Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Stereotypical Beliefs, Participant Gender, and Survivor Weight on Sexual Assault Response

The present study explored the influence of survivor weight and participant gender, rape myth acceptance, and antifat attitudes on perceptions of sexual assault. Using an online survey tool, a community sample of 413 adult Canadian residents reviewed a hypothetical sexual assault scenario and completed a series of evaluations and attitudinal questionnaires. Generalized linear model analyses revealed that participants were more likely to hold the survivor responsible, excuse the perpetrator’s actions, and respond more negatively toward the survivor and more positively toward the perpetrator when the survivor was depicted as thin versus overweight. Interactions were found between rape myth acceptance and survivor weight, gender and survivor weight, and gender and antifat attitudes, for certain dependent variables. In addition, men and those with higher levels of rape myth acceptance and antifat attitudes were found to make more negative evaluations of the survivor and more positive evaluations of the perpetrator. Recommendations for future research and interventions are discussed.
Temporal Stability of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory

To examine the temporal stability of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory a Greek version was administered to 144 undergraduate students after an endurance field test. The same procedure was repeated one week later. Factor analysis followed by varimax rotation showed that three factors (Perceived Competence, Interest/enjoyment, and Effort/importance) explained 65.26% of the total variance. Computed intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were . 61 for the Perceived Competence subscale, . 86 for the Interest/enjoyment, . 60 for the Effort/importance, and . 70 for the overall scale. The results, however, were modified when the sample was divided in two groups. The first represented small changes in perceived competence between the first and the second measurement, while the second one represented large changes between the two measurements. Recalculated intraclass correlation coefficients for individuals whose Perceived Competence score remained relatively stable yield a high value (.92), whereas individuals whose Perceived Competence changed yield an extremely low value (.60). It was concluded that the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory provides a temporally stable measure, given that perceived competence has not been markedly changed.
Algorithms and Complexity for Reasoning about Time

Interval consistency problems deal with events, each of which is assumed to be an interval on the real line or on any other linearly ordered set. This paper deals with problems in reasoning about such intervals when the precise topological relationships between them is unknown or only partially specified. This work unifies notions of interval algebras for temporal reasoning in artificial intelligence with those of interval orders and interval graphs in combinatorics, obtaining new algorithmic and complexity results of interest to both disciplines. Several versions of the satisjiability, minimum labeling and all consistent solutions problems for temporal (interval) data are investigated. The satisfiability question is shown to be NP-complete even when restricting the possible interval relationships to subsets of the relations intersection and precedence only. On the other hand, we give efficient algorithm for several other restrictions of the problem. Many of these problems are also important in molecular biology, archaeology, and resolving mutual-exclusion constraints in circuit design.
Present and future therapeutic strategies in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is found in individuals who do not drink or abuse alcohol and represents a significant health burden for the general community. NAFLD is often associated with one or more features of the metabolic syndrome and has potential for evolution towards non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the necro-inflammatory form of liver steatosis. The most worrisome evolutive events in a subgroup of NASH patients include advanced liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathophysiology of NAFLD/NASH is complex, but studies point to a pre-eminent role of oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in the liver, including early mitochondrial dysfunction. Changes follow an insulin resistance status with a background of a chronic pro-inflammatory status due to an excess of visceral adiposity. Although no established therapy exists for NAFLD/NASH, potential therapeutic approaches are discussed in this review.
Paid work versus accessibility in surveys: Are we running the risk of nonresponse bias? The example of ESS 5 in Poland

Research data shows that nonresponse in surveys is increasingly connected with respondents’ lack of time caused, among others, by respondents’ performance of paid work. Since paid work is one of the key sociological characteristics, the underrepresentation of working citizens creates a risk of nonresponse bias in surveys. This paper draws on data from the fifth round of the European Social Survey in Poland to demonstrate how realistic this risk is. Apart from paid work, the paper analyses three dimensions of workload: total work hours, regular/irregular nature of work and place of residence/place of work (the same or different location) and time spent commuting to/from work. The results of our analysis show that there is a risk of nonresponse bias associated with the performance of paid work and time spent commuting to/from work in another location. This risk may be reduced by increasing the number of contact attempts with hard-to-reach respondents.
Arteriolar network architecture and vasomotor function with ageing in mouse gluteus maximus muscle

