Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
New Mexico Geology

The Española Basin is one of a series of interconnected, asymmetrical basins in the Rio Grande rift that includes a number of northand northeast-striking faults that accommodated block tilting and basin subsidence. The western margin of the Española Basin, in particular, is characterized by a greater than 17-km wide zone of normal and oblique-slip faults. To clarify the involvement of block rotation in the tectonic evolution of the Española Basin, we carried out a paleomagnetic study of mafic intrusions (Rio del Oso dike swarm) that are genetically related to regionally extensive basalt flows of the mid-Miocene Lobato Formation. The primary hypothesis tested was that these intrusions experienced some degree of vertical axis rotation associated with mid-Miocene to recent continental rifting. In situ paleomagnetic results from forty-two sites yield a group mean declination (D) of 344.0°, an inclination (I) of 41.1°, α95 of 6.1°, and k of 14.1. The group mean result is discordant to the <10 Ma pole of D=356.0°, I=54.4°, α95 = 3.3° with a statistically significant inferred rotation (R) of -12.0°± 7.2° and flattening of +13.3° ± 5.5° relative to the <10 Ma pole field direction. These discordant results indicate that a modest degree of counter-clockwise vertical axis rotation occurred in this region, which is likely associated with Rio Grande rifting north of the Jemez Mountains. It is possible that oblique motion along the Santa Clara fault and/ or the Cañada del Almagre fault facilitated the vertical axis rotation. The results from this study imply that vertical axis rotation is common to extensional rift systems and should be considered when modeling continental extension.
Brand Equity and Corporate Value: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in an Emergent Market

: We investigated the relationship between brand equity and the corporate value of the companies using the rankings of the most valued brands of Brand Finance, Brand Analytics and Interbrand. We document important interactions between brand equity and the company's performance index using a "quasi-natural experiment" provided by the disclosure of the most valuable brands. We used a data panel, with data collected from the CVM and ECONOMATICA reports, consisting of a sample of 689 companies with shares traded in “Brazil, Bolsa e Balcão” (B3). The main results indicate that, the fact of considering the company as valuable in Brand Finance and Brand Analytics rankings increased significantly its intangible, the return of the asset and the Free Cash Flow, but not the market value. The participation of companies in this Interbrand ranking does not add significant value to the company.
The risks of ubiquinone and b-carotene de�ciency and metabolic disorders in patients with oral cancer

Background: Cancer development is mediated by oxidative stress and in�ammation, which may correlate with metabolic disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate antioxidant vitamins status and metabolic parameters in patients with oral cancer according to tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stages. Methods: A total of 194 patients with oral cancer were enrolled in this study. The patients were strati�ed for four groups according to cancer stages and that the statistics are comparisons across these groups. The levels of antioxidant vitamins (ubiquinone, b-carotene, vitamin A and E), metabolic parameters, oxidative stress, antioxidant enzymes activity, and in�ammatory markers were measured. Results: More than half of the subjects had high blood pressure, central obesity, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia regardless of TNM stage. With regard to antioxidant vitamins status, 46% and 94% of patients had β-carotene and ubiquinone de�ciency, respectively. Patients in T3 and T4 stages had signi�cantly lower antioxidant enzyme (catalase, p = 0.03) activity and higher in�ammatory markers levels (high sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6, p < 0.01) than patients in the other stages. In addition, the level of b-carotene was negatively associated with waist circumference, and ubiquinone was positively associated with the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p < 0.05). Higher b-carotene and ubiquinone levels were negatively associated with hypertriglyceridemia and the risk of metabolic syndrome (p < 0.05). Conclusions: A high proportion of patients with oral cancer had ubiquinone or b-carotene de�ciency and metabolic disorders. The level of ubiquinone or b-carotene was negatively associated with the risk of central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, and metabolic syndrome. Since patients with oral cancer suffer from high oxidative stress and in�ammation (particularly in the T3 and T4 stages), supplementation with antioxidant vitamins such as ubiquinone or b-carotene could be preferentially
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How far, in what ways and on what issues do trade unions in Europe cooperate cross-nationally? Three important structural factors may explain differences in cooperation: national industrial relations contexts, sectoral contexts and unions’ organizational resources. We examine transnational union cooperation at sectoral level, and test the explanatory value of these three factors. We address cooperation in five broad sectors, using a Europe-wide questionnaire-based survey of trade union activities. We find that sectoral differences explain more of the variation in levels of transnational cooperation than do industrial relations regimes when controlling for resources, whereas both sectors and regimes influence which issues are seen as important for current and future cooperation. In addition, small trade unions engage in much less transnational cooperation than large ones.
Estimating Environmental Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation with Benefit Transfer: Results from a Benefit-Cost Analysis of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants

