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Mobilizing Women Voters : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan Preliminary and Incomplete . Do Not

Reducing the gender gap in politics remains a challenge in much of the developing world. We test one of the reasons behind the low turnout rates for women: a lack of political campaign targeted at women. Before the 2018 general elections in Pakistan, we randomized electoral areas, and within them ran a political campaign at the household level to inform women voters about the public service delivery performance of the incumbent politician. Our results suggest that women’s turnout in the election increased substantially as a result of the information campaign as did the vote share of the incumbent. In a highly competitive environment, where the winning margin is 0.08% of the total polled votes, we find an increase of 13.3% in female turnout and an increase of 5.6% in the vote share of the incumbent politician. Furthermore, we find suggestive evidence that this response interacts with social norms in the area: women in areas where polling stations are of mixed gender respond strongly to the treatment, whereas women in areas where polling stations are gendered do not. JEL Classification: C93, D72, D83, J16, K16. ∗We are thankful to Tahir Andrabi, Aprajit Mahajan and seminar participants at LUMS School of Education for extremely helpful comments and to Turab Hussain and Syed Zahid Ali for championing this project and to Rana Sikandar Hayat Khan (District Nazim, Kasur) for field support. Kiran Khalid and Alisha Yazdani provided excellent research assistantship. This paper was funded through support from the International Growth Center and the Punjab Commission for Status of Women, Pakistan. The experiment is pre-registered with AEA RCT Registry (0003175) and was conducted with IRB approval from LUMS. †Chaudhry: Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, Heidelberg University, zain.chaudhry@awi.uniheidelberg. de; Hussain: Department of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, karrar.hussain@lums.edu. pk; Khan: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, yasir@berkeley.edu.
Inference of SNP-Gene Regulatory Networks by Integrating Gene Expressions and Genetic Perturbations

In order to elucidate the overall relationships between gene expressions and genetic perturbations, we propose a network inference method to infer gene regulatory network where single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is involved as a regulator of genes. In the most of the network inferences named as SNP-gene regulatory network (SGRN) inference, pairs of SNP-gene are given by separately performing expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mappings. In this paper, we propose a SGRN inference method without predefined eQTL information assuming a gene is regulated by a single SNP at most. To evaluate the performance, the proposed method was applied to random data generated from synthetic networks and parameters. There are three main contributions. First, the proposed method provides both the gene regulatory inference and the eQTL identification. Second, the experimental results demonstrated that integration of multiple methods can produce competitive performances. Lastly, the proposed method was also applied to psychiatric disorder data in order to explore how the method works with real data.
Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and adiposity measurements in Chinese young men with normal glucose tolerance

This study aimed to evaluate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels in young Chinese men with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and its relationship with adiposity measures. Method: A total of 159 normal-NGT men aged 25 to 40 years were enrolled, including 89 vitamin D (VD) deficiency men (25(OH)D < 50.0 nmol/l) and 70 non-VD deficiency men (25(OH)D ≥ 50.0 nmol/L). Body composition: total body fat mass (BF), truncal fat mass (TrF) were measured by using Dual-energy X-ray absorptionmetry (DEXA), BF% and TrF/BF % were calculated. TrF% and waist circumference (WC) were significantly higher in the VD deficiency group than in the non-VD deficiency group (P ≤ 0.001). In VD deficient patients, WC and TrF% correlated negatively with changes in 25(OH)D levels. In multiple linear regression (stepwise) models, higher TrF% (β = -0.768, 95% CI: -0.995 to -0.540, P = 0.000) and WC (β = -0.577, 95% CI: -0.792 to -0.362, P = 0.000) were associated with decreased 25(OH)D level. The area under the Operating characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.776 (95% CI: 0.700 to 0.853) of WC for prediction of vitamin D deficiency. The optimal cut off value of WC was 89.5 cm. Vitamin D deficiency is common among young Chinese young men with NGT, serum 25(OH)D level and adiposity are independently associated. WC may be a simple and efficient index to identify the risk of vitamin D deficiency in this population.
How Outstanding Universal Value, Service Quality and Place Attachment Influences Tourist Intention Towards World Heritage Conservation: A Case Study of Mount Sanqingshan National Park, China

Since tourists are one of the important stakeholders in World Heritage Sites (WHSs), what factors influence them and how does the impact mechanism work on heritage conversation? In particular, World Natural Heritage Sites (WNHSs) are generally facing threats to their ecological and heritage protection by the influx of tourists. To this end, this study took the perspective of attractions with Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and tourist perceptions of service quality, and used place attachment as a mediator variable. Based on the 565 questionnaires responses by Mount Sanqingshan National Park (MSNP) tourists, the structural equation modelling technical method was adapted to explore the influence and mechanisms of tourist heritage protection. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) the perception of an OUV attraction had a positive effect on place attachment and intention to protect heritage; however, place attachment did not have a mediating effect; (2) service quality had a positive effect on place attachment and intention to protect heritage, yet place attachment did not have a mediating effect; (3) service quality was more effective than the OUV attraction on intention to protect heritage, and affiliate attraction had a ‘core’ trend; and (4) tourists’ place attachment was not accepted as a positive assumption of their intention to protect heritage. Finally, we proposed measures and implications for enhancing the conservation and management of WNHSs, with a focus on building both the tourism industry and sustainable development of WHSs.
Diversity and information leaks

