Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?: Why Experienced College Presidents Lose Faculty Support.

Relationships between college and university faculties and their presidents are often contentious, and recent studies suggest that many campuses may be characterized by an uneasy peace between professors and chief administrative officers. For example, only 57 percent of a national sample of full-time faculty were reported as satisfied with the quality of their chief administrative officers and only 54 percent with the relationship between administration and faculty on their campuses [29]. Similarly, 60 percent of the faculty respondents in a 1984 national survey identified their campuses as autocratic, and 64 percent believed the administration to be only "fair" or "poor" [11]. A comparable study conducted five years later indicated that only 49 percent of the faculty respondents believed that their institutions were being effectively managed [22]. The tendency of faculty to criticize presidents has led some observers to comment that "faculty members almost universally discount the performance of their current presidents at a rate that must be 25 to 75 percent below that of other observers" [20, p. 44]. The level of faculty dissatisfaction suggests that although some presi-
The Effectiveness of Verbal Self-instruction Program on the Symptoms of ADHD: Controlled Before and After Study

The high prevalence of hyperactivity disorder and its related problems is the reason for the importance of seeking new therapies. Although several behavioral-cognitive models have been advocated in the literature, we are looking for research on what constitutes the most effective behavioral-cognitive model. Objectives: To determine the efficacy of verbal self-instruction program and to assess which component of the program was most predictive of decreasing the symptoms of ADHD in three medical and counseling centers in Hefei (China). Design: A randomized controlled clinical trial design was utilized with data before and after the program. Our sample consisted of 33 ADHD children admitted to the centers in March 2016. Results: The symptoms of ADHD were significantly reduced in the experimental group. Furthermore, perceived behavioral control increased in the experimental group but remained unchanged in the control group. Conclusion: The verbal self-instruction program was effective in decreasing the symptoms of ADHD.
Towards automated skin lesion diagnosis

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, must be diagnosed early in order to be treated effectively. Automated Skin Lesion Diagnosis (ASLD) attempts to accomplish this using digital dermoscopic images. This thesis investigates several areas in which ASLD can be improved. Typically, the ASLD pipeline consists of 5 stages: 1) image acquisition, 2) artifact detection, 3) lesion segmentation, 4) feature extraction and 5) classification. The main focus of the thesis is the development of two probabilistic models which are sufficiently general to perform several key tasks in the ASLD pipeline, including: artifact detection, lesion segmentation and feature extraction. We then show how all parameters of these two models can be inferred automatically using supervised learning and a set of examples. Additionally, we present methods to: 1) evaluate the experts perception of texture in images of dermoscopic skin lesions, 2) calibrate acquired digital dermoscopy images for color, lighting and chromatic aberration, and 3) digitally remove detected occluding artifacts. Our general probabilistic models ability to detect occluding hair and segment lesions performs comparably to other, less general, methods. Perceptually, we conclude that the textural information in skin lesions exists independently of color. Calibrating, for colour and lighting, we achieve results consistent with previous work; calibrating for chromatic aberration, we are able to reduce distortions by 47%. Furthermore, our method to digitally remove occluding artifacts outperforms previous work.
The Role of Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation in Predicting Depression and Anxiety in University Students

Abstract Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the role of mindfulness and emotional regulation in predicting depression and anxiety in university students. Methods: The study uses a descriptive-correlative design. For this purpose, 373 students were selected through random cluster sampling from the Arak University (185 males and 188 females). They were asked to answer to the five facet mindfulness questionnaires, the emotional regulation scales, as well as the depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire. Then, the correlation and regression analyses were employed. Results : The results showed that re-evaluation, as one of the components of the emotional regulation and mindfulness, had a significant negative correlation with depression and anxiety. In addition, the suppression of other emotional regulation components had a significant positive correlation with depression and anxiety. The results of the regression analysis indicated that mindfulness and emotional regulation could predict depression and anxiety in the university students. Conclusion: In general, it is suggested that mindfulness and emotional regulation are important psychological factors in predicting depression and anxiety in university students.
Competition, bargaining power and pricing in two-sided markets

