Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Correlated Cashflow Shocks, Asset Prices, and the Term Structure of Equity

The term structure of equity risk premium is moderately downward-sloping unconditionally, markedly downward-sloping in good times, and markedly upward-sloping in bad times. An asset-pricing model featuring time-varying correlation between realized and expected cashflow shocks explains these puzzling empirical findings. Indeed, the model-implied slope of the equity term structure is in line with the data, both conditionally and unconditionally, because the estimated cashflow shock correlation is volatile, counter-cyclical, and negative on average. The model also generates realistic asset-pricing moments and a positive relation between the equity risk premium, slope of the equity term structure, and the dividend yield. This paper was accepted by David Sraer, finance.
A descriptive model of the offence process for animal abusers: evidence from a community sample

ABSTRACT Animal abuse perpetrated by adults is prevalent, yet largely undetected and understudied. As a result, clinicians have a limited evidence base to draw from when working with animal abusers. The primary aim of this study was to develop the first descriptive model of the offence process for animal abusers using a community sample. Participants were recruited via Prolific Academic – an online crowdsourcing platform that enables cost-effective recruitment of diverse participant pools from the UK. We identified 198 animal abusers in our survey and administered a series of open-ended qualitative items asking participants to describe the circumstances leading up, during, and after the offence. Employing Strauss and Corbin’s (1990) [Strauss, A. , & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. ] grounded theory analysis, we coded the qualitative responses and developed the offence process model. The model detailed the cognitive, behavioral, affective, and contextual factors across the timespan of the animal abuse behavior (i.e. background, pre-offence, offence, and post-offence). This descriptive model of the offence process for animal abusers highlights key targets throughout the timespan that can inform prevention and intervention strategies moving forward.
The Role of Brand Image In Mediating The Relationship of Product Quality And Price Fairness With Purchase Decision (A Case Study of the IPhone Product in Denpasar City)

The aim of this study is to explain the role of brand image in mediating the relationship of Product Quality and Price Fairness with Purchase Decision. This study was conducted in Denpasar City with a total sample of 190 respondents who are IPhone users. The sample was determined using a nonprobability sampling method, namely the purposive sampling technique. The data analysis techniques utilized are the path analysis and the sobel test using the SPSS program for windows. The research results showed that all the research hypotheses are accepted. Product quality and price fairness have a positive and significant influence on brand image, and brand image has a positive and significant influence on purchase decision. This study is also able to prove that brand image is capable of mediating the influence of product quality and price fairness on purchase decision. From the implications of this study, it is recommended for the IPhone distributors in Denpasar City to maintain their good product quality and price fairness so that the brand image improves and stimulates the purchase decision for iPhone products in Denpasar City.
Stochasticity and Non-Autoregressive Modeling in Deep Generative Models of Text

Deep generative models of text have shown great success on a wide range of conditional and unconditional tasks. While the design of these models has converged to a few established architectures, their autoregressive training methodology has often been questioned. Treating generation as a sequential classification problem not only neglects the stochasticity involved when text is sampled, but also conflicts with continuous noise models when uncovering latent underlying factors. In this work, we question the standard training methodology from two perspectives, the stochasticity of the hidden states and the incorporation of autoregressive predictions. First, we elevate the role of the hidden states by expressing their evolution through inherently stochastic transitions. Our nonautoregressive sequence model elegantly separates global and local uncertainty, yet requires only two ingredients: an independent noise source and a deterministic transition function. Variational training allows us to condition on observations through a deep inference model without any train-test discrepancy and a combination of generative and inference flows provides insights into the roles of stochasticity in generation and approximate inference. Second, we develop an observation model which expresses autoregressive effects not by interfering with the hidden state evolution but through a globally normalized observation model. By leveraging the semantics captured in word embeddings we can express local word correlations efficiently and obtain a strictly more powerful sequence model without losing the benefits of nonautoregressive states. Finally, we show how such word embeddings, static and contextual, can be exploited via reinforcement learning to guide training
The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019：update on the characteristics and prevention strategies

In December 2019, with the outbreak of the unidentified pneumonia in Wuhan, China, a novel coronavirus was confirmed to be accountable for this disease and aroused great attention of the entire world. World Health Organization (WHO) officially named the novel coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2 and the unknown pneumonia as Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). Up to April 13, 2020, there have been 83696 confirmed cases in China and 1837079 cases were totally confirmed in 209 countries outside of China with 119138 fatalities. The main manifestations are usually fever, cough, fatigues, breathlessness, and among others. To date, specific antiviral agents against the SARS-CoV-2 are not available. Extensive measures to reduce person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 have been implemented to control the current outbreak. In this review, we detail current evidence and understanding of the etiology, epidemiology, clinical symptoms and current strategies on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19, which may provide a reference for future studies and help for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Thermodynamic Modeling and Experimental Investigation of the Mg-Cu-Ni-Y Quaternary System

