Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Crecimiento de juveniles de la lisa blanca Mugil curema ( Teleostei : Mugilidae ) en una laguna costera del suroeste del golfo de California

Otolith microstructure was used to determine the age and evaluate the growth of juvenile white mullet (Mugil curema) during their residence in the coastal lagoon El Conchalito, B.C.S. , Mexico, from May 1997 to May 1998. Juveniles were sampled monthly during the full and ebbing phases of the maximum high tide. The juveniles studied were between 16 and 42 mm standard length (SL) and from 22 to 109 days old. The Gompertz growth model appropriately described the relationship between age and SL (r = 0.94). The average growth rate was 0.29 mm d between 20 and 110 days of age, which was lower than the growth rate of the juveniles prior to entering the lagoon. This suggests that growth is faster along the coast than in the lagoon. The strategy of entering protected areas allows individuals to reach a size that maximizes escape from predators and, therefore, the probability of survival when reentering the coastal habitat.
The Predictive Effects of Online Communication on Well-Being among Chinese Adolescents

Based on theories and previous studies on online communication, we proposed two hypotheses to better under- stand the effects of online communication on subjective well-being with a sample of Chinese adolescents (n = 190). The results of liner regression analysis found that online communication was positively related to adoles- cents’ subjective well-being. For boys, the coefficient of determination of online communication on subjective well-being was . 143, and for girls the coefficient of determination was . 040, indicating that boys benefit more from online communication than do girls.
Employment of a Multi-measure Approach as a Vehicle for Monitoring Encoding and Retrieval Dynamics: The Case of Semantically Related Words

Several recent studies have indicated that retrieval, unlike encoding, is only minimally affected by dividing attention, but is associated with significant secondary task costs. The reported experiment manipulated the strength of pre-experimental semantic associations, using a cued-recall paradigm and a multi-measure approach. This allowed the assessment of accuracy and latency of retrievals, as well as of overall attentional costs and the temporal distribution of attentional costs incurred by these retrievals. By simultaneously inspecting the different measures, we identified a common set of retrieval types and retrieval components. The results presented different patterns for semantically related or un-related words under full or divided attention as a function of the dependent measure used. The results emphasize the advantage of using multi-measure approach to the uncovering of different properties of cognitive processes.
Joining the Global Village: Teaching Globalization with Wikipedia

This paper presents an analysis of my experiences with a teaching activity that engages students in publishing in Wikipedia on issues relating to globalization. It begins with a short overview of some of the current debates revolving around teaching globalization, which lay ground for the assignment. I discuss how this teaching tool fits with a number of dimensions related to teaching globalization, particularly with an international service learning approach. Finally, I present assessment data from a series of surveys I conducted from 2008 to 2016 on the effectiveness of the assignment.
KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM – THEORETICAL NOTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT Blomqvist Kirsimarja and Kianto Aino Department of Business Administration and Technology Business Research Center

The competitive environment of firms has changed dramatically during the last two decades. The role of the traditional sources for competitive advantage has deteriorated in the process of globalization and technological change. Monopolies have broken down through the deregulation of markets, and the economies of scale seem to bring diminishing returns. The high-technological change creates incentives for innovation and entrepreneurs seeking opportunities. Also, large and established companies need to adapt to the changes in the business environment. In addition to streamlining their structures and processes for increased efficiency, firms need to create new knowledge for increased innovativeness. As James March (1991) notes, firms simultaneously exploit the existing potential, but attempt to adapt to the ongoing changes by exploring new business opportunities. The discontinuities may be turned into opportunities either through proactive innovation and self-renewal (Pöyhönen, 2004), or by co-operating with innovative firms and learning from them. Large companies are building relevant capabilities through acquisitions, partnerships, and collaborative R&D projects. For example, Microsoft, Cisco and Nokia have diversified their capabilities through acquiring start-ups with Internet, software and content capabilities (Blomqvist, 2002).
Acquisition and Transfer of English as a Second Language through the Constructional Response Matching-to-Sample Procedure for Students with Developmental Disabilities *

Japanese students, who study English as second language often have the difficulty in learning English. Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have special difficulty with English spelling. Previous researches suggest that equivalence-based training, such as the matching-to-sample (MTS) procedure and the constructional response matching-to-sample (CRMTS) procedure were effective for the acquisition of spelling. The present study examined the controlling variables for the acquisition of English spelling skills by 4 Japanese students with ASD and compared the effects of MTS and CRMTS procedures on transfer to spelling. The results showed that the MTS and CRMTS procedures were equally effective for shorter letter words. But the students showed better results on acquisition and transfer to spelling for longer letter words after CRMTS procedure. The results are discussed in terms of the effect of the CRMTS procedure on the acquisition and transfer of spelling words.
Morphological and molecular diversification of slender salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps ) in the southern Sierra Nevada of California with descriptions of two new species

