Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Alexithymia Components Are Differentially Related to Explicit Negative Affect But Not Associated with Explicit Positive Affect or Implicit Affectivity

Alexithymia represents a multifaceted personality construct defined by difficulties in recognizing and verbalizing emotions and externally oriented thinking. According to clinical observations, experience of negative affects is exacerbated and experience of positive affects is decreased in alexithymia. Findings from research based on self-report indicate that all alexithymia facets are negatively associated with the experience of positive affects, whereas difficulties identifying and describing feelings are related to heightened negative affect. Implicit affectivity, which can be measured using indirect assessment methods, relates to processes of the impulsive system. The aim of the present study was to examine, for the first time, the relations between alexithymia components and implicit and explicit positive and negative affectivity in healthy adults. The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) were administered to two hundred and forty-one healthy individuals along with measures of depression and trait anxiety. Difficulties identifying feelings were correlated with explicit negative trait affect, depressive mood and trait anxiety. Difficulties describing feelings showed smaller but also significant correlations with depressive mood and trait anxiety but were not correlated with explicit state or trait affect as assessed by the PANAS. Externally oriented thinking was not significantly correlated with any of the implicit and explicit affect measures. According to our findings, an externally oriented, concrete way of thinking appears to be generally unrelated to dispositions to develop positive or negative affects. Difficulties identifying feelings seem to be associated with increased conscious negative affects but not with a heightened disposition to develop negative affects at an automatic response level.
Refocusing Performance Management through Public Service Design

Abstract Performance management is the ‘Achilles heel’ of many reforms and public management practices and requires changes. Governance in general and co-production in particular impose an organizational setting which requires rethinking performance management, which is still conceptually embedded in New Public Management paradigm. This chapter builds on the latest co-production framework and service-dominant logic and outlines new challenges for rethinking performance measurement and management. It also discusses how public service design (PSD) may interact with them. As a result the need to shift between performance control loops has been emphasized, suggesting that service design may significantly support internal ex-nunc performance management. Although it should be facilitated in addressing some of the performance challenges, an outline of a framework for appropriate method has also been proposed.
Human cyclin F.

Cyclins are important regulators of cell cycle transitions through their ability to bind and activate cyclin‐dependent protein kinases. In mammals several classes of cyclins exist which are thought to co‐ordinate the timing of different events necessary for cell cycle progression. Here we describe the identification of a novel human cyclin, cyclin F, isolated as a suppressor of the G1/S deficiency of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cdc4 mutant. Cyclin F is the largest cyclin, with a molecular weight of 87 kDa, and migrates as a 100‐110 kDa protein. It contains an extensive PEST‐rich C‐terminus and a cyclin box region that is most closely related to cyclins A and B. Cyclin F mRNA is ubiquitiously expressed in human tissues. It fluctuates dramatically through the cell cycle, peaking in G2 like cyclin A and decreasing prior to decline of cyclin B mRNA. Cyclin F protein accumulates in interphase and is destroyed at mitosis at a time distinct from cyclin B. Cyclin F shows regulated subcellular localization, being localized in the nucleus in most cells, with a significant percentage of cells displaying only perinuclear staining. Overexpression of cyclin F, or a mutant lacking the PEST region, in human cells resulted in a significant increase in the G2 population, implicating cyclin F in the regulation of cell cycle transitions. The ubiquitous expression and phylogentic conservation of cyclin F suggests that it is likely to coordinate essential cell cycle events distinct from those regulated by other cyclins.
A Comparative Analysis of Media Reports of U.S. Parricide Cases With Officially Reported National Crime Data and the Psychiatric and Psychological Literature

This article is a content analysis of 150 unique cases of children killing parents in the United States as reported in the electronic news media. The accuracy of online coverage of U.S. parricide incidents is assessed using two types of resources: officially reported national statistics on known parricidal incidents and the psychological and psychiatric literature on matricide and patricide. Comparisons of news accounts of media-reported U.S. parricide cases with Supplementary Homicide Report data indicate that electronic media coverage of parricide cases focused on the more sensational and unusual parricides. Analyses of these media accounts by offender age found 13 significant differences between juvenile and adult offenders. Ten of these 13 differences related to motive and Heide's parricide offender types (severely abused, severely mentally ill, and dangerously antisocial) and were consistent with the mental health—related literature in this area. The limitations and directions for future research are discussed at length.
Do Americans differ in their willingness to ride in a driverless bus?

