Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Do the number of robots and the participant’s gender influence conformity effect from multiple robots?

ABSTRACT The conformity effect is a critical social phenomenon through which one individual or a particular group influences the thoughts, feelings, or behaviors of another person or group. We focused on two essential factors that influence the power of the conformity effect: the number of people and gender. In this paper, we investigated whether conformity effects have changed due to the number of robots and the gender of the participants. We experimentally compared conformity effects by considering these two factors while participants answered questions after listening to incorrect answers from two, four, or six robots. The experimental results showed that the conformity ratio with the six robots is significantly larger than the two/four robots, and the conformity effect for female participants is stronger than male participants, similar to human-human conformity effects. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Executive Compensation Structure and Credit Spreads

We develop a model of managerial compensation structure and asset risk choice. The model provides predictions about how inside debt features affect the relation between credit spreads and compensation components. First, inside debt reduces credit spreads only if it is unsecured. Second, inside debt exerts important indirect effects on the role of equity incentives: When inside debt is large and unsecured, equity incentives increase credit spreads; When inside debt is small or secured, this effect is weakened or reversed. We test our model on a sample of U.S. public firms with traded CDS contracts, finding evidence supportive of our predictions. To alleviate endogeneity concerns, we also show that our results are robust to using an instrumental variable approach.
THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS OLYMPISM VALUES OF PUPILS IN SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING AND NOT IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED OLYMPIC EDUCATION

Research backround and hypothesis. The research focuses on school pupils’ attitudes towards Olympism values and Olympic education. We hypothesised that in schools implementing integrated Olympic education programme, pupils more associated human values with Olympism than pupils in schools where this education programme was not implemented. Research aim was to ascertain the attitude towards Olympism values of pupils in schools implementing and not implementing integrated Olympic education. Research methods. The sample included 2335 (1095 males and 1240 females) young adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 years. Pupils’ attitudes towards Olympism values were determined using the Olympic Questionnaire (Telama et al., 2002). Research results. Research results revealed statistically significant differences towards human values of Olympism (p < 0.001) and social virtues of Olympism (p < 0.001) of pupils depending on applied Olympic education programme in schools. Discussion and conclusions. Our study revealed that pupils at schools implementing Integrated Olympic Education Programme more often emphasized the importance of human and social values of Olympism compared to pupils from schools not implementing this programme. The similar differences were found when assessing the results separately for girls. Research results did not reveal differences among 13–14-year-old pupils. However, the differences were established comparing the data of older pupils. Older pupils in schools with integrated Olympic education programme more emphasized the social virtues of Olympism and the human values of Olympism.
Factors Influencing Student Acceptance of Mobile Learning in Higher Education

Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the acceptance of mobile learning by students in a higher education setting. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) was extended to include hedonic motivation, operationalized as enjoyment, as well as social influence in a field study involving the adoption of iPad mobile devices. Survey data were collected from 171 college students and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicated that enjoyment and performance expectations were important factors influencing the acceptance of mobile learning in this context. For those engaged in the mobile learning pilot project upon which this study was based, the use of the UTAUT and the results provided a theory-based empirical approach to support an assessment that the pilot project goals were achieved. Overall, students perceived iPads to be useful and enjoyable tools for accomplishing educational tasks and improving learning outcomes.
Bacteriological and molecular studies of garlic effect on some virulence genes of Escherichia coli of chicken origin

Avian colibacillosis is the most significant infectious bacterial disease of poultry worldwide. Many antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli pathogens are increased due to drug overusing in veterinary medicine and animals feed. The objective of this study was to observe the in vitro inhibitory effect of garlic (Allium sativum) as alternative natural agent against Escherichia coli isolates and their virulence genes expression. The antimicrobial effects of aqueous and ethanolic garlic extracts against multidrug-resistant (MDR) E. coli isolates were studied using agar well-diffusion method as well as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of garlic and consequently their subinhibitory concentration (SIC) (the concentration of garlic that did not inhibit E. coli growth after 24 hr. incubation at 37oC) were calculated by a modification of broth macrodilution method. The E. coli virulence was assessed via mRNA expression of their genes such as increased serum survival (iss), verotoxine (vt2e) and intimin (eaeA) before and after garlic treatment using reverse transcriptase real time PCR. One hundred and thirteen (46.12%) of 245 isolates were identified as E. coli that were highly recorded in intestinal samples as 64.60% followed by liver 24.77% then heart 10.6%. The most chemotherapeutic resistant 14 E. coli isolates showed high garlic susceptibility rates mainly for aqueous extract and had nine different serotypes, the most predominant one was O146 of 21.42%. The complete inhibition of and downregulating of eaeA and vt2e genes expression were proved respectively in the E. coli treated isolates with garlic SIC (1%). In conclusion, the garlic supplementation through feed can reduce infection by E. coli via decrescent their toxin production and may be the adhesion ability to the intestinal mucosa of the host either animal or human.
Can we learn from wrong models?: an experimental study on learning from oversimplified simulation models

