Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effective leadership and successful career advancement: perspectives from women in health care

Purpose – This exploratory study describes the images of effective leadership and successful organizational advancement held by women in numerous positions in the health care fields.Design/methodology/approach – Surveys of 140 women in the health care field were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed.Findings – Differences were found between the characteristics of effective leadership and the characteristics contributing to successful advancement. Women in health care predominantly portray effective leadership in other‐oriented (team or organizationally focused) and stereotypically feminine or gender‐neutral terms. In contrast, successful advancement in organizations was predominantly and almost exclusively described in self‐focused and stereotypically masculine terms. Similarities and differences in the perspectives on leadership effectiveness, career advancement, satisfaction, and development strategies were examined among physicians, nurses, administrators, faculty, and others (scientists and resear.
Cross-National Emailing as Cultural Immersion in Multicultural Counselor Training: A Pilot Study

Multicultural counselor training has utilized cultural immersion to stimulate students’ multicultural competency development. This article discussed a pilot study which experimented with a new instructional strategy of cultural immersion in a multicultural counseling class. This strategy intended to study the effectiveness of a cross-national emailing project (CNE) on students’ multicultural competency development. Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI; Sodowsky, Taffe, Gutkin, & Wise, 1994) was used to measure the multicultural competencies of 13 female counseling students from the United States in this semester-long project. Both quantitative and qualitative results supported the positive development of multicultural competency in cross-national emailing.
Recognizing group diversity: Individualist‐collectivist and autonomous‐relational social orientations and their implications for intergroup processes

A recently proposed taxonomy describes four basic types of groups or group members by crossing the individualist-collectivist distinction with autonomous versus relational group orientations (Hinkle & Brown, 1990). The model posits that many of the basic relationships derived from Social Identity Theory will be most readily observed amongst collectivist groups with relational orientations. Three investigations (two laboratory experiments and one field study) were conducted to examine the orthogonality of the individualist-collectivist and autonomous-relational dimensions and test the hypothesis that significant, positive correlations between in-group identification and in-group bias are most apt to occur amongst collectivists with relational orientations. In all three studies, research participants completed an individualist-collectivist inventory and measures of autonomous versus relational group orientations, in-group identification, and in-group favouritism. As expected, correlations between individualism-collectivism and the measure of autonomous-relational orientations were quite low; the two dimensions manifested little overlap. Responses to the individualist-collectivist inventory and autonomous versus relational group orientations scale were used to divide the research participants into the taxonomy's four categories. As hypothesized, in all three studies significant, positive identification/in-group favouritism correlations were observed for collectivists with relational orientations, whilst these same correlations amongst individualists with autonomous orientations were zero. The results from these studies support predictions derived from Hinkle & Brown's (1990) group taxonomy. The use of different paradigms, subject populations and measures of key constructs in the laboratory and field studies speaks to the model's generalizability. The general implication of these findings for Social Identity Theory and intergroup relations research is that our theoretical understanding and predictive precision can be enhanced by recognizing that the relevant psychological processes can vary across different types of groups and group members.
Truths and (Mis)representations: Adrienne Rich, Michel Foucault and Sexual Subjectivities in India

Featured in a special symposium on Adrienne Rich and Michel Foucault for the 10th Anniversary edition of the journal 'Sexualities' this paper examine the concepts of heteronormativity and sexual subject in respect of reflections on social invisibility and absence as enabling rather then necessarily repressing same-sex sexualities in India.
Psychosocial health and life-events – dynamical development in the short term. A follow-up study of children at four and six years of age

In this paper, (1) the psychosocial health in relation to (2) life-events was assessed among 156 children attending 20 schools by parents and teachers with the Child Behavior Checklist and the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form at the ages of four and six. Life-events were reported by parents. (1) According to the report, 93–96% children had no psychosocial problems. Parents and teachers report significant improvement of externalising (behavioural) problems and total problems in children with psychosocial problems at point of time 1. Teachers also report improvement of internalising (emotional) problems. Parents and teachers agree in 8–25% of the cases. (2) Of the children 46% experienced life events, no correlation was found with changes in psychosocial health. Findings may be explained by regular school attendance, resilience of the children and variability in the normative development. Remarkable dynamic is observed in change of psychosocial problems. Psychosocial development in early childhood is rather liable to change and life-events do not strongly influence psychosocial health.
Indexable Bayesian Personalized Ranking for Efficient Top-k Recommendation