Almost three decades ago, the Morris Worm infected thousands of UNIX workstations by, among other things, exploiting a buffer-overflow error in the fingerd daemon [Spafford 1989]. Buffer overflows are just one example of a larger class of memory (corruption) errors [Szekeres et al. 2013, van der Veen et al. 2012]. The root of the issue is that systems programming languages---C and its derivatives---expect programmers to access memory correctly and eschew runtime safety checks to maximize performance. There are three possible ways to address the security issues associated with memory corruption. One is to migrate away from these legacy languages that were designed four decades ago, long before computers were networked and thus exposed to remote adversaries. Another is to retrofit the legacy code with runtime safety checks. This is a great option whenever the, often substantial, cost of runtime checking is acceptable. In cases where legacy code must run at approximately the same speed, however, we must fall back to targeted mitigations, which, unlike the other remedies, do not prevent memory corruption. Instead, mitigations make it harder, i.e., more labor intensive, to turn errors into exploits. Since stack-based buffer overwrites were the basis of the first exploits, the first mitigations were focused on preventing the corresponding stack smashing exploits [Levy 1996]. The first mitigations worked by placing a canary, i.e., a random value checked before function returns, between the return address and any buffers that could overflow [Cowan et al. 1998]. Another countermeasure that is now ubiquitous makes the stack non-executable. Since then, numerous other countermeasures have appeared and the most efficient of those have made it into practice [Meer 2010]. While the common goal of countermeasures is to stop exploitation of memory corruption, their mechanisms differ widely. Generally speaking, countermeasures rely on randomization, enforcement, isolation, or a combination thereof. Address space layout randomization is the canonical example of a purely randomization-based technique. Control-Flow Integrity (CFI [Abadi et al. 2005a, Burow et al. 2016]) is a good example of an enforcement technique. Software-fault isolation, as the name implies, is a good example of an isolation scheme. Code- Pointer Integrity (CPI [Kuznetsov et al. 2014a]) is an isolation scheme focused on code pointers. While the rest of this chapter focuses on randomization-based mitigations, we stress that the best way to mitigate memory corruption vulnerabilities is to deploy multiple different mitigation techniques, as opposed to being overly reliant on any single defense.
EEG Alpha Power Is Modulated by Attentional Changes during Cognitive Tasks and Virtual Reality Immersion

Variations in alpha rhythm have a significant role in perception and attention. Recently, alpha decrease has been associated with externally directed attention, especially in the visual domain, whereas alpha increase has been related to internal processing such as mental arithmetic. However, the role of alpha oscillations and how the different components of a task (processing of external stimuli, internal manipulation/representation, and task demand) interact to affect alpha power are still unclear. Here, we investigate how alpha power is differently modulated by attentional tasks depending both on task difficulty (less/more demanding task) and direction of attention (internal/external). To this aim, we designed two experiments that differently manipulated these aspects. Experiment 1, outside Virtual Reality (VR), involved two tasks both requiring internal and external attentional components (intake of visual items for their internal manipulation) but with different internal task demands (arithmetic vs. reading). Experiment 2 took advantage of the VR (mimicking an aircraft cabin interior) to manipulate attention direction: it included a condition of VR immersion only, characterized by visual external attention, and a condition of a purely mental arithmetic task during VR immersion, requiring neglect of sensory stimuli. Results show that: (1) In line with previous studies, visual external attention caused a significant alpha decrease, especially in parieto-occipital regions; (2) Alpha decrease was significantly larger during the more demanding arithmetic task, when the task was driven by external visual stimuli; (3) Alpha dramatically increased during the purely mental task in VR immersion, whereby the external stimuli had no relation with the task. Our results suggest that alpha power is crucial to isolate a subject from the environment, and move attention from external to internal cues. Moreover, they emphasize that the emerging use of VR associated with EEG may have important implications to study brain rhythms and support the design of artificial systems.
Treatment Strategies for the Management of Chronic Illness : Is Specialization Always Better ?