We develop a model of two-sided markets that illustrates the role of bargaining power between the two sides of the market. We are interested in the profit maximizing usage fees set by identical duopolistic platforms which engage in homogeneous, Bertrand-type competition. We find that for a sufficiently low marginal cost duopolistic two-sided competition reduces to a grab-the-dollar game with two asymmetric (pure) Nash equilibria. These equilibria are characterized by highly skewed prices, in which the side with all the bargaining power pays a minimum price. The other side of the market is used for cross-subsidization and is charged a high price. Compared to the monopoly outcome, competition lowers the total price charged to both sides, although the seller's equilibrium price may exceed the monopoly price. Both platforms enjoy excess profits.Key Words: platform competition, bargaining power, asymmetric equilibria, skewed pricing
Morphological variations in the basioccipital region of the South Indian skull

Background: The craniovertebral junction is a transitional region of spine that exhibits extensive structural variability. Variations of basiocciput are of interest for anatomists and clinicians because they produce clinical symptoms or lead to misinterpretations of radiological images. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 202 dry human skull bone (12 occipital bone and crania 190) belonging to south Indian population for variations of basiocciput over a period of six years. Results: Prevalence of hyperostotic variants was significantly higher than hypostotic variants in present study. Most common type observed was of precondylar tubercle (2.48%) followed by fossa navicularis (1.49). The prevalence of other variations such as prebasioccipital arch, third occipital condyle, exostosis and basioccipital cleft was similar (0.5%) in the study population. Conclusions: These cranio-vertebral anomalies will be useful not only to anatomists, radiologists and surgeons while dealing with base of the skull and basiocciput in particular but also to study anthropological significance and may guide the future researchers in comparative human anatomy. Nepal Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.3(2) 2014: 124-128
Presidential Address: Does Finance Benefit Society?

type="main"> Academics’ view of the benefits of finance vastly exceeds societal perception. This dissonance is at least partly explained by an underappreciation by academia of how, without proper rules, finance can easily degenerate into a rent-seeking activity. I outline what finance academics can do, from a research point of view and from an educational point of view, to promote good finance and minimize the bad.
Ultrasound characterization of the coelomic cavity organs of the red-footed tortoise ( Chelonoidis carbonaria )

Herein it was describe sonographic morphology and sintopy of the bowels of the coelomic cavity in the red-footed tortoise. Coelomic cavity of 19 males and 19 females were scanned through cervical and prefemoral access with a multifrequency sector transducer. Morphology, syntopy and echogenicity of the heart, thyroid, liver, gallbladder, reproductive organs, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, urinary bladder and kidneys were evaluated. The heart showed two atria and one ventricle with a thick, trabecular wall. The thyroid was oval and hyperecoic, visualized in the cardiac portion of the ultrasound. The liver, gallbladder and digestive system were similar to those seen in mammals and turtles. However, the tortoise liver was relatively more hyperechoic than mammals. The kidneys appeared as triangular structures, which were hypoechoic, homogeneous and vascularized; the bladder was observed mostly as being elongated with anechoic content, and its wall appeared as a thin hyperechoic line when free fluid was present. The testes were observed to be elongated, homogeneous and more hyperechoic than kidneys. The ovarian follicles were seen as hyperechoic, echogenic balls of variable size and quantity, the oviduct as a sigmoid tubular structure and the eggs as thin hyperechoic lines with posterior acoustic shadowing. In some animals, there were variable amounts of fluid around the heart and in the coelomic cavity.
Trust Building Electronic Services as a Crucial Self-Regulation Feature of Digital Business Ecosystems