In this work, a self-consistent thermodynamic database for the Mg-Cu-Ni-Y system has been constructed by combining the thermodynamic descriptions of the constituent binary and ternary sub-systems. The modified quasichemical model has been used to describe the liquid phase in this system, for the first time, which accounts for the short range ordering. Isothermal sections of the Mg-Cu-Y and Mg-Ni-Y systems at 673 K and Cu-Ni-Y system at 973 K have been constructed experimentally. Diffusion couples and key samples have been employed for establishing the phase equilibria. Microstructural characterizations using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and phase identification using x-ray diffraction (XRD) and wave dispersive x-ray spectrometer (WDS) have been carried out. Twelve ternary intermetallic compounds have been identified in the Mg-Ni-Y system. Crystallographic prototypes of two of these compounds; 1 (MgNiY4) and 2 (MgNi2Y2) have been found and their lattice parameters have been determined using Rietveld analysis of the XRD patterns. Also, ternary solubility of 3 (MgNi4Y) has been found to be from 9.2 to 25.9 at. % Mg with constant 65 at. % Ni. Ternary solubility of the binary compounds in the Mg-Cu-Y, Mg-Ni-Y and Cu-Ni-Y systems has been determined. A complete mutual solubility between CuY-NiY and Cu4Y-Ni4Y in the Cu-Ni-Y system has been identified. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments have been conducted for selected key samples of the Mg-Cu-Y, Mg-Ni-Y and Cu-Ni-Y systems to determine the liquidus and other phase transformation temperatures. These results have been compared with the thermodynamic modeling which showed good agreement. Thermodynamic calculations of the Mg-Cu-Ni system also show consistency with the literature data. Liquidus projections of the four ternary systems have been calculated based on the present thermodynamic modeling considering the current experimental results and data from the literature. All four ternary systems have been combined in one database for the Mg-Cu-Ni-Y quaternary.
Object grasping and manipulation in capuchin monkeys (genera Cebus and Sapajus)

The abilities to perform skilled hand movements and to manipulate objects dexterously are landmarks in the evolution of primates. The study of how primates use their hands to grasp and manipulate objects in accordance with their needs sheds light on how these species are physically and mentally equipped to deal with the problems they encounter in their daily life. We report data on capuchin monkeys, highly manipulative platyrrhine species that usually spend a great deal of time in active manipulation to search for food and to prepare it for ingestion. Our aim is to provide an overview of current knowledge on the ability of capuchins to grasp and manipulate objects, with a special focus on how these species express their cognitive potential through manual behaviour. Data on the ability of capuchins to move their hands and on the neural correlates sustaining their actions are reported, as are findings on the manipulative ability of capuchins to anticipate future actions and to relate objects to other objects and substrates. The manual behaviour of capuchins is considered in different domains, such as motor planning, extractive foraging and tool use, in both captive and natural settings. Anatomofunctional and behavioural similarities to and differences from other haplorrhine species regarding manual dexterity are also discussed.
Applying Project Management to Creative Industries: The Relationship between Leadership Style and Project Success

The rise of creative economy in recent years has significantly changed the role of creativity in generating social and economic value. Many companies in the creative industries are project-based and their economic development is strictly related to successful implementation of projects. Key topic in the field of successful project management is leadership. However, there is still lack of research focusing on project leadership within the creative industries. Thus, the scope of this research was to explore and examine the relationship between leadership style and project success in creative industries. A web-based questionnaire that included questions on leadership styles and project success assessments to collect data from project stakeholders in the creative industries was administered. It was followed by semi-structured interviews that were conducted and analyzed following the thematic content analysis approach. The analyses of the data indicated that the preferable leadership style for successful projects is the transformational style, followed by the transactional leadership style, as both styles have a significant positive relationship to project success. The right balance between creativity and discipline is the major challenge for project managers in the creative industries. Thus, it is recommended to develop a supportive organizational culture and to continuously develop the project managers' soft skills and competences, focusing on inspirational motivation to enhance successful projects.
Intervención telefónica para mejorar adherencia terapéutica en niños con enfermedad renal

