Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Women in the Assembly: representations of female Assembly Membersin the Welsh press

This study highlights the significance of equal participation of men and women as central to the future health of politics and the democratic process in Wales. Following affirmative action taken by two major Welsh political parties, the National Assembly for Wales has been notable for the high level of female representation among its membership since the legislature was created in 1999. The large number of women in the Assembly is a unique phenomenon both politically and geographically. However, the question that remains unanswered is this: in spite of equal political representation in the Assembly, are men and women now treated equally and fairly by the Welsh press? This research is the first comparative study of press representations of men and women in a political institution that has an almost equal number of male and female representatives. It specifically attempts to examine how 12 Welsh newspapers portrayed female Assembly Members [AMs] during a three-month Welsh national election period as well as during a later three-month routine press coverage period. It draws on content and discourse analyses of the press coverage of over 3000 articles from about 1000 newspaper editions during the two periods studied. It is also based on data generated by in-depth interviews with 28 AMs from the current Assembly. This study shows that when there has been a relative equal participation of women in a political institution over a period, the gender issue initially remains noticeable and “business as usual”. However, over time, more complex media representations of male and female politicians have been observed and gender bias has gradually become less salient and controversial than before, both in colleagues’ perceptions of women politicians and in media representations, because gender parity has become a norm.
Expected Home Ownership and Real Wealth Accumulation of Youth

This paper describes the real wealth accumulation of American youth and relates this behavior to variations in real constant-quality house prices in their localities of residence. We argue that increases in the real constant-quality house price have two offsetting effects on wealth. First, the greater the local constant-quality price of housing, the greater the wealth needed to meet the lender imposed down payment constraint if housing demand is price inelastic. However, increased real constant-quality house price reduces the likelihood of home ownership and thus the desire the accumulate wealth needed for a down payment. Using a panel data set for youth age 20-33 for the years 1985 through 1990 we find that the combined direct and indirect impact of variations in real constant-quality house price on wealth is modest for changes near the average real house price, but youths' wealth declines substantially in areas with high real house price.
Monitoring the decrease of circulating malignant T cells in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma during photopheresis and interferon therapy.

BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with stage IV cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is grim and therapeutic options are limited. Treatment of advanced-stage CTCL is aimed at suppressing the dominant T-cell clone, which is typically present in the skin, peripheral blood, and lymph nodes. OBSERVATIONS We detected the expansion of 1 T-cell clone expressing the T-cell receptor V beta 14 in the peripheral blood of a patient with stage IVA CTCL. Before initiation of combination therapy with photopheresis and low-dose interferon alpha, the dominant T-cell clone represented 84% of the total T-cell population. After successful therapy, this clone showed a dramatic decrease to 6% of the T-cell population after 6 months of treatment. This reduction in the percentage of the malignant T-cell population in response to therapy was paralleled by clinical skin improvement from initial generalized erythroderma to undetectable skin disease. CONCLUSIONS This case demonstrates that response to combination treatment with photopheresis and low-dose interferon alpha in patients with advanced CTCL may be accurately and quantitatively followed up by monitoring the percentage of the malignant T-cell clone (when identifiable) within the total circulating T-cell population by flow cytometry.
A Pluralistic Approach to Protected Area Governance: Indigenous Peoples and Makuira National Park, Colombia

Based on a study of collaborative governance (Spanish cogobierno , literally co-government) in Makuira National Park overlapping with an Indigenous collective territory of the Wayuu people recognised by the Government of Colombia, we analyse how Indigenous rights and conservation interests are negotiated between the national parks authority and local Indigenous governing authorities. Recognised common interests provide a basis for collaboration in protected area governance even where conflicting interests exist. The arrangements arrived at by negotiation incorporate Indigenous commons governance and parks conservation objectives, enabling territorial use planning which allows for both conflict management and protected area management. Ongoing collaborative governance based on common interests, brings both benefits and tradeoffs. The Wayuu give up part of their self-determination rights and the Park gives up part of the ideals of ecosystem conservation based on biological criteria. The strategic alliance works because it is based on the recognition of the legitimacy of Indigenous governing authority, the Parks’ role in protecting Wayuu territory, and the complementary strengths of the two parties. The core message of the case is that designing an inclusive and broad practice of conservation requires an approach involving processes that acknowledge common interests and tradeoffs for both parties.
A Compact V-Band Bandpass Filter in IPD Technology