Physical diminishes with ageing, but little is known of how the microvascular supply to skeletal muscle fibres is affected. To test the hypothesis that ageing alters blood flow control, we investigated network architecture and vasomotor responses of arterioles in the gluteus maximus muscle of young (2–3 months), adult (12–14 months) and old (18–20 months) C57BL6 male mice (n= 83) (Young, Adult and Old, respectively). Microvascular casts revealed that the total number, length and surface area of arteriolar segments (diameter, 10–50 μm) were not significantly different across age‐groups. However, for arterioles with diameter of 30 μm, tortuosity and branch angles increased with age (P < 0.05). In anaesthetized mice, second‐order (2A) distributing arterioles had similar resting (17 ± 1 μm) and maximal (37 ± 1 μm) diameters and similar responsiveness to cumulative (10−10−10−4m) superfusion of acetylcholine or phenylephrine. With superfusate oxygen level raised from 0 to 21%, 2A arteriolar constriction in Young (11 ± 1 μm) was greater (P < 0.05) than Adult and Old (5 ± 1 μm). Observed 1 mm upstream from microiontophoresis of ACh (1 μA, 1 s), conducted vasodilatation was 10 ± 1 μm in Young, 17 ± 1 μm in Adult and 6 ± 1 μm in Old (P < 0.05). With muscle contractions (2, 4 and 8 Hz; 30 s) arteriolar diameter increased similarly across age‐groups (6 ± 1, 11 ± 1 and 18 ± 1 μm, respectively). Muscle mass and active tension were similar across age‐groups yet postcontraction vasodilatation recovered more rapidly in Old versus Adult and Young (P < 0.05). With arteriolar network architecture maintained during ageing, the impairment in conducted vasodilatation and attenuation of postcontraction vasodilatation may compromise exercise tolerance.
Animal models of arthritis in NOS2-deficient mice.

OBJECTIVE To study the role of nitric oxide (NO) in cartilage destruction in murine models of arthritis and osteoarthritis. METHODS Joint inflammation was induced in the knee joint by intraarticular injection of Zymosan. Osteoarthritis was induced by local injection of bacterial collagenase, causing joint instability. The effect of NO deficiency was studied by comparing the effects in normal mice and mice with genetically disrupted NOS2 (inducible NO synthase). Impact on articular cartilage was evaluated by histology and measurement of chondrocyte 35S-proteoglycan synthesis. RESULTS NOS2 deficiency prevented chondrocyte proteoglycan synthesis inhibition in the arthritic cartilage and restored normal responsiveness to IGF-1. Net cartilage proteoglycan depletion was markedly reduced in the absence of NOS2, although inflammation was hardly affected. Osteoarthritic joint pathology was also significantly reduced, including diminished cartilage lesions and osteophyte formation. CONCLUSION NO plays a major role in cartilage damage in both arthritic and osteoarthritic conditions.
Epidemiology of Drug Use among Biracial/Ethnic Youth and Young Adults: Results from a U.S. Population-Based Survey

