolism (DPYDIVS14+1G>A, MTHFRA1298T or C677T, TMYS TSER) were characterized in gastro-esophageal cancer patients. Association with toxicities was retrospectively evaluated, using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results 107 gastro-esophageal cancer patients were retrospectively analyzed. No relation between gene polymorphisms and toxicity were detected, while low (< 5th centile) and high (> 95th centile) 5-FUDRs were associated with development of grade 3-4 toxicity (OR 11.14, 95% CI 1.09-113.77 and OR 9.63, 95% CI 1.70-54.55, p = 0.002). Conclusions Compared to currently used genetic tests, the pre-treatment 5-FUDR seems useful in identifying patients at risk of developing toxicity.
THE POLYSEMY ADVANTAGE IN LEXICAL ACCESS: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT AVAILABILITY AND ORTHOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORHOOD VARIABLES

In this study we examine the interactions between lexical and semantic variables during lexical decision. We replicate findings that semantically ambiguous words with related senses (polysemes) have an advantage in lexical decision. However, we report a reversal of the traditional concreteness effect, such that there is a disadvantage for words high in concreteness. Furthermore, we report an advantage for words high in context availability but note that this advantage is qualified by both contextual diversity and orthographic neighborhood frequency. In contrast to past findings, ambiguity and context availability did not interact, although a novel interaction of ambiguity and contextual diversity is reported. We discuss the implications of these findings for the context availability hypothesis (Schwanenflugel & Shoben, 1983).