The purpose of this study was to examine a person’s willingness to ride (WTR) in an autonomous bus. Across two studies, we presented participants with hypothetical scenarios about riding in a driverless city or inter-city bus. We manipulated who was onboard the bus (participant, romantic partner, or child), the location of the bus (seven different countries), and the type of driver (human or driverless). In Study 1, participants were less willing to ride a driverless city bus compared to one driven by a human driver. In Study 2, participants’ WTR scores were influenced by participant gender, the person on board, and location, with scores dropping dramatically when the bus was located outside of the USA, or when a child was on board. The current data suggest that Americans are not entirely ready for driverless buses, mainly when someone they care about is on board, or the bus is located outside the USA.
Futures Trading Opportunities: Fundamentally-Oriented and ConvergenceTrading?

In the article, “Commodity Futures Trading Strategies: Trend-Following and Calendar Spreads,” Till and Eagleeye (2017) describe two futures trading strategies: trend-following and calendar-spread trading. In that article, the authors provide a brief description of trend-following, and they also discuss the fundamental underpinnings of two types of calendar-spread strategies. This article, in turn, covers fundamentally-oriented trading (in contrast to trend-following) and also characterizes calendar-spread strategies as a type of convergence trading.
Pengaruh Informasi Akuntansi Terhadap Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Dengan Ukuran Dewan Komisaris Sebagai Variabel Moderating : Studi pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di BEI Tahun 2013-2016

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: 1) Profitabilitas berpengaruh positif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 2) Likuiditas berpengaruh positif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 3) Leverageberpengaruh negatif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate SocialResponsibility, 4) Ukuran dewan komisaris dapat memoderasi hubungan profitabilitas dengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 5) Ukuran dewan komisaris dapat memoderasi hubungan likuiditas dengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, dan6) Ukuran dewan komisaris dapat memoderasi hubungan leverage dengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility.Penelitian ini dilakukan pada laporan keuangan yang diterbitkan di Bursa Efek Indonesia(BEI) dengan menggunakan 182 perusahaan manufaktur sebagai sampel yang digunakan. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dari laporan tahunan di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) dan analisis data menggunakan uji statistik deskriptif, uji asumsi klasik terdiri dari uji normalitas, uji autokorelasi, uji multikolinearitas, uji Heteroskedastisitasdan uji hipotesis menggunakan Moderator Regression Analysis(MRA). Hasil penelitian: 1) Profitabilitas tidak berpengaruh positif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 2) Likuiditas tidak berpengaruh positif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 3) Leverageberpengaruh negatif terhadap pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 4) Ukuran dewan komisaris tidak mampu memoderasi hubungan profitabilitasdengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, 5) Ukuran dewan komisaris tidak mampu memoderasi hubungan likuiditas dengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility, dan 6) Ukuran dewan komisaris tidak mampu memoderasi hubungan leverage dengan pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility.
Effect of azelastine on substance P content in bronchoalveolar and nasal lavage fluids of patients with allergic asthma

The study was carried out to investigate the effect of azelastine on the Substance P (SP) concentration in bronchoalveolar (BAL) and nasal (NAL) lavage obtained from atopic grass pollen asthmatics and non‐atopic healthy subjects. In BAL and NAL fluids there was a significant elevation in the baseline concentration of SP between asthmatics and volunteers. Allergen provocation induced a rise of SP in BAL and NAL in asthmatics, but not in volunteers. Azelastine pre‐treatment resulted in a significant reduction of SP in baseline concentration of SP in BAL and NAL from asthmatics. An elevation of SP in BAL or NAL fluids after allergen provocation was not seen in asthmatics pretreated with azelastine. Azelastine did not influence the SP concentration in BAL and NAL of volunteers.
Analisis Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Dalam Laporan Tahunan Terhadap Koefisien Respon Laba Akuntansi

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)dalam Laporan Tahunan terhadap Koefisien Respon Laba Akuntansi Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang terdaftar di LQ45 Pada Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2010-2017.Populasi penelitian berjumlah 45 perusahaan, dan diambil sampel sebanyak 40 sampel penelitian dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling . Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkanPengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility berpengaruh terhadap Koefisien Respon Laba Akuntansi. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa informasi Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) digunakan dan dipercaya investor untuk pengambilan keputusan dalam penanaman modal
The economic survival of indigenous mothers in a changing labour market