Abstract This study estimates the prevalence of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in a nationally representative sample of monoracial/ethnic and biracial/ethnic youth and young adults. The authors consider 16 racial/ethnic categories and used four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The analysis sample consists of 20,745 individuals in Wave 1. The primary statistical methodology used in the present study is logistic regression with sample weights. Findings suggest that participants who self-report two races/ethnicities have prevalence rates that are intermediate to those of the two corresponding monoracial/ethnic rates. For example, Black-American Indians reported cigarette smoking rates that were significantly lower than rates reported by American Indians but significantly higher than rates reported by Blacks. Groups with the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking at Wave 1 were American Indian, White-American Indian, White, and Multiracial (people reporting three or more races/ethnicities). Groups with the highest prevalence of alcohol drinking at Wave 1 were White-American Indian, Multiracial, Hispanic, White, and White-Hispanic. Groups with the highest prevalence of marijuana smoking at Wave 1 were Black-Asian and American Indian. The authors found an interaction effect between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Lower-class SES status may serve as a risk factor for biracial/ethnic adolescents while upper-class SES may serve as a protective factor for these youth. In general, biracial/ethnic individuals have prevalence rates that are intermediate to those of the two corresponding monoracial/ethnic rates.
Precancerous Lesions of Oral Cavity

The term premalignant (precancerous) lesion has been replaced by the term potentially malignant lesion. Such lesions have as their cause, tobacco use, exposure to the human papilloma virus and the chewing of the betel nut. These substances contain carcinogens. The mucosa of the oral cavity is normally quite robust. Exposure to these substances can cause it to undergo change. These changes are usually initiated as a leukoplakic patch. While some leucoplakic patches recover and resolve, some progress into invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Oral submucus fibrosis is another such potentially malignant condition caused by the abuse of betel nut.
Depressed patients' perceptions of facial emotions in depressed and remitted states are associated with relapse: a longitudinal study.

Within the framework of interpersonal and cognitive theories of depression, we investigated whether the perception of facial emotions was associated with subsequent relapse into depression. The 23 inpatients with major depression who remitted (65 admitted patients) were studied at admission (T0), at discharge (T1), and 6 months thereafter to assess relapse. They judged schematic faces with respect to the expression of positive and negative emotions. Six patients (26.1%) relapsed. High levels of perception of negative emotions in faces, either assessed at T0 or at T1, were associated with relapse. Moreover, subjects saw more negative emotions in depressed than in remitted state. Significant results were confined to ambiguous faces, i.e., faces expressing equal amounts of positive and negative emotions. Our data support the hypothesis that a bias toward the perception of others' facial emotions as negative is an enduring vulnerability factor to depression relapse and depressed mood amplifies this negative bias in perception.
A Fully Integrated Auto-Calibrated Super-Regenerative Receiver in 0.13-$\mu{\hbox {m}}$  CMOS

Super-regeneration is re-examined for its simplicity and power efficiency for low-power, short-range communication. A fully integrated super-regenerative receiver in 0.13-mum CMOS is designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. A frequency synthesizer scheme tunes the passband. Successive approximation register (SAR) logic driving a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) calibrates the quench signal to enhance the selectivity of a Q-enhanced filter and the sensitivity of super-regeneration. A single-chip prototype receiver occupies less than 1 mm2, has a turn-on time of 83.6 mus, a channel spacing of 10 MHz, and a sensitivity of -90 dBm. A data rate of 500 kb/s is achieved with a power consumption of 2.8 mW, corresponding to energy consumption of 5.6 nJ per received bit.
Acquired von Willebrand syndrome 2004: International Registry

Summary The acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) is a rare bleeding disorder with laboratory findings similar to those for congenital von Willebrand disease. Unlike the congenital form, AVWS usually occurs in individuals with no personal or family history of bleeding. Large studies on AVWS are not available, diagnosis remains difficult and treatment empirical. Acquired von Willebrand syndrome is especially frequent in lympho- or myeloproliferative disorders. It is associated with solid tumours, immunological and cardiovascular disorders as well as other miscellaneous conditions. Diagnosis of AVWS is based on assays measuring ristocetin cofactor activity or collagen binding, which are usually abnormally low, while factor VIII coagulant activity is sometimes within the reference range. FVIII/VWF inhibiting activities are found in only a minority of cases. Bleeding episodes in patients with AVWS are mostly of the mucocutaneous type and can be managed with desmopressin, plasma-derived factor VIII/von Willebrand factor (FVIII/VWF) concentrates and intravenous immunoglobulin. Recombinant activated factor VII can be useful in cases unresponsive to standard therapy. In conclusion, the AVWS, although rare, is certainly underestimated in clinical practice: The actual clinical impact of AVWS should be evaluated by prospective studies. The authors are co-ordinating an updated version of the International Registry on AVWS that will allow data to be entered directly online.
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Children Attending Assiut University Children’s Hospital, Assiut, Egypt

