Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SME Performance and Public Support for International RJVs*

The objective of the present study is to analyze the impact of public support for international research joint ventures on SME performance considering two dimensions: technological and economic results. The research is also intended to examine the time pattern of this effect. For that purpose, we use a panel dataset containing information about Spanish participants in consortia supported by the SME‐specific measures of the sixth Framework Programme. Empirical evidence corroborates a direct and positive impact on technological assets of participants. On the part of the economic indicators, EBITDA per employee and labor productivity are positively influenced by the improvement of technological background. All those effects are effective three years after the end of the project, confirming that SMEs are involved in market‐oriented R&D projects.
A theory of convexity for probability measures

While convexity of sets and functions on linear spaces is bread-and-butter to any mathematician, the notion of convexity for measures– although deeply studied by Christer Borell starting in the 1970’s– is far less well known. The goal of these lectures will be to provide an exposition as well as motivation for the theory of convex measures, focusing in particular on the important and ubiquitous subclass of log-concave measures. The lectures will choose an eclectic path through some of the many aspects of the theory that have been developed in the last 40 years, covering some classical topics (such as the Prékopa-Leindler inequality), some developed around the turn of the millennium (such as connections to the concentration of measure phenomenon), and some very recent topics (such as Klartag’s central limit theorem and the concentration of information content).
Kink oscillations of flowing threads in solar prominences

Context. Recent observations by Hinode/SOT show that MHD waves and mass flows are simultaneously present in the fine structure of solar prominences. Aims. We investigate standing kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves in flowing prominence threads from a theoretical point of view. We model a prominence fine structure as a cylindrical magnetic tube embedded in the solar corona with its ends line-tied in the photosphere. The magnetic cylinder is composed of a region with dense prominence plasma, which is flowing along the magnetic tube, whereas the rest of the flux tube is occupied by coronal plasma. Methods. We use the WKB approximation to obtain analytical expressions for the period and the amplitude of the fundamental mode as functions of the flow velocity. In addition, we solve the full problem numerically by means of time-dependent simulations. Results. We find that both the period and the amplitude of the standing MHD waves vary in time as the prominence thread flows along the magnetic structure. The fundamental kink mode is a good description for the time-dependent evolution of the oscillations, and the analytical expressions in the WKB approximation are in agreement with the full numerical results. Conclusions. The presence of flow modifies the period of the oscillations with respect to the static case. However, for realistic flow velocities this effect might fall within the error bars of the observations. The variation of the amplitude due to the flow leads to apparent damping or amplification of the oscillations, which could modify the real rate of attenuation caused by an additional damping mechanism.
Planning lessons: A socio-historical-cultural approach in physics teaching

This paper investigates physics teacher class planning and its consequences during implementation in class mainly focusing the contradictions emerged among teacher’s and students’ expectations of the class. This situation is analysed from a socio -cultural -historical point of view mainly supported by Activity Theory. We highlight the components of the activity and the context in which they are reorganized expl oring the complexity of the dialogical classroom situation. Through the use of video recordings of an experimental task we showed students measuring and isolating relevant variables to characterize a simple pendulum. We point out important aspects of the different moments of a teacher's planning, organization and the importance of dialogic interaction in the classroom to overcome lack of communication .
Predicting Intention to Purchase Counterfeit Products: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior (pp 109-120)

This research was designed to test the ability of an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict purchase intention of counterfeit products. Value consciousness and past behavior are variables that added into the TPB. Three hundred and fifty respondents completed the research questionnaires. Questionnaires were distributed to respondents by email and drop-off/pick-up method. The data then analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). All Hypothesis were supported. This research also provides the managerial implication and suggestion for future research. Keywords: Values Consciousness, Past Behavior, Theory of Planned Behavior, Counterfeit Products
Team efficacy in project management: antecedents and consequences

Using a model-based quantitative research design, we investigated the antecedents and performance consequences of perceived team efficacy in a sample of 56 capital projects implemented in four continents by 15 Fortune 500 companies in the process industries. Empirical analysis of our field survey identified that team efficacy was positively linked to multiple dimensions of project performance and also to stakeholder satisfaction. Team ability, empowering leadership, and performance feedback all predicted team efficacy beliefs. Team efficacy mediated between these inputs and project performance. Implications for team management and research were discussed.
The Experience of European Integration and the Potential for Integration in South America

