Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Research agenda with empirical results of using humour strategically in business

The aim of this project was to create a preliminary theoretical framework of how to utilize humour strategically in organizations with the aim of creating new business opportunities. The present multidisciplinary discussion paper will identify research gaps and combine viewpoints of international business management, international business communication, marketing and education in a novel way. It appears that in previous literature on humour in a business context, discussions have taken place in different ‘silos’ and as a result, the connections between different research fields have been scarce. Consequently, a more comprehensive understanding of the significance of humour in business innovations is necessary. Firstly, we are proposing a framework and a research agenda for exploring different strategic ways of using humour in companies. Secondly, in the Hurmos-project we have already collected empirical evidence based on this framework, and some preliminary results are also presented. Hence, the potential, as well as the limits and risks of humour in business have been examined in terms of both internal and external corporate communication. We have focused on such research aspects as corporate storytelling, corporate and employer branding, and work engagement. Peer group mentoring has been used as one tool for collecting relevant narratives from companies. Additionally, we have explored innovation communication, in particular how humour can be applied as a strategic tool in new business development both in facilitating creative Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) work environments, and in incorporating humour into product and service innovation in practice. Our empirical results will provide a much needed more comprehensive view of the role of humour as a strategic tool in corporate communication and business innovation. The results also provide a point of
Intrahepatic and circulating HLA class II–restricted, hepatitis C virus–specific T cells: Functional characterization in patients with chronic hepatitis C

To compare the functional features of circulating and intrahepatic hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐specific CD4+ T cells in chronic HCV infection, peripheral blood and liver‐infiltrating lymphocytes from 29 patients with chronic hepatitis C were stimulated with structural and nonstructural HCV proteins to produce antigen‐specific T‐cell lines and clones. Antigen specificity, fine specificity, phenotype, cytokine production, and T‐cell receptor (TCR)‐vβ chain expression were analyzed. The results indicate a hierarchy of stimulatory capacity by the different HCV proteins, core being the antigen most frequently recognized by CD4+ intrahepatic lymphocytes, followed by NS4 and NS5. The CD4 response was directed simultaneously against different HCV proteins in individual patients, but fine‐specificity analysis indicated that the response was generally focused on a limited number of immunodominant epitopes. Although the narrowly focused nature of this response may favor the emergence of escape mutations, this event was not observed by following‐up over time the sequence of 2 epitopes strongly immunodominant for intrahepatic CD4 cells of a patient with chronic HCV infection. In conclusion, simultaneous analysis of peripheral blood and intrahepatic CD4 cells in the same patients indicated a predominant Th1 profile of HCV‐specific CD4 cells and suggests a specific compartmentalization of virus‐specific T cells into the liver.
The Influence of Managerial Ability on Future Performance

The establishment of a single market in the ASEAN which is termed the ASEAN Economic Community (MEA) allows a country to sell goods and services easily to other countries throughout Southeast Asia, thus competition is getting tighter. Every firm should be more innovative in order to have a competitive advantage to win the competition in the industry which is reflected by its performance. Managers with a high ability are believed to be able to make projections of future business conditions, thus they can design the right strategy for the procurement and optimization of the firm's resources utilization in producing output which can lead the firm to has a good performance in future. This study analyze the influence of managerial ability to future performance. Some control variables are used in this study, including firm size, financial leverage, market to book ratio, sales growth, and market share.Hypothesis testing in this study used multiple linear regression analysis to analyze data from 291 manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2008-2010 period. The result prove that managerial ability has a positive effect on future performance up to five years later, but the longer time the influencebecome weaker.
Performance of TCP congestion control with explicit rate feedback: rate adaptive TCP (RATCP)

We consider a modification of TCP congestion control in which the congestion window is adapted to explicit bottleneck rate feedback; we call this RATCP (rate adaptive TCP). Our goal in this paper is to study the performance of RATCP (using analytical models, and an experimental test-bed) in various network scenarios, and to compare the performance of RATCP and TCP, both with and without fast-retransmit and fast-recovery. We find that when sessions with the same round trip times share a bottleneck link then, even with ideal fair rate feedback, the performance of RATCP is only slightly better than that of TCP. RATCP, however, does reduce losses significantly. When there are random losses, however, RATCP with fast-recovery provides substantially better throughput than plain TCP. Further, when sessions with different round trip times share the bottleneck link, as expected, RATCP ensures fairness. Finally, we suggest a practical situation in which RATCP can be useful for improving Web access performance.
Self-reported lifetime prevalence of atopic dermatitis and co-morbidity with asthma and eczema in adulthood: a population-based cross-sectional survey.

