Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Linking Knowledge Creating Capabilities, IT Business Value and Digital Business Value: An Exploratory Study in Japanese SMEs

Aiming to address the increasing focus on digital technologies and the continuous concern of Knowledge Management (KM) performance, this study explores the relationship between 'Knowledge Creating Capabilities', 'IT business value' and 'Digital business value'. The latter two concepts are re-defined as the achievement of business objectives by the use of IT or digital technologies in a balanced scorecard approach. The concepts of 'Knowledge Creating Capabilities' and 'Balanced SECI' are leveraged. Balanced SECI (Riera, Senoo and Iijima, 2009) refers to the balance of the four knowledge creation processes from Nonaka and Takeuchi’s SECI model (1995). This framework is applied to Japanese small and medium enterprises. A positive relationship between the achievement of business objectives by IT and the achievement using digital technologies was verified. On the other hand, although a relationship of 'Balanced SECI' with 'IT Business Value' or 'Digital Business Value' was not statistically significant; the observations showed that higher levels of 'Balanced SECI' were negatively related to the achievement of Financial, Customer and Business Processes types of business objectives and; positively related to Learning & Growth. Analysis from each SECI process confirmed such behaviour.
Cooperative source seeking via gradient estimation and formation control (Part 1)

In this paper and its companion paper [14], the problem of cooperative source seeking by a formation of mobile agents is considered. Each agent is equipped with position and signal strength measurement sensors; their task is to find the maximum of the scalar field. Agents exchange information with neighboring agents through a communication network. In the first part of this couple of papers, a distributed gradient estimation for each agent and a decentralized navigation controller for single- and double-integrator models are presented. When the signal measurements are corrupted by noise, distributed consensus filters are used in order to estimate the gradient direction. The strategy is based on both a gradient estimating algorithm and a formation controller. Stability conditions are provided. Numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control law. Part two extends this approach to general linear time-invariant models.
Role of intrinsic disorder in transient interactions of hub proteins

Hubs in the protein–protein interaction network have been classified as “party” hubs, which are highly correlated in their mRNA expression with their partners while “date” hubs show lesser correlation. In this study, we explored the role of intrinsic disorder in date and party hub interactions. The data reveals that intrinsic disorder is significantly enriched in date hub proteins when compared with party hub proteins. Intrinsic disorder has been largely implicated in transient binding interactions. The disorder to order transition, which occurs during binding interactions in disordered regions, renders the interaction highly reversible while maintaining the high specificity. The enrichment of intrinsic disorder in date hubs may facilitate transient interactions, which might be required for date hubs to interact with different partners at different times. Proteins 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
High-performance work practices, innovation and perceived organizational performance: Evidence from the Jordanian service sector

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between high-performance work practices, organizational innovation and organizational performance in the Jordanian service sector. The objective was to test the ability of high-performance work practices to account for variance in organizational innovation and subsequent organizational performance, and to examine the role of organizational innovation as a mediator between high-performance work practices and organizational performance. A purposive sample of 170 employees was chosen from the service sector during the year of 2009. Valid and reliable measures were chosen for the study based on established research. Rigorous translation and standardization procedures were followed to eliminate any cultural bias. Results showed that high-performance work practices significantly predicted organizational innovation, and organizational innovation, in turn, significantly predicted organizational performance. The study ended by a conclusion that organizational innovation mediates the relationship between high performance work practices and organizational performance. Key words: High-performance work practices, innovation, organizational performance, service sector, Jordan.
A new class of tissue‐specifically methylated regions involving entire CpG islands in the mouse

CpG islands, which have higher GC content and CpG frequencies compared to the genome as a whole, are generally believed to be unmethylated in tissues except at promoters of genes undergoing X chromosome inactivation or genomic imprinting. Recent studies, however, have shown that CpG islands at promoters of a number of genes contain tissue‐dependent, differentially methylated regions (T‐DMRs). In general, the tissue‐specific methylation is restricted to a part of the promoter CpG island, with hypomethylation of the remaining sequence. In the current study, using comparison between Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning (RLGS) and in silico RLGS, we identified ten sperm‐specific unmethylated NotI sites, T‐DMRs located in CpG islands that were hypomethylated in sperm but near‐completely methylated in the kidney and brain. Unusually, these T‐DMRs involve the whole CpG island at each of these loci. We characterized one of these genes, adenine nucleotide translocator 4 (Ant4), which is expressed in germ cells. Using a promoter assay, we demonstrated that expression of Ant4 gene is controlled by DNA methylation at the CpG island sequences within the promoter region. Ant4 and other sperm‐specific hypomethylated loci represent a new class of CpG islands that become completely methylated in different cell lineages. T‐DMRs at CpG islands are functionally important gene regulatory elements that may now be categorized into two classes: T‐DMRs involving a subregion of the CpG island and those that occupy the whole CpG island.
Chlamydia pneumoniae e Mycoplasma pneumoniae em aneurismas de aorta abdominal humana Morphometrical quantification of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in human atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysms

Objective: Atherosclerotic inflammation with a possible role of infectious agents can contribute to the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The finding of Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) in these lesions in previous non-quantifying studies ranged from 0-100%. The objective is to quantify the presence of CP and Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) in AAA. Methods: The thickness, and the number of cells positive for CP detected by the immunohistochemistry (immunoperoxidase, which is a type of immunohistochemical stain used in molecular biology, medical research, and clinical diagnostics), and the percentage of the area occupied by the Mycoplasma pneumoniae detected by in situ hybridization in three layers of the aorta were measured using an image-analysis system in 10 necropsies of abdominal aneurysmatic aortas. Three groups were used as controls: 1) samples of the same aortas, outside the aneurysms, except if the dilatation took the whole sub-renal portion of the artery (n=7); 2) aortas with severe atherosclerosis but without aneurysms (n=10); 3) aortas without or with mild atherosclerosis (n=10). All specimens were obtained at necr opsies. Wald’s test was used to compar e groups; significance level was established at 5%. Results: The tunica intima was thinner and the tunica media was thicker in the normal cases than in the other groups (p<0.01). Positive cells for CP were found in all groups, more frequently at the adventitia; no significant difference was detected between the groups (p>0.05). MP was also detected in all groups. This agent predominated in the group of patients with atherosclerosis, but without aneurysms at both tunica intima and adventitia; nevertheless, there were no significant differences between the groups (p>0.05). Conclusions: Our data suggested that the bacteria we focused to, does not play an important role in the pathogenesis of AAA. Descriptors: Aor ta, pathology. Aor tic aneurysm, abdominal. Chlamydophila pneumoniae. Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Atherosclerosis. Autopsy.
Fabrication and characterization of aluminum airbridges for superconducting microwave circuits

Superconducting microwave circuits based on coplanar waveguides (CPW) are susceptible to parasitic slotline modes which can lead to loss and decoherence. We motivate the use of superconducting airbridges as a reliable method for preventing the propagation of these modes. We describe the fabrication of these airbridges on superconducting resonators, which we use to measure the loss due to placing airbridges over CPW lines. We find that the additional loss at single photon levels is small, and decreases at higher drive powers.
Schistosoma mansoni larvicidal activity of murine bronchoalveolar lavage cells

We have investigated the ability of cells obtained from both normal and immune mice by bronchoalveolar lavage (BACs) to kill Schistosoma mansoni larvae in vitro. In cultures with mechanically derived schistosomules, high levels of larvicidal activity were displayed by BACs from both normal and irradiated cercaria-immunized C57BL/6 mice. Based on effector-to-target-cell ratios, BAC-mediated killing was two- to threefold more efficient than killing mediated by macrophage-rich cell populations obtained from the peritoneal cavity. BACs from normal A/J mice were essentially as larvicidal as normal C57BL/6 cells. However, BACs from a strain of mouse (P/J) with a known macrophage defect possessed negligible larvicidal activity. Macrophages made up 85 to 95% of BACs from all three strains tested. In contrast to cells of the IC-21 macrophage cell line, B6 BACs did not show enhanced killing activity when preincubated with lymphokine-containing supernatants. Lung schistosomules harvested 10 days after cercarial penetration were refractory to BAC-mediated killing.
Comparison of Different Radiography Systems in an Experimental Study for Detection of Forearm Fractures and Evaluation of the Müller-AO and Frykman Classification for Distal Radius Fractures

Objectives:We sought to compare the diagnostic performance of screen-film radiography, storage-phosphor radiography, and a flat-panel detector system in detecting forearm fractures and to classify distal radius fractures according to the Müller-AO and Frykman classifications compared with the true extent, depicted by anatomic preparation. Materials and Methods:A total of 71 cadaver arms were fractured in a material testing machine creating different fractures of the radius and ulna as well as of the carpal bones. Radiographs of the complete forearm were evaluated by 3 radiologists, and anatomic preparation was used as standard of reference in a receiver operating curve analysis. Results:The highest diagnostic performance was obtained for the detection of distal radius fractures with area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) values of 0.959 for screen-film radiography, 0.966 for storage-phosphor radiography, and 0.971 for the flat-panel detector system (P > 0.05). Exact classification was slightly better for the Frykman (kappa values of 0.457–0.478) compared with the Müller-AO classification (kappa values of 0.404–0.447), but agreement can be considered as moderate for both classifications. Conclusions:The 3 imaging systems showed a comparable diagnostic performance in detecting forearm fractures. A high diagnostic performance was demonstrated for distal radius fractures and conventional radiography can be routinely performed for fracture detection. However, compared with anatomic preparation, depiction of the true extent of distal radius fractures was limited and the severity of distal radius fractures tends to be underestimated.
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO USE AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC)