In the field of digital business ecosystem, the self-regulation feature plays crucial role. ICT supports biological and sociological phenomena through efficient electronic services. One of the main roles is building and enhancing efficient relationships between actors within the ecosystem. Problem of interaction between commercial subjects depends on expected benefits. These expectations are predictors of successful result from realized transaction with potential partner. And this predictor is based on trust and trustworthiness. The paper presents trust as crucial factor for cooperation and discusses specifics of several trust building mechanisms to increase the level of trust in e-cooperation within digital business ecosystems. Based on results provided by questionnaire survey in Slovak business environment, the paper discusses the relationship between the level of respondents´ electronic business experience and their preferences for the portfolio of trust building mechanisms.
Corporate Governance in Pakistan : Corporate Valuation, Ownership and Financing

In this study the relationship between corporate governance and corporate valuation, ownership structure and need of external financing for the Karachi Stock Market is examined for the period 2003 to 2008. To measure the firm- level governance a rating system is used to evaluate the stringency of a set of governance practices and cover various governance categories : such as board composition, ownership and shareholdings and transparency, disclosure and auditing. The sample consists of 60 non-financial firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange and comprises more than 80 percent of market capitalization at Karachi Stock Market in 2007. The results confirms the theoretical notion that firms with better investment opportunities and larger in size adopt better corporate governance practice. The proposition that ownership concentration is a response to poor legal protection is also validated by the results. The more investment opportunities lead to more concentration of ownership and the ownership concentration is significantly diluted as the firm size expands. The findings are consistent with theoretical argument claiming that family owners, foreign owners and bring better governance and monitoring practices which is consistent with agency theory. The results suggest that firms which need more equity financing practice good governance. The results show that firms with high growth and large in size are in more need of external finance. The relationship between external financing and ownership concentration is negative. The results reveal that the firms which practice good governance, with concentrated ownership, need more external finance which have more profitable investment opportunities and are larger in size are valued higher. The interaction term of any variable with law enforcement term are not significant in any model suggesting that firm performance is not affected by rule of law in countries where legal environment is weak. These results adds an important link to the explanation of the consequences weak legal environment for external financing, corporate valuation and corporate governance. The results show that Corporate Governance Code 2002 potentially improves the governance and decision making process of firms listed at KSE.
Roles of linguistic knowledge, metacognitive knowledge and processing speed in L3, L2 and L1 reading comprehension

In this article we present an analysis of the relationship between L3 reading comprehension and its constituent skills for bilingual Dutch students for whom English is a third language(L3) compared to monolingual Dutch students for whom English is a second language(L2). An analogous analysis is made for their Dutch reading comprehension, Dutch being their L2 and L1 respectively. Participants are 13/14 year-old secondary school students. The point of departure in the analyses is a regression model in which reading proficiency is decomposed into three types of constituent components: linguistic knowledge(vocabulary and grammar), speed of processing linguistic knowledge(lexical access and sentence comprehension), and metacognitive knowledge(of text characteristics and strategies for reading and writing). Using structural equation modeling, we determined the contribution of constituent skills to Dutch L2 and L1, and English L3 and L2 reading comprehension. The results showed that, despite differences between the two groups in Dutch and English reading comprehension, no differences between the groups were found in the pattern of regression weights on the three types of constituent skills. Possible implications of these findings are discussed.
Does Liquidity Risk Explain the Time-Variation in Asset Correlations ? Evidence from Stocks , Bonds and Commodities

The time-variation in asset correlations have broad implications in asset pricing, portfolio management and hedging. Numerous studies in the literature have found that the change in correlations is mainly related to the magnitude of market movements, hence volatility. However, recent research finds that the size of markets fluctuations is not necessarily the primary driver for the time-variation in correlations, but that the effect of market movements is amplified in times of high financial distress, characterised by low liquidity. This paper seeks to investigate the effect of liquidity on time-varying correlations among different asset classes, namely stocks, corporate bonds and commodities. Our findings show that liquidity indeed has a significant effect on the time-variation in asset correlations, particularly in the case of how bond returns comove with other asset classes. We observe that higher liquidity risk is associated with lower correlation of bond returns with stocks as well as commodities. Our findings suggest that measures of liquidity risk can improve models of correlations; and potentially help improve the effectiveness of risk management strategies during periods of financial distress. JEL Codes: C22, G10.
The Influence of Earnings Quality and Liquidity on the Cost of Equity