Simplifying a model is a necessity in order to create it, but extreme simplification can lead to a wrong - inaccurate or unrepresentative - model. If we end up with such a model, can we still learn from it? This paper investigates possible usefulness and learning outcomes from using wrong models in Simulation. An experiment comparing learning of a model of two different fidelity levels - oversimplified and adequate - is set on a pre/post-test basis utilizing a psychological framework to measure differences within two groups of students. The results suggest that users of the oversimplified version managed to gain a similar level of learning to those using the adequate, while they denoted their model as wrong but still useful for their tasks. Future work will tackle the factors that constitute to creating wrong models and wrong model uses in practice by interviewing simulation experts.
The Benefit of Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy in ypN0 Patients after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy According to Molecular Subtypes

Purpose The benefit of post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) in patients with breast cancer who achieve ypN0 following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has not yet been established. This study aimed to identify the role of PMRT in patients who achieve ypN0 according to molecular subtype. Methods We identified patients initially suspected with axillary disease who achieved ypN0 following NAC. From 13 institutions of the Korean Radiation Oncology Group between 2005 and 2011, a total of 189 patients were included in the analysis. Effects of PMRT on loco-regional control (LRC), disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) were evaluated for different molecular subtypes. Results In all patients, the prognostic effect of PMRT on LRC, DFS, or OS was not significant. Subgroups analysis showed that the effect of PMRT on LRC was different according to molecular subtype (p for interaction = 0.019). PMRT was associated with greater LRC in the luminal subtype (p = 0.046), but not in other subtypes. Conclusion In patients who achieve ypN0 following NAC and mastectomy, PMRT shows no additional survival benefits for any molecular subtype.
Political Speech on Twitter: A Sentiment Analysis of Tweets and News Coverage of Local Gun Policy

While the gun debate has been one of America’s most politically contentious issues, Twitter has become, in recent years a popular venue for politicians to carry out the debate. The present thesis is aimed at better understanding of political speech on Twitter, as well as the ways in which political frames and sentiment on Twitter differ from those of news media coverage regarding gun policy in the state of Arkansas. The study uses framing theory, which assumes that both news media and individuals use frames to construct perceptions and narratives about issues. Adopting an automated content analysis as a method, the study examined 354 gun-related tweets downloaded from the Twitter accounts of three Arkansas politicians (Charlie Collins, Denise Garner, and Greg Leding) and 40 news articles about gun policy involving these politicians from three local newspapers. The results indicated that state politicians’ discourse on Twitter constituted of a variety of extremely polarized words and frames pertaining and appealing to the core values of their local constituents, while local newspapers’ frames were very fact-based and unbiased. The results also showed that political sentiment on Twitter was extremely negative, fearful, and agitated, while news media expressed a very neutral sentiment in their coverage of gun policy, suggesting a new venue for further investigation of current assumptions about the negative nature of news tone. © 2019 by Mohamed Lemine M'Bareck All Rights Reserved
Truth in Interpretation

This article explores and attempts to resolve some issues that arise when psychoanalytic explanations are construed as a type of historical or narrative explanation. The chief problem is this: If one rejects the claim of narratives to verisimilitude, this appears to divorce the notion of explanation from that of truth. The author examines, in particular, Donald Spence's attempt to deal with the relation of narrative explanations and truth. In his critique of Spence's distinction between narrative truth and historical truth, the author develops some suggestions regarding the role of truth in narrative explanations.
On the Fit in Fitness Apps: Studying the Interaction of Motivational Affordances and Users' Goal Orientations in Affecting the Benefits Gained

