Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The luminous, massive and solar metallicity galaxy hosting the Swift γ-ray burst GRB 160804A at z = 0.737

We would like to thank the anonymous referee for a constructive report provided in a timely manner. KEH and PJ acknowledge support by a Project Grant (162948-051) from The Icelandic Research Fund. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant agreement no. EGGS-278202. AUP, CCT and ZC acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity under grant number AYA 2014-58381-P. AUP and CCT acknowledge support from Ramon y Cajal fellowships (RyC-2012-09975 and RyC-2012-09984). AUP acknowledges support from a grant from the BBVA foundation for researchers and cultural creators. ZC acknowledges support from the Juan de la Cierva Incorporacion fellowship IJCI-2014-21669 and from the Spanish research project AYA 2014-58381-P. This research was based on observations carried out under the programme ID 097.A-0036 (PI: J. Fynbo) with the X-shooter spectrograph mounted at the Cassegrain Very Large Telescope (VLT), Unit 2 - Kueyen, operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal, Chile; and on observations made with the Italian Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) operated on the island of La Palma by the Fundacion Galileo Galilei of the INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) at the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias under program A32TAC_5 (PI: D'Elia).
Carbon-sensitive productivity, climate and institutions

Abstract Climate and institutions might be crucial in lowering the vagaries of climate change impacts in terms of productivity. This study measures the relationships of productivity measures adjusted for the regulation of carbon emission and institutions together with climate change throughout the world. This paper finds that there is higher potential for reduction of CO2 emissions in developing countries at lower cost. However, the cost to reduce emissions lowers their growth potential in terms of lost productivity growth. Better institutions help to lower the negative impacts of climate change by improving the process of technological adoption in developing countries. Climate change reduces the productivity growth in developing countries by lowering the process of technological adoption, and better institutions result in higher productivity.
On Revisiting the Sex Differences in Language Acquisition: An Etiological Perspective

The purpose of the study is to investigate the issue of sexual brains in language acquisition from an etiological perspective. In a sense, the etiological scrutiny of sexual brain will enhance our understanding of brain functioning in order to avoid the totally abstract assumptions pioneered by numerous scholars in second language acquisition (SLA). To achieve the aforementioned aim, the current work taking a conservative approach holds that male-female interactional differences are primarily nature-based in language acquisition, for “individuals are initially affected by biology, before societal constructs can have any influence on them” (Lewin, 2003, p. 3).
Effectively Detecting Communities by Adjusting Initial Structure via Cores

Community detection is helpful to understand useful information in real-world networks by uncovering their natural structures. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective community detection algorithm, called ACC, which needs no heuristic search but has near-linear time complexity. ACC defines a novel similarity which is different from most common similarity definitions by considering not only common neighbors of two adjacent nodes but also their mutual exclusive degree. According to this similarity, ACC groups nodes together to obtain the initial community structure in the first step. In the second step, ACC adjusts the initial community structure according to cores discovered through a new local density which is defined as the influence of a node on its neighbors. The third step expands communities to yield the final community structure. To comprehensively demonstrate the performance of ACC, we compare it with seven representative state-of-the-art community detection algorithms, on small size networks with ground-truth community structures and relatively big-size networks without ground-truth community structures. Experimental results show that ACC outperforms the seven compared algorithms in most cases.
Effectiveness indicators as interpreted by the subcultures of a higher education institution

In the last decade, the interest in the study of organizational culture and effectiveness has increased; however, few studies have been done in the educational field. The objective of this research is to deepen the knowledge of the relationship between organizational culture and effectiveness in institutions of higher education, and to try to respond the following research question: How are effectiveness indicators interpreted in a higher education institution with differentiated culture? This research used the organization ethnography approach; the sample was made up of 23 informants; and the tools used were interviews, observation, and documentary information. The data analysis was done following the Spradley methodology (1979) and the results of the study seem to indicate that the educational institution studied has a differentiated culture and that the main cultural groups maintain a series of shared values with which they interpret a series of effectiveness indicators in a similar way. Nevertheless, this research also shows that there are some indicators that are not acknowledged by the cultural subgroups, and it is also observed that a series of indicators is interpreted differently by each subculture. Based on these results, it is possible to consider that the acknowledgement of the existence of a differentiated culture in a higher education institution allows its leaders to send the right messages to its members and to leverage from its culture to develop more effective higher education institutions.
New potential modulators of CYP4F2 enzyme activity in angina pectoris: hsa-miR-24-3p and hsa-miR-34a-5p