Chronic illness cannot be cured, only controlled. In this paper, we describe an investigation of treatment strategies designed to control the natural progression of type 2 diabetes. We propose that treatment strategies are often specialized to types of patients, and their performance is sensitive to accurate categorization. We investigate the proposition that when incorrect categorization occurs, more specialized strategies may perform worse than less specialized strategies. Following analysis of necessary conditions based on an expected utility model, we present a dynamical systems model of patient care and define two measures of control based on the trajectory of patient health states. The first measure characterizes the accumulated level of control (the extent that health goals are maintained); the second measure characterizes dynamic structure (the time dependencies among health states). Computer simulation is used to analyze the effect of incorrect categorization on these measures.
Rogeaulito: AWorld Energy Scenario ModelingTool for Transparent Energy SystemThinking

*Correspondence: Leo Benichou, The Shift Project, 96 rue de la Victoire, Paris 75009, France e-mail: leo.benichou@ theshiftproject.org Rogeaulito is a world energy model for scenario building developed by the European think tank The Shift Project. It’s a tool to explore world energy choices from a very long-term and systematic perspective. As a key feature and novelty it computes energy supply and demand independently from each other revealing potentially missing energy supply by 2100. It is further simple to use, didactic, and open source. As such, it targets a broad user group and advocates for reproducibility and transparency in scenario modeling as well as model-based learning. Rogeaulito applies an engineering approach using disaggregated data in a spreadsheet model.
HIV AND DEMENTIA: PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS HIV e demência: prevalência e fatores de risco VIH y demencia: prevalencia y factores de riesgo

Objective: To determine the prevalence of patients at risk of developing HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) and identify factors possibly associated with its occurence. Methods: Quantitative cross-sectional study conducted at the Specialized Care Service (Serviço de Atendimento Especializado SAE) for HIV/Aids of the Integrated Medical Care Center (Núcleo de Atendimento Médico Integrado NAMI) of the University of Fortaleza (Universidade de Fortaleza UNIFOR), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. We reviewed medical records of all 249 patients that started medical follow-up at SAE/NAMI since its foundation (August/2010) until January/2014, including in the analysis those who completed the international HIV dementia scale IHDS during routine medical visits. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory variables were collected in addition to IHDS score and the sample was classified in two groups: patients with IHDS≥10 (Group 1) and IHDS<10 (Group 2). Chisquared test was used for categorical variables and student t test, mann whitney test and linear regression were used for numerical variables. Results: The study population consisted of 178 patients with mean IHDS score of 9.5 (+/1.6). HAND prevalence was 41.6% (74/178) (IHDS<10). These patients presented older mean age (37.4 years) and longer mean time from HIV diagnosis to medical follow-up than the others (10.1 months) when compared to Group 2 (31 years old and 4.6 months, respectively), suggesting that these two variables were possibly associated with HAND occurrence. Conclusion: The IHDS application showed a high prevalence of HAND in the study population. More advanced age and longer time from HIV diagnosis to medical follow-up are possibly associated with its occurence. Descriptors: AIDS Dementia Complex; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Neurocognitive Disorders.
Towards a Community Support System; Social Media Culture, Games and Planning tools

Social media is revolutionizing social dynamics and the way people take decisions. For town planners it is important not to see social media just as a supporting tool in data gathering and qualitative analysis but to explore the emergent culture of social media and its effect on the planning processes and decision support tools. This study shows how games and gamification can be used in this new culture to stimulate issue formation and participation among communities.
Prognostic significance of Notch 1 expression in operable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Objective: To study the correlation between Notch1 expression and the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: Notch1 expression was determined by immunohistochemistry and the correlation between Notch1 and patients’ prognosis was evaluated. Results: A total of 228 patients with ESCC who had undergone curative resection in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yinzhou Hospital, were analyzed retrospectively. Notch1 expression was significantly associated with sex, age, tumor size, T stage, and N stage (P < 0.05). High expression of Notch1 was related with poor overall survival (P < 0.05). The Cox’s proportional hazard model showed that patients with high expression of Notch1 had a 2.22-fold, 2.91-fold, and 1.86-fold increased relative risk of developing treatment failure, distant metastasis, and death respectively, compared with patients with low expression of Notch1. Conclusions: Expression of Notch1 is thus a predictive factor of distant metastasis and OS in operable ESCC patients.
The power of the group in graduate student supervision An empirical study of group based supervision combined with student groups and individual supervision