Language samples from 10 adults using an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system were analyzed for gender differences in performance measures. Participants (5 female; 5 male) were matched on device, access method, software, experience, age, and education. Each participant was asked to describe the "cookie theft" picture from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE; Goodglass & Kaplan, 1983). The language samples were analyzed on the following two dependent variables: frequency of Semantic Compaction™ language representation use and average communication rate. A dependent samples t-test and the equivalent non-parametric matched-pair Wilcoxon tests were conduced on both variables. The effect size and the power were also calculated and used to support the following results. There was not a significant difference in the Semantic Compaction™ dependent variable, however there was a large effect size (d=1.11). A power analysis indicated a sample size consisting of 9 pairs (4 more males and 4 more females) would increase the power to 82%. Further research with an increased sample size of 9 pairs of participants may provide more support for the current finding in relation to the use of Semantic Compaction™. No significant difference was found between the average communication rates of the genders; however the presence of a female outlier was concluded to influence these results. A dependent samples t-test was conducted on the data excluding the pair containing the outlier. The results of the dependent samples t-test indicated a significant difference between the genders in the average communication rates. Overall, for both dependent variables, the majority of males were higher on the performance measures than their paired female participants. These observations support a need for future research addressing gender differences in individuals who use AAC. Clinical implications suggest that future research is needed to determine if intervention strategies need to accommodate for differences between genders in their ability to effectively use their device to communicate as fast as they are able. Caution needs to be used when interpreting and applying these results to this population due to the limitations (i.e., small sample size and lack of control of extraneous variable) of the current study.
The increasing disparity in mortality between socioeconomic groups in the United States, 1960 and 1986.

BACKGROUND There is an inverse relation between socioeconomic status and mortality. Over the past several decades death rates in the United States have declined, but it is unclear whether all socioeconomic groups have benefited equally. METHODS Using records from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey (n = 13,491) and the 1986 National Health Interview Survey (n = 30,725), we replicated the analysis by Kitagawa and Hauser of differential mortality in 1960. We calculated direct standardized mortality rates and indirect standardized mortality ratios for persons 25 to 64 years of age according to race, sex, income, and family status. RESULTS The inverse relation between mortality and socioeconomic status persisted in 1986 and was stronger than in 1960. The disparity in mortality rates according to income and education increased for men and women, whites and blacks, and family members and unrelated persons. Over the 26-year period, the inequalities according to educational level increased for whites and blacks by over 20 percent in women and by over 100 percent in men. In whites, absolute death rates declined in persons of all educational levels, but the reduction was greater for men and women with more education than for those with less. CONCLUSIONS Despite an overall decline in death rates in the United States since 1960, poor and poorly educated people still die at higher rates than those with higher incomes or better educations, and this disparity increased between 1960 and 1986.
Typing of Candida albicans Isolates by Sequence Analysis of the Cytochrome b Gene and Differentiation from Candida stellatoidea

ABSTRACT Including type strains, mitochondrial cytochrome bgenes of 32 strains of Candida albicans and 6 strains ofCandida stellatoidea, presently treated as a synonym forC. albicans, were partially sequenced. Analysis of 396-bp nucleotide sequences of the strains under investigation dividedC. albicans isolates into three types: type I, type II, and type III; however, strains of C. stellatoidea represented distinct type IV isolates. Deduced amino acid sequences of type I, type II, and type III were identical and differed from that of type IV by one amino acid. Genotypes (rDNA type) of the test strains were also checked. Cytochrome b typing did not correlate with genotyping, and different genotypes occurred for one cytochromeb type. This study shows that cytochrome b gene sequences are useful for analyzing the genetic relatedness of C. albicans isolates and effective for differentiating C. stellatoidea from C. albicans.
Physical training: vital for survival and quality of life in cystic fibrosis

Educational aims To understand the current standard of care for cystic fibrosis patients. To appreciate the benefits of incorporating physical activity into patient care. To explain how physical activity can be incorporated into individual patients’ programmes. Summary Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease requiring multidisciplinary care. Treatment is symptomatic, but increasingly preventative rather than reactive. Physical activity is becoming part of the standard of care and appears equally as efficacious as traditional methods, and is time efficient with numerous studies demonstrating clinical benefit.
Capsular Typing Method for Streptococcus agalactiae Using Whole-Genome Sequence Data