Top-k recommendation seeks to deliver a personalized recommendation list of k items to a user. The dual objectives are (1) accuracy in identifying the items a user is likely to prefer, and (2) efficiency in constructing the recommendation list in real time. One direction towards retrieval efficiency is to formulate retrieval as approximate k nearest neighbor (kNN) search aided by indexing schemes, such as locality-sensitive hashing, spatial trees, and inverted index. These schemes, applied on the output representations of recommendation algorithms, speed up the retrieval process by automatically discarding a large number of potentially irrelevant items when given a user query vector. However, many previous recommendation algorithms produce representations that may not necessarily align well with the structural properties of these indexing schemes, eventually resulting in a significant loss of accuracy post-indexing. In this paper, we introduce Indexable Bayesian Personalized Ranking (IBPR) that learns from ordinal preference to produce representation that is inherently compatible with the aforesaid indices. Experiments on publicly available datasets show superior performance of the proposed model compared to state-of-the-art methods on top-k recommendation retrieval task, achieving significant speedup while maintaining high accuracy.
Transmit Probability Designs for Wireless Peer Discovery With Energy Harvesting

This letter studies wireless peer discovery (WPD), which identifies the existence of neighbor nodes to establish link in systems where some nodes can harvest energy. In conventional WPD, each node operates in three different modes, namely, packet transmitting (Tx), data receiving, and sleeping modes. However, since the sleeping nodes neither transmit nor receive data, to make more efficient use of the resources, we consider a scenario where the sleeping nodes harvest energy from the signals radiated by the Tx nodes. First, we analyze the average number of discovered peers (ADP) and the amount of energy harvested per unit area as a function of the node densities. Then, we examine the ADP performance by addressing an ADP maximizing problem under the energy harvesting constraints, which is difficult to solve due to non-convexity. To tackle the problem, we focus on the asymptotic performance in the interference-limited scenario and provide an insightful closed-form solution. Numerical simulations confirm that our solution achieves near-optimal performance over all levels of interference with reduced complexity.
Mass loss of galaxies due to an ultraviolet background

We perform cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to determine to what extent galaxies lose their gas due to photoheating from an ionizing background. We find that the characteristic mass at which haloes on average have lost half of their baryons is M c ∼ 6.5 x 10 9 h -1 M ⊙ at z = 0, which corresponds to a circular velocity of 25 km s -1 . This is significantly lower than the filtering mass obtained by the linear theory, which is often used in semi-analytical models of galaxy formation. We demonstrate it is the gas temperature at the virial radius which determines whether a halo can accrete gas. A simple model that follows the merger history of the dark matter progenitors, and where gas accretion is not allowed when this temperature is higher than the virial temperature of the halo, reproduces the results from the simulation remarkably well. This model can be applied to any reionization history, and is easy to incorporate in semi-analytical models.
Factorial Validation of Malaysian Adapted Brunel Mood Scale in an Adolescent Sample

Purpose The present study investigated the psychometric properties of a Malaysian adapted Brunel Mood Scale. Methods The questionnaire was administered to 355 young sport athletes with a mean age of 14.69+1.70 years. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha were used to determine the factorial validity and the internal consistency of the questionnaire respectively. Results CFA results revealed adequate model fit, best represented by a 6-factor model with one of the items removed (item 24). Internal consistency of the questionnaire was marginally supported through alpha reliability method. Alpha coefficients of 0.72, 0.64, 0.73, 0.69, 0.65, and 0.58 were obtained for tension, depression, anger, vigour, fatigue and confusion subscales respectively. Closer inspection of items for confusion revealed a ‘problematic’ item (item 24/uncertain). Removing this item increased the alpha coefficient to 0.67 for this subscale. Conclusion It was concluded that this questionnaire may be used to measure differentiated negative and positive mood states among Malaysian adolescent athletes. However, further analyses involving independent samples are needed to confirm the present findings.
In Their Own Voices: How Men Become Fathers