Atopic dermatitis and its co-morbidity with asthma and allergy is well described in younger age groups. However, population-based studies on adults with atopic dermatitis in childhood are sparse. The aims of this study were to determine: (i) the prevalence of self-reported childhood atopic dermatitis in the population; and (ii) its association with present self-reported hand eczema, eczema, allergy, urticaria and asthma. A questionnaire was sent to a cross-sectional random sample of the Swedish population (n=7,985), age range 18-84 years (response rate 61.1%). The questionnaire included the question "Have you had childhood eczema? " and questions on 5 other medical problems (hand eczema, other eczema, asthma, urticaria and allergy). Persons reporting eczema in childhood reported increased odds ratios (OR) for hand eczema (4.01), other eczema (3.88), urticaria (2.50), allergy (2.98), and asthma (2.06) as adults. The combination of eczema, allergy and asthma had an OR of 14.10 (95% confidence interval 8.44-23.54). Adults in the age range 18-84 years reporting childhood atopic dermatitis still have high co-morbidity with eczema, asthma, urticaria and allergy.
Moving Forward: The Role of Marketing in Fostering Public Transport Usage

To reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, public policy makers often try to stimulate the use of public transport, as it is a more sustainable alternative to traveling by car. This study therefore investigates the impact of firm-initiated marketing actions and traveler satisfaction on monthly cumulative traveled distance of a Western European railway firm, as well as possible effects of this cumulative traveled distance on satisfaction. Analysis of time-series data on traveled distance, advertising, promotions, and satisfaction using a vector autoregressive model with exogenous variables that accounts for seasonality, trending behavior, and gasoline prices reveals positive effects of advertising and promotions. Advertising elasticities are considerably smaller than meta-analytic values of brand-advertising elasticities. Similarly, promotion elasticities are lower than those frequently reported in marketing. The authors find no effect of satisfaction on traveled distance; however, they do find a negative effect of traveled distance on satisfaction, which could be explained by capacity constraints. The authors conclude that firm-initiated marketing actions are useful and effective in fostering public transport usage.
Detection of quantitative trait loci associated with leaf rust resistance in bread wheat.

Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia recondita Rob. ex Desm. , is a common disease in wheat. The objective of this study was to develop molecular markers associated with the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) putatively conferring durable leaf rust resistance in Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell. A population of 77 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from 'Parula' (resistant) and 'Siete Cerros' (moderately susceptible) was used. Bulked segregant analysis was done using random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) with DNA enriched for low-copy sequences using hydroxyapatite chromatography. Out of 400 decamer primers screened, 3 RAPD markers were identified between the bulk of the most resistant and the bulk of the most susceptible lines. These were cloned and used as probes on the RILs in Southern hybridizations. Two probes revealed two tightly linked loci. One-way analysis of variance showed that these two loci, and another revealed by the third probe, were linked to QTLs controlling leaf rust resistance based on data taken from 2 years of replicated field trials. Cytogenetic analysis placed the two tightly linked loci on the long arm of chromosome 7B. The third probe detected loci located on the short arms of chromosomes 1B and 1D. It is suggested that the QTL detected on 7BL may well be homoeoallelic to Lr34.
Abnormalities in body composition and nutritional status in HIV-infected children and adolescents on antiretroviral therapy