Abstract Purpose: To find an association of relative expression of hsa-miR-24-3p and hsa-miR-34a-5p molecules and CYP4F2 enzyme activity in blood plasma of stable angina pectoris (AP) patients'. Materials and Methods: MiRNA gene expression analysis was performed on total RNA extracted from blood plasma, using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. CYP4F2 enzyme levels were determined using commercial ELISA kit. In total, 32 AP and 15 control samples were examined. Results: The relative expression of hsa-miR-24-3p and hsa-miR-34a-5p was upregulated by 4.4 (p = 0.0001) and 3.8 (p = 0.005) -fold in AP patient's blood plasma compared to control subjects. CYP4F2 enzyme level in blood plasma were 2.1 (p = 0.001) times lower in AP patients. Circulating hsa-miR-24-3p was negatively associated with CYP4F2 enzyme level (Spearman correlation coefficient rank r= −0.32; p = 0.03). Moreover, patients that were taking atorvastatin, had 1.5 (p = 0.04) times higher hsa-miR-24-3p expression in blood plasma. Conclusions. Our data suggest that hsa-miR-24-3p might have an effect on CYP4F2 activity during atherosclerosis.
Investigating Challenges in Financing Contractors for Public Sector Projects in Ghana

Contractors working with the Public sector encounter numerous challenges in financing projects in Ghana. The challenges which have persisted over the years are both financial and managerial. This paper seeks to ascertain the extent to which contractors’ challenges in acquiring funds to execute public sector projects have been solved. The study involved both qualitative and quantitative methods to ascertain the various strategies the contractors go through to obtain public sector projects focusing on the challenges associated with the project execution. The study revealed that delayed payments and inadequate cash flow on the part of government, lack of credit worthiness and inadequate collateral security from contractors are key determinants to challenges associated with financing public sector projects in Ghana. This paper recommends the establishment of a Construction Development Authority (CDA), within the Ministry of Works and Housing to develop financial plans, policies and laws for this important sector of the economy.
The Empowerment of Marginalized Community (Street Vendors) for Developing Creative Economy in Payakumbuh City West Sumatra

This study generally aimed to find a model for empowerment of the marginalized community of street vendors for developing creative economy in Payakumbuh City, West Sumatra. While specifically this study aimed to get an overview of: 1) the City Government’s efforts in the empowerment of street vendors, and 2) the degree of success of the empowerment program of street vendors by the City Government. This study uses qualitative approach. Data collected through questionnaire, interview, observation, and documentation study in several government agencies and the street vendors in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra Province. Respondents in this study consisted of street vendors with business types of vegetables, fruits, accessories, foods, beverages, and other culinary merchants.Using frequency and percentage tests on responses by 445 respondents of street vendors and some informants in Payakumbuh city, West Sumatra, this study tested some aspects of marginalized community empowerment program Payakumbuh City. The findings of this study indicate that: 1) The empowerment of marginal urban communities (street vendors) by Payakumbuh Government has been running quite well; and 2) The level of success of the street vendors empowerment programs by the Payakumbuh Government during the time is still categorized as quite well, especially when it is measured based on capital movement of the street vendors. Keywords: Marginal Communities, Street Vendors (PKL), Community Empowerment, Capital Movement.
Neural bases of self‐ and object‐motion in a naturalistic vision

To plan movements toward objects our brain must recognize whether retinal displacement is due to self‐motion and/or to object‐motion. Here, we aimed to test whether motion areas are able to segregate these types of motion. We combined an event‐related functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment, brain mapping techniques, and wide‐field stimulation to study the responsivity of motion‐sensitive areas to pure and combined self‐ and object‐motion conditions during virtual movies of a train running within a realistic landscape. We observed a selective response in MT to the pure object‐motion condition, and in medial (PEc, pCi, CSv, and CMA) and lateral (PIC and LOR) areas to the pure self‐motion condition. Some other regions (like V6) responded more to complex visual stimulation where both object‐ and self‐motion were present. Among all, we found that some motion regions (V3A, LOR, MT, V6, and IPSmot) could extract object‐motion information from the overall motion, recognizing the real movement of the train even when the images remain still (on the screen), or moved, because of self‐movements. We propose that these motion areas might be good candidates for the “flow parsing mechanism,” that is the capability to extract object‐motion information from retinal motion signals by subtracting out the optic flow components.
Firm Growth Dynamics and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Serbian Firms