Slender salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps achieve relatively high diversity in the Kern Canyon region at the southernend of the Sierra Nevada of California through high turnover of species with small geographic ranges. The status of severalpopulations of Batrachoseps in this region is enigmatic, and both morphological and molecular data have suggested thatsome populations do not belong to any of the currently recognized species. Identification of species in this region is com-plicated by the apparent extinction of Batrachoseps relictus in the vicinity of its type locality in the Lower Kern RiverCanyon. Here we analyze a comprehensive morphological dataset to evaluate diversity in the Kern River Canyon region.We conclude that populations from Breckenridge Mountain are conspecific with B. relictus, while populations from northof the Kern River previously treated as B. relictus belong to an undescribed species. The morphological data also showthe distinctiveness of populations from the Upper Kern River Canyon. Thus, we describe two new species, Batrachoseps bramei sp. nov. for populations from the Upper Kern River Canyon and Batrachoseps altasierrae sp. nov. for populationsfrom the southern Sierra Nevada previously referred to B. relictus. B. bramei sp. nov. and B. relictus are members of the nigriventris group; B. altasierrae sp. nov. belongs to the group formerly called the relictus group, which we rename the diabolicus group. We conclude by presenting allozyme and mitochondrial DNA sequence data that support the distinctiveness of these newly described species and provide a hypothesis of relationships within the nigriventris group.
Association of Colecalciferol, Ferritin, and Anemia among Pregnant Women: Result from Cohort Study on Vitamin D Status and Its Impact during Pregnancy and Childhood in Indonesia

Studies had shown that iron-cycling was disturbed by inflammatory process through the role of hepcidin. Pregnancy is characterized by shifts of interleukin. Our objective was to determine if 25(OH) vitamin D (colecalciferol) status was associated with ferritin, anemia, and its changes during pregnancy. Method. A cohort study was done in 4 cities in West Java, Indonesia, beginning in July 2016. Subjects were followed up until third trimester. Examinations included were maternal ferritin, colecalciferol, and haemoglobin level. Result. 191 (95.5%) subjects had low colecalciferol, and 151 (75.5%) among them were at deficient state. Anemia is found in 15 (7.5%) subjects, much lower than previous report. Proportion of anemia increased by trimester among women with colecalciferol deficiency. Ferritin status and prepregnancy body mass index in the first trimester were correlated with anemia (r = 0.147, p = 0.038 and r = −0.56, p = 0.03). Anemia in the second trimester was strongly correlated with anemia in the third trimester (r = 0.676, p < 0.01). Conclusion. Our study showed that the state of colecalciferol was not associated with either ferritin state or anemia, but proportion of anemia tends to increase by trimester in the colecalciferol deficient subjects.
The maternal age‐related first trimester risks for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 based on Danish first trimester data from 2005 to 2014

Most currently used age‐related risks of T21, T18 and T13 are based on estimates of the live‐birth prevalence, and describe an exponential increase of risk by increased maternal age. We investigated the first trimester prevalence of T21, T18 and T13 in a large population of Danish women.
Functional interrelationships between the kallikrein-related peptidases family and the classical kinin system in the human neutrophil

Abstract In the human neutrophil, kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) have a significant functional relationship with the classical kinin system as a kinin B1 receptor agonist induces secretion of KLK1, KLK6, KLK10, KLK13 and KLK14 into the medium. Secretion of KLK1, the kinin-forming enzyme, may perpetuate formation of kinin in the inflammatory milieu by hydrolyzing extravasated kininogens present in tissue edema. Secretion of KLKs into the inflammatory milieu, induced by kinins or other proinflammatory mediators, provides the human neutrophil with a wide range of molecular interactions to hydrolyze different cellular and extracellular matrix components, which may be of critical relevance in different mechanisms involving inflammation.
Determinants of influenza vaccination among a large adult population in Quebec