This work presents a miniaturized bandpass filter in V-band using integrated passive device (IPD) technology with thick metal layers and Benzocyclobutene (BCB) dielectric on a glass substrate. The proposed filter, comprised of two stepped-impedance resonators with quarter-wave short-circuited stubs and floating pads, has low passband insertion loss and high stopband attenuation in a compact size. The fabricated filter has an insertion loss of 2.46 dB at the center frequency of 59 GHz, and a 3 dB bandwidth from 55.7 to 62.2 GHz. The core size of this filter is only 0.32×0.4 mm2(0.064 ×0.08 λ02).
Crystal structures and low-temperature behaviors of the heavy-fermion compounds CeRuGe3 and Ce3Ru4Ge13 containing both trivalent and tetravalent cerium.

Two different samples of the Ce-Ru-Ge ternary system of nearly the same composition, Ce{sub 3}Ru{sub 4}Ge{sub 13} and CeRuGe{sub 3}, have been studied, as well as the compound Y{sub 3}Co{sub 4}Ge{sub 13}, which contained a nonmagnetic rare earth as the reference material. Combined x-ray and neutron-diffraction studies of CeRuGe{sub 3} and an x-ray study of Ce{sub 3}Ru{sub 4}Ge{sub 13} show that we are dealing with internally distorted (probably 3D modulated) crystals with variable composition, i.e., Ce{sub 4{minus}{ital x}}Ru{sub 4}Ge{sub 12+{ital x}} and ranging from at least {ital x}=0 (1:1:3) to {ital x}=1 (3:4:13). We have measured the dc magnetic susceptibility, the ac susceptibility, the zero-magnetic-field heat capacity, the magnetic heat capacity in fields ranging from 0 to 9.85 T, and the electrical resistivity. The paramagnetic susceptibility and x-ray crystallography data indicate that the Ce{sub 4{minus}{ital x}}Ru{sub 4}Ge{sub 12+{ital x}} alloys cotain both trivalent cerium and tetravalent cerium in a 1 to 3 ratio. As far as we are aware, this is the first time such a valence situation has been reported for a cerium compound. In addition, the heat-capacity results show that Ce{sub 4{minus}{ital x}}Ru{sub 4}Ge{sub 12+{ital x}} is a heavy fermion with {gamma} varying from 428 to 592 mJ/molmore » Ce{sup 3+}K{sup 2} at the 1:1:3 and 3:4:13 compositions, respectively. Zero-field and magnetic-field heat capacity, and ac magnetic susceptibility data suggest that CeRuGe{sub 3} is a spin-glass system below {similar_to}5 K, which is consistent with the specific features of its crystal structure. Y{sub 3}Co{sub 4}Ge{sub 13} displays normal metallic behavior. « less
A Multifrequency Polarimetric SAR Processing Chain to Observe Oil Fields in the Gulf of Mexico