Lacking regular physical activity is a pertaining problem in most western societies. Fitness apps are positioned to address this issue by offering motivational affordances to the user, which aim to enhance motivation and increase physical activity: self-monitoring, rewards, and social comparison. Yet research provides inconclusive results about their effectiveness. For clarification, this paper draws upon Achievement Goal Theory and theorizes how and why motivational affordances vary in dependence of users’ motivation-relevant goals in supporting motivation and physical activity. Empirical validation among 283 fitness app users generally supports that motivational affordances need to be congruent with users’ underlying goal orientations to achieve the benefits. As such, this paper contributes to fitness app research by resolving prior inconsistencies, offers a theorizing on motivational affordances and individual motivation-relevant differences, and aids practice in designing fitness apps.
Diagnosing Moisture Sources for Flash Floods in the United States. Part I: Kinematic Trajectories

This study uses backward trajectories derived from North American Regional Reanalysis data for 19 253 flash flood reports during the period 2007–13 published by the National Weather Service to assess the origins of air parcels for flash floods in the conterminous United States. The preferred flow paths for parcels were evaluated seasonally and for six regions of interest: the West Coast, Arizona, the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Flash Flood Alley in south-central Texas, the Missouri Valley, and the Appalachians. Parcels were released from vertical columns in the atmosphere at times and locations where there were reported flash floods; these were traced backward in time for 5 days. The temporal and seasonal cycles of flood events in these regions are also explored. The results show the importance of trajectories residing for long periods over oceanic regions such as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The flow is generally unidirectional with height in the lower layers of the atmosphere. The trajectory paths from oceanic genesis regions to inland hotspots and their orientation with height provide clues that can assist in the diagnosis of impending flash floods. Part II of this manuscript details the land–atmosphere interactions along the trajectory paths.
Interactions Among Factors Influencing Product Innovation and Innovation Behaviour: Market Orientation, Managerial Ties, and Government Support

Ongoing globalization and changing customer needs make it increasingly difficult for firms to survive in the long term. Innovation is considered an important tool for firms in this environment. In particular, a firm’s ability to cultivate innovative behaviour and implement product innovation for sustainability is important. This study explores resources and capabilities to enhance firm innovation behaviour and implementation of sustainable product innovation. The results provide insights on how firms can manage strategies for future sustainable innovations. We used a sample of 645 small- and medium-sized enterprises and presented the conceptual framework according to a resource-based view and relational capital. We specified three independent factors that enhance sustainable innovation and superior performance: market orientation, managerial ties, and government support. We used a questionnaire survey and structural equation modelling to evaluate the conceptual model. We found that interactions between business ties, customers, and competitor orientation can enhance sustainable product innovation, whereas interactions between government support and political relations can enhance the sustainability of innovation behaviour. Moreover, product innovation and innovation behaviour are mediators that can lead to superior firm performance. The results suggest ways entrepreneurs and public policy makers can promote sustainable innovation.
The past and present of triangulation and social representations theory: A crossed history

ABSTRACT This paper examines some of the main processes in the evolution of triangulation in qualitative research (QR) and social representations theory (SRT) in social psychology in recent decades. By adopting a cross-historical approach, we seek to outline how SRT can strengthen its epistemological approach by embracing triangulation, and to highlight that an examination of past and current debates on SRT can provide relevant insights for QR in psychology. We show how, progressively over time, in both fields (SRT and QR), discrepancies between data obtained by different methods were no longer considered a threat to scientific validity of the data but as a way to deepen understanding of the phenomenon being studied. Thus, developing systematic triangulation, which combines the various epistemological, theoretical, and methodological backgrounds of different methods (data collection and/or analysis), enables SRT to fulfill its potential even more in contributing to a societal social psychology. Reciprocally, SRT provides a framework in which QR can develop some of its full potential, for example, in the areas of multi-method studies, multidisciplinarity, and engagement with social change.
Long-Acting and Selective Oxytocin Peptide Analogs Show Antidiabetic and Antiobesity Effects in Male Mice

Abstract Oxytocin (OXT) has been shown to suppress appetite, induce weight loss, and improve glycemic control and lipid metabolism in several species, including humans, monkeys, and rodents. However, OXT’s short half-life in circulation and lack of receptor selectivity limit its application and efficacy. In this study, we report an OXT peptide analog (OXTGly) that is potent and selective for the OXT receptor (OXTR). OXT, but not OXTGly, activated vasopressin receptors in vitro and acutely increased blood pressure in vivo when administered IP. OXT suppressed food intake in mice, whereas OXTGly had a moderate effect on food intake when administered IP or intracerebroventricularly. Both OXT (IP) and OXTGly (IP) improved glycemic control in glucose tolerance tests. Additionally, both OXT (IP) and OXTGly (IP) stimulated insulin, glucagon-like peptide 1, and glucagon secretion in mice. We generated lipid-conjugated OXT (acylated-OXT) and OXTGly (acylated-OXTGly) and demonstrated that these molecules have significantly extended half-lives in vivo. Compared with OXT, 2-week treatment of diet-induced obese mice with acylated-OXT [subcutaneous(ly) (SC)] resulted in enhanced body weight reduction, an improved lipid profile, and gene expression changes consistent with increased lipolysis and decreased gluconeogenesis. Treatment with acylated-OXTGly (SC) also resulted in a statistically significant weight loss, albeit to a lesser degree compared with acylated-OXT treatment. In conclusion, we demonstrate that selective activation of the OXTR pathway results in both acute and chronic metabolic benefits, whereas potential activation of vasopressin receptors by nonselective OXT analogs causes physiological stress that contributes to additional weight loss.
Intellectual capital and firm performance: an extended VAIC model