| Intestinal parasitic infections in children still remain an important public health problems in developing countries including Egypt. Several environmental and socio-economic factors are responsible for their continued persistence in children. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among children attending Assiut University Children’s Hospital, Assiut, Egypt. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 260 stool samples were examined from outpatient children aged 4 months-15 years by direct fecal smear, formal-ether concentration and modified acid-fast staining technique to detect intestinal parasites. The prevalence of intestinal parasites in the children under study was 26.5%. Twelve species of parasites were detected. Giardia lamblia (10.4%) Microsporidia (5%) and Cryptosporidium spp. (2.3%) were the commonest protozoan parasites, while Hymenolepis nana (5.8%) and Capillaria philippinensis (1.5%) were the commonest helminthic parasites. Mixed infections were observed in 7.3% of the children (n= 19/260). The most common associated clinical manifestations with parasitic infection were bloody stool, pallor mucous membranes, mucous in stool, diarrhea, anorexia, abdominal pain, abdominal distention and flatulence. This study indicated that intestinal parasites prevalent among children aged four months to 15 years in Assiut, Egypt are a significant cause of morbidity in infected children. So, intervention programs, including health education, improved socio-economic conditions and environmental sanitation are required.
Utility of the Trauma Symptom Inventory’s Atypical Response Scale in Detecting Malingered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The authors examined the Trauma Symptom Inventory’s (TSI) ability to discriminate 88 student post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) simulators screened for genuine PTSD from 48 clinical PTSD-diagnosed outpatients. Results demonstrated between-group differences on several TSI clinical scales and the Atypical Response (ATR) validity scale. Discriminant function analysis using ATR revealed 75% correct patient classification but only 48% correct simulator classification, with an overall correct classification rate of 59% (positive predictive power [PPP] = .71; negative predictive power [NPP] = .51). Individual ATR cutoff scores did not yield impressive classification results, with the optimal cutoff (T score = 61) correctly classifying only 61% of simulators and patients (PPP = .66, NPP = .54). Although ATR was not developed as a malingered PTSD screen, instead serving as a general validity screen, caution is recommended in its current clinical use for detecting malingered PTSD.
Measuring Information Systems Service Quality: Lessons From Two Longitudinal Case Studies

IS service quality was measured three times in an information management consulting firm and an information service business. After the first measurement, IS management initiated several actions to improve service quality. The second measurement indicated that service quality improved in the intervening period. When service quality was measured a third time, it had returned to the levels of the first measurement. The evidence suggests that management’s attention to service quality waned after about a year, and IS management needs to recognize that service quality is not a fad but an ongoing commitment. The paper concludes by recognizing that defivering IS service quality requires action at three levels (strategic, tactical, and operational) and that the ClO must pay continuing attention to IS service quality. A model for building service quality into IS is described.
The Relationship Between Disease Features and Quality of Life in Patients With Cancer—I

The high incidence and the severe symptoms of cancer have a considerable effect on quality of life in patients. The relationship between quality of life in patients with cancer and treatment, early diagnosis, disease acceptance, pain, psychological distress, loss of organ, duration of disease, and caregivers was investigated. This study included 508 patients with cancer treated in either inpatient or outpatient clinics of 5 oncology centers in Ankara, Turkey, between August 1998 and January 2000. Patients were selected by interviews. Data were collected by a questionnaire to determine disease features and to evaluate patients’ quality of life. We found that several disease features, including treatment, early diagnosis, disease acceptance, pain, psychological distress, and caregivers, had an effect on patients’ quality of life (P < 0.05), whereas loss of organ and duration of disease did not. The results of this study underline the significant effect of psychosocial care programs on quality of life. In the future, assessments of quality of life can help healthcare personnel to prepare psychosocial care programs.
The estimated number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma selected for liver transplantation using expanded selection criteria