Within the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, multiplatform synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery is being used to aid post hurricane and postaccident response efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, such as in the case of the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The main areas of interest related to such disasters are the following: (1) to identify oil pipeline leaks and other oil spills at sea and (2) to detect man-made metallic targets over the sea. Within the context of disaster monitoring and response, an innovative processing chain is proposed to observe oil fields (i.e., oil spills and man-made metallic targets) using both Land C-band full-resolution and fully polarimetric SAR data. The processing chain consists of two steps. The first one, based on the standard deviation of the phase difference between the copolarized channels, allows oil monitoring. The second one, based on the different symmetry properties that characterize man made metallic targets and natural distributed ones, allows man made metallic target observation. Experiments, accomplished over single-look complex L-band Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) and C-band RADARSAT-2 fully polarimetric SAR data gathered in the Gulf of Mexico and related to the Deepwater Horizon accident, show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Furthermore, the proposed approach, being able to process both Land C-band fully polarimetric and full resolution SAR measurements, can take full benefit of both the ALOS PALSAR and RADARSAT-2 missions, and therefore, it allows enhancing the revisit time and coverage which are very critical issues in oil field observation.
Catching-Up and Inflation in Europe: Balassa-Samuelson, Engel’s Law and Other Culprits

This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special focus on the new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using an array of estimation methods, we show that the Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of inflation rates. By contrast, we find that the initial price level and regulated prices strongly affect inflation outcomes in a nonlinear manner and that the extension of Engel’s Law may hold during periods of very fast growth. We interpret these results as a sign that price level convergence comes from goods, market and non-market service prices. Furthermore, we find that the Phillips curve flattens with a decline in the inflation rate, that inflation is more persistant and that commodity prices have a stronger effect on inflation in a higher inflation environment.
Watchcasting: Freehand 3D interaction with off-the-shelf smartwatch

We describe a mid-air, watch-based 3D interaction technique called Watchcasting. The technique enables target selection and translation by mapping z-coordinate position to forearm rotation. By replicating a large display 3D selection study, we show that Watchcasting provides comparable performance to smartphone (Smartcasting) and electrical impedance myography (Myopoint) techniques. Our work demonstrates that an off-the-shelf smartwatch is a practical alternative for 3D interaction using specialized devices.
New light on the 'impressionistic view' of the balancing item in Australia's balance of payments accounts

Recently, Fausten and Brooks offered (what they refer to as) an ‘impressionistic view’ of the temporal evolution of Australia's balancing item, which is a measure of the accuracy of the balance of payments accounts. They claim that the balancing item ‘has been increasing in magnitude and volatility, violating with increasing frequency internationally agreed acceptability criteria for smallness. In the present paper it is shown that Fausten and Brooks results derive from data that incorporates excessively a dynamically asymmetric concentration of revisions and is therefore unsuitable for statistical analysis. This paper develops, and empirically evaluates, a model of the process of revisions of balance of payments data. This model illustrates that dynamically inconsistent time series of the balancing item, such as that employed by Fausten and Brooks, are bound to generate an artificial impression that it follows an ‘explosive’ time trend. Subsequently, it is illustrated that when alternative, dynamically consistent editions of the balancing item data for the same period as that examined by Fausten and Brooks are employed, their results are reversed. Indeed, the findings here contradict diametrically the conclusions of these authors by suggesting that the decline in the frequency of balancing item ‘violations’ observed in the latter portion of the relevant time period is unparalleled in the history of the balance of payments accounts.
A Computational Study on Word Meanings and Their Distributed Representations via Polymodal Embedding

A distributed representation has become a popular approach to capturing a word meaning. Besides its success and practical value, however, questions arise about the relationships between a true word meaning and its distributed representation. In this paper, we examine such a relationship via polymodal embedding approach inspired by the theory that humans tend to use diverse sources in developing a word meaning. The result suggests that the existing embeddings lack in capturing certain aspects of word meanings which can be significantly improved by the polymodal approach. Also, we show distinct characteristics of different types of words (e.g. concreteness) via computational studies. Finally, we show our proposed embedding method outperforms the baselines in the word similarity measure tasks and the hypernym prediction tasks.
Are Social Service Managers Encouraging Consumer Participation in Decision Making in Organizations?