ABSTRACT Objectives: Very low uptake has been noted for influenza vaccination in the province of Quebec. This study aimed to identify the determinants of influenza vaccination among a large regional population. Methods: A telephone survey was administered to a random digit sample in the Eastern Townships region (Quebec, Canada). Respondents were asked questions on several health topics such as perceived knowledge and beliefs about influenza immunization, medical consultations, perceived health status and life habits. Significant variables in the univariate analysis were introduced into a multivariate logistic regression model to determine independent factors for having received the influenza vaccine (aOR and 95% CI) among adults aged ≥60 years and younger adults with ≥1 chronic condition. Results: A total of 4,620 interviews were analyzed. Among the target groups, 55.4% of adults aged ≥60 and 32.2% of adults aged 18–59 with at least one chronic disease had received the influenza vaccine during the 2013–2014 season. Several determinants were significantly associated with influenza vaccination in both groups such as having received a recommendation from a healthcare professional. Among adults aged ≥60, not having consulted a chiropractor over the last 12 months (aOR = 2.37; 1.09-5.19), non-smokers (aOR = 1.78; 1.22-2.59) and self-perceived poor health status (aOR = 1.45; 1.01-2.06) were significantly linked to flu vaccination. In the younger group, influenza vaccination was independently associated to low alcohol consumption (aOR = 2.14; 1.13-4.05) and being overweight (aOR = 1.63; 1.12-2.38). Conclusions: Many determinants influence the decision to get vaccinated against influenza. Specific messages should be tailored for high-risk groups to effectively increase influenza vaccine coverage.
Nurse Managers’ Emotional Intelligence and Effective Leadership: A Review of the Current Evidence

Background: Emotional Intelligence has made a significant contribution to effective leadership, becoming one of the key characteristics of leaders. Objective: The aim of the present study was to review qualitative and quantitative studies concerning Emotional Intelligence of nurse leaders and the evidence-based composition of their results. Method: A search was performed in the electronic databases (Pubmed, Scopus and CINAHL) for articles, which were published in the period 2000-2017 in English or Greek. Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria, of which 10 were quantitative and one was qualitative. Results: The results suggested that Emotional Intelligence is a useful tool for nurse leaders and contributes decisively to the achievement of effective management in healthcare. Conclusion: It is necessary for nurses to improve their social and emotional skills because of the particular nature of the nursing profession, which places the healthy or weak person at its center.
Super-resolution Estimation of Cyclic Arrival Rates

Exploiting the fact that most arrival processes exhibit cyclic (though not necessarily periodic) behaviour, we propose a simple and computationally efficient procedure for estimating the intensity of a nonhomogeneous Poisson process. The estimator is interpretable because it is a simple sum of p sinusoids, although p and the frequency, amplitude, and phase of each wave are not known and need to be estimated. This results in a flexible specification that is suitable for use in modeling as well as in high resolution simulations. Our estimation procedure sits in between classic periodogram methods and atomic/total variation norm thresholding. A novel aspect of our approach is the use of window functions with fast decaying spectral tails, which we show improves frequency resolution as well as prevent strong frequency signals from masking weaker ones nearby. Interestingly the prolate spheriodal window that is usually considered optimal in signal processing is suboptimal for frequency recovery.Under suitable conditions, finite sample performance guarantees for our procedure can be derived that resolve open questions and expand existing results in spectral estimation literature. Preliminary simulations suggest that our procedure can potentially be extended to Cox processes which are used to model overdispersion, although a formal analysis is left for future research. We apply our procedure to arrivals data from an emergency department at an academic hospital in the United States to examine differences in arrival patterns by illness severity.
Orientation and Microstructure Effects on Susceptibility Reconstruction : a Diffusion Phantom Study

Introduction: The reconstruction of local magnetic susceptibility in tissue is an emerging field of research. In a magnetic field, susceptibility variations give rise to characteristic B0 field shifts. In inverse approaches, field shifts have been utilised successfully to reconstruct the susceptibility distribution, χ (e.g. de Rochefort [1] or Wharton [2]). These methods are primarily based on a well-accepted model describing the observed field as a convolution of χ with a dipole-shaped field. The model works well for structures that are homogeneous on the scale of the voxel size, but will most likely suffer from substructures within a voxel that produce deviant local field distortions. A prominent example for this are white matter fibre bundles that cannot be resolved with the limited voxel resolution in MRI [3,4]. Furthermore, the measured volume portion (water) is only partially representative for the content of the imaged voxel. This study investigates the behaviour of field shifts and observed susceptibility in a diffusion phantom containing a bulk of parallel straight Dyneema® fibres.
The Place of PET to Assess New Therapeutic Effectiveness in Neurodegenerative Diseases

In vivo exploration of neurodegenerative diseases by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has matured over the last 20 years, using dedicated radiopharmaceuticals targeting cellular metabolism, neurotransmission, neuroinflammation, or abnormal protein aggregates (beta-amyloid and intracellular microtubule inclusions containing hyperphosphorylated tau). The ability of PET to characterize biological processes at the cellular and molecular levels enables early detection and identification of molecular mechanisms associated with disease progression, by providing accurate, reliable, and longitudinally reproducible quantitative biomarkers. Thus, PET imaging has become a relevant imaging method for monitoring response to therapy, approved as an outcome measure in bioclinical trials. The aim of this paper is to review and discuss the current inputs of PET in the assessment of therapeutic effectiveness in neurodegenerative diseases connected by common pathophysiological mechanisms, including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, and also in psychiatric disorders. We also discuss opportunities for PET imaging to drive more personalized neuroprotective and therapeutic strategies, taking into account individual variability, within the growing framework of precision medicine.
cient Bandit Combinatorial Optimization Algorithm with Zero-suppressed Binary Decision Diagrams