The experience of the European Union is the most significant and far-reaching among all attempts at regional integration. It is, therefore, the most likely to provide some lessons for those world regions that are just beginning this complex process. In turn, the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and the Andean Community (CAN) are among the regional integration projects that have reached the greatest level of formal accomplishment after the EU. MERCOSUR is a customs union that aspires to become a common market, while avowing the commitment to advance towards political integration. For its part, CAN is a customs union that has already developed supranational institutions such as a Commission, a Parliament and a Court of Justice. In both cases, however, words have progressively tended to wander far from deeds. One reason underlying this phenomenon may be a misunderstanding of the European experience with integration. In this article, we discuss the theories that have been developed to account for integration in Europe and may prove useful to understand integration elsewhere and put forward a set of lessons that could be drawn from the European experience. Subsequently, we introduce a description of the experience of integration in South America and reflect (critically) on how the theories and lessons drawn from the EU could be applied to this region - and beyond.
AXIOLOGICAL PROFILES OF STUDENTS FROM THREE UNIVERSITY CAREERS: DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS OF THREE INTERPRETATION OF THE SCHWARTZS THEORY

The present study aims to describe axiological profiles of students of psychology, business-administration and engineering from a private university of Buenos Aires, Argentina (n = 211). The axiological differences are analyzed on the three proposal interpretation according to Schwartzs values. The results show that students prioritized those axiological dimensions which include values of universalism and benevolence, and they attribute less importance. The three interpretations discriminate the axiological profiles of the students according to the career, although with a limited capacity. Its seen a discrepancy between the dimensions that contain the values of universalism and benevolence, and the value of power. Also, the axiological differentiation from careers profile is related to the impact of gender on them.
Influence of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6-PD) deficiency upon clinico-haematological and biochemical expression of patients with sickle cell disease

Background: According to world health organization, G6PD deficiency constitute 7.5% of world population as carriers whereas 2.9% as deficient. It has been reported from India that the prevalence varies from 0-27% in different caste, ethnic and linguistic groups. Various studies have revealed strong interaction between G6PD deficiency and sickle cell genes on one hand and environment on the other, one may therefore expect changes in their frequencies over a period of time in the population. We studied the influence of G6PD deficiency upon the clinico-haematological and biochemical expression of sickle cell disease. Methods: The study was carried out prospectively from September 2010 to August 2011 in the department of Pathology at our institute. The material for the present study consisted of 100 cases including 76 patients with Sickle cell disease and 24 of control group. On all the samples after screening and confirmatory tests, hematological and biochemical tests were performed and discussed along with their clinical profiles. Results: A total of 100 patients were studied, 76 were of sickle cell disease and remaining 24 patients were of control group. Majority of sickle cell trait (AS) patients (55.6%) and control patients (54%) had mild anaemia while most of the sickle cell anemia (SS) patients (44.4%) had moderate anaemia. The 2 (100%) AS and 1 (100%) control G6PD deficient patients had moderate anemia while the 2 (100%) SS patients with G6PD deficiency had severe anemia. All the sickle cell disease and control patients with G6PD deficient had elevated serum bilirubin and in all of them only unconjugated bilirubin was raised. None of the SS patients were asymptomatic. All the G6PD deficient patients had pallor and icterus. Vaso-occlusive crisis, acute chest syndrome and infectious episode were present in one (50%) each of AS and SS patients with G6PD deficiency. Conclusions: G6PD deficiency neither exacerbated nor mitigated the frequency of painful crisis, incidence of infection or anemic episodes in patients with sickle cell disease. Hematologically no significant differences were observed in sickle cell disease patients (AS and SS) with G6PD deficiency as compared to sickle cell disease patients without G6PD deficiency and the control.
A mass-dependent density profile for dark matter haloes including the influence of galaxy formation