Rising income inequality is an important policy issue in Australia, particularly given the burden faced by those at the bottom end of the scale. This thesis addresses the complex interaction between social welfare payments, taxation and wage-setting arrangements which affect the nature and level of employment (full-time and parttime) and relative incomes of one of the poorest groups in Australia, namely Indigenous mothers. Employment, earnings and income of these Indigenous mothers are compared to those of Indigenous mothers in the United States. Given the more flexible wage-setting environment prevailing in the United States, this comparison enables some analysis of the possible impact of further labour market deregulation in Australia on the income and employment of Indigenous mothers. Indigenous mothers in Australia are relatively well paid compared to Indigenous mothers in the United States. The ratio of Indigenous mothers' earnings to the respective male earnings was found to be much higher in Australia (0.59) than in the United States (0.32). The different institutional wage-setting arrangements between the two countries is the main explanation for these differences. Results indicate that increased labour market flexibility in Australia would not have a major effect in reducing Indigenous mothers' incomes whilst the current social welfare system prevails. Loss in income from earnings is largely offset by gains in transfer payments from government. The savings in labour costs for the employer are largely picked up by the government through increased social welfare payments. However, given that the replacement ratios for these mothers are likely to increase, there is little incentive for such mothers to seek employment, particularly when costs of work are also considered. Evidence also suggests that low-income working families are subject to effective tax rates exceeding 89.9 percent, making it difficult or impossible for many such families to increase their disposable income by working additional hours or by moving from low-paying jobs to higher-paying jobs.
MiniUIB, a Novel Minitransposon-Based System for Stable Insertion of Foreign DNA into the Genomes of Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria

ABSTRACT Transposition of the insertion sequence (IS) ISPpu12 is actively induced after conjugative interaction. The transposase of this IS can act in trans on structures flanked by inverted repeats similar to those of the transposon. Based on that fact, an ISPpu12-based minitransposon, miniUIB, has been constructed in order to biotechnologically exploit the self-regulation of ISPpu12 and its increased activity after conjugative interaction. Mobilization of the miniUIB structure into the genome of Pseudomonas stutzeri AN10 after conjugative interaction was demonstrated. A single gene, i.e., the kanamycin resistance determinant, or large genetic structures of >12 kb, i.e., alkBFGHJKL and alkST operons of Pseudomonas putida TF4-1L (GPo1), have been easily integrated in P. stutzeri AN10 by an RP4-based delivery system. Therefore, the integration of the alk determinants by use of the miniUIB system has extended the biodegradation capabilities of this strain. Plasmid pJOC100, containing the transposase and regulator genes of ISPpu12 adjacent to the miniUIB structure, was constructed in order to extend the host range of this biotechnologically useful genetic tool to other model and real-world bacteria. The effectiveness of the system for random mutagenesis in a phylogenetic wide range of bacteria and for the insertion of novel functions has been demonstrated, even in successive steps.
Validation of the Malaysian Coping Strategy Instrument to Measure Household Food Insecurity in Kelantan, Malaysia

Background Food insecurity occurs whenever people are not able to access enough food at all times for an active and healthy life or when adequate and safe food acquired by socially acceptable ways is not available. Objective To validate the Malaysian Coping Strategy Instrument (MCSI) to measure household food insecurity in Kelantan, Malaysia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 301 nonpregnant, nonlactating Malay women, aged between 19 and 49 years, living in rural and urban areas. The respondents were interviewed with the use of a structured questionnaire to obtain information on their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, household food security, and dietary intake. Results Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (household size, number of children, number of children attending school, household income, and per capita income) were significantly associated with household food-security status in rural and urban areas. Energy intake, fat intake, percentage of energy from fat, and number of servings of meat, fish, or poultry and legumes were significantly associated with household food-security status in rural areas. The dietary diversity score was significantly associated with household food-security status in rural and urban areas. Conclusions Validating the MCSI in other areas of Malaysia as well as in similar settings elsewhere in the world before it is used to measure household food insecurity in the population is strongly recommended. In this study, the MCSI was found to be a reliable and valid measure of household food insecurity based on criterion-related validity, particularly in terms of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and dietary diversity.
PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF PUERPERAL PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY AMONG ATTENDEES OF A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Background: Postpartum psychiatric morbidity is linked to significant adverse consequences. Aims & Objectives: This study aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of puerperal psychiatric morbidity in a Nigerian hospital. Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study of 203 women. The GHQ-30 was used to screen for psychiatric morbidity while Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV disorders (SCID) was used to determine specific psychiatric disorders. Results: Twenty five women (13.9%) experienced psychological distress. Psychiatric morbidity was associated with poor cordiality (χ2 = 62.45: p<0.001), poor support (χ2 = 95.86: p<0.001), and change in marital relationship (χ2 = 5.86: p<0.001). Predominant symptoms of anxiety in pregnancy (χ2 = 4.55: p = 0.033) and poor status of the baby (χ2 = 11.94: p = 0.001) were the only significant obstetric factors. Conclusion: Adequate care and interventions tailored to the mental health needs of pregnant women should be provided in the delivery of maternal and child health services in Nigeria in order to reduce the burden of postpartum psychiatric disorders.
Interstitial Duplication of 2q32.1–q33.3 in a Patient With Epilepsy, Developmental Delay, and Autistic Behavior