This paper summarizes methods, data, and results associated with the first major attempt to evaluate the environmental benefits of FEMA natural hazards mitigation grants. The study relied heavily on the refinement of benefit transfer methods. Categories of benefits include water quality for recreational and commercial fishing, drinking water, outdoor recreation, hazardous waste, wetlands and aesthetic, health and safety benefits. Environmental and historic benefits proved to be a very minor proportion of the total benefits in dollar terms. Only a very small percentage of earthquake and wind-related hazards yielded environmental benefits, while a sizeable percentage of flood hazard grants did so. We also discuss the prospects that environmental benefits might have been much greater had data been available to analyze more environmental impacts. Key Words: Natural Hazard Mitigation, Environmental Benefits
The Effect of Financial Ratio in Predicting Profit Growth in Transportation and Logistics Sector Companies

This study aims to examine the effect of the independent variables: CR, DAR, TAT, and ROA in predicting the profit growth of transportation and logistics sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. This study uses quantitative methods. The population in this study are all companies in the transportation and logistics sector which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, totaling 30 companies. The data collection technique used a purposive sampling technique and produced a sample of 15 transportation and logistics sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for 5 years so that the total sample used was 75 samples. The data analysis technique used in this study was multiple linear regression analysis which was processed using the Eviews 12 system. The results of this study indicate that the CR has no significant effect on profit growth. Meanwhile, DAR, TAT, and ROA have a significant influence on profit growth.
A search for prompt lepton-jets in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A search is presented for a new, light boson with a mass of about 1 GeV and decaying promptly to jets of collimated electrons and/or muons (lepton-jets). The analysis is performed with 20.3 fb−1 of data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. Events are required to contain at least two lepton-jets. This study finds no statistically significant deviation from predictions of the Standard Model and places 95% confidence-level upper limits on the contribution of new phenomena beyond the SM, incuding SUSY-portal and Higgs-portal models, on the number of events with lepton-jets.
The patient's view of orthodontic training requirements and the influence of board certification or a Master's degree on their choice for an orthodontist

THE PATIENT'S VIEW OF ORTHODONTIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND THE INFLUENCE OF BOARD CERTIFICATION OR A MASTER'S DEGREE ON THEIR CHOICE FOR AN ORTHODONTIST Justin Trisler, DMD June 6,2012 Competition for orthodontic patients is at an all time high. Ways to differentially market an orthodontic practice are essential in attracting patients. It is hypothesized that the patients don't understand the extra training that an orthodontist must complete and that being board certified by the ABO or completing a Master's degree does not make an orthodontic practice more attractive. A sample of 204 perspective patients was surveyed. 4 participants were resurveyed. Participants were asked to quantify the education of a general dentist and an orthodontist and use a VAS scale to measure their perception of differently qualified orthodontists and a general dentist providing orthodontics. Those surveyed accurately determined the amount of education an orthodontist and general dentist complete and perceived the orthodontist with the most credentials as most favorable. They also favored the general dentist providing orthodontics. A Master's degree was only somewhat favored. Most questions were found valid.
Examining the Eﬀicacy of a Personal Learning Environment on Applied English Writing Proficiency and Motivational Levels of High School Students

—This investigation conceptualized and executed a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for Applied English Writing in a Chinese senior high school setting, aiming to enhance students' learning efficacy and motivation. A total of 88 senior high school students participated, and they were categorized into two cohorts: the experimental group, which employed the PLEs-AEW platform for English writing instruction, and the control group, which utilized conventional face-to-face teaching methodologies. The research methodology involved pre-and post-test assessments of Applied English Writing and a semi-structured interview. The findings from the study demonstrated that PLEs-AEW platform possesses the capacity to invigorate students' learning motivation and bolster their self-assurance. Besides, the platform has a positive impact on improving students' writing skills. The study indicated that the integration of the PLEs-AEW platform in high school contexts possesses substantial theoretical value and practical implications.
University of Birmingham The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis protein Cln7 functions in the postsynaptic cell to regulate synapse development