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an extended and modified value-added (VA) intellectual coefficient (VAIC) model, which includes intellectual capital (IC) components which were missing in the original VAIC approach. The proposed model has been used to explore the relationship between IC and firm performance for Turkish manufacturing firms on a more detailed level. Design/methodology/approach Multiple regression analysis has been employed to identify the IC components, which predict the performance of the firm and the moderating effect of some IC components on IC components–firm performance relationship. Data are required to calculate the IC components, and firm performance variables have been obtained from the financial reports of the Turkish manufacturing firms for the period 2003–2013. Findings According to the results for Turkish manufacturing sector innovation capital efficiency has a moderating effect on the relationship between structural capital efficiency (SCE) and profitability, meaning, depending on an increase in R&D expenses, the effect of SCE on profitability also increases. On the other hand, it has been found that innovation capital efficiency has a direct impact on firms’ productivity. The results also showed that IC efficiency components have a moderating role on the relationship between capital employed efficiency and profitability. Research limitations/implications There might be a time lag until the effect of R&D investments can be observed in firms’ performance. However, this lagged impact of innovation capital and also other IC components on future firm performance has not been investigated due to concerns related to sample size. Originality/value The proposed model differs from the original VAIC model in three ways: it, namely, includes two additional IC components, customer capital (CC) and innovation capital. It explores the moderating effect of innovation capital on structural capital–firm performance relationship and the moderating effect of IC components on employed capital–firm performance relationship. As the last difference, it proposes an alteration in the VA calculation due to newly added IC components, CC and innovation capital.
HUBUNGAN PERUBAHAN PERAN DIRI DENGAN TINGKAT DEPRESI PADA LANSIA YANG TINGGAL DI UPT PSLU PASURUAN BABAT LAMONGAN

Introduction : Elderlywho live inpanti wredhawillhave a newenvironment exposurethatmake them have toadaptin a positiveor negative responses. The failure ofthe adaptiveresponsecouldlead to anover-anxiety which may cause depression. Therefore, further investigation of this particular case will be discussed in this paper is urgent to be explored. The objective of this study was to explain the correlation between the elderly changing role with the levels of depression. Method : This research used a cross sectional design. The population was elderly who stay at UPT PSLU Pasuruan Babat Lamongan, 17 residents were recruited by means of purposive sampling . The independent variable was the changing role of elderly while the dependent variable was the level of depression. The data were collected by using quetitionaires and were then analyzed using Spearman Rho with level of significance of p<0,05. Result: The result showed that there was a significant correlation between the changing role of elderly with the levels of depression with value of p = 0,017 and r = 0,517. The risk of depression will be showed by elderly who have maladaptive response.Increasinglymaladaptivechanges inthe role ofthe elderlywho livein panti wredhahigherlevel ofdepression. Conclusion: Elderlywho livein panti wredhaare expected toadaptthe changing role to avoid theanxietythatwill cause adepression. Further studies should providean appropriate intervention in this particular situation to prevent the occurrence of depression and promote the elderly life quality.
Serie Research Lllemornildn an Insensitive Product Form for Discrete-time Commünication Networks

Discrete-time communication networks are studied as due to digital transmissions. Simultaneous multiple transmission requests and completions as well as blocking are hereby involved. Scheduling times and packet lengths are allowed to have a general discrete distribution. A discrete-time product form result is obtained for the steady-state busy source distribution. Particularly, this form is shown to be insensitive, i.e. to depend only on means, in analogy with continuous-time results. The prooftechnique is of interest in itself as a multiple transition extension of continuous-time results. Typical applications include: . CSMA, BTMA and Rude-CSMA -protocols . Circuit switching structures . MAN-allocation schemes.