This cross-sectional study aimed to compare growth, nutritional status and body composition outcomes between a group of 94 HIV-infected children and adolescents on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 364 healthy controls, and to evaluate their association with clinical and lifestyle variables within the HIV-infected group. When compared with the control group, HIV patients had higher risk of stunting (odds ratio [OR] 5.33, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.83–10.04) and thinness (OR 4.7, 95% CI: 2.44–9.06), higher waist-to-hip ratios (medians 0.89 versus 0.82 for boys and 0.90 versus 0.77 for girls, P < 0.001), and lower prevalence of overweight or obesity (OR 0.33, 95% CI: 0.14–0.78). Protease inhibitor usage was associated with thinness (OR 3.51, 95% CI 1.07–11.44) and lipoatrophy (OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.37–8.95). HIV-infected children on ART showed significant nutritional status and body composition abnormalities, consistent with the severity of vertical HIV infection and the consequences of prolonged ART.
The effects of modified ultrafiltration on pulmonary function and transfusion requirements in patients underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

OBJECTIVE The inflammatory response after cardiac surgery increases vascular permeability leading to higher mortality and morbidity in the post operative time. The modified ultrafiltration (MUF) had shown benefits on respiratory, and hemodynamic in pediatric patients. This approach in adults is not well established yet. We hypothesize that modified ultrafiltration may improve respiratory, hemodynamic and coagulation function in adults after cardiac surgeries. METHODS A prospective randomized study was carried out with 37 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) were randomized either to MUF (n=20) at the end of bypass or to control (no MUF) (n=17). The anesthesia and ICU team were blinded for the group selection. The MUF were carried out for 15 minutes after the end of bypass. The patients data were taken at beginning of anesthesia, ending of bypass, ending MUF, 24 hours, and 48 hours after surgery. For clinical outcome the pulmonary, hemodynamic and coagulation function were evaluated. RESULTS We observed lower drain loss in the MUF group compared to control group after 48 hours (598 +/- 123 ml vs. 848 +/- 455 ml; P=0.04) and required less red blood cells units transfusion compared to control group (0.6 +/- 0.6 units/patient vs.1.6 +/- 1.1 units/patient; P=0.03). The MUF group showed lower airway resistance (9.3 +/- 0.4 cmH2O.L-1s-1 vs. 12.1 +/- 0.8 cmH2O.L-1s-1; P=0.04). There were no deaths in both groups. CONCLUSION The MUF reduces post operatory bleeding and red blood cells units transfusion, but with no differences on clinical outcome were observed. The routinely MUF employment was not associated with hemodynamic instability.
In vitro type II binding of chromosomal DNA to membrane in Bacillus subtilis

DNA-membrane association critical for initiation of DNA replication in Bacillus subtilis can be classified into two types. Type I is salt resistant and dependent on the initiation gene, dnaB, and type II is salt sensitive and independent of the dnaB gene. We found and sequenced two adjacent areas of type II binding within 1% of oriC on the B. subtilis chromosome.
Effect of Intensity of Aerobic Training on Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance in Recreationally Active Adults

Abstract Grieco, CR, Swain, DP, Colberg, SR, Dowling, EA, Baskette, K, Zarrabi, L, Gandrakota, R, Kotipalli, U, Sechrist, SR, and Somma, CT. Effect of intensity of aerobic training on insulin sensitivity/resistance in recreationally active adults. J Strength Cond Res 27(8): 2270–2276, 2013—Previous research demonstrates that moderate-intensity aerobic exercise improves insulin effectiveness. Whether higher exercise intensities improve insulin action more so is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of various levels of aerobic intensity on insulin action in young adult men and women. Forty-five healthy subjects (22.2 ± 3.9 years; 169 ± 9 cm; 74.5 ± 17.8 kg) were matched for age, gender, and V[Combining Dot Above]O2max and randomly assigned to moderate-intensity (50% heart rate reserve [HRR]), vigorous-intensity (75% HRR), maximal-intensity intervals (95/50% HRR) or a non-exercising control group. Subjects completed a 6-week training protocol on a stationary bicycle ergometer. Weekly duration and frequency of training varied to ensure equivalent energy expenditure across groups. The homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) and quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) were used to assess insulin effectiveness. Significant increases occurred after training in V[Combining Dot Above]O2max in the vigorous-intensity(15.4%) and maximal-intensity(14.2%) groups (p < 0.01) but not the moderate-intensity or control group. There were no significant changes in insulin effectiveness in any exercise group. Training intensity did not significantly affect insulin effectiveness in a young adult population as assessed by HOMA or QUICKI; it did, however, significantly affect V[Combining Dot Above]O2max.
Time-Varying Signal Adaptive Transform and IHT Recovery of Compressive Sensed Speech