ABSTRACT We introduce a mass dependent density proﬁle to describe the distribution of dark matterwithin galaxies, which takes into account the stellar-to-halo mass dependence of the responseof dark matter to baryonic processes. The study is based on the analysis of hydrodynamicallysimulated galaxies from dwarf to Milky Way mass, drawn from the MaGICC project, whichhave been shown to match a wide range of disk scaling relationships. We ﬁnd that the bestﬁt parameters of a generic double power-law density proﬁle v ary in a systematic manner thatdepends on the stellar-to-halo mass ratio of each galaxy. Thus, the quantity M ⋆ /M halo con-strains the inner (γ) and outer (β) slopes of dark matter density, and the sharpness of transitionbetween the slopes (α), reducing the number of free parameters of the model to two. Due tothe tight relation between stellar mass and halo mass, either of these quantities is sufﬁcient todescribe the dark matter halo proﬁle including the effects o f baryons. The concentrationof thehaloes in the hydrodynamicalsimulations is consistent with N-body expectations up to MilkyWay mass galaxies, at which mass the haloes become twice as concentrated as compared withpure dark matter runs.This mass dependent density proﬁle can be directly applied t o rotation curve data ofobserved galaxies and to semi analytic galaxy formation models as a signiﬁcant improvementover the commonly used NFW proﬁle. Key words:cosmology: dark matter galaxies: evolution - formation - hydrodynamics methods:N-bodysimulation
CHAPTER 15 Socialization in School Settings

Most American children over the age of 6 spend a minimum of ] 08 day~ each year in formal educational settings. Many younger children also spend significant por­ tions of their lives in day care or preschool settings. Although the objectives of schooling are primarily academic in nature, preschools as well as later school settings also represent social worlds of major importance and significance to children. In many respects, schools provide social experiences that are highly similar to and overlap with those provided by families, the broader community, and the peer group. However, children are required to use specific skills on a routine basis if they are to be successful at school. For instance, schoolchildren spend significant amounts of time in large groups, engaged in activities that require the coordination of personal goals and abilities with those of others. The abilities to engage in prosocial interactions, regulate behavior to complement that of oth­ ers, and delay personal gratification are essential for this task. In addition, children '5 rela­ tionships with teachers are less personal and intimate than their relationships with parents. Therefore, children at school must be more independent and self-reliant and more dependent on other children for social support than would be required in most fam­ ily settings. Finally, evaluations of children's academic and hehavioral competencies are ongoing, necessitating goal-directed, planful, and self-monitoring skills in response to feedback. In essence, the value systems of schools focus on a relatively small set of characteris­ tics and abilities central to children's future roles as citizens and workers, including those related to being sociaJly responsible and responsive to group goals, and to behaving in prosocial, cooperative ways '""ith peers. While accomplishing these socially integrative tasks, children also are expected to assert themselves academically by competing success­ fully with others or by developing mastery in specific areas of interest. If these olltcomes
Marketing Intelligence & Planning Preliminary evidence of brand acquaintancing on Snapchat

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically derive and test a framework of brand acquaintancing – a new emotional attribution resulting from user-brand interactions on Snapchat, a popular social medium with ephemeral properties. Design/methodology/approach – Focus group data were used to derive a framework, hypotheses and measurement scales for explicating the brand acquaintancing construct. Structural coherence of the framework and reliability and validity of scales were tested using a survey sample of Snapchat using students. The purified theoretical model was tested using a nationwide sample of Snapchat users. Findings – The studies find that Snapchat users are receptive to unknown and stranger brands. Users’ fear of self-disclosure triggers a search for acquaintances on the medium, i.e., acquaintances are sought over friends and intimates. Moreover, unknown and stranger brands encountered on the medium are acquaintance, i.e., awarded the status of an acquaintance. Research limitations/implications – The studies found Snapchat users receptive to unknown and stranger brands. Users’ fear of self-disclosure triggers a search for acquaintances on the medium, i.e., acquaintances are sought over friends and intimates. Moreover, unknown and stranger brands encountered on the medium are acquaintanced, i.e., they were awarded the status of an acquaintance. Originality/value – The paper presents empirical evidence of brand acquaintancing on Snapchat, and contributes to a more nuanced understanding of social media platforms to aid scholars and practitioners.
Asterina burtoni (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: does asexual reproduction facilitate colonization?