We consider bandit combinatorial optimization (BCO) problems. A BCO instance generally has a huge set of all feasible solutions, which we call the action set. To avoid dealing with such huge action sets directly, we propose an algorithm that takes advantage of zerosuppressed binary decision diagrams, which encode action sets as compact graphs. The proposed algorithm achieves either O(T 2/3) regret with high probability or O( p T ) expected regret at any T -th round. Typically, our algorithm works e ciently for BCO problems defined on networks. Experiments show that our algorithm is applicable to various large BCO instances including adaptive routing problems on real-world networks.
The Crush the Crave Quit Smoking App and Young Adult Smokers: Qualitative Case Study of Affordances

Background Mobile phone apps have emerged as a promising way to reach young adult smokers, given their high mobile phone ownership rates and openness to receiving cessation support via digital technologies. Although emerging evidence indicates that quit smoking apps are an effective way to reduce smoking among young adults, lacking is formative evaluative research that captures the perspectives of end-users. Objective The objective of this study was to contribute insights toward understanding how young adults interact with the Crush the Crave (CTC) app, and how this interaction shapes young adults’ smoking cessation experiences and practices, with consideration of the influence of gender. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 31 young adult CTC end-users. Guided by sociomateriality theory and an affordances approach, data were inductively analyzed to derive thematic findings in relation to the impacts of CTC on quit efforts, and to expose the underlying affordances (mechanisms) that lend to these outcomes. Findings were grouped according to the 4 design components of CTC: credibility, social support, task support, and dialogue support. Results The credibility component of CTC played an important role in harnessing the trust of young adults because it afforded them promise in relation to its potential effectiveness in assisting them with quitting smoking. The social support component lent to various end-user practices and experiences that rendered this aspect as the weakest component in supporting quit efforts. Although most functions situated in the task and dialogue support components were found to be helpful, there were a few affordances in CTC that resulted in negative experiences, notably weaning from smoking. Gender-related influences were also evident. For example, young men preferred to control and self-manage their quitting and, therefore, did not engage with functions that afforded journaling or reminding to stay on track. Women, in contrast, were more likely to benefit from these affordances. Conclusions An affordances approach is productive for gaining an in-depth understanding of how mobile apps interact with end-users to lend to particular outcomes. The study findings have implications for developing and improving apps for helping young adults quit smoking, as well as apps that target other health behaviors. Productive affordances may also serve as a framework for leveraging apps for smoking cessation.
Combined Fecal Transferrin Test and Immuno Fecal Occult Blood Test for Detecting Colorectal Cancer and Advanced Adenoma in Asymptomaticand Symptomatic Populations

Recent proteomic studies identified Transferin (TF) as a potential colon cancer biomarker. A dipstick TF test similar to Immuno Fecal Occult Blood Test (IFOBT) was developed, and an initial study showed the TF test had compatible performance characteristics for detecting colon cancer and adenoma. The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of TF and IFOBT for detecting advanced adenomas and cancer in asymptomatic and symptomatic populations. A total of 1,943 healthy subjects (asymptomatic group) and 201 subjects with various gastrointestinal symptoms (symptomatic group) were recruited for the study. For asymptomatic subjects, one fecal sample was collected for concurrent TF and IFOBT testing. Colonoscopy was performed for individuals positive for either TF or IFOBT. For the symptomatic subjects, each individual underwent TF, IFOBT, and colonoscopy simultaneously. For asymptomatic group, 1,737 individuals tested for TF and IFOBT, 251 subjects (14.5%) showed either TF or IFOBT positivity. Colonoscopy was performed for 193 of the 251 individuals. A total of 3 colorectal cancers and 43 advanced adenomas were detected. Combination of the two tests (either/or) significantly increased the detection rate for colorectal cancers and advanced adenomas compared to IFOBT alone (2.6% vs. 1.6%, P=0.034). In the symptomatic group, the combined test also significantly increased the sensitivity for detecting advanced adenomas and cancer than that of IFOBT alone (77.9% vs. 55.9%, P=0.006), but with decreased specificity (42.1% vs 63.9%, P=0.005). Combined TF and IFOBT test increased the detection rate of colorectal adenoma and cancer in both asymptomatic and symptomatic populations.