Recently, several groups have introduced expanded criteria for selection of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) prior to transplant, but the exact number of potential newly recruited patients remains unclear. This registry‐based study assessed 270 patients diagnosed with HCC. The potential number of transplant candidates was based on age (≤65 years), absence of metastases and macro‐vascular invasion, and on 12 previously published, expanded selection criteria. A wide range of increase in the number of transplant candidates was observed (12–63% when compared with the number of such candidates who would have been selected solely based on the Milan criteria). The most conservative criteria were Seoul (Kwon, 2007; increase of 12%), Valencia (Silva, 2008; 16%), total tumor volume/alpha‐fetoprotein (Toso, 2009; 20%) and UCSF (Yao, 2007; 20%). This data will assist Centers and policy agencies in predicting the need for resources linked to an expansion of criteria.
Relationship between the expression of fibulin-3 and anterior vaginal wall prolapse

Anterior vaginal wall prolapse is the most common type of pelvic organ prolapse. Vaginal wall samples were obtained from women with (n =12) and without (n =12) anterior vaginal wall prolapse. No reports have been published on the content of fibulin-3 in the vaginal walls of patients with prolapse; thus, we compared the expression of fibulin-3 in the vaginal walls of women with and without anterior vaginal wall prolapse. RT-PCR was performed to measure mRNA expression and the expression of protein was assessed by immunohistochemistry. Statistical analysis was performed to determine differences between the two groups of women. Age, parity and menopausal status did not differ between women with and without prolapse. The expressions of fibulin-3 mRNA and protein were not different between the prolapse and no prolapse groups. It is unlikely that abnormal expression of fibulin-3 has a major role in the pathogenesis of anterior vaginal wall prolapse.
Mycotoxins (ochratoxin A, citrinin, and sterigmatocystin) and toxigenic fungi in grains and other agricultural products.

Ochratoxin A was detected in 18 out of 29 samples of heated grain from Saskatchewan farms at concentrations of 0.03 to 27 ppm. After development of an appropriate screening method, 13 of these samples were also found to contain citrinin (0.07 to 80 ppm). Sterigmatocystin was detected in one grain sample. Strains of Penicillium ciridicatum Westling or P. palitans Westling, producing either ochratoxin A or citrinin or (usually) both toxins concomitantly, were isolated from 22 grain samples (including 16 of those containing ochratoxin A), from three samples of mixed feeds (one of which contained ochratoxin A), from four samples of dried white beans (three containing ochratoxin A), and from an ochratoxin A positive sample of moldy peanuts. P. cyclopium Westling that produced penicillic acid was isolated quite frequently, particularly from mixed feeds, although the mycotoxin itself was not found in the samples. Zearalenone was identified in a culture of Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Sacc. isolated from a wheat sample.
Understanding Chinese Consumers’ Intention to Purchase Sustainable Fashion Products: The Moderating Role of Face-Saving Orientation

In a culture where collectivism is pervasive such as China, social norms can be one of the most powerful tools to influence consumers’ behavior. Individuals are driven to meet social expectations and fulfill social roles in collectivist cultures. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate how Chinese consumers’ concern with saving face affects sustainable fashion product purchase intention and how it also moderates consumers’ commitment to sustainable fashion. An empirical data set of 469 undergraduate students in Beijing and Shanghai was used to test our hypotheses. Results confirmed that face-saving is an important motivation for Chinese consumers’ purchase of sustainable fashion items, and it also attenuated the effect of general product value while enhancing the effect of products’ green value in predicting purchasing trends. The findings contribute to the knowledge of sustainable consumption in Confucian culture, and thus their managerial implications were also discussed.