The starfish Asterina burtoni is a Lessepsian colonizer which penetrated the Mediter- ranean Sea from the Red Sea. Populations of A. burtoni are found under rocks and stones in shallow waters along the northern Israeli and southern Lebanese Mediterranean coasts. In the Red Sea, A. burtoni is found in 2 forms, a pentamerous form with 5 equal arms that reproduces sexually, and a pluriradiate form with 3 to 8 arms of unequal length that reproduces both sexually and by fission. In the Mediterranean Sea only the pluriradiate fissiparous form is found. Only male gonads were observed in Mediterranean populations, suggesting reproduction by fission only. It is possible that the successful colonization of the Mediterranean by A. burtoni was mainly due to rapid proliferation by fissiparity. In the present study we used the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method to address this question. Genetic diversity was determined within and between different pluriradiate populations from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and between the pentaradiate and the pluri- radiate populations of the Red Sea. Our RAPD analysis revealed very low genetic diversity both within and between the localities in the Mediterranean, indicating clonal structure of these popula- tions. These populations are similar to a fissiparous population from the south of the Gulf of Elat (Gulf of Aqaba), indicating that the probable origin of the Mediterranean populations is a fissiparous pop- ulation from the Red Sea. On the other hand, there is high genetic diversity between the pentaradi- ate and the pluriradiate populations from Elat, at the north end of the Gulf of Elat. Phylogenetic trees based on these results distinguished between the populations from Elat and those of the Mediter- ranean, but did not show a clear separation between the 2 populations from Elat. This supported our assumption that the Israeli Mediterranean populations of this starfish are exclusively fissiparous, while in Elat the fissiparous population of A. burtoni also reproduces sexually.
Finite Sample Properties of Adaptive Markov Chains via Curvature

Adaptive Markov chains are an important class of Monte Carlo methods for sampling from probability distributions. The time evolution of adaptive algorithms depends on past samples, and thus these algorithms are non-Markovian. Although there has been previous work establishing conditions for their ergodicity, not much is known theoretically about their finite sample properties. In this paper, using a notion of discrete Ricci curvature for Markov kernels introduced by Ollivier, we establish concentration inequalities and finite sample bounds for a class of adaptive Markov chains. After establishing some general results, we give quantitative bounds for `multi-level' adaptive algorithms such as the equi-energy sampler. We also provide the first rigorous proofs that the finite sample properties of an equi-energy sampler are superior to those of related parallel tempering and Metropolis-Hastings samplers after a learning period comparable to their mixing times.
Clinicoradiological profile of extra axial intracranial tumors

Background: Extra-axial tumors are the most common adult intracranial neoplasms. Meningiomas are the most common Extra-axial tumors. Their Clinical presentation, survival rates, and prognosis vary depending on the site and specific type of tumor, hence necessitating a detailed clinical and radiological evaluation. Materials and methods: A prospective observational study on 15 symptomatic subjects who presented to a tertiary care hospital with Supratentorial intracranial tumors confirmed by CT was done. After getting a detailed history, clinical examination and CT (including contrast) were done. Results: In the study population, 73% had meningioma. 13% had a Pituitary Adenoma. 13% had craniopharyngioma. A headache was the most commonly reported symptom (73%). Majority of meningiomas were located in convexity of the brain (36.4%) and parasagittal areas (36.4 %). Conclusions: Neuroradiology plays a key role in the identification of supratentorial extra-axial tumors with CT allowing accurate anatomical description which can go a long way in management and defining prognosis.
Correlation among B Hydroxybutyric Acid ( BHBA ) , Total Antioxidant Capacity ( TAC ) and Protein Profile Pre and Post-Partum in Shall Ewes

Nowadays, the role of pregnancy on antioxidant capacity of body in animals established in many studies. The aim of present study was to determine the correlation among b hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA), glucose, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and protein profile pre and post-partum in shall sheep. In this study 112 heads sheep from shall breed in Qazvin city pre and postpartum to measurements amount of TAC, BHBA, glucose, protein profile and investigation of TAC modification were examined. The level of TAC prepartum significantly lower than postpartum (P< 0.03) and was found a negative correlation between BHBA and TAC pre (r = -0.731, P< 0.000) and post (r= -0.390, P< 0.003) partum. The concentration of TAC pre and post-partum with increase and decrease of BHBA changed, also were found a positive correlation between TAC and glucose pre(r= 0.683, P< 0.000) and post (r= 0.393, P< 0.003) partum. The value of total protein (P< 0.05), albumin (P< 0.05) and A/G ratio (P< 0.05) pre-partum were significantly higher than post-parturm, whereas globulin levels (P> 0.05) have not significant changed.