Compressive Sensing (CS) signal recovery has been formulated for signals sparse in a known linear transform domain. We consider the scenario in which the transformation is unknown and the goal is to estimate the transform as well as the sparse signal from just the CS measurements. Speciﬁcally, we consider the speech signal as the output of a time-varying AR process, as in the linear system model of speech production, with the excitation being sparse. We propose an iterative algorithm to estimate both the system impulse response and the excitation signal from the CS measurements. We show that the proposed algorithm, in conjunction with a modiﬁed iterative hard thresh-olding, is able to estimate the signal adaptive transform accurately, leading to much higher quality signal reconstruction than the codebook based matching pursuit approach. The estimated time-varying transform is better than a 256 size codebook estimated from original speech. Thus, we are able to get near “toll quality” speech reconstruction from sub-Nyquist rate CS measurements.
MicroRNA Expression Signatures Associated With BRAF-Mutated Versus KRAS-Mutated Colorectal Cancers

AbstractBRAF and KRAS genes are known to play a similar role in the activation of RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK signaling pathway in colorectal tumorigenesis. However, BRAF-mutated colorectal cancers (CRCs) have distinct clinicopathologic characteristics different from those of the KRAS mutated ones as in comparison the BRAF-mutated CRCs are associated with a much worse prognosis for the afflicted patients. This study aimed to determine the different miRNA expression signatures associated with BRAF-mutated CRCs in comparison to KRAS-mutated ones, and to identify the specific miRNAs possibly mediating the aggressive phenotype of the BRAF-mutated CRCs.We screened 535 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded CRC tissue samples for the BRAF V600E mutation, and selected 7 BRAF-mutated and 7 KRAS-mutated CRCs that were tumor size, stage, and microsatellite status-matched. Affymetrix GeneChip® miRNA 4.0 Array was used for detection of miRNA expression differences in the selected samples. We validated the array results by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) for selected miRNAs.A total of 10 differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs associated with BRAF-mutated CRCs were obtained, including miR-31-5p, miR-877-5p, miR-362-5p, and miR-425-3p. miR-31-5p showed the highest fold change (8.3-fold) among all of the miRNAs analyzed. From the analyses of GO biological processes, the DE-miRNAs were functionally relevant to cellular proliferation such as positive regulation of gene expression (P = 1.26 × 10−10), transcription (P = 9.70 × 10−10), and RNA metabolic process (P = 1.97 × 10−9). Bioinformatics analysis showed that the DE-miRNAs were significantly enriched in cancer-associated pathways including neutrophin signaling (P = 6.84 × 10−5), pathways in cancer (P = 0.0016), Wnt signaling (P = 0.0027), and MAPK signaling pathway (P = 0.0036). Our results suggest that the DE-miRNAs in BRAF-mutated CRCs in comparison to KRAS-mutated CRCs are implicated in the aggressive phenotype of the BRAF-mutated CRCs. Further experimental validation is required to confirm these results.
Theory of mind and emotion recognition skills in children with specific language impairment, autism spectrum disorder and typical development: group differences and connection to knowledge of grammatical morphology, word-finding abilities and verbal working memory.