Recent research on fatherhood and families, as well as sociocultural developments of the last decade, have highlighted the critical role that fathers play in their childrens development; the multidimensional nature of father involvement; the importance of the mother-father relationship in creating a positive and healthy environment for children; from a policy perspective, these developments have begun to question policies that focus solely on fathers provisioning role [for a review see Cabrera, Tamis-LeMonda, Bradley, Hofferth, & Lamb, 2000]. One of the consequences of this extensive body of work is the blurring between biology and social prescriptions of fatherhood, thus challenging Margaret Meads assertion that motherhood is a biological necessity, but fatherhood is a social invention. Research is needed to answer the questions regarding who are fathers? What do they do? How are they involved with their children? How is their involvement related to childrens development? What are the barriers they face to be the fathers they would like to be? Studies on how fathers relationships with their partners mediate their involvement with, and impact on, their childrens well-being have been accumulating since the 1960s. The early body of research focused mainly on fathers in two-parent families, with an emphasis on middle-class families, and hence, provided an empirical data base that generally excluded low-income and minority men. On-going studies of the last decade have begun to remedy this situation by focusing on fathers in low-income and minority families [Cabrera, BrooksGunn, Moore, West, Boller, & Tamis-LeMonda, 2002; Coley, 2002; Johnson, 2001]. This challenging research is showing important similarities and differences between poor and middle class fathers. Among an array of findings, this work high-
Shared and Unique Proteins in Human, Mouse and Rat Saliva Proteomes: Footprints of Functional Adaptation

The overall goal of our study was to compare the proteins found in the saliva proteomes of three mammals: human, mouse and rat. Our first objective was to compare two human proteomes with very different analysis depths. The 89 shared proteins in this comparison apparently represent a core of highly-expressed human salivary proteins. Of the proteins unique to each proteome, one-half to 2/3 lack signal peptides and probably are contaminants instead of less highly-represented salivary proteins. We recently published the first rodent saliva proteomes with saliva collected from the genome mouse (C57BL/6) and the genome rat (BN/SsNHsd/Mcwi). Our second objective was to compare the proteins in the human proteome with those we identified in the genome mouse and rat to determine those common to all three mammals, as well as the specialized rodent subset. We also identified proteins unique to each of the three mammals, because differences in the secreted protein constitutions can provide clues to differences in the evolutionary adaptation of the secretions in the three different mammals.
Countertransference as the Analyst's experience of the analysand: influence of listening perspectives

In addressing the analyst's experience of the analysand, countertransference is an ever-expanding construct. In keeping with the totalist perspective, I propose that the analyst's experience of the patient, instead of the term countertransference, more fully captures the complexity of the analyst's involvement and correctly places it as a central guide for inquiry and interventions. Our moment-to-moment experience of the patient is shaped not only by the patient, but also by our listening perspective, be it a subject- or other-centered vantage point, our models, and our subjectivities. The analyst experientially can resonate with the patient's affect and experience from within the patient's vantage point-that is, the subject-centered listening perspective (self psychology's emphasis); the analyst can experience the patient from the vantage point of the other person in a relationship with the patient, called the other-centered listening perspective (frequently the emphasis in object relations and interpersonal approaches). I am proposing that the analyst's listening from within and without, oscillating in a background-foreground configuration, can illuminate more fully the patient's experience of self and of self in relation to others.
Resistance Re-Examined: Gender, Fan Practices, and Science Fiction Television

Studies of gender, science fiction television, and fan culture have often asserted that female fans resist patriarchy by negotiating cultural texts through such practices as fan fiction and interactive deliberation. This analysis holds that specific motivation and context must be considered to advance such a claim, especially in light of undercurrents of misogyny contributing to such phenomena as "slash" fan fiction authored by women and dealing with romances between male heroes. This study assesses the practices of fans, relevant text, and production factors in the context of particular, gender-related issues surrounding the series Farscape and Stargate SG-1, and finds that activities often thought to be emancipatory can, in fact, reproduce hegemony, and that fans sometimes appropriate resistive rhetoric in defense of hegemonic proclivities.
Effects of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate on RPE cell migration and adhesion

Purpose In diseases such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells can initiate proliferation and migration and secrete extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)—a natural anti-oxidant flavonoid that is abundant in green tea—has been shown to suppress the migration and adhesion of many cell types, but its effects on RPE cell migration and adhesion were unknown. Several studies have shown that platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) enhances proliferation and migration effects on RPE cells in PVR, and that fibronectin is a major ECM component of PVR tissue. Therefore, we investigated the inhibitory effects of EGCG on RPE cell migration induced by PDGF-BB, an isoform of PDGF, and adhesion by fibronectin. Methods The migration of RPE cells was detected by an electric cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) migration assay and a Transwell migration assay. Cells were loaded with 2’,7’-bis-(carboxyethyl)-5(6’)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester (BCECF/AM), and their adhesion to fibronectin was examined. The interactions of EGCG with PDGF-BB were analyzed by a dot binding assay. Cytoskeletal reorganization was examined by immunofluorescence microscopy. The PDGF-BB-induced signaling pathways were detected by western blotting. Results In the present study, we find that EGCG can inhibit PDGF-BB-induced human RPE cell migration and, in a dose-dependent manner, RPE cell adhesion to fibronectin. Our analysis demonstrates that EGCG does not directly bind to PDGF-BB and the inhibition of EGCG against fibronectin-induced cytoskeletal reorganization is observed. Furthermore, EGCG is shown to suppress PDGF-BB-induced PDGF-β receptors, downstream PI3K/Akt, and MAPK phosphorylation. Conclusions Our results provide the first evidence that EGCG is an effective inhibitor of RPE cell migration and adhesion to fibronectin and, therefore, may prevent epiretinal membrane formation.
Effect of Organizational Politics on Nondominant Firms