Duplications of the 2q33 region are rare; to date, only 13 patients have been reported to have this chromosomal abnormality. The reported duplications are of varying size, and the patients shared developmental delay and minor dysmorphic findings. In this study, we identified a duplication of 2q32.1–q33.3 in a patient with psychomotor developmental delay, epilepsy, and autistic behavior. The duplicated region of this patient was reciprocal to the 2q32–q33 deletion syndrome. Chromosomal microarray testing confirmed the 19.5 Mb of duplication that includes over 100 genes, some of which could have functional relevance to the neurological features of this patient. The SATB homeobox 2 gene (SATB2)—the primary gene responsible for the 2q32–q33 deletion syndrome—may be one of them, because of its expression in the cortical projection neurons of the developing brain. The duplication of the potassium channel tetramerisation domain‐containing 18 gene (KCTD18) and the ADAM metallopeptidase domain 23 gene (ADAM23) may also contribute to the phenotype. FISH analysis confirmed a tandem configuration of the duplicated segments. This result is in agreement with our previous study, in which we observed that duplicated segments as interstitial duplications are generally inserted in the tandem configuration. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Role of Green Marketing in the Adoption of Intelligent Food Containers

The growing human population is causing food security concerns in many countries. As food security is the access by all people to enough food, the world must reduce food waste. This study investigates the factors leading to consumer adoption of intelligent food containers (IFC) – an emerging technology that can store food, monitor food quality and minimize food waste. In particular, the study focuses on the role of companies’ green marketing in affecting consumers’ willingness to adopt IFC. So doing, the study develops and tests a model and related hypotheses by using the partial least squares structural equation approach. The model was constructed based on the integration of Technology Adoption Model (TAM) with green marketing. An online survey was used to collect data from 153 households in Canada. The results suggest that improved TAM with the addition of green marketing mix is useful in explaining consumers’ purchase intention toward IFC.
Cloud computing adoption in Greece

Cloud computing adoption is an increasingly important trend in information and communication technologies, offering the potential to improve the reliability and scalability of IT systems. Diffusion of cloud computing can potentially change the way business information systems are developed, scaled up, maintained and paid for. This not only applies to large organisations, but also increasingly to small and medium-sized businesses. In this developmental paper, we study cloud computer adoption by applying the Technological, Organisational and Environmental (TOE) model. Data was gathered from 104 organisations in Greece using an online survey. Based on our preliminary analysis, among the factors examined, only relative advantage was found to have significant influence on adoption decisions so far. We are currently continuing our data collection process, which will enable us to undertake more robust analysis. One of the areas of potential interest is the effect of the financial crisis among those who intend to adopt cloud computing.
Functional MRI correlates of real and imagined tool-use pantomimes

Objective: To study the pattern of cerebral activation related to the performance of tool-use pantomimes with functional MRI (fMRI) using a task-subtraction design. Background: Tool use comprises a particular category of transitive actions. Inability to pantomime the use of tools has been classically associated with retrorolandic dominant hemisphere damage. However, where in the left hemisphere these transitive representations are generated is unclear. Methods: Echoplanar images were acquired in eight alternating task and control periods. Sixteen right-handed normal adults pantomimed the use of common tools and utensils with each hand. The control condition consisted of a sequence of nonsymbolic complex movements of forearm, hand, and fingers at a self-paced rate. Eight individuals also imagined the execution of the real task and control actions. A repeated measures ANOVA compared activations in five regions of interest in each hemisphere. Results: Regardless of which hand was used, the left hemisphere was more active than the right in both real (p < 0.02) and imagined (p < 0.04) tasks. Activations clustered in the left intraparietal cortex and posterior dorsolateral frontal cortex. Conclusions: Pantomiming the use of tools is associated with activation of the left intraparietal cortex and dorsolateral frontal cortex. The left intraparietal cortex may store the representations of tool-use formulae, whereas the dorsolateral frontal cortex activation may reflect the switching between innervatory motor programs.
Gallstone migration as a cause of acute pancreatitis.

Abstract Stools were screened for gallstones in 36 patients with acute pancreatitis associated with gallstones. These patients had typical clinical evidence of pancreatitis with transiently elevated serum amylase and bilirubin concentrations. Another 36 patients with gallstones but without acute pancreatitis served as controls. Gallstones were found in the feces of 34 out of 36 patients with pancreatitis, but in only three out of the 36 control cases. In the former group, the finding was usually preceded by a relief of the symptoms and a rapid decrease of serum amylase and bilirubin concentrations. The calculi found in the stools and those found in the biliary tracts of the patients at operation were identical as determined by gross inspection and chemical analysis. These findings suggest that acute pancreatitis associated with gallstone disease is frequently caused by transient blockage of the ampulla of Vater by migrating gallstones. (N Engl J Med 290:484–487, 1974)