Using a unique dataset of unlisted Serbian firms during the period between 2005 and 2012, we analyze the impact of internal financial constraints on firm growth with respect to several firm-level characteristics. We also assess potential effects created by the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis. To do so, we rely on panel data models, which estimate via GMM cash flow sensitivities of firm growth, following the dynamic specification of Guariglia et al. (2011). Controlling for investment opportunities, our results show that Serbian firms face high financial constraints and exhibit generally a high reliance on retained earnings for firm growth. We do not find evidence for a crisis effect, potentially due to ex ante accumulated internal funds. Conventional firm characteristics such as age, size or overall performance largely determine the dependency on cash for firm growth. Moreover, foreign-owned companies seem to escape the financing gap by tapping other resources. A comparison with Belgian firms contrasts our results with an advanced country setting.
A Review of Research on Participation in Democratic Decision-Making Presented at SIGCHI Conferences. Toward an Improved Trading Zone Between Political Science and HCI

We present a review of 80 papers representing efforts to support participation in democratic decision-making mostly related to local or national governments. The papers were published in leading human--computer interaction (SIGCHI conferences) venues. Most of this literature represents attempts to support assembly-oriented participation, wherein decisions are made through discussion, although referendum-type participation, involving decision-making based on voting, has gained attention too. Primarily, those papers addressing agenda-setting have examined organization-led forms, in which the agenda is controlled by those issuing the call for participation. Accordingly, the authors call for more research into support for representative models and participant-driven agenda-setting. Furthermore, the literature review pinpoints areas wherein further interdisciplinary engagement may be expected to improve research quality: in political science, HCI-informed methods and new ways of using physical input in participation merit more research, while, from the HCI side, cultivating closer relationships with political science concepts such as democratic innovations and calculus of voting could encourage reconsideration of the research foci. These observations speak to the benefits of a new research agenda for human--computer interaction research, involving different forms of participation, most importantly to address lack of engagement under the representative model of participation. Furthermore, in light of these findings, the paper discusses what type of interdisciplinary research is viable in the HCI field today and how political science and HCI scholars could usefully collaborate.
Computer-Mediated Negotiated Interactions: How is Meaning Negotiated in Discussion Boards, Text Chat and Videoconferencing?

Despite the amount of published research on the use of text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) in second language acquisition (SLA), very little attention has been paid to voice-based CMC (audioconferencing and videoconferencing) and to how it compares with the better known text-based CMC modes. This chapter investigates and compares the potential of three different CMC modes (discussion board, text chat and videoconferencing) to foster negotiated interactions (negotiation of meaning routines and negative feedback), as well as the influence of task type on such interactions. From the analysis of the interactions generated by the completion of meaning-focused tasks as part of an online module of English for specific purposes (ESP) aimed at first year Master’s Degree Biology students (French non native speakers (NNSs) of English), this study demonstrates that closed tasks fostered more negotiation work than open tasks, and that all three CMC modes gave rise to negotiation of meaning. However, significant differences were highlighted between the three CMC modes under study: overall, videoconferencing was conducive to a lot more negotiation of meaning than the other two CMC modes, and discussion board interactions did not generate any corrective feedback.
Virtual crossings, convolutions and a categorification of the SO(2N) Kauffman polynomial

We suggest a categorification procedure for the SO(2N) one-variable specialization of the two-variable Kauffman polynomial. The construction has many similarities with the HOMFLYPT categorification: a planar graph formula for the polynomial is converted into a complex of graded vector spaces, each of them being the homology of a Z_2 graded differential vector space associated to a graph and constructed using matrix factorizations. This time, however, the elementary matrix factorizations are not Koszul; instead, they are convolutions of chain complexes of Koszul matrix factorizations. We prove that the homotopy class of the resulting complex associated to a diagram of a link is invariant under the first two Reidemeister moves and conjecture its invariance under the third move.
Classification of positive solutions to a nonlinear biharmonic equation with critical exponent

For $n \geq 5$, we consider positive solutions $u$ of the biharmonic equation \[ \Delta^2 u = u^\frac{n+4}{n-4} \qquad \text{on}\ \mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\} \] with a non-removable singularity at the origin. We show that $|x|^{\frac{n-4}{2}} u$ is a periodic function of $\ln |x|$ and we classify all periodic functions obtained in this way. This result is relevant for the description of the asymptotic behavior near singularities and for the $Q$-curvature problem in conformal geometry.
Wearable Sensor-Based Digital Biomarker to Estimate Chest Expansion During Sit-to-Stand Transitions–A Practical Tool to Improve Sternal Precautions in Patients Undergoing Median Sternotomy