This study uses sample companies listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange and GreTai Securities Market during 2000 to 2011 to investigate the influence of earnings equality and liquidity on the cost of equity. We define discretionary accruals with three measures and real earnings management with three measures as indicators of earnings quality; trading volume, individual stock liquidity and market liquidity as liquidity measures and individual stock and market liquidity risk as liquidity risk measures. Panel data is suggested for this analysis. Firms manipulating discretionary accruals increase in the cost of equity, but ones operating real earnings management decrease in it when considering that the earnings quality and liquidity directly impact on it. The cost of equity is indirectly influenced by earnings quality and liquidity through information asymmetry measured by bid-ask spreads. The results show that no matter firms engaging in discretionary accruals or real earnings can decrease the cost of equity under higher levels of information asymmetry. The higher the trading volume or the individual stock liquidity risk, the lower the cost of equity when information asymmetry is low.
Recovery from schizophrenia : an international perspective : a report from the WHO collaborative project, the international study of schizophrenia

PART I. BACKGROUND 1. Twenty-five Years of WHO: Coordinated Activities Concerned with Schizophrenia 2. Study Methodology PART II. FINDINGS 3. An Overview of Course and Outcome in ISoS 4. Predictors of Long-Term Course and Outcome for the DOSMeD Cohort 5. Long-Term Diagnostic Stability in International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses 6. Long-Term Mortality Experience of International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses 7. Identifying Prognostic Factors That Predict Recovery in the Prescence of Loss to Follow-Up PART III. THE CENTERS SECTION III.B INTERNATIONAL PILOT STUDY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (IPSS) 8. IPSS: Agra, India 9. IPSS: Cali, Columbia 10. IPSS: Prague, Czech Republic SECTION III.B DETERMINANTS OF OUTCOME OF SEVERE MENTAL DISORDER (DISMED) 11. Chandigarh, India 12. Dublin, Ireland 13. Honolulu, Hawai'i 14. Moscow, Russia 15. Nagasaki, Japan 16. Nottingham, UK 17. Rochester, New York SECTION III.C REDUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY (RAPYD OR DISABILITY) 18. Groningen, Netherlands 19. Mannheim, Germany 20. Sofia, Bulgaria SECTION III.D RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS (RA)/INVITED CENTERS 21. Beijing, China 22. Hong Kong 23. Chennai (Madras), India Conclusion
Case of Entamoebiasis in Pigs Raised with a Free Range Systems in Bali, Indonesia (KASUS ENTAMOEBIASIS PADA BABI YANG DIPELIHARA DENGAN CARA DIUMBAR DI BALI, INDONESIA)

This research aims were to measure the prevalence of Entamoeba in pigs in Bali and to identify thezoonotic potential species of Entamoeba. A total of 183 pig stool samples from Bali have been examined.The method being used in this study were combination between coproscopy and molecular techniques.Concentration sedimentation with Sodium Acetic Formaldehide (SAF) as a solution was used in thecoproscopy method, while the Polimerase Chain Reaction method was used to amplify DNA of Entamoeba.Extracted sample’s DNA examined by using primers that specifically for Entamoeba: Entam 1 (F) (5’-GTTGAT CCT GCC AGT ATT ATA TG-3’) and Entam 2 (R) (5’-CAC TAT TGG AGC TGG AAT TAC-3), and toidentify the zoonotic potential species of Entamoeba, samples that produce 550 bp in first amplificationcontinued by primers Epolecki1 (F) (5’-TCG ATA TTT ATA TTG ATT CAA ATG-3’) and Epolecki2 (R) (5’-CCT TTC TCC TTT TTT TAT ATT AG-3’). The results showed that 76.6% of samples were positive incoproscopical examination, but 84.7 % produced 550 bp bands on PCR amplification by using generalprimers. All positive samples on the first PCR continued to second PCR used specific primers for E.poleckii as a potential zoonotic disease and all of the samples showed negative results. This datademonstrated that the prevalence of Entamoeba in a traditional pig scavenging systems in Bali was 84.7%but no specific infection infection caused by E. polecki was found.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON ROOT SURFACE DEMINERALIZATION USING CITRIC ACID AND TETRACYCLINE IN VITRO: A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY STUDY