Introduction and background The writing of a research based thesis represents a formidable challenge for graduate students, and supervision and mentoring are important success factors (Zuber-Skerrit & Ryan 1994, Burgess 1994, Deem & Brehony 2000). In spite of the increasing amount of research on supervision in the emerging research field of pedagogy in higher education, little attention has been paid until recently to writing and text based supervison (Lee 1998: 121). Most of the research literature focuses on postgraduate supervision (Wisker et al 2003). This paper reports on a follow-up to a comprehensive interview study of supervisors’ and master students’ experiences with traditional individual supervision practices at the University of Bergen. The previous interview study identified three supervision models, the teacher-student-model, the partnership model and the apprenticeship model, each with their strengths and weaknesses (Dysthe 2002). The study also confirmed the vulnerability of the individual supervisor-student relationship which has been documented in other studies (Burgess 1994, Zuber-Skerrit & Ryan 1994, Yeatman 1998). In order to create a richer learning environment and better supervision and advisory practices for master students, the new Master of Education Programme at the University of Bergen has tried out a three pronged model which combines 1) supervision groups consisting of two supervisors 1 and their master students 2) student groups consisting of the same 6 students (without teachers) and 3) individual supervision. The aim of this study is to describe and analyze this model of supervising and supporting master degree students in their thesis work, with particular attention to factors that improve the learning potential and the completion rate.
Effect of Leadership on the Job Satisfaction with Organizational Commitment and Trust in Leader as Mediators

The Objectives of this study are to test: (1) whether leadership affects organizational commitment; (2) whether organizational commitment affects employee’s job satisfaction, (3) whether leadership affects trust, (4) whether trust affects job satisfaction, (5) whether trust mediates the effect of leadership on job satisfaction, (6) whether organizational commitment mediates the effect of leadership on job satisfaction, and (7) whether leadership has an effect on job satisfaction. The objects in this study were all (190) the employees of the limited liability company of PT. Ambassador Garmindo. Census sampling technique was employed to determine its samples. The data and hypotheses of the research were analyzed by using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results of the research are as follows: (1) leadership affects employee’s organizational commitment (2) organizational commitment affects employee’s job satisfaction; (3) leadership affects trust in leader; (4) the trust in leader affects employee’s job satisfaction; (5) the trust in leader mediates the effect of leadership on employee’s job satisfaction, (6) organizational commitment mediates the effect of leadership on employee’s job satisfaction; (7) leadership has an effect on the employee’s job satisfaction at the limited liability company of PT Ambassador Garmindo. This paper contributes to the literature by providing an analysis of the mediating effects of organizational commitment and trust in leader on job satisfaction.
—-CHAPTER 6 Scientific Fraud or False Accusations ?

so Burt wrote one for her, and it was published with her as the sole author. Joynson (1989, p. 246) checked the published abstract against the full dissertation and concluded that it is an accurate summary, with no sign of the alleged distortion. One may wonderif Hearnshaw bothered to check the Clarkes’ misleading claim that Burt had written articles slanted against Eysenck under their own names, and if he did, why hedid not question their guidance and advice (see note of acknowledgment in Hearnshaw,1990, p. 61). The motivation of the Clarkes’ prominent role in the Burt affair is still an enigma. They have yet to add any new evidence against Burt more substantial than this petty fizzle, which hardly seems a reasonable explanation for such gross vituperation. It is all the more puzzling since, whatever was the Clarkes’ obscure motivation, unlike most of Burt’s detractors, they are avowedly not antihereditarian and do not appear to be extremists on any of the related scientific issues. Yet, like a Wagnerian leitmotiv, Ann clarke’s voiceespecially has resounded. repetitiously as Burt’s nemesis.
Human Capital Quality and Economic Growth Nadir Altinok

The estimation of the relationship between education and economic growth is marked by contradictions. These contradictions underline the lack of precision characterising indicators of human capital. This paper uses new indicators based on a pool of international surveys concerning pupil assessment. These indicators can be viewed as proxies of quality of schooling. Thus, our new databases, the first in cross section and the second in panel, make it possible to confirm or not the positive relationship between education and growth. Taking into account the endogeneity of education, we measure a positive effect of schooling quality and economic growth between 1960 and 2000. The contribution of education to growth therefore appears significant, if we take into account the qualitative dimension of the human capital. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to take into account for the quality of schooling in a panel dimension.
The Influence of E-government Practices on the Public Trust in Lebanon

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the influence of e-government practices on the public trust in Lebanon. It presents a theoretical research framework to understand these relationships supported by literature review from recent studies. A quantitative methodology was applied and a survey was conducted on 600 SMEs in the Capital Beirut, where self-administered questionnaires were distributed among managers and employees resulting 94 percent usable response rate. Based on the diffusion of innovation theory (DOI) and institutional trust and trustworthiness theory, the theoretical research framework was developed and four hypotheses were proposed in which two were accepted and two were rejected through analyzing the data by SPSS and SEM using AMOS. The main findings indicate that e-government practices have a positive and significant influence on public trust in general but in particular, public trust is positively and significantly influenced by e-service but not by e-administration and e-procurement. Implications and limitations of the study are also discussed where future studies are recommended to extend the empirical research geographically and highlight more on the relationship between government and public attributes in developing countries. Moreover, different methodologies can be applied to obtain Varity of responses which in turn in rich the literature.