This study investigates five successful cases of nondominant firms’ learning with their powerful alliance partners and offers a unique perspective for elucidating how organizational politics affects nondominant firms. Based on a qualitative study, this study proposes a four-stage process model that indicates nondominant firms’ progressing from one stage to the next one, moving them from interorganizational learning to intraorganizational learning. To promote or resist either exploitation or exploration in nondominant firms, key interest groups exercise their power bases on one another in two ways: competing against a disapproved interest group or collaborating with an approved interest group. By enquiring about the interplay between politics and learning, the study reveals the effect of organizational politics on the strategic change of nondominant firms and offers valuable implications to both scholars and managers.
Recognizing Human Actions by a Bag of Visual Words

In this paper a novel method for action recognition based on the bag of visual words approach is proposed. The main contribution is to model each action through a high level features vector computed as the histogram of the visual words: the visual words are extracted by analyzing global descriptors of the scene and their occurrences are evaluated according to a codebook, a kind of dictionary, which encodes the typical visual words, automatically extracted during the learning phase. The classification is performed by using an SVM classifier, trained only by using high level features vectors, in order to increase the overall reliability of the system. The experimentation has been conducted over two recently proposed datasets, the MIVIA and the MHAD, the promising results confirm the robustness and the stability of the proposed approach.
Mobilizing Minority Communities

The debate over social capital and civil society has focused largely on broad-brush assessments of participation in America and on what various measures of involvement in social and political life indicate about Americans. This study moves beyond general interpretations of societal trends to a detailed analysis of minorities in city politics. Drawing on data gathered from a study of participation in large American cities, the authors break participation down by neighborhood and ask what kinds of political organizations are most effective in mobilizing minorities in city politics. This study compares the participation of Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics in neighborhood associations, citywide issue organizations, crime watch groups, and social service/self-help organizations. The data are further analyzed on the basis of the socioeconomic and racial makeup of neighborhoods. The neighborhood associations stand out as the most successful of the four types of organizations for mobilizing African Americans and bringing them into the political process.
A novel sphingolipid-TORC1 pathway critically promotes postembryonic development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Regulation of animal development in response to nutritional cues is an intensely studied problem related to disease and aging. While extensive studies indicated roles of the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) in sensing certain nutrients for controlling growth and metabolism, the roles of fatty acids and lipids in TOR-involved nutrient/food responses are obscure. Caenorhabditis elegans halts postembryonic growth and development shortly after hatching in response to monomethyl branched-chain fatty acid (mmBCFA) deficiency. Here, we report that an mmBCFA-derived sphingolipid, d17iso-glucosylceramide, is a critical metabolite in regulating growth and development. Further analysis indicated that this lipid function is mediated by TORC1 and antagonized by the NPRL-2/3 complex in the intestine. Strikingly, the essential lipid function is bypassed by activating TORC1 or inhibiting NPRL-2/3. Our findings uncover a novel lipid-TORC1 signaling pathway that coordinates nutrient and metabolic status with growth and development, advancing our understanding of the physiological roles of mmBCFAs, ceramides, and TOR. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.00429. 001
Patterns of antigenic expression in the thalamic reticular nucleus of developing rats

The present study describes the development of the thalamic reticular nucleus in rats with the use of Nissl staining and antibodies to parvalbumin and pro‐α‐thyrotropin‐releasing hormone (αTRH). Two major subdivisions of the reticular nucleus are apparent: (1) the main body, which is itself heterogeneous and lies for the most part between the fibres of the internal capsule and external medullary lamina, and (2) the perireticular nucleus, which lies lateral to the main body and medial to the globus pallidus.