Citric acid and tetracycline HCl are the most common clinical root demineralization agents used in periodontal practice. In this comparative in vitro study the effects of Nd: YAG laser radiation on root surface was compared to that of citric acid and tetracycline HCl using SEM. A total of twenty-one freshly extracted periodontally diseased single rooted premolar teeth were root planned in vitro. The proximal surface of each root was sectioned and divided to two equal surfaces of experimental and control. In group “A” Nd: YAG laser a power of 2 watts was used for 2 minutes at 0 pps. In group “B” citric acid PH=1 was applied for 3 minutes & in group “C” 5% tetracycline HCl solution PH=3.3 was applied for 5 minutes. SEM results showed removal of smear layer, changes in surface characteristics and opening of dentinal tubules in all 3 groups when compared to controls. Nd: YAG laser group signs of surface cracking, pits and craters were observed and removal of smear layer was not complete at 2 watts power and tubular opening was minimal. In group “B” smear layer was completely removed, micro fractures were seen and large opening of tubules were observed. In group “C”, more numbers of tubules were opened but openings were not large as in group B”, smear layer completely removed and experimental surfaces were smooth and no micro fractures were seen. This study showed that Nd:Yag laser could be used for the purpose of root demineralization but it needs further investigations with modification in factors influencing laser effectiveness to be used as a common method of root surface demineralization.
Sensitivity of Alpine fluvial environments in the Swiss Alps to climate forcing during the Late Holocene

The variability of Late Holocene fluvial dynamics in the Swiss Alps is traced from fan delta deposits using a multi-proxy approach. The spatial coexistence of wetland, alluvial and fluvial environments on the low-gradient Lutschine fan delta provides a high-resolution fluvial record. The sedimentary record shows seven major aggradation pulses from 3600 cal year BP to the present. Furthermore, 19 minor burial episodes occur between 3600 and 1050 cal year BP at intervals of between 100 and 130 years, suggesting that aggradation during the period of interest was triggered by centennial flood events. Nine coarse-grained flood layers, deposited at a recurrence interval of between 200 and 600 years, coincide with positive radiocarbon anomalies and cold phases in the Alps. The solar influence on the regional hydrological regime is proposed as the main factor triggering the flooding events.
On noun clausal “complements” and their non-unitary nature

In this article, we discuss the status of clausal ‘complements’ of Ns, which have recently been analysed by various authors as restrictive relative clauses. First we argue that they do not constitute a unitary phenomenon. Two types should be distinguished: clausal “complements” that can be predicated of the noun across a copula (with nouns like ‘claim’, ‘news’, ‘idea’, etc.) and those that cannot (with transitive nouns like ‘proof’ and with ‘unaccusative’ nouns like ‘possibility’). While we argue that both types are not genuine complements of the noun, we address some apparent difficulties for an ordinary restrictive relative clause analysis. Using data from English, Bulgarian and Italian we suggest that noun clausal “complements” of the first type are best analyzed as the predicate of a non-restrictive reduced relative clause, ultimately derived from an inverse (specificational) copular structure where the “complement” clause that expresses the content of the N occupies the subject position and the Noun the predicate position ([[CP That he is a spy] Pred° [DP the claim]]). Concerning noun clausal ‘complements’ of the second type we tentatively assume that they involve the relativization of a propositional variable, as suggested by a number of authors. Summary