Objetivo: evaluar los efectos de una intervencion cognitivo conductual via telefonica sobre la adherencia terapeutica de ninos con IRC y sus cuidadores. Materiales y Metodos: El estudio utilizo un diseno de caso unico con linea base multiple. Se aplico la intervencion via telefonica con dos sesiones presenciales: al principio y al final. Resultados: Se observo una tendencia a disminuir el olvido en los medicamentos, reduccion del consumo de liquidos con alto contenido de azucar y un incremento clinicamente significativo en las estrategias de solucion de problemas por parte del cuidador. Conclusiones: El cuidador percibio beneficios en el nino tales como mayor comprension de la enfermedad y la importancia de los medicamentos, mayor frecuencia de actitudes positivas del nino hacia los tratamientos orales y mayor autocontrol en el consumo de alimentos y liquidos no saludables. La intervencion se distingue por enfocarse en el nino y su cuidador y por aplicarse via telefonica. La aplicacion de un protocolo de intervencion facilita que la efectividad del programa no se encuentre directamente relacionada con las habilidades terapeuticas del aplicador. Se recomienda llevar a cabo estudios con mayor cantidad de participantes para evaluar su eficacia.
Marine and fungal biostimulants improve grain yield, nitrogen absorption and allocation in durum wheat plants

Abstract Durum wheat culture requires a high level of N fertilization to achieve ideal protein concentration for semolina and pasta quality, contributing to N losses. Optimizing plant N use efficiency could improve agro-environmental balance. In the current paper, we studied the impact of the marine (DPI4913) and fungal (AF086) extracts (biostimulants) applied on leaves on growth, N absorption and N fluxes in durum wheat in field and greenhouse experiments. In the field, 15NO3− and 15NH4+ were injected into the soil; in the greenhouse, N of the flag-leaf was labelled with 15NH4+. Flag-leaf senescence was studied by estimating leaf chlorophyll concentration. In greenhouse, biostimulants increased grain yield, total N in plant and the proportion of plant N in ears. When water was limited in greenhouse experiment, neither biostimulants had any effect. In the field, DPI4913 increased soil fertilizer-derived 15N accumulated in grains. In the greenhouse, biostimulants increased the proportion of 15N applied to the flag-leaf recovered in grains and accelerated leaf senescence. For plants treated with biostimulants, flag-leaf N resorption increased. Biostimulants had a larger positive impact on mineral N root uptake than on N remobilization. In conclusion, our study has shown that DPI4913 and AF086 can promote plant growth and grain yield, N uptake and remobilization. Thus, these biostimulants could be used to optimize durum wheat N fertilization and contribute to reduced N losses.
Applying Communication Theory to Structure and Evaluate the Social Media Platforms in Academia

The aim of this research was to reduce the dissimilarities in the literature regarding the use of social media platforms (SMPs) for training and its impact on students’ satisfaction and academic performance in higher education institutions. The main method of data collection for Communication Theory (CT) was a questionnaire survey. This research hypothesizes that CT applied to social media platforms for learning will affect online communication, motives to communicate, communication self-efficacy and attitude towards usethat in turn improve students’ satisfaction and students’ academic performance. The data collection questionnaire was conducted with 309 students familiar with social media platforms. Quantitative structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the results. A significant relationship was found between online communication, motives to communicate, communication self-efficacy and attitude towards usefeatures with TC for utilizing social media platforms for academic purposes that positively affected satisfaction and academic performance. Therefore, the study indicates that TC theory to use social media improve the collaborative learning of students and enable them to efficiently share knowledge, information, and discussions. We recommend that students utilize social media platforms in pursuit of their educational goals. Educators should also be persuaded to incorporate social media platforms into their classes at higher education institutions.
Mobile Apps for Dental Caries Prevention: Systematic Search and Quality Evaluation