The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of fatal, monogenic neurodegenerative disorders with an early onset in infancy or childhood. Despite identification of the genes disrupted in each form of the disease, their normal cellular role and how their deficits lead to disease pathology is not fully understood. Cln7, a major facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein, is affected in a late infantile-onset form of NCL. Cln7 is conserved across species suggesting a common function. Here we demonstrate that Cln7 is required for the normal growth of synapses at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction. In a Cln7 mutant, synapses fail to develop fully leading to reduced function and behavioral changes with dysregulation of TOR activity. Cln7 expression is restricted to the post-synaptic cell and the protein localizes to vesicles immediately adjacent to the post-synaptic membrane. Our data suggest an involvement for Cln7 in regulating trans-synaptic communication necessary for normal synapse development. The study of early-onset, inherited forms of neurodegenerative disease provides an opportunity to identify how single gene defects lead to neurodegeneration. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of such monogenetic neurodegenerative disorders with disease onset early in infancy or childhood (5–8 years in the most common form but congenital and rare adult-onset forms also exist). Patients present with a loss of visual acuity followed by onset of seizures
Attention-de ﬁ cit/hyperactivity disorder and lifetime cannabis use: genetic overlap and causality

Attention-de ﬁ cit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a severely impairing neurodevelopmental disorder with a prevalence of 5% in children and adolescents and of 2.5% in adults. Comorbid conditions in ADHD play a key role in symptom progression, disorder course and outcome. ADHD is associated with a signi ﬁ cantly increased risk for substance use, abuse and dependence. ADHD and cannabis use are partly determined by genetic factors; the heritability of ADHD is estimated at 70 – 80% and of cannabis use initiation at 40 – 48%. In this study, we used summary statistics from the largest available meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of ADHD ( n = 53,293) and lifetime cannabis use ( n = 32,330) to gain insights into the genetic overlap and causal relationship of these two traits. We estimated their genetic correlation to be rg = 0.29 ( P = 1.63 × 10 − 5 ) and identi ﬁ ed four new genome-wide signi ﬁ cant loci in a cross-trait analysis: two in a single variant association analysis (rs145108385, P = 3.30 × 10 − 8 and rs4259397, P = 4.52 × 10 − 8 ) and two in a gene-based association analysis ( WDPCP , P = 9.67 × 10 − 7 and ZNF251 , P = 1.62 × 10 − 6 ). Using a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach we found support that ADHD is causal for lifetime cannabis use, with an odds ratio of 7.9 for cannabis use in individuals with ADHD in comparison to individuals without ADHD (95% CI (3.72, 15.51), P = 5.88 × 10 − 5 ). These results substantiate the temporal relationship between ADHD and future cannabis use and reinforce the need to consider substance misuse in the context of ADHD in clinical interventions.
Common Stochastic Trends, Common Cycles, and Asymmetry in Economic Fluctuations Piger Acknowledges Support from the Grover and Creta Ensley Fellowship in Economic Policy. the Authors Are Grateful To

This paper investigates the nature of asymmetry in U.S. business cycle dynamics using a dynamic two-factor model of output, investment, and consumption that incorporates both the common stochastic trend implied by neoclassical growth theory and a common transitory component. Building on work by Cochrane (1994), we identify the common stochastic trend as consumption. This framework allows for identification of two types of asymmetry commonly discussed in the literature: 1. Infrequent large negative shocks that have permanent effects, modeled as shifts in the growth rate of trend from boom to recession and 2. Infrequent large negative shocks having only transitory effects, modeled as " plucking " deviations from trend. We model both forms of asymmetry using Markov-switching processes, the first as in Hamilton (1989) and the second as in Kim and Nelson (1999b). The Markov-switching framework lends itself easily to tests of the marginal significance of each type of asymmetry when the other is allowed to be present. Such tests suggest that both types of asymmetry have played a significant role in postwar recessions, although the nature of shifts in the growth rate of trend is different than the received literature suggests. In particular, the results suggest slowdowns in trend growth during recessions, not reductions in the level of trend. 3 The question of whether the dynamics of recessions are different from those of expansions has a long history. Early students of the business cycle, including Mitchell (1927), Keynes (1936), and Burns and Mitchell (1946) noted that declines in economic activity take hold quicker, are steeper, and last for a shorter amount of time than expansions. To these observers, recessions appeared to come from a different regime than booms. Recent interest in this type of asymmetry was sparked by Salih Neftci (1984), who presented evidence that increases in the unemployment rate are sharper and shorter than declines. Since that time, two parametric time-series models of U.S. output were proposed that are capable of capturing steep, short recessions. However, they are fundamentally different in their implications for the effects of recessions on the long run level of output. In other words, the hypothesized persistence of shocks that lead to recessions is very different in the two models. The first model, due to Hamilton (1989), divides the business cycle into two phases, negative trend growth and positive trend growth, with the economy switching back and forth according to a latent state variable. This …
The roles of response expectancies, basline experiences, and hypnotizability in spontaneous hypnotic experiences