The participation of social service consumers in decision making in social service organizations is often viewed as an appropriate mechanism for reducing feelings of oppression among residents of low-income communities. However, there is little empirical evidence that nonprofit or public social service managers actively seek to empower service consumers by involving them in organizational decision making. In this paper, the author describes findings from a survey of social service managers about whether specific client empowerment-oriented management activities are commonly utilized.
VOLUME AND CAPACITY INTERACTION IN FACILITY DESIGN

Abstract This paper addresses the joint facilities design problem of determining both demand and capacity with stochastic demand arrivals and stochastic processing throughput. Using a simple M/M/1 queueing model of a profit maximizing firm, we link marketing and production decision variables by recognizing appropriate congestion costs, and show that coordinated decision-making provides results superior to making demand and capacity decisions sequentially. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the model is robust with respect to its assumptions and parameters. An example illustrates the approach and demonstrates the application of the model.
Significance of downregulation of liver fatty acid-binding protein in hepatocellular carcinoma.

AIM To investigate the significance of downregulation of liver fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Tissue microarrays of 146 cases of HCC were used to perform immunohistochemical staining for L-FABP. For each L-FABP-negative HCC, further immunohistochemical staining was performed using a representative whole-tissue section to confirm the downregulation of L-FABP expression and to assess the intratumoral heterogeneity of the staining pattern. Clinical data were retrieved from the clinical files, and histological slides were reviewed. Immunohistochemical staining for cytokeratin (CK) 7, CK 19, β-catenin, glutamine synthetase (GS), and serum amyloid A were also performed on the tissue microarrays. Clinicopathological features of the L-FABP-negative and L-FABP-positive HCC cases were compared. Furthermore, L-FABP and GS gene expression in HCC and cholangiocarcinoma cell lines were analyzed using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Mutation analysis of HNF1A [encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 (HNF1)α] was performed for L-FABP-negative HCC cases. RESULTS Sixteen (10.9%) of the 146 cases of HCC stained negative for L-FABP. When we examined the correlation between the downregulation pattern of L-FABP and tumor size, most cases of smaller HCC (≤ 2 cm in diameter) exhibited focal downregulation, while most cases of larger HCC (> 2 cm in diameter) exhibited diffuse downregulation. The correlation was statistically significant (P = 0.036). When the HCC was smaller, the L-FABP-negative area often corresponded to a "nodule-in-nodule" appearance. Among the small HCC cases, tumor differentiation was significantly lower, and the frequency of intratumoral inflammation was significantly lower in L-FABP-negative cases than in L-FABP-positive cases (P = 0.032 and P = 0.009, respectively). The frequency of positivity for β-catenin and GS staining was significantly higher in L-FABP-negative cases of small HCC than in L-FABP-positive cases of small HCC (P = 0.009 and P = 0.000, respectively). Among six HCC cell lines examined, four showed higher expression of L-FABP, and the remaining two cell lines showed lower or no expression of L-FABP. Two of the 16 L-FABP-negative HCC cases possessed a mutation in exon 4 of HNF1A. CONCLUSION In smaller HCC, L-FABP downregulation probably occurs because of phenotypic changes during tumor progression. Moreover, this downregulation correlated with tumor differentiation and intratumoral inflammation.
The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship

This book presents the papers delivered at a conference, State-of-the-Art in Entrepreneurship Research, sponsored by the RGK Foundation, the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Baylor University, in February 1985. The book attempts to increase an understanding of entrepreneurship as both an art and a science by presenting state-of-the-art work by leading scholars. The volume addresses the key theoretical and practical issues in five parts. Papers in Part I emphasize the social and psychological dimensions of entrepreneurship, including its social context and aspects of female entrepreneurs. Part II demonstrates the important roles risk and venture capital financing play in supporting entrepreneurial activity. Part III explores the emerging field of high-technology entrepreneurship, including factors relating to founding of high-tech firms, interrelationships between innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship, and need for a technological innovation champion in the innovation cycle. In Part IV, papers examine issues associated with corporate entrepreneurship and maintaining the benefits of entrepreneurial approaches as a firm enlarges, including identifying forces in creating fast-growth, high-potential ventures, the strategic and management factors affecting venture success, and need to theorize factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship ventures. Part V emphasizes emerging developments in, and important needs in entrepreneurship research and education. Needed are developments in methodology, longitudinal studies, development of models and a comprehensive theoretical framework, as well as research in a number of specific fields, including models to identify entrepreneurial success, definition and tests for entrepreneurship, the small business/entrepreneurship interface, and high-tech entrepreneurship and technology transfer. Four conclusions about the state of entrepreneurship research in 1985 were apparent: it is in the early stages of a rapid growth cycle; not all areas have progressed at the same rate; convergent theories to provide an overall understanding of the whole entrepreneurial process are needed; and study of entrepreneurship has an important function beyond satisfying intellectual curiosity. (TNM)
Eccentric Exercise In Vivo: Strain-Induced Muscle Damage and Adaptation in a Stable System

The muscle tendon unit is a stable system, designed to operate eccentrically with efficiency and resiliency. Fiber strains, although minimized by tendon compliance during exercise, are essential components to decoding the mechanical and chemical signals during exercise. Subsequent cellular adaptations minimize the subsequent "dose" of stress and strain and serve to limit the exacerbation of damage into injury.
Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback on Reaction Time and Movement Time

The effects of electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback on reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT) were investigated utilizing 42 right-handed, male subjects from a university population. Subjects were randomly divided into three groups, a control group and two experimental groups. Both experimental groups were exposed to their EMG signals from their triceps brachii during the task, one experimental group received written information explaining the purpose of the EMG was to improve performance through biofeedback. Reaction times of the first block of 25 trials were significantly faster than those on the subsequent three blocks of trials for all groups. This provided evidence of learning. No other significant effects for reaction times were observed. Mean movement time for the EMG-only group was significantly slower than the means of either the Control group or EMG-Biofeedback group, with no difference between the latter two. The differences between experimental groups may have been related to alteration of strategy, anxiety, or motivation.
Use of 11 C-MPDX and PET to Study Adenosine A 1 Receptor Occupancy by Nonradioactive Agonists and Antagonists

Adenosine A1 receptors (A1Rs) in human and rodent brains can be visualized with the radioligand 8-dicyclopropylmethyl-1-11C-methyl3-propylxanthine (11C-MPDX) and PET. Here we investigated whether A1R occupancy by nonradioactive agonists and antagonists can be assessed with this technique. Methods: Small-animal PET scans with arterial blood sampling were obtained for 4 groups of isoflurane-anesthetized Wistar rats: controls (n 5 7); pretreated with a centrally active A1R agonist, N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA; 0.25 mg/kg intraperitoneally; dissociation constant, 0.48 nM; n 5 7); pretreated with a moderate dose of caffeine (antagonist for A1Rs and adenosine A2A receptors; 4 mg/kg intraperitoneally; dissociation constant, 11 mM; n 5 6); and pretreated with a high dose of caffeine (40 mg/kg intraperitoneally; n 5 6). Results: The administration of CPA resulted in a strong reduction (.50%) in the heart rate, and caffeine administration resulted in a small increase (10%– 15%). A caffeine dose of 4 mg/kg (n 5 6) resulted in 65.9% A1R occupancy, and a dose of 40 mg/kg (n 5 6) resulted in 98.5% occupancy (calculated from a modified Lassen plot). However, the administration of CPA resulted in an increase in 11C-MPDX binding in the brain. Conclusion: Small-animal PET with 11C-MPDX can be used to assess antagonist but not agonist binding at A1Rs. Changes in tracer uptake after the administration of CPA resembled previously reported changes induced by treatment of rats with ethanol and an adenosine kinase inhibitor (ABT702). Thus, the administration of an exogenous agonist or increasing the level of an endogenous agonist have similar effects. Agonists and antagonists may bind to different sites on the A1R protein having allosteric interactions.