ABSTRACT Group B streptococcus (GBS) capsular serotypes are major determinants of virulence and affect potential vaccine coverage. Here we report a whole-genome-sequencing-based method for GBS serotype assignment. This method shows strong agreement (kappa of 0.92) with conventional methods and increased serotype assignment (100%) to all 10 capsular types.
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: spectra and redshifts

The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) is designed to measure redshifts for approximately 250 000 galaxies. This paper describes the survey design, the spectroscopic observations, the redshift measurements and the survey data base. The 2dFGRS uses the 2dF multifibre spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which is capable of observing 400 objects simultaneously over a 2° diameter field. The source catalogue for the survey is a revised and extended version of the APM galaxy catalogue, and the targets are galaxies with extinction-corrected magnitudes brighter than b J = 19.45. The main survey regions are two declination strips, one in the southern Galactic hemisphere spanning 80° × 15° around the SGP, and the other in the northern Galactic hemisphere spanning 75° × 10° along the celestial equator; in addition, there are 99 fields spread over the southern Galactic cap. The survey covers 2000 deg 2 and has a median depth of z = 0.11. Adaptive tiling is used to give a highly uniform sampling rate of 93 per cent over the whole survey region. Redshifts are measured from spectra covering 3600-8000 A at a two-pixel resolution of 9.0 A and a median S/N of 13 pixel - 1 . All redshift identifications are visually checked and assigned a quality parameter Q in the range 1-5; Q ≥ 3 redshifts are 98.4 per cent reliable and have an rms uncertainty of 85 km s - 1 . The overall redshift completeness for Q ≥ 3 redshifts is 91.8 per cent, but this varies with magnitude from 99 per cent for the brightest galaxies to 90 per cent for objects at the survey limit. The 2dFGRS data base is available on the World Wide Web at http://www. mso.anu. edu.au/2dFGRS.
Stateful Scalable Stream Processing at LinkedIn

Distributed stream processing systems need to support stateful processing, recover quickly from failures to resume such processing, and reprocess an entire data stream quickly. We present Apache Samza, a distributed system for stateful and fault-tolerant stream processing. Samza utilizes a partitioned local state along with a low-overhead background changelog mechanism, allowing it to scale to massive state sizes (hundreds of TB) per application. Recovery from failures is sped up by re-scheduling based on Host Affinity. In addition to processing infinite streams of events, Samza supports processing a finite dataset as a stream, from either a streaming source (e.g., Kafka), a database snapshot (e.g., Databus), or a file system (e.g. HDFS), without having to change the application code (unlike the popular Lambda-based architectures which necessitate maintenance of separate code bases for batch and stream path processing). Samza is currently in use at LinkedIn by hundreds of production applications with more than 10, 000 containers. Samza is an open-source Apache project adopted by many top-tier companies (e.g., LinkedIn, Uber, Netflix, TripAdvisor, etc.). Our experiments show that Samza: a) handles state efficiently, improving latency and throughput by more than 100X compared to using a remote storage; b) provides recovery time independent of state size; c) scales performance linearly with number of containers; and d) supports reprocessing of the data stream quickly and with minimal interference on real-time traffic.
The Existential Underpinnings of Intergroup Helping: When Normative and Defensive Motivations Collide

Five studies examined defensive intergroup helping—when responsibility for an out-group victim’s injury decreases helping, whereas lack of responsibility increases helping when death is salient. In Study 1 (N = 350), implicit death primes increased petition signings to allow a Palestinian child to receive medical treatment in Israel, when the child was a victim of Palestinian fire. When the child was a victim of Israeli fire, however, death primes decreased petition signings. Study 2 (N = 200) partially replicated these effects on commitment to donate blood to an injured Palestinian child. Study 3 (N = 162) found that moral affirmation primes moderate defensive helping effects. Study 4 (N = 372) replicated defensive helping, but failed to replicate the moral affirmation effect found in Study 3. Study 5 (N = 243) partially replicated defensive helping and found that different framings of existential threat moderate the effect. Overall, results indicate that self-protective concerns underlie prosocial responses to out-group members in need.
Peptide aptamers define distinct EB1- and EB3-binding motifs and interfere with microtubule dynamics

This study isolated many peptide aptamers containing the SxIP motif that binds to Drosophila EB1 and human EB1 and EB3. Interaction sequences are similar to but distinct from each other. Aptamers can competitively displace endogenous EB1-interacting proteins from microtubule plus ends, and their expression in developing flies alters microtubule dynamics.