: This study evaluated factors underlying individual differences in spontaneous (unsuggested) experiences during hypnosis. Participants varying in hypnotizability (low, medium, and high) completed a questionnaire about various dimensions of consciousness they would expect to experience at the “ deepest level of hypnosis ” (expectancy), an eyes-closed resting condition (baseline), and their actual experiences during “ neutral hypnosis ” (hypnosis). Responses during hypnosis were characterized by higher scores in dimensions related to alterations in conscious experience, affect, and imagery, and lower scores in rationality and agency. Only highs and mediums evinced increases in altered experience and body image. Across conditions, highs reported greater alterations in time experience and lower self-awareness than other groups. Participants overall tended to overestimate the changes they would experience in hypnosis. Baseline and hypnosis correlated in various dimensions, including affect, arousal, and internal dialogue. After controlling for baseline scores and hypno-tizability, expectancies correlated with some dimensions having to do with alterations in consciousness. In sum, spontaneous experiences during hypnosis are driven by response expectancies, hypnotizability, and baseline experiences, which show differential effects.
Case Series Rituximab for Autoimmune Encephalitis with Epilepsy

Intractable epilepsy remains a signiﬁcant medical challenge, resulting in recurrent and prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Autoimmune encephalitis is emerging as a treatable cause of intractable epilepsy. It is characterized by antibodies against cerebral antigens, such as potassium channels such as leucine-rich, glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) and contactin-associated protein 2 (CASPR2), calcium channels such as the voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC)
Interpreting aggregate ﬂuctuations looking at sectors $

A dynamic factor model is used to investigate on the variability in labor productivity and hours across the 2-digit US manufacturing industries. Two kind of shocks emerge as quantitatively relevant during the postwar period. They can be reasonably interpreted as technology shocks to the production of equipment and economy-wide shocks. The former induces a positive correlation between productivity and hours growth rates in the durable-goods producing sector; the latter spurs a negative correlation in the nondurable-goods producing sector. Such evidence provides a novel interpretation of the aggregate near-zero correlation between the two variables
Edinburgh Research Explorer Links between autism spectrum disorder diagnostic status and family quality of life

: Quality of life is often relatively lowered in families of children with additional needs, and this may be particularly the case where additional needs are accompanied by an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here we explore the effects of diagnostic status specifically, comparing families with children with an ASD diagnosis with others who a) have additional needs but no signs of ASD; and b) have additional needs and signs of ASD but no diagnosis. Mothers ( n = 76) of children with additional needs completed standardised questionnaires about quality of life, stress, service provision, child behaviour and presence and severity of ASD traits. In addition, a group of mothers of typically developing young people ( n = 17) completed standardised questionnaires on individual and family quality of life and on the behaviour of their son or daughter. Mothers of typically developing young people had significantly higher individual and family quality of life scores than each of the three other groups. Increased severity of ASD was associated with increased maternal stress, which in turn was associated with decreased family and maternal quality of life. The group reporting the lowest quality of life and the highest stress were the mothers of individuals with signs of ASD but no diagnosis. This pattern did not seem to be explained by lack of access to services, or rates of intellectual disability or challenging behaviour in this sub ‐ group. The finding that poor quality of life and high stress was most apparent in the sub ‐ group of mothers with children who had signs of ASD but did not have a diagnosis of ASD suggests that an interesting topic for further investigation is whether receipt of a diagnosis itself can positively influence quality of life and levels of maternal stress.
Methylmercury in ﬁ sh species used in preparing sashimi : A case study in Brazil

The objective of this work was to determine the organic and total mercury contents in twelve ﬁ sh species used in preparing sashimi in Japanese restaurants and estimate the exposure to organic mercury due to the consumption of this food. The mercury species were quanti ﬁ ed by atomic absorption with thermal decomposition and amalgamation. Total mercury was analyzed directly, whereas organic mercury was quanti ﬁ ed after extraction with toluene in an acid medium using a microwave assisted system. Nee-dle ﬁ sh and tuna showed the highest levels of mercury species and salmon and mullet the lowest levels. The mean ratios between MeHg þ /total Hg were 93% and 87% for sandperch and octopus, respectively, indicating that the most toxic form (organic Hg) predominates in these species. Exposure to methyl-mercury was estimated based on the PTWI and the results showed that the ingestion of 2 portions of needle ﬁ sh and tuna exceeded the values established by 100%.