Sternal precautions are a universal part of the discharge education for post-sternotomy patients to reduce the risk of sternal complications. However, they are always designed based on physical therapists’ or surgeons’ subjective judgment without any objective evidence. Thus, they could be overly restrictive to hinder the patients’ recovery, physically and psychologically. To fill this gap, this paper proposes a digital biomarker to estimate chest expansion during sit-to-stand transitions based on wearable inertial sensing and data fusion technologies. First, we carried out bench tests to evaluate the reliability of the digital biomarker to represent relative sensor rotation. We also verified effectiveness of this digital biomarker to detect subtle skin extension in proactive chest expansion trials by 11 healthy volunteers. Then, we measured the digital biomarker during sit-to-stand transitions with different strategies and some daily routine activities (walking, sitting, and standing) performed by the healthy volunteers and 22 post-sternotomy patients. The comparison between these measurements evaluated the effectiveness of several known guidelines of sternal precautions for sit-to-stand transitions. The results showed that first, pushing up from a chair by taking support from armrests induced larger chest expansion (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${p} = {0.009}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) compared with sit-to-stand transition while keeping the arms relaxed; second, crossing the arms or hugging a pillow can help reduce chest expansion (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${p} < {0.05}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) compared with keeping the arms relaxed during sit-to-stand transitions; third, pushing up while taking support from a frontal support (e.g., table or walker) induced the same level of chest expansion (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${p} > {0.05}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) as that during sit-to-stand transition while keeping the arms relaxed.
The effects of supplier awards on the relationship of buyer and supplier: a multiple-case study of winners and non-winners

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview of the effects of supplier awards in buyer-supplier relationships. Supplier awards are used by a lot of corporations as a management tool. Yet, little is known about the effects of these awards in the area of Supply Management. The paper explores these effects and gives the Dutch Railways advice on how an award program can be of value in supplier development. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a multi-case interview methodology to explore what kind of effects occurred after a supplier award program. The author interviewed managers and executive level respondents. There were 4 winning cases, 3 non-winner cases and 1 award issuer case. Findings – The paper demonstrates how supplier awards can lead to the allocation of preferred resourced through reciprocal behaviour. Furthermore, it can serve as a mechanism to stimulate the performance and motivation of both winners and non-winners. The status of an award issuing firm seems to have a moderating effect. Finally, the use of supplier award program can enhance buyer-supplier relationships in several areas. Research limitations/implications – The concept of supplier awards is relatively new. Consequently, not many cases could be found. The paper provides discussion and scope for future research into the area which would contribute to the field tremendously. Furthermore, cultural aspects are not taken into consideration. Practical implications – Although this paper gives advice specifically to the Dutch Railways, it can also be adapted by other high-status firms. Originality/value – There are very few papers regarding this topic, and this is one of the first studies conducted to highlight the effects and influence of awards in supplier development context. Important note – This paper is written in collaboration with Paul Iding, who has covered the same topic for his own Master’s thesis. As a consequence, overlap in the literature review and methodology sections can be expected. On a final note, this collaboration was under the strict supervision of dr. Pulles.
Fast Synthesis of Highly Crystalline ZIF-8 Using Microwave-Assisted Solvothermal Method

This paper presents the formation of highly crystalline ZIF-8 using microwave-assisted solvothermal method. The crystallinity of the ZIF-8 particles was characterized using X-ray diffraction. The lattice vibrations of the structure in the ZIF-8 framework were determined through Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy. The morphology of the ZIF-8 particles was observed through scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that, 0.5 hour was sufficient for the formation of highly crystalline ZIF-8 particles using microwave-assisted solvothermal method under temperature 120 oC.
Motivated, Fit, and Strong-Using Counter-Stereotypical Images to Reduce Weight Stigma Internalisation in Women with Obesity.

BACKGROUND This study aimed to use implicit retraining to change automatic associations between body size and physical activity (PA) in women with obesity to reduce weight bias internalisation (WBI). METHODS A Solomon-square experimental design was used to determine the effect of a four-week online implicit retraining intervention on WBI (primary measure) and PA attitudes, self-efficacy, and self-reported behaviour (secondary measures). The intervention was a visual probe task pairing counter-stereotypical images of active individuals with obesity with positive PA-related words. In qualitative telephone interviews, a sub-sample of participants provided feedback and recommendations for using counter-stereotypical images in PA promotion. RESULTS Women completed the intervention (n = 48) or a control task (n = 55). Results of a RM-ANOVA showed no interaction or main effect of group on WBI. A main effect of time demonstrated that both groups had reduced WBI between pre-test and post-test, through to one-week follow-up. There were no differences between groups or over time for PA attitudes, self-efficacy, or behaviour. Women who completed interviews (n = 16) discussed several benefits and drawbacks of using counter-stereotypical images. CONCLUSION Implicit retraining did not reduce WBI but qualitative findings support the use of counter-stereotypical PA images.