BACKGROUND Social perception skills, such as understanding the mind and emotions of others, affect children's communication abilities in real-life situations. In addition to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is increasing knowledge that children with specific language impairment (SLI) also demonstrate difficulties in their social perception abilities. AIMS To compare the performance of children with SLI, ASD and typical development (TD) in social perception tasks measuring Theory of Mind (ToM) and emotion recognition. In addition, to evaluate the association between social perception tasks and language tests measuring word-finding abilities, knowledge of grammatical morphology and verbal working memory. METHOD & PROCEDURES Children with SLI (n = 18), ASD (n = 14) and TD (n = 25) completed two NEPSY-II subtests measuring social perception abilities: (1) Affect Recognition and (2) ToM (includes Verbal and non-verbal Contextual tasks). In addition, children's word-finding abilities were measured with the TWF-2, grammatical morphology by using the Grammatical Closure subtest of ITPA, and verbal working memory by using subtests of Sentence Repetition or Word List Interference (chosen according the child's age) of the NEPSY-II. OUTCOMES & RESULTS Children with ASD scored significantly lower than children with SLI or TD on the NEPSY-II Affect Recognition subtest. Both SLI and ASD groups scored significantly lower than TD children on Verbal tasks of the ToM subtest of NEPSY-II. However, there were no significant group differences on non-verbal Contextual tasks of the ToM subtest of the NEPSY-II. Verbal tasks of the ToM subtest were correlated with the Grammatical Closure subtest and TWF-2 in children with SLI. In children with ASD correlation between TWF-2 and ToM: Verbal tasks was moderate, almost achieving statistical significance, but no other correlations were found. CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS Both SLI and ASD groups showed difficulties in tasks measuring verbal ToM but differences were not found in tasks measuring non-verbal Contextual ToM. The association between Verbal ToM tasks and language tests was stronger in children with SLI than in children with ASD. There is a need for further studies in order to understand interaction between different areas of language and cognitive development.
C3N—A 2D Crystalline, Hole‐Free, Tunable‐Narrow‐Bandgap Semiconductor with Ferromagnetic Properties

Graphene has initiated intensive research efforts on 2D crystalline materials due to its extraordinary set of properties and the resulting host of possible applications. Here the authors report on the controllable large‐scale synthesis of C3N, a 2D crystalline, hole‐free extension of graphene, its structural characterization, and some of its unique properties. C3N is fabricated by polymerization of 2,3‐diaminophenazine. It consists of a 2D honeycomb lattice with a homogeneous distribution of nitrogen atoms, where both N and C atoms show a D6h‐symmetry. C3N is a semiconductor with an indirect bandgap of 0.39 eV that can be tuned to cover the entire visible range by fabrication of quantum dots with different diameters. Back‐gated field‐effect transistors made of single‐layer C3N display an on–off current ratio reaching 5.5 × 1010. Surprisingly, C3N exhibits a ferromagnetic order at low temperatures (<96 K) when doped with hydrogen. This new member of the graphene family opens the door for both fundamental basic research and possible future applications.
Knowledge transfer from business schools to business organizations: the roles absorptive capacity, learning motivation, acquired knowledge and job autonomy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of absorptive capacity, learning motivation and acquired knowledge on knowledge transfer from business schools to business organizations, as it has been realized that in-service training business students can serve as a channel as well as a source in this type of knowledge transfer. The study also examines the mixed moderating role of job autonomy in the relationship between acquired knowledge and knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 344 in-service training business students in Vietnam was surveyed to collect data. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the measures, and structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Findings The findings reveal that absorptive capacity positively affects acquired knowledge but it does not have an effect on knowledge transfer. Learning motivation, however, has positive effects on both acquired knowledge and knowledge transfer. The findings also indicate that acquired knowledge is a determinant of knowledge transfer. Finally, job autonomy plays the role of a mixed moderator in the relationship between acquired knowledge and knowledge transfer. Practical implications This study signals the participating parties –business schools, business organizations and in-service training business students –that absorptive capacity, learning motivation, acquired knowledge and job autonomy are critical to the transfer of knowledge from business schools to business organizations. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on university-to-industry knowledge transfer by providing empirical evidence for key determinants of knowledge transfer from business schools to business organizations through a new channel of knowledge transfer – in-service training business students.