Background Dental caries is the most common multifactorial oral disease; it affects 60% to 90% of the global population. Dental caries is highly preventable through prevention behaviors aimed at improving oral hygiene, adequate fluoride usage, and dietary intake. Mobile apps have the potential to support patients with dental caries; however, little is known about the availability, target audience, quality, and features of these apps. Objective This review aims to systematically examine dental caries prevention apps; to describe their content, availability, target audience, and features; and to assess their quality. Methods We systematically identified and evaluated apps in a process paralleling a systematic review. This included a search strategy using search terms; an eligibility assessment using inclusion and exclusion criteria focused on accessibility and dental caries self-management behaviors, including oral hygiene, dietary intake, and fluoride usage; data extraction on app characteristics, including app store metrics; prevention behavior categorization; feature identification and description; a quality appraisal of all apps using the validated Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) assessment tool; and data comparison and analysis. Results Using our search strategy, we retrieved 562 apps from the Google Play Store and iTunes available in Australia. Of these, 7.1% (40/562) of the apps fit our eligibility criteria, of which 55% (22/40) targeted adults, 93% (37/40) were free to download, and 65% (26/40) were recently updated. Oral hygiene was the most common dental caries prevention behavior domain, addressed in 93% (37/40) of the apps, while dietary intake was addressed in 45% (18/40) of the apps and fluoride usage was addressed in 42% (17/40) of the apps. Overall, 50% (20/40) of the apps addressed only 1 behavior, and 38% (15/40) of the apps addressed all 3 behaviors. The mean MARS score was 2.9 (SD 0.7; range 1.8-4.4), with 45% (18/40) of the apps categorized as high quality, with a rating above 3.0 out of 5.0. We identified 21 distinctive features across all dental caries prevention behaviors; however, the top 5 most common features focused on oral hygiene. The highest-ranking app was the Brush DJ app, with an overall MARS score of 4.4 and with the highest number of features (n=13). We did not find any apps that adequately addressed dental caries prevention behaviors in very young children. Conclusions Apps addressing dental caries prevention commonly focus on oral hygiene and target young adults; however, many are not of high quality. These apps use a range of features to support consumer engagement, and some of these features may be helpful for specific patient populations. However, it remains unclear how effective these apps are in improving dental caries outcomes, and further evaluation is required before they are widely recommended.
Comparative study of larvicidal activity of commercial essential oils from aromatic rosemary, vanilla, and spearmint against the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Laojun S, Chaiphongpachara T. 2020. Comparative study of larvicidal activity of commercial essential oils from aromatic rosemary, vanilla, and spearmint against the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Biodiversitas 21: 2383-2389. Dengue fever is a dangerous mosquito-borne viral disease of humans. This disease is caused by dengue virus, a member of the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a principal vector for this virus. To control Ae. aegypti populations, there is extensive focus on larval eradication, because breeding sites are often close to human populations, especially man-made containers. The objective of this research was to evaluate the efficacy of commercial essential oils from rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), and spearmint (Mentha spicata) with regard to larvicidal activity against Ae. aegypti larvae after 24 and 48-hours of exposure in the laboratory. The results showed highly efficacious larvicidal activity, with median lethal doses (LC50) of 0.23, 0.10, and 0.12 ppm after 24-hour exposure to commercial rosemary, vanilla, and spearmint oil, respectively. The results of this study will be useful for the control of a common dengue vector and may replace the use of pesticides that may have broad environmental impacts.
Use of The Term Resilience in Adult Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review of A Qualitative Study

Resilience was a dynamic process that adapts positively to the difficulties it has. This term was often used by researchers in cancer patients. Controversy often occurs in its conception and little is known by patients in the use of the term resilience in their lives. The subject of this paper was cancer patients. The literature review was conducted by examining qualitative studies that discuss the use of terms in cancer patients and the use of themes used in terms of resilience. A systematic review of reviews through SCOPUS, MEDLINE, Psyc INFO and CINAHL reviewed from 2000 to 2017. Thematic analysis was used to encode themes in the studio and produce analytical themes, and resolution resolutions in the studio. After being invited to 573 citations, there were only 32 suitable studies. Four categories emerged, including coping strategies, social support, spirituality, and growth. The conclusion is no use of the term resilience in cancer patients, but cancer patients more often use other terms with the same meaning as resilience. Cancer patients rarely use the term direct resilience, but more often use terms such as coping strategies, social support, growth, and spiritual as terms related to resilience. Keywords: resilience; cancer patients
Distributed correlates of visually-guided behavior across the mouse brain

Behavior arises from neuronal activity, but it is not known how the active neurons are distributed across brain regions and how their activity unfolds in time. Here, we used high-density Neuropixels probes to record from ~30,000 neurons in mice performing a visual contrast discrimination task. The task activated 60% of the neurons, involving nearly all 42 recorded brain regions, well beyond the regions activated by passive visual stimulation. However, neurons selective for choice (left vs. right) were rare, and found mostly in midbrain, striatum, and frontal cortex. Those in midbrain were typically activated prior to contralateral choices and suppressed prior to ipsilateral choices, consistent with a competitive midbrain circuit for adjudicating the subject’s choice. A brain-wide state shift distinguished trials in which visual stimuli led to movement. These results reveal concurrent representations of movement and choice